European Baseball League - Page 3

Craig Costello · 07-21-2008, 05:47 PM

1984 European Champs Preview

October 28th 1984 - Interest in baseball is at an all-time high in Europe and fans across the continent are all looking forward to the first ever European Championship in the sport.

Experts have predicted that the winners will come from a group of 6 favourites - Spain, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Russia, Belgium - but it promises to be a wide open tournament with only a few teams not really in contention (England, Switzerland, Poland).

The most intriguing squad in the eyes of this reporter are the boys from Ireland. They have a superb starting rotation - Malcolm Kennedy (Paris), Alois Maloney (Amsterdam), Steve Moynan (Moscow), Bart Taft (Oslo) - and if their hitters can overcome a lack of depth, they look good to go a long way in the tournament.

Other than injuries, there are not many big names who have missed out on places in their national squads. The two names worth noting are Penn Heldt, who didn't make the German squad despite winning 12 games for the EBL champion Brussels Hitmen and 14 game winner, Stuart Seaward (Dublin), who is kept out by the aforementioned Irish rotation strength.

Craig Costello · 07-23-2008, 05:10 AM

France Are Champions Of Europe

December 31st 1984 - France have beaten all teams in their path to claim the first ever European Championship. The Frenchmen started the tournament hot winning 15 of 18 games and even though they cooled off a little bit, they were still in very good form by the time the knockout stages came around and they recovered from a 2-0 hole to beat Austria 4 games to 2 in the final.

Code:

                  W   L  GB                    W   L  GB
France           28  12   -     Ireland       25  15   -
Austria          24  16   4     Italy         24  16   1
Czech Republic   23  17   5     Switzerland   23  17   2
Germany          22  18   6     Belgium       22  18   3
England          21  19   7     Norway        21  19   4
Bulgaria         20  20   8     Denmark       20  20   5
Portugal         20  20   8     Greece        19  21   6
Spain            18  22  10     Scotland      18  22   7
Poland           16  24  12     Russia        17  23   8
Finland          15  25  13     Netherlands   16  24   9
Sweden           13  27  15     Hungary       15  25  10

Notes -

Portugal won 7 of their first 8. Netherlands lost 7 of their first 8.
Russia were 7-13, before managing to pull back to .500 at 14-14. Then they fell away.
Switzerland scored 3 in the 9th and 4 in the 10th to beat Hungary 12-8, then the next day they won in extra innings again.
The Swiss led Group B for a long time, but Ireland and Italy overtook them late on and Italy won their final 2 games in Norway to clinch second place.
The longest game of the tournament was Austria's 10-9 win over Bulgaria in 18 innings.

Player Notes -

There were three complete game shutouts on the first day of play - Finley Sprake (England) v Spain, Sindre Grondalen (Norway) v Netherlands and Mirko Bukvajova (Czech Republic) v Germany.
AAA player Kanitzar Bugajski (Poland) was 7/8 with 2 doubles and 3 home runs in back-to-back wins over Germany.
Austria had a great series against Poland. Joseph Sykora threw a 2-hitter and Helmuth Seipel followed that with a 15 strikeout game. Lukas Happ was 5/5, with 6 runs scored in the second game.
There were two cycles in the tournament, both by Swiss players - Maternus Luhrmann v Belgium and Ian Meoni v Russia.

All Tournament Team -

Code:

SP -- Riso Eckhel (AUT)     -- 8-0, 1.84 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 0 HR
RP -- David MacIlroy (ENG)  -- 1-0, 13 SV, 17 IP, 0.53 ERA, 0.71 WHIP
C  -- Billy Pawlett (IRL)   -- .325 AVG, 4 HR, 24 RBI, .956 OPS
1B -- Lukas Stoger (AUT)    -- .391 AVG, 11 HR, 37 RBI, 1.182 OPS
2B -- Holly Connich (IRL)   -- .317 AVG, 8 HR, 36 RBI, 1.027 OPS
3B -- Dolf Pellenaars (BEL) -- .328 AVG, 5 HR, 17 RBI, .995 OPS
SS -- Harlan McRea (IRL)    -- .382 AVG, 2 HR, 35 RBI. .980 OPS
LF -- Bernard Wulker (SUI)  -- .365 AVG, 7 HR, 22 RBI, 1.015 OPS
CF -- Ian Meoni (SUI)       -- .344 AVG, 4 HR, 34 RBI, 1.012 OPS
RF -- Dylan Rosenburg (BEL) -- .369 AVG, 12 HR, 38 RBI, 1.203 OPS

Significant Injuries -

Alois Maloney was injured early on and will miss some time in 1985.
Eskil Junge continued his bad luck with injuries and will miss the early part of next season.

Knockout Stages

Italy 2 France 1
Italy 3 France 4 - France win on a sac fly by Jacquy Gilbert.
France 9 Italy 7 (10) - It was only 4-4 after 9.
France 5 Italy 6
France 9 Italy 10 (10) - France scored 4 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th to tie, then 1 in the 10th to take the lead, but Matthieu D'Urso responded with a walkoff double.
Italy 7 France 15
Italy 1 France 6 - France got all the runs they needed in the first 2 innings. Yoan Lelievre pitched a complete game.

Austria 7 Ireland 6
Austria 1 Ireland 2
Ireland 3 Austria 7 - Lukas Stoger hit a Grand Slam in the 1st inning.
Ireland 8 Austria 7
Ireland 3 Austria 2 (10) - Harlan McRea had a 2 run homer in the 9th to tie it and Barry Mulcahy hit a solo shot in the 10th.
Austria 3 Ireland 1
Austria 4 Ireland 3 (11) - Armin Aerenthal tied it in the 9th with a solo home run, then Josef Schmidt drove in the winning run in the 11th.

Final

(Pitcher stats - 1st set are 1984 EBL, 2nd set are Euro Champs)

Game 1 starters
Austria: Pauli Erstweiler (14-8, 2.70 ERA, 1.03 WHIP at AAA -- 6-3, 2.49 ERA, 1.08 WHIP)
France: Robert Marion (8-18, 5.53 ERA, 1.23 WHIP -- 5-3, 3.19 ERA, 1.23 WHIP)

Code:

           1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R   H   E
Austria    2  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  1     4   8   1
France     0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  1     2   7   2

Pauli Erstweiler (AUT) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Game 2 starters
Austria: Joseph Sykora (13-11, 3.33 ERA, 1.24 WHIP -- 2-3, 2.83 ERA, 1.05 WHIP)
France: Adrien Pierre (15-12, 3.10 ERA, 1.33 WHIP -- 5-1, 3.56 ERA, 1.16 WHIP)

Code:

           1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R   H   E
Austria    0  0  0   0  0  0   2  1  0     3   7   1
France     0  0  0   0  2  0   0  0  0     2  10   0

Oktav Grillparzar (AUT) - 1/1, HR, 2 RBI
Michael Rodier (AUT) - 2/4, 2B, HR, RBI

Game 3 starters
France: Alexis Martin (11-12, 3.57 ERA, 1.21 WHIP -- 8-1, 1.85 ERA, 1.08 WHIP)
Austria: Helmuth Seipel (11-9, 4.22 ERA, 1.48 WHIP -- 2-5, 4.48 ERA, 1.57 WHIP)

Code:

           1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R   H   E
France     0  2  1   1  0  0   0  0  0     4  12   0
Austria    0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0     1   6   0

Alexis Martin (FRA) - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Game 4 starters
France: Yoan Lelievre (16-10, 3.21 ERA, 1.21 WHIP -- 6-3, 2.58 ERA, 1.17 WHIP)
Austria: Riso Eckhel (7-13, 3.71 ERA, 1.42 WHIP -- 8-0, 1.84 ERA, 1.07 WHIP)

Code:

           1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R   H   E
France     0  0  1   1  0  1   2  1  0     6   7   1
Austria    0  0  0   1  0  1   0  0  2     4   9   1

Eric Molinier (FRA) - 2/3, 2B, RBI, R

Game 5 starters
France: Marion
Austria: Erstweiler

Code:

           1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R   H   E
France     1  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  2     3   5   2
Austria    0  0  0   1  0  1   0  0  0     2   4   0

Paulo Simon (FRA) - 1/3, 2-out 2-run HR in 9th
Pauli Erstweiler (AUT) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Robert Marion (FRA) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

Game 6 starters
Austria: Sykora
France: Pierre

Code:

           1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R   H   E
Austria    0  0  0   0  0  1   0  1  0     2   5   0
France     2  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  X     3  11   0

Adrien Pierre (FRA) - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Jacquy Gilbert (FRA) - 5/5, R

France win the series 4-2
Series MVP: Jacquy Gilbert (FRA) - 11/27, HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, hit in every game

fhomess · 07-23-2008, 03:49 PM

Hmm. Amsterdam can't win when it counts, just like the Dutch national soccer team.

Kokoshin · 07-24-2008, 02:56 AM

Funny, Spain was quoted as one of the favourites and performed well below expected... feel a dejà vu here (well, except this year, of course).

Nice writing... one of my all-time dynasties here

Go Hawks

Craig Costello · 07-24-2008, 02:23 PM

1985 Preview

March 31st 1985 - Only a few notable trades in the offseason.

Vilheim Bogedal has left Milan to join Helsinki. The Mud Cats got starting pitcher Karel Grau in return.

Adrian Sandrakos, the 1982 EL Pitcher of the Year has been traded from Budapest to Hamburg, with Oktav Grillparzar going the other way.

Also playing for another team will be 3-time Glove of the Year award winner Erem Erkal, who has left Glasgow to play for the Barcelona Iguanas.

There is a buzz around the league about the young players who were stars at the European Championships, but who have yet to prove themselves at the EBL level. Riso Eckhel is slated to be the opening day pitcher for Barcelona despite his 7-13 record in 1984. Pauli Erstweiler and Kanitzar Bugajski shouldn't be in AAA much longer (for Copenhagen and Oslo, respectively). If they are, expect multiple teams to come knocking with offers.

The Paris Cyclones will be hoping that they can carry the momentum of the French national team into the new season. They started 1984 very well but fell away badly and are one of only 3 EBL teams yet to make the playoffs (Moscow and Lisbon are the others).

The favourites for 1985 have to Brussels, Milan and Amsterdam again, whereas the whole of the Eastern League will simply be hoping that they can break their duck in the European League Series.

Craig Costello · 07-24-2008, 03:55 PM

It's like it never really happened, a.k.a Corrupt game file being restored to last backup.

BlackCats101 · 07-24-2008, 04:05 PM

This is good stuff mate, have enjoyed reading it.

Keep it going!

Craig Costello · 07-25-2008, 03:27 PM

It's like it never really happened, a.k.a Corrupt game file being restored to last backup.

Craig Costello · 07-25-2008, 04:30 PM

It's like it never really happened, a.k.a Corrupt game file being restored to last backup.

toxicavenger74 · 07-26-2008, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig Costello

Right! I'm going get to the end of the 84 season, then use a copy to do the national championship.

I'm thinking I can let the AI pick the teams without any input from me, but then again picking the 22 squads might be something fun to do.

So, just to clarify you are going to copy the league file, then create your teams with the rosters limited to national players only, then release all players and have a draft. Then once complete you will go back to the original file and continue your euro league from there? So, the original file will never actually have a Euro World Cup league, only the copy?

Craig Costello · 07-27-2008, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toxicavenger74

So, just to clarify you are going to copy the league file, then create your teams with the rosters limited to national players only, then release all players and have a draft. Then once complete you will go back to the original file and continue your euro league from there? So, the original file will never actually have a Euro World Cup league, only the copy?

Correct.

My 'EBL' saved game has no history of the Euro Championships. I have a separate saved game called 'EC84' that will never be used again, only to reference what happened in the tournament. Then when I get to 1988, I plan to do the same again.

The one thing that I did do in my EBL game was edit the history of the players who made the EC all tournament team and who won the series MVP award so that I could see that at a glance. I also carried over any injuries that affected the 1985 season, but I did set injuries in the 'EC84' game to very low so that it didn't have too much effect.

Mattymo · 07-29-2008, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig Costello

Correct.

My 'EBL' saved game has no history of the Euro Championships. I have a separate saved game called 'EC84' that will never be used again, only to reference what happened in the tournament. Then when I get to 1988, I plan to do the same again.

The one thing that I did do in my EBL game was edit the history of the players who made the EC all tournament team and who won the series MVP award so that I could see that at a glance. I also carried over any injuries that affected the 1985 season, but I did set injuries in the 'EC84' game to very low so that it didn't have too much effect.

Did you durn financials off in the "EC84"? How did the national teams pick the best players from that country? Was coaches/scouts turned off?

Hageneezz · 07-29-2008, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattymo

Did you durn financials off in the "EC84"? How did the national teams pick the best players from that country? Was coaches/scouts turned off?

I am very interested in this also

Craig Costello · 07-29-2008, 02:56 PM

Yes, no financials in 'EC84'.

The AI did a pretty decent job of picking the best players to each nation after I had released them to the free agent pool. Coaches and scouts were on, although thinking about maybe they should both be off.

I had to disallow all AI roster moves for the EBL teams to ensure that they didn't sign any of the players.

Craig Costello · 07-30-2008, 03:15 PM

Renegades Select Terragni

June 15th 1985 - The top 10 of the 1985 draft looks like this

1. Lisbon: SP Pasqualino Terragni (ITA)
2. Sofia: LF Vilheim Hjelmslev (DEN)
3. Madrid: SP Dane Meling (DEN)
4. Athens: 3B Christopher Vlakou (GRE)
5. Vienna: RF Salmund Jaerbyn (SWE)
6. Helsinki: 2B Gustaf Bashe (SWE)
7. Paris: SP Herman Guzicki (POL)
8. Budapest: 3B Lasse Roks (NED)
9. Dublin: SP Hendrikan de Ruijter (NED)
10. London: 2B William Coatsworth (ENG)

Craig Costello · 07-30-2008, 04:13 PM

1985 All Star Break

June 22nd 1985 - An action packed first half of the season has come to an end. Here are some highlights.

Code:

WL North Sea                 EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Brussels   41  34   -        Hamburg     52  23   -
Dublin     40  35   1        Oslo        46  29   6
Amsterdam  39  36   2        Berlin      40  35  11
London     39  36   2        Copenhagen  38  37  14
Glasgow    35  40   6        Helsinki    32  43  20
Paris      27  48  14        Stockholm   27  48  25

WL Meditteranean             EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Milan      46  29   -        Prague      44  31   -
Lisbon     43  32   3        Sofia       38  37   6
Barcelona  39  36   7        Athens      37  38   7
Zurich     35  40  11        Warsaw      36  39   8
Madrid     34  41  12        Moscow      35  40   9
Vienna     32  43  14        Budapest    25  50  19

Notes -

Hamburg started 11-1 and didn't really slow down. They lead the EBL in runs scored and runs allowed so far.
At the other end of the scale, Paris won 4 of their first 24 games (so much for the French momentum) and Budapest started 5-22.
Stockholm allowed two double digit innings in the first week of the season. Warsaw scored 11 in the 2nd on their way to a 18-13 win and Hamburg scored 10 in the 9th to win 13-5.
The biggest innings of the season so far was a 12 run effort by Brussels against the Glasgow Stallions on April 8th.
There has been an 18 inning game (Helsinki v Prague) and a 17 inning game (Budapest v Copenhagen).
The first ever EBL Champions, the Vienna Armageddon, fired their GM on May 8th as they fell out of contention.
Berlin had a 10-1 run in May and Milan won 16 out of 19 to take control of their division.
Oslo won 17 out of 19 to move closer to the Heat. Sofia, whilst still in contention, have struggled in June to fall back a bit.

Player Notes -

There was a great pitcher's series between Lisbon and Dublin in April. After a close first game, Juan Sanchez (Dublin) pitched a no-hitter to win the second. Then young Scotsman Archie MacClements (Lisbon) responded with his own no-hitter the very next day.
The back-to-back no-hitters slightly overshadowed Panos Metrofanis' (London) one-hitter against Madrid on the same day as the Sanchez game. Metrofanis was recognised by the league as the Pitcher of the Month for April with a 6-0 record and a 1.33 ERA.
Warsaw SP Adrien Pierre hit a Grand Slam, his first ever home run, in the 11 run inning mentioned above.
Unsurprisingly both of the EL awards for April went to Hamburg players. Ned Zijm was 4-0 for the month with a 1.44 ERA and Dolf Pellenaars hit .322 with 6 homers.
Claudio Lwenholm (Amsterdam) was the WL's Hitter of the Month for both April and May. At the All-Star break he his hitting .376 with 17 HR and 73 RBI.
Ivan Santrac (Sofia) and Harlan McRea (Amsterdam) both hit for the cycle on May 6th. McRae has a 25 game hit streak going at the present time.
SP Rory Begley (Warsaw) pitched 31.1 consecutive scoreless innings between April 27th and May 12th. He then pitched a no-hitter versus Prague on June 16th.
The Pitchers of the Month for May were Malcolm Kennedy (Paris, WL) and Justino Junqeiro (Warsaw, EL). Junqeiro is a reliever, who won 4 games and saved 6 more in the month.
Francis Gautier (Sofia) was the EL Hitter of the Month. He is one of two hitters who are threatening to hit .400 on the season. He is at .402. The other is Milan's Philippe Martin, who is hitting .396 thus far.

Significant Injuries -

Hans Hamsun (Copenhagen) was injured in the first few days of the season and will not be able to play for the rest of 1985. He hit 28 HR in 1984 for the Armada.
Hamburg's Nunzio D'Elia has missed 2 months with a fractured cheekbone.
Jeirgif Izvekov (Budapest) strained a hamstring running the bases and missed 5 weeks.
Glasgow 3B Michael MacKinnon missed 4 weeks with a hand injury.

Craig Costello · 07-31-2008, 03:59 PM

1985 Final Standings

September 26th 1985 -

Code:

WL North Sea                 EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Dublin     91  71   -        Hamburg    104  58   -
Brussels   88  74   3        Copenhagen  97  65   7
Amsterdam  82  80   9        Oslo        93  69  11
London     81  81  10        Berlin      86  76  18
Glasgow    78  84  13        Helsinki    74  88  30
Paris      59 103  32        Stockholm   63  99  41

WL Meditteranean             EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Milan     102  60   -        Prague      84  78   -
Zurich     80  82  22        Warsaw      83  79   1
Barcelona  79  83  23        Athens      79  83   5
Vienna     79  83  23        Sofia       75  87   9
Madrid     78  84  24        Moscow      73  89  11
Lisbon     75  87  27        Budapest    61 101  23

Notes -

Copenhagen won 20 games in July and also had a 12-3 run in August to keep close to the Hamburg Heat and pretty much secure their playoff spot.
Milan were the first team to 100 wins, but they took their foot of the gas and Hamburg overtook them for the best record in the EBL.
Stockholm actually had a winning September to avoid joining the 100 loss club.
Budapest and Moscow played a game that was scoreless after 14, then both teams scored in the 15th. The Smoke finally won it 3-1 in 19 innings.
Amsterdam and Prague won on the last day to keep London and Warsaw out of the playoffs. The Crocs lost 6-3 to Paris to negate any chance they had.

Player Notes -

Urbanus Fuerst (Athens) and Lorenzo Gutierrez (Vienna) both had cycles in the second half of the season.
Berlin SS Luis Diaz had a 6 for 6 day in his team's 9-8 win over Prague on June 29th.
Twelve different players won the monthly awards. The hitters were - Max Sabin (Milan), Bruce Smith (Dublin), Philippe Martin (Milan), Jacquy Gilbert (Hamburg), Paulo Simon (Athens) and Holly Connich (Warsaw). The pitchers were - Gerd Buchert (London), Emanuel Biancardi (Amsterdam), Michal Slimak (Milan), Rory Begley (Warsaw), Alexis Martin (Copenhagen), Klement Follerup (Moscow).
Slimak won the August WL award after being traded from Copenhagen to the Mud Cats in July. Copenhagen were busy in the trade market as they powered through the second half of the season. They acquired 1B Rudolf Tuhina in the Milan trade and CF Emilio Zamora and SP Gaspar Kertesz in further trades with Madrid and Moscow respectively.
Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) had the best pitching performance of the second half with a two-hitter against Helsinki. He struck out 9 Diesel batters as the Dragons won 4-0.
Glasgow's Constantino Deodato has signed an extension to keep him in Scotland for two more seasons and to make him one of the highest paid players in the league in the process. He will earn $4.1M per year in the deal.
One EBL star who won't be on show in the playoffs is 2-time WL Pitcher of the Year Nike Rousakis. After a horrible start to the season, the 30 year-old has been sent down to AAA Manchester by the Milan Mud Cats and is not included on their playoff roster.

Significant Injuries -

Lisbon's poor second half can, in part at least, be attributed to the injury suffered by C Fernao Espinhel. He fractured an eye socket in early July and missed the rest of the season.
RF Miguel Barella (Athens) will be out for 12 months with a fractured cheek suffered when he was hit by a pitch.
Milan's Dennis Frangopoulos missed 6 weeks towards the end of the season with a knee injury. He will be ready to go for the playoffs.

Craig Costello · 07-31-2008, 05:04 PM

1985 Playoffs

October 20th 1985 -

Wildcard Round:

Brussels 1 Dublin 6 - Brussels only managed 4 hits against 4 Wolfpack pitchers.
Brussels 3 Dublin 0 - Jesus Ruiz allowed just 3 base runners in 8 innings.
Dublin 5 Brussels 2 (11) - Lukas Happ had a 2 RBI triple in the 11th.
Dublin 5 Brussels 1 - Dublin ensure there will be no repeat for the Hitmen.

Amsterdam 2 Milan 1 - Tymosz Leszcznska pitched 8 strong innings in his first playoff start.
Amsterdam 4 Milan 6
Milan 4 Amsterdam 16 - 6 different Selects hitters scored multiple runs.
Milan 8 Amsterdam 2 - Philippe Martin was 4/5 for Milan.
Amsterdam 7 Milan 8 (10) - Amsterdam scored 2 in the 9th to force extra innings, but Milan got two singles and a ground out RBI to win it and move on.

Copenhagen 6 Prague 1 - Alexis Martin gave up just the 1 run in 8 innings of work.
Copenhagen 6 Prague 10 - Prague scored 5 in the 1st. Copenhagen's Peter Osland and Prague's Chris Kos both had 2 homers.
Prague 2 Copenhagen 5
Prague 3 Copenhagen 11 - Thomas Meinert and Rudolf Tuhina had 9 RBI between them.

Oslo 3 Hamburg 4
Oslo 0 Hamburg 2 - Ned 'Blanks' Zijm struck out 11 Metros in 8 innings, allowing just 5 hits.
Hamburg 3 Oslo 0 - Roque Vilardeb shut out Oslo over 7 innings to get Hamburg into the next round.

League Championship Series:

Dublin 3 Milan 2 - Igoryok Vishipanov hit a solo homer in the 9th to put the Wolfpack ahead.
Dublin 2 Milan 3 (10) - Marcello Pierdomenico hit a walk off single in his first at bat after coming on as a defensive replacement.
Milan 4 Dublin 0 - Dublin only managed 4 hits against Tuure Lumme and 2 relievers.
Milan 5 Dublin 15 - Dublin set a playoff record for runs in an inning with 11 in the 5th.
Milan 3 Dublin 7 - Both teams scored all of their runs in the 7th. Vladimir Pantelic had a Grand Slam for the winners.
Dublin 4 Milan 2- Erik Paulsen allowed only 1 hit over 6 innings.

Copenhagen 4 Hamburg 3
Copenhagen 2 Hamburg 6 - Hamburg scored 4 runs in the 1st and Adrian Sandrakos pitched 8 strong innings.
Hamburg 11 Copenhagen 3 - Copenhagen led 2-0 but Hamburg powered past them.
Hamburg 7 Copenhagen 3
Hamburg 5 Copenhagen 4 - Billy Pawlett's 3-run homer in the 8th made it interesting, but Jim Boogermans had a 1-2-3 9th to send Hamburg to the Series.

European League Series:

Game 1 starters - Dublin: Jere Ronkko (17-8, 3.68 ERA, 1.23 WHIP), Hamburg: Ned Zijm (15-7, 2.42 ERA, 1.15 WHIP)

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Dublin       2  0  0   0  0  0   1  2  6   11 17  0
Hamburg      0  0  0   0  2  0   0  0  0    2  8  2

Casey Ferrell (DUB) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI, R
Vladimir Pantelic (DUB) - 3/5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R

Game 2 starters - Dublin: Trofimoff Eksler (11-15, 4.30 ERA, 1.30 WHIP - with Moscow and Dublin), Hamburg: Adrian Sandrakos (18-12, 2.92 ERA, 1.33 WHIP)

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Dublin       0  2  0   0  0  0   0  0  2    4 10  1
Hamburg      0  0  0   0  3  0   2  0  X    5  7  0

Randy Schmidt (HAM) - 3/3, 3 RBI
Casey Ferrell (DUB) - 3/5, 2B, 2 RBI

Game 3 starters - Hamburg: Roque Vilardeb (16-12, 3.49 ERA, 1.24 WHIP), Dublin: Erik Paulsen (3-2, 4.08 ERA, 1.19 WHIP)

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Hamburg      0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    1  6  0
Dublin       0  0  0   0  0  2   0  0  X    2  7  0

Erik Paulsen (DUB) - 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Eric Molinier (DUB) - 2/2, HR, 2 RBI, R
Roque Vilardeb (HAM) - 7.1 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

Game 4 starters - Hamburg: Janos Racz (20-7, 3.90 ERA, 1.30 WHIP), Dublin: Ronkko

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Hamburg      0  0  0   2  0  0   0  0  0    2  4  0
Dublin       0  0  0   2  1  2   0  0  X    5 12  0

Eric Molinier (DUB) - 3/4, HR, RBI, 2 R
Jere Ronkko (DUB) - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
Bruce Smith (DUB) - 2/4, HR, RBI, R

Game 5 starters - Hamburg: Zijm, Dublin: Eksler

Code:

             1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Hamburg      0  1  1   0  0  1   1  0  0    4 10  0
Dublin       3  1  0   1  0  2   2  2  X   11 19  0

Bruce Smith (DUB) - 4/4, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB
Borisav Anastasijevic (HAM) - 4/5, 2 R

Dublin Wolfpack win the series 4-1
Series MVP - Bruce Smith (DUB) - 12/20, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R, 3 BB

The EL drought continues.

Craig Costello · 07-31-2008, 05:49 PM

1985 Stats and Awards

October 21st 1985 -

Code:

                            AVG                              ERA
Philippe Martin (MIL)      .360    Jesus Ruiz (BRU)         1.57
Paulo Simon (ATH)          .343    Malcolm Kennedy (PAR)    2.25
Claudio Lwenholm (AMS)     .341    Kaspar Ahlmann (BER)     2.28

                            OPS                                W
Theo Brittain (BAR)       1.035    Rory Begley (WAR)          20
Igoryok Vishipanov (DUB)  1.032    Janos Racz (HAM)           20
Philippe Martin (MIL)     1.016    Axel Johansson (BRU)       19
                                   Jesus Ruiz (BRU)           19

                             HR                               SV
Augusto Rith (WAR)           42    Edouard Scarsella (MIL)    49
Max Sabin (MIL)              40    Ebbe de Bie (PRA)          43
Bruce Smith (DUB)            37    Conrad Gerasch (ZUR)       42

                            RBI                               IP
Bruce Smith (DUB)           142    Rory Begley (WAR)       260.2
Claudio Lwenholm (AMS)      128    Roth Fruehwirt (PRA)    254.1
Igoryok Vishipanov (DUB)    128    Alexis Martin (COP)     254.0

                              R                                K
Lukas Happ (DUB)            132    Jesus Ruiz (BRU)          254
Max Sabin (MIL)             129    Malcolm Kennedy (PAR)     220
Agatone Dimas (HEL)         126    Bart Taft (OSL)           209

                             SB                             WHIP
Ewan Smith (COP)            111    Jesus Ruiz (BRU)         0.87
Dieter Gestel (VIE)          86    Steve Moynan (MOS)       0.98
Patrick Lacroix (WAR)        73    Rory Begley (WAR)        0.98

WL Hitter of the Year

Theo Brittain (BAR): .319 AVG, 35 HR, 107 RBI, 1.035 OPS, 112 R
2nd time, 2nd straight

EL Hitter of the Year

Paulo Simon (ATH): .343 AVG, 28 HR, 114 RBI, .982 OPS, 102 R

WL Pitcher of the Year

Jesus Ruiz (BRU): 19-5, 1.57 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 223.0 IP, 35 BB, 254 K
2nd time, 2nd straight

EL Pitcher of the Year

Rory Begley (WAR): 20-11, 2.73 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 260.2 IP, 38 BB, 129 K

WL Rookie of the Year

Ota Hospodar (LIS): .313 AVG, 13 HR, 73 RBI, .844 OPS, 93 R

EL Rookie of the Year

Casper Laestadius (STO): .365 AVG, 20 HR, 64 RBI, 1.064 OPS, 61 R

WL Homegrown Player of the Year

Bruce Smith (DUB): .318 AVG, 37 HR, 142 RBI, .937 OPS, 89 R

EL Homegrown Player of the Year

Kaspar Ahlmann (BER): 16-9, 2.28 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 240.2 IP, 65 BB, 185 K, 4 HR
3rd time

Glove of the Year Awards

Code:

                          WL    EL
    James McIlwraith (VIE)   -P-   Max Schlotterbeck (BUD)
       Antonin Cerny (LON)   -C-   Ianos Cukar (WAR)
   Lorenzo Gutierrez (VIE)  -1B-   Antosha Litvintsev (MOS)
         Kristof Kis (AMS)  -2B-   Adam Voros (BUD)
     Manuel Helfrich (LIS)  -3B-   Leonardo Resendes (SOF)
        Harlan McRea (AMS)  -SS-   Soren Cabble (BUD)
 Constantino Deodato (GLA)  -LF-   Ewan Smith (COP)
          Lukas Happ (DUB)  -CF-   Josef Metternich (PRA)
      Sander Klaeboe (ZUR)  -RF-   Steven Kennedy (WAR)

Craig Costello · 08-01-2008, 03:50 PM

Career Leaders

November 1st 1985 - Every decade (years ending in a 5), I will publish a list of the career leaders in the major categories.

It might not mean a lot after only 5 years of the league, but the league's trailblazers deserved to be remembered.

# - Active player

Hitting Leaders: 753 PA required for AVG and OPS

Code:

                   AVG                       OPS                        GP                         R                     Hits                        HR                       RBI                      SB 
Ony Proskurnya#   .345  Eskil Junge#       1.013  Francis Gautier#     805  Lukas Happ#          584  Callum Maxwell#    1037  Theo Brittain#       160  Max Sabin#           554  Vladimir Erantsev# 396
Callum Maxwell#   .344  Max Sabin#          .994  Liam MacFie#         789  Patrick Lacroix#     548  Francis Gautier#   1008  Max Sabin#           141  Theo Brittain#       523  Patrick Lacroix#   363
Claudio Lwenholm# .339  Theo Brittain#      .977  Theo Brittain#       783  Ian Meoni#           539  Ony Proskurnya#     997  Callum Maxwell#      130  Constantino Deodato# 516  Dieter Gestel#     317
Max Sabin#        .331  Claudio Lwenholm#   .973  Gyuri Elek#          777  Lorenzo Gutierrez#   531  Lorenzo Gutierrez#  935  Constantino Deodato# 126  Callum Maxwell#      496  Lukas Happ#        311
Francis Gautier#  .331  Ignacio Rosado#     .971  Patrick Lacroix#     777  Theo Brittain#       529  Patrick Lacroix#    935  Ian Meoni#           113  Thomas Meinert#      490  Bernard Wulker#    308
Eskil Junge#      .330  Lukas Stoger#       .967  Constantino Deodato# 776  Max Sabin#           529  Thomas Meinert#     931  Dylan Rosenburg#     112  Jamel Baud#          473  Andre Jolivet#     307
Philippe Martin#  .329  Callum Maxwell#     .951  Lorenzo Gutierrez#   776  Kristof Kis#         524  Bernard Wulker#     929  Thomas Meinert#      111  Lorenzo Boldrini#    473  Ian Meoni#         256
Noel Connolly     .325  Philippe Martin#    .947  Nicolas Turpin#      776  Constantino Deodato# 515  Kristof Kis#        919  Augusto Rith#        110  Ian Meoni#           453  Milos Vostatkova#  233
Jorge Perez#      .324  Jorge Perez#        .926  Ratko Stanovcic#     773  Vladimir Erantsev#   514  Max Sabin#          875  Borzivoi Busicove#   108  Vladimir Pantelic#   451  Manuel Helfrich#   229
Lukas Stoger#     .324  Ian Meoni#          .923  Ian Meoni#           772  Thomas Meinert#      508  Ian Meoni#          863  Eskil Junge#         108  Kristof Kis#         448  Gote Lidstrom#     217

Pitching Leaders: 243 IP required for ERA and WHIP

Code:

                    ERA                      W                     SV                    CG                    SHO                            IP                          K                      WHIP
Theo Gerritsen#    1.95  Kaspar Ahlmann#    85  Ebbe de Bie#      187  Roth Fruehwirt#   27  Roth Fruehwirt#     6  Alexis Martin#        1261.1  Malcolm Kennedy#     1072  Juan Sandoval#      1.02
Carlos Oregel#     2.19  Alexis Martin#     83  Theo Gerritsen#   185  Alexis Martin#    19  Jakob Kjeldsen#     5  Roth Fruehwirt#       1252.0  Helmuth Seipel#      1061  Theo Gerritsen#     1.05  
Juan Sandoval#     2.25  Adrian Sandrakos#  80  Mojslaw Szasz#    184  Klement Follerup# 17  Alexis Martin#      5  Kaspar Ahlmann#       1211.0  Bart Taft#            942  Rory Begley#        1.06
Mojslaw Szasz#     2.39  Nike Rousakis#     77  Carlos Oregel#    179  Botol Burnay#     15  Evzen Bartos#       3  Rory Begley#          1204.0  Panos Karabatsos#     887  Steve Moynan#       1.08
Jim Boogermans#    2.46  Rory Begley#       76  Conrad Gerasch#   167  Titus Giannakos#  14  Jack Birnie#        3  Adrian Sandrakos#     1182.0  Robert Wood#          878  Kaspar Ahlmann#     1.09
Malcolm Kennedy#   2.50  Helmuth Seipel#    76  Tolentino White#  165  Jakob Kjeldsen#   13  Adrastos Demarchis# 3  Titus Giannakos#      1168.2  Jesus Ruiz#           868  Francesco Barriere# 1.10
Edouard Scarsella# 2.51  Robert Wood#       76  Jim Boogermans#   160  James McIlwraith# 13  Jeirgif Izvekov#    3  Malcolm Kennedy#      1151.0  Steve Moynan#         867  Egbert Kapitan#     1.11
Conrad Gerasch#    2.56  Emanuel Biancardi# 75  Justino Junqeiro# 151  Kaspar Ahlmann#   12  Malcolm Kennedy#    3  Pierangelo Magherini# 1143.1  Stuart Seaward#       851  Kostya Yablochkov#  1.12
Felipe de Gooyer#  2.58  Gerd Buchert#      74  Vladik Laputhov#  143  Rory Begley#      12  Adrian Sandrakos#   3  Sindre Grondalen#     1135.2  Kaspar Ahlmann#       823  Bart Taft#          1.13
Kaspar Ahlmann#    2.61  Malcolm Kennedy#   75  Juan Sandoval#    136  Penn Heldt#       12  Michal Slimak#      3  Gerd Buchert#         1122.1  Pierangelo Magherini# 797  Reider Stordal#     1.13

07-23-2008, 05:10 AM	#42
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	France Are Champions Of Europe December 31st 1984 - France have beaten all teams in their path to claim the first ever European Championship. The Frenchmen started the tournament hot winning 15 of 18 games and even though they cooled off a little bit, they were still in very good form by the time the knockout stages came around and they recovered from a 2-0 hole to beat Austria 4 games to 2 in the final. Code: W L GB W L GB France 28 12 - Ireland 25 15 - Austria 24 16 4 Italy 24 16 1 Czech Republic 23 17 5 Switzerland 23 17 2 Germany 22 18 6 Belgium 22 18 3 England 21 19 7 Norway 21 19 4 Bulgaria 20 20 8 Denmark 20 20 5 Portugal 20 20 8 Greece 19 21 6 Spain 18 22 10 Scotland 18 22 7 Poland 16 24 12 Russia 17 23 8 Finland 15 25 13 Netherlands 16 24 9 Sweden 13 27 15 Hungary 15 25 10 Notes - Portugal won 7 of their first 8. Netherlands lost 7 of their first 8. Russia were 7-13, before managing to pull back to .500 at 14-14. Then they fell away. Switzerland scored 3 in the 9th and 4 in the 10th to beat Hungary 12-8, then the next day they won in extra innings again. The Swiss led Group B for a long time, but Ireland and Italy overtook them late on and Italy won their final 2 games in Norway to clinch second place. The longest game of the tournament was Austria's 10-9 win over Bulgaria in 18 innings. Player Notes - There were three complete game shutouts on the first day of play - Finley Sprake (England) v Spain, Sindre Grondalen (Norway) v Netherlands and Mirko Bukvajova (Czech Republic) v Germany. AAA player Kanitzar Bugajski (Poland) was 7/8 with 2 doubles and 3 home runs in back-to-back wins over Germany. Austria had a great series against Poland. Joseph Sykora threw a 2-hitter and Helmuth Seipel followed that with a 15 strikeout game. Lukas Happ was 5/5, with 6 runs scored in the second game. There were two cycles in the tournament, both by Swiss players - Maternus Luhrmann v Belgium and Ian Meoni v Russia. All Tournament Team - Code: SP -- Riso Eckhel (AUT) -- 8-0, 1.84 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 0 HR RP -- David MacIlroy (ENG) -- 1-0, 13 SV, 17 IP, 0.53 ERA, 0.71 WHIP C -- Billy Pawlett (IRL) -- .325 AVG, 4 HR, 24 RBI, .956 OPS 1B -- Lukas Stoger (AUT) -- .391 AVG, 11 HR, 37 RBI, 1.182 OPS 2B -- Holly Connich (IRL) -- .317 AVG, 8 HR, 36 RBI, 1.027 OPS 3B -- Dolf Pellenaars (BEL) -- .328 AVG, 5 HR, 17 RBI, .995 OPS SS -- Harlan McRea (IRL) -- .382 AVG, 2 HR, 35 RBI. .980 OPS LF -- Bernard Wulker (SUI) -- .365 AVG, 7 HR, 22 RBI, 1.015 OPS CF -- Ian Meoni (SUI) -- .344 AVG, 4 HR, 34 RBI, 1.012 OPS RF -- Dylan Rosenburg (BEL) -- .369 AVG, 12 HR, 38 RBI, 1.203 OPS Significant Injuries - Alois Maloney was injured early on and will miss some time in 1985. Eskil Junge continued his bad luck with injuries and will miss the early part of next season. Knockout Stages Italy 2 France 1 Italy 3 France 4 - France win on a sac fly by Jacquy Gilbert. France 9 Italy 7 (10) - It was only 4-4 after 9. France 5 Italy 6 France 9 Italy 10 (10) - France scored 4 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th to tie, then 1 in the 10th to take the lead, but Matthieu D'Urso responded with a walkoff double. Italy 7 France 15 Italy 1 France 6 - France got all the runs they needed in the first 2 innings. Yoan Lelievre pitched a complete game. Austria 7 Ireland 6 Austria 1 Ireland 2 Ireland 3 Austria 7 - Lukas Stoger hit a Grand Slam in the 1st inning. Ireland 8 Austria 7 Ireland 3 Austria 2 (10) - Harlan McRea had a 2 run homer in the 9th to tie it and Barry Mulcahy hit a solo shot in the 10th. Austria 3 Ireland 1 Austria 4 Ireland 3 (11) - Armin Aerenthal tied it in the 9th with a solo home run, then Josef Schmidt drove in the winning run in the 11th. Final (Pitcher stats - 1st set are 1984 EBL, 2nd set are Euro Champs) Game 1 starters Austria: Pauli Erstweiler (14-8, 2.70 ERA, 1.03 WHIP at AAA -- 6-3, 2.49 ERA, 1.08 WHIP) France: Robert Marion (8-18, 5.53 ERA, 1.23 WHIP -- 5-3, 3.19 ERA, 1.23 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Austria 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 1 France 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 2 Pauli Erstweiler (AUT) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Game 2 starters Austria: Joseph Sykora (13-11, 3.33 ERA, 1.24 WHIP -- 2-3, 2.83 ERA, 1.05 WHIP) France: Adrien Pierre (15-12, 3.10 ERA, 1.33 WHIP -- 5-1, 3.56 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 1 France 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 Oktav Grillparzar (AUT) - 1/1, HR, 2 RBI Michael Rodier (AUT) - 2/4, 2B, HR, RBI Game 3 starters France: Alexis Martin (11-12, 3.57 ERA, 1.21 WHIP -- 8-1, 1.85 ERA, 1.08 WHIP) Austria: Helmuth Seipel (11-9, 4.22 ERA, 1.48 WHIP -- 2-5, 4.48 ERA, 1.57 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E France 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 Alexis Martin (FRA) - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Game 4 starters France: Yoan Lelievre (16-10, 3.21 ERA, 1.21 WHIP -- 6-3, 2.58 ERA, 1.17 WHIP) Austria: Riso Eckhel (7-13, 3.71 ERA, 1.42 WHIP -- 8-0, 1.84 ERA, 1.07 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E France 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 6 7 1 Austria 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 9 1 Eric Molinier (FRA) - 2/3, 2B, RBI, R Game 5 starters France: Marion Austria: Erstweiler Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E France 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 Austria 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 Paulo Simon (FRA) - 1/3, 2-out 2-run HR in 9th Pauli Erstweiler (AUT) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Robert Marion (FRA) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K Game 6 starters Austria: Sykora France: Pierre Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Austria 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 France 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 11 0 Adrien Pierre (FRA) - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Jacquy Gilbert (FRA) - 5/5, R France win the series 4-2 Series MVP: Jacquy Gilbert (FRA) - 11/27, HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, hit in every game

07-23-2008, 03:49 PM	#43
fhomess Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,693	Hmm. Amsterdam can't win when it counts, just like the Dutch national soccer team. __________________ StatsLab- PHP/MySQL based utilities for Online Leagues Baseball Cards - Full list of known templates and documentation on card development.

07-24-2008, 02:23 PM	#45
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	1985 Preview March 31st 1985 - Only a few notable trades in the offseason. Vilheim Bogedal has left Milan to join Helsinki. The Mud Cats got starting pitcher Karel Grau in return. Adrian Sandrakos, the 1982 EL Pitcher of the Year has been traded from Budapest to Hamburg, with Oktav Grillparzar going the other way. Also playing for another team will be 3-time Glove of the Year award winner Erem Erkal, who has left Glasgow to play for the Barcelona Iguanas. There is a buzz around the league about the young players who were stars at the European Championships, but who have yet to prove themselves at the EBL level. Riso Eckhel is slated to be the opening day pitcher for Barcelona despite his 7-13 record in 1984. Pauli Erstweiler and Kanitzar Bugajski shouldn't be in AAA much longer (for Copenhagen and Oslo, respectively). If they are, expect multiple teams to come knocking with offers. The Paris Cyclones will be hoping that they can carry the momentum of the French national team into the new season. They started 1984 very well but fell away badly and are one of only 3 EBL teams yet to make the playoffs (Moscow and Lisbon are the others). The favourites for 1985 have to Brussels, Milan and Amsterdam again, whereas the whole of the Eastern League will simply be hoping that they can break their duck in the European League Series. Last edited by Craig Costello; 07-29-2008 at 04:40 PM.

07-24-2008, 03:55 PM	#46
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	It's like it never really happened, a.k.a Corrupt game file being restored to last backup. Last edited by Craig Costello; 07-29-2008 at 03:22 PM.

07-25-2008, 03:27 PM	#48
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	It's like it never really happened, a.k.a Corrupt game file being restored to last backup. Last edited by Craig Costello; 07-29-2008 at 03:23 PM.

07-21-2008, 05:47 PM	#41
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	1984 European Champs Preview October 28th 1984 - Interest in baseball is at an all-time high in Europe and fans across the continent are all looking forward to the first ever European Championship in the sport. Experts have predicted that the winners will come from a group of 6 favourites - Spain, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Russia, Belgium - but it promises to be a wide open tournament with only a few teams not really in contention (England, Switzerland, Poland). The most intriguing squad in the eyes of this reporter are the boys from Ireland. They have a superb starting rotation - Malcolm Kennedy (Paris), Alois Maloney (Amsterdam), Steve Moynan (Moscow), Bart Taft (Oslo) - and if their hitters can overcome a lack of depth, they look good to go a long way in the tournament. Other than injuries, there are not many big names who have missed out on places in their national squads. The two names worth noting are Penn Heldt, who didn't make the German squad despite winning 12 games for the EBL champion Brussels Hitmen and 14 game winner, Stuart Seaward (Dublin), who is kept out by the aforementioned Irish rotation strength.

07-24-2008, 02:56 AM	#44
Kokoshin Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 8	Funny, Spain was quoted as one of the favourites and performed well below expected... feel a dejà vu here (well, except this year, of course). Nice writing... one of my all-time dynasties here Go Hawks

07-24-2008, 04:05 PM	#47
BlackCats101 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 38	This is good stuff mate, have enjoyed reading it. Keep it going!

07-25-2008, 04:30 PM	#49
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	It's like it never really happened, a.k.a Corrupt game file being restored to last backup. Last edited by Craig Costello; 07-29-2008 at 03:23 PM.

07-29-2008, 02:56 PM	#54
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	Yes, no financials in 'EC84'. The AI did a pretty decent job of picking the best players to each nation after I had released them to the free agent pool. Coaches and scouts were on, although thinking about maybe they should both be off. I had to disallow all AI roster moves for the EBL teams to ensure that they didn't sign any of the players.

07-30-2008, 03:15 PM	#55
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	Renegades Select Terragni June 15th 1985 - The top 10 of the 1985 draft looks like this 1. Lisbon: SP Pasqualino Terragni (ITA) 2. Sofia: LF Vilheim Hjelmslev (DEN) 3. Madrid: SP Dane Meling (DEN) 4. Athens: 3B Christopher Vlakou (GRE) 5. Vienna: RF Salmund Jaerbyn (SWE) 6. Helsinki: 2B Gustaf Bashe (SWE) 7. Paris: SP Herman Guzicki (POL) 8. Budapest: 3B Lasse Roks (NED) 9. Dublin: SP Hendrikan de Ruijter (NED) 10. London: 2B William Coatsworth (ENG) Last edited by Craig Costello; 07-30-2008 at 04:13 PM.

07-30-2008, 04:13 PM	#56
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	1985 All Star Break June 22nd 1985 - An action packed first half of the season has come to an end. Here are some highlights. Code: WL North Sea EL Baltic W L GB W L GB Brussels 41 34 - Hamburg 52 23 - Dublin 40 35 1 Oslo 46 29 6 Amsterdam 39 36 2 Berlin 40 35 11 London 39 36 2 Copenhagen 38 37 14 Glasgow 35 40 6 Helsinki 32 43 20 Paris 27 48 14 Stockholm 27 48 25 WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea W L GB W L GB Milan 46 29 - Prague 44 31 - Lisbon 43 32 3 Sofia 38 37 6 Barcelona 39 36 7 Athens 37 38 7 Zurich 35 40 11 Warsaw 36 39 8 Madrid 34 41 12 Moscow 35 40 9 Vienna 32 43 14 Budapest 25 50 19 Notes - Hamburg started 11-1 and didn't really slow down. They lead the EBL in runs scored and runs allowed so far. At the other end of the scale, Paris won 4 of their first 24 games (so much for the French momentum) and Budapest started 5-22. Stockholm allowed two double digit innings in the first week of the season. Warsaw scored 11 in the 2nd on their way to a 18-13 win and Hamburg scored 10 in the 9th to win 13-5. The biggest innings of the season so far was a 12 run effort by Brussels against the Glasgow Stallions on April 8th. There has been an 18 inning game (Helsinki v Prague) and a 17 inning game (Budapest v Copenhagen). The first ever EBL Champions, the Vienna Armageddon, fired their GM on May 8th as they fell out of contention. Berlin had a 10-1 run in May and Milan won 16 out of 19 to take control of their division. Oslo won 17 out of 19 to move closer to the Heat. Sofia, whilst still in contention, have struggled in June to fall back a bit. Player Notes - There was a great pitcher's series between Lisbon and Dublin in April. After a close first game, Juan Sanchez (Dublin) pitched a no-hitter to win the second. Then young Scotsman Archie MacClements (Lisbon) responded with his own no-hitter the very next day. The back-to-back no-hitters slightly overshadowed Panos Metrofanis' (London) one-hitter against Madrid on the same day as the Sanchez game. Metrofanis was recognised by the league as the Pitcher of the Month for April with a 6-0 record and a 1.33 ERA. Warsaw SP Adrien Pierre hit a Grand Slam, his first ever home run, in the 11 run inning mentioned above. Unsurprisingly both of the EL awards for April went to Hamburg players. Ned Zijm was 4-0 for the month with a 1.44 ERA and Dolf Pellenaars hit .322 with 6 homers. Claudio Lwenholm (Amsterdam) was the WL's Hitter of the Month for both April and May. At the All-Star break he his hitting .376 with 17 HR and 73 RBI. Ivan Santrac (Sofia) and Harlan McRea (Amsterdam) both hit for the cycle on May 6th. McRae has a 25 game hit streak going at the present time. SP Rory Begley (Warsaw) pitched 31.1 consecutive scoreless innings between April 27th and May 12th. He then pitched a no-hitter versus Prague on June 16th. The Pitchers of the Month for May were Malcolm Kennedy (Paris, WL) and Justino Junqeiro (Warsaw, EL). Junqeiro is a reliever, who won 4 games and saved 6 more in the month. Francis Gautier (Sofia) was the EL Hitter of the Month. He is one of two hitters who are threatening to hit .400 on the season. He is at .402. The other is Milan's Philippe Martin, who is hitting .396 thus far. Significant Injuries - Hans Hamsun (Copenhagen) was injured in the first few days of the season and will not be able to play for the rest of 1985. He hit 28 HR in 1984 for the Armada. Hamburg's Nunzio D'Elia has missed 2 months with a fractured cheekbone. Jeirgif Izvekov (Budapest) strained a hamstring running the bases and missed 5 weeks. Glasgow 3B Michael MacKinnon missed 4 weeks with a hand injury. Last edited by Craig Costello; 08-01-2008 at 08:02 AM.

07-31-2008, 03:59 PM	#57
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	1985 Final Standings September 26th 1985 - Code: WL North Sea EL Baltic W L GB W L GB Dublin 91 71 - Hamburg 104 58 - Brussels 88 74 3 Copenhagen 97 65 7 Amsterdam 82 80 9 Oslo 93 69 11 London 81 81 10 Berlin 86 76 18 Glasgow 78 84 13 Helsinki 74 88 30 Paris 59 103 32 Stockholm 63 99 41 WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea W L GB W L GB Milan 102 60 - Prague 84 78 - Zurich 80 82 22 Warsaw 83 79 1 Barcelona 79 83 23 Athens 79 83 5 Vienna 79 83 23 Sofia 75 87 9 Madrid 78 84 24 Moscow 73 89 11 Lisbon 75 87 27 Budapest 61 101 23 Notes - Copenhagen won 20 games in July and also had a 12-3 run in August to keep close to the Hamburg Heat and pretty much secure their playoff spot. Milan were the first team to 100 wins, but they took their foot of the gas and Hamburg overtook them for the best record in the EBL. Stockholm actually had a winning September to avoid joining the 100 loss club. Budapest and Moscow played a game that was scoreless after 14, then both teams scored in the 15th. The Smoke finally won it 3-1 in 19 innings. Amsterdam and Prague won on the last day to keep London and Warsaw out of the playoffs. The Crocs lost 6-3 to Paris to negate any chance they had. Player Notes - Urbanus Fuerst (Athens) and Lorenzo Gutierrez (Vienna) both had cycles in the second half of the season. Berlin SS Luis Diaz had a 6 for 6 day in his team's 9-8 win over Prague on June 29th. Twelve different players won the monthly awards. The hitters were - Max Sabin (Milan), Bruce Smith (Dublin), Philippe Martin (Milan), Jacquy Gilbert (Hamburg), Paulo Simon (Athens) and Holly Connich (Warsaw). The pitchers were - Gerd Buchert (London), Emanuel Biancardi (Amsterdam), Michal Slimak (Milan), Rory Begley (Warsaw), Alexis Martin (Copenhagen), Klement Follerup (Moscow). Slimak won the August WL award after being traded from Copenhagen to the Mud Cats in July. Copenhagen were busy in the trade market as they powered through the second half of the season. They acquired 1B Rudolf Tuhina in the Milan trade and CF Emilio Zamora and SP Gaspar Kertesz in further trades with Madrid and Moscow respectively. Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) had the best pitching performance of the second half with a two-hitter against Helsinki. He struck out 9 Diesel batters as the Dragons won 4-0. Glasgow's Constantino Deodato has signed an extension to keep him in Scotland for two more seasons and to make him one of the highest paid players in the league in the process. He will earn $4.1M per year in the deal. One EBL star who won't be on show in the playoffs is 2-time WL Pitcher of the Year Nike Rousakis. After a horrible start to the season, the 30 year-old has been sent down to AAA Manchester by the Milan Mud Cats and is not included on their playoff roster. Significant Injuries - Lisbon's poor second half can, in part at least, be attributed to the injury suffered by C Fernao Espinhel. He fractured an eye socket in early July and missed the rest of the season. RF Miguel Barella (Athens) will be out for 12 months with a fractured cheek suffered when he was hit by a pitch. Milan's Dennis Frangopoulos missed 6 weeks towards the end of the season with a knee injury. He will be ready to go for the playoffs. Last edited by Craig Costello; 08-08-2008 at 09:56 AM.

07-31-2008, 05:04 PM	#58
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295	1985 Playoffs October 20th 1985 - Wildcard Round: Brussels 1 Dublin 6 - Brussels only managed 4 hits against 4 Wolfpack pitchers. Brussels 3 Dublin 0 - Jesus Ruiz allowed just 3 base runners in 8 innings. Dublin 5 Brussels 2 (11) - Lukas Happ had a 2 RBI triple in the 11th. Dublin 5 Brussels 1 - Dublin ensure there will be no repeat for the Hitmen. Amsterdam 2 Milan 1 - Tymosz Leszcznska pitched 8 strong innings in his first playoff start. Amsterdam 4 Milan 6 Milan 4 Amsterdam 16 - 6 different Selects hitters scored multiple runs. Milan 8 Amsterdam 2 - Philippe Martin was 4/5 for Milan. Amsterdam 7 Milan 8 (10) - Amsterdam scored 2 in the 9th to force extra innings, but Milan got two singles and a ground out RBI to win it and move on. Copenhagen 6 Prague 1 - Alexis Martin gave up just the 1 run in 8 innings of work. Copenhagen 6 Prague 10 - Prague scored 5 in the 1st. Copenhagen's Peter Osland and Prague's Chris Kos both had 2 homers. Prague 2 Copenhagen 5 Prague 3 Copenhagen 11 - Thomas Meinert and Rudolf Tuhina had 9 RBI between them. Oslo 3 Hamburg 4 Oslo 0 Hamburg 2 - Ned 'Blanks' Zijm struck out 11 Metros in 8 innings, allowing just 5 hits. Hamburg 3 Oslo 0 - Roque Vilardeb shut out Oslo over 7 innings to get Hamburg into the next round. League Championship Series: Dublin 3 Milan 2 - Igoryok Vishipanov hit a solo homer in the 9th to put the Wolfpack ahead. Dublin 2 Milan 3 (10) - Marcello Pierdomenico hit a walk off single in his first at bat after coming on as a defensive replacement. Milan 4 Dublin 0 - Dublin only managed 4 hits against Tuure Lumme and 2 relievers. Milan 5 Dublin 15 - Dublin set a playoff record for runs in an inning with 11 in the 5th. Milan 3 Dublin 7 - Both teams scored all of their runs in the 7th. Vladimir Pantelic had a Grand Slam for the winners. Dublin 4 Milan 2- Erik Paulsen allowed only 1 hit over 6 innings. Copenhagen 4 Hamburg 3 Copenhagen 2 Hamburg 6 - Hamburg scored 4 runs in the 1st and Adrian Sandrakos pitched 8 strong innings. Hamburg 11 Copenhagen 3 - Copenhagen led 2-0 but Hamburg powered past them. Hamburg 7 Copenhagen 3 Hamburg 5 Copenhagen 4 - Billy Pawlett's 3-run homer in the 8th made it interesting, but Jim Boogermans had a 1-2-3 9th to send Hamburg to the Series. European League Series: Game 1 starters - Dublin: Jere Ronkko (17-8, 3.68 ERA, 1.23 WHIP), Hamburg: Ned Zijm (15-7, 2.42 ERA, 1.15 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Dublin 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 11 17 0 Hamburg 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 Casey Ferrell (DUB) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI, R Vladimir Pantelic (DUB) - 3/5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R Game 2 starters - Dublin: Trofimoff Eksler (11-15, 4.30 ERA, 1.30 WHIP - with Moscow and Dublin), Hamburg: Adrian Sandrakos (18-12, 2.92 ERA, 1.33 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Dublin 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 1 Hamburg 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 5 7 0 Randy Schmidt (HAM) - 3/3, 3 RBI Casey Ferrell (DUB) - 3/5, 2B, 2 RBI Game 3 starters - Hamburg: Roque Vilardeb (16-12, 3.49 ERA, 1.24 WHIP), Dublin: Erik Paulsen (3-2, 4.08 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hamburg 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 Dublin 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 7 0 Erik Paulsen (DUB) - 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Eric Molinier (DUB) - 2/2, HR, 2 RBI, R Roque Vilardeb (HAM) - 7.1 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Game 4 starters - Hamburg: Janos Racz (20-7, 3.90 ERA, 1.30 WHIP), Dublin: Ronkko Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hamburg 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Dublin 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 X 5 12 0 Eric Molinier (DUB) - 3/4, HR, RBI, 2 R Jere Ronkko (DUB) - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K Bruce Smith (DUB) - 2/4, HR, RBI, R Game 5 starters - Hamburg: Zijm, Dublin: Eksler Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hamburg 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 10 0 Dublin 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 X 11 19 0 Bruce Smith (DUB) - 4/4, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB Borisav Anastasijevic (HAM) - 4/5, 2 R Dublin Wolfpack win the series 4-1 Series MVP - Bruce Smith (DUB) - 12/20, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R, 3 BB The EL drought continues.