The IBL's Alaska Avalanche

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2033 SEASON WEEK 1
RECORD: 0-3
OVERALL: 0-3 3 GB
RUN SCORED: 13 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 24 13th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 73/100
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Dallas

4/1
DAL 8 SAN 5
W-Howard (1-0) L-C.Miller (0-1) S-Andrews (1)
HR DAL-Vogel (1) McKenzie (1) SAN-Weijers (1)
Miller 5 IP 7 H 7 R 4 ER 5 K Weijers 2-4 2B HR 4 RBI's
Howard (DAL) 7.1 IP 9 H 4 ER McKenzie 3-5 HR 2 R RBI

4/2
DAL 4 SAN 2
W-Sanders (1-0) L-Valdez (0-1) S-Andrews (2)
HR DAL-Bishop 2 (2) White (1)
O'Dell 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 8 K's Valdez GW HR to White, 1st batter he faced Heeren 3-4 2 R
Sanders (DAL) 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 10 K's Bishop 3-4 2B 2 HR's 3 R 2 RBI's

4/3
DAL 12 SAN 6
W-Stevens (1-0) L-Kirk (0-1)
HR DAL-Woolridge 2 (2) White (2) SAN-Craig 2 (2) Perez (1)
Kirk 7 ER 8 H 4 IP Heeren 3-5 2 R RBI (2) Craig 2-4 2 HR's 2 R 3 RBI's (3)
Jefferson (DAL) 3-6 2 SB 2 R O'Sullivan (DAL) 2-5 3 R RBI Woolridge 3-4 3B 2 HR's 4 R 6 RBI (6) White 3-4 HR 3 R 2 RBI (3)

IBL CAREER LEADER: SAVES
538 Ernesto Cruz
403 Julio Gonzales
396 Ivan Lopez
375 Shimei Ikarashi (PRO)
360 Bill Barlow

POWER RANKINGS
1) Dallas
2) Pittsburgh
3) Los Angeles
4) Arizona
5) Providence

32) San Antonio

NEWS NOTES:
Not in any way how I imagined this season starting, It's only 3 games but I was hoping for a bit more out of the gate.

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2033 SEASON WEEK 2
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 4-6 2.5 GB (Las Vegas 6-3)
RUN SCORED: 62 (49) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 56 (32) 14th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 73/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Dallas/3 vs Sacramento/3 @ Fresno

If you see a bolded performance in the post game report that indicates a game score of 90+. I have saved the best game scores from all 22 years of the league and at some point will present them.

4/4
SAN 11 DAL 3
W-Lopez (1-0) L-Hollis (0-1)
HR DAL-McKenzie (2) SAN-Peterson (1) Hutchison LO (1)
Lopez 7.1 IP 3 H 9 K's 2 ER Hutchison lead off homer 3-4 3 R RBI (1) Heeren 2-4 2B (1) R 3 RBI (5) Craig 0-2 3 BB's 2 R Peterson HR 3 RBI's (3) Ramirez 0-1 3 BB 2 R

4/5
SAN 17 SAC 7
W-Whaley (1-0) L-Arroyo (0-1)
HR SAC-Brady (2) SAN-Hutchison (2) Heeren (1) Perez (2)
Hall 6 ER 10 H 4.1 IP Hutchison 3-6 3B (1) HR 3 R 3 RBI (4) Heeren 4-6 HR 3 R 3 RBI (8) Peterson 4-5 2B (1) SB (2) 3 R 2 RBI (5) Weijers 3-5 3B (1) 2 R 3 RBI (10) Perez 3-5 HR 3 R 3 RBI (4)
Garcia (SAC) 2-4 4 RBI (4)

ROSTER NEWS-Vicente Manuel is off the DL today and is on the 25 man, Sam Keith is optioned out.

4/6
SAN 4 SAC 0
W-C.Miller (1-1) L-Lopez (1-1) S-Martin (1)
HR SAN-Weijers (2)
Miller 7 IP 6 H 3 K Heeren 3-4 RBI (9) Weijers 2-4 HR 2 SB (3) 2 R RBI (11)

4/7
SAC 6 SAN 3
W-Larsen (1-1) L-O'Dell (0-1) S-Uribe (2)
HR SAC-Brady (3) Murphy GS (2)
O'Dell 7 IP 5 H 5 K left leading 2-1, Brooks 0 IP 2 H BB HR 3 ER BS (1)
Larsen (SAC) 7 IP 6 H 5 K 1 ER Murphy GW Grand Slam 4 RBI (8)

4/8
FRE 7 SAN 4
W-Escalante (1-0) L-Brooks (0-1) BS (2)
HR SAN-Weijers (3) FRE-Cleveland WO (2) Winters (1)
Kirk 8 IP 6 H 6 K 3 ER Brooks 0.2 IP 3 H BB HR 4 ER Peterson 3-4 2 2B (3) R
Cleveland 2 out walk off 3 run HR 3 RBI's (6)

4/9
FRE 6 SAN 4
W-Stephens (1-1) L-Lopez (1-1) S-Gibbs (3)
HR SAN-Bullock (1) Craig (3)
Lopez 6 ER 5.1 IP 5 BB 8 H Heeren error (3)
Stephens 8.1 Ip 9 H 4 K 4 ER Rodriguez (FRE) 3-4 R

4/10
SAN 6 FRE 3
W-Hall (1-0) L-O'Dunn (1-1) S-Whaley (1)
HR SAN-Hutchison (3) FRE-Cleveland (3)
Hall 5 IP 9 H 3 ER 'Pen 4 IP 6 K 0 R Hutchison 2-3 BB 2B (2) HR R 2 RBI (6)
Barker (FRE) 3-4 2B (2)

STREAKS-It's just the 5th streak ever to reach 30 games and 4 games shy of the all time record set by Ricardo Flores (WMI) in 2026

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Alfredo Hernandez (PRO) 11-26 3 HR's 8 RBI's (.400-4-9)
CL POTW- Ricardo Colon (BAL) 16-32 2 RBI (.463-0-3)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Pittsburgh (2)
2) Arizona (4)
3) Buffalo (-)
4) Las Vegas (-)
5) New Hampshire (-)
OUT Dallas (14) Los Angeles (7)

25) San Antonio (32)

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2033 SEASON WEEK 3
RECORD: 5-1
OVERALL: 9-7 1 GB (Las Vegas 10-6)
RUN SCORED: 99 (37) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 78 (22) t-8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 73/100
SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 @ Tulsa/3 @ El Paso

Luis Chavez (CHI) scored a run in the 2nd inning of a 5-4 loss to Staten Island on April 8th. It's significant because it marked the 2000th time he'd crossed home plate making him the 1st player to ever score 2000 runs.

4/11
OFF DAY

STREAKS-van der Ham hit an 8th inning double in the his final at bat to extend the streak to 31 games.



4/12
SAN 7 TUL 6
W-Miller (2-1) L-W.Smith (1-1) S-Brooks (1)
HR SAN-Hutchison (4) Heeren (2) Perez (3) Manuel (1) TUL-Torres (6)
Miller 7 IP 7 H 4 K 0 BB 3 ER Brooks 1 IP 2 ER 24.55 ERA
Sanchez (TUL) 3-4 2 2B (5) R

STREAKS-A 1st inning single in a 1-4 day extends van der Ham's streak to 32 games, the 2nd longest hitting streak in IBL history.

4/13
TUL 7 SAN 5
W-Rodriguez (1-0) L-Valdez (0-2)
HR TUL-Jenkins WO (3) Torres (7)
O'Dell 5 ER 9 H 6 IP Heeren 3-4 R
Jenkins 2-5 walk off 2 run homer 2 R 2 RBI (10) Torres HR 3 RBI (15)

STREAKS-A 1st inning RBI single extends Claas van der Ham's streak to 33 games, now just 1 shy of tying the record.

4/14
SAN 10 TUL 1
W-Kirk (1-1) L-Rivas (1-1)
HR SAN-Heeren (3)
Kirk 6 IP 4 H 4 BB 5 K 0 R Perez 2-5 2B 4 RBI (12)
Sanchez (TUL) 3-5 3 2B's (8)

STREAKS-With a 2 run single in the 4th Claas van der Ham ties Roberto Flores at 34 games for the IBL's longest hitting streak.



4/15
SAN 4 EP 1
W-Lopez (2-1) L-Keen (0-2)
HR SAN-Bullock (2) Manuel (2)
Lopez CG 10H 3 K Heeren 3-4 (.492)
Proctor (EP) 3-4

STREAKS-A new IBL record



4/16
SAN 6 EP 5
W-Valdez (1-2) L-Davis BS (1) (0-1) S-Brooks (2)
HR SAN-Manuel GW (3) EP-Perez (3) Silva (3) Downes (4)
Hall 4 ER 7 H 3 HR 5.2 IP Manuel 3 run 9th inning HR 3 RBI (8) Hutchison 2-5 2 2B's (4) R RBI (9) Heeren 5th error
Fouracre (EP) 8 IP 7 H 6 K 3 ER

STREAKS-It's over. An 0-2 with 2 walk day, his final AB ending in ball 4 in the bottom of the 7th, but it is a new IBL record. Efraim Notenboom and Cordell Bond (WMI) held him hitless.

4/17
SAN 5 EP 2
W-Miller (3-1) L-J. Gonzales (1-3) S-Moreira (1)
HR SAN-Hutchison LO (5)
Miller 6.1 IP 8 H 2 ER Hutchison lead off homer 3-4 2B (5) SB (2) R RBI (10) Craig 3-4 2B (4) 2 R RBI (11)
Gonzales CG (L) 9 IP 10 H 5 ER

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Manny Ramirez (COL) 17-30 3 HR's 7 RBI (.476-5-12)
CL POTW- Bob Whitley (LV) 15-30 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.393-4-12)

IBL ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS: RUNS
2003 Luis Chavez (CHI)
1451 Fred Gill (AZ)
1310 Jimmy Rollins (SI)
1309 Pedro Lopez
1289 Earl Shaw (CC)

POWER RANKINGS
1) New Hampshire (5)
2) Arizona (2)
3) Baltimore (-)
4) Michigan !!!! (-)
5) Pittsburgh (1)
OUT Buffalo (8) Las Vegas (9)

11) San Antonio (25)

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2033 SEASON WEEK 4
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 14-9 +2.5 (Dallas (11-11)
RUN SCORED: 134 (35) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 104 (26) 5th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 73/100
SCHEDULE: 4 vs Las Vegas/3 vs New Orleans

1st big test, 4 games at home vs the 51's with our 2-5 starters (though I may bring Miller back and skip Hall this time around)

4/18
SAN 6 LV 5
W-O'Dell (1-1) L-Curran (2-2) S-Whaley (2)
HR LV-M.Smith (2) SAN-Bullock (3)
O'Dell 5 ER 7 H 5 BB 5 IP Bullock 2-4 HR 2 R 3 RBI (12)
Curran (LV) 3.1 IP 7 H 6 R 2 ER Marquez 3-4 2B (5) R BB

4/19
SAN 5 LV 4
W-Opacic (1-0) L-Lee (1-1) S-Brooks (3)
HR NONE
Kirk 5.1 IP 5 H 5 BB 8 K 4 R 3 ER Craig 3-4 2 2B (7) R Ramirez 3-4 R Mena 2-5 3B (1) SB (2) 2 R
Gamboa (LV) 6.2 IP 12 H 4 ER Moore (LV) 2-3 2 2B (3) 3 RBI (5)

4/20
SAN 3 LV 1
W-Lopez (3-1) L-Sanchez (2-1) S-Brooks (4)
HR SAN-Bullock (4) Heeren 2 (5)
Lopez 8.2 IP loses SHO in the 9th. 5 H 7 K 1 ER Heeren 2-4 2 R 2 HR 2 RBI (16)
Sanchez (LV) CG (L) 8 IP 11 K 6 H 3 ER

4/21
SAN 9 LV 2
W-Valdez (2-2) L-Cruz (3-2)
HR SAN-Hutchison (6) Craig (4) Heeren (6) Perez (4)
Big rain delay in the 2nd, 'Pen 7 IP 6 H 2 ER 2 BB 8 K Hutchison 3-5 2B (6) HR R 2 RBI (14) Heeren 3-5 2B (4) HR 3 R RBI (17) Peterson 3-5 R SB (3)

NEWS-The rain was certainly a help, sweeping one of the games best teams in a 4 game series!

4/22
NO 4 SAN 0
W-Naif (3-2) L-Miller (3-2)
HR NONE
Naif (NO) CG SHO 4 H 6 K Edwards (NO) 3-4 2B (4) RBI (15)
Miller 5 IP 5 H 4 BB 2 ER

MILESTONES-2 guys hit big ones today.



200 WIN CLUB
Vincente Romero (BUF) 7/7/26 (39 years 193 days) 7-3 vs Staten Island
Jesus Romano (NY) 9/4/27 (35 years 77 days) 7-1 vs Hawaii 10K CG
Artie Johnson (WMI) 8/31/27 (35 years 293 days) 10-0 vs Hawaii CG SHO 5 K's
Stan Hall (ALK) 7/19/30 (31 years 347 days) 5-3 vs Los Angeles 8 IP 6 K's
Mike Lewis (EDM) 8/28/30 (34 years 205 days) 200th win and 3000th K in the same game
Angelo Esparza (SAC) 8/28/31 (36 years 68 days) CG 13-5 win over New Orleans
John Drake (CC) 7/27/32 (36 years 65 days) 7.1 IP 1 H 8 K's 8-1 win over Houston
Ronald Moss (SJ) 4/22/33 (35 years 135 days) CG 7 H 1 ER 2 BB 7 K 9-1 win over Sacramento



2000 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez 8/19/25 (30 years 271 days)
Rich Stone 9/15/23 (32 years 195 days)
Jeffrey Hudson 8/8/25 (32 years 223 days)
Felix Torres 9/8/25 (32 years 288 days)
Curt Whimster 8/15/22 (33 years 262 days) 1st member
Tony Greene (PHI) 5/17/31 (34 years 15 days) 3 run HR off Adrian Gomez (HOU) in the bottom of the 5th
Juan Barrios (SI) 4/16/32 (34 years 88 days) 3B off Ignacio Serrano (EDM) in the top of the 7th
Mario Gomez (CHI) 7/21/31 (34 years 95 days) 2B off Wilber Chase (CC) in the bottom of the 3rd
Pedro Lopez (HOU) 4/14/32 (34 years 238 days) 2B off Chris Murphy (LV) in the bottom of the 9th.
George Quinn 7/20/29 (34 years 293 days)
Cliff Edwards 7/9/28 (35 years 22 days)
Earl Shaw (CC) 4/22/33 (35 years 59 days) 1B off Jesus Gonzales (EP) in the bottom of the 9th.
Andre Blakeway 4/23/30 (35 years 74 days)
Gerald Wright 7/22/23 (35 years 125 days)
Jimmy Rollins 6/19/30 (35 years 204 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/14/27 (36 years 33 days)
Hugh Collins 4/27/26 (36 years 271 days)
Scott Rolen 4/17/27 (37 years 14 days)
Will Lee 6/8/32 (37 years 232 days) RBI single in the bottom of the 4th off Sadao Suzuki (PHI) 3-4 RBI
Ernesto Garza 5/14/26 (37 years 288 days)
Fred Gill 8/21/30 (38 years 13 days)
Tim Davis 7/20/27 (42 years 169 days)

4/23
NO 9 SAN 7
W-J.Smith (3-2) L-O'Dell (1-2) S-Crosby (5)
HR NO-Kelley (3) SAN-Weijers (4) Craig (5) Perez (5)
O'Dell 4 IP 7 H 3 BB 5 ER Weijers 3-4 HR 3 RBI (20)
Smith (NO) 7 IP 7 H 3 ER Edwards (NO) 4-5 2B (5) 2 RBI (17) Kelley (NO) 2-4 HR 2 R 3 RBI (8)

4/24
SAN 5 NO 1
W-Kirk (2-1) L-Green (1-4)
HR SAN-Bullock 2 (6) Craig (6)
Kirk 7.2 IP 11 K 5 H 1 R 0 ER Bullock 3-4 2 HR 2 R 2 RBI (16) Heeren Error (6)

MILESTONE-Just the third player ever to reach the 2500 hit plateau.



2500 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez (CHI) 8/17/28 (33 years 270 days) vs Houston
Curt Whimster (PIT) 8/2/25 (37 years 350 days) vs Sacramento
Andre Blakeway (COL) 4/24/33 (38 years 75 days) 1st inning 1B off Jay Coleman (DAY)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- George Tanner (COL) 11-22 2 HR 11 RBI (.306-4-25)
CL POTW- Mark Warren (EP) 14-28 4 Runs (.478-0-2)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (-)
2) Michigan (4)
3) Pittsburgh (5)
4) New Hampshire (1)
5) San Antonio (11)
OUT Arizona (9) Baltimore (10)

NEWS NOTES:
Couple of veterans re-sign with Bowman and Alaska getting 5 more years of each other.
Liffiton returns to LA for 1 year.

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April Records (Bold denotes record set/tied this year)
AVG .482 Luis Gil (EDM) '26 (Old Record) .479 Todd Helton (GB) '16
HR 14 Jeffrey Bullock (SAN) '32 Julio Morin (PIT) '22 Pedro Roman (FRE) '25
RBI's 42 Tony Green (DAY) '23 old record 39 Todd Helton (PHI) '19
SB's 17 Carl Crawford (GB) '18 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '20 Enrique Garcia (ALK) '26
WAR 3.5 Benton Crowder (HOU) '28
WINS 6 Raul Gonzalez (HOU) '13 Chris O'Slattery (BAL) '14 Barry Zito (EP) '19 Jose Hernandez (CHI) '29
SAVES 18 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K's 66 Stan Hall (ALK) '31 (Old Record ) 61 Randy Johnson (ALK) '31 Ramon Roa (PIT) '19 Esteban Figueroa (SAC) '23
ERA 0.95 Gerald Kelly (DAY) '12 Kade Simons (NH) '31
BEST RECORD 25-2 (.926) Houston '13 24-3 (.889) Alaska '31
WORST RECORD 4-21 (.160) Dallas '19 5-23 (.179) New Orleans '26

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2033 SEASON WEEK 5
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 18-11 +2.5 (New Orleans (15-13)
RUN SCORED: 163 (29) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 122 (18) 4th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 75/100 (+2)
SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 @ Pittsburgh/3 vs Boston

4/25
OFF DAY

4/26
SAN 7 PIT 4
W-Opacic (2-0) L-Keller (1-2) S-Brooks (5)
HR SAN-Bullock (7) Criag (7)
Down 4-2 in the 9th, 5 runs to win it. Lopez 7.1 IP 4 BB 4 H 3 ER Craig 2-4 HR 3 RBI (19) Bullock 2-4 game tying HR in the 9th RBI (17)
Hairston (PIT) 7 IP 5 H 4 BB 2 ER (ND)

4/27
SAN 5 PIT 0
W-Miller (4-2) L-Oswalt (2-2) S-Martin (2)
HR NONE
Miller 7.1 IP 4 H 5 K 0 BB Peterson 2-4 R 2 RBI (11)
Oswalt (PIT) 8.2 IP 5 H 4 BB 4 ER

4/28
PIT 6 SAN 3
W-Diaz (3-1) L-O'Dell (1-3) S-Keller (6)
HR SAN-Manuel (4) PIT-Ameixieira (4)
O'Dell 5.2 IP 8 H 6 ER (1-3 6.49) Manuel 2-4 HR R 2 RBI (15)
Diaz (PIT) 8 IP 7 H 3 ER Ameixieira 3-4 HR 2 R 2 RBI (19)

4/29
SAN 5 BOS 1
W-Kirk (3-1) L-Cooley (2-2)
HR BOS-Figueroa (3)
Kirk 6.2 IP 9 K 5 H 1 ER Weijers 2-4 R RBI (21)

4/30
BOS 7 SAN 6
W-Richardson (3-2) L-Moreira (0-1) S-McBrieve (3)
HR SAN-Peterson (2) Heeren (7)
Lopez 3 IP 7 BB 5 H 5 ER Heeren 3-5 HR R 2 RBI (21)
Richardson (BOS) 7 IP 11 H 6 ER Goldsworthy (BOS) 3-4 2B (9) BB 2 R Thies (BOS) 0-2 3 BB RBI (11)

5/1
SAN 3 BOS 0
W-Hall (2-0) L-McCarthy (1-5)
HE SAN-Hutchison (7)
Hall CG SHO 4 H 1 BB 5 K 112 pitches Hutchison HR 3 RBI (20)
McCarthy (BOS) CG (L) 8 IP 11 H 3 ER

NEWS-Top SS prospect Tony Booth is hurt again. He missed almost all of last year with a torn PCL, and is now down 5 weeks with a bad hamstring strain.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Richard Morton (ALK) 13-23 3 HR 5 RBI (.381-4-12)
CL POTW- Dennis McKenzie (DAL) 13-28 4 HR 7 RBI (.277-10-17)

POWER RANKINGS
1) New Hampshire (4)
2) Arizona (9)
3) Alaska (1)
4) Pittsburgh (3)
5) San Antonio (5)
OUT Michigan (9)

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2033 SEASON WEEK 6
RECORD: 5-0
OVERALL: 23-11 +2.5 (New Orleans 21-14)
RUN SCORED: 187 (24) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 136 (14) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 75/100
SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 vs Michigan/Off Day/2 vs Providence

5/2
Off Day

5/3
SAN 3 MICH 2
W-Valdez (3-2) L-Sanchez (0-1) S-Brooks (6)
HR MICH-Jones (5) SAN-Craig (8)
Miller 5.2 IP 5 H 6 K 2 ER Craig 2-3 BB HR R 2 RBI (21)
Palacios (MICH) 6.1 IP 7 K 8 H 2 ER

5/4
SAN 5 MICH 2
W-O'Dell (2-3) L-Martinez (3-3)
HR MICH-McUlric (3) SAN-Hutchison (8) Craig (9) Manuel (5)
O'Dell 8 IP 5 K 8 H 2 ER Hutchison 2-4 3B (2) HR R 2 RBI (22) Manuel 2-4 2B (12) HR 2 R RBI (19)
Carranza (MICH) 3-4 SB (1)

5/5
SAN 5 MICH 3
W-Kirk (4-1) L-X.Woods (4-2) S-Brooks (7)
HR MICH-Carranza (8) Hamilton (2) SAN-Bullock (8) Weijers (5)
Kirk 8 IP 6 H 5 K 3 ER Hutchison 2-4 2 SB (4) 2 RBI (24)
Woods (MICH) CG (L) 8 IP 7 H 4 K 5 ER

5/6
Off Day
INJURY NEWS- At 22-10 Arizona is leading Alaska (21-13) by 2 games. They'll have to hold that lead the next 2-3 weeks without young superstar Domingo Casillas after he suffered an intercostal strain. The 22 year old was hitting .325 with 6 HR's and an Frontier League leading 32 RBI's.

5/7
SAN 5 PRO 4 (10)
W-Valdez (4-2) L-Ramirez (1-2)
HR PRO-Herhard (6) SAN-Bullock WO (9) Manuel (6)
Bullock 2 run walk off homer in the 10th. Lopez 7 IP 6 H 9 K 3 ER Vela 3-4 2B (1) Bullock 2-5 R 2 RBI (21)

5/8
SAN 5 PRO 3
W-Opacic (3-0) L-Bruno (3-3) S-Brooks (8)
HR PRO-Maggs 2 (3) SAN-Heeren (8)
Down 3-2 score 3 in the 8th. Hall 6.1 IP 6 K 4 BB 4 H 3 ER Weijers 1-3 SB (5) GW 2 run single (25)
Maggs 2-4 2 HR 2 R 2 RBI (3)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Jason Martin (ALK) 10-20 4 HR 10 RBI (.284-4-23)
CL POTW- Chris James (PHI) 11-24 5 HR 10 RBI (.315-8-28)

IBL CAREER LEADER: OPS
1.009 Alex Rodriguez
1.005 Miguel Cabrera (NH)
.965 Luis Chavez (CHI)
.958 Curt Whimster
.955 Ramon Castro (GB)

POWER RANKINGS
1) San Antonio !!!! (5)
2) Arizona (2)
3) Pittsburgh (4)
4) Dallas (-)
5) Alaska (3)
OUT New Hampshire (10)

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2033 SEASON WEEK 7
RECORD: 5-1
OVERALL: 28-12 +4.5
RUN SCORED: 218 (31) 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 158 (22) 1st
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 76/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Providence/3 vs Dallas/Off Day/2 @ Las Vegas

5/9
SAN 12 PRO 5
W-Miller (5-2) L-R.Johnson (2-4)
HR PRO-Herhard (7) SAN-Bullock (10) Hutchison (9) Manuel (7)
Miller 7 IP 9 K 4 H 0 R (5-2 2.32) Opacic 1 IP 6 H BB 5 R 4 ER Hutchison HR 4 RBI (28) Craig 2B (10) 3 R 3 BB Manuel HR BB 2 R 3 RBI (24) Bullock 3-4 2B (7) HR BB R RBI (22) Heeren Error (8)
RJ (PRO) 3.2 IP 8 H 3 BB 6 ER Herhard (PRO) HR 3 RBI (15)

5/10
DAL 8 SAN 2
W-Howard (7-0 2.74) L-O'Dell (2-4 6.17)
HR DAL-Woolridge 2 (14) Turner (4) Bishop (7) McKenzie (12)
Howard (DAL) 7.2 IP 8 H 0 BB 2 ER Woolridge (DAL) 2 HR 2 R 3 RBI (30)
O'Dell 4 IP 8 H 4 HR 7 R 5 ER Heeren error (9) Hutchison 3-4 SB (6) R

5/11
SAN 4 DAL 3
W-Kirk (5-1) L-Sanders (4-3) S-Whaley (3)
HR DAL-Bishop (8) SAN-Craig (10)
Kirk 8 IP 7 K 6 H 1 ER Brooks 0.2 IP 2 BB 2 H 2 ER Heeren 4-4 2 RBI (26) Error (10)
Sanders (DAL) CG (L) 8 IP 12 H 4 R 2 ER

5/12
SAN 2 DAL 1
W-Lopez (4-1) L-Andrews (1-2)
HR DAL-Bishop (9) SAN-Bullock WO (11) Weijers (6)
Bullock walk off bottom 9 Lopez CG 5 H 7 K
Wright (DAL) 8 IP 6 H 3 BB 3 K 1 ER

MILESTONE-Jose Torres has a 2 homer day to enter 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
Jose Torres (TUL) 5/12/33 (34 years 19 days) solo HR off Andre Mena (CC) in the top of the 4th 2 solo homers in 2-3 game
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)

5/13
Off Day

5/14
SAN 3 LV 2
W-Hall (3-0) L-Cruz (5-3) S-Whaley (4)
HR SAN-Hutchison (10)
Hall 7.1 IP 8 K 4 H 2 ER 6 2/3rd no hit innings. Hutchison 2-4 HR R RBI (29) Weijers 2 SB (8)
Cruz (LV) 8 IP 9 K 7 H 3 ER (5-3 3.39)

5/15
SAN 8 LV 3
W-Miller (6-2) L-Curran (2-7 3.94)
HR SAN-Craig 2 (12) LV-Marquez (6)
Miller 6.2 IP 3 H 2 R 0 ER 3 Errors (Wilton (2) Craig (3) Vela (2)) Craig 2B (11) 2 HR 2 R 2 RBI (25) Manuel 3-5 RBI (25) Vela 3-4 2B (3) SB (2) 2 RBI (3)
Curran 7 IP 12 H 7 R 6 ER 6 K

(6-0 vs Las Vegas)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Brady Myers (GB) 13-31 6 HR 14 RBI (.319-10-32)
CL POTW- Nario Lamberti (BAL) 12-26 2 HR 6 RBI (.278-4-20)

POWER RANKINGS
1) San Antonio (1)
2) Arizona (2)
3) Alaska (5)
4) Baltimore (-)
5) Green Bay (-)
OUT Pittsburgh (6) Dallas (7)

NEWS NOTES:
I took Boucher with the 18th overall pick in 2024, while the GM in Alaska. He shot up the prospect rankings to #49 opening day in 2028. I was concerned that his command was going to be a problem and ended up sending him in a huge deal (5 players 8 picks) to Baltimore moving way up in the draft. He's gone 50-44 since, with an ERA of 3.96 in 183 games (132 starts) having his best year last year (14-8 3.91). The command has gotten far better than I thought, as has the stuff and at 28 he's in his prime and throwing well.



How's the ERA race in the Frontier coming?

[gehrig38]

I am picking 26th, and then not until 106th (31st 3rd Round) due to trades. So I am going to have to pick the best available all through the draft. Deep pool this year too. Some amazing 2-way talent.

[gehrig38]

2033 SEASON WEEK 8
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 31-15 +3.5 (Dallas 28-19)
RUN SCORED: 250 (32) 5th
RUNS AGAINST: 191 (33) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 76/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Las Vegas/3 vs Los Angeles/Off Day/2 @ San Jose

5/16
LV 4 SAN 1
W-Martinez (1-0) L-O'Dell (2-5) S-Stevenson (2)
HR SAN-Bullock (12) LV-Aguilar (1)
O'Dell 5.1 IP 4 BB 7 H 4 ER (2-5 6.23)
Gamboa (LV) hurt in the 2nd Martinez (LV) 4.1 IP 3 H 5 K 0 R

5/17
LA 6 SAN 3
W-Lara (7-0) L-Kirk (5-2) S-Wood (1)
HR NONE
Lara (LA) 6 IP 8 K 3 ER (7-0 2.83) Shepherd 3-3 2B (12) BB R RBI (14)
Kirk 6.1 IP 4BB 7 H 5 K 4 ER

5/18
LA 11 SAN 7
W-Wood (4-1) BS (2) L-Moreira (0-2)
HR LA-Concepcion (8) SAN-Bullock (13) Peterson (3) Weijers (7)
Lopez 6.1 IP 6 BB 6 H 6 ER Bullock 2B (9) HR BB 2 R 2 RBI (27)
Shepherd (LA) 1-3 2 BB 3 R Hernandez 2-5 2B (8) 3 RBI (21) Concepcion HR 2 BB 2 R 3 RBI (34) Deleon 4-5 2B (8) 2 R RBI (20)

5/19
SAN 9 LA 7
W-Martin (1-0) L-Garza (1-1) BS (1) S-Whaley (5)
HR LA-Liffiton (3) SAN-Bullock (14)
Down 6-0 in the 2nd. 'Pen goes 7.1 IP 1 ER 5 K Hutchison 3-4 2 2B (10) BB SB (7) 3 R 3 RBI (33) Bullock 4-5 HR R 3 RBI (30) Hall 6 ER 1.2 IP
Deleon (LA) 3-4 R 2 RBI (22)

MILESTONE-James Welch becomes the 4th youngest player ever to hit 300 home runs.



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
James Welch (SJ) 5/19/33 (30 years 309 days) solo HR off Randy Hollis (DAL) in the bottom of the 3rd
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
Jose Torres 5/12/33 (34 years 19 days) solo HR off Andre Mena (CC) in the top of the 4th 2 solo homers in 2-3 game
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)

5/20
OFF DAY

5/21
SAN 4 SJ 2
W-Miller (7-2) L-Hernandez (4-5) S-Brooks (9)
HR SAN-Peterson (4) Perez (6) SJ-Welch (8)
Miller 5.1 IP 7 H 2 ER
Hernandez (SJ) 8 IP 8 K 7 H 4 ER Welch (SJ) 3-4 HR (#301) 2 R RBI (15)

5/22
SAN 8 SJ 2
W-O'Dell (3-5) L-Sanchez (1-9)
HR SAN-Heeren (9) SJ-Hernandez (2) Greene 2 (13)
O'Dell 8.1 IP 5 K 9 H 3 solo HR's 3 ER Heeren 4-5 HR 2 R 4 RBI (34) Manuel 3-4 2 SB (7) 3 R
Sanchez (SJ) 4 ER 11 H 6.2 IP (1-9 7.34)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Jeff Hodges (BUF) 13-26 HR 7 RBI (.273-3-18)
CL POTW- Diogo Ameixieira (PIT) 13-21 HR 14 RBI (.351-8-39)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Pittsburgh (6)
2) San Antonio (1)
3) Alaska (3)
4) Dallas (7)
5) Baltimore (4)
OUT Arizona (8) Green Bay (6)

NEWS NOTES:
Arizona finds one way to avoid arbitration.

[gehrig38]

2033 SEASON WEEK 9
RECORD: 7-0
OVERALL: 38-15 +6 (Dallas (32-21)
RUN SCORED: 310 (60) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 224 (33) t-3rd
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 80/100 (+4)
SCHEDULE: 1 @ San Jose/3 vs Corpus Christi/3 vs Houston

5/23
SAN 9 SJ 6
W-Kirk (6-2) L-Chiostro (0-1) S-Brooks (10)
HR SAN-Perez (7) Manuel 2 (9) SJ-Greene (14)
Kirk 5 IP 7 H 4 BB 5 ER (4 run 1st) Heeren 3-6 R RBI (35) Manuel 3-4 2B (14) 2 HR's 3 R 2 RBI (28)
Ramos (SJ) 3-5 2B (2) RBI (4)

5/24
SAN 8 CC 2
W-Lopez (5-1) L-Mena (3-4) S-Kijani (1)
HR CC-Grozz LO (7) SAN-Bullock (15) Craig (13) Heeren (10)
Lopez 7.1 IP 4 5 H 4 K 2 ER Bullock HR 3 RBI (35)

5/25
SAN 9 CC 8
W-Brooks (1-1) BS (3) L-Larkin (1-4) BS (1)
HR CC-Gross (8) Trujillo (14) SAN-Bullock 2 (17) Peterson (5) Weijers (8)
Hall 5 IP 7 K 4 BB 6 H 4 ER (ND) Bullock 2-3 2 HR 2 R 2 BB 3 RBI (38) Peterson 3-5 HR 2 R RBI (22)
Trujillo 3-5 2B (5) HR 2 R 2 RBI (41)

5/26
SAN 6 CC 0
W-Miller (8-2) L-Torres (0-3)
HR SAN-Weijers (9) Hutchison (11) Heeren (11)
Miller 7 IP 4 K 5 H (8-2 1.95 league leading) Hutchison 3-4 HR 2 R 3 RBI (38)

5/27
SAN 8 HOU 2
W-O'Dell (4-5) L-Cameron (3-6)
HR HOU-Torres (10) SAN-Bullock (18) Peterson (6) Weijers (10) Craig (14)
O'Dell 6.1 IP 9 K 5 H 2 ER Weijers 2-5 2B (5) HR SB (9) 3 R RBI (34) Peterson 2-4 HR 2 R 3 RBI (25) Craig and Bullock both 2-5 HR R RBI

5/28
SAN 13 HOU 12
W-Opacic (4-0) L-Rodriguez (3-1)
HR HOU-Soto (2) Gamble (6) SAN-Peterson (7) Heeren (12)
Kirk 7 IP 12 K 4 ER (ND) Kijani .2 IP 6 H 5 ER Brooks 2 R 3 H 1 BB no outs Heeren 3-6 HR 3 R 3 RBI (42) Craig 3-5 BB 2 R RBI (31) Peterson 3-5 2B (10) HR BB R 3 RBI (28)
Segura (HOU) 3-5 BB 2 R 2 RBI (14) Soto (HOU) 3-6 HR 2 R 3 RBI (20) Lok (HOU) 3-5 2 2B (10) R 3 RBI (40)

5/29
SAN 7 HOU 3
W-Lopez (6-1) L-Roman (3-4)
HR HOU-Gamble (7) SAN-Hutchison 2 (13) Heeren (13)
Lopez 8 IP 12 K 3 ER Hutchison 2-5 2 HR 2 R 4 RBI (44) Heeren 3-5 HR R RBI (43) Ramirez 3-4 R RBI (13)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Claudio Cordova (MICH) 12-18 2 HR 9 RBI (.326-7-27)
CL POTW- Jonas Heeren (SAN) 12-33 4 HR 9 RBI (.387-13-43)

POWER RANKINGS
1) San Antonio (2)
2) Alaska (3)
3) Pittsburgh (1)
4) Baltlimore (5)
5) Dallas (4)

NEWS/NOTES:
He's an 8 time all star 2 time Koufax winner and has a gold glove, and now has 27.6 million for the next two seasons. He's 2 wins shy of 200 (198-112 3.36) and continuing to build his HoF resume.

Holland signed in 2026 as a minor league free agent after being drafted, traded and rule 5'd. He's won 3 gold gloves ('29, '30, '31) and been a steady hitter, with a .283/.339/.472 slash line in 742 games with 101 homers and 187 2B's.

Hawaii is 18-35, 18 games back and has yet to make an appearance in the post season since joining the league in 2021.
Today they fired the GM and their manager, Roberto Lopez. Lopez came to the Warriors in 2030, after winning the IBL world series as the manager of the Avalanche in 2029. He was the 2020 IBL Manager of the year in the Frontier league while managing Columbus. He's 1212-947 lifetime with 7 post season appearances.

The Coastal Leagues 2030 Rookie of the year Derek Timney is on the move. An abysmal start combined with Vegas' sputtering April forced the 51's to offer up Bill Wareham and the Hooks made the move. Asiman Swagat becomes the full time catcher in Corpus Christi.

[gehrig38]

[gehrig38]

2033 SEASON WEEK 10
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 43-17 +9 (Dallas 34-26)
RUN SCORED: 352 (42) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 250 (26) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 80/100
SCHEDULE: 4 @ New Orleans/3 @ Dallas

5/30
SAN 7 NO 6 (10)
HR SAN-Peterson (8) Hutchison GW (14) Manuel (9) NO-Cordova (1) Conley (13) Stout (5)
Hall 3 HR 7 H 3 BB 4.1 IP (6.04 ERA) Hutchison 4-5 HR 3 R RBI (45)
Darch (NO) hurt Stout came in 2-4 2B (5) HR 3 R RBI (10) Cordova (NO) HR 3 RBI (10)
Darch hurt hitting leadoff double, Lowry (NO SP) goes down after the 1st inning. Both waiting on diagnosis.

MILESTONE-Rivera was a 3B I traded for in the mid teens while in Chicago. Dealt him to El Paso where his career took off. A 3 time all star ('23, '24, '27) and a 3 time World Champion (Chicago '17 and '19 and Boston '24).



2000 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez 8/19/25 (30 years 271 days)
Rich Stone 9/15/23 (32 years 195 days)
Jeffrey Hudson 8/8/25 (32 years 223 days)
Felix Torres 9/8/25 (32 years 288 days)
Curt Whimster 8/15/22 (33 years 262 days) 1st member
Tony Greene (PHI) 5/17/31 (34 years 15 days) 3 run HR off Adrian Gomez (HOU) in the bottom of the 5th
Juan Barrios (SI) 4/16/32 (34 years 88 days) 3B off Ignacio Serrano (EDM) in the top of the 7th
Mario Gomez (CHI) 7/21/31 (34 years 95 days) 2B off Wilber Chase (CC) in the bottom of the 3rd
Pedro Lopez (HOU) 4/14/32 (34 years 238 days) 2B off Chris Murphy (LV) in the bottom of the 9th.
George Quinn 7/20/29 (34 years 293 days)
Cliff Edwards 7/9/28 (35 years 22 days)
Earl Shaw (CC) 4/22/33 (35 years 59 days) 1B off Jesus Gonzales (EP) in the bottom of the 9th.
Andre Blakeway 4/23/30 (35 years 74 days)
Gerald Wright 7/22/23 (35 years 125 days)
Jimmy Rollins 6/19/30 (35 years 204 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/14/27 (36 years 33 days)
Hugh Collins 4/27/26 (36 years 271 days)
Scott Rolen 4/17/27 (37 years 14 days)
Will Lee 6/8/32 (37 years 232 days) RBI single in the bottom of the 4th off Sadao Suzuki (PHI) 3-4 RBI
Ernesto Garza 5/14/26 (37 years 288 days)
Fred Gill 8/21/30 (38 years 13 days)
Alberto Rivera (SI) 5/30/33 (38 years 186 days) 9th inning single off Eric Gore (BUF)
Tim Davis 7/20/27 (42 years 169 days)

5/31
NO 3 SAN 1
W-Naif (6-4) L-Miller (8-3) S-Thompson (3)
HR SAN-Craig (15)
Craig's 7th inning solo HR breaks up Naif no-no. Naif (NO) 8 IP 3 H 7 K 1 ER
Miller 6.2 IP 3 H 3 BB 6 K leaves 1-1, Moreira 1.1 IP 4 H 2 IR both score.

NEWS-Darch is out 6-7 weeks with an MCL strain.

MINORS NEWS-Top overall pick Hugh Hartman took home AAA Pitcher of the Month after going 5-0 1.80 in May. He's 6-3 3.49 with 70 punch outs in 80 IP.

6/1
SAN 5 NO 2
W-O'Dell (5-5) L-J. Smith (6-6) S-Brooks (12)
HR SAN-Peterson (9)
O'Dell 8 IP 4 H 1 ER Peterson 2-4 HR 2 R RBI (31)

6/2
NO 2 SAN 0
W-J. Green (4-7) L-Kirk (6-3) S-Crosby (16)
HR NO-D. Brown (7)
Kirk CG (L) 8 IP 6 H 7 K 2 ER
Green (NO) 8.1 IP 3 H 4 BB 3 K

MILESTONE-Oswalt becomes the 2nd youngest pitcher ever to win 200 games.



200 WIN CLUB
Vincente Romero (BUF) 7/7/26 (39 years 193 days) 7-3 vs Staten Island
Jesus Romano (NY) 9/4/27 (35 years 77 days) 7-1 vs Hawaii 10K CG
Artie Johnson (WMI) 8/31/27 (35 years 293 days) 10-0 vs Hawaii CG SHO 5 K's
Stan Hall (ALK) 7/19/30 (31 years 347 days) 5-3 vs Los Angeles 8 IP 6 K's
Mike Lewis (EDM) 8/28/30 (34 years 205 days) 200th win and 3000th K in the same game
Angelo Esparza (SAC) 8/28/31 (36 years 68 days) CG 13-5 win over New Orleans
John Drake (CC) 7/27/32 (36 years 65 days) 7.1 IP 1 H 8 K's 8-1 win over Houston
Ronald Moss (SJ) 4/22/33 (35 years 135 days) CG 7 H 1 ER 2 BB 7 K 9-1 win over Sacramento
Roy Oswalt (PIT) 6/2/33 (33 years 278 days) CG 7 H 3 K 3 BB 2 ER 10-2 Win over Baltimore

6/3
SAN 6 DAL 4
W-Whaley (2-0) L-Wright (3-6) S-Brooks (13)
HR SAN-Peterson (10) Heeren (14) DAL-McKenzie (16) White (4)
Lopez 6 IP 8 H 9 K 3 ER Hutchison 4-5 2B (12) 3 CS (10) Heeren HR 3 RBI (46) Perez 3-4 3B (9) 2 R
Wright (DAL) 8 IP 11 H 6 ER McKenzie 3-4 HR R 2 RBI (32)

6/4
SAN 13 DAL 8
W-Hall (4-0) L-Hollis (2-5)
HR SAN-Weijers 2 (12) Perez (8) DAL-White (5) Turner (7) Griffin (1) Hurt (5)
Hall 10 H 4 HR 7 ER 9 K 5.2 IP Heeren 4-6 2B (8) R 3 RBI (49) Weijers 2 HR 5 RBI (39)

ROSTER NEWS-Calvin Hall, while he is 4-0, his peripherals scream not ready (56.1 IP 68 H 14 HR 6.55 ERA). He's optioned to AAA Wilmington and Jake Scott (4-2 3.23 in 12 AAA starts) is recalled. You may remember Scott as the drafts 1st overall pick out of Evansville College in 2030.

6/5
SAN 10 DAL 1
W-Miller (9-3) L-Howard (9-1)
HR NONE
Miller 7 IP 4 H 3 K 1 ER Heeren 4-5 2B (9) 2 R 2 RBI (51) Peterson 2-5 R 2B (11) 4 RBI (36)
Howard (DAL) 6 IP 4 BB 7 H 1st loss (9-1 2.51)

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- John Naylor (GB) 14-23 3 HR 12 RBI (.256-10-36)
CL POTW- Antonio Figueroa (BOS) 15-30 4 HR 8 RBI (.288-9-32)

POWER RANKINGS
1) San Antonio (1)
2) Alaska (2)
3) Pittsburgh (3)
4) Arizona (-)
5) Tulsa (-)
OUT Baltimore (8) Dallas (12)

NEWS NOTES:
New York is lagging, but not giving up, making a pair of deals in backup C Pedro Valencia Ortega with a young arm in Robles and getting back a huge power prospect in Ortega and veteran INF Jose Perez.

Hawaii gets a big time top of the rotation vet in Mills but the Colts net a utility guy and one of the better hitting prospects in the game in Yates.

Yanks lock up one of the games better young hitters, 4x16.

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2033 SEASON WEEK 11
RECORD: 2-4
OVERALL: 45-21 +8.5 (Dallas 37-30)
RUN SCORED: 382 (30) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 282 (32) 3rd
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 81/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Dallas/3 @ New Hampshire/Off Day/2 @ West Michigan

6/6
DAL 10 SAN 8
W-Torres (1-1) L-Opacic (5-1) S-Andrews (12)
HR SAN-Bullock (19) Heeren (15) DAL-White (6) McKenzie (17)
Scott 5.1 IP 7 H 4 ER Opacic/Whaley 1.2 IP 6 H BB 5 ER Hutchison 3-5 2B (14) Heeren 3-5 HR 2 R 2 RBI (53)
Turner (DAL) 1-3 2 BB 3 R Woolridge (DAL) 2B (14) 3 RBI (42) McKenzie (DAL) HR 3 RBI (35)

INJURY NEWS-Alaska lost RF Richard Morton until sometime in September after he tore a labrum diving for a ball. He was hitting .350-7-23 this year.

6/7
NH 8 SAN 7
W-Baboor (3-1) L-Brooks (1-2) BS (5)
HR SAN-Bullock (20) Weijers (13) NH-Balfour 2 (10) Cabrera (18)
Down 6-3 we score 4 in the top of the 9th, Brooks gives up a BB and 3 hits to blow it in the bottom. Kirk 6 ER 5 IP 3 HR Bullock 3-5 HR R 3 RBI (48)
Cabrera (NH) 3-5 HR 2 R 3 RBI (57) Balfour 2 HR 2 R 5 RBI (37)

ROSTER NEWS-Ron Brooks has officially been removed from the closers role and 25 year old Leon Whaley will assume the duties for now. More matchup oriented late innings but Whaley will work the 9th for now.

6/8
SAN 6 NH 2
W-Lopez (7-1) L-Romano (6-5)
HR SAN-Bullock (2) Ramirez (1) Wilton (1)
Lopez 8.1 IP 10 K 5 H 2 ER (7-1 3.69) Bullock 2-4 HR 3 RBI (51)
Jesus Romano (NH) 7 IP 6 K 7 H 4 ER Cabrera (NH) 0-1 R 3 BB

ROSTER NEWS-Huge blow in the 4th. Youngster Derek Craig goes down with a broken thumb on a defensive play and will be out at least a month. Immediately preceeding the DL announcement we announced the signing of the young star to a 6 year 39 million dollar contract extension. He's still a year out of arbitration but this deal, with a base salary of 2.5/3.5/4.5/7.5 and 10.5 with a 10.5 M club option will end up being a huge savings if all stats well. This is the 2nd major injury he's had in the last 2 years but he is not a soft player. We'll make due in the meantime, but this is big news. 26 year old Dennis Johnstone is added to the roster and recalled from Wilmington. He's a LHH 1B with some big pop. Marginal defensively and no speed to speak off.

6/9
NH 5 SAN 4
W-Buckley (7-5) L-Whaley (2-1) BS (2)
HR SAN-Peterson (11) NH-Gonzalez WO (9) Shelton (10)
O'Dell 8 IP 5 K 4 H 2 ER Whaley .1 IP 3 H HR 3 ER
Buckley (NH) CG (W) 7 H 2 BB 0 K 4 ER Gonzalez 2-4 2B (11) walk off 3 run homer in the bottom of the 9th 3 RBI (28)

6/10
Off Day

6/11
SAN 3 WMI 2
W-Miller (10-3) L-Green (5-5) S-Whaley (6)
HR WMI-O'Sullivan (11)
Miller 8 IP 5 K 6 H 2 ER (10-3 2.08) Heeren 2-4 2 R
Green (WMI) 8 IP 9 H 6 K 2 ER

6/12
WMI 5 SAN 2
W-Flores (5-5) L-Scott (0-1) S-Eldjarn (1)
HR WMI-Webb (10)
Scott 5 IP 8 H 3 BB 3 ER
Werner (WMI) 4-4 2B (6) BB 2 R RBI (8) Webb PH 2 R HR in the 8th

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Alvin Williams (BUF) 12-26 3 HR 7 RBI (.309-17-49)
CL POTW- Alejandro Trujillo (CC) 13-21 3 HR 7 RBI (.297-19-54)

IBL ACTIVE CAREER LEADER: SAVES
381 Shimei Ikarashi (PRO)
317 Cisco Casas (ALK)
286 Roy Mathews (TUL)
282 Carlos Castaneda (BAL)
276 Michael Wheeler (DAL)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (2)
2) San Antonio (1)
3) Arizona (4)
4) Michigan (-)
5) Baltimore (8)
OUT Pittsburgh (6) Tulsa (10)

NEWS NOTES:
The 1st place Yankees pickup a huge power bat from the Hooks and give up 2 good OF prospects in the move. Gross has light tower power from the right side and won the gold glove at 3B last year in the Coastal League.

[gehrig38]

2033 AMATEUR DRAFT
I pick 26th in the 1st, and then my next pick isn’t until #106 (31st in the 3rd) so there will be a premium on ‘safe’ picks this year. I’ll follow the 1st round until I pick.

1) Dallas – Harley Crawford LHP 6’ 190 Houston Baptist College – Consensus top 2 arm in the draft. Upper 90’s power lefty, 1st of 2 picks for Dallas in the top 4. (2)
2) Fresno – Ken Lord LHP 6’2” 200 Pacific U. – Polished college lefty. Low 90’s FB/SL/CH mix (6)
3) Michigan – Hector Rosales RHP 6’1” 180 Crystal City HS, TX – low 90’s power arm, hard worker and a leader. A ways off. Top rated P prospect in the draft (1)
4) Dallas – Fernando Cetulio RHP 5’9” 175 Ball State – Dallas grabs a potential 1 and 2 in the 1st 4 picks. Upper 90’s power FB/Cutter with potential HoF change. Concern is size
5) Brooklyn – Kevin Starr RHP 6’ 175 Texas-Arlington – Superstar two-way talent. Can be an ace or a 3 hole hitter and a likely all star for years at either. No idea which way he’s going but huge ceiling whichever way he does. (9)
6) Philadelphia – Sam Curtis OF 6’ 170 Scarborough HS, TX – 1st position player taken. Off the charts power to go with a .400+ OBP approach. Great speed but average base runner. Tools and skills to play across the OF.
7) Edmonton – Dave O’Clery RHP 6’ 190 U. of Nevada – Top 5 arm coming in. Upper 90’s mix but questions all over about makeup. 4 pitch guy with all 4 being + pitches. (8)
8) San Jose – Luis Valencia LHP 6’1” 185 Abington HS, MA – Mid 90’s lefty with huge potential out of HS. 3 pitch mix with outstanding curve ball. Hard worker with high baseball IQ.
9) Arizona – Noah Crabbe OF 6’ 180 Dallas Baptist College – Corner OF with leadoff skills and top of the charts speed. Just the 2nd position player taken so far. Great work ethic and big ceiling (4)
10) Houston – Francisco Maria LHP 5’11” 195 Oral Roberts U. – Hardest throwing lefty in the draft. Works 97-99 consistently with 3 ++ pitches and a developing change up.
11) Tulsa – Andy Pitts RHP 6’ 195 Portland U. – Few expected him to be here this late. Righty with huge arm, 4 pitches ++ fastball. A future manager with off the charts baseball IQ. (5)
12) Buffalo – Steve Bell 3B 5’11” 185 Canisius U. – First infielder taken. Huge wheels, potential 70+ SB leadoff bat who is already a ++ defender at 3B. (7)
13) Hawaii – Jesus Castaneda 1B 6’3” 225 Bronx CC – Prototypical 4 hitter who gets on base as well. Rated 18 glove at 1B today. At 21 I would want a more polished bat but he has big time power potential. Work ethic is a concern. (3)
14) New Orleans – Geoffrey George IF/RF 5’10” 185 Wichita State – above average runner, ++ defender around the IF and can play RF. Not sure where the bat ends up as he has below average pop and will likely peak at .275, if that. Does have good strike zone discipline.
15) West Michigan – William Murdoch RHP 6’2” 205 Northern Illinois U – Steal at 15, 93-95 with 3.5 pitches (slider developing). ++ Change up and big stamina. (10)

That’s the top 10 prospects

Unsure of what to expect 11 picks from now. Bryan McBride (OF) Mark Shelton (IF/OF) and Mario Guerrero (1B/OF) are all potentials.

ROUND #Pick
1 #26 Dave Phillips OF L/L 6’3” 185 St. Johns – A potential sleeper. 75 steal speed, potential for 30 HR power and a 3 hole bat. Taken in the 2nd round by Fresno last year 60th overall. Extreme work ethic and excelled against outstanding competition as a freshman.
3 #106 Mark Shelton IF/OF 6’3” 180 Waldport HS, OR – Huge bargain. Asking 2M but a legit 1st round talent that, for some reason, is still hanging around. Great teammate, good clubhouse influence. Enormous power potential and + speed as well as a hitter that rarely swings and misses. Could be one of the biggest steals in my draft history.
4 #138 Chris Turner 1B/DH 6’ 195 Overland HS, CO – Huge power ok wheels. Needs a ton of work in the field but just 17
5 #170 Shannon Roberson SS 6’1” 170 Malden HS, MA – Exceptional legs, great bunter, 17 years old and extremely coachable. Low risk high reward talent.

6) Ken Hobbs LHP 6’6” 205 Sweetwater HS (19)
7) Don Murray OF 6’1” 195 Florida Atlantic (22)
8) Randall Porter 1B 6’3” 220 South HS, FL (19)
9) Mike Robertson OF 6’1” 180 Abbeville HS, LA (19)
10) Lucas Kohlund C 6’4” 255 Clairemont HS, CA (18)
11) Dan Harris 2B 6’ 190 Boston College (21)
12) Jonathan Conway OF 6’1” St Johns (21)
13) Cole Pruitt SS 6’ 185 Alabama (22)
14) Ruben Elias C 6’1” 195 Logos Prep Academy, TX Asking 2.6M
15) Tom Kemp RHP 6’1” 175 Centennial HS, FL Asking 2.8M
16) Scot Williams RHP 5’10” 165 Douglass HS, LA Asking 2.8M
17) Roberto Chavez SS 6’2” 175 Hana HS, HI Asking 2.8M
18) Mario Soto RHP 5’10” 160 Victor Valley Christian HS, CA (17)
19) Dave Adams RHP 6’2” 185 Mid-Pacific Institute, HI (18) Asking 2.6M

Took a ton of bonus babies late, to both stop the overflow in the minors but also on the off chance I can catch a break.
Also made the draft 20 rounds with players out to 30 rounds available.

[gehrig38]

[gehrig38]

2033 SEASON WEEK 12
RECORD: 2-4
OVERALL: 47-25 +9 (Dallas 38-34)
RUN SCORED: 404 (22) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 310 (28) 3rd
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 81/100
SCHEDULE: 1 @ West Michigan/3 vs Philadelphia/Off Day/2 vs Baltimore

TRADE NEWS-Top prospect Tony Booth is healthy and ready for the move to AAA. So I put Shinoda out there and Fresno bit. Two good arms in the pen, and a 6th pick with cash and I was able to get a decent SP prospect in Chavez and a very good young SP prospect in Valle. Both are sent to AAA Wilmington, and that rotation is completely revamped. Chavez becomes the oldest SP in that 5 man set, with Bryant (23) Hartman (22) Hall (22) and Valle (23) combining for a very talented group.



6/13
SAN 5 WMI 3
W-Kirk (7-3) L-X. Green (4-4) S-Whaley (7)
HR SAN-Bullock (22) Hutchison (15) Manuel (11)
Kirk 8 IP 8 K 8 H 2 ER Heeren 3-4 2B (11) R Bullock HR 2 RBI (55) Manuel HR 2 RBI (36)

6/14
PHI 9 SAN 5
W-Lugo (8-3) L-Lopez (7-2)
HR PHI-Cruz (6)
Lopez 6 IP 9 H 7 ER Heeren 3-5 2B (12) R 3 RBI (57) Bullock 3-5 2B (17) RBI (56)
Lugo (PHI) 8 IP 12 H 2 ER Cruz 2-4 HR 3 RBI (29) O'Fogarty (PHI) 3-4 2B (3) RBI (21)

6/15 DRAFT
SAN 6 PHI 1
W-O'Dell (6-5) L-Muniz (4-8)
HR SAN-Perez (9)
O'Dell CG 10 K 6 H 1 ER Perez 3-3 BB 2 R HR 3 RBI (27)

6/16
PHI 7 SAN 1
W-O'Daly (8-5) L-Miller (10-4)
HR PHI-Calderon (12) Carrillo 2 (14)
C.Miller 3.1 IP 6 H 2 HR 4 ER
O'Daly (PHI) 7.2 IP 6 H 1 ER 3 K Carrillo (PHI) 2-4 2 HR 2 R 3 RBI (41)

MINORS NEWS-2 games into his AAA career Tony Booth is hurt, again. This time out for 2 weeks with shoulder tendinitis.
In draft news top overall pick Dave Phillips has signed, and reported to rookie league Columbus to begin his career.

6/17
OFF DAY

6/18
BAL 4 SAN 3
W-Rubio (9-3) L-Scott (0-2) S-Castaneda (8)
HR BAL-Soto (19) Poole (8)
Scott 6 IP 10 H 4 ER
Rubio (BAL) 7.1 IP 4 K 7 H 1 ER

6/19
BAL 4 SAN 2
W-Wallace (6-6) L-Kirk (7-4) S-Castaneda (9)
HR NONE
Kirk 7.1 IP 5 H 5 BB 7 K 4 ER lost 2-0 lead in the 7th.
Wallace (BAL) 7.2 IP 6 K 7 H 2 ER

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Miguel Padilla (CHI) 14-25 4 HR 8 RBI (.302-6-32)
CL POTW- Ruben Soto (BAL) 10-25 5 HR 13 RBI (.252-19-65)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Baltimore (5)
3) Arizona (3)
4) San Antonio (2)
5) Pittsburgh (6)
OUT Michigan (7)

NEWS NOTES:
With some guys getting healthy I am working to get younger throughout the system. Keith was a great 5th OF last year and bat off the bench, but he's taking PA from younger players. Chapman is a very good arm, could fill a role in the big leagues if needed.

[gehrig38]

2033 SEASON WEEK 13
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 51-28 +11 (Dallas (40-39)
RUN SCORED: 444 (40) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 347 (37) 6th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 82/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Baltimore/3 vs Fresno/3 @ Las Vegas

RUMORS-Out of San Antonio....



6/20
SAN 7 BAL 6
W-Brooks (2-2) L-Blevins (0-4) S-Whaley (8)
HR BAL-Soto (20) SAN-Bullock (23) Peterson (12) Weijers (14)
Lopez 5 IP 7 BB 6 H 5 ER hurt in the 5th. Bullock 2-4 HR R 2 RBI (60) Ramirez 1-2 2B (8) SB (13) 2 BB 2 RBI (18)
Lamberti (BAL) 0-1 R 4 BB

INJURY NEWS-Lopez has bicep soreness and will be shut down for 2-3 weeks. Calvin Hall will be recalled and Kevin Baldwin, a top SP prospect, will be promoted to AAA. Shane Finnin will be sent to AA. Former 1st overall pick Jake Scott is being sent back to AAA. 16.1 IP 25 H and just 3 K's might mean it's time to start looking for options. Could be a huge draft day bust given that he's 25. Newly acquired Jose Chavez will be called up for a few starts.

6/21
SAN 12 FRE 4
W-O”Dell (7-5) L-Towns (4-11)
HR FRE-Jaquias (7) SAN-Heeren (16) Vela (1)
O'Dell 7 IP 11 K 3 ER Hutchison 5-5 BB 3 R SB (13) 2 RBI (52) Beard 3-5 2B (3) BB 2 R RBI (6) Manuel 3-5 3B (1) R 3 RBI (39) Vela 3-5 HR 2 R RBI (7)
Towns (FRE) 1.2 IP 9 H 7 ER (4-11 7.19)

6/22
FRE 13 SAN 7 (11)
W-Gibbs (4-3) L-Kijani (0-1)
HR FRE-Vela (2) Ward 2 (12) SAN-Peterson GS (13) Hutchison 2 LO (17)
Vela (FRE) 4-6 2B HR 3 RBI (6) Perez (FRE) 3-5 2B (12) 3 R Ward 2-5 2 HR 3 R 4 RBI (39)
Hutcison lead off HR 3-4 2 HR 2 BB 3 R 3 RBI (55) Peterson grand slam 4 RBI (44) Bullock 3-5 2B (19) Perez 3-5 2B (6)

6/23
FRE 5 SAN 1
W-O'Dunn (7-5) L-Chavez (0-1) S-Hawking (1)
HR FRE-Ward (13) Perez (15) De Los Santos (2) Ware (1)
Chavez 7 IP 3 HR 10 K 4 ER
O'Dunn (FRE) 7.2 IP 8 H 0 ER

6/24
SAN 3 LV 2 (10)
W-Brooks (3-2) BS (6) L-Lee (2-2) S-Valdez (1)
HR NONE
Kirk 8 IP 4 H 1 ER Brooks 1.1 IP 2 H 2 BB BS (6) Heeren 2 errors (13)
Gamboa (LV) 6.2 IP 10 K 2 ER

6/25
SAN 9 LV 3
W-Hall (5-0) L-Burks (2-10)
HR SAN-Bullock (24) Hutchison (18)
Hall 7 IP 8 H 2 K 3 ER Hutchison 2-4 BB HR 2 R 2 RBI (57) Bullock 2-4 BB HR 2 R 2 RBI (64) Weijers 3B (2) 3 RBI (50) Heeren 2-4 BB 2 2B (17) RBI (59) (.384)
Burks (LV) 4.2 IP 6 ER (2-10 5.69) Aguilar (LV) 4-5 3B (3) SB (23) 2 R

6/26
LV 4 SAN 1 (11)
W-Rowan (2-2) L-Opacic (5-2)
HR SAN-Weijers (15) LV-Silquero (5) Marquez WO (11)
O'Dell 7.1 IP 2 H 10 K 1 ER
Cruz (LV) 9 IP 7 H 4 K 1 ER Marquez (LV) 3 run walk off HR

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW- Manny Ramirez (COL) 14-32 4 HR 15 RBI (.393-21-71)
CL POTW- Lorne Bishop (DAL) 13-26 2 HR 5 RBI (.340-18-44)

IBL CAREER LEADER: HITS
3319 Luis Chavez (CHI)
3227 Curt Whimster
2554 Andre Blakeway (COL)
2464 Jeffrey Hudson
2358 Gerald Wright

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Baltimore (2)
3) Pittsburgh (5)
4) San Antonio (4)
5) Arizona (3)


NEWS NOTES:
Michigan is shoring up the leagues #1 defense, both middle IF's are hurt right now.

[gehrig38]

San Jose fired manager Glen Miller this week. The Sharks have struggled mightily the past 3 years and a change was clearly needed. In a stunning move the Sharks reached out, and then hired, former GM Enrique Gonzalez who was let go earlier this year as the GM of the Hawaii Warriors. He has no dugout experience.



Never thought I'd see the day the Iron Pigs were the last team in the Wild Card standings.

And after 81 games I love where this club is. Derek Craig went down on the 8th, since then the club is just 9-9 but he's due back soon. We are hammering the ball, and the offense is where I want it to be. Ramirez is having a real bad year and the hope was he'd bounce back. Tony Booth, if he can stay healthy, is close to ready. I also need to find an every day catcher soon. Both of mine are older and Perez is a FA after this year. Vela can certainly provide a stop gap, but that's a priority.



Pitching wise 2 things are obvious. Jake Scott is not ready, and may not be the prospect I'd hoped, and Ron Brooks is not the clubs future closer. Leon Whaley is doing fine for now, and Martin is a possible option. Herman O'Dell is bouncing back after a horrid April (1-3 6.49) and is 3-0 1.83 in June. While Cody Miller is a fine opening day guy, I still lack the power ace to open a post season series and shut down a team like Alaska.

LEAGUE RECORDS THROUGH 81 GAMES (bold are records set this year)
AVG-.433 Stan Park (EP) OLD RECORD .424 Louis Ginger (WMI) '25
HR-35 Tony Greene (DAY) '21
RBI- 118 Ramon Castro (CHI) '26 OLD RECORD 89 Horst Grueter (CHI)
SB-43 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '20 Isaac Darch (GB) '26
WAR-6.9 Manny Ramirez (COL) '33 6.8 Miguel Cabrera (NH) '33 6.6 Rich Stone (FRE) '12 6.2 Diego Ameixieira '26 6.1 Tony Greene '21 Ramon Castro '26 Stan Park '27 6.0 Louie Ginger '25
W- 15 Stan Hall (ALK) '31 14 Andy Morgan (LA) '29 13 Ken Lee (CHI) '16
SAVES- 33 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K- 177 Randy Johnson (ALK) '31 172 Esteban Figueroa (SAC) '23
ERA- 1.09 Stan Hall (ALK) '29 1.61 Matt Daniel (HAW) '31
BEST RECORD- 70-11 (.864) Alaska Avalanche '31 65-16 .805 Alaska Avalanche '30
WORST RECORD- 21-60 Providence Black Sox '25