Notes from the TWB Detroit Tigers Manager - Page 6

jdw · 11-06-2004, 06:04 PM

Goose wrote:

> Ya, thanks for including me. I might have
> missed that threard if you hadn't hit this one
> as well.

No problem. We old Class of 34 guys need to stick together.

> You've given me food for thought for sure.

I think everyone would like *your* food to chew over.

> I've kinda wondered about this aspect of the
> game as well back when I praying for Willie
> Young to get some PT.

It's worth testing out, especially when you have a talent as terrific as Degal.

John

canadiancreed · 11-06-2004, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metsgeek

I'll admit. Things are looking gloomy already, but the Red Sox are not gonna roll over and die. John, stop giving him advice already!

LOL I bet my national league compatriots are saying the same thing about JOhn and my team as well

PS: Keep going

Back on topic, what did you tell these boys at the beginning of the year?! I swear I cant think of a ewakness on yrou team that could make you fall from the incredible pace your'e keeping, keep it up

btw anyone know the record for best record in a single season?

Matt from TN · 11-06-2004, 08:54 PM

I think adding Crowell will be just huge... especially if he keeps up his current POY pace.

jdw · 11-07-2004, 12:57 PM

Matt wrote:

> I think adding Crowell will be just huge...
> especially if he keeps up his current
> POY pace.

I agree. It really gives him a rotation anchor. His two 20 game winners last year got to 20 more on Great Run Support than Great Pitching. He really needed someone he could count on.

In addition, whether he goes in this direction or not, it give him a reliable hand that allows him to work in one or more of his prospects. *Those* guys are his future aces. Crowell can bridge him there, and if he gets one of those kids broken in, the team is in great shape. If he gets two of them, look out. The offense is set for six years. The rotation has a chance to have a pair of aces for a decade.

John

m0ng00se · 11-08-2004, 05:45 PM

5/16 THRU 5/31

5/16 DET @ WSH: loss 1-8 Alan Paule (1-1, 16.20) got his first start of the year and was injured 1.1 IP into the game. He gave up 3R and got the loss. Zolly Schoeter (3-2, 3.43) got the win giving up 1R in 8.2IP. POG honors want to WSH SS Hitman Crocitto who went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1HR, 1SB. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. John Dirt Bag Degal was called up and got an immediate start at catcher. He went 2 for 4 in his first ML game. Unfortunately, Paule will be day-2-day for the next 5 weeks with a strained tricep (Why does this almost always have to happen on the first game of a two week sim?

)

5/17 PHI @ DET: WIN 6-1 Billy Crowell (10-1, 1.70) was awesome again, giving up 1R in a CG POG Win. Ken Malia (1-2, 4.15) got the loss giving up 6R in 4.2IP. LF Hershel Cooley was the A's top batter going 3 for 4, 1R, 2SB. For us, Bud Moore went 2 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Luther moves into a tie with Kress in the HR race at 9. Matt Perly is only 1 behind at 8HR.

5/18 PHI @ DET: WIN 5-0 Hal Andrew (7-1, 3.47) pitched 8.1 shut out innings for POG honors and the win. Walt Gajan finished the shutout pitching a hitless finally two outs. Chubby Allen went the distance for the A's but gave up 5R. Top PHI batter was young SS Ace Habermehl who went 2 for 3, 1BB. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4, 1R. Hal Andrew went 2 for 3. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Bud Moore hit a 3R HR with his only hit of the day.

5/19 PHI @ DET: WIN 8-5 Bob Guilderson gave up 5R (4ER) in 7.2IP. Lloyd Wyman (3-1, 0.44) finished out the 8th for the win. Alex Footwangler (8.53, 5Sv) pitched a hitless 9th for a save. Bob Stevens went 7.2IP, but gave up 7R for the loss. Top A's batter was LF Greg Morris who went 2 for 4, 1RBI. For us, Bud Moore got POG for going 3 for 4, 4RBI, 1BB. Luther Ormiston was a perfect 2 for 2, 2R, 3RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. A's CF Harry Badeau extended his hit streak to 17 games. David Castaneda got thrown out in the 7th for arguing a strike out with the ump.

5/20 StL @ DET: loss 2-9 Alan Paule (1-2, 11.25) started despite his injury and gave up 6R in 7IP for the loss. Paul Rivest gave up only 2R in a CG win. Brown's CF John Fahringer got POG for going 4 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. RF Tony Monachino also hit well for them going 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 3BB, 1SB. For us, top batter was Dave Castaneda going 2 for 4.

5/21 StL @ DET: loss 3-7 Billy Crowell (10-2, 2.16) got his first loss as a Tiger giving up 7R in a CG loss. Fritz Kaufman got the win giving up only 2R in 8IP. POG honors went to CF Johnny Champagne who went 4 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, `DBL. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4. Luther Ormiston and Billy Crowell both hit a solo HR for their only hits of the game.

5/22 StL @ DET: loss 1-9 Hal Andrew (7-2, 3.84) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6 IP for the loss. Four of those runs were in the 1st. Cotton Simson (6-3, 3.00) pitched great giving up only 1R in a CG win. POG was Brown's 1B Vince Chipple who went 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. For us, Iggy Chennault went 3 for 4, 1RBI filling in at 3B. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. We weren't out hit today (9 to 9) and we committed fewer errors (1 to 2), but StL was much more efficient with their hits.

5/24 DET @ BOS: loss 3-10 Bob Guilderson (4-3, 5.11) got the loss giving up 7R in 5.2IP. JoJo King (4-5, 5.32) got a CG win giving up only 3R. Sox RF Ben Hargey got POG honors going 4 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. LF Buster Myer (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 2DBL), 2B Maurice Goza (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI) and C Em Pelto (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI) all had great games. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR (this longest of his career - 524 feet).

5/25 DET @ BOS: loss 5-6 Alan Paule (1-3, 9.45) gutted out his injury for a CG, but collected his third consecutive loss as he gave up 6R. Sloppy Mosich gave up 5R (2ER) in 7IP. The win went to closer Billy Hyberg (2-0, 2.49) who pitched the final out for BOS. Sox 1B Bobby Johnson got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Al Arsenault also went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1R. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1BB. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI.

5/26 DET @ BOS: WIN 6-2 We snap a 5 game losing streak compliments of a Bud Moore PH grand slam in the 8th. Billy Crowell (11-2, 2.06) is back to his winning ways giving up only 2R (1ER) in a CG POG win. Sonny Faulkner (7-6, 4.77) got a CG loss giving up 6R. Top Sox batter was SS Rusky Lutske who went 2 for 4. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 4. John Degal got some time in at C (his fourth start in the last two weeks).

5/28 DET @ CHI: loss 2-4 Hal Andrew (7-3, 3.90) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Johnny Gordley (4-6, 4.66) got the win giving up 2R in 8IP. POG went to Sox 2B Tony Seats who went 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. For us, Hal Andrew (.353) went 2 for 2, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Carlton Affee went 2 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1SB. We out hit CHI 11 to 7, but still lost.

5/29 DET @ CHI: loss 9-10 This game went 10 innings. Bob Guilderson gave up 5R (4ER) in 4IP as a 2nd inning rain delay was a factor. However, the loss went to Alex Footwangler (1-2, 8.79) who gave up 2R in the finally 1.2IP. The win went to Sox closer Corky Stell (4-3, 3.86) despite giving up 2R in the final 2IP. Top Sox batters were Chester Munch (3 for 6, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR, 1DBL, POG), 1B Ed Rossi (3 for 6, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) and CF Homer Jewell (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL, 1SB). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 4RBI, 1DBL.

5/30 DET @ CHI: WIN 10-4 Alan Paule (2-3, 8.33) got a win despite giving up 4R in 7IP. Earl Boyd (2-8, 5.03) got beat up early (4 in the 1st) and ended up giving up 7R in 4.2 IP for the loss. Top Sox batters were 3B Hendreick Asher (3 for 5, 1R, 1TRPL) and 1B Ed Rossi (1 for 2, 1R, 3BB). For us, Bud Moore went 3 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR for POG honors. Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 2DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress came off the bench in the 8th and went 1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

5/31 WSH @ DET: WIN 10-1 Billy Crowell (12-2, 1.99) gave up only 4 hits and 1R for POG and a CG win. Zolly Schoeter (4-3, 4.13) gave up 6R in 4.1IP. Top WSH batter was 3B Jungle Jim Dunkey who went 3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. For us, Carlton Affee went 2 for 3, 3R, 1RBI. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 3R. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston hit a grand slam with his only hit of the day.

STANDINGS
#1 in the AL, 3.5 games ahead of St. Louis, 6-8 in the last 14

BAD NEWS
-Five consecutive losses and 1-7 (from 5/20 to 5/29) was a huge disappointment.
-Several hitters were quiet for the last couple of weeks of May. Ray Kress nearly saw his avg dip below .300. When Ray isn't hitting, we are in trouble.
-Alan Paule was injured in his first start of the year but pitched from the #4 spot anyway (1-3) for two weeks. He will be replaced by Melzer who should now be healthy.
-AAA SP Eral Roberts will miss a couple of months due to a pulled tricep muscle.
-A 2B Rob Bell will also miss about 2 months with a torn calf muscle.

GOOD NEWS
-Billy Crowell got his second consecutive POM awards. This time for going 6-1, 2.03.
-Matt Perly gives us our second consecutive BOM award. He hit .402 and had 4HR, 31RBI in May.
-Luther Ormiston had a hot final two weeks. He now leads the AL in HRs (14), RUNs (55 from the cleanup spot), DBLs (20), OBP (.481), SLG (.719) and is second in RBI (55), second in AVG (.375), and third in BB (39). This guy needs a nick name... suggestions will be considered.
-AL Runs: Luther #1, Ray Kress #2, Calton Affee #3, Carl Sandoz #5.

ROSTER CHANGES
-John Dirt Bag Degal has been treading water in the Minors for four years. I've called him up to the AR so that Bud Moore can take him under his wing and hopefully light a fire under his butt. He's got too much potential so his lack of progress required me to take drastic measures.
-Vincent Solinger had to be demoted to make room for Degal. Unfortunately, he won't make it to Buffalo AAA. He'll be claimed on waivers by someone. We will miss his skill behind the plate very much.

BATTING THRU 5/31

Code:

Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG

Code:

I. Chennault 10  15  6  0  0  0   2  0  2  0 .400 .471 .400 
V. Solinger   5  10  4  0  0  0   2  1  1  0 .400 .455 .400 
L. Ormiston  51 192 72 20  2 14  55 55 39 17 .375 .481 .719 
M. Perly     52 200 71 11  1  9  50 32 12 19 .355 .381 .555 
H. Andrew    13  34 12  4  0  0   4  7  7  4 .353 .463 .471 
R. Liggett   16  15  5  0  0  0   0  1  1  4 .333 .375 .333 
H. Melzer     9  15  5  2  0  0   4  3  0  5 .333 .333 .467 
C. Affee     51 224 71  8  3  6  27 47 19 11 .317 .369 .460 
C. Sandoz    52 206 65 14  0  0  11 44 28 19 .316 .403 .383 
R. Kress     52 187 57  8  2 11  44 48 49 25 .305 .450 .545 
D. Castaneda 49 173 52  5  1  2  31 13  7 27 .301 .326 .376 
B. Moore     47 159 47 10  1  5  41 22 29 11 .296 .402 .465 
R. Kaladimos 50 186 47  9  2  4  25 21 17 18 .253 .316 .387
R. Fish      19  32  8  0  1  0   2  5  2  4 .250 .294 .313 
J. Degal      7  17  4  0  0  0   0  2  1  2 .235 .278 .235 
T. Hoelscher 28  27  6  2  1  1   5  6  0  1 .222 .214 .481 
W. Cruce     17  18  4  0  0  0   2  3  1  1 .222 .300 .222 
P. Murovic   26  48  9  2  0  0   5  7  6  6 .188 .273 .229

PITCHING THRU 5/31

Code:

Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K

Code:

 
B. Crowell     14 14 12 2 0 1.99 122.1 111 33 27 24 30 
H. Andrew      13 13  7 3 0 3.90  97.0  90 50 42 39 48 
M. Downey      12  6  4 1 0 5.13  52.2  59 31 30 25 20 
B. Guilderson  13 13  4 3 0 5.27  95.2  97 61 56 50 40 
L. Wyman       25  0  3 1 5 1.59  22.2  10  4  4  5  9 
A. Paule        7  4  2 3 0 8.33  27.0  35 25 25 19 10 
H. Melzer       9  6  2 2 0 4.43  40.2  30 20 20 30 23 
A. Footwangler 14  0  1 2 5 8.79  14.1  23 15 14  8  5 
S. Leveck      10  0  1 1 0 4.50   8.0   6  5  4  7  3 
S. Brown        3  0  0 0 0 4.50   6.0   7  5  3  4  1 
W. Gajan       13  0  0 2 1 7.24  13.2  20 13 11  6  4

jdw · 11-09-2004, 02:41 PM

I'll jump the gun here since Goose hasn't posted on the 6/1 - 6/15 stretch yet.

It looks like The Boss wasn't happy with the talk in the press that he might not have been playing to his fullest in May (.286/.412/.505). In the first half of June:

.512/.632/1.186 with 6/1/7 EBH, 16/17 R/RBI and 14 BB.

OUCH!!!

He and his running mate Luther are killing the AL. 3-5 in BA, 1-3 in OPB, 1-2 in SLG, 1-2 in OPS, 1-2 in RC, 1-2 in RC/27, 1-2 in HR, 1-3 in RBI, 1-2 in R, 1-3 in BB, 1-2 in EBH, 1-3 in TB.

The rest of the Tigers aren't pikers either. They lead the AL by 76 runs... 66 games into a 154 season.

The truly frightening thing about this team is that they're doing this with a excellent season from catcher Moore - .272/.376/.441, 11 2B, 7 HR and 51 RBI already. No, that's not what's frightening. It's that when John Degal develops in the next year or two, they've have another leaderboard killer to add into the #5 hole, and be able to move Perly down to the #6 spot... and he's killing the ball as well.

If they are able to "shake the tree" for a good 1B, look out.

John

m0ng00se · 11-09-2004, 04:55 PM

6/1 THRU 6/15

6/1 WSH @ DET: WIN 8-4 Hal Andrew (8-3, 3.86) gave up 4R (3ER) in 8IP for the win. Red Finley got the loss giving up 7R in 6.2IP. Top WSH batters were CF Peter Overton (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL) and C Robert Reed (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Bud Moore got POG honors for going 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 2 for 4, 2RBI.

6/2 WSH @ DET: WIN 6-5 Bob Guilderson got a much needed win despite giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (1.52, 6Sv) pitched a scoreless 9th for a save. Raul Velazquez gave up 5R in 7IP, but the loss went to MR Cecil Frye (0-2, 7.36) who gave up the winning run in the bottom of the 8th. WSH 3B Jungle Jim Dunkel had an excellent game going 3 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1TRPL. SS Hitman Crocitto also played well going 3 for 4, 3R, 2DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston got POG honors going 3 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1TRPL. Carlton Affee went 2 for 4, 1R.

6/3 DET @ PHI: WIN 7-3 This game went 13 innings. Harley Melzer returned to the rotation and gave up 1R (0ER) in 7IP. The win went to Mike Downey (5-1, 4.94) who pitched a scoreless 12th inning. Ken Malia had started for the A's and pitched well giving up only 2R in 8.2IP, but the game was lost by Don Vonkitzing (2-4, 5.28) who gave up 4 runs in the 13th. No one from PHI had more than one hit. Lee Richardson's solo HR in the 10th was the offensive highlight for them. For us, Carlton Affee got POG honors for going 4 for 7, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 3BB.

6/4 DET @ PHI: WIN 5-0 Billy Crowell (13-2, 1.85) pitched a 1 hit shutout win for POG honors. Harold Sundin also went the distance but gave up 5R. LF Greg Morris (1 for 3) was the A's batter that killed Billy's no-hitter. For us, David Castaneda was out top hitter going 2 for 4, 2RBI. Pete Murovic got a rare start at 1B to give Rik the Greek a day off... he went 1 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL.

6/5 DET @ PHI: WIN 14-2 Hal Andrew (9-3, 3.71) gave up only 2R in a CG POG win. Bob Stevens (6-6, 4.58) got the loss giving up 8R in 6.2IP. C Hershel Lee was the only hot A's batter going 3 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL. For us, Ray Kress went 4 for 6, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB. Carlton Affee went 3 for 6, 2R, 3RBI, 1TRPL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Bud Moore's hit a 3R HR with his only hit of the day. Rollin Fish hit a pinch hit, solo HR in the 9th.

6/6 NYY @ DET: WIN 8-7 Bob Guilderson (6-3, 5.40) had a nice game going until he blew up and gave up 5R in the 9th. He lucked out with some good run support as he got the win despite giving up 7R in 8IP. Chief Harrington (7-2, 2.57) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6IP for the loss. RF Jimmy Ditty was the top Yank batter going 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 5, 1R, 1SB. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 2BB, 2HR for POG honors. Tom Hoelscher filled in at SS and went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

6/7 NYY @ DET: WIN 3-1 Harley Melzer didn't give up a run until the 9th... he finished with the win and POG honors giving up 1R in 8.1IP. Lloyd Wyman (1.69, 8Sv) finished the game for the save. Buddy Greenberg gave up 3R (2ER) in 7IP for the loss. The only hot hitter for NY was 2B Ray Dimeo who went 2 for 4, 1R. For us, it was Ray Kress going 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Luther Ormiston and Rik the Greek went hitless but drew 3BB a piece.

6/8 NYY @ DET: loss 2-8 Billy Crowell (13-3, 2.33) had a rare bad start giving up 8R in 3.2IP for the loss. Maury Baum (3-1, 3.51) had a much better day giving up only 2R in a CG win for POG honors. Yank LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 2R, 1rBI, 1BB, 1TRPL), RF Charles Gillis (2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB) & SS Owen Bastow (2 for 4) all hit well. For us, Ray Kress had half our hits going 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1HR, 1SB.

6/9 NYY @ DET: WIN 5-0 Hal Andrew (10-3, 3.44) got POG honors for throwing a 4 hit shutout. Carpenter Erickson also went the distance but gave up 5R. Top Yank hitter was SS George Roth who went 1 for 2, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, it was Ray Kress who went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. We were held to 5 hits for the day.

6/10 StL @ DET: WIN 14-11 Bob Guilderson gave up 8R (7ER) in 6IP. Alex Footwangler nearly blew the game giving up 3R in the 9th, but Mike Downey (6-1, 4.88) finished out the inning and got the win compliments of a Ray Kress 9th inning grand slam. The loss went to Brown's closer Ray Seidel (2-2, 6.75). 2B Vern Piernatzski (3 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR) and 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR) both had monster games. For us, Ray Kress got POG for going 4 for 5, 3R, 5RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 6, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR filling in at CF. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. This was a wild game that saw 9 HRs total.

6/11 StL @ DET: WIN 2-1 Harley Melzer continues to be hot after coming back from his injury. Today he gave up only 1R and 3 hits in 8.1IP for POG honors. Walt Gajan (6.11, 2Sv) finished out the game for a save. Cotton Simson (7-6, 3.32) got the CG loss despite only giving up 2R. Top Browns hitter was SS Dale Thompson who went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 1BB. For us Carlton Affee went 3 for 4. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL.

6/12 StL @ DET: WIN 13-5 Billy Crowell (14-3, 2.45) gets the win despite giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. Paul Rivest got hammered for 8R in 5.1IP for the loss. SS Dale Thompson (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1SB), 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 4, 2R) and Gil Clovis (2 for 4, 3RBI, 1DBL) were the top Brown's hitters. For us, Luther Ormiston got POG honors going 4 for 5, 3R, 5RBI, 2HR. Carlton Affee went 4 for 6, 2R, 1RBI. Rik the Greek went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Iggy Chenault gave Ray Kress a much needed day off in LF and hit a 3R HR with his only hit of the day.

6/14 DET @ NYY: loss 3-4 Hal Andrew (10-4, 3.37) gave up 4R (2ER) in a CG loss. Carpenter Erickson (5-6, 4.10) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP for POG honors. CF Ping Hung was the top Yank batter going 2 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 2SB. For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly also went 1 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR.

6/15 DET @ NYY: loss 2-6 Bob Guilderson (6-4, 5.79) blew up in the 7th giving up 5R... 6R total in 6.2IP for the loss. Chief Harrington (9-2, 2.52) gave up only 2R (0ER) in a CG POG win. 2B Ray Dimeo was the only multi hit batter for the Yanks going 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. For us, top batter was John Dirt Bag Degal filling in at catcher and going 2 for 4, 1RBI. Rik the Greek and Dave Castaneda also went 2 for 4.

STANDINGS
44-22, #1 in the AL, 7.5 games ahead of Boston, 11-3 in the last two weeks.

BAD NEWS
-Errol Robert's pulled tricep was worse than expected and looks as if it may adversely affect his control. He'll be out for another 11 weeks. He had been looking to make the jump to the active roster this year, but this is quite a set back.

-Bob Guilderson seems to be having a lot of late inning meltdowns. We may have to put him on a different pitch count than our other starters and he will slide down a notch to the #4 spot when the calendar allows it.
-Alex Footwangler is going to be removed from the closer position as he has cost us too many games this year. He'll move to a MR slot and will hopefully pitch better with less pressure.

GOOD NEWS
-Another 9 game win streak - those darn Yanks were the only team to beat us in the past couple of weeks.
-As mentioned above by John, Ray Kress picked it up big time in the past couple of weeks. On 6/10 he was named Player of the Week for hitting .542 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 10 RBI.
-Harley Melzer is looking good now that he's back to 100%... will move up to the #3 spot in the rotation.
-Alan Paule should be 100% healthy in a couple more days.

ROSTER MOVES
-Lloyd Wyman will move to the closer roll as he continues to be our top dog in the Pen.
-Stan Leveck will be tried out as our primary setup guy.

m0ng00se · 11-10-2004, 06:04 PM

6/16 THRU 6/31

6/16 DET @ NYY: loss 2-10 Dang those Yanks. They seem to find a way to beat up on Billy. Billy Crowell (14-4, 2.72) only lasted 2.2IP after giving up 7R (5ER). Alex Footwangler pitched 4.1 innings giving up only 1R in his new role as a MR. Buddy Greenberg (5-9, 3.44) got a CG win giving up only 2R. Jimmy Ditty killed us going 5 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR for POG honors. For us, top batter was Carlton Affee going 2 for 5.

6/17 CHI @ DET: WIN 5-3 Hal Andrew (11-4, 3.37) gets POG for giving up only 3R in 8IP for the win. Stan Leveck (4.00, 1 Sv) got the save for pitching a hitless 9th. John Skoropat (6-7, 5.06) went the distance but gave up 5R for the loss. Top Sox batter was CF Homer Jewell who went 1 for 2, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Carlton Affee went 1 for 1, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB. David Castaneda went 1 for 2, 1R, 1B.

6/19 CHI @ DET: loss 5-6 This game went 11 innings. Harley Melzer gave up 4R in 8.2IP. The loss went to Lloyd Wyman (3-2, 2.01) who gave up 2R in the final two innings. Lloyd had just been promoted from setup man to closer. I swear, the closer position has been a cursed position on our team for a few years. Johnny Gordley pitched well for CHI giving up only 2R in 8IP and was named POG. The win went to closer Corky Stell (5-3, 3.10) as he closed out the 10th. Top Sox batter was RF Boze Wealot who went 3 for 6, 1RBI. For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5. Ray Kress hit a solo HR on his only hit of the day.

6/20 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-0 Bob Guilderson (7-4, 5.41) pitched 8.2 shutout innings for POG and the win. Stan Leveck (3.86, 2Sv) struck out the final batter for a save. Earl Boyd started for CHI but left after 2.2 IP due to elbow problems. 1B Ed Rossi (2 for 4) was the only hot Sox batter as we held them to 4 hits. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 2RBI. Carl Sandoz hit a solo HR for his only hit.

6/21 DET @ CLE: loss 1-4 Billy Crowell (14-5, 2.69) gave up 4R (2ER) in a CG loss... his second loss in a row. Sam Cole (6-10, 5.85) gave up only 1R in 8IP for the win and POG. 1B Ted Varner and C Fred Storey both went 2 for 4 for CLE. For us, top batters were Matt Perly and Bud Moore who both went 1 for 2, 2BB.

6/22 DET @ CLE: WIN 4-2 Hal Andrew (12-4, 3.24) got POG and the win for giving up only 1R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (2.23, 9Sv) got the save despite giving up a run in the 9th. George Kauffman (4-8, 4.48) went the distance but gave up 4R. SS Wilbur Taylor (2 for 2, 1BB, 1DBL) and 3B Emerson Meggs (2 for 4) were the top Indian batters. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 4, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 2DBL. Ray Kress hit a game winning 3R HR in the 9th for his only hit.

6/23 DET @ CLE: loss 1-4 Harley Melzer only allowed 1R in 7.1IP, but Stan Leveck (1-2, 4.66) gave up a run in the 8th and got the loss. Stan was a MR allstar last year, but not doing so well this year. Howie Leosh (5-5, 4.30) limited us to 1R and 3 hits for the win and POG honors. 1B Ted Varner (3 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL) and RF Al Jackson (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) were top batters of the day. For us, Ray Kress and Matt Perly both went 1 for 3, 1BB.

6/24 WSH @ DET: loss 2-3 Another 11 inning game... Bob Guilderson gave up only 2R in 8.2IP. By the loss went to (no surprise... of course it was the closer) Lloyd Wyman (3-3, 2.36) as he was unable to hold in the 11th. Joe Homic (1-0, 4.50) pitched a hitless 10th & 11th for the win. POG honors went to 2B Ray Vlasik for going 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. For us, top batter was Luther Ormiston who went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

6/25 WSH @ DET: WIN 7-5 Billy Crowell (15-5, 2.85) wins despite giving up 5R in 7.2IP. He allowed no walks but 14 hits. Lloyd Wyman (2.29, 10Sv) pitched a scoreless 9th for the save. Zolly Schoeter (6-6, 4.18) also had a rough start giving up 6R in 4.2IP for the loss. Just about every WSH batter had a good day. RF Chris Anderson (3 for 5, 1R) , SS Hitman Crocitto (3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI) and SP Zolly Schoeter (2 for 3, 3RBI, 1TRPL) were tops. For us, Bud Moore went 4 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR for POG honors. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 2 for 3, 1R, 2BB. Roxie Ligget filled in at 2B and went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB.

6/26 WSH @ DET: WIN 4-3 Hal Andrew (13-4, 3.25) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Mike Downey (4.97, 1Sv) got the save for pitching a scoreless 9th. Chris Frays (4-3, 5.48) went the distance but gave up 4R. Chris Anderson was top WSH batter going 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. For us, Carlton Affee went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4. Luther Ormiston hit a 3R HR with his only hit.

6/27 WSH @ DET: WIN 1-0 Harley Melzer (5-2, 2.72) pitched a 4 hit shutout for POG honors and the win. Red Finley (6-7, 2.94) allowed a 1st inning run but then settled down to pitch a CG 1R loss. Top WSH batter was Sugar McDonald who went 1 for 3, 1DBL. For us, only Harley Melzer had more than one hit... he went 3 for 3, 1DBL. The game winning run was Carl Sandoz who hit a double and then was immediately knocked home by another double from Ray Kress.

6/28 DET @ PHI: WIN 8-4 Bob Guilderson (8-4, 5.14) got the CG win giving up 4R. Ken Malia (5-4, 3.87) had a horrible start as we scored 2R in the first followed by 5 in the second off of him... he was pulled after that. Top A's batter was Peaches Badeau who went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 1DBL, 1HR for POG honors. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. John Degal went 2 for 4, 1BB filling in at catcher. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB.

6/29 DET @ PHI: WIN 7-6 Billy Crowell (16-5, 2.98) continues to struggle but gets the win despite giving up 6R (5ER) in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (2.25, 11Sv) got the save as he and Mike Downey combined for a scoreless 9th. Pops Gustafson (6-5, 4.41) gave up 7R in 7IP. Top A's hitter was C Hershel Lee who went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston gets his 3rd POG in 4 games. He hit a game willing 3R pinch hit HR in the 8th. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Bud Moore hit a solo HR for his only hit of the day. Pete Murovic subbed at 1B and went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 1BB.

6/30 DET @ PHI: loss 4-5 Hal Andrew gave up 4R in 8IP, but the loss went to Stan Leveck who gave up the game losing run in the 10th. C Matt Gazarek got POG for the A's going 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. LF Ed Monchak (2 for 3, 1DBL) and 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL) also hit well. For us, Carl Sandoz went 1 for 2, 2BB. Rik the Greek hit a 3R HR with his only hit.

STANDINGS
#1 in the AL, 8.5 games ahead of StL, 8-6 in the last two weeks.

BAD NEWS
-Billy Crowell is human after all. He had a crummy final two weeks in June in comparison to his back to back POM previous two months.
-Matt Perly had a terrible final week, but we faced a lot of lefties. I may need to tweak the depth chart to get Liggett in there more as he's hitting .344 off the bench.
-Most of our player development reports have been bad news lately. I'd sure like to see some good ones soon.

GOOD NEWS
-We lost no one else to injury and gained a game in the AL lead despite Billy having a bad couple of weeks.
-Luther Ormiston was named Player of the Week on 6/31 for hitting .375 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 14 RBI.
-Harley Melzer continues our sweep of the POM awards going 3-0 in 6 games started, with an ERA of 1.29 and 1 shutouts in June.
-Ray Kress continues our sweep of BOM awards hitting .379 in 95 AB, with 9 homers and 24 RBI in June.
-Hal Andrew has been Mr. Reliable for most of this year so far.
-Bob Guilderson must of over heard me ask the pitching coaches to watch his pitch count as he put together a good couple of weeks.

BATTING THRU 6/31

Code:

Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG

Code:

 
R. Liggett   26  29  10  2  1  0   2  2  3  6 .345 .394 .483 
L. Ormiston  77 288  99 25  2 23  84 76 57 25 .344 .451 .684 
R. Kress     79 282  93 15  4 20  68 76 71 31 .330 .465 .624 
C. Affee     78 340 112  9  5  7  39 65 29 14 .329 .383 .447 
M. Perly     79 285  91 17  1 12  65 43 22 29 .319 .362 .512 
C. Sandoz    79 307  95 18  1  1  18 68 40 23 .309 .395 .384 
H. Andrew    21  56  17  5  0  0   4 11  9  7 .304 .400 .393 
W. Cruce     25  24   7  0  0  0   2  5  1  1 .292 .346 .292 
B. Moore     72 247  70 15  1  9  61 33 40 25 .283 .381 .462 
D. Castaneda 75 257  69  6  1  2  36 21 12 42 .268 .302 .323 
R. Fish      33  54  14  0  2  2   7 10  2  5 .259 .281 .444 
H. Melzer    15  32   8  3  0  0   4  3  1  8 .250 .273 .344 
T. Hoelscher 42  45  11  2  1  2   7 11  4  2 .244 .300 .467 
R. Kaladimos 76 276  65  9  3  5  33 26 28 34 .236 .306 .344 
J. Degal     16  40   9  0  0  0   2  2  4  3 .225 .295 .225 
P. Murovic   38  63  14  3  0  0   8  8  8  7 .222 .301 .270 
I. Chennault 20  39   8  0  0  1   6  1  2  5 .205 .244 .282

PITCHING THRU 6/31

Code:

Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K

Code:

 
B. Crowell     21 21 16 5  0 2.98 169.1 172 68 56 37 45 
H. Andrew      21 21 13 4  0 3.31 163.0 135 71 60 63 89 
B. Guilderson  20 20  8 4  0 5.14 150.2 146 93 86 77 68 
M. Downey      21  6  6 1  1 4.94  58.1  68 33 32 25 23 
H. Melzer      15 12  5 2  0 2.72  89.1  54 28 27 58 49 
L. Wyman       37  0  3 3 11 2.21  36.2  28  9  9  7 13 
A. Paule        8  4  2 3  0 8.23  27.1  35 25 25 19 10 
A. Footwangler 18  0  1 2  5 9.15  19.2  31 21 20 11  6 
S. Leveck      15  0  1 3  2 4.91  11.0   8  7  6  7  4 
S. Brown        7  0  0 0  0 2.13  12.2  10  5  3  6  2 
W. Gajan       17  0  0 2  2 6.11  17.2  22 14 12  6  6

m0ng00se · 11-11-2004, 03:20 PM

7/1 THRU 7/15

7/1 BOS @ DET: WIN 8-7 This was a day of rest for a lot of our starters. Rollin Fish filled in at CF, Iggy Chenault in RF, Tom Hoelscher at SS, John Degal at C. Harley Melzer gave up 6R in 5.2IP. But we scored 3 in the 9th, giving Lloyd Wyman (4-3, 2.15) the win as he pitched a hitless final inning. 3B Tequila Allen (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) and 1B Bobby Johnson (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) were the top Sox batters. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR for POG honors.

7/2 BOS @ DET: WIN 8-4 Bob Guilderson (9-4, 5.08) got the win giving up 4R in 8.2IP. Alter Sennelnekoff (2-1, 6.23) gave up 7R (6ER) in 4.1IP for the loss. SS Rusky Lutske (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL) and 3B Tequila Allen (1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR) were the top batters for BOS. For us, Carlton Affee was named POG for going 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL. Tom Hoelscher went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL.

7/3 BOS @ DET: WIN 6-0 Billy Crowell (17-5, 2.83) pitched a 4 hit shutout for POG honors. Sonny Faulkner (10-12, 4.46) gave up 6R (3ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. A double by SS Rusky Lutske was the only highlight at the plate for the Sox. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Rollin Fish hit a 2R HR pinch hitting for Iggy Chennault who was filling in at LF to give Ray Kress a day off.

7/4 DET @ NYY: WIN 7-6 Hal Andrew (14-4, 3.42) had an off day giving up 6R (5ER) in 8IP, but still got the win. All six of those runs were scored in the 7th, but a 4 run rally by us in the 8th saved the day for Hal. Lloyd Wyman (2.09, 12Sv) pitched a hitless 9th for a save. Buddy Greenberg had pitched a decent game giving up 3R in 7IP, but Aaron Woertman (0-2, 6.75) gave up the game winning run. LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR) and C Gordon Meadows (2 for 4, 1R) were the top Yank batters. For us, Ray Kress was named POG for going 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1R, 2BB, 1DBL. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Tom Hoelscher got his third start in a row at SS... I don't see anything on the injury report... I hope our gold glove Castaneda is OK.

7/5 DET @ NYY: loss 4-6 Dang Yanks (oops, sorry, habit). Harley Melzer (5-3, 3.26) gave up 4R in 7IP for the loss. Maury Baum (4-3, 4.59) go the win giving up 2R in 6IP. POG went to ex-Tiger C Vincent Solinger who went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. And, of course LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB) had a good game against us... he almost always does. For us, SP Hal Melzer was a perfect 3 for 3, 1RBI. Hal continues to hit well this season... currently at .324. Bud Moore went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R. Fish filled in again at CF and Iggy Chenault played RF as our corner OF's had been over due for some time off. Wally Cruce gave Rik the Greek a day off.

7/6 DET @ NYY: WIN 18-9 Bob Guilderson (10-4, 5.38) gave up 9R in 6.1IP but still got the win. Willie Dawkins (5-8, 5.11) also got roughed up a bit giving up 9R (7ER) in 6.1IP. A good chunk of our runs came in the 7th where we scored 10. 1B John Wilson (3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI), 3B Tim Dilworth (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB), RF Jimmy Ditty (2 for 4, 3R, 1RBI) all hit well for the Yanks. For us, Matt Perly was a monster going 3 for 6, 4R, 6RBI, 2HR (1 grand slam). Carl Sandoz went 4 for 6, 3R, 3RBI, 2DBL, 1HR. Iggy Chenault went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI.

7/7 DET @ NYY: WIN 2-1 Billy Crowell (18-5, 2.75) gave up only 1R in 8.1IP for the win and POG. Chief Harrington (10-5, 2.85) also pitched well giving up only 2R in a CG loss. John Wilson was the top Yank batter going 2 for 4, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3. But the game winning shot came compliments of a 9th inning 2R HR by Ray Kress.

7/10 AL @ NL: WIN 9-5 I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that eight of our players were named to the Allstar game. Ray Kress started in LF and hit in the #3 spot. He was a perfect 4 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 2DBL. Luther Ormiston was named POG thanks to a clutch HR in each of the final two innings. He started at 3B and batted in the #5 spot. He went 2 for 6, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Hal Andrew was the first relief pitcher. He allowed no runs in the 4th, but 2 in the fifth. Our closer Lloyd Wyman finished the final two innings and got the win. He allowed 1 run in the 9th, but none in the 10th. One of Luthers HRs was a solo shot in the 9th. The other was a 3R HR in the 10th. Matt Perly came off the bench to play some 2B and went 1 for 3, 1R. Carlton Affee also subbed in at CF, but went 0 for 3. Billy Crowell & Bob Guilderson were on the team, but got no play.

7/12 DET @ PHI: WIN 9-2 --Can't see a box score on this game-- Hal Andrew gave up only 2R in a CG win. Rik the Greek Kaladimos got POG for going 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. We held the A's to 2 hits.

7/13 DET @ PHI: WIN 6-4 Harley Melzer gave up 4R in 8.2IP. All four of the A's runs were scored in the 9th. Mike Downey (7-1, 4.75) closed out the 9th and got the win as we scored 2 in the 10th. Lloyd Wyman (2.04, 13Sv) pitched a scoreless 10th for a save. Ellis Weeks started for PHI and gave up 4R in 9IP. Pops Gustafson (6-7, 4.63) gave up a run in the 10th for the loss. RF Hershel Cooley (3 for 4, 1BB, 1DBL) and SS Bob Moussette (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1 GrandSlam). For us, Rollin Fish got POG honors going 2 for 2, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Iggy Chenault had played half the game in LF, but then Fish came in to play the second half. Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 2RBI.

7/14 DET @ PHI: loss 4-6 Bob Guilderson (10-5, 5.40) gave up 6R (5ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. I'm still trying to figure out why Bob was named to the allstar team this year. Harold Sundin (3-2, 4.20) gave up 4R in 8IP for a win. Bud Ayers was the top A's batter and POG going 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. For us, Carlton Affee went 4 for 5, 2RBI. Bob Guilderson went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL.

7/15 BOS @ DET: WIN 3-2 Billy Crowell gave up only 2R in 8.2IP but this one went 10 innings. Lloyd Wyman (5-3, 1.99) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win. Alter Sennelnekoff started for BOS and gave up 2R in 6.2IP. The loss went to Cort Nagel (1-1, 3.38) who gave up the winning run in the 10th. LF Buster Myer was top hitter going 3 for 4. For us, Bud Moore got POG honors goin 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

STANDINGS
61-30, #1 in the AL, 12 games ahead of StL, 9-2 in the last 11.

BAD NEWS
-Several fielders were battling fatigue so that required our bench to step up and fill in during a good part of schedule.
-Bob Guilderson continues to struggle and I will have to get serious about having him pulled a little sooner in games.

GOOD NEWS
-9-2 is a nice run despite the roster chaos.
-Billy Crowell started pitching well again. On 7/8 he was named Player of the Week winning 2 games, with one shutout, 0.52 ERA
-As mentioned above, 8 Tigers were on the allstar team this year.

AL Leaders
AVG - Ormiston #3
SLG - Ormiston #1, Kress #2
HIT - Affee #2, Ormiston #5
DBL - Ormiston #1
HR - Ormiston #1, Kress #2
RBI - Ormiston #1, Perly #3, Kress #4
RUN - Ormiston #1, Kress #2, Sandoz #3, Affee #4
BB - Kress #2, Ormiston #4
WIN - Crowell #1, Andrew #2
SAV - Wyman #1
Ks - Andrew #3
ERA - Crowell #2, Andrew #5

m0ng00se · 11-12-2004, 05:14 PM

7/16 THRU 7/31

7/16 BOS @ DET: loss 4-5 Boston scored 5 against Hal Andrew (15-5, 3.38) in the first and we never recovered. Hal finished the game giving up no more runs, held the Soxs to 5 hits and struck out 8, but got the loss anyway. Sloppy Mosich (11-8, 3.67) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Top Sox batter was SS Rusky Luske who went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB. CF Al Arsenault got POG going 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Ray Kress was 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Matt Perly hit a solo HR for his only hit.

7/17 BOS @ DET: WIN 14-5 Harley Mezler (6-3, 3.46) gave up 5R in a CG win. Trent Roberts (12-6, 3.74) had to be pulled after giving up 9R in 3.1IP. Sox 2B Skeeter Schaldemose, LF Buster Myer and RF Ben Hargey all hit solo HRs. Matt Perly got POG for going 3 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 2HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. Iggy Chenault filling in at 3B went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL. David Castaneda went 2 for 3, 3RBI.

7/18 BOS @ DET: loss 3-4 Bob Guilderson (10-6, 5.28) gave up 4R (3ER) in a CG loss. Sonny Faulkner (11-13, 4.29) was named POG and got the win giving up only 3R in 8IP. C Stan Miller and CF Al Arsenault both homered for the Sox. 1B Bobby Johnson went 2 for 3, 1RBI. For us, top batter was David Castaneda who went 2 for 4. Luther Ormiston hit a 3R HR with his only hit.

7/19 DET @ StL: WIN 13-4 Billy Crowell (19-5, 2.77) pitched his way out of trouble a few times for a 4R CG win. He had gave up 15 hits. Fritz Kaufman (8-5, 4.75) was yanked after only 3.1IP after giving up 7R. Top Brown's batters were CF Cy Helbig (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1B, 2DBL) and LF Johnny Champagne (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Carlton Affee got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 3 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1B, 3DBL. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI. Matt Perly hit a grand slam with his only hit of the day.

7/20 DET @ StL: loss 1-2 Hal Andrew gave up only 7 hits and 1R in 9IP, but this game went 10 innings. Mike Downey (7-2, 4.87) was unable to hold in the 10th giving up an HR to 3B Gil Clovis. Cotton Simson was phenomenal giving up only 6 hits, 1R (0ER) in a 10 inning CG win. He earned POG honors and a blister on his pitching hand for his efforts. LF Johnny Champagne also had a good game going 3 for 4, 1RBI. No one had a good day at the plate for us thanks to Cotton. Bud Moore's 1 for 4, 1RBI was about as good as it got.

7/21 DET @ StL: WIN 5-3 Harley Melzer (7-3, 3.38) gave up only 2R in 8IP for the win and POG honors. Stan Leveck (5.79, 4Sv) got a save despite giving up 1R in the 9th. Eugene Sprecher (10-10, 4.35) gave up 5R in 8IP for the loss. 2B Vern Piernatzski (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI 1DBL, 1HR) and C Frankie Bowers (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR) were the top StL batters. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB.

7/22 PHI @ DET: WIN 5-4 This game went 11 innings. Bob Guilderson gave up 4R in 8IP. But the win went to Stan Leveck (2-3, 5.40) who pitched a hitless 11th inning. Ellis Weeks went 6.2 IP giving up 4R, but the loss went to recent Ex-Tiger Steven Brown (0-1, 2.70) who gave up that final run. CF Peaches Badeau hit a 3R HR with his only hit for the A's... also Bud Ayers went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2RBI, 1BB. Pete Murovic got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR filling in at C.

7/23 PHI @ DET: WIN 8-4 Billy Crowell (20-5, 2.83) got a CG win giving up 4R. Harold Sundin (3-4, 5.17) got yanked after giving up 7R in the 1st 2 innings. 3B Bud Ayers (3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) was the top A's batter. CF Peaches Badeau and SS Ace Habermehl also went 2 for 4 for them. For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL. John Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Carlton Affee went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB.

7/24 PHI @ DET: loss 7-10 Hal Andrew (15-6) gave up 7R (5ER) in 5.2 IP for the loss. Bob Stevens (9-10, 5.11) got the win giving up 4R in 7.1IP. A's C Hershel Lee (3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR, POG) and RF Hershel Cooley (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1BB) hit well. 1B Commander Szabo-Nagy also had a good game going 2 for 3, 2R. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rik the Greek went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1B, 1HR.

7/25 PHI @ DET: loss 4-6 Harley Melzer (7-4. 3.37) gave up 6R (3ER) in 8.2IP for the loss. Ken Malia (6-6, 4.15) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Hal Breault Jr was named POG for the A's going 1 for 3, 3RBI, 1DBL. A's LF Ernest Greenbush hit a solo HR on his only hit. For us, David Castaneda was a perfect 4 for 4, 1RBI. Rik the Greek hit a 2R HR with his only hit. Haley Melzer got his AVG back up to .300 on a 1 for 2, 1RBI day.

7/26 DET @ WSH: loss 0-1 Bob Guilderson (10-7, 5.08) pitched a decent game giving up 1R in a CG loss. Unfortunately, Red Finley (11-7, 2.58) threw a 5 hit shutout for POG honors. Top WSH batter was SP Red Finley who went 1 for 3, 1R, 1DBL. For us, David Castaneda went 2 for 3.

7/27 DET @ WSH: loss 0-2 Billy Crowell (20-6) gave up 3 hits, no walks, 2R (1ER) in a CG loss. Micky Guyton (3-8, 4.99) threw a 6 hit shutout for POG honors. WSH 2B Ray Vlasik's 2R HR was the game winner. For us, top batter was Iggy Chenault filling in at 3B.... he went 1 for 2, 1BB.

7/28 DET @ WSH: loss 0-3 Three consecutive shut outs against us? Are you freakin kidding me? Hal Andrew (15-7, 3.40) gave up 3R in a CG loss. Raul Velazquez (5-7, 3.24) got the win giving up no runs in 8.1IP. MR Cecil Frye and closer Gampy Slater each got an out to complete the shutout. We out hit them 7 to 5, but couldn't drive any home. 3B Jim Dunkel was the top WSH batter going 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1DBL.

7/29 NYY @ DET: WIN 6-4 Harley Melzer (8-4, 3.43) gave up 4R in a CG win. Mike Downey (4.57, 2Sv) gave up a hit and a walk in the 9th, but then held it scoreless for a save. Buddy Greenberg (9-13, 4.04) gave up 6R in 6.2IP for the loss. Top Yank batter was Gordon Meadows who went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. SS Owen Bastow also played well going 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 2RBI.

7/30 NYY @ DET: WIN 4-3 Bob Guilderson gave up only 3R in 9IP, but this game went 10 innings. Lloyd Wyman (6-3, 1.93) got the win for pitching the final out of the 10th. Carpenter Erickson gave up 3R in 8.1IP, but the loss went to Yank closer Lance Moyer (2-4, 5.12). Top Yank batters were LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR) and 3B Tim Dilworth (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL. Rik the Greek hit a solo HR on his only hit of the day.

7/31 NYY @ DET: WIN 9-8 This game also went into extra innings. Billy Crowell left the game with arm problems after giving up 3R in 2.1IP. We used every one in our Pen. The win went to Mike Downey (8-2, 4.50) who struck out two in a scoreless 11th. Maury Baum gave up 8 in 8, but the loss went to Daniel Blisit (0-1, 2.16) who couldn't hold in the 11th. Yank RF Jimmy Ditty got POG despite the loss as he hit 3 HRs on a 3 for 5, 3R, 6RBI day. CF Ping Hung also had a monster game going 4 for 6, 2R, 1RBI, 3SB. For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. Iggy Chenault went 2 for 3, 1R at 3B but then was replaced by Luther Ormiston who went 2 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR.

STANDINGS
69-38, #1 overall, 11.5 games ahead of Boston in the AL, 8-8 in the last two weeks

BAD NEWS
-Billy Crowell strained a bicep tendon and will be less than 100% for a good part of next month. This injury seems to be affecting his control and that worries me a lot.
-Bob Guilderson and Hal Andrew combined for 0-5, in 8 starts during the second half of July. In about half those games, lack of run support could be most to blame.
-Matt Perly had a couple monster games, but only hit in 3 of his last 10.
-Bud Moore's power rating took a hit, but he's also been struggling to make contact. I had real high hopes for him this year, but lately he's been underachieving.
-Our sweeps of the POM and BOM awards both came to an end, but we couldn't expect it to last forever.

GOOD NEWS
-Our AL lead is still double digits. We lost half a game, but given our pitching woes and a lul in the offense, losing only half a game is an accomplishment.
-Luther Ormiston and Ray Kress continue to battle for BOY award. They do have some very serious competition outside of our organization and there's still a couple of months left. But, it sure is fun to watch them push each other day after day.
-Ray Kress is having another awesome season in LF. 0 errors thus far this season after committing only 1 error total in the previous two seasons.
-Also, Ray Kress was also named Player of the Week on 7/22 for hitting .462 in 26 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI.
-David Castaneda stepped it up just when I thought the law of averages had caught up with him. He's got his average back up to .291 which is much higher than his normal .242.

ROSTER MOVES
-We lost MR Steven Brown to the A's via waivers. We wish him the best of luck with them... just not when we play them of course
-Carlton Affee seems to be deteriorating more and more quickly as he approaches his 38th birthday. I'm going to have to give Rollin Fish the starting nod in CF against lefties for the remainder of this year. Affee seems to want a new contract, but unless he can turn things around, he'd be better off retiring. Iggy Chenault will have to be primary backup at LF and RF against lefties. John Degal may get a little time in at 3B if Iggy is forced to spend more time in the OF. A call up for Mitchell isn't out of the question either.

BATTING THRU 7/31

Code:

Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG

Code:

 
R. Kress     105 365 125 19  4 27  92 101 97 38 .342 .480 .638 
L. Ormiston  103 374 127 35  3 26 103  93 79 35 .340 .452 .658 
M. Perly     104 376 118 23  1 19  89  58 28 35 .314 .356 .532 
C. Affee     105 438 133 10  7  8  52  78 43 26 .304 .368 .413 
C. Sandoz    105 398 119 24  1  2  24  90 57 27 .299 .393 .379 
H. Melzer     22  54  16  5  0  0   7   5  1 12 .296 .309 .389 
D. Castaneda 100 333  97  6  2  2  44  26 19 51 .291 .333 .339 
R. Liggett    41  49  14  3  1  0   6   2  6 12 .286 .357 .388 
P. Murovic    52  81  23  3  0  1  12  12 10  7 .284 .355 .358 
B. Moore      95 331  90 20  1 11  70  47 53 39 .272 .370 .438 
R. Fish       50  87  23  1  2  4  15  19  4  8 .264 .290 .460 
H. Andrew     27  74  19  5  0  0   4  12  9 11 .257 .337 .324 
W. Cruce      38  39  10  2  0  0   2   8  4  1 .256 .341 .308 
I. Chennault  36  73  18  0  0  2  13  10  9  8 .247 .329 .329 
R. Kaladimos 101 353  82 12  4  9  49  33 38 47 .232 .310 .365 
J. Degal      29  68  15  0  0  0   3   7  8  7 .221 .312 .221 
T. Hoelscher  63  69  13  3  1  2   8  13  6  6 .188 .250 .348

PITCHING THRU 7/31

Code:

Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K

Code:

B. Crowell     28 28 20 6  0 2.85 224.0 223  84  71  46  61 
H. Andrew      27 27 15 7  0 3.40 211.2 170  95  80  86 115 
B. Guilderson  27 27 10 7  0 4.99 207.1 197 124 115 111  96 
M. Downey      30  6  8 2  2 4.50  66.0  79  37  33  27  25 
H. Melzer      22 19  8 4  0 3.43 144.1 104  59  55  86  81 
L. Wyman       44  0  6 3 13 2.05  44.0  30  10  10   9  16 
A. Paule       11  4  2 3  0 7.67  29.1  36  25  25  21  11 
S. Leveck      24  0  2 3  4 5.82  17.0  17  12  11   7   4 
A. Footwangler 21  0  1 2  5 8.03  24.2  34  23  22  12   9 
W. Gajan       18  0  0 2  2 5.49  19.2  25  15  12   7   6

m0ng00se · 11-15-2004, 04:34 PM

8/1 THRU 8/15

8/2 CHI @ DET: loss 4-11 Hal Andrew (15-8) gave up 8R in 7IP for the loss. Earl Boyd (4-9, 4.53) gave up 4R in 8.1IP for the win. POG went to LF Chester Munch for going 2 for 4, 2R, 6RBI, 2HR (1 grand slam). 2B Tony Seats and 3B Scotty McCarthy both homered as well for the Sox. For us, top batter was Ray Kress going 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston and Matt Perly both hit solo HRs for their only hits.

8/3 CHI @ DET: loss 0-2 Harley Melzer (8-5, 3.35) pitched well giving up only 2R but go the CG loss. Stretch Bussmann (17-7, 3.32) got the win and POG pitching 7.2 scoreless innings. Moonshine Allen & John Skoropat finished out the game to complete the shutout. Both teams were held to 6 hits. Top batter was Sox SS Rex Seelinger who went 2 for 3. For us, Ray Kress and Luther Ormiston both went 1 for 3, 1BB.

8/4 CHI @ DET: WIN 7-6 Chicago had he sweep all but locked up until we exploded for 6 runs in the 9th. Bob Guilderson had his start interrupted by a rain delay. He gave up 3R (0ER) in 2.2IP. The win went to Mike Downey (9-2, 4.37) who pitched a scoreless finally two innings. Corky Stell started for the Sox giving up 1R in 4IP. The loss went to closer John Skoropat who gave up the final two runs via a Luther Ormiston bomb. Luther was named POG and went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI.

8/5 DET @ CLE: loss 3-7 Billy Crowell (20-7, 3.07) gave up 7R in 4.2IP for the loss pitching with a strained tricep. George Bowers (5-5, 4.09) got POG giving up only 3R in a CG win. Top Indian batter was LF Bill Berry who wnet 2 for 3, 2R< 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL. For us, Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 2DBL. Rollin Fish hit a solo HR for his only hit of the game.

8/6 DET @ CLE: WIN 8-1 Hal Andrew (16-8, 3.52) gave up only 1R in a CG win and POG. George Kauffman (4-15, 6.06) was pulled after giving up 8R (7ER) in the first 2.1IP. Both teams were held to 5 hits... 2 errors proved very costly for Cleveland. Top CLE batter was Peter Cavalluzzo going 1 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz got tossed after arguing a strike 3 call in the 2nd. George Kauffman's losing streak reaches a career high 9 consecutive decisions. George is young and has better days ahead of him for sure.

8/7 DET @ CLE: WIN 3-2 Harley Melzer gave up 2R in 8IP, but this game went 11. The win went to Lloyd Wyman (7-3, 1.96) who struck out two and allowed no hits or walks in the 9th or 10th innings. Alex Footwangler (8.04, 6Sv) got the final two outs of the game for a save. Charley Nagel gave up 2R (0ER) in 8.1IP. But the loss went to Len Banty (1-5, 2.95). LF Bill Berry was top CLE batter going 3 for 4, 1BB, 2DBL. For us, Bud Moore got POG going 4 for 5, 1R, 2DBL. Rollin Fish jammed a finger and will be day2day for about a week.

8/9 DET @ CLE: WIN 4-3 Another 11 inning game... Bob Guilderson gave up only 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (8-3, 2.08) wins again despite giving up a run in 1.2 IP. Stan Levek (4.71, 5Sv) pitched a scoreless 11th for the save. Sloppy Mosich gave up 3R in 8.2IP. CLE closer Billy Hyberg (2-3. 3.40) pitched the final two innings but gave up the game winning run. Their top batter was 2B Dean Parente who went 1 for 3, 1R, 2BB. For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 3, 2RBI, 1DBL. John Degal played catcher and an inning at CF and went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB.

8/10 DET @ BOS: WIN 6-4 Billy Crowell (21-7, 3.08) gets his first win in nearly three weeks giving up 4R (3ER) in 8IP. Stan Leveck pitched a scoreless 9th for the save. Whacker Roberts (15-8, 3.52) gave up 6R in 7.2IP for the loss. 2B Skeeter Schaldemose was the top BOS batter going 2 for 3, 1R, 2BB. For us, Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR, 1DBL for POG honors. Ray Kress also hit a 2R HR for his only hit of the day.

8/11 DET @ BOS: WIN 3-1 This game went 13 innings and there was an hour long 10th inning rain delay. Hal Andrew gets POG for giving up only 1R (0ER) in 8IP. The win eventually went to Alan Paule (3-3, 6.75) who pitched a scoreless 12th & 13th innings. Sonny Faulkner also pitched well giving up only 1R in 8IP. The loss went to Jo-Jo King (6-6, 4.39) who gave up 2 in the 13th. Top batter of the day was BOS 3B Tequila Allen who went 3 for 4, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 1 for 3, 1BB. We were held to 5 hits, but were helped out with 10 walks. Also, Boston committed 3 errors to our 2.

8/12 PHI @ DET: WIN 6-5 We're really racking up the extra inning wins... this one went 12. Harley Melzer gave up 4R in 7.1IP. But the win went to Stan Leveck (3-3, 4.50) despite the fact he gave up a run in the 12th. Luckily for him A's closer John Mora (2-4, 4.14) gave up 2 for in the bottom of the 12th. Top PHI hitters were LF Greg Morris (2 for 4, 3R, 2BB, 1DBL) and RF Peaches Badeau (2 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL). For us, Ray Kress got POG for going 2 for 6, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston also hit a solo shot on a 2 for 6 day.

8/13 PHI @ DET: WIN 9-2 Bob Guilderson (11-7, 4.72) pitched a great game giving up only 2R in a CG win. Harold Sundin (3-7, 5.82) gave up 7R in 6IP for the loss. SS Hal Breault hit a 2R HR on his only hit for the A's. Their RF Hershel Cooley went 2 for 4. For us, Bud Moore got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR.

8/14 PHI @ DET: loss 7-8 We scored 5 in the 8th for the lead, but them gave up 3 in the 9th for the loss. Billy Crowell gave up 5R in 8IP. The loss went to Mike Downey (9-3, 4.70) who was responsible for that 9th inning let down. Bob Stevens gave up 4R in 7IP. The win went to Don Vonkitzing (3-4, 4.85) for closing out the 8th. RF Peaches Badeau got POG for PHI for going 2 for 2, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR subbing in for Cal Williams. SS Ace Habermehl (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2SB) and 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 1TRPL) also hit well. For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 2R, 3BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL.

8/15 PHI @ DET: WIN 6-2 Hal Andrew (17-8, 3.35) gave up 2R in a CG win and POG. He held PHI to 5 hits and 2 walks. Ken Malia (8-9, 4.16) gave up 6R (5ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Ace Habermehl was their top hitter going 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB, 1DBL. For us, David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI and Carlton Affee hit a 3R HR on his only hit of the day.

STANDINGS
78-42, #1 overall, 12.5 games ahead of Boston, 9-4 in the last 13

BAD NEWS
-Carl Sandoz (usually a .320+ hitter) is hitting a dismal .278. But hopefully, he's was just saving up for a strong finish for the year as he has done in the past.
-So far, the move to bring up Degal has shown no progress. But maybe this ML experience will inspire him to have a much stronger spring training.

GOOD NEWS
-We gained a game in our AL lead.
-We had a lot of extra inning games, but luckily, our Pen did a good job in holding on for some wins.
-Hal Andrew had been on a 0-4, 5 game stretch, but then won 3 consecutive POG awards giving up only 4R in 3 games.

Had to cut this update short as I'm having a real busy week.

m0ng00se · 11-16-2004, 10:27 PM

8/16 THRU 8/31

8/16 BOS @ DET: WIN 6-5 Harley Melzer gave up 5R in 8.2IP, but Mike Downey (10-3, 4.67) got the final out and the win as we score 2 in the 9th. Sonny Faulkner gave up 4R in 8IP but the loss went to Billy Hyberg (2-4, 3.46) who gave up the game winning run. Despite the loss, BOS 2B Skeeter Schaldemose got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR, 1SB. For us, Bud Moore went 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Tom Hoelscher filled in at SS and went 2 for 4, 1R, 1TRPL.

8/17 BOS @ DET: loss 4-8 Bob Guilderson (11-8, 4.85) gave up 8R (7ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Alter Sennelnekoff (7-2, 4.19) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. CF Al Arsenault got POG going 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. C Em Pelto also played well going 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 2 for 4. John Degal hit a PH solo HR... it was the longest of his career (394'). We out hit Boston 15 to 8, but out errored them 2 to 1.

8/18 BOS @ DET: WIN 2-0 Billy Crowell (22-7, 3.05) got POG for a CG shutout. Cort "Muscles" Nagel also pitched well giving up only 5 hits and 2R in a CG loss. Cort also went 2 for 3 at the plate and his hitting .500 this year. Our top batter was Rollin Fish who went 2 for 4, 1R. Ray Kress hit a 2R HR with his only hit of the day.

8/19 DET @ StL: WIN 3-0 Hal Andrew pitched 8.2 shut out innings for POG, but this game went 11 innings. Mike Downey (11-3, 4.58) subbed for Hal and pitched 1.1 no hit innings. Lloyd Wyman (1.92, 14Sv) finished the 11 inning shutout by pitching a hitless 11th. Eugene Sprecher also had an awesome game allowing only 3 hits, 0 walks, 0 runs in 9IP. But Herman Curoe (1-8, 7.32) blew the hold. We scored all of our runs in the 11th compliments of a Ray Kress 3R HR... he went 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. We out hit StL 5 to 3. This was a nice pitchers dual until that 11th inning.

8/20 DET @ StL: WIN 11-6 Harley Melzer (9-5, 3.61) got the win despite giving up 6R in 7IP. Buster Davis (2-1, 3.33) got hammered early and was pulled after giving 8R (5 in the 1st) in 3IP. Top Browns hitter was Dale Thompson who went 3 for 5, 3R, 1RBI. For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 7RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Rollin Fish filled in at RF and hit a solo HR with his only hit.

8/21 DET @ StL: loss 2-4 Bob Guilderson (11-9, 4.84) only allowed 3 hits and 3 walks but unfortunately 4R in a CG loss. He was facing our nemesis Cotton Simson. Cotton (18-9, 2.72) allowed 2R in 8IP for the Win and POG. CF John Fahringer and 1B Vince Chipple both homered for StL with their only hits of the game. Our top batter was Ray Kress who went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL.

8/22 DET @ StL: WIN 5-3 Billy Crowell (23-7, 3.05) got the win giving up 3R in 9IP. Lloyd Wyman (15Sv, 1.89) finished out the 10th for a save. Paul Rivest gave up only 3R in 9IP, but Herman Curoe (1-9, 7.52) came in for relief and blew the hold. LF John Fahringer (3 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL) and 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 4, 1BB, 1SB) were the top Browns hitters. For us, Carl Sandoz got POG going 4 for 5, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. His double followed a PH double by John Degal. John's Double had knocked in the game winning run. Roxie Ligget filled in at 2B and went 2 for 3, 1R.

8/23 DET @ CHI: loss 0-2 Another pitchers dual. Hal Andrew (17-9, 3.20) gave up only 2R in a CG loss. Earl Boyd (6-11, 3.95) threw a 4 hit, 1 walk CG shutout for the win and POG honors. Top Sox batter was RF Stu Cripps (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 2DBL) and SS Rex Seelinger (2 for 3). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, but got no help.

8/24 DET @ CHI: loss 4-7 Harley Melzer (9-6, 3.62) only allowed 3 hits, but unfortunately 7 walks and 3R in 7IP for the loss. Stretch Bussmann (20-8, 3.33) pitched 8 shut out innings for the win and POG. John Skoropat gave up 4R in the 9th, but we were too far behind for that to matter. 1B Edward Rossi (3 for 5, 1R, 2EBI) and 2B Tony Seats (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR) were the top Sox batters. For us, the biggest highlight was yet another clutch PH effort for John Degal. This time a 2R HR.

8/25 DET @ CHI: loss 4-7 Swept in Chicago. Bob Guilderson (11-10, 4.92) had another rough game giving up 7R (6ER) in 7.1IP. Corky Stell (12-7, 3.24) gave up 3R in 7IP for the win. Sox 1B Edward Rossi was given POG for going 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Their RF Stu Cripps also hit well going 3 for 5, 2R, 1SB. For us, Bud Moore went 4 for 5, 1RBI. Rik the Greek went 2 for 3, 2BB. John Degal got a start at 3B. Matt Perly strained his shoulder on a throw and will be day to day for about a week.

8/26 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-3 Billy Crowell gave up 3R in the 9th, but then Mike Downey (12-3, 4.91) came in and finished the inning as well as pitching a scoreless 10th for a win. George Bowers had given up 3R in 8IP. But the loss went to Joe Koppenmeier who gave up 3R in the 10th compliments of a Luther Ormiston HR. 1B Albert Hippard was top hitter for CLE going 2 for 4, 1BB. For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R. David Castaneda and C John Degal both went 2 for 4. But of course, Luther Ormiston was POG for going 2 for 4, 2R, 5RBI, 1BB, 2HR.

8/27 CLE @ DET: WIN 11-2 Hal Andrew (18-9, 3.17) gave up 2R in 8.2IP for the win and POG. George Kauffman (6-18, 6.29) got the hook after giving up 8R (3ER) in 3.2IP... 3 errors early in the game were most responsible for their loss. CLE 1B Albert Hippard and 3B Emerson Meggs had identical stat lines (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR). For us, Rik the Greek went 3 for 5, 1R. Ray Kress hit a solo HR with his only hit of the day. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Hal Andrew hit a 2R TRPL with his only hit.

8/28 CLE @ DET: WIN 7-6 A 3rd inning hour long rain delay was a factor on this game. Harley Melzer pitched 4.2 shutout innings. Alex Footwangler (2-2, 7.89) got the win despite pitching a 1R 8th. Lloyd Wyman (16Sv, 1.86) pitched a scoreless 9th for a save. Charley Nagel gave up 3R in the first 2.2 IP before getting the hook. The loss went to Dee Trivett (0-3, 4.80) who gave up 2 runs without recording an out in the 8th. CLE 3B Emerson Meggs (3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1TPRL), RF Al Jackson (2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR) and CF William Morgan (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI) all hit well. For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 4 for 5, 3R, 1RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR.

8/29 day off

8/30 CHI @ DET: WIN 1-0 Bob Guilderson (12-10, 4.74) got POG and the win pitching a CG shutout. Corky Stell (12-8, 3.10) pitched better than Bob, but gave up 1R in a CG loss. Top Sox batter was CF Homer Jewell who went 2 for 3, 1BB. For us, it was David Castaneda who went 2 for 3. The game winning run was knocked in by Bud Moore.

8/31 CHI @ DET: WIN 1-0 Billy Crowell pitched 5 scoreless innings giving up only 2hits and 2 walks for POG and the win. Alex Footwangler, Mike Downey, and Lloyd Wyman (17Sv, 1.82) combined completed the shutout. Johnny Gordley pitched 4 shutout innings, but Tim Knapp (0-1, 2.35) was unable to hold. Once again, an hour long rain delay was a factor. Both teams were held to 3 hits. Top batter for the day was Bud Moore who went 1 for 2, 1BB.

STANDINGS
88-47, #1 overall, 14 games ahead of Boston in the AL, 10-5 in the last 15

BAD NEWS
-Not really any bad news right off the top of my head... a few batters had a quiet month and our starters have missed out on some wins due to rain delays interrupting their starts.

GOOD NEWS
-Carl Sandoz kicked it into gear like I had hoped and got his average back up near .300.
-We got most of our players back from injury.

SEPTEMBER CALL UPS
-Isaac Mitchell has been called up to provide depth in the OF
-Steven Zucal has been called up to provide depth in the IF and give us a pinch runner that we very much need.

HITTING THRU 8/31

Code:

Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG

Code:

R. Kress     131 463 152 24  5 35 113 121 117 51 .328 .463 .629 
M. Perly     128 459 144 30  1 23 106  69  34 46 .314 .357 .534 
L. Ormiston  129 472 148 36  3 34 120 111  98 54 .314 .429 .619 
C. Sandoz    131 502 147 30  1  3  31 108  73 34 .293 .387 .375 
C. Affee     129 510 145 13  7  9  62  85  53 35 .284 .354 .390 
D. Castaneda 124 423 120  7  2  3  53  33  25 55 .284 .327 .331 
B. Moore     120 411 115 27  2 15  88  58  67 44 .280 .380 .465 
P. Murovic    69 102  28  5  0  1  15  17  13  8 .275 .350 .353 
H. Melzer     29  70  19  6  0  0   7   6   1 18 .271 .282 .357 
W. Cruce      48  48  13  2  0  0   6   9   4  2 .271 .333 .313 
R. Fish       69 145  36  2  2  7  19  29   8 17 .248 .284 .434 
R. Liggett    55  76  18  3  1  0   9   4   6 15 .237 .289 .303 
I. Chennault  46  93  22  0  0  2  14  12  12  9 .237 .324 .301 
R. Kaladimos 127 441 104 16  4 10  57  40  50 61 .236 .317 .358 
J. Degal      44 104  24  2  0  2   7  13  11 12 .231 .310 .308

PITCHING THRU 8/31

Code:

Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K

Code:

 
B. Crowell     35 35 24  7  0 3.00 275.2 278 106  92  61  76 
H. Andrew      34 34 18  9  0 3.17 270.0 209 111  95 107 139 
M. Downey      42  6 12  3  2 4.89  73.2  90  44  40  31  27 
B. Guilderson  34 34 12 10  0 4.74 258.0 237 150 136 144 114 
H. Melzer      29 26  9  6  0 3.54 196.0 144  81  77 116 105 
L. Wyman       52  0  8  3 17 1.82  54.1  37  11  11  12  24 
A. Paule       15  4  3  3  0 6.31  35.2  38  25  25  22  15 
S. Leveck      36  0  3  3  6 4.13  28.1  27  14  13  11   8 
A. Footwangler 27  0  2  2  6 7.24  32.1  45  27  26  14  13 
W. Gajan       24  0  0  2  2 6.58  26.0  34  22  19  10   8

canadiancreed · 11-16-2004, 10:38 PM

Sounds like a party is int he works. According to the majic number, you clinched the pennant sometime back in late August as the Sox and the Browns arent anywhere near you.

So i've gotta ask, who are you looking more foreward to meeting in the finals.....the Phillies, or the Cards?

m0ng00se · 11-16-2004, 10:48 PM

I made the observation that I had swept the first three BOM awards and the first three POM awards and then didn't win one after.

So, I'm not real eager to comment on a World Series possibility unless it is 100% clinched. Things look good, but ya never know.

At least this gives me a reason to get my lazy butt out of bed on time tomorrow as I will be eager to see how things finish up.

m0ng00se · 11-16-2004, 10:57 PM

Both the Phillies and the Cardinals look strong.

But, I think the Phillies are a bit more dangerous. They look like they've got a stronger set of starters as well as more power in their lineup. But that's just at a casual glance. I haven't had the time to really study either team.

canadiancreed · 11-16-2004, 11:02 PM

makes sense, they've also got momenteum on their side and this weird ass aura about them, its' like the Yankees of this generation IRL......they have this aura of that they can pull a RABBIT out of their ass and poof, instant winning streak.

And Id' liek to think that my trade will offer some help too (but dont bet on it)

Matt from TN · 11-16-2004, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

they have this aura of that they can pull a rabbi out of their ass and poof, instant winning streak.

lmao... first time I ever heard someone alluding to a rabbi being pulled out of anything...

m0ng00se · 11-17-2004, 05:53 PM

9/1 THRU 9/25

9/1 CHI @ DET: WIN 2-1 We start the month with a 13 inning win. Hal Andrew got POG for giving up only 1R (0ER) in 9IP. The win went to Lloyd Wyman (9-3, 1.77) who held the tie for the final 1.2 innings. Earl Boyd also pitched well giving up only 1R in 8.2IP, but the loss went to John Skoropat (9-14, 5.63). Top Sox batter was 1B Edward Rossi who went 2 for 5, 1R. For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5.

9/2 day off

9/3 DET @ WSH: WIN 9-7 Harley Melzer gave up 6R in 6.2IP. Alex Footwangler (3-2, 7.16) closed out the 7th for the win. Lloyd Wyman (18Sv, 1.89) got the save despite giving up a run in the 9th. Van Melbourn gave up 6R in 6IP but the loss went to Robbie Trahan (2-4, 4.43) for giving up 3R (2ER) in the 8th. LF Gordon Grosvenor hit a solo HR with his only hit and 3B Jungle Jim Dunkel hit 2 of them on a 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB day. For us, Rik the Greek Kaladimos got POG for going 2 for 3, 3RBI, 1DBL. Bud Moore went 3 for 5, 2R. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL.

9/4 DET @ WSH: loss 3-14 Alan Paule (3-4, 7.36) got a chance go start and got hammered for 8R in 4.2IP. Red Finley (17-9, 2.55) got a CG win giving up 3R. Just about every WSH batter was hot today. C Robert Reed got POG going 3 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. For us, top batter was Ray Kress going 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

9/5 DET @ WSH: loss 3-4 Billy Crowell gave up 4R (2ER) in a CG loss. Raul Velazquez gave up 3R in 7.2IP for POG honors. Cecil Frye (3-4, 5.01) relieved him to complete the 8th for the win. CF Peter Overton was top WSH batter going 2 for 4. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R. Luther Ormiston hit a 2R HR with his only hit.

9/6 DET @ PHI: WIN 6-1 Hal Andrew (19-9, 3.00) gave up only 1R and 4 hits for a CG win and POG. Ellis Weeks (5-8, 4.78) got the loss giving up 6R in 6.2IP. A solo HR from Greg Morris was the biggest A's highlight. For us, Luther Ormiston wetn 2 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 4.

9/7 DET @ PHI: WIN 9-1 Harley Melzer (10-6, 3.53) gave up only 1R (0ER) and 4 hits in a CG win. Denton Stuer (0-5, 6.31) had a 1 run game going into the 8th, but then gave up 8R in the finally two innings for the loss. SS Ace Habermehl was the to A's batter going 1 for 3, 1BB. For us, Bud Moore got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 6RBI, 1GrandSlam. Rik the Greek went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SB.

9/8 DET @ PHI: WIN 6-4 Another extra inning win, this one went into the 14th before a solo HR by Matt Perly and a Triple RBI by David Castaneda gave us the final lead. Bob Guilderson gave up 4R (3ER) in 9.1IP. Stan Leveck (4-3, 4.45) got the win for pitching a hitless 13th. Alex Footwangler (7Sv, 7.20) pitched a hitless 14th for the save. Ken Malia pitched the first 7 for PHI giving up 4R. The loss went to ex-Tiger Steven Brown (2-3, 3.38) who has lost a couple to us this year after being grabbed from us off waivers.

9/9 day off

9/10 CLE @ DET: WIN 7-6 Billy Crowell gave up 6R (4ER) in a CG win. George Kauffman gave up 4R in 7IP, but the loss went to closer Frank Depratti who gave up 2R compliments of a 9th inning 2RBI double by Ray Kress. Top CLE batters were CF William Morgan (3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI) and 2B Craig Buchannan (2 for 3). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR. Bud Moore hit a solo HR with his only hit. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 3RBI, 1DBL. Rik the Greek went 2 for 4.

9/11 CLE @ DET: WIN 1-0 Hal Andrew (20-9, 2.91) was awesome pitching a 2 hit CG shut out for the win and POG. Charley Nagel (7-9, 3.49) only gave up 4 hits and 1R in a CG loss. Top batter of the day was Luther Ormiston going 1 for 3, 1BB. The only run of the game was Rollin Fish who was knocked in with a Double by Carl Sandoz.

9/12 CLE @ DET: loss 7-10 Harley Melzer gave up 5R in 7.1IP. The loss went to Lloyd Wyman (9-4, 2.28) who blew the hold in the 9th. Howie Leosh (5-5, 3.04) gave up 7R in 6.1IP, but the win went to Len Banty for pitching a hitless 8th. CLE LF Bill Berry got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1HR. 3B Emerson Meggs (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB) and C Ted Varner (3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL) also hit well. For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2R. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 2RBI, 2DBL.

9/13 DET @ BOS: WIN 3-1 Bob Guilderson (13-10, 4.58) gave up only 1R in 8IP for the win. Lloyd Wyman (19Sv, 2.25) closed out the 9th for a save. Eric Williams (5-3, 2.48) went the distance but gave up 3R for a loss. C Em Pelto was the top Sox hitter going 2 for 3. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 2DBL. Luther Ormiston hit a solo HR on his only hit.

9/14 DET @ BOS: loss 4-6 Billy Crowell (25-9) gave up 6R in 7IP for the loss. Sloppy Mosich (19-10, 3.38) got the win givng up 4R in 7IP. 2B Skeeter Schaldemose got POG going 4 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, 1TRPL. For us, David Castaneda went 2 for 3 but was hurt his arm making a throw. He'll be day2day for a week or two.

9/15 DET @ BOS: WIN 4-3 Hal Andrew (21-9, 2.92) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Stan Leveck (7Sv, 4.19) pitched a scoreless 9th for a save. Cort Nagel (5-4, 2.52) gave up 4R in 7.1IP for the loss. Top Sox batter was SS Rusky Lutske who went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI. For us, POG went to Ray Kress for going 3 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 1TRPL, 2HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1BB, 2DBL.

9/16 day off

9/17 DET @ CHI: WIN 8-7 Harley Melzer (11-6, 3.73) got the win despite giving up 7R in 8IP. Mike Downey (3Sv, 4.64) got the save for pitching a scoreless 9th. Stretch Bussmann had only given up only 2R in 7IP. But then we hammered Moonshine Allen (1-6, 5.33) for 5R in the 8th. CF Homer Jewell (3 for 4, 2R< 1RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL), 2B Tony Seats (2 for 4, 2R), SS Rex Seelinger (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL) all hit well for the Sox. For us, Carlton Affee going POG going 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 2DBL. Bud Moore went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Harley Melzer went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI.

9/18 DET @ CHI: WIN 3-1 Bob Guilderson (14-10, 4.45) got the win and POG pitching 8 shutout innings. He only allowed 3 hits. Corky Stell (14-10, 3.26) gave up 3R in 8IP for the loss. LF Chester Munch went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL for the Sox. For us, Tom Hoelscher went 2 for 4.

9/19 DET @ CHI: loss 2-7 Billy Crowell (25-10, 3.22) gave up 7R (6ER) in a CG loss. Johnny Gordley (13-17) gave up only 2R in a CG POG win. CF Homer Jewell (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI), SS Rex Seelinger (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 2DBL) and 3B Donald Medart (2 for 4) were top Sox batters. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R< 2RBI, 1HR. John Degal went 2 for 3, 1BB filling in at catcher.

9/20 StL @ DET: WIN 7-3 Hal Andrew (22-9, 2.93) got the win giving up 3R in 8.2IP. Alan Paule (1Sv, 7.30) got the last out of the game for a save. Cotton Simson (23-11, 2.50) pitched fairly well until the 8th where we slammed him with a 5 run inning. He gave up 7R in a CG loss. 2B Dale Thompsonwas the top StL batter going 2 for 4, 1RBI. For us, Carl Sandoz went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Pete Murovic hit a pinch hit grand slam earning him POG honors. Ray Kress set the AL single season record with 133 runs. Billy Simson set the AL record for games started with 42.

9/21 StL @ DET: WIN 9-4 Harley Melzer (12-6, 3.74) got a CG win giving up 4R. Eugene Sprecher (16-18, 4.44) had a rough start giving up 9R in 5.2IP. CF Cy Helbig (3 for 4, 2R, 1DBL), C Frank Bowers (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR), and 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) all hit well for StL. For us, Wally Cruce got POG filling in at 1B going 2 for 4, 4RBI. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB. SP Harely Melzer went 2 for 4, 2R and will finish the season hitting .291.

9/22 StL @ DET: WIN 11-4 Bob Guilderson (15-10, 4.43) gave up 4R in a CG win. Buster Davis (5-4, 4.64) gave up 9R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top batter for StL was Frankie Bowers going 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 7RBI, 2HR. Bud Moore hit a 2R HR with his only hit. Steven Zucal filled in at SS and hit a solo HR.

FINAL STANDINGS
102-52, #1 overall, 14-5 in September

BAD NEWS
-Billy Crowell has picked a bad time to go into a funk.. 1-3 in his last 4 and that 1 win was due to a ton of run support - not because he pitched well. Hopefully, he'll get pumped up for the World Series.
-Harley Melzer has also been a bit inconsistant lately while Bob Guilderson has been fairly solid. I'm not 100% sure who deserves the spot. Harley is a much better hitter, he hold runners better and is due for a hot streak on the mound. But Bob has looked good lately. I'm leaning towards going with Harley and making Bob the #1 setup guy.

GOOD NEWS
-102 wins and a World Series appearance.
-Our active roster is 100% heathy.
-Ray Kress finished the month (and the year - 146 games) without a single error in LF
-Ray Kress was named Player of the Week on 9/16 for hitting .462 in 26 AB, with 2 HR and 8 RBI.
-Luther Ormiston finshed the month with a lot of heavy hitting and will hopefully ride that momentum in the Series.
-Hal Andrew has been awsome this month. He went 4-0 in 5 starts and gave up no earned runs in that one non-decision. In the last 10 games, he's gotten 7 POG awards. With as hot as he has been, I gotta consider him for the ace spot going into the World Series.

FINAL BATTING STATS

Code:

Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG

Code:

R. Kress     150 529 176 27  6 39 126 137 131 54 .333 .463 .628 
L. Ormiston  148 537 167 42  4 39 140 127 112 62 .311 .427 .622 
M. Perly     147 530 164 37  1 27 121  82  43 52 .309 .357 .536 
C. Sandoz    150 579 171 36  1  3  36 120  78 37 .295 .383 .377 
P. Murovic    79 113  33  6  0  2  21  18  16  8 .292 .374 .398 
H. Melzer     34  86  25  7  0  0   9  11   1 21 .291 .299 .372 
D. Castaneda 138 476 136  8  3  3  56  36  27 58 .286 .327 .334 
C. Affee     144 566 158 18  7  9  68  92  56 40 .279 .347 .383 
B. Moore     136 477 132 29  2 18 100  65  72 50 .277 .371 .459 
W. Cruce      57  59  15  2  0  0  10   9   4  2 .254 .308 .288 
R. Liggett    60  82  20  3  1  0  10   5   6 15 .244 .292 .305 
R. Fish       79 170  41  2  2  7  19  38  11 19 .241 .284 .400 
I. Chennault  48  96  23  0  0  2  14  12  12  9 .240 .324 .302 
R. Kaladimos 145 501 115 18  4 10  62  44  56 70 .230 .310 .341 
J. Degal      50 122  28  2  0  2  10  14  13 14 .230 .307 .295 
H. Andrew     39 108  24  5  1  0   6  14  11 18 .222 .294 .287 
T. Hoelscher  89 102  18  4  2  2   9  20   9  9 .176 .241 .314 
I. Mitchell    6  12   2  0  0  0   0   1   0  0 .167 .231 .167 
S. Zucal       9  13   2  0  0  1   1   2   0  0 .154 .154 .385

FINAL PITCHING STATS

Code:

Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K

Code:

 
B. Crowell     39 39 25 10  0 3.22 307.2 322 129 110  67  88 
H. Andrew      39 39 22  9  0 2.93 313.2 231 119 102 124 161 
B. Guilderson  38 38 15 10  0 4.43 292.1 264 159 144 159 131 
M. Downey      47  6 12  3  3 4.64  77.2  93  44  40  33  28 
H. Melzer      34 31 12  6  0 3.74 236.0 180 104  98 131 131 
L. Wyman       58  0  9  4 19 2.37  60.2  46  16  16  16  27 
S. Leveck      43  0  4  3  7 4.15  34.2  32  17  16  13  13 
A. Footwangler 30  0  3  2  7 7.20  35.0  48  29  28  15  13 
A. Paule       17  5  3  4  1 7.30  40.2  45  33  33  27  17 
W. Gajan       26  0  0  2  2 7.16  27.2  38  25  22  10   8

Carlton · 11-17-2004, 09:12 PM

Just like to say good luck Goose

I am analyzing your team right now...

Pitching strategy seems to be moot, since I am sure this will be one of the highest scoring WS of all time...

Here is a little side bet for you and I

Who will hit more HRs?

Arrendale, Misisca, Rauch
or Kress, Ormiston and Perly?

and whose your 3rd starter?

Melzer, Gulderson or Downey for the payback factor?

canadiancreed · 11-17-2004, 09:19 PM

Geeze I just realized that your heart of the order has more home runs than my entire team! holy crap!

11-06-2004, 08:54 PM	#103
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11-08-2004, 05:45 PM	#105
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	5/16 THRU 5/31 5/16 DET @ WSH: loss 1-8 Alan Paule (1-1, 16.20) got his first start of the year and was injured 1.1 IP into the game. He gave up 3R and got the loss. Zolly Schoeter (3-2, 3.43) got the win giving up 1R in 8.2IP. POG honors want to WSH SS Hitman Crocitto who went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1HR, 1SB. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. John Dirt Bag Degal was called up and got an immediate start at catcher. He went 2 for 4 in his first ML game. Unfortunately, Paule will be day-2-day for the next 5 weeks with a strained tricep (Why does this almost always have to happen on the first game of a two week sim? ) 5/17 PHI @ DET: WIN 6-1 Billy Crowell (10-1, 1.70) was awesome again, giving up 1R in a CG POG Win. Ken Malia (1-2, 4.15) got the loss giving up 6R in 4.2IP. LF Hershel Cooley was the A's top batter going 3 for 4, 1R, 2SB. For us, Bud Moore went 2 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Luther moves into a tie with Kress in the HR race at 9. Matt Perly is only 1 behind at 8HR. 5/18 PHI @ DET: WIN 5-0 Hal Andrew (7-1, 3.47) pitched 8.1 shut out innings for POG honors and the win. Walt Gajan finished the shutout pitching a hitless finally two outs. Chubby Allen went the distance for the A's but gave up 5R. Top PHI batter was young SS Ace Habermehl who went 2 for 3, 1BB. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4, 1R. Hal Andrew went 2 for 3. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Bud Moore hit a 3R HR with his only hit of the day. 5/19 PHI @ DET: WIN 8-5 Bob Guilderson gave up 5R (4ER) in 7.2IP. Lloyd Wyman (3-1, 0.44) finished out the 8th for the win. Alex Footwangler (8.53, 5Sv) pitched a hitless 9th for a save. Bob Stevens went 7.2IP, but gave up 7R for the loss. Top A's batter was LF Greg Morris who went 2 for 4, 1RBI. For us, Bud Moore got POG for going 3 for 4, 4RBI, 1BB. Luther Ormiston was a perfect 2 for 2, 2R, 3RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. A's CF Harry Badeau extended his hit streak to 17 games. David Castaneda got thrown out in the 7th for arguing a strike out with the ump. 5/20 StL @ DET: loss 2-9 Alan Paule (1-2, 11.25) started despite his injury and gave up 6R in 7IP for the loss. Paul Rivest gave up only 2R in a CG win. Brown's CF John Fahringer got POG for going 4 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. RF Tony Monachino also hit well for them going 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 3BB, 1SB. For us, top batter was Dave Castaneda going 2 for 4. 5/21 StL @ DET: loss 3-7 Billy Crowell (10-2, 2.16) got his first loss as a Tiger giving up 7R in a CG loss. Fritz Kaufman got the win giving up only 2R in 8IP. POG honors went to CF Johnny Champagne who went 4 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, `DBL. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4. Luther Ormiston and Billy Crowell both hit a solo HR for their only hits of the game. 5/22 StL @ DET: loss 1-9 Hal Andrew (7-2, 3.84) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6 IP for the loss. Four of those runs were in the 1st. Cotton Simson (6-3, 3.00) pitched great giving up only 1R in a CG win. POG was Brown's 1B Vince Chipple who went 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. For us, Iggy Chennault went 3 for 4, 1RBI filling in at 3B. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. We weren't out hit today (9 to 9) and we committed fewer errors (1 to 2), but StL was much more efficient with their hits. 5/24 DET @ BOS: loss 3-10 Bob Guilderson (4-3, 5.11) got the loss giving up 7R in 5.2IP. JoJo King (4-5, 5.32) got a CG win giving up only 3R. Sox RF Ben Hargey got POG honors going 4 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. LF Buster Myer (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 2DBL), 2B Maurice Goza (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI) and C Em Pelto (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI) all had great games. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR (this longest of his career - 524 feet). 5/25 DET @ BOS: loss 5-6 Alan Paule (1-3, 9.45) gutted out his injury for a CG, but collected his third consecutive loss as he gave up 6R. Sloppy Mosich gave up 5R (2ER) in 7IP. The win went to closer Billy Hyberg (2-0, 2.49) who pitched the final out for BOS. Sox 1B Bobby Johnson got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Al Arsenault also went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1R. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1BB. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. 5/26 DET @ BOS: WIN 6-2 We snap a 5 game losing streak compliments of a Bud Moore PH grand slam in the 8th. Billy Crowell (11-2, 2.06) is back to his winning ways giving up only 2R (1ER) in a CG POG win. Sonny Faulkner (7-6, 4.77) got a CG loss giving up 6R. Top Sox batter was SS Rusky Lutske who went 2 for 4. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 4. John Degal got some time in at C (his fourth start in the last two weeks). 5/28 DET @ CHI: loss 2-4 Hal Andrew (7-3, 3.90) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Johnny Gordley (4-6, 4.66) got the win giving up 2R in 8IP. POG went to Sox 2B Tony Seats who went 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. For us, Hal Andrew (.353) went 2 for 2, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Carlton Affee went 2 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1SB. We out hit CHI 11 to 7, but still lost. 5/29 DET @ CHI: loss 9-10 This game went 10 innings. Bob Guilderson gave up 5R (4ER) in 4IP as a 2nd inning rain delay was a factor. However, the loss went to Alex Footwangler (1-2, 8.79) who gave up 2R in the finally 1.2IP. The win went to Sox closer Corky Stell (4-3, 3.86) despite giving up 2R in the final 2IP. Top Sox batters were Chester Munch (3 for 6, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR, 1DBL, POG), 1B Ed Rossi (3 for 6, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) and CF Homer Jewell (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL, 1SB). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 4RBI, 1DBL. 5/30 DET @ CHI: WIN 10-4 Alan Paule (2-3, 8.33) got a win despite giving up 4R in 7IP. Earl Boyd (2-8, 5.03) got beat up early (4 in the 1st) and ended up giving up 7R in 4.2 IP for the loss. Top Sox batters were 3B Hendreick Asher (3 for 5, 1R, 1TRPL) and 1B Ed Rossi (1 for 2, 1R, 3BB). For us, Bud Moore went 3 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR for POG honors. Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 2DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress came off the bench in the 8th and went 1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. 5/31 WSH @ DET: WIN 10-1 Billy Crowell (12-2, 1.99) gave up only 4 hits and 1R for POG and a CG win. Zolly Schoeter (4-3, 4.13) gave up 6R in 4.1IP. Top WSH batter was 3B Jungle Jim Dunkey who went 3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. For us, Carlton Affee went 2 for 3, 3R, 1RBI. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 3R. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston hit a grand slam with his only hit of the day. STANDINGS #1 in the AL, 3.5 games ahead of St. Louis, 6-8 in the last 14 BAD NEWS -Five consecutive losses and 1-7 (from 5/20 to 5/29) was a huge disappointment. -Several hitters were quiet for the last couple of weeks of May. Ray Kress nearly saw his avg dip below .300. When Ray isn't hitting, we are in trouble. -Alan Paule was injured in his first start of the year but pitched from the #4 spot anyway (1-3) for two weeks. He will be replaced by Melzer who should now be healthy. -AAA SP Eral Roberts will miss a couple of months due to a pulled tricep muscle. -A 2B Rob Bell will also miss about 2 months with a torn calf muscle. GOOD NEWS -Billy Crowell got his second consecutive POM awards. This time for going 6-1, 2.03. -Matt Perly gives us our second consecutive BOM award. He hit .402 and had 4HR, 31RBI in May. -Luther Ormiston had a hot final two weeks. He now leads the AL in HRs (14), RUNs (55 from the cleanup spot), DBLs (20), OBP (.481), SLG (.719) and is second in RBI (55), second in AVG (.375), and third in BB (39). *This guy needs a nick name... suggestions will be considered.* -AL Runs: Luther #1, Ray Kress #2, Calton Affee #3, Carl Sandoz #5. ROSTER CHANGES -John Dirt Bag Degal has been treading water in the Minors for four years. I've called him up to the AR so that Bud Moore can take him under his wing and hopefully light a fire under his butt. He's got too much potential so his lack of progress required me to take drastic measures. -Vincent Solinger had to be demoted to make room for Degal. Unfortunately, he won't make it to Buffalo AAA. He'll be claimed on waivers by someone. We will miss his skill behind the plate very much. BATTING THRU 5/31 Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG Code: I. Chennault 10 15 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .400 .471 .400 V. Solinger 5 10 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 .400 .455 .400 L. Ormiston 51 192 72 20 2 14 55 55 39 17 .375 .481 .719 M. Perly 52 200 71 11 1 9 50 32 12 19 .355 .381 .555 H. Andrew 13 34 12 4 0 0 4 7 7 4 .353 .463 .471 R. Liggett 16 15 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .333 .375 .333 H. Melzer 9 15 5 2 0 0 4 3 0 5 .333 .333 .467 C. Affee 51 224 71 8 3 6 27 47 19 11 .317 .369 .460 C. Sandoz 52 206 65 14 0 0 11 44 28 19 .316 .403 .383 R. Kress 52 187 57 8 2 11 44 48 49 25 .305 .450 .545 D. Castaneda 49 173 52 5 1 2 31 13 7 27 .301 .326 .376 B. Moore 47 159 47 10 1 5 41 22 29 11 .296 .402 .465 R. Kaladimos 50 186 47 9 2 4 25 21 17 18 .253 .316 .387 R. Fish 19 32 8 0 1 0 2 5 2 4 .250 .294 .313 J. Degal 7 17 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .235 .278 .235 T. Hoelscher 28 27 6 2 1 1 5 6 0 1 .222 .214 .481 W. Cruce 17 18 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 .222 .300 .222 P. Murovic 26 48 9 2 0 0 5 7 6 6 .188 .273 .229 PITCHING THRU 5/31 Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Code: B. Crowell 14 14 12 2 0 1.99 122.1 111 33 27 24 30 H. Andrew 13 13 7 3 0 3.90 97.0 90 50 42 39 48 M. Downey 12 6 4 1 0 5.13 52.2 59 31 30 25 20 B. Guilderson 13 13 4 3 0 5.27 95.2 97 61 56 50 40 L. Wyman 25 0 3 1 5 1.59 22.2 10 4 4 5 9 A. Paule 7 4 2 3 0 8.33 27.0 35 25 25 19 10 H. Melzer 9 6 2 2 0 4.43 40.2 30 20 20 30 23 A. Footwangler 14 0 1 2 5 8.79 14.1 23 15 14 8 5 S. Leveck 10 0 1 1 0 4.50 8.0 6 5 4 7 3 S. Brown 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 6.0 7 5 3 4 1 W. Gajan 13 0 0 2 1 7.24 13.2 20 13 11 6 4 __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963

11-09-2004, 04:55 PM	#107
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	6/1 THRU 6/15 6/1 WSH @ DET: WIN 8-4 Hal Andrew (8-3, 3.86) gave up 4R (3ER) in 8IP for the win. Red Finley got the loss giving up 7R in 6.2IP. Top WSH batters were CF Peter Overton (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL) and C Robert Reed (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Bud Moore got POG honors for going 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 2 for 4, 2RBI. 6/2 WSH @ DET: WIN 6-5 Bob Guilderson got a much needed win despite giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (1.52, 6Sv) pitched a scoreless 9th for a save. Raul Velazquez gave up 5R in 7IP, but the loss went to MR Cecil Frye (0-2, 7.36) who gave up the winning run in the bottom of the 8th. WSH 3B Jungle Jim Dunkel had an excellent game going 3 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1TRPL. SS Hitman Crocitto also played well going 3 for 4, 3R, 2DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston got POG honors going 3 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1TRPL. Carlton Affee went 2 for 4, 1R. 6/3 DET @ PHI: WIN 7-3 This game went 13 innings. Harley Melzer returned to the rotation and gave up 1R (0ER) in 7IP. The win went to Mike Downey (5-1, 4.94) who pitched a scoreless 12th inning. Ken Malia had started for the A's and pitched well giving up only 2R in 8.2IP, but the game was lost by Don Vonkitzing (2-4, 5.28) who gave up 4 runs in the 13th. No one from PHI had more than one hit. Lee Richardson's solo HR in the 10th was the offensive highlight for them. For us, Carlton Affee got POG honors for going 4 for 7, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 3BB. 6/4 DET @ PHI: WIN 5-0 Billy Crowell (13-2, 1.85) pitched a 1 hit shutout win for POG honors. Harold Sundin also went the distance but gave up 5R. LF Greg Morris (1 for 3) was the A's batter that killed Billy's no-hitter. For us, David Castaneda was out top hitter going 2 for 4, 2RBI. Pete Murovic got a rare start at 1B to give Rik the Greek a day off... he went 1 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. 6/5 DET @ PHI: WIN 14-2 Hal Andrew (9-3, 3.71) gave up only 2R in a CG POG win. Bob Stevens (6-6, 4.58) got the loss giving up 8R in 6.2IP. C Hershel Lee was the only hot A's batter going 3 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL. For us, Ray Kress went 4 for 6, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB. Carlton Affee went 3 for 6, 2R, 3RBI, 1TRPL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Bud Moore's hit a 3R HR with his only hit of the day. Rollin Fish hit a pinch hit, solo HR in the 9th. 6/6 NYY @ DET: WIN 8-7 Bob Guilderson (6-3, 5.40) had a nice game going until he blew up and gave up 5R in the 9th. He lucked out with some good run support as he got the win despite giving up 7R in 8IP. Chief Harrington (7-2, 2.57) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6IP for the loss. RF Jimmy Ditty was the top Yank batter going 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 5, 1R, 1SB. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 2BB, 2HR for POG honors. Tom Hoelscher filled in at SS and went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. 6/7 NYY @ DET: WIN 3-1 Harley Melzer didn't give up a run until the 9th... he finished with the win and POG honors giving up 1R in 8.1IP. Lloyd Wyman (1.69, 8Sv) finished the game for the save. Buddy Greenberg gave up 3R (2ER) in 7IP for the loss. The only hot hitter for NY was 2B Ray Dimeo who went 2 for 4, 1R. For us, it was Ray Kress going 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Luther Ormiston and Rik the Greek went hitless but drew 3BB a piece. 6/8 NYY @ DET: loss 2-8 Billy Crowell (13-3, 2.33) had a rare bad start giving up 8R in 3.2IP for the loss. Maury Baum (3-1, 3.51) had a much better day giving up only 2R in a CG win for POG honors. Yank LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 2R, 1rBI, 1BB, 1TRPL), RF Charles Gillis (2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB) & SS Owen Bastow (2 for 4) all hit well. For us, Ray Kress had half our hits going 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1HR, 1SB. 6/9 NYY @ DET: WIN 5-0 Hal Andrew (10-3, 3.44) got POG honors for throwing a 4 hit shutout. Carpenter Erickson also went the distance but gave up 5R. Top Yank hitter was SS George Roth who went 1 for 2, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, it was Ray Kress who went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. We were held to 5 hits for the day. 6/10 StL @ DET: WIN 14-11 Bob Guilderson gave up 8R (7ER) in 6IP. Alex Footwangler nearly blew the game giving up 3R in the 9th, but Mike Downey (6-1, 4.88) finished out the inning and got the win compliments of a Ray Kress 9th inning grand slam. The loss went to Brown's closer Ray Seidel (2-2, 6.75). 2B Vern Piernatzski (3 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR) and 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR) both had monster games. For us, Ray Kress got POG for going 4 for 5, 3R, 5RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 6, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR filling in at CF. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. This was a wild game that saw 9 HRs total. 6/11 StL @ DET: WIN 2-1 Harley Melzer continues to be hot after coming back from his injury. Today he gave up only 1R and 3 hits in 8.1IP for POG honors. Walt Gajan (6.11, 2Sv) finished out the game for a save. Cotton Simson (7-6, 3.32) got the CG loss despite only giving up 2R. Top Browns hitter was SS Dale Thompson who went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 1BB. For us Carlton Affee went 3 for 4. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL. 6/12 StL @ DET: WIN 13-5 Billy Crowell (14-3, 2.45) gets the win despite giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. Paul Rivest got hammered for 8R in 5.1IP for the loss. SS Dale Thompson (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1SB), 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 4, 2R) and Gil Clovis (2 for 4, 3RBI, 1DBL) were the top Brown's hitters. For us, Luther Ormiston got POG honors going 4 for 5, 3R, 5RBI, 2HR. Carlton Affee went 4 for 6, 2R, 1RBI. Rik the Greek went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Iggy Chenault gave Ray Kress a much needed day off in LF and hit a 3R HR with his only hit of the day. 6/14 DET @ NYY: loss 3-4 Hal Andrew (10-4, 3.37) gave up 4R (2ER) in a CG loss. Carpenter Erickson (5-6, 4.10) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP for POG honors. CF Ping Hung was the top Yank batter going 2 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 2SB. For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly also went 1 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR. 6/15 DET @ NYY: loss 2-6 Bob Guilderson (6-4, 5.79) blew up in the 7th giving up 5R... 6R total in 6.2IP for the loss. Chief Harrington (9-2, 2.52) gave up only 2R (0ER) in a CG POG win. 2B Ray Dimeo was the only multi hit batter for the Yanks going 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. For us, top batter was John Dirt Bag Degal filling in at catcher and going 2 for 4, 1RBI. Rik the Greek and Dave Castaneda also went 2 for 4. STANDINGS 44-22, #1 in the AL, 7.5 games ahead of Boston, 11-3 in the last two weeks. BAD NEWS -Errol Robert's pulled tricep was worse than expected and looks as if it may adversely affect his control. He'll be out for another 11 weeks. He had been looking to make the jump to the active roster this year, but this is quite a set back. -Bob Guilderson seems to be having a lot of late inning meltdowns. We may have to put him on a different pitch count than our other starters and he will slide down a notch to the #4 spot when the calendar allows it. -Alex Footwangler is going to be removed from the closer position as he has cost us too many games this year. He'll move to a MR slot and will hopefully pitch better with less pressure. GOOD NEWS -Another 9 game win streak - those darn Yanks were the only team to beat us in the past couple of weeks. -As mentioned above by John, Ray Kress picked it up big time in the past couple of weeks. On 6/10 he was named Player of the Week for hitting .542 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 10 RBI. -Harley Melzer is looking good now that he's back to 100%... will move up to the #3 spot in the rotation. -Alan Paule should be 100% healthy in a couple more days. ROSTER MOVES -Lloyd Wyman will move to the closer roll as he continues to be our top dog in the Pen. -Stan Leveck will be tried out as our primary setup guy. __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963 Last edited by m0ng00se; 11-09-2004 at 04:58 PM.

11-10-2004, 06:04 PM	#108
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	6/16 THRU 6/31 6/16 DET @ NYY: loss 2-10 Dang those Yanks. They seem to find a way to beat up on Billy. Billy Crowell (14-4, 2.72) only lasted 2.2IP after giving up 7R (5ER). Alex Footwangler pitched 4.1 innings giving up only 1R in his new role as a MR. Buddy Greenberg (5-9, 3.44) got a CG win giving up only 2R. Jimmy Ditty killed us going 5 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR for POG honors. For us, top batter was Carlton Affee going 2 for 5. 6/17 CHI @ DET: WIN 5-3 Hal Andrew (11-4, 3.37) gets POG for giving up only 3R in 8IP for the win. Stan Leveck (4.00, 1 Sv) got the save for pitching a hitless 9th. John Skoropat (6-7, 5.06) went the distance but gave up 5R for the loss. Top Sox batter was CF Homer Jewell who went 1 for 2, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Carlton Affee went 1 for 1, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB. David Castaneda went 1 for 2, 1R, 1B. 6/19 CHI @ DET: loss 5-6 This game went 11 innings. Harley Melzer gave up 4R in 8.2IP. The loss went to Lloyd Wyman (3-2, 2.01) who gave up 2R in the final two innings. Lloyd had just been promoted from setup man to closer. I swear, the closer position has been a cursed position on our team for a few years. Johnny Gordley pitched well for CHI giving up only 2R in 8IP and was named POG. The win went to closer Corky Stell (5-3, 3.10) as he closed out the 10th. Top Sox batter was RF Boze Wealot who went 3 for 6, 1RBI. For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5. Ray Kress hit a solo HR on his only hit of the day. 6/20 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-0 Bob Guilderson (7-4, 5.41) pitched 8.2 shutout innings for POG and the win. Stan Leveck (3.86, 2Sv) struck out the final batter for a save. Earl Boyd started for CHI but left after 2.2 IP due to elbow problems. 1B Ed Rossi (2 for 4) was the only hot Sox batter as we held them to 4 hits. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 2RBI. Carl Sandoz hit a solo HR for his only hit. 6/21 DET @ CLE: loss 1-4 Billy Crowell (14-5, 2.69) gave up 4R (2ER) in a CG loss... his second loss in a row. Sam Cole (6-10, 5.85) gave up only 1R in 8IP for the win and POG. 1B Ted Varner and C Fred Storey both went 2 for 4 for CLE. For us, top batters were Matt Perly and Bud Moore who both went 1 for 2, 2BB. 6/22 DET @ CLE: WIN 4-2 Hal Andrew (12-4, 3.24) got POG and the win for giving up only 1R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (2.23, 9Sv) got the save despite giving up a run in the 9th. George Kauffman (4-8, 4.48) went the distance but gave up 4R. SS Wilbur Taylor (2 for 2, 1BB, 1DBL) and 3B Emerson Meggs (2 for 4) were the top Indian batters. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 4, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 2DBL. Ray Kress hit a game winning 3R HR in the 9th for his only hit. 6/23 DET @ CLE: loss 1-4 Harley Melzer only allowed 1R in 7.1IP, but Stan Leveck (1-2, 4.66) gave up a run in the 8th and got the loss. Stan was a MR allstar last year, but not doing so well this year. Howie Leosh (5-5, 4.30) limited us to 1R and 3 hits for the win and POG honors. 1B Ted Varner (3 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL) and RF Al Jackson (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) were top batters of the day. For us, Ray Kress and Matt Perly both went 1 for 3, 1BB. 6/24 WSH @ DET: loss 2-3 Another 11 inning game... Bob Guilderson gave up only 2R in 8.2IP. By the loss went to (no surprise... of course it was the closer) Lloyd Wyman (3-3, 2.36) as he was unable to hold in the 11th. Joe Homic (1-0, 4.50) pitched a hitless 10th & 11th for the win. POG honors went to 2B Ray Vlasik for going 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. For us, top batter was Luther Ormiston who went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. 6/25 WSH @ DET: WIN 7-5 Billy Crowell (15-5, 2.85) wins despite giving up 5R in 7.2IP. He allowed no walks but 14 hits. Lloyd Wyman (2.29, 10Sv) pitched a scoreless 9th for the save. Zolly Schoeter (6-6, 4.18) also had a rough start giving up 6R in 4.2IP for the loss. Just about every WSH batter had a good day. RF Chris Anderson (3 for 5, 1R) , SS Hitman Crocitto (3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI) and SP Zolly Schoeter (2 for 3, 3RBI, 1TRPL) were tops. For us, Bud Moore went 4 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR for POG honors. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 2 for 3, 1R, 2BB. Roxie Ligget filled in at 2B and went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB. 6/26 WSH @ DET: WIN 4-3 Hal Andrew (13-4, 3.25) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Mike Downey (4.97, 1Sv) got the save for pitching a scoreless 9th. Chris Frays (4-3, 5.48) went the distance but gave up 4R. Chris Anderson was top WSH batter going 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. For us, Carlton Affee went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4. Luther Ormiston hit a 3R HR with his only hit. 6/27 WSH @ DET: WIN 1-0 Harley Melzer (5-2, 2.72) pitched a 4 hit shutout for POG honors and the win. Red Finley (6-7, 2.94) allowed a 1st inning run but then settled down to pitch a CG 1R loss. Top WSH batter was Sugar McDonald who went 1 for 3, 1DBL. For us, only Harley Melzer had more than one hit... he went 3 for 3, 1DBL. The game winning run was Carl Sandoz who hit a double and then was immediately knocked home by another double from Ray Kress. 6/28 DET @ PHI: WIN 8-4 Bob Guilderson (8-4, 5.14) got the CG win giving up 4R. Ken Malia (5-4, 3.87) had a horrible start as we scored 2R in the first followed by 5 in the second off of him... he was pulled after that. Top A's batter was Peaches Badeau who went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 1DBL, 1HR for POG honors. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. John Degal went 2 for 4, 1BB filling in at catcher. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB. 6/29 DET @ PHI: WIN 7-6 Billy Crowell (16-5, 2.98) continues to struggle but gets the win despite giving up 6R (5ER) in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (2.25, 11Sv) got the save as he and Mike Downey combined for a scoreless 9th. Pops Gustafson (6-5, 4.41) gave up 7R in 7IP. Top A's hitter was C Hershel Lee who went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston gets his 3rd POG in 4 games. He hit a game willing 3R pinch hit HR in the 8th. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Bud Moore hit a solo HR for his only hit of the day. Pete Murovic subbed at 1B and went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 1BB. 6/30 DET @ PHI: loss 4-5 Hal Andrew gave up 4R in 8IP, but the loss went to Stan Leveck who gave up the game losing run in the 10th. C Matt Gazarek got POG for the A's going 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. LF Ed Monchak (2 for 3, 1DBL) and 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL) also hit well. For us, Carl Sandoz went 1 for 2, 2BB. Rik the Greek hit a 3R HR with his only hit. STANDINGS #1 in the AL, 8.5 games ahead of StL, 8-6 in the last two weeks. BAD NEWS -Billy Crowell is human after all. He had a crummy final two weeks in June in comparison to his back to back POM previous two months. -Matt Perly had a terrible final week, but we faced a lot of lefties. I may need to tweak the depth chart to get Liggett in there more as he's hitting .344 off the bench. -Most of our player development reports have been bad news lately. I'd sure like to see some good ones soon. GOOD NEWS -We lost no one else to injury and gained a game in the AL lead despite Billy having a bad couple of weeks. -Luther Ormiston was named Player of the Week on 6/31 for hitting .375 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 14 RBI. -Harley Melzer continues our sweep of the POM awards going 3-0 in 6 games started, with an ERA of 1.29 and 1 shutouts in June. -Ray Kress continues our sweep of BOM awards hitting .379 in 95 AB, with 9 homers and 24 RBI in June. -Hal Andrew has been Mr. Reliable for most of this year so far. -Bob Guilderson must of over heard me ask the pitching coaches to watch his pitch count as he put together a good couple of weeks. BATTING THRU 6/31 Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG Code: R. Liggett 26 29 10 2 1 0 2 2 3 6 .345 .394 .483 L. Ormiston 77 288 99 25 2 23 84 76 57 25 .344 .451 .684 R. Kress 79 282 93 15 4 20 68 76 71 31 .330 .465 .624 C. Affee 78 340 112 9 5 7 39 65 29 14 .329 .383 .447 M. Perly 79 285 91 17 1 12 65 43 22 29 .319 .362 .512 C. Sandoz 79 307 95 18 1 1 18 68 40 23 .309 .395 .384 H. Andrew 21 56 17 5 0 0 4 11 9 7 .304 .400 .393 W. Cruce 25 24 7 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 .292 .346 .292 B. Moore 72 247 70 15 1 9 61 33 40 25 .283 .381 .462 D. Castaneda 75 257 69 6 1 2 36 21 12 42 .268 .302 .323 R. Fish 33 54 14 0 2 2 7 10 2 5 .259 .281 .444 H. Melzer 15 32 8 3 0 0 4 3 1 8 .250 .273 .344 T. Hoelscher 42 45 11 2 1 2 7 11 4 2 .244 .300 .467 R. Kaladimos 76 276 65 9 3 5 33 26 28 34 .236 .306 .344 J. Degal 16 40 9 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 .225 .295 .225 P. Murovic 38 63 14 3 0 0 8 8 8 7 .222 .301 .270 I. Chennault 20 39 8 0 0 1 6 1 2 5 .205 .244 .282 PITCHING THRU 6/31 Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Code: B. Crowell 21 21 16 5 0 2.98 169.1 172 68 56 37 45 H. Andrew 21 21 13 4 0 3.31 163.0 135 71 60 63 89 B. Guilderson 20 20 8 4 0 5.14 150.2 146 93 86 77 68 M. Downey 21 6 6 1 1 4.94 58.1 68 33 32 25 23 H. Melzer 15 12 5 2 0 2.72 89.1 54 28 27 58 49 L. Wyman 37 0 3 3 11 2.21 36.2 28 9 9 7 13 A. Paule 8 4 2 3 0 8.23 27.1 35 25 25 19 10 A. Footwangler 18 0 1 2 5 9.15 19.2 31 21 20 11 6 S. Leveck 15 0 1 3 2 4.91 11.0 8 7 6 7 4 S. Brown 7 0 0 0 0 2.13 12.2 10 5 3 6 2 W. Gajan 17 0 0 2 2 6.11 17.2 22 14 12 6 6 __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963 Last edited by m0ng00se; 11-10-2004 at 06:07 PM.

11-11-2004, 03:20 PM	#109
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	7/1 THRU 7/15 7/1 BOS @ DET: WIN 8-7 This was a day of rest for a lot of our starters. Rollin Fish filled in at CF, Iggy Chenault in RF, Tom Hoelscher at SS, John Degal at C. Harley Melzer gave up 6R in 5.2IP. But we scored 3 in the 9th, giving Lloyd Wyman (4-3, 2.15) the win as he pitched a hitless final inning. 3B Tequila Allen (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) and 1B Bobby Johnson (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) were the top Sox batters. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR for POG honors. 7/2 BOS @ DET: WIN 8-4 Bob Guilderson (9-4, 5.08) got the win giving up 4R in 8.2IP. Alter Sennelnekoff (2-1, 6.23) gave up 7R (6ER) in 4.1IP for the loss. SS Rusky Lutske (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL) and 3B Tequila Allen (1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR) were the top batters for BOS. For us, Carlton Affee was named POG for going 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL. Tom Hoelscher went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL. 7/3 BOS @ DET: WIN 6-0 Billy Crowell (17-5, 2.83) pitched a 4 hit shutout for POG honors. Sonny Faulkner (10-12, 4.46) gave up 6R (3ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. A double by SS Rusky Lutske was the only highlight at the plate for the Sox. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Rollin Fish hit a 2R HR pinch hitting for Iggy Chennault who was filling in at LF to give Ray Kress a day off. 7/4 DET @ NYY: WIN 7-6 Hal Andrew (14-4, 3.42) had an off day giving up 6R (5ER) in 8IP, but still got the win. All six of those runs were scored in the 7th, but a 4 run rally by us in the 8th saved the day for Hal. Lloyd Wyman (2.09, 12Sv) pitched a hitless 9th for a save. Buddy Greenberg had pitched a decent game giving up 3R in 7IP, but Aaron Woertman (0-2, 6.75) gave up the game winning run. LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR) and C Gordon Meadows (2 for 4, 1R) were the top Yank batters. For us, Ray Kress was named POG for going 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1R, 2BB, 1DBL. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Tom Hoelscher got his third start in a row at SS... I don't see anything on the injury report... I hope our gold glove Castaneda is OK. 7/5 DET @ NYY: loss 4-6 Dang Yanks (oops, sorry, habit). Harley Melzer (5-3, 3.26) gave up 4R in 7IP for the loss. Maury Baum (4-3, 4.59) go the win giving up 2R in 6IP. POG went to ex-Tiger C Vincent Solinger who went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. And, of course LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB) had a good game against us... he almost always does. For us, SP Hal Melzer was a perfect 3 for 3, 1RBI. Hal continues to hit well this season... currently at .324. Bud Moore went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R. Fish filled in again at CF and Iggy Chenault played RF as our corner OF's had been over due for some time off. Wally Cruce gave Rik the Greek a day off. 7/6 DET @ NYY: WIN 18-9 Bob Guilderson (10-4, 5.38) gave up 9R in 6.1IP but still got the win. Willie Dawkins (5-8, 5.11) also got roughed up a bit giving up 9R (7ER) in 6.1IP. A good chunk of our runs came in the 7th where we scored 10. 1B John Wilson (3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI), 3B Tim Dilworth (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB), RF Jimmy Ditty (2 for 4, 3R, 1RBI) all hit well for the Yanks. For us, Matt Perly was a monster going 3 for 6, 4R, 6RBI, 2HR (1 grand slam). Carl Sandoz went 4 for 6, 3R, 3RBI, 2DBL, 1HR. Iggy Chenault went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI. 7/7 DET @ NYY: WIN 2-1 Billy Crowell (18-5, 2.75) gave up only 1R in 8.1IP for the win and POG. Chief Harrington (10-5, 2.85) also pitched well giving up only 2R in a CG loss. John Wilson was the top Yank batter going 2 for 4, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3. But the game winning shot came compliments of a 9th inning 2R HR by Ray Kress. 7/10 AL @ NL: WIN 9-5 I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that eight of our players were named to the Allstar game. Ray Kress started in LF and hit in the #3 spot. He was a perfect 4 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 2DBL. Luther Ormiston was named POG thanks to a clutch HR in each of the final two innings. He started at 3B and batted in the #5 spot. He went 2 for 6, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Hal Andrew was the first relief pitcher. He allowed no runs in the 4th, but 2 in the fifth. Our closer Lloyd Wyman finished the final two innings and got the win. He allowed 1 run in the 9th, but none in the 10th. One of Luthers HRs was a solo shot in the 9th. The other was a 3R HR in the 10th. Matt Perly came off the bench to play some 2B and went 1 for 3, 1R. Carlton Affee also subbed in at CF, but went 0 for 3. Billy Crowell & Bob Guilderson were on the team, but got no play. 7/12 DET @ PHI: WIN 9-2 --Can't see a box score on this game-- Hal Andrew gave up only 2R in a CG win. Rik the Greek Kaladimos got POG for going 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. We held the A's to 2 hits. 7/13 DET @ PHI: WIN 6-4 Harley Melzer gave up 4R in 8.2IP. All four of the A's runs were scored in the 9th. Mike Downey (7-1, 4.75) closed out the 9th and got the win as we scored 2 in the 10th. Lloyd Wyman (2.04, 13Sv) pitched a scoreless 10th for a save. Ellis Weeks started for PHI and gave up 4R in 9IP. Pops Gustafson (6-7, 4.63) gave up a run in the 10th for the loss. RF Hershel Cooley (3 for 4, 1BB, 1DBL) and SS Bob Moussette (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1 GrandSlam). For us, Rollin Fish got POG honors going 2 for 2, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Iggy Chenault had played half the game in LF, but then Fish came in to play the second half. Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 2RBI. 7/14 DET @ PHI: loss 4-6 Bob Guilderson (10-5, 5.40) gave up 6R (5ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. I'm still trying to figure out why Bob was named to the allstar team this year. Harold Sundin (3-2, 4.20) gave up 4R in 8IP for a win. Bud Ayers was the top A's batter and POG going 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. For us, Carlton Affee went 4 for 5, 2RBI. Bob Guilderson went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. 7/15 BOS @ DET: WIN 3-2 Billy Crowell gave up only 2R in 8.2IP but this one went 10 innings. Lloyd Wyman (5-3, 1.99) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win. Alter Sennelnekoff started for BOS and gave up 2R in 6.2IP. The loss went to Cort Nagel (1-1, 3.38) who gave up the winning run in the 10th. LF Buster Myer was top hitter going 3 for 4. For us, Bud Moore got POG honors goin 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. STANDINGS 61-30, #1 in the AL, 12 games ahead of StL, 9-2 in the last 11. BAD NEWS -Several fielders were battling fatigue so that required our bench to step up and fill in during a good part of schedule. -Bob Guilderson continues to struggle and I will have to get serious about having him pulled a little sooner in games. GOOD NEWS -9-2 is a nice run despite the roster chaos. -Billy Crowell started pitching well again. On 7/8 he was named Player of the Week winning 2 games, with one shutout, 0.52 ERA -As mentioned above, 8 Tigers were on the allstar team this year. AL Leaders AVG - Ormiston #3 SLG - Ormiston #1, Kress #2 HIT - Affee #2, Ormiston #5 DBL - Ormiston #1 HR - Ormiston #1, Kress #2 RBI - Ormiston #1, Perly #3, Kress #4 RUN - Ormiston #1, Kress #2, Sandoz #3, Affee #4 BB - Kress #2, Ormiston #4 WIN - Crowell #1, Andrew #2 SAV - Wyman #1 Ks - Andrew #3 ERA - Crowell #2, Andrew #5 __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963 Last edited by m0ng00se; 11-11-2004 at 04:48 PM.

11-06-2004, 06:04 PM	#101
jdw All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,161	Goose wrote: > Ya, thanks for including me. I might have > missed that threard if you hadn't hit this one > as well. No problem. We old Class of 34 guys need to stick together. > You've given me food for thought for sure. I think everyone would like your food to chew over. > I've kinda wondered about this aspect of the > game as well back when I praying for Willie > Young to get some PT. It's worth testing out, especially when you have a talent as terrific as Degal. John

11-07-2004, 12:57 PM	#104
jdw All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,161	Matt wrote: > I think adding Crowell will be just huge... > especially if he keeps up his current > POY pace. I agree. It really gives him a rotation anchor. His two 20 game winners last year got to 20 more on Great Run Support than Great Pitching. He really needed someone he could count on. In addition, whether he goes in this direction or not, it give him a reliable hand that allows him to work in one or more of his prospects. Those guys are his future aces. Crowell can bridge him there, and if he gets one of those kids broken in, the team is in great shape. If he gets two of them, look out. The offense is set for six years. The rotation has a chance to have a pair of aces for a decade. John

11-09-2004, 02:41 PM	#106
jdw All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,161	I'll jump the gun here since Goose hasn't posted on the 6/1 - 6/15 stretch yet. It looks like The Boss wasn't happy with the talk in the press that he might not have been playing to his fullest in May (.286/.412/.505). In the first half of June: .512/.632/1.186 with 6/1/7 EBH, 16/17 R/RBI and 14 BB. OUCH!!! He and his running mate Luther are killing the AL. 3-5 in BA, 1-3 in OPB, 1-2 in SLG, 1-2 in OPS, 1-2 in RC, 1-2 in RC/27, 1-2 in HR, 1-3 in RBI, 1-2 in R, 1-3 in BB, 1-2 in EBH, 1-3 in TB. The rest of the Tigers aren't pikers either. They lead the AL by 76 runs... 66 games into a 154 season. The truly frightening thing about this team is that they're doing this with a excellent season from catcher Moore - .272/.376/.441, 11 2B, 7 HR and 51 RBI already. No, that's not what's frightening. It's that when John Degal develops in the next year or two, they've have another leaderboard killer to add into the #5 hole, and be able to move Perly down to the #6 spot... and he's killing the ball as well. If they are able to "shake the tree" for a good 1B, look out. John

11-12-2004, 05:14 PM	#110
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	7/16 THRU 7/31 7/16 BOS @ DET: loss 4-5 Boston scored 5 against Hal Andrew (15-5, 3.38) in the first and we never recovered. Hal finished the game giving up no more runs, held the Soxs to 5 hits and struck out 8, but got the loss anyway. Sloppy Mosich (11-8, 3.67) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Top Sox batter was SS Rusky Luske who went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB. CF Al Arsenault got POG going 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Ray Kress was 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Matt Perly hit a solo HR for his only hit. 7/17 BOS @ DET: WIN 14-5 Harley Mezler (6-3, 3.46) gave up 5R in a CG win. Trent Roberts (12-6, 3.74) had to be pulled after giving up 9R in 3.1IP. Sox 2B Skeeter Schaldemose, LF Buster Myer and RF Ben Hargey all hit solo HRs. Matt Perly got POG for going 3 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 2HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. Iggy Chenault filling in at 3B went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL. David Castaneda went 2 for 3, 3RBI. 7/18 BOS @ DET: loss 3-4 Bob Guilderson (10-6, 5.28) gave up 4R (3ER) in a CG loss. Sonny Faulkner (11-13, 4.29) was named POG and got the win giving up only 3R in 8IP. C Stan Miller and CF Al Arsenault both homered for the Sox. 1B Bobby Johnson went 2 for 3, 1RBI. For us, top batter was David Castaneda who went 2 for 4. Luther Ormiston hit a 3R HR with his only hit. 7/19 DET @ StL: WIN 13-4 Billy Crowell (19-5, 2.77) pitched his way out of trouble a few times for a 4R CG win. He had gave up 15 hits. Fritz Kaufman (8-5, 4.75) was yanked after only 3.1IP after giving up 7R. Top Brown's batters were CF Cy Helbig (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1B, 2DBL) and LF Johnny Champagne (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Carlton Affee got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 3 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1B, 3DBL. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI. Matt Perly hit a grand slam with his only hit of the day. 7/20 DET @ StL: loss 1-2 Hal Andrew gave up only 7 hits and 1R in 9IP, but this game went 10 innings. Mike Downey (7-2, 4.87) was unable to hold in the 10th giving up an HR to 3B Gil Clovis. Cotton Simson was phenomenal giving up only 6 hits, 1R (0ER) in a 10 inning CG win. He earned POG honors and a blister on his pitching hand for his efforts. LF Johnny Champagne also had a good game going 3 for 4, 1RBI. No one had a good day at the plate for us thanks to Cotton. Bud Moore's 1 for 4, 1RBI was about as good as it got. 7/21 DET @ StL: WIN 5-3 Harley Melzer (7-3, 3.38) gave up only 2R in 8IP for the win and POG honors. Stan Leveck (5.79, 4Sv) got a save despite giving up 1R in the 9th. Eugene Sprecher (10-10, 4.35) gave up 5R in 8IP for the loss. 2B Vern Piernatzski (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI 1DBL, 1HR) and C Frankie Bowers (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR) were the top StL batters. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. 7/22 PHI @ DET: WIN 5-4 This game went 11 innings. Bob Guilderson gave up 4R in 8IP. But the win went to Stan Leveck (2-3, 5.40) who pitched a hitless 11th inning. Ellis Weeks went 6.2 IP giving up 4R, but the loss went to recent Ex-Tiger Steven Brown (0-1, 2.70) who gave up that final run. CF Peaches Badeau hit a 3R HR with his only hit for the A's... also Bud Ayers went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2RBI, 1BB. Pete Murovic got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR filling in at C. 7/23 PHI @ DET: WIN 8-4 Billy Crowell (20-5, 2.83) got a CG win giving up 4R. Harold Sundin (3-4, 5.17) got yanked after giving up 7R in the 1st 2 innings. 3B Bud Ayers (3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) was the top A's batter. CF Peaches Badeau and SS Ace Habermehl also went 2 for 4 for them. For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL. John Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Carlton Affee went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. 7/24 PHI @ DET: loss 7-10 Hal Andrew (15-6) gave up 7R (5ER) in 5.2 IP for the loss. Bob Stevens (9-10, 5.11) got the win giving up 4R in 7.1IP. A's C Hershel Lee (3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR, POG) and RF Hershel Cooley (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1BB) hit well. 1B Commander Szabo-Nagy also had a good game going 2 for 3, 2R. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rik the Greek went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1B, 1HR. 7/25 PHI @ DET: loss 4-6 Harley Melzer (7-4. 3.37) gave up 6R (3ER) in 8.2IP for the loss. Ken Malia (6-6, 4.15) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Hal Breault Jr was named POG for the A's going 1 for 3, 3RBI, 1DBL. A's LF Ernest Greenbush hit a solo HR on his only hit. For us, David Castaneda was a perfect 4 for 4, 1RBI. Rik the Greek hit a 2R HR with his only hit. Haley Melzer got his AVG back up to .300 on a 1 for 2, 1RBI day. 7/26 DET @ WSH: loss 0-1 Bob Guilderson (10-7, 5.08) pitched a decent game giving up 1R in a CG loss. Unfortunately, Red Finley (11-7, 2.58) threw a 5 hit shutout for POG honors. Top WSH batter was SP Red Finley who went 1 for 3, 1R, 1DBL. For us, David Castaneda went 2 for 3. 7/27 DET @ WSH: loss 0-2 Billy Crowell (20-6) gave up 3 hits, no walks, 2R (1ER) in a CG loss. Micky Guyton (3-8, 4.99) threw a 6 hit shutout for POG honors. WSH 2B Ray Vlasik's 2R HR was the game winner. For us, top batter was Iggy Chenault filling in at 3B.... he went 1 for 2, 1BB. 7/28 DET @ WSH: loss 0-3 Three consecutive shut outs against us? Are you freakin kidding me? Hal Andrew (15-7, 3.40) gave up 3R in a CG loss. Raul Velazquez (5-7, 3.24) got the win giving up no runs in 8.1IP. MR Cecil Frye and closer Gampy Slater each got an out to complete the shutout. We out hit them 7 to 5, but couldn't drive any home. 3B Jim Dunkel was the top WSH batter going 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1DBL. 7/29 NYY @ DET: WIN 6-4 Harley Melzer (8-4, 3.43) gave up 4R in a CG win. Mike Downey (4.57, 2Sv) gave up a hit and a walk in the 9th, but then held it scoreless for a save. Buddy Greenberg (9-13, 4.04) gave up 6R in 6.2IP for the loss. Top Yank batter was Gordon Meadows who went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. SS Owen Bastow also played well going 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 2RBI. 7/30 NYY @ DET: WIN 4-3 Bob Guilderson gave up only 3R in 9IP, but this game went 10 innings. Lloyd Wyman (6-3, 1.93) got the win for pitching the final out of the 10th. Carpenter Erickson gave up 3R in 8.1IP, but the loss went to Yank closer Lance Moyer (2-4, 5.12). Top Yank batters were LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR) and 3B Tim Dilworth (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL. Rik the Greek hit a solo HR on his only hit of the day. 7/31 NYY @ DET: WIN 9-8 This game also went into extra innings. Billy Crowell left the game with arm problems after giving up 3R in 2.1IP. We used every one in our Pen. The win went to Mike Downey (8-2, 4.50) who struck out two in a scoreless 11th. Maury Baum gave up 8 in 8, but the loss went to Daniel Blisit (0-1, 2.16) who couldn't hold in the 11th. Yank RF Jimmy Ditty got POG despite the loss as he hit 3 HRs on a 3 for 5, 3R, 6RBI day. CF Ping Hung also had a monster game going 4 for 6, 2R, 1RBI, 3SB. For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. Iggy Chenault went 2 for 3, 1R at 3B but then was replaced by Luther Ormiston who went 2 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. STANDINGS 69-38, #1 overall, 11.5 games ahead of Boston in the AL, 8-8 in the last two weeks BAD NEWS -Billy Crowell strained a bicep tendon and will be less than 100% for a good part of next month. This injury seems to be affecting his control and that worries me a lot. -Bob Guilderson and Hal Andrew combined for 0-5, in 8 starts during the second half of July. In about half those games, lack of run support could be most to blame. -Matt Perly had a couple monster games, but only hit in 3 of his last 10. -Bud Moore's power rating took a hit, but he's also been struggling to make contact. I had real high hopes for him this year, but lately he's been underachieving. -Our sweeps of the POM and BOM awards both came to an end, but we couldn't expect it to last forever. GOOD NEWS -Our AL lead is still double digits. We lost half a game, but given our pitching woes and a lul in the offense, losing only half a game is an accomplishment. -Luther Ormiston and Ray Kress continue to battle for BOY award. They do have some very serious competition outside of our organization and there's still a couple of months left. But, it sure is fun to watch them push each other day after day. -Ray Kress is having another awesome season in LF. 0 errors thus far this season after committing only 1 error total in the previous two seasons. -Also, Ray Kress was also named Player of the Week on 7/22 for hitting .462 in 26 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI. -David Castaneda stepped it up just when I thought the law of averages had caught up with him. He's got his average back up to .291 which is much higher than his normal .242. ROSTER MOVES -We lost MR Steven Brown to the A's via waivers. We wish him the best of luck with them... just not when we play them of course -Carlton Affee seems to be deteriorating more and more quickly as he approaches his 38th birthday. I'm going to have to give Rollin Fish the starting nod in CF against lefties for the remainder of this year. Affee seems to want a new contract, but unless he can turn things around, he'd be better off retiring. Iggy Chenault will have to be primary backup at LF and RF against lefties. John Degal may get a little time in at 3B if Iggy is forced to spend more time in the OF. A call up for Mitchell isn't out of the question either. BATTING THRU 7/31 Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG Code: R. Kress 105 365 125 19 4 27 92 101 97 38 .342 .480 .638 L. Ormiston 103 374 127 35 3 26 103 93 79 35 .340 .452 .658 M. Perly 104 376 118 23 1 19 89 58 28 35 .314 .356 .532 C. Affee 105 438 133 10 7 8 52 78 43 26 .304 .368 .413 C. Sandoz 105 398 119 24 1 2 24 90 57 27 .299 .393 .379 H. Melzer 22 54 16 5 0 0 7 5 1 12 .296 .309 .389 D. Castaneda 100 333 97 6 2 2 44 26 19 51 .291 .333 .339 R. Liggett 41 49 14 3 1 0 6 2 6 12 .286 .357 .388 P. Murovic 52 81 23 3 0 1 12 12 10 7 .284 .355 .358 B. Moore 95 331 90 20 1 11 70 47 53 39 .272 .370 .438 R. Fish 50 87 23 1 2 4 15 19 4 8 .264 .290 .460 H. Andrew 27 74 19 5 0 0 4 12 9 11 .257 .337 .324 W. Cruce 38 39 10 2 0 0 2 8 4 1 .256 .341 .308 I. Chennault 36 73 18 0 0 2 13 10 9 8 .247 .329 .329 R. Kaladimos 101 353 82 12 4 9 49 33 38 47 .232 .310 .365 J. Degal 29 68 15 0 0 0 3 7 8 7 .221 .312 .221 T. Hoelscher 63 69 13 3 1 2 8 13 6 6 .188 .250 .348 PITCHING THRU 7/31 Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Code: B. Crowell 28 28 20 6 0 2.85 224.0 223 84 71 46 61 H. Andrew 27 27 15 7 0 3.40 211.2 170 95 80 86 115 B. Guilderson 27 27 10 7 0 4.99 207.1 197 124 115 111 96 M. Downey 30 6 8 2 2 4.50 66.0 79 37 33 27 25 H. Melzer 22 19 8 4 0 3.43 144.1 104 59 55 86 81 L. Wyman 44 0 6 3 13 2.05 44.0 30 10 10 9 16 A. Paule 11 4 2 3 0 7.67 29.1 36 25 25 21 11 S. Leveck 24 0 2 3 4 5.82 17.0 17 12 11 7 4 A. Footwangler 21 0 1 2 5 8.03 24.2 34 23 22 12 9 W. Gajan 18 0 0 2 2 5.49 19.2 25 15 12 7 6 __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963

11-15-2004, 04:34 PM	#111
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	8/1 THRU 8/15 8/2 CHI @ DET: loss 4-11 Hal Andrew (15-8) gave up 8R in 7IP for the loss. Earl Boyd (4-9, 4.53) gave up 4R in 8.1IP for the win. POG went to LF Chester Munch for going 2 for 4, 2R, 6RBI, 2HR (1 grand slam). 2B Tony Seats and 3B Scotty McCarthy both homered as well for the Sox. For us, top batter was Ray Kress going 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston and Matt Perly both hit solo HRs for their only hits. 8/3 CHI @ DET: loss 0-2 Harley Melzer (8-5, 3.35) pitched well giving up only 2R but go the CG loss. Stretch Bussmann (17-7, 3.32) got the win and POG pitching 7.2 scoreless innings. Moonshine Allen & John Skoropat finished out the game to complete the shutout. Both teams were held to 6 hits. Top batter was Sox SS Rex Seelinger who went 2 for 3. For us, Ray Kress and Luther Ormiston both went 1 for 3, 1BB. 8/4 CHI @ DET: WIN 7-6 Chicago had he sweep all but locked up until we exploded for 6 runs in the 9th. Bob Guilderson had his start interrupted by a rain delay. He gave up 3R (0ER) in 2.2IP. The win went to Mike Downey (9-2, 4.37) who pitched a scoreless finally two innings. Corky Stell started for the Sox giving up 1R in 4IP. The loss went to closer John Skoropat who gave up the final two runs via a Luther Ormiston bomb. Luther was named POG and went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. 8/5 DET @ CLE: loss 3-7 Billy Crowell (20-7, 3.07) gave up 7R in 4.2IP for the loss pitching with a strained tricep. George Bowers (5-5, 4.09) got POG giving up only 3R in a CG win. Top Indian batter was LF Bill Berry who wnet 2 for 3, 2R< 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL. For us, Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 2DBL. Rollin Fish hit a solo HR for his only hit of the game. 8/6 DET @ CLE: WIN 8-1 Hal Andrew (16-8, 3.52) gave up only 1R in a CG win and POG. George Kauffman (4-15, 6.06) was pulled after giving up 8R (7ER) in the first 2.1IP. Both teams were held to 5 hits... 2 errors proved very costly for Cleveland. Top CLE batter was Peter Cavalluzzo going 1 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz got tossed after arguing a strike 3 call in the 2nd. George Kauffman's losing streak reaches a career high 9 consecutive decisions. George is young and has better days ahead of him for sure. 8/7 DET @ CLE: WIN 3-2 Harley Melzer gave up 2R in 8IP, but this game went 11. The win went to Lloyd Wyman (7-3, 1.96) who struck out two and allowed no hits or walks in the 9th or 10th innings. Alex Footwangler (8.04, 6Sv) got the final two outs of the game for a save. Charley Nagel gave up 2R (0ER) in 8.1IP. But the loss went to Len Banty (1-5, 2.95). LF Bill Berry was top CLE batter going 3 for 4, 1BB, 2DBL. For us, Bud Moore got POG going 4 for 5, 1R, 2DBL. Rollin Fish jammed a finger and will be day2day for about a week. 8/9 DET @ CLE: WIN 4-3 Another 11 inning game... Bob Guilderson gave up only 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (8-3, 2.08) wins again despite giving up a run in 1.2 IP. Stan Levek (4.71, 5Sv) pitched a scoreless 11th for the save. Sloppy Mosich gave up 3R in 8.2IP. CLE closer Billy Hyberg (2-3. 3.40) pitched the final two innings but gave up the game winning run. Their top batter was 2B Dean Parente who went 1 for 3, 1R, 2BB. For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 3, 2RBI, 1DBL. John Degal played catcher and an inning at CF and went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. 8/10 DET @ BOS: WIN 6-4 Billy Crowell (21-7, 3.08) gets his first win in nearly three weeks giving up 4R (3ER) in 8IP. Stan Leveck pitched a scoreless 9th for the save. Whacker Roberts (15-8, 3.52) gave up 6R in 7.2IP for the loss. 2B Skeeter Schaldemose was the top BOS batter going 2 for 3, 1R, 2BB. For us, Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR, 1DBL for POG honors. Ray Kress also hit a 2R HR for his only hit of the day. 8/11 DET @ BOS: WIN 3-1 This game went 13 innings and there was an hour long 10th inning rain delay. Hal Andrew gets POG for giving up only 1R (0ER) in 8IP. The win eventually went to Alan Paule (3-3, 6.75) who pitched a scoreless 12th & 13th innings. Sonny Faulkner also pitched well giving up only 1R in 8IP. The loss went to Jo-Jo King (6-6, 4.39) who gave up 2 in the 13th. Top batter of the day was BOS 3B Tequila Allen who went 3 for 4, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 1 for 3, 1BB. We were held to 5 hits, but were helped out with 10 walks. Also, Boston committed 3 errors to our 2. 8/12 PHI @ DET: WIN 6-5 We're really racking up the extra inning wins... this one went 12. Harley Melzer gave up 4R in 7.1IP. But the win went to Stan Leveck (3-3, 4.50) despite the fact he gave up a run in the 12th. Luckily for him A's closer John Mora (2-4, 4.14) gave up 2 for in the bottom of the 12th. Top PHI hitters were LF Greg Morris (2 for 4, 3R, 2BB, 1DBL) and RF Peaches Badeau (2 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL). For us, Ray Kress got POG for going 2 for 6, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston also hit a solo shot on a 2 for 6 day. 8/13 PHI @ DET: WIN 9-2 Bob Guilderson (11-7, 4.72) pitched a great game giving up only 2R in a CG win. Harold Sundin (3-7, 5.82) gave up 7R in 6IP for the loss. SS Hal Breault hit a 2R HR on his only hit for the A's. Their RF Hershel Cooley went 2 for 4. For us, Bud Moore got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR. 8/14 PHI @ DET: loss 7-8 We scored 5 in the 8th for the lead, but them gave up 3 in the 9th for the loss. Billy Crowell gave up 5R in 8IP. The loss went to Mike Downey (9-3, 4.70) who was responsible for that 9th inning let down. Bob Stevens gave up 4R in 7IP. The win went to Don Vonkitzing (3-4, 4.85) for closing out the 8th. RF Peaches Badeau got POG for PHI for going 2 for 2, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR subbing in for Cal Williams. SS Ace Habermehl (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2SB) and 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 1TRPL) also hit well. For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 2R, 3BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. 8/15 PHI @ DET: WIN 6-2 Hal Andrew (17-8, 3.35) gave up 2R in a CG win and POG. He held PHI to 5 hits and 2 walks. Ken Malia (8-9, 4.16) gave up 6R (5ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Ace Habermehl was their top hitter going 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB, 1DBL. For us, David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI and Carlton Affee hit a 3R HR on his only hit of the day. STANDINGS 78-42, #1 overall, 12.5 games ahead of Boston, 9-4 in the last 13 BAD NEWS -Carl Sandoz (usually a .320+ hitter) is hitting a dismal .278. But hopefully, he's was just saving up for a strong finish for the year as he has done in the past. -So far, the move to bring up Degal has shown no progress. But maybe this ML experience will inspire him to have a much stronger spring training. GOOD NEWS -We gained a game in our AL lead. -We had a lot of extra inning games, but luckily, our Pen did a good job in holding on for some wins. -Hal Andrew had been on a 0-4, 5 game stretch, but then won 3 consecutive POG awards giving up only 4R in 3 games. Had to cut this update short as I'm having a real busy week. __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963 Last edited by m0ng00se; 11-15-2004 at 05:01 PM.

11-16-2004, 10:27 PM	#112
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	8/16 THRU 8/31 8/16 BOS @ DET: WIN 6-5 Harley Melzer gave up 5R in 8.2IP, but Mike Downey (10-3, 4.67) got the final out and the win as we score 2 in the 9th. Sonny Faulkner gave up 4R in 8IP but the loss went to Billy Hyberg (2-4, 3.46) who gave up the game winning run. Despite the loss, BOS 2B Skeeter Schaldemose got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR, 1SB. For us, Bud Moore went 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Tom Hoelscher filled in at SS and went 2 for 4, 1R, 1TRPL. 8/17 BOS @ DET: loss 4-8 Bob Guilderson (11-8, 4.85) gave up 8R (7ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Alter Sennelnekoff (7-2, 4.19) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. CF Al Arsenault got POG going 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. C Em Pelto also played well going 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rik the Greek Kaladimos went 2 for 4. John Degal hit a PH solo HR... it was the longest of his career (394'). We out hit Boston 15 to 8, but out errored them 2 to 1. 8/18 BOS @ DET: WIN 2-0 Billy Crowell (22-7, 3.05) got POG for a CG shutout. Cort "Muscles" Nagel also pitched well giving up only 5 hits and 2R in a CG loss. Cort also went 2 for 3 at the plate and his hitting .500 this year. Our top batter was Rollin Fish who went 2 for 4, 1R. Ray Kress hit a 2R HR with his only hit of the day. 8/19 DET @ StL: WIN 3-0 Hal Andrew pitched 8.2 shut out innings for POG, but this game went 11 innings. Mike Downey (11-3, 4.58) subbed for Hal and pitched 1.1 no hit innings. Lloyd Wyman (1.92, 14Sv) finished the 11 inning shutout by pitching a hitless 11th. Eugene Sprecher also had an awesome game allowing only 3 hits, 0 walks, 0 runs in 9IP. But Herman Curoe (1-8, 7.32) blew the hold. We scored all of our runs in the 11th compliments of a Ray Kress 3R HR... he went 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. We out hit StL 5 to 3. This was a nice pitchers dual until that 11th inning. 8/20 DET @ StL: WIN 11-6 Harley Melzer (9-5, 3.61) got the win despite giving up 6R in 7IP. Buster Davis (2-1, 3.33) got hammered early and was pulled after giving 8R (5 in the 1st) in 3IP. Top Browns hitter was Dale Thompson who went 3 for 5, 3R, 1RBI. For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 7RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Rollin Fish filled in at RF and hit a solo HR with his only hit. 8/21 DET @ StL: loss 2-4 Bob Guilderson (11-9, 4.84) only allowed 3 hits and 3 walks but unfortunately 4R in a CG loss. He was facing our nemesis Cotton Simson. Cotton (18-9, 2.72) allowed 2R in 8IP for the Win and POG. CF John Fahringer and 1B Vince Chipple both homered for StL with their only hits of the game. Our top batter was Ray Kress who went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL. 8/22 DET @ StL: WIN 5-3 Billy Crowell (23-7, 3.05) got the win giving up 3R in 9IP. Lloyd Wyman (15Sv, 1.89) finished out the 10th for a save. Paul Rivest gave up only 3R in 9IP, but Herman Curoe (1-9, 7.52) came in for relief and blew the hold. LF John Fahringer (3 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL) and 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 4, 1BB, 1SB) were the top Browns hitters. For us, Carl Sandoz got POG going 4 for 5, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. His double followed a PH double by John Degal. John's Double had knocked in the game winning run. Roxie Ligget filled in at 2B and went 2 for 3, 1R. 8/23 DET @ CHI: loss 0-2 Another pitchers dual. Hal Andrew (17-9, 3.20) gave up only 2R in a CG loss. Earl Boyd (6-11, 3.95) threw a 4 hit, 1 walk CG shutout for the win and POG honors. Top Sox batter was RF Stu Cripps (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 2DBL) and SS Rex Seelinger (2 for 3). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, but got no help. 8/24 DET @ CHI: loss 4-7 Harley Melzer (9-6, 3.62) only allowed 3 hits, but unfortunately 7 walks and 3R in 7IP for the loss. Stretch Bussmann (20-8, 3.33) pitched 8 shut out innings for the win and POG. John Skoropat gave up 4R in the 9th, but we were too far behind for that to matter. 1B Edward Rossi (3 for 5, 1R, 2EBI) and 2B Tony Seats (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR) were the top Sox batters. For us, the biggest highlight was yet another clutch PH effort for John Degal. This time a 2R HR. 8/25 DET @ CHI: loss 4-7 Swept in Chicago. Bob Guilderson (11-10, 4.92) had another rough game giving up 7R (6ER) in 7.1IP. Corky Stell (12-7, 3.24) gave up 3R in 7IP for the win. Sox 1B Edward Rossi was given POG for going 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Their RF Stu Cripps also hit well going 3 for 5, 2R, 1SB. For us, Bud Moore went 4 for 5, 1RBI. Rik the Greek went 2 for 3, 2BB. John Degal got a start at 3B. Matt Perly strained his shoulder on a throw and will be day to day for about a week. 8/26 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-3 Billy Crowell gave up 3R in the 9th, but then Mike Downey (12-3, 4.91) came in and finished the inning as well as pitching a scoreless 10th for a win. George Bowers had given up 3R in 8IP. But the loss went to Joe Koppenmeier who gave up 3R in the 10th compliments of a Luther Ormiston HR. 1B Albert Hippard was top hitter for CLE going 2 for 4, 1BB. For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R. David Castaneda and C John Degal both went 2 for 4. But of course, Luther Ormiston was POG for going 2 for 4, 2R, 5RBI, 1BB, 2HR. 8/27 CLE @ DET: WIN 11-2 Hal Andrew (18-9, 3.17) gave up 2R in 8.2IP for the win and POG. George Kauffman (6-18, 6.29) got the hook after giving up 8R (3ER) in 3.2IP... 3 errors early in the game were most responsible for their loss. CLE 1B Albert Hippard and 3B Emerson Meggs had identical stat lines (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR). For us, Rik the Greek went 3 for 5, 1R. Ray Kress hit a solo HR with his only hit of the day. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Hal Andrew hit a 2R TRPL with his only hit. 8/28 CLE @ DET: WIN 7-6 A 3rd inning hour long rain delay was a factor on this game. Harley Melzer pitched 4.2 shutout innings. Alex Footwangler (2-2, 7.89) got the win despite pitching a 1R 8th. Lloyd Wyman (16Sv, 1.86) pitched a scoreless 9th for a save. Charley Nagel gave up 3R in the first 2.2 IP before getting the hook. The loss went to Dee Trivett (0-3, 4.80) who gave up 2 runs without recording an out in the 8th. CLE 3B Emerson Meggs (3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1TPRL), RF Al Jackson (2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR) and CF William Morgan (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI) all hit well. For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 4 for 5, 3R, 1RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. 8/29 day off 8/30 CHI @ DET: WIN 1-0 Bob Guilderson (12-10, 4.74) got POG and the win pitching a CG shutout. Corky Stell (12-8, 3.10) pitched better than Bob, but gave up 1R in a CG loss. Top Sox batter was CF Homer Jewell who went 2 for 3, 1BB. For us, it was David Castaneda who went 2 for 3. The game winning run was knocked in by Bud Moore. 8/31 CHI @ DET: WIN 1-0 Billy Crowell pitched 5 scoreless innings giving up only 2hits and 2 walks for POG and the win. Alex Footwangler, Mike Downey, and Lloyd Wyman (17Sv, 1.82) combined completed the shutout. Johnny Gordley pitched 4 shutout innings, but Tim Knapp (0-1, 2.35) was unable to hold. Once again, an hour long rain delay was a factor. Both teams were held to 3 hits. Top batter for the day was Bud Moore who went 1 for 2, 1BB. STANDINGS 88-47, #1 overall, 14 games ahead of Boston in the AL, 10-5 in the last 15 BAD NEWS -Not really any bad news right off the top of my head... a few batters had a quiet month and our starters have missed out on some wins due to rain delays interrupting their starts. GOOD NEWS -Carl Sandoz kicked it into gear like I had hoped and got his average back up near .300. -We got most of our players back from injury. SEPTEMBER CALL UPS -Isaac Mitchell has been called up to provide depth in the OF -Steven Zucal has been called up to provide depth in the IF and give us a pinch runner that we very much need. HITTING THRU 8/31 Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG Code: R. Kress 131 463 152 24 5 35 113 121 117 51 .328 .463 .629 M. Perly 128 459 144 30 1 23 106 69 34 46 .314 .357 .534 L. Ormiston 129 472 148 36 3 34 120 111 98 54 .314 .429 .619 C. Sandoz 131 502 147 30 1 3 31 108 73 34 .293 .387 .375 C. Affee 129 510 145 13 7 9 62 85 53 35 .284 .354 .390 D. Castaneda 124 423 120 7 2 3 53 33 25 55 .284 .327 .331 B. Moore 120 411 115 27 2 15 88 58 67 44 .280 .380 .465 P. Murovic 69 102 28 5 0 1 15 17 13 8 .275 .350 .353 H. Melzer 29 70 19 6 0 0 7 6 1 18 .271 .282 .357 W. Cruce 48 48 13 2 0 0 6 9 4 2 .271 .333 .313 R. Fish 69 145 36 2 2 7 19 29 8 17 .248 .284 .434 R. Liggett 55 76 18 3 1 0 9 4 6 15 .237 .289 .303 I. Chennault 46 93 22 0 0 2 14 12 12 9 .237 .324 .301 R. Kaladimos 127 441 104 16 4 10 57 40 50 61 .236 .317 .358 J. Degal 44 104 24 2 0 2 7 13 11 12 .231 .310 .308 PITCHING THRU 8/31 Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Code: B. Crowell 35 35 24 7 0 3.00 275.2 278 106 92 61 76 H. Andrew 34 34 18 9 0 3.17 270.0 209 111 95 107 139 M. Downey 42 6 12 3 2 4.89 73.2 90 44 40 31 27 B. Guilderson 34 34 12 10 0 4.74 258.0 237 150 136 144 114 H. Melzer 29 26 9 6 0 3.54 196.0 144 81 77 116 105 L. Wyman 52 0 8 3 17 1.82 54.1 37 11 11 12 24 A. Paule 15 4 3 3 0 6.31 35.2 38 25 25 22 15 S. Leveck 36 0 3 3 6 4.13 28.1 27 14 13 11 8 A. Footwangler 27 0 2 2 6 7.24 32.1 45 27 26 14 13 W. Gajan 24 0 0 2 2 6.58 26.0 34 22 19 10 8 __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963

11-16-2004, 10:38 PM	#113
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	Sounds like a party is int he works. According to the majic number, you clinched the pennant sometime back in late August as the Sox and the Browns arent anywhere near you. So i've gotta ask, who are you looking more foreward to meeting in the finals.....the Phillies, or the Cards? __________________ PT21 PT22

11-16-2004, 10:48 PM	#114
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	I made the observation that I had swept the first three BOM awards and the first three POM awards and then didn't win one after. So, I'm not real eager to comment on a World Series possibility unless it is 100% clinched. Things look good, but ya never know. At least this gives me a reason to get my lazy butt out of bed on time tomorrow as I will be eager to see how things finish up. __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963

11-16-2004, 10:57 PM	#115
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	Both the Phillies and the Cardinals look strong. But, I think the Phillies are a bit more dangerous. They look like they've got a stronger set of starters as well as more power in their lineup. But that's just at a casual glance. I haven't had the time to really study either team. __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963

11-16-2004, 11:02 PM	#116
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	makes sense, they've also got momenteum on their side and this weird ass aura about them, its' like the Yankees of this generation IRL......they have this aura of that they can pull a RABBIT out of their ass and poof, instant winning streak. And Id' liek to think that my trade will offer some help too (but dont bet on it) __________________ PT21 PT22 Last edited by canadiancreed; 11-17-2004 at 12:14 AM.

11-17-2004, 05:53 PM	#118
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	9/1 THRU 9/25 9/1 CHI @ DET: WIN 2-1 We start the month with a 13 inning win. Hal Andrew got POG for giving up only 1R (0ER) in 9IP. The win went to Lloyd Wyman (9-3, 1.77) who held the tie for the final 1.2 innings. Earl Boyd also pitched well giving up only 1R in 8.2IP, but the loss went to John Skoropat (9-14, 5.63). Top Sox batter was 1B Edward Rossi who went 2 for 5, 1R. For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5. 9/2 day off 9/3 DET @ WSH: WIN 9-7 Harley Melzer gave up 6R in 6.2IP. Alex Footwangler (3-2, 7.16) closed out the 7th for the win. Lloyd Wyman (18Sv, 1.89) got the save despite giving up a run in the 9th. Van Melbourn gave up 6R in 6IP but the loss went to Robbie Trahan (2-4, 4.43) for giving up 3R (2ER) in the 8th. LF Gordon Grosvenor hit a solo HR with his only hit and 3B Jungle Jim Dunkel hit 2 of them on a 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB day. For us, Rik the Greek Kaladimos got POG for going 2 for 3, 3RBI, 1DBL. Bud Moore went 3 for 5, 2R. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. 9/4 DET @ WSH: loss 3-14 Alan Paule (3-4, 7.36) got a chance go start and got hammered for 8R in 4.2IP. Red Finley (17-9, 2.55) got a CG win giving up 3R. Just about every WSH batter was hot today. C Robert Reed got POG going 3 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. For us, top batter was Ray Kress going 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. 9/5 DET @ WSH: loss 3-4 Billy Crowell gave up 4R (2ER) in a CG loss. Raul Velazquez gave up 3R in 7.2IP for POG honors. Cecil Frye (3-4, 5.01) relieved him to complete the 8th for the win. CF Peter Overton was top WSH batter going 2 for 4. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R. Luther Ormiston hit a 2R HR with his only hit. 9/6 DET @ PHI: WIN 6-1 Hal Andrew (19-9, 3.00) gave up only 1R and 4 hits for a CG win and POG. Ellis Weeks (5-8, 4.78) got the loss giving up 6R in 6.2IP. A solo HR from Greg Morris was the biggest A's highlight. For us, Luther Ormiston wetn 2 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. David Castaneda went 2 for 4. 9/7 DET @ PHI: WIN 9-1 Harley Melzer (10-6, 3.53) gave up only 1R (0ER) and 4 hits in a CG win. Denton Stuer (0-5, 6.31) had a 1 run game going into the 8th, but then gave up 8R in the finally two innings for the loss. SS Ace Habermehl was the to A's batter going 1 for 3, 1BB. For us, Bud Moore got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 6RBI, 1GrandSlam. Rik the Greek went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SB. 9/8 DET @ PHI: WIN 6-4 Another extra inning win, this one went into the 14th before a solo HR by Matt Perly and a Triple RBI by David Castaneda gave us the final lead. Bob Guilderson gave up 4R (3ER) in 9.1IP. Stan Leveck (4-3, 4.45) got the win for pitching a hitless 13th. Alex Footwangler (7Sv, 7.20) pitched a hitless 14th for the save. Ken Malia pitched the first 7 for PHI giving up 4R. The loss went to ex-Tiger Steven Brown (2-3, 3.38) who has lost a couple to us this year after being grabbed from us off waivers. 9/9 day off 9/10 CLE @ DET: WIN 7-6 Billy Crowell gave up 6R (4ER) in a CG win. George Kauffman gave up 4R in 7IP, but the loss went to closer Frank Depratti who gave up 2R compliments of a 9th inning 2RBI double by Ray Kress. Top CLE batters were CF William Morgan (3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI) and 2B Craig Buchannan (2 for 3). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR. Bud Moore hit a solo HR with his only hit. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 3RBI, 1DBL. Rik the Greek went 2 for 4. 9/11 CLE @ DET: WIN 1-0 Hal Andrew (20-9, 2.91) was awesome pitching a 2 hit CG shut out for the win and POG. Charley Nagel (7-9, 3.49) only gave up 4 hits and 1R in a CG loss. Top batter of the day was Luther Ormiston going 1 for 3, 1BB. The only run of the game was Rollin Fish who was knocked in with a Double by Carl Sandoz. 9/12 CLE @ DET: loss 7-10 Harley Melzer gave up 5R in 7.1IP. The loss went to Lloyd Wyman (9-4, 2.28) who blew the hold in the 9th. Howie Leosh (5-5, 3.04) gave up 7R in 6.1IP, but the win went to Len Banty for pitching a hitless 8th. CLE LF Bill Berry got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1HR. 3B Emerson Meggs (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB) and C Ted Varner (3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL) also hit well. For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2R. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 2RBI, 2DBL. 9/13 DET @ BOS: WIN 3-1 Bob Guilderson (13-10, 4.58) gave up only 1R in 8IP for the win. Lloyd Wyman (19Sv, 2.25) closed out the 9th for a save. Eric Williams (5-3, 2.48) went the distance but gave up 3R for a loss. C Em Pelto was the top Sox hitter going 2 for 3. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 2DBL. Luther Ormiston hit a solo HR on his only hit. 9/14 DET @ BOS: loss 4-6 Billy Crowell (25-9) gave up 6R in 7IP for the loss. Sloppy Mosich (19-10, 3.38) got the win givng up 4R in 7IP. 2B Skeeter Schaldemose got POG going 4 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, 1TRPL. For us, David Castaneda went 2 for 3 but was hurt his arm making a throw. He'll be day2day for a week or two. 9/15 DET @ BOS: WIN 4-3 Hal Andrew (21-9, 2.92) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Stan Leveck (7Sv, 4.19) pitched a scoreless 9th for a save. Cort Nagel (5-4, 2.52) gave up 4R in 7.1IP for the loss. Top Sox batter was SS Rusky Lutske who went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI. For us, POG went to Ray Kress for going 3 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 1TRPL, 2HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1BB, 2DBL. 9/16 day off 9/17 DET @ CHI: WIN 8-7 Harley Melzer (11-6, 3.73) got the win despite giving up 7R in 8IP. Mike Downey (3Sv, 4.64) got the save for pitching a scoreless 9th. Stretch Bussmann had only given up only 2R in 7IP. But then we hammered Moonshine Allen (1-6, 5.33) for 5R in the 8th. CF Homer Jewell (3 for 4, 2R< 1RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL), 2B Tony Seats (2 for 4, 2R), SS Rex Seelinger (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL) all hit well for the Sox. For us, Carlton Affee going POG going 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 2DBL. Bud Moore went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Harley Melzer went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI. 9/18 DET @ CHI: WIN 3-1 Bob Guilderson (14-10, 4.45) got the win and POG pitching 8 shutout innings. He only allowed 3 hits. Corky Stell (14-10, 3.26) gave up 3R in 8IP for the loss. LF Chester Munch went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL for the Sox. For us, Tom Hoelscher went 2 for 4. 9/19 DET @ CHI: loss 2-7 Billy Crowell (25-10, 3.22) gave up 7R (6ER) in a CG loss. Johnny Gordley (13-17) gave up only 2R in a CG POG win. CF Homer Jewell (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI), SS Rex Seelinger (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 2DBL) and 3B Donald Medart (2 for 4) were top Sox batters. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R< 2RBI, 1HR. John Degal went 2 for 3, 1BB filling in at catcher. 9/20 StL @ DET: WIN 7-3 Hal Andrew (22-9, 2.93) got the win giving up 3R in 8.2IP. Alan Paule (1Sv, 7.30) got the last out of the game for a save. Cotton Simson (23-11, 2.50) pitched fairly well until the 8th where we slammed him with a 5 run inning. He gave up 7R in a CG loss. 2B Dale Thompsonwas the top StL batter going 2 for 4, 1RBI. For us, Carl Sandoz went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Pete Murovic hit a pinch hit grand slam earning him POG honors. Ray Kress set the AL single season record with 133 runs. Billy Simson set the AL record for games started with 42. 9/21 StL @ DET: WIN 9-4 Harley Melzer (12-6, 3.74) got a CG win giving up 4R. Eugene Sprecher (16-18, 4.44) had a rough start giving up 9R in 5.2IP. CF Cy Helbig (3 for 4, 2R, 1DBL), C Frank Bowers (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR), and 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) all hit well for StL. For us, Wally Cruce got POG filling in at 1B going 2 for 4, 4RBI. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB. SP Harely Melzer went 2 for 4, 2R and will finish the season hitting .291. 9/22 StL @ DET: WIN 11-4 Bob Guilderson (15-10, 4.43) gave up 4R in a CG win. Buster Davis (5-4, 4.64) gave up 9R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top batter for StL was Frankie Bowers going 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 7RBI, 2HR. Bud Moore hit a 2R HR with his only hit. Steven Zucal filled in at SS and hit a solo HR. FINAL STANDINGS 102-52, #1 overall, 14-5 in September BAD NEWS -Billy Crowell has picked a bad time to go into a funk.. 1-3 in his last 4 and that 1 win was due to a ton of run support - not because he pitched well. Hopefully, he'll get pumped up for the World Series. -Harley Melzer has also been a bit inconsistant lately while Bob Guilderson has been fairly solid. I'm not 100% sure who deserves the spot. Harley is a much better hitter, he hold runners better and is due for a hot streak on the mound. But Bob has looked good lately. I'm leaning towards going with Harley and making Bob the #1 setup guy. GOOD NEWS -102 wins and a World Series appearance. -Our active roster is 100% heathy. -Ray Kress finished the month (and the year - 146 games) without a single error in LF -Ray Kress was named Player of the Week on 9/16 for hitting .462 in 26 AB, with 2 HR and 8 RBI. -Luther Ormiston finshed the month with a lot of heavy hitting and will hopefully ride that momentum in the Series. -Hal Andrew has been awsome this month. He went 4-0 in 5 starts and gave up no earned runs in that one non-decision. In the last 10 games, he's gotten 7 POG awards. With as hot as he has been, I gotta consider him for the ace spot going into the World Series. FINAL BATTING STATS Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG Code: R. Kress 150 529 176 27 6 39 126 137 131 54 .333 .463 .628 L. Ormiston 148 537 167 42 4 39 140 127 112 62 .311 .427 .622 M. Perly 147 530 164 37 1 27 121 82 43 52 .309 .357 .536 C. Sandoz 150 579 171 36 1 3 36 120 78 37 .295 .383 .377 P. Murovic 79 113 33 6 0 2 21 18 16 8 .292 .374 .398 H. Melzer 34 86 25 7 0 0 9 11 1 21 .291 .299 .372 D. Castaneda 138 476 136 8 3 3 56 36 27 58 .286 .327 .334 C. Affee 144 566 158 18 7 9 68 92 56 40 .279 .347 .383 B. Moore 136 477 132 29 2 18 100 65 72 50 .277 .371 .459 W. Cruce 57 59 15 2 0 0 10 9 4 2 .254 .308 .288 R. Liggett 60 82 20 3 1 0 10 5 6 15 .244 .292 .305 R. Fish 79 170 41 2 2 7 19 38 11 19 .241 .284 .400 I. Chennault 48 96 23 0 0 2 14 12 12 9 .240 .324 .302 R. Kaladimos 145 501 115 18 4 10 62 44 56 70 .230 .310 .341 J. Degal 50 122 28 2 0 2 10 14 13 14 .230 .307 .295 H. Andrew 39 108 24 5 1 0 6 14 11 18 .222 .294 .287 T. Hoelscher 89 102 18 4 2 2 9 20 9 9 .176 .241 .314 I. Mitchell 6 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .231 .167 S. Zucal 9 13 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .154 .154 .385 FINAL PITCHING STATS Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Code: B. Crowell 39 39 25 10 0 3.22 307.2 322 129 110 67 88 H. Andrew 39 39 22 9 0 2.93 313.2 231 119 102 124 161 B. Guilderson 38 38 15 10 0 4.43 292.1 264 159 144 159 131 M. Downey 47 6 12 3 3 4.64 77.2 93 44 40 33 28 H. Melzer 34 31 12 6 0 3.74 236.0 180 104 98 131 131 L. Wyman 58 0 9 4 19 2.37 60.2 46 16 16 16 27 S. Leveck 43 0 4 3 7 4.15 34.2 32 17 16 13 13 A. Footwangler 30 0 3 2 7 7.20 35.0 48 29 28 15 13 A. Paule 17 5 3 4 1 7.30 40.2 45 33 33 27 17 W. Gajan 26 0 0 2 2 7.16 27.2 38 25 22 10 8 __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963 Last edited by m0ng00se; 11-17-2004 at 08:40 PM.

11-17-2004, 09:12 PM	#119
Carlton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,765	Just like to say good luck Goose I am analyzing your team right now... Pitching strategy seems to be moot, since I am sure this will be one of the highest scoring WS of all time... Here is a little side bet for you and I Who will hit more HRs? Arrendale, Misisca, Rauch or Kress, Ormiston and Perly? and whose your 3rd starter? Melzer, Gulderson or Downey for the payback factor? __________________ "I am at that stage of my life where I keep myself out of arguments. I am 100% self sufficient spiritually, emotionally & financially. Even if you say 1+1=5, you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Enjoy!"

11-17-2004, 09:19 PM	#120
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	Geeze I just realized that your heart of the order has more home runs than my entire team! holy crap! __________________ PT21 PT22