The IBL's Alaska Avalanche

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2032 WEEK 21
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 72-54 13.5 GB (+7 WC)
RUNS SCORED: 664 (17) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 583 (28) 8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 74/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs West Michigan/Off Day/3 @ Providence

8/16
SAN 4 WMI 1
W-Miller (11-4) L-Green (5-11) S-Whaley (4)
HR WMI-Warren (8) SAN-Cook (4)
Miller 6.2 IP 5 K 6 H 1 ER
Green (WMI) CG (L) 8 IP 8 H 4 K 2 ER

8/17
WMI 4 SAN 0
W-X. Green (7-11) L-Garcia (12-4)
HR WMI-Carter (16) O'Sullivan (7)
Green (WMI) CG SHO 3 H 7 K Carter (WMI) 3-5 2B (30) HR 2 R 2 RBI's (86)
Garcia 7 IP 7 K 7 H 2 ER

8/18
SAN 2 WMI 1
W-Kirk (9-8) L-Toner (13-5) S-Brooks (15)
HR SAN-Cook (5)
Kirk 8.2 IP 2 H 6 K 1 ER no-no into the 6th, SHO into the 9th. Heeren 3-4 RBI (79) Cook 2-4 HR RBI (25)
Toner (WMI) 7.2 IP 9 H 2 ER

8/19
OFF DAY

8/20
PRO 9 SAN 1
W-Summers (12-7) L-Lopez (1-2)
HR PRO-Herhard (21) Hernandez (36)
Summers (PRO) 8 IP 6 H 1 ER (12-7 3.68) Herhard 2-3 SB (20) HR 2 R 3 RBI's (81) Hernandez 2-5 HR 3 RBI's (94)
Lopez 5 ER 3 IP 4 BB 6 H

8/21
SAN 7 PRO 6
W-Jones (5-6) L-Bruno (6-10) S-Whaley (5)
HR SAN-Perez (21) PRO-Salas (6)
Jones 8 IP 8 K 7 H 4 ER Hutchison 3-5 2B (21) RBI (94) Perez HR 3 RBI's (63) Beard 3-4 2B (7) RBI (14)
Cruz (PRO) 3-4

8/22
PRO 7 SAN 3
W-Rincon (11-9) L-C.Miller (11-5)
HR SAN-Heeren (16) PRO-Cordova (1) Overhill (10)
Rincon (PRO) 8.1 IP 5 H 3 ER Cordova 2-4 2B (1) 2 R 3 RBI's (3)
Miller 5 ER 9 H 4.2 IP Peterson 3-4 3 2B's (22)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Joe McKinney (AZ) 9-18 3 HR's 6 RBI's (.289-15-66)
CL POTW- Alejandro Trujillo (CC) 12-22 3 HR's 7 RBI's (.295-25-91)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Las Vegas (2)
3) El Paso (3)
4) Boston (4)
5) Columbus (5)

8) San Antonio (6)

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2032 WEEK 22
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 75-57 15.5 GB (+7.5 in the WC)
RUNS SCORED: 685 (21) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 614 (31) 8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 74/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Boston/Off Day/3 @ Sacramento

8/23
BOS 14 SAN 2
W-Myers (15-6 3.26) L-Garcia (12-5)
HR BOS-Hawkins (12)
Myers (BOS) 8.1 IP 4 H 2 ER A.Figueroa (BOS) 3-3 2 2B's (34) 2 R BB 2 RBI's (56) Goldsworthy (BOS) 3-4 2 2B's (30) R 2 BB 4 RBI's (52) Ritchie (BOS) 3-6 3 RBI's (119)
Garcia 3.1 IP 9 H 6 ER

8/24
BOS 4 SAN 1
W-Sanders (14-6) L-Kirk (9-9) S-Jackson (37)
HR NONE
Kirk 5.1 IP 4 H 8 K 4 BB 2 ER Hutchison 0-5 4 K's Cook 2-2 2 BB
Sanders (BOS) 5.1 IP 3 H 2 BB 7 K 1 R 0 ER (14-6 3.79)

8/25
BOS 2 SAN 1 (13)
W-Jackson (4-4) L-Hawking
HR NONE
Richardson (BOS) 12 IP 8 H 8 K 0 BB 1 ER (136 pitches) Lagarde 3-6 2B (15) Thies (BOS) 0-0 3 BB
Lopez 7 IP 5 H 1 ER Hawking 2.2 IP 2 H 3 BB walks in winning run

8/26
Off Day

8/27
SAN 6 SAC 5
W-Jones (6-6) L-Larsen (7-13) S-Brooks (16)
HR SAN-Perez 2 (23)
Heeren 3-3 BB 2 R Perez 2 HR's 5 RBI's (68)
Soto (SAC) 3-4 2B (18)

ROSTER NEWS-Esteban Figueroa is hurt and DtD for about a week. This presents and opportunity to DL him and get a reliever into the mix that's fresh and can help. 24 year old Norm Martin will be recalled. He's been lights out in AAA, 2-2 37 SV 1.46.

8/28
SAN 8 SAC 4
W-Miller (12-5) L-Arroyo (14-7)
HR SAN-Heeren (17) SAC-Meza (11) Murphy (20)
Miller 7 IP 8 K 4 H 3 ER Heeren 2-5 2B (30) HR 2 R 3 RBI's (86) Perez 3-4 2 RBI's (70)
Meza (SAC) 2-3 3B (2) HR 3 RBI's (63)

8/29
SAN 3 SAC 2
W-Garcia (13-5) L-Lopez (11-13) S-Brooks (17)
HR SAN-Bullock (35)
Garcia 7.2 IP 8 K 6 H 1 ER Brooks 1.1 IP 2 BB 2 K 0 H 1 R 0 ER
Lopez (SAC) 8.2 IP 7 H 7 K 2 ER

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Vicente Manuel (BRO) 11-25 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.274-17-66)
CL POTW- Chris James (PHI) 12-26 3 HR's 6 RBI's (.274-26-85)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Las Vegas (2)
3) Boston (4)
4) El Paso (3)
5) San Antonio (8)
OUT Columbus (7)

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Hall's 11th career pitcher of the month award.

Alaska and Vegas will again be sitting at home for the playoffs 1st round. This is now where I start to seriously believe we're going to snag a post season berth. A year ahead of when I expected. I don't for a second think I have the pitching to get deep, but the experience, and the revenue should both be huge to plans moving forward.

It's also looking like, for the 1st time since 2012, Chicago will miss the post season.

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2032 WEEK 23
RECORD: 7-0
OVERALL: 82-57 10.5 GB (+11 in WC)
RUNS SCORED: 728 (43) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 638 (24) t-7th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 75/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs San Jose/3 @ Tulsa/1 @ Dallas

8/30
SAN 3 SJ 2
W-Kirk (10-9) L-Moss (15-11) S-Brooks (18)
HR SAN-Wilton (2) GW
Kirk 8 IP 10 K 7 H 2 ER Wilton 2-4 GW HR in the 8th 3 RBI's (19)
Moss CG (L) 8 IP 9 H 3 ER 8 K (15-11 4.21)

8/31
SAN 4 SJ 2
W-Lopez (2-2) L-Molina (13-14) S-Whaley (6)
HR SAN-Heeren (18)
Lopez 7 IP 7 H 7 K 2 ER Heeren 2-5 HR RBI (87) Ramirez 2-2 2 BB SB (15) Run
Silva (SJ) 3-4 2 2B's (7)

SEPTEMBER CALL UPS- Wilmington will make the post season so I won't rob the roster until they're done. For now Jose Poebla, Catcher, Guillermo Moreira RP, Norburo Shinoda SS/3B and Ricardo Mena OF will be recalled. All are on the 40 man already. Once they're done I could recall a few more arms for the staff.

9/1
SAN 9 SJ 8
W-Kijani (6-1) L-Melendrez (1-6)
HR SJ-Krieger (16) Welch (36) Obispo (24) SAN-Ramirez (9)
Beard 3-5 2 RBI's (17) Ramirez 2-4 2B (9) HR 3 RBI's (38) Weijers 3-5 2B (17) 2 R 2 RBI's (77)
Gil (SJ) 4-5 R RBI (42)

MILESTONES-Cisco Casas becomes the games youngest member of the 300 Save club.



300 SAVE CLUB
Cisco Casas 9/1/32 (31 years 179 days)
Julio Gonzales 4/23/20 (32 years 257 days)
Shimei Ikarashi 9/27/29 (33 years 201 days)
Ernesto Cruz 9/15/19 (34 years 10 days)
Ivan Lopez 4/16/21 (34 years 131 days)
Stephen Watkins 5/26/26 (34 years 142 days)
Bill Barlow 8/5/22 (37 years 22 days)
Tom Conklin 7/28/21 (37 years 236 days)
Joe Boswell 6/24/20 (38 years 79 days)

9/2
SAN 5 TUL 3
W-C.Miller (13-5) L-Rivas (7-7) S-Brooks (19)
HR TUL-Patterson (19)
Miller 7 IP 3 H 9 K 0 R

9/3
SAN 9 TUL 6
W-Hawking (5-4) L-Losoya (3-7) S-Brooks (20)
HR SAN-Bullock (36) Cook (6) TUL-Roach (8) Jenkins (27) Villarreal (15) Garcia (22) Williams (25)
Garcia 4 IP 9 H 4 HR 5 ER Heeren 0-3 3 BB Cook 3-5 2B (9) HR 2 R RBI (28) Ramirez 3-4 2 2B (11) 2 R BB 2 RBI's (40) Beard 3-5 2B (8) 3 RBI's (21)
Roach (TUL) 3-4 HR R RBI (39)

9/4
SAN 4 TUL 0
W-Kirk (11-9) L-Wright (14-12)
HR SAN-Heeren (19)
Kirk CG SHO 3 H 6 BB 6 K (11-9 4.12) Heeren 2-4 2B (31) HR 3 RBI's (90)
Wright (14-12 3.97) 8 IP 7 H 4 ER

NEWS-Out of Michigan....



9/5
SAN 9 DAL 3
W-Lopez (3-2) L-T.Miller (9-15)
HR SAN-Bullock (37) Weijers (22) Cook (7)
Lopez 7 IP 4 H 3 K 3 ER Weijers 3-5 HR 2 R 4 RBI's (82) Ramirez 2-2 2 SB (17) 3 R 2 BB Cook 2-4 HR 2 R 2 RBI's (30)

MINORS NEWS-Wilmington (AAA) has made the playoffs and squares off with the Pueblo Wolverines (MIC) in round 1. Rookie League St Charles and Columbus have both qualified as well. Our minor league system is improving leaps and bounds in both talent and depth, even with the massive amount of injuries this season.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Dinh Xuan (COL) 10-23 7 HR 12 RBI (.258-25-99) Last 3 games 7-12 6 HR 9 RBI 6 R (3 cons 2 HR games)
CL POTW- Charles Scott (HOU) 12-27 3 HR 3 RBI (.355-10-23)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) San Antonio (5) 2!!!!
3) Boston (3)
4) Las Vegas (2)
5) El Paso (4)

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2032 WEEK 24
RECORD: 2-5
OVERALL: 84-62 15 GB (+9 in WC)
RUNS SCORED: 757 (29) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 671 (33) 8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 77/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Dallas/4 @ New Orleans

9/6
DAL 7 SAN 6
W-Thompson (3-0) L-Hawking (5-5) S-Fong (17)
HR SAN-Weijers (23) Heeren (20) DAL-Woolridge (29) Mitchell (3)
Jones 6.1 IP 7 H 5 BB 4 ER Hutchison SB (38) (39 HR's)
Woolridge (DAL) 4-4 2 2B (25) HR 2 R 4 RBI's (74)

9/7
SAN 11 DAL 2
W-C.Miller (14-5) L-Sanchez (10-15)
HR SAN-Cook (8) Weijers (24) DAL-Hurt (8)
Miller 6.2 IP 6 H 6 K 2 ER (14-5 3.47) Cook 3-6 2B (10) HR 3 R 3 RBI (34) Perez 2-3 2B (15) R 2 RBI (74)

9/8
SAN 5 DAL 4
W-Garcia (14-5 3.62) L-Young (7-18) S-Brooks (21)
HR DAL-Fabian (20)
Garcia 6.2 IP 8 H 4 BB 3 K 4 ER Hutchison 4-4 2 SB (40) 2 R RBI (98)
Hurt (DAL) 3-5 3B (5)

9/9
NO 7 SAN 2
W-Green (12-11) L-Kirk (11-10)
HR SAN-Weijers (25) Heeren (21) NO-Kelley (15)
Kirk 1.1 IP 4 BB 4 H 7 ER (11-10 4.44)
Green (NO) 8.2 IP 8 H 5 K 2 ER (12-11 4.93) Morin (NO) 1-1 2B (1) 3 RBI hurt in 1st on bases loaded 2B

9/10
NO 6 SAN 1
W-Bradshaw (13-12) L-Lopez (3-3)
HR SAN-Perez (24) NO-Edwards 2 (34)
Bradshaw (NO) CG (W) 6 H 6 K 1 ER Edwards 2-3 2 HR's 2 R 3 RBI (100)
Lopez 5.1 IP 9 H 5 R 3 ER Peterson 2 Errors Hutchison 2-2 2 BB 2B (26)

9/11
NO 4 SAN 3
W-Smith (2-1) L-Kijani (6-2)
HR SAN-Bullock (38) Weijers (26) NO-Stout Pinch hit Walk off Grand Slam (10)
Jones 8.2 IP 2 H 5 BB 5 K enters 9th with a 1-hit SHO, loads the bases and Stout pinch hits a walk off grand slam. Weijers 3-4 2B (18) HR 2 RBI (88)
Smith (NO) CG 8 H 3 ER

Never had that in a game I played, a walk off granny, much less a pinch hit walk off granny.

9/12
NO 3 SAN 1
W-Naif (14-6) L-C.Miller (14-6) S-Crosby (10)
HR NO-Berino (24)
Miller 5.2 IP 3 H 2 ER 4 BB
Naif (NO) 7.1 IP 7 H 4 K 1 ER

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Vicente Manuel (BRO) 15-29 2 HR 4 RBI (.296-14-51)
CL POTW- Scott Downes (EP) 9-21 2 HR 9 RBI (.272-18-78)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Las Vegas (4)
3) Boston (3)
4) Corpus Christi (-)
5) El Paso (5)
OUT San Antonio (7)

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2032 WEEK 25
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 87-65 Clinched WC
RUNS SCORED: 787 (30) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 709 (38) 8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 78/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs El Paso/Off Day/3 @ Baltimore

9/13
SAN 3 EP 2 (12)
W-Opacic (2-2) L-Craxi (3-3)
HR EP-Cordero (1) SAN-Perez 2 (26) 12th inning walk off
Garcia 8 IP 5 H 7 K 0 BB 1 ER Perez 2 HR (GW) 2 R 2 RBI (77)
Gonzales (EP) 10 IP 4 H 10 K 1 BB 1 ER

9/14
EP 9 SAN 5
W-Shields (17-9) L-Kirk (11-11) S-Garcia (2)
HR EP-Cordero (2) Downes (19)
Kirk 5 IP 7 H 6 ER Ramirez 3B (2) 3 RBI's (44)
Silva (EP) 3-5 3B (5) 3 R

INJURY NEWS-2 huge pieces of injury news today. In Staten Island ace Mike Lewis herniated a disc, the 36 year old (15-11 3.42) will miss the remainder of the year, and the post season. In even bigger news Alaska Avalanche superstar Carlos Rios ruptured a disc, the 21 game winner and likely rookie of the year and possible Koufax winner will be out at least 6 months. Rios was 21-3 2.56 in 29 starts.

STANDINGS LEADERS SEPTEMBER 15th
Alaska and Vegas clinch but the Avalanche clinch is done in a pretty somber atmosphere as they lose their 1A to Hall in the process. Vegas will clearly be the 1 in the CL, again. Great race in the midwest and for the first time in 20 years Chicago is not in the mix.
New Hampshire has clung to the lead despite Cabrera being out the past week.
The Lone Star and Pacific, as well as the Empire all look to be good races as well as the race for the final spot in the CL Wild Card and maybe all 3 spots in the FL depending on how the week goes.



No records likely to fall with the exception of O'Halloran's save mark. Tom Jackson at 44 saves has an outside shot.
Check out the statistical dominance of the 51's, offensively and pitching.

9/15
SAN 7 EP 2
W-Lopez (4-3) L-Bernard (8-10)
HR SAN-Ramirez (10) Heeren (22) Perez (27) Cook (9)
Lopez 8 IP 7 H 9 K 2 ER Heeren 3-4 HR 2 RBI (95) Perez 2-4 HR 2 R RBI (78) Cook 2-4 HR 3 RBI (38)

9/16
OFF DAY

9/17
SAN 8 BAL 7
W-Jones (7-6) L-Boucher (14-7) S-Brooks (22)
HR BAL-Pierson (3) Turner (9)
Jones 6 IP 5 BB 2 H 2 ER Heeren 4-5 2 2B 3 R (.350, trialing Whitley (PIT) 16 pts) Bullock 3-4 R 2 RBI's (97)

9/18
BAL 7 SAN 4
W-Espinoza (13-15) L-Miller (14-7) S-Davenport (33)
HR NONE
Miller 6.1 IP 7 H 5 BB 5 R 4 ER (Perez 10th error) Perez 3-5 R
Espinoza (BAL) 6.2 IP 11 H 3 BB 3 ER (13-15 4.98

9/19
BAL 11 SAN 3
W-Warner (13-8 2.30) L-Garcia (14-6 3.79)
HR SAN-Peterson (11) Heeren (23) BAL-Soto (17) Lamberti (23)
Warner (BAL) 7 IP 4 H 3 ER Soto (BAL) HR 4 RBI's (66) Pierson (BAL) 3-4 SB (9) 2 R
Garcia 1.2 IP 5 H 2 BB 7 R 6 ER 2 Errors (Heeren 23, Perez 11)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Jorge Macias (MIC) 13-29 HR 8 RBI (.328-2-38)
CL POTW- James Welch (SJ) 10-21 2 HR 7 RBI (.291-39-94)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: SAVES
50 John O'Halloran (LV) '27
49 Tom Conklin '20
49 Jake Ellison '22
49 Shimei Ikarashi (PRO) '29
49 Esteban Fernandez (LV) '30

POWER RANKINGS
1) Las Vegas (2)
2) Alaska (1)
3) Boston (3)
4) Columbus (-)
5) Corpus Christi (4)
OUT El Paso (6)

8) San Antonio (7)

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2032 WEEK 26
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 91-68 Clinched WC
RUNS SCORED: 828 (41) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 734 (25) 8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 79/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Pittsburgh/4 @ Las Vegas

FALLEN DOWN-On June 1st Quincy Hutchison was hitting .370-28-62 through just 54 games. Since then he's hitting .235-11-37 in 92 games. An enormous drop and while he will still likely end up with a very good statistical season, it will be nowhere near what I was thinking he'd do. He was the runaway MVP then, and likely not even a top 5 candidate now.

9/20
SAN 4 PIT 2
W-Kirk (12-11) L-Wheeler (8-7) S-Brooks (23)
HR NONE
Kirk 7.1 IP 7 K 6 H 2 ER Weijers 3-5 3B (2) SB (30) 2 R
Otani (PIT) 7.1 7 H 2 ER (ND)

MILESTONE-John Naylor enters the 300 club



300 Home runs, by age
Luis Chavez (CHI) 6/5/23 (29 years 195 days) 3-4 3 HR's 4 RBI's off Columbus
Jeffrey Hudson (CHI) 5/28/2023 (30 years 181 days) Solo HR off New Hampshire
George Quinn (PHI) 5/25/25 (30 years 235 days) Solo HR vs Sacramento
Valentin Maitani (PHI) 8/28/20 (30 340 days)
Curt Whimster (TUL) 5/6/19 (30 years 349 days) 1st member
Horst Grueter (EDM) 5/9/28 (31 years 2 days) 4-4 2 run HR vs Los Angeles
Tony Greene (GB) 5/19/28 (31 years 19 days) 3 run HR vs New York
Christian Schall 6/6/23 (31 years 155 days)
Bill Alexander 6/18/19 (31 years 177 days)
Wes Morgan 7/25/20 (31 years 183 days)
Felix Sanchez 9/20/31 (31 years 267 days) 2 run HR off Eric Franklin (PIT) in the top of the 3rd.
Chandler Harris 4/3/23 (31 years 331 days)
Hugh Collins 8/13/21 (32 years 12 days)
David Walker (GB) 9/5/28 (32 years 14 days) 2 run HR vs Michigan
Alberto Vargas 8/24/19 (32 years 30 days)
Ron Stokes 7/26/22 (32 years 39 days)
Pedro De Jesus (MICH) 7/27/31 (32 years 158 days) 2 run HR off Bill Mcwhirr (NH) in the bottom of the 7th . 2nd of 2 HR's in the game. 3-5 2 HR's 4 RBI's
Jamie Vance 7/26/22 (32 years 181 days)
Earl Shaw (CC) 8/28/30 (32 years 187 days)
George Tanner (COL) 5/1/31 (32 years 296 days) Solo HR off Jesus Martinez (HAW) in the bottom of the 7th.
Brent McCoy 7/14/21 (33 years 172 days)
Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY) 7/11/32 (33 years 225 days) 2 run HR off Roy Shaw (CHI) in the bottom of the 6th
Michael Moran 9/24/24 (33 years 232 days)
Caden Haynes 8/23/22 (33 years 259 days)
Ross Tunstall 7/21/20 (33 years 273 days)
Cliff Edwards 4/17/27 (33 years 303 days)
Troy Glaus 6/13/25 (33 years 310 days)
Ramon Castro 5/18/32 (33 years 360 days) walk off game winning 3 run homer off Staten Island closer Hugh Walters
Travis Bryant 7/15/19 (34 years 133 days)
Rafael Cuesta 9/7/24 (34 years 181 days)
Paul Reeves 7/7/25 (34 years 237 days)
Pedro Lopez 4/15/32 (34 years 239 days) 2 run HR off Hung Fong (DAL) in the bottom of the 3rd
Lando Jongmans 5/8/25 (34 years 271 days)
John Naylor 9/20/32 (34 years 278 days) solo HR off Justin Green (HAW) in the top of the 7th
Mario Gomez 4/4/32 (34 years 352 days) 3 run GW HR off Kevin Sharp (DAY) in the 10th.
Cy May 6/17/20 (35 years 127 days)
Marcos Oginlara 7/13/25 (35 years 143 days)
Jesus Becerra 9/1/31 (35 years 221 days) 2 run HR off Daniel Martin (LA) in the bottom of the 3rd
Ricardo Flores 6/4/31 (35 years 231 days)
Ramiro Sanchez 4/14/32 (35 years 237 days) 3 run HR off Matt Roy (EDM) in the 1st inning
Pedro Debesa 7/11/31 (35 years 268 days) Solo HR off Stanford Towns (FRE) in the bottom of the 2nd.
Fred Gill (BUF) 9/2/28 (36 years 27 days) 3-3 2 HR's 5 RBI's 2 Run HR vs Alaska
Gerald Wright 5/12/24 (36 years 37 days)
Abel Bernarda (FRE) 6/8/28 (37 years 39 days) Solo HR vs Hawaii
Scott Rolen 6/8/27 (37 years 66 days)
Alejandro Villanueva 8/11/23 (37 years 262 days)
Bill Hill 9/3/20 (38 years 9 days)
Tim Davis 4/4/2024 (39 years 63 days)

9/21
SAN 8 PIT 3
W-Lopez (5-3) L-Carney (5-5)
HR SAN-Bullock (39) Ramirez (11)
Lopez 8.1 IP 6 H 3 ER Bullock 2-3 HR 2 R RBI (98) Irwin 2-4 2 2B (5) 2 RBI (18)

PLAYOFF NEWS-Alaska has been hit with their 2nd major injury in a week. 3B Ken Sexton (.286-22-92) suffered a fractured skull after being hit by a pitch and is expected to be out 6-7 months.

9/22
PIT 4 SAN 2
W-Oswalt (20-9 3.17) Jones (7-7) S-Keller (33)
HR PIT-Morin 2 (32)
Oswalt (PIT) 8.1 IP 7 H 2 ER Morin 2-2 BB 2 R 2 HR 4 RBI (106)
Jones 5 IP 5 H 4 ER Heeren 3-4 2B (34)

NEWS-Vegas appears to be hitting their stride at about the right time, or wrong, depending on the perspective. Today they win their 15th straight game. They are next up for us on the schedule.

9/23
LV 6 SAN 2
W-Burks (8-12) L-Miller (14-8)
HR LV-Wareham (14)
Miller 6 IP 7 H 4 ER
Wareham (LV) 3-3 HR 2 R 4 RBI (79)

MILESTONE-And Luis Chavez opens up his own club, membership = 1.





600 Home Runs
Luis Chavez 9/24/32 Bottom of the 3rd, solo HR off Victor Perez (COL)

9/24
SAN 4 LV 1
W-Garcia (15-6) L-Cruz (21-6 2.79)
HR LV-D.Adams (8)
Garcia CG 2-hitter 2 K 0 BB Beard 2-3 RBI (27) Weijers 2-4 2 R SB (32) Keith 2-3 R 2 SB (25) 2 RBI (54) Adams solo HR broke up no-hitter in the 5th.
Cruz (LV) 8 IP 9 K 8 H 4 ER

9/25
SAN 19 LV 6
W-Kirk (13-11) L-Gamboa (18-9 3.06)
HR SAN-Beard 2 (5) Hutchison 2 GS (41) Heeren (24) Peterson (12)
Kirk 6 IP 9 H 1 ER Hutchison 3-5 2B (30) SB (44) 2 HR 3 R 7 RBI (107) Peterson 2-4 HR 3 R 3 RBI (51) Beard 4-6 2 HR 3 R 2 RBI (29) Bullock 3-3 2 R RBI (100) Irwin 3-4 3 R RBI (19) Ramirez 2-4 2B (13) BB 3 R
Gamboa (18-9 3.06) 2 IP 11 H 7 ER

STUFF-That's 2 big time wins against 2 of the leagues best starting pitchers, the 2nd one a complete blow out.

NEWS-Quiincy Hutchison becomes a 40/40 member with his 2 homers.

SUPER CLUBS HR/SB

50/50
NONE

50+ HR 10+ SB
Bill Hill (DAY) 60/19 '12
Hugh Collins (CHI) 50/13 '21
Alberto Vargas (BUF) 52/12 '15
Cy May (HOU) 56/17 '12

40/40
Alberto Vargas (BUF) 48/43 '12
David Walker (GB) 43/40 '21
Quincy Hutchison (SAN) 41/44 ? '32
Luis Chavez (CHI) 41/46 '19
Luis Chavez (CHI) 42/42 '20

30/30
David Walker (GB) 37/42 '22
David Walker (GB) 36/52 '23
David Walker (GB) 38/34 '24
David Walker (GB) 34/30 '25
David Walker (GB) 30/30 '26
Pedro Lopez (MIC) 30/40 '23
George Quinn (PHI) 38/31 '18
Luis Chavez (CHI) 39/32 '17
Luis Chavez (CHI) 32/30 '18
Luis Chavez (CHI) 35/35 '21
Luis Chavez (CHI) 38/34 '22
Hugh Collins (CHI) 37/44 '14
Hugh Collins (CHI) 34/33 '15
Hugh Collins (CHI) 40/31 '16
Angelo Gomez (COL) 46/33 '15
Angelo Gomez (COL) 42/34 '16

40+ HR 20+ SB
Pedro Lopez (MIC) 43/29 '24
George Quinn (PHI) 48/20 '19
George Quinn (PHI) 44/29 '20
Jose Perez (NH) 44/20 '18
Jose Perez (NH) 43/22 '20
Bill Hill (DAY) 49/20 '13

9/26
LV 3 SAN 2
W-Cochran (14-6 3.05) L-Lopez (5-4) S-Fernandez (36)
HR SAN-Beard (6) LV-Walters (24)
Cochran (LV) 7 IP 5 H 8 K 2 ER
Lopez 6 IP 7 H 3 ER

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Bing Kang (GB) 13-29 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.263-11-34)
CL POTW- Jose Perez (PHI) 13-27 2 HR 6 RBI's (.290-27-83)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (2)
2) Las Vegas (1)
3) Boston (3)
4) Corpus Christi (5)
5) Green Bay (-)
OUT Columbus (11)
7) San Antonio (8)

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RACES
So into the seasons final 3 games and here's how it looks.
In the FL:
1) Alaska has that locked up
2) Green Bay and Columbus are playing for the division title and the 2 and/or 3 seed. That's because they are tied with Staten Island at 86 wins. Green Bay plays Chicago, Columbus plays Dayton. Staten Island is 2 up but goes to NY for the seasons final 3 games. 1 win and the Yanks sew it up, New York must sweep. A New York sweep nets them the Empire and makes the Yanks the Wild Card.
3) New Hampshire is 3 up on Providence, and they're playing West Michigan, Providence has the Wolverines.
The 2 through 7 seed are up in the air, with 6 teams at 84-86 wins. The Black Sox are the likely 7 seed.
There is an insane finish that wreaks havoc, but that would mean Providence was swept, Dayton sweeps and New Hampshire gets swept, I think....

The HR title, RBI crown, SB title, Wins, and K races are all close. RJ is done, Romano has 1 start left, and I think Martinez is done unless there's some last day nightmare for the Yanks.



In the Coastal:
1) Las Vegas has this locked up.
2) Boston is the 2 seed.
3) El Paso and the Hooks are tied, the winner (El Paso plays Houston, the Hooks get Tulsa) is the 3 seed, the loser is battling us for the 5.
4) This is where it gets sticky. LA and Sacramento are a game apart, and they are in LA for the seasons final 3. LA winning 2 puts them in a 1 game playoff, Sacramento wins 2 they clinch. The loser of this series goes home, no Wild Card.
5) We are battling for the fifth seed, and it looks like the Colts are the 7.

A great HR race that is actually mind boggling when you consider Hutchison was on a 70 HR pace in June. Romo and Wells for the SB title.
2 Vegas starters and Diablo starter Jesus Gonzales for the Wins crown. A tight race to the K title, Gonzales and Cruz both with a start to go.

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PLAYOFFS
Romano beats the Yankees to pull within 1, and he strikes out 8 to take the lead by 1 over RJ. Columbus wins, Green Bay loses, and New Hampshire wins to clinch, giving Providence the Wild Card and them the Northeastern. El Paso wins, the Hooks lose, and Sean Jones comes up huge as LA beats the Express to pull even.

Domingo Casillas (AZ) drives in 3 to tie Tanner for the RBI lead, Mario Casillas steals 1 to pull within 1 while Kade Simons wins his 20th.

Welch (SJ) Homers to tie Hutchison for the HR race and Curran and Gonzales both win their 23rd with Curran tossing 8 scoreless.

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PLAYOFFS
Two late season waiver deals I felt were worth mentioning. Both salary dumps that actually returned some very good talent. The Texans get a boat load of very good young talent, 3 very good very young arms with a top prospect in the mix.





Chris Poe and the Yankees clinch the Empire, beating NY 4-2. Columbus wins, Green Bay loses, giving the Clippers the Midwest title.

El Paso loses, the Hooks win and they're tied with one game remaining.

LA bombs the Express 9-4 and have clinched a tie with 1 game remaining.

Domingo Casillas makes it 6 RBI's in 2 days to take the RBI race 125-222.

Quincy Hutchison busts out, his 2 homers giving him a 2 HR lead over Welch with 1 left. Wells nabs his 51st, to grab a 1 SB lead over Romo.

So the seasons final day has these two races to decide.

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MANAGERIAL NEWS-Brooklyn wasted no time in firing long time manager Jesus Valentin. The 57 year old managed the past 8 seasons for the Cyclone after 12 years managing twice in Baltimore and once in New York. He was the 2019 manager of the year and is 1624-1618 lifetime.

So the seasons final day has these two races to decide.





ROSTER NEWS-Ben Beard tore it up after the Craig injury. He's 32, a good 1B and a switch hitter who handles both sides well. He hit .348/.377/.453 in 69 games, with 6 HR's and 30 RBI's. I've managed to sign him to a 2 year 1.3M dollar deal.

BATTING CHAMPS
This is Maliks 3rd batting title, Whitley's 1st.

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BOLD = League Record
BOLD UNDERLINE = IBL Record

BATTING TITLE
FL
2012 .342 Bill Hill (DAY)
2013 .336 Ernesto Garza (SI)
2014 .369 Gregory McCain (EDM)
2015 .351 Ernesto Garza (SI)
2016 .360 Todd Helton (GB)
2017 .350 Carlos Andrade (BRO)
2018 .336 Eric Coates (CHI)
2019 .345 Luis Chavez (CHI)
2020 .345 Dennis Ash (CHI)
2021 .347 Dennis Ash (CHI)
2022 .339 Roberto Alvarado (GB)
2023 .369 Ricardo Lozano (MICH)
2024 .382 Jeffrey Hudson (CHI)
2025 .402 Louie Ginger (WMI)
2026 .393 Asiman Swagat (CHI)
2027 .372 Bashir Malik (DAY)
2028 .415 Louie Ginger (WMI)
2029 .367 Asiman Swagat (CHI)
2030 .368 Robinson Cano (PRO)
2031 .400 Bashir Malik (DAY)
2032 .361 Bashir Malik (DAY)

CL
2012 .357 Rich Stone (FRE)
2013 .347 Vincente Soto (LA)
2014 .336 Vincente Soto (LA)
2015 .368 Jesus Andrales (LV)
2016 .339 Allan Hedden (PIT)
2017 .3390 Jesus Castro (PHI) .3387 Vincente Soto (LA) .3386 Jesus Andrales (LV)
2018 .340 Rich Alfred (TUL)
2019 .359 Jesus Andrales (LV)
2020 .355 Jesus Castro (PHI)
2021 .338 Jesus Chapa (NH)
2022 .3304 Fernando Moya (PIT) .3300 Gonzalo Rios (EP) .3291 Pete Merritt (PHI)
2023 .330 Jesus Castro (PHI)
2024 .364 Karl Carter (CC)
2025 .346 Ron Carr (CC)
2026 .369 Diogo Ameixieira (TUL)
2027 .360 Stan Park (EP)
2028 .358 Kerry Poole (BAL)
2029 .360 Pete Merritt (BAL)
2030 .363 Gilberto Zapata (EP)
2031 .372 Asiman Swagat (LV)
2032 .359 Bob Whitley (PIT)

HR Title
FL
2012 60 Bill Hill (DAY)
2013 49 Bill Hill (DAY)
2014 42 Carlos Leon (BRO)
2015 52 Alberto Vargas (BUF)
2016 48 Wes Morgan (CHI)
2017 52 Andruw Jones (GB)
2018 49 Christian Schall (COL)
2019 42 Alex Rodriguez (ALK)
2020 43 Lonnie Vaughan (SI)
2021 59 Tony Greene (DAY)
2022 47 Todd Greene (DAY)
2023 50 Bernardo Montoya (MICH)
2024 47 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2025 53 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2026 49 Ramon Castro (CHI)
2027 42 Sergio Gomez (MICH)
2028 49 George Tanner (COL)
2029 40 Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY) John Naylor (SI) Antonio Trevino (SI)
2030 45 Mario Gomez (CHI)
2031 47 Domingo Casillas (AZ) Cole Martin (ALK)
2032 41 Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY)

CL
2012 56 Cy May (HOU)
2013 41 Orlando Rios (FRE)
2014 54 Carlos Arredondo (PHI)
2015 47 Carlos Arredondo (PHI)
2016 48 Ron Stokes (SAN)
2017 57 Curt Whimster (TUL)
2018 49 Chandler Harris (LA)
2019 48 Travis Bryant (BAL) George Quinn (PHI)
2020 46 Travis Bryant (BAL)
2021 49 Alex Rodriguez (BAL)
2022 47 Jesus Becerra (LV)
2023 45 George Quinn (PHI)
2024 51 Roosevelt Ramsey (TUL)
2025 40 Raul Carmona (LA) Angel Marquez (FRE) Felix Sanchez (DAL)
2026 45 George Quinn (PHI)
2027 51 Mario Martinez (LV)
2028 40 Chris James (PHI)
2029 49 Jack Woolridge (DAL)
2030 53 Jack Welch (SJ)
2031 53 Jeffrey Bullock (SAN)
2032 43 Qunicy Hutchison (SAN)

RBI Crown
FL
2012 153 Bill Hill (DAY)
2013 156 Bill Hill (DAY)
2014 118 Tim Davis (EDM)
2015 176 Gerald Wright (EP)
2016 156 Stefan Conway (NY)
2017 147 Jeffrey Hudson (COL)
2018 137 Jeffrey Hudson (COL)
2019 152 Hugh Collins (CHI)
2020 139 Wazir Ubadah (AZ)
2021 147 Hugh Collins (CHI) Tony Greene (DAY)
2022 140 Todd Greene (DAY)
2023 157 Todd Greene (DAY)
2024 155 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2025 177 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2026 205 Ramon Castro (CHI)
2027 140 Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY)
2028 155 George Tanner (COL)
2029 148 Luis Chavez (CHI)
2030 155 Mario Gomez (CHI)
2031 163 Cole Martin (ALK)
2032 125 Domingo Casillas (AZ)

CL
2012 157 Cy May (HOU)
2013 141 Orlando Rios (FRE)
2014 150 Henry Wilson (LA)
2015 133 Ross Tunstall (PIT)
2016 134 Curt Whimster (TUL)
2017 148 Curt Whimster (TUL)
2018 137 George Quinn (PHI)
2019 147 Cliff Edwards (SAN)
2020 142 George Quinn (PHI)
2021 142 Alex Rodriguez (BAL)
2022 135 Jesus Becerra (LV)
2023 146 George Quinn (PHI)
2024 135 Roosevelt Ramsey (TUL)
2025 137 John Naylor (CC)
2026 132 Walt Peeler (EP)
2027 133 Ed Adronyk (SAC) Roberto Alvarado (PIT) Mario Martinez (LV)
2028 126 Pedro Lopez (HOU)
2029 153 Jack Woolridge (DAL)
2030 152 Benton Crowder (HOU)
2031 128 Jack Edwards (NO)
2032 137 Ronnie Ritchie (BOS)

ERA Title
FL
2012 2.59 Ernie Kelly (DAY)
2013 2.15 Shaun Calhoun (WMI)
2014 3.21 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2015 3.22 Will Cannon (COL)
2016 3.45 Barry Zito (ALK)
2017 2.91 Walt Thompson (CHI)
2018 2.97 Walt Thompson (CHI)
2019 3.35 Roberto Martinez (CHI)
2020 2.78 John Drake (WMI)
2021 2.96 Antonio Rodriguez (SI)
2022 3.03 John Drake (WMI)
2023 2.50 John Drake (WMI)
2024 2.90 John Drake (WMI)
2025 3.09 Roy Oswalt (DAY)
2026 2.28 Stan Hall (ALK)
2027 2.91 Russell Wright (NH)
2028 2.81 Chris Poe (SI)
2029 1.60 Stan Hall (ALK)
2030 2.72 Stan Hall (ALK)
2031 2.06 Stan Hall (ALK)
2032 2.56 Carlos Rios (ALK)

CL
2012 2.99 Mattthieu Cafasso (LV)
2013 3.07 Cecil Watts (CC)
2014 2.92 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2015 2.59 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2016 2.70 Rafael Garza (LA)
2017 2.72 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2018 2.94 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2019 2.60 Ramon Roa (PIT)
2020 2.52 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2021 2.43 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2022 2.73 Angelo Espanza (SAN)
2023 2.53 Cody Miller (BOS)
2024 2.24 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2025 2.67 Cody Miller (BOS)
2026 2.92 Travis Wright (FRE)
2027 2.77 Roy Oswalt (PIT)
2028 1.61 Brandon Webb (PHI)
2029 2.61 Roy Oswalt (PIT)
2030 2.40 Roy Oswalt (PIT)
2031 2.36 Andy Morgan (LA)
2032 2.04 Nick Curran (LV)

Wins
FL
2012 19 Chris Dusek (BUF)
2013 22 Ernie Kelly (DAY)
2014 18 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2015 19 Paco Gonzalez (EDM) Ron Pearce (SI) Walt Thompson (BRO)
2016 20 Ken Lee (CHI) Jesus Romano (NY)
2017 21 Walt Thompson (CHI)
2018 19 Ken Lee (CHI)
2019 20 Ken Lee (CHI)
2020 20 John Drake (WMI) Stan Hall (CHI)
2021 20 Roberto Martinez (CHI)
2022 23 Maurice Paterson (MICH)
2023 19 Maurice Paterson (MICH)
2024 20 Andy Morgan (CHI) Gabriel Pimentel (CHI) Jorge Trujillo (CHI)
2025 24 Andy Morgan (CHI)
2026 22 Artie Johnson (WMI)
2027 20 Carlos Hernandez (ALK) Cody Miller (WMI) Raul Rubio (COL)
2028 21 Mike Lewis (EDM) Leonard Steward (BUF)
2029 23 Eugenio Baca (COL)
2030 26 Stan Hall (ALK)
2031 28 Stan Hall (ALK)
2032 21 Carlos Rios (ALK)

CL
2012 20 Matthieu Cafasso (LV) Alberto Luna (BAL)
2013 22 Raul Gonzalez (HOU)
2014 20 Vince Bray (PIT) Christ O'Slattery (BAL)
2015 24 Vince Bray (PIT)
2016 21 Vincente Elisary (FRE) Rafael Garza (LA)
2017 22 Vince Bray (PIT) George Perkins (TUL)
2018 20 George Perkins (TUL)
2019 21 Richard Dyce (TUL)
2020 20 Luis Acosta (PHI)
2021 25 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2022 25 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2023 20 Angelo Esparza (SAN) Doug Russell (PHI)
2024 21 Tom Jackson (PIT)
2025 21 Ruben Lopez (DAL) Ronald Moss (HOU)
2026 22 Cordell Bond (FRE)
2027 22 Ronald Moss (DAL)
2028 21 Charlie Wooroffe (BAL)
2029 22 Andy Morgan (LA)
2030 22 Pedro Sanchez (DAL)
2031 25 Juan Jose Gamboa (LV)
2032 23 Nick Curran (LV) Jesus Gonzales (EP)

K Title
FL
2012 278 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2013 255 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2014 281 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2015 236 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2016 229 Jesus Romano (NY)
2017 240 Barry Zito (ALK)
2018 226 Jesus Romano (NY)
2019 252 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2020 260 Maurice Paterson (MICH)
2021 277 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2022 285 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2023 265 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2024 245 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2025 279 Stan Hall (CHI)
2026 263 Stan Hall (ALK)
2027 240 Rob Bright (CHI)
2028 274 Rob Bright (CHI)
2029 263 Stan Hall (ALK)
2030 314 Randy Johnson (ALK)
2031 333 Randy Johnson (ALK)
2032 271 Jesus Romano (NY)

CL
2012 236 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2013 245 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2014 238 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2015 240 Vince Bray (PIT)
2016 206 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2017 232 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2018 266 Ramon Roa (PIT)
2019 279 Bryant Thomas (TUL)
2020 290 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2021 273 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2022 329 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2023 328 Esteban Figueroa (SAC)
2024 274 Esteban Figueroa (DAL)
2025 332 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2026 287 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2027 261 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2028 321 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2029 330 Brandon Webb (PHI)
2030 267 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2031 284 Jorge Palacios (FRE)
2032 260 Jose Cruz (LV)

Saves
FL
2012 43 F. Flores
2013 47 Bill Barlow (DAY) Greg Patterson (BRO)
2014 38 Nicholas Clark (NY)
2015 41 Sherwood Jacobs (MICH)
2016 37 Nicholas Clark (NY) Ernesto Cruz (CHI)
2017 48 Ernesto Cruz (CHI)
2018 46 Ivan Lopez (COL)
2019 44 Francisco Herreva (GB)
2020 49 Tom Conklin (WMI)
2021 44 Tom Conklin (WMI) Quincy Gallagher (ALK)
2022 41 Stephen Watkins (WMI)
2023 35 Pepe Artlano (BUF) Tomas Gonzalez (WMI)
2024 44 Jose Navarro (EDM)
2025 43 Michael Wheeler (ALK)
2026 38 Donald Franklin (WMI) Pedro Quintero (NH)
2027 47 Carlos Casaneda (BUF)
2028 41 Edward McBrieve (CHI)
2029 47 Cisco Casas (ALK)
2030 46 Chris Pennington (NH)
2031 44 Cisco Casas (ALK)
2032 40 Nathan Carter (GB)

CL
2012 44 Julio Gonzalez (LA)
2013 42 Anbar Suhayb (LV)
2014 46 Julio Arroyo (PHI)
2015 43 Anbar Suhayb (LV)
2016 42 Anbar Suhayb (LV)
2017 39 Bill Barlow (SAC) Clinton Quinn (BAL)
2018 47 Joe Boswell (PIT)
2019 40 Shimei Ikarashi (SAN) Jesus Machado (BAL)
2020 42 Otto Hunter (TUL)
2021 44 Alex Brown (CC)
2022 49 Jake Ellison (BOS)
2023 43 Dale Picot (TUL)
2024 43 Dale Picot (TUL)
2025 45 Dave Hubbard (CC)
2026 40 Roy Mathews (SAN)
2027 50 John O'Halloran (EP)
2028 44 Yajirobei Watanabe (NO)
2029 49 Shimei Ikarashi (LV)
2030 49 Esteban Fernandez (LV)
2031 44 Tom Warner (BAL)
2032 47 Tom Jackson

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It becomes painfully obvious where I need to spend my money over the next year or two when you look at these finals. Offense is there and with Craig coming back and Peterson maturing, I expect more, pitching? Not so much. Defense is good, and getting better.

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The IBL league history with some important dates

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WILD CARD GAME 1's
Cody Miller and three relievers combined on a 6-hitter to take the opening game of the Wild Card round, 3-1. Miller went 6.1 IP giving up 4 hits, 3 walks with 6 K's. He tired in the 7th and was lifted after the Miranda solo homer.

The Yankees and Knights are about as familiar as teams can be, and they spent another 14 innings together in a thrilling game 1.

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WILD CARD GAME 2's
Another huge game from Kijani and Brooks. Sacramento is insanely LH heavy in the middle and Kijani bailed Garcia (6.2 IP 5 H 4 K 2 HR 3 ER) out in the 7th, with Brooks working out of a 9th inning jam to end it. Weijers goes 3-4 HR R 2 SB (2) 2 RBI's as we go up 2-0.

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WILD CARD GAME 3's
Bombers MVP Ronnie Ritchie (.295-27-137) went down in game 1 vs Baltimore and Boston learned today he'll be out for the entire post-season with a bad hamstring injury.

Kirk never had it. A 4 run 2nd inning doomed him and it got no better. He went 4 giving up 6 runs on 8 hits, 2 homers and 3 walks. Lopez (SAC) went 8, giving up 10 hits 4 earned.

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WILD CARD GAME 4's
Another starter beaten early. Lopez's command issues are the game. 4 Hits 6 Walks in 3.2 innings and 4 earned, lucked out with 2 DP's to keep it close. Hidalgo righted the ship with 3.2 hitless innings but 2 late runs put it away. Arroyo was in command from the 1st.