My Random Debut

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I use "hard" and "favor prospects" for the trading settings, just to keep me honest.

I tried "very hard" and "strongly favor prospects" but it meant that even the most favorable trades to another team would be turned down in a rude way. It was leading me to track down Skynet and..
Anyway, I like to be able to trade since I play a team, but want a balance, nothing too easy and I try to keep myself honest by not taking advantage of too good an offer. But with "hard" and "favor prospects" you get fewer of those anyway.

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May Year 1 Update



Atlantic League Players of the Month
Billy Hamilton (Manhattan) (.377 AVG, 2 HR, 17 RBI)
Clay Kirby (Manhattan) (5-1, 1.97 ERA, 30 K's)

Pacific League Players of the Month
Travis Shaw (Abilene) (.389 AVG, 13 HR, 29 RBI)
Dean Chance (Spokane) (5-0, 2.79 ERA, 18 K's)

Dixie Walker of the Cape Coral Hammerheads is in the middle of a 30 game hitting streak.



The Cape Coral Hammerheads led by Brandon Moss, Dixie Walker, and Bullet Rogan are among the top teams in the LBL.

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Ugh, a week into bumping up the injuries setting to very low, Manhattan suffers the first blow. This will bump Jose Vizcaino into the starting shortstop role.

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June Year 1 Update



Atlantic League Players of the Month
Don Mattingly (Manhattan) (.404 AVG, 8 HR, 24 RBI)
Larry Benton (Baton Rouge) (6-0, 3.20 ERA, 39 K's)

Pacific League Players of the Month
Darin Erstad (Omaha) (.367 AVG, 5 HR, 17 RBI)
Tim Crews (Salt Lake City) (11 Saves, 1.84 ERA, 16 K's)

The Salt Lake City Saints have won 10 straight games and sit atop the Pacific League going into July, Year 1



Don Mattingly continues to stay hot and is on pace to set a tough to beat single season RBI record, barring any injury, here in Year 1.

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Brandon Moss does it again!

There have been two 3 home run games in Legends Baseball League history thus far and Moss has both of them

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Year 1 All Star Teams

Atlantic League




Pacific League

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Vida Blue of the Memphis Kings and Dean Chance of the Spokane Steelheads have been the best pitchers in their respective leagues


Don Mattingly has been the best player in all of Legends Baseball League

Bob Horner as been an offensive star for the lowly Glendale Hoppers (29-57)

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Chet Laabs of the Spokane Steelheads wins the first ever home run derby over Don Mattingly.

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July Year 1 Update



Atlantic League Players of the Month
Cal Ripken Jr (Baton Rouge) (.330 AVG, 9 HR, 23 RBI)
George McQuillan (Cape Coral) (4-1, 1.76 ERA, 20 K's)

Pacific League Players of the Month
Herman Long (Salt Lake City) (.295 AVG, 7 HR, 24 RBI)
Fred Hutchinson (Abilene) (4-1, 3.16 ERA, 21 K's)



The Hartford Huskies have won 7 straight and 9 out of their last 10.

The trade deadline has come and gone with no trades

I have also decided to keep the injuries at Very Low through the rest of the Regular Season.

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The First Cycle

August 10th, Year 1 - Mike Schmidt of the Abilene Roughnecks goes 4-4 against the Reno Red Foxes to become the first player in Legends Baseball League history to hit for the Cycle.

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August Year 1 Update



Atlantic League Players of the Month
Nomar Garciaparra (Hartford) (.339 AVG, 7 HR, 28 RBI)
George McQuillan (Cape Coral) (5-0, 0.81 ERA, 25 K's) Second month in a row

Pacific League Players of the Month
Ray Blades (Abilene) (.330 AVG, 10 HR, 28 RBI)
Babe Adams (Reno) (4-1, 1.56 ERA, 31 K's)



The Reno Red Foxes have a strong month of August and get themselves back in Pacific League playoff contention.

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The Year 1 First Year Player Draft pool has been announced




Jim McCormick is an 1800s pitcher and will most likely be deleted from the pool.

My Inaugural Draft pool was from 1901 to present and I will use no minimum and no maximum for the First Year Player Draft, however, most pitchers from pre 1901 will be deleted. I wanted to expand the pool to get guys like Dan Brouthers, Cap Anson, Roger Connor, and Cy Young into my game as rookies but I do not want some of these pitchers to dominate.

The Year 1 First Year Player Draft order will be randomly determined and will be announced on draft day.

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Year 1 Final Standings

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Year 1 Offensive Leaders





Don Mattingly of the Manhattan Liberty had a monster season. I wonder how much higher that RBI total might have been had Arky Vaughan was never injured for the season back on June 7th, Year 1.

The homerun mark and the RBI mark have been set pretty high here in Year 1. It should be fun to watch this league unfold and see if/when these marks will be topped and by who.

Another fun stat is Herman Long who hit 30 homeruns and stole 86 bases

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Year 1 Pitching Leaders





None of the pitching numbers really stand out. Most of the star pitchers were imported at their real life rookie year so the stamina might not be as high as they will get. I expect as we move forward these pitchers will throw more innings and set all new marks.

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Year 1 Playoff Tree

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Year 1 Atlantic League Wild Card Series

The Atlantic League Wild Card Series featured the two front runners for AL MVP. Don Mattingly (.346, 41 HR, 165 RBI) of the Manhattan Liberty and Cal Ripken Jr. (.293, 30 HR, 114 RBI) of the Baton Rouge Reapers



Brett Gardner wins Series MVP. Brett went 11 for 19 (.579) with 4 RBI's and 4 Stolen Bases.

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Year 1 Pacific League Wild Card Series




The Reno Red Foxes overcame a 0-2 series deficit to defeat the Abilene Roughnecks in the deciding Game 5.

Jim Gentile is the Series MVP going 9-19 (.474) 2 HR's and 6 RBI's

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Year 1 Atlantic League Championship Series




Mickey Mantle wins ALCS MVP (.414, 2 HR, 5 RBI)

Don Mattingly continued his monster season and gave the Huskies all they could handle forcing a Game 7. Mattingly hit .269 with 3 HR and 9 RBI in the losing effort.

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Year 1 Pacific League Championship Series




Duke Farrell of the Salt Lake City Saints wins Series MVP (.444, 4 RBI)

The Saints proved to be the best team in the Pacific League. Reno was able to sneak in one win, but the Saints were in full control of the series.