An American Reporter in Paris

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The Paris Swingers continue to impress with series win over a competitive Boise Parrots team and now head to West Palm Beach to play the Dinos.

Game #19 - Paris Swingers 1 Boise Parrots 1

WP - Ben DeMott (1-0)
LP - Gary Gentry (2-2)

Star of Game - Sean Douglass (7 IP, 6 hits, 0 ER 3 K's)

No Homers

Recap - Jack Dawson delivers the walk off single plating home Gail Hopkins to send the fans home happy on the Champs. Douglass continues to make Paris scouting look very good with solid outings. Patrick Corbin started for Boise and was super sharp pitching 6 scoreless innings. Byron Buxton and Dawson each collected 2 hits for Paris in the win. Gene Clines had 2 of the 6 hits for Boise


Game #20 - Paris Swingers 7 Boise Parrots 2

WP - Joel Collins (1-2)
LP - Carl Pavano (1-1)

Star of Game - Steve Evans (3-4, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (3), Steve Evans (3), Tony Piet (5), Byron Buxton (5)

Recap - Paris had a 4-0 lead after 3 innings and never trailed. Collins was adequate giving up 2 runs in 5 innings. John Stuper pitched 3 2/3 of scoreless relief. All 7 of Paris' runs were off of Pavano who looked horrible. Evans drove in 3 runs and McVey had 2 as well. Jonathan Schoop had 2 hits for Boise in the loss. Evans has 12 RBI's in 23 at bats, his career is off to a flying start.


Game #21 - Boise Parrots 11 Paris Swingers 4

WP - George Davies (2-1)
LP - Ernesto Cancino (0-1)

Star of Game - John Briggs (3-4 HR, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Boise - John Briggs (5), Jose Macias (1), Ty Wigginton (2)


Recap - Lee Richmond had to go to the IL so we have Cancino back and he is just bad. Cancino gave up 8 runs in 2 1/3 innings. Just a shortage of starting pitching which makes him the 6th man. Davies only gave up 1 runs in 5 2/3 innings. Besides Briggs, Javier Valentin had 3 hits and 2 RBI's. Richie Ashburn and Harlond Clift had 2 hits each and Cal McVey and Gail Hopkins had 2 RBI's each in the loss.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 13-8 and in first in the NL World Division leading the surprising Baghdad Sultans by 1 game.

Looking Ahead - Paris heads to Mar a Lago to play the West Palm Beach Dinos who are 12-9 and tied for 3rd place in the NL Tropical division with the Cozumel Scouts and trail first place Key West Condors by 2 games.


Transactions - Shuttled back and forth between Adam Pettyjohn and John Stuper, and now Pettyjohn is back up. Bobby Kielty was activated from IL and now will rehab, may be hard to get back into the lineup. Lee Richmond was put on the IL and that is how Ernesto Cancino ended up back in the city of lights.

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The Paris Swingers continue to show promise with another series win on the road, winning 2 out of 3 games from West Palm Beach. The pitching has actually been the surprise so far this year

Game #22 - West Palm Beach Dinos 6 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Roscoe Miller (3-1)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (3-1)
Save - Jeff Karstens (2)

Star of Game - Mike Lanning (2-4, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
West Palm Beach - Mike Lanning (2)

Recap - Paris got 2 in the first inning but West Palm countered with 3 in the 3rd and held on. Miller gave up 2 runs in 5 innings and West Palm's pen held Paris scoreless the rest of the way. Gogolewski gave up 3 unearned runs and lowered his ERA to 1.29 in the loss. MIchael Tejera gave up the 2 run shot later to Lanning. John Mabry and Dave Concepcion both had 2 hits each. Amos Booth had 3 of the 9 Paris hits, Tony Piet drove in 2 more runs.


Paris #23 - Paris Swingers 10 West Palm Beach Dinos 0

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (4-0)
LP - Zach Eflin (1-1)

Star of Game - Harlond Clift (2-3, 2 HR's, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Richie Ashburn (1), Byron Buxton (6), Harlond Clift (7,8)


Recap - It was 4-0 and Paris tacked on 6 runs in the 9th to make it seem more lopsided than it was. Ashburn hits his first major league homer. Thormodsgard pitched 8 2/3 innings and almost had the shutout and now has an ERA of 1.74. Eflin gave up 4 runs in 5 innings, Paris got to Steve Mingori and Jeff Karstens in that ninth inning. Buxton hit a 3 run homer and Clift scored 3 runs. Christian Yelich, Freedie Freeman and Andy Leonard has 2 hits each accounting for 6 of the 7 West Palm Hits


Game #24 - Paris Swingers 5 West Palm Beach Dinos 2

WP - Sean Douglass (2-1)
LP - Trevor Cahill (2-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (3)

Star of Game - Freddie Freeman (3-3, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (4), Byron Buxton (7)


Recap - Paris had the 5-1 lead in the 6th and held it with DeMott getting the save. Douglass allowed just 1 run in 5 innings and John Stuper gave up a run in relief. Paris had 10 hits off of Cahill in 5 innings which amounted to 4 runs. Seven of the 9 paris batters had 2 hits each and the only guys held hitless were Tony Piet and Jack Dawson. Buxton homered and scored twice. Freeman had 3 hits and John Mabry had 2 for the losing Dinos.


Standing - Paris Swingers remain in first in the NL World Division with a 2 game lead over the Baghdad Sultans

Looking Ahead - The Winnipeg Wolf Pack are coming to town with a strong 16-8 record in 5th place in the NL Midwest trailing the first place Oklahoma City Colts by 4 games. The Paris heads to Arizona to play the expansion Sedona Mules.

Transactions - Adam Pettyjohn was back to the show and John Stuper got sent down. Bobby Kielty was activated which puts BJ Vogt in a position of designation for reassignment.

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The Winnipeg Wolf Pack came to town and took 2 out of 3 games which was kind of expected, now Paris heads to Sedona for an odd major league baseball series.

Game #25 - Winnipeg Wolf Pack 4 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Walden Schmidt (2-2)
LP - Joel Collins (1-3)
Save - Glenn Tillbrook (1)

Star of Game - Walden Schmidt (7 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 7 K's)

Homers - None


Recap - Winnipeg had the early 4-0 lead as they got to Collins and tech billionaire Schmidt was in cruise control most of the game. Squeeze frontman Tillbrook got his first save with Winnipeg after many years with the San Juan Storm. Paris did get 5 scoreless innings from the bullpen including 2 from Glen Hobbie. Count Campau was the offensive star for Winnipeg with 3 hits and 2 RBI's. Joltin Joe Dimaggio and Ian Kinsler contributed 2 hits apiece. Jack Dawson drove in the lone Paris run.


Game #26 - Winnipeg Wolf Pack 4 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Pete Alexander (2-1)
LP - Don Ferrarese (1-1)
Save - Don Bessent (1)

Star of Game - Pete Alexander (6 IP, 5 hits, 3 ER, 3 K's)

Homers
Winnipeg - DeAndre Ayton (8), Dustin Ackley (3)
Paris - Cal McVey (5), Gene Baker (2)

Recap - Winnipeg scored 3 in the first and Paris rallied to tie it with runs in each of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings. Ackley's homer in the 7th was the deciding factor. Alexander had a solid outing for Winnipeg and the pen of Jake Arrieta, Glenn Tillbrook and Bessent slammed the door on Paris. Ernesto Cancino started and surrendered 3 runs in 5 1/3 innings and Ackley homered off the rookie Ferrarese. NBA center Ayton hit the 3 run blast in the first inning and Joe DiMaggio had 2 of the 5 Winnipeg hits. Jack Dawson had a 2 hit game for Paris


Game #27 - Paris Swingers 8 Winnipeg Wolf Pack 5

WP - Ben Demott (2-0)
LP - Iggy Pop (2-1)

Star of Game - Cal McVey (3-5, 2 HR's, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Winnipeg - Laynce Nix (4), Count Campau (3)
Paris - Cal McVey (6,7), Richie Ashburn (2), Tony Piet (6)

Recap - McVey drills the 3 run walk off homer off of Stooges frontman Pop. Bill Gogolewski starts and pitches 6 innings and gives up 3 runs. Marius Russo started for Winnipeg and gave up 3 runs in 6 runnings as well. Ashburn drove in 2 runs and Steve Evans had 2 hits for Paris in the win. Nix has 2 hits and 2 RBI's for losing Winnipeg


Standing - Paris is 16-11 and in first place the NL World division with a 2 game lead over the Baghdad Sultans

Looking Ahead - Paris travels to play the Sedona Mules who are 12-15 and in 10th place in the NL Pacific. Paris then comes home to host the Allentown Chiefs.

Transactions - Lee Richmond was activated from the IL and Ernesto Cancino was designated for reassignment

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The Paris Swingers went to the mystical town of Sedona with hopes of a lot of runs and wins, but only took 2 out of 3 games and struggled in this one.

Game #28 - Paris Swingers 4 Sedona Mules 3 (10 Innings)

WP - Glen Hobbie (2-0)
LP - Bobby Parnell (0-1)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (6 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Steve Evans (4)


Recap - Paris wins game in top of the 10th as Byron Buxton hit a sacrifice fly to plate home Gail Hopkins. Paris tied game up in the 8th with Evans homer off of Sedona reliever Fred Lasher. Thormodsgard was tough again and maintains a 1.95 ERA. Veteran Dave Foutz started for Sedona but was lifted in the 5th inning and allowed 2 runs. Harlond Clift and Hopkins each had 3 hits for Paris in the win. Colby Rasmus and Carmelo Martinez had 2 hit games for losing Sedona


Game #29 - Sedona Mules 5 Paris Swingers 0

WP -Vic Lombardi (2-0)
LP - Lee Richmond (0-1)

Star of Game - Vic Lombardi (8 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER, 2 K's)

Homers
Sedona - Colby Rasmus (6)

Recap - Lombardi pitched to contact and shut down Paris for 8 innings on 85 pitches before giving way to Ben Cardoni. Richmond returns from the IL and gave up 4 runs in 6 innings. Rasmus hit the 3 run homer to expand the 1-0 lead and knock Richmond out. Paris had just 3 hits all game and were blindsided by Lombardi's performance. Lombardi has bounced around the league and won 10 games back in 2019 for the San Diego Padres. He was even waived this year by the St Cloud Muskies.


Game #30 - Paris Swingers 4 Sedona Mules 3

WP - Rudy Hernandez (2-0)
LP - Bobby Parnell (0-2)
Save - Ben DeMott (4)

Star of Game - Cole deVries (6 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 5 K's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (9)

Recap - Paris wins with 2 in the 9th and made Parnell a 2 time loser in the series. This time more dramatic as Clift hit a 2 run shot off of Parnell. Sean Douglass started and pitched good for 4 2/3 innings but tapped out at 98 pitches. Michael Tejera gave up 2 runs to give Sedona the 3-2 lead. deVries started and looked uncharacteristically sharp for the Mules. Gail Hopkins and Cal McVey each had 2 hits for Paris. Dave Foutz is still a 2 way player and had 3 hits for losing Sedona


Standing - Paris Swingers remain in first place in the NL World with 18-12 record and 2 game lead over the 2nd place Baghdad Sultans

Looking Ahead - Paris heads home to host the Allentown Chiefs. Allentown is 11-19 and in 9th place in the NL Atlantic then Paris heads to Corpus Christi to play the Blue Hens.


Transactions - Ernesto Cancino and BJ Vogt cleared waivers and reported to Amarillo.

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The Paris Swingers gave the hometown fans reasons to celebrate with a sweep of the Allentown Chiefs and an expanded lead in first place as they had to Corpus Christi.

Game #31 - Paris Swingers 5 Allentown Chiefs 4

WP - Adam Pettyjohn (2-0)
LP - Juan Eichelberger (2-1)

Star of Game - Harlond Clift (3-5, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Allentown - Jack Doyle (2), Goody Rosen (3)
Paris - Harlond Clift (10), Cal McVey (8)

Recap - Another walk off win as Clift singled home Richie Ashburn with the winning room. Paris trailed 4-3 going into the bottom of the 9th and McVey's homer tied it and then Clift won it with the wining hit off of John Clarkson. Joel Collins started pitched 6 innings and gave up 10 hits and 4 runs. Veteran Tony Armas Jr looked great with 5 innings of 1 run ball for Allentown and had 7 K's. Amos Booth started behind the plate and had 2 hits. Doyle had 3 hits and Adam LaRoche and Tucker Ashford had 2 each as Allentown's 12 hits did not get the job done


Game #32 - Paris Swingers 2 Allentown Chiefs 0

WP - Bill Gogolewski (4-1)
LP - Asa Brainard (1-1)
Save - Rudy Hernandez (2)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (8 IP, 4 hits, 0 ER 7 K's)

Homers
Paris - Tony Piet (7), Harlond Clift (11)


Recap - Gogolewski is pitching great as he nearly got the shutout and now has an ERA of 1.50. Piet continues to hit well 27 RBI's and a .315 average. Brainard was tough as well giving up 2 solo homers in 7 1/3 innings. Paris only had 3 hits for the game but won the game. Adam LaRoche had 2 of the 4 Allentown hits.


Game #33 - Paris Swingers 11 Allentown Chiefs 7

WP - Glen Hobbie (3-0)
LP - Jesse Foppert (0-4)

Star of Game - Richie Ashburn (1-3, 3 runs scored 2 run homer)

Homers
Allentown - Ed Daily (2), Ray Blades (3), Billy Shindle (3)
Paris - Richie Ashburn (1)

Recap - Paris had the lead 8-1 after 3 innings and held on as Ashburn's first major league homer was key. Paul Thormodsgard started and was pulled in the 5th inning and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits. Hobbie is 3-0 out of the pen despite a 5.40 ERA. Foppert surrendered 8 runs in 2 2/3 innings and had an early shower. Cal McVey had 3 hits and 4 RBI's while Doc Lavan and Ashburn drove in 2 runs each. Blades drove in 3 runs and Daily 2 for Allentown in the loss

Standing - Paris Swingers are 21-12 and in first place in the NL World division with a 3 game leads over the Baghdad Sultans

Looking Ahead - Paris travels to the Lone Star State to play the Corpus Christi Blue Hens. Corpus is 14-19 and in 11th place in the NL West. Then Paris heads home to play the Nashua Fire Dogs.

Transactions - None

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The Paris Swingers go to Corpus Christi and sweep them on the road and improve their first place standing in the NL World Division

Game #34 - Paris Swingers 3 Corpus Christi Blue Hens 1

WP - Rudy Hernandez (3-0)
LP - Jhoulys Chacin (1-2)
Save - Ben DeMott (5)

Star of Game - Lee Richmond (7 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's)

Homers - None

Recap - Paris scores 2 runs in the top of the 9th to win the game as Titanic survivor Jack Dawson had a 2 run single. Richmond continues to look like a great acquisition. Charlie Knepper started for Corpus Christi and pitched 4 innings and allowed just 1 run. Paris won the game just garnering 4 hits on the day. David Bote and Sam Horn each collected 2 hits for Corpus Christi in the loss.


Game #35 - Paris Swingers 4 Corpus Christi Blue Hens 3 (11 innings)

WP - Ben DeMott (3-0)
LP - Jhan Marinez (2-1)

Star of Game - Cal McVey (3-5, 2 homers)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (9,10), Gene Baker (3)


Recap - McVey hits the go ahead homer in the 11 inning to give Paris the dramatic win. Sean Douglass started for Paris lasted 4 innings and only gave up one run. Glen Hobbie was sharp with 2 scoreless relief innings. Brad Lincoln pitched 5 2/3 innings for Corpus Christi and allowed just 2 runs. Steve Evans had 2 hits to go along with McVey's heroics. Pete Castiglione had 2 of the 10 Corpus Christi hits


Game #36 - Paris Swingers 7 Corpus Christi Blue Hens 5

WP - Joel Collins (2-3)
LP - Juan Cisneros (0-3)
Save - Rudy Hernandez (3)

Star of Game - Joel Collins (6 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's)

Homers
Paris - Byron Buxton (8), Jack Dawson (4), Harlond Clift (12)
Corpus Christi - Jocko Halligan (8)

Recap - Paris had a 7-1 lead into the 8th and held on for the 7-5 win. Don Ferrarese and Adam Pettyjohn each surrendered 2 runs each in that 8th inning but Hernandez slammed the door after Collins had a solid outing. Paris got 5 runs in 5 innings off a typically weak Cisneros. Buxton and Dawson drove in 2 runs each for the Paris offense. Owen Friend had a 3 hit performance for Corpus Christi in the loss


Standing - Paris Swingers are 24-12 and in first place in the NL World Division leading the Baghdad Sultans by 4 games

Looking Ahead - Paris comes home to play the Santa Fe Impact. Santa Fe is doing decently this year at 19-17 and in 7th place in the NL West. Then Paris heads to Nashua, New Hampshire to play the Fire Dogs.


Transactions - None

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The Paris Swingers win 2 out of 3 games at home from Santa Fe and head off to New Hampshire to play the Nashua Fire Dogs.

Game #37 - Santa Fe Impact 6 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Sidney Fife (2-1)
LP -- Bill Gogolewski (4-2)
Save - Brian Fisher (11)

Star of Game - Sidney Fire (7 IP, 1 ER 3 hits, 3 K's)

Homers
Paris - Steve Evans (5)


Recap - Not a good start to the series as the rude Rush fan who crashes open houses (Fife) dominated the Paris lineup by pitching to contact. Gogolewski gave up 4 runs in 5 innings and there was no catching up as it was 6-0 in the 7th inning. Roid head rookie Barry Bonds drove in 2 runs for the winners and Parisian hitman and veteran Vincent Vega also had 2 RBI's. Tony Piet had 2 of the 5 Paris hits.


Game #38 - Paris Swingers 4 Santa Fe Impact 1

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (5-0)
LP - Andy Messersmith (3-4)
Save - Ben DeMott (6)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (5 IP, 5 hits, 0 ER 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Scott Evans (6), Jack Dawson (5)

Recap - Thormodsgard has developed into a bona fide starter and Paris' faithfulness has paid off. Paris bullpen pitched 4 scoreless innings. Messersmith was effective for Santa Fe and allowed 3 runs in 6 innings. Dawson had 2 hits and 2 RBI's while Richie Ashburn and Evans had 2 hits apiece. Tracy Jones went 4 for 4 for Santa Fe in the loss, which were 4 of the 6 hits for Santa Fe


Game #39 - Paris Swingers 6 Santa Fe Impact 0

WP - Lee Richmond (1-1)
LP - Larry McWilliams (3-3)

Star of Game - Lee Richmond (7 1/3 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER, 8 K's)

Homers - None

Recap - Richmond was stellar and finally gets his first win despite a solid 2.61 ERA. McWilliams only allowed 1 earned run in 5 innings as Paris did their damage against Pedro Baez and Dave Wickersham in relief. Steve Evans remains hot with 2 hits and 2 RBI's and Doc Lavan had 2 hits for the winning squad. Tracy Jones had both of the hits for Santa Fe which gave him 6 of the team's 8 hits in the final 2 games of this series.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 26-13 and in first place in the NL World Division leading the 2nd place Baghdad Sultans by 6 games.


Looking Ahead - Paris travels to play the Nashua Fire Dogs who are 16-23 and improved this year as they are tied for 10th place in the NL East with the Amagansett Assassins. Then Paris will be challenged with the Colorado Rockies coming to town.

Transactions - None

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The Paris Swingers continue to win their series taking 2 out of 3 games against the Nashua Fire Dogs at home and now head home for a more challenging series against the Colorado Rockies.

Game #40 - Paris Swingers 12 Nashua Fire Dogs 8 (12 innings)

WP - Adam Pettyjohn (3-0)
LP - Hector Carrasco (0-2)

Star of Game - Ryan Goins (2-4, 2 HR 5 RBI's)

Homers
Nashua - Ryan Goins (2,3), Tip O'Neill (4)

Recap - Paris broke the 7-7 tie in the 12th inning with 5 runs which was catalyzed by Doc Lavan's RBI single. Carrasco gave up 5 runs in the 12th for Nashua as Pettyjohn is 3-0 with a 8.49 ERA. Sean Douglass started and went 5 innings and gave up 3 runs. David Hernandez started for Nashua and got lit up for 5 runs in 3 innings. Steve Evans drove in 3 runs while Amos Booth had 3 hits in the win. Germany Schaefer added 3 hits for Nashua.


Game #41 - Nashua Fire Dogs 5 Paris Swingers 0

WP - Bob Grim (7-1)
LP - Joel Collins (2-4)

Star of Game - Bob Grim (8.1 IP, 4 hits, 0 ER 7 K's)

Homers
Nashua - Tip O'Neill (5), Tom Egan (3)

Recap - Grim was tough all game and was 6-17 last year so he is developing fast as the Nashua ace. Collins was horrible and gave up the 5 runs in 3 2/3 innings, solid shutout work from Don Ferrarese, Fautino de los Santos and Rudy Hernandez the rest of the way. O'Neill had the 3 run blast and Alexi Casilla had 3 hits for Nashua in the game. Paris only could get 4 hits all game


Game #42 - Paris Swingers 15 Nashua Fire Dogs 3

WP - Bill Gogolewski (5-2)
LP - Isaiah Thomas (2-4)

Star of Game - Jack Dawson (3-5, HR 6 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (11), Jack Dawson (6), Bobby Kielty (1)
Nashua - Mike Lowell (6), Tom Haller (11)

Recap - This wasn't close although a bench clearing brawl broke out as Pistons hall of famer Thomas threw at Steve Evans and Evans charged the mound, now Evans is suspended 4 games while they gave Thomas 6 games. Thomas threw at Evans after Cal McVey homered. Gogolewski pitched 5 innings and gave up 3 runs. John Stuper was solid with 2 scoreless relief innings. Thomas and the whole Nashua staff got battered by the Paris bats. Dawson drove in 6 runs while rookie Byron Buxton drove in 3. McVey and Tony Piet each had 3 hits for the winning Paris squad. Shane Victorino and Alexi Casilla each had 2 hits for Nashua.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 28-14 in first place in the NL World Division leading the 2nd place Baghdad Sultans 7 seven games.

Looking Ahead - The Colorado Rockies come to Paris to play a series with a 27-15 record which places them in 2nd place in the NL West tied with the Arizona Diamondbacks trailing the first place Las Vegas Snake Eyes by 5 games. Then Paris travels to Nebraska to play the Lincoln Music.


Transactions - The Swingers shuttled Adam Pettyjohn and John Stuper back and for and once again Pettyjohn is here and Stuper is on the farm.

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The Paris Swingers may actually be for real in their third season as they took a tougher Colorado Rockies team for 2 out of 3 at home.

Game #43 - Paris Swingers 5 Colorado Rockies 1

WP - Adam Pettyjohn (4-0)
LP - Dewey Robinson (1-3)
Save - Ben DeMott (7)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (6 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER 7 K's)

Homers
Colorado - Rich Becker (5)
Paris - Eddie Miller (1), Bobby Kielty (2,3)

Recap - Kielty homers in the bottom of the 7th to break the 1-1 tie. Miller hit a homer in the 8th, a run shot to blow the game open. Thormodsgard continues to be amazing with a 2.05 ERA. Tommy Boggs started for Colorado and allowed just one run over 6 innings. Pettyjohn is 4-0 and got his ERA under 8. Miller and Kielty had 2 hits each and that was 4 of the 5 hits that Paris mustered up. Colorado was limited to 3 hits.


Game #44 - Colorado Rockies 8 Paris Swinger 7 (10 innings)

WP - Jesse Tannehill (1-0)
LP - Michael Tejera (0-2)

Star of Game - Tex Shirley (6 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Colorado - Bo Jackson (9)
Paris - Tony Piet (8), Gail Hopkins (4)

Recap - Colorado gets go ahead run in the 10th on a Gary Matthews Jr sacrifice fly. Paris started their comeback after being down 5-1, as Shirley was tough and he is 6-0 at 35 years old for Rockies. Lee Richmond did not look good and gave up 5 runs in 4 2/3 innings. Usually reliable reliever John Purdin did not record any outs for Rockies and gave up 3 runs to let Paris back into the game. Chris Brown drove in 3 runs and Bo Knows Baseball had 2 for the winning team. Hopkins had 2 hits and 3 RBI's in the loss


Game #45 - Paris Swingers 7 Colorado Rockies 2

WP - Sean Douglass (3-1)
LP - Jeff D'Amico (3-3)

Star of Game - Sean Douglass (5 IP, 1 ER, 4 hits, 5 K's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (13), Gail Hopkins (5), Bobby Kielty (4)

Recap - Douglass was solid for the 5 innings and continues to be a bright acquisition from last season. Paris got to D'Amico for 5 runs in 4.1 Innings. Hopkins drove in 3 runs while Clift and Kielty had 2 each. Kielty hit 3 homers in this series taking advantage of the suspended Steve Evans. Jack Lapp drove in the lone Colorado run in the loss.

Standing - Paris Swingers are 30-15 in first place in the NL World Division leading the 2nd place Baghdad Sultans by 6 games.

Looking Ahead - Paris Travels to Nebraska to play the Lincoln Music. Lincoln is 18-27 in last place in the tougher NL Midwest division. Then the tough showdown with the NL's surprise team, the Aruba Jackrabbits at home.

Transactions - Lee Richmond was given a contract extension for 4 years at 11.4 Million. Organization is high on this offseason acquisition.

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A bit of disappointment in the heartland as Paris drops of 2 games to Lincoln who had some dominant pitching efforts. Now they head home to play the surprisingly solid Aruba Jackrabbits in a battle of division leaders of new divisions.


Game #46 - Paris Swingers 9 Lincoln Music 3

WP - Joel Collins (3-4)
LP - Eric Nolte (0-5)
Save - Ben DeMott (8)

Star of Game - Gail Hopkins (4-5, HR 6 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Jack Dawson (7), Gail Hopkins (6)
Lincoln - Mark Quinn (12)

Recap - Paris had a 7-0 lead in the 5th inning so a one side game and to think that Paris wins the game that Collins starts in the series. Collins allowed 2 runs in 6 inning and fanned 3 batters. Nolte gave up 6 runs in 3 1/3 innings and had an early shower for Lincoln. Hopkins has the breakout game he was waiting for this year with the 6 RBI's, Richie Ashburn went 5 for 5 in the game and is now hitting .268. Paris had 18 hits in the ballgame. Matt Holliday and Pepe Frias each had 2 hits for Lincoln.


Game #47 - Lincoln Music 1 Paris Swingers 0

WP - Max Scherzer (2-2)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (5-3)
Save - Scott Williamson (8)

Star of Game - Max Scherzer (7 IP, 0 ER, 5 hits 7 K's)

Homers
Lincoln - Bob Unglaub (5)

Recap - Scherzer was dazzling and no one could figure him out as Lincoln wins the tight contest. Gogolewski fanned 6 in 5 innings and allowed just 2 hits, but sadly one was the homer by Unglaub. Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher and Unglaub had 2 hits each for Lincoln, and they only had 5 for the game. Paris had 6 hits, 2 each by Gail Hopkins and Jack Dawson in the loss


Game #48 - Lincoln Music 3 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Scott Kazmir (4-0)
LP - Paul Thormodsgard (5-1)
Save - Scott Williamson (9)

Star of Game - Scott Kazmir (5 1/3 innings, 5 hits, 0 ER 4 K's)

Homers
Lincoln - Jack Stivetts (6) , Matt Holliday (4)

Recap - Lincoln had a 3-0 lead after 7 and Paris tacked on the 2 runs in the 8th to make it close as they got to sidewinder Dan Quisenberry for 2 runs. Kazmir was sharp but was gassed in the 6th inning. Thormodsgard gets his first loss finally but still pitched well allowing just 2 runs in 6 innings. Mark Quinn, Noel Gallagher, Don Johnson (not the actor) and Holliday had 2 hits each for Lincoln. Paris had 10 hits in the loss and got 3 hits and 2 RBI's from Bobby Kielty.


Standings - Paris Swingers are 31-17 in first place in the NL World Division but their lead over the Baghdad Sultans contracted to 4 games.

Looking Ahead - The Aruba Jackrabbits come to town with an impressive 36-12 record in first place in the NL Tropical and holding a comfortable 8 game lead already on the Key West Condors. After that we have the pleasure of going on the road to play the Barbados Arsenal

Transactions - None

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This was another hard series and Paris drops 2 out of 3 and sees their lead drop to 3 games as they take off for sunny Barbados to play the Arsenal.

Game #49 - Paris Swingers 2 Aruba Jackrabbits 1

WP - Ben DeMott (4-0)
LP- Mike Hartley (2-2)

Star of Game - Lee Richmond (7 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 11 K's)

Homers
Aruba - Matt Wieters (15)
Paris - Jack Dawson (8.9)

Recap - A strong walk off win as Titanic passenger and artist Dawson hits the walk off homer off of Hartley in a very anticipated series of teams that are on top of newly created divisions. Richmond was stellar after getting rewarded with his contract extension and just made the one mistake to Wieters. Jaime Garcia started for Aruba and just allowed 1 run in 4 1/3 innings but fatigued. Gail Hopkins, Doc Lavan and Dawson had 2 hits each in which Paris only had 7 hits. Aruba was limited to 4 hits


Game #50 - Aruba Jackrabbits 3 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Ray Searage (4-1)
LP - Michael Tejera (0-3)
Save - Randy Niemann (11)

Star of Game - Sean Douglass (5 IP, 1 ER, 4 hits 10 K's)

Homers
Aruba - Matt Wieters (16), Brandon Guyer (4)


Recap - Wieters and Guyer hit solo homers off the ineffective Tejera in the 7th and that spoiled a solid outing by Douglass whose ERA is under 3 now. Wei-Yin Chen pitched 5 innings for Aruba and gave up 2 runs and the bullpen held on made up of some 1980's Met fringe players. Joe Orsulak had 3 hits for Aruba in the game but their offense came in a blip. Lee Richmond was the DH for Paris and collected 2 of the Paris 8 hits.

Game #51 - Aruba Jackrabbits 5 Paris Swingers 0

WP - Bill Swift (8-1)
LP - Joel Collins (3-5)

Star of Game - Bill Swift (7 IP, 4 hits 0 ER 9 K's)

Homers
Aruba - Cole Tucker (5)

Recap - This was a pitcher's duel and 0-0 after 6 innings as Collins was matching Swift (this is 1930's Swift). John Jay and Tucker each drove in 2 runs as Aruba rattled off 3 in the 7th and one run in the remaining innings to put the game away. Paris only had 4 hits and were baffled by Swift all game. Byron Buxton and Tony Piet struck out twice each


Standing - Paris Swingers are 32-19 and in first place in the NL World Division with a 3 game lead over the Baghdad Sultans.

Looking Ahead - Paris Swingers take to the road to play the Barbados Arsenal. The first year Barbados team is a miserable 7-44 in last place in the NL Tropical Division. Then Paris heads home to play divisional foes in the Melbourne Caribou.

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[majormet]

A tougher series than one would expect with Paris not sweeping but winning the series

Game #52 - Paris Swingers 10 Barbados Arsenal 8

WP - Fautino de los Santos (1-1)
LP - Edgar Smith (0-5)
Save - Ben DeMott (9)

Star of Game - Kelly Gruber (3-4, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (14)
Barbados - Kelly Gruber (9)

Recap - Steve Evans drives in 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning off of Smith with bases loaded to break an 8-8 tie. Bill Gogolewski gave up 5 runs in 4 2/3 innings as Paris pitching faltered. Paris got to Barbados starter Willie Mitchell for 6 runs in the first inning. Angel Guzman pitched 2 2/3 innings for Barbados to keep them in the game. Cal McVey had 4 hits and Clift's homer was a grand slam off of Mitchell in the first. Gruber was the entire Barbados offense and he scored 4 runs in the process.


Game #53 - Paris Swingers 5 Barbados Arsenal 2

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (6-1)
LP - Don Henley (0-3)
Save - Ben DeMott (10)

Star of Game - Gail Hopkins (3-3, 2 homers 4 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Gail Hopkins (7,8)

Recap - Paris scored 3 runs in the 7th to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead and won the game as they got to the Eagles frontman Henley. Thormodsgard fanned 8 batters and now has a 2.23 ERA. Mike Campbell pitched well for Barbados giving up 1 run in 5 innings of work. Hopkins was 3-3 and was the whole Paris offense. Tyler Greene had 2 of the 5 hits for Barbados.


Game #54 - Barbados Arsenal 9 Paris Swingers 5

WP - Fred Burchell (2-1)
LP - Adam Pettyjohn (4-1)

Star of Game - Tom Prince (3-4, 2 RBI's)

Recap - Lee Richmond gave up 4 unearned runs in the first 6 innings and was lifted and Pettyjohn was kerosene and got the loss and watched his ERA soar to 9.66 with 5 earned runs in relief. Barbados oddly started Willie Mitchell again and he lasted 1 1/3 innings but their pen kept them in the game with Edgar Smith and Angel Guzman giving 2 innings each of scoreless ball. Mitch Webster had 4 hits and Mike Kelly drove in 3 runs besides the great hitting outing for light stick Prince. Richie Ashburn had 3 hits and Cal McVey drove in 2 runs in the loss


Standing - Paris Swingers are 34-20 in first place in the NL World Division with a 4 game lead over the 2nd place Baghdad Sultans


Looking Ahead - The Melbourne Caribou come to Paris. Melbourne is 24-30 and tied for 4th in the NL World division with the the Lagos Hammerheads who are both 10 games behind Paris.

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[majormet]

The series was a disaster as they let the Australian team come in here for the sweep which tightens the lead to 2 games in the division

Game #55 - Melbourne Caribou 10 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Frank Lange (2-5)
LP - Sean Douglass (3-2)

Star of the Game - Henry Larkin - (4-5, grand slam, 5 RBI's)

Homers
Melbourne - Henry Larkin (7), Yunel Escobar (5)

Recap - Score will speak for itself as Douglass gave up 7 runs and then Glen Hobbie gave up 3 runs and it was 10-0 after 4 innings. Don Ferrarese and Rudy Hernandez pitched 2 scoreless innings each in relief. Lange fanned 9 and just allowed 3 hits in 8 innings. Paris got their lone run off of Jim Pastorius in relief on a ground out RBI by Steve Evans. Larkin tore the cover off the ball, Escobar drove in 3 runs and hot headed Good Fella Tommy DeVito had 3 hits in the win.


Game #56 - Melbourne Caribou 6 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Hal Reniff (3-0)
LP - Adam Pettyjohn (4-2)

Star of Game - Pat Zachry (6 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Paris -Cal McVey (13)

Recap - Melbourne scored 4 in the top of the 8th to take break a 1-1 tie. Pettyjohn was terrible and should not be on this roster. Zachry was solid for Melbourne. Paris started Joel Collins who matched him with 1 run allowed over 6 innings. Alex Cole had 3 hits and 3 RBI's while Donovan Solano had 2 hits and 3 RBI's to lead Melbourne. Paris only got 3 hits in the game


Game #57

Melbourne Caribou 5 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Hal Reniff (4-0)
LP - Adam Pettyjohn (4-3)
Save - Kevin Jepsen (6)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (6 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Melbourne - Craig Reynolds (11)

Recap - Paris had a 3-1 lead and the pen squandered it as they went to Pettyjohn again with the same results as night before. Gogolewski was solid and deserved a better fate. Dave Stieb started for Melbourne and gave up 10 hits in 5 innings but fanned 6 batters. Rafael Furcal went 4 for 4 for Melbourne and Ozzie Smith and Reynolds added 2 hits as well. Richie Ashburn had 3 hits and Harlond Clift added 2 but not enough as Paris got swept


Standing - Paris Swingers are 34-23 and in first place in the NL World Division with a 2 game lead over the Baghdad Sultans.

Looking Ahead - Paris has a 6 game road trip with 3 ahead in Edmonton against the Edmonton Bluebirds. Edmonton is 32-25 and in 7th place in the NL West. Then a very pivotal series in Iraq against the 2nd place Baghdad Sultans, we are terrified of reporting from there.

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[majormet]

The Paris Swingers keep losing and drop 2 out of 3 games in Edmonton and now we risk life and death to play the Baghdad Sultans in Iraq. Paris has a narrow lead over Baghdad.

Game #58 - Paris Swingers 6 Edmonton Bluebirds 5

WP - Glen Hobbie (4-0)
LP - Bill Smith (2-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (11)

Star of Game - Richie Ashburn (2-3)

Homers
Edmonton - Mark Johnson (2)

Recap - Paris had a 5-0 lead and holds on for a 6-5 win. Paul Thormodsgard started and was not effective as he gave up 3 runs in 4 innings. Ubaldo Jimenez started for Edmonton and he wasn't good yielding 5 runs and 9 hits in 3 innings. Paris had 13 hits with Steve Evans collecting 3 hits and 2 RBI's. Tony Piet's 7th inning single broke the 5-5 tie. Seth Smith, Darin Ruf, and Bobby Cox each had 2 hits for Edmonton in the loss


Game #59 - Edmonton Bluebirds 2 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Bill Blair (3-1)
LP - Glen Hobbie (4-1)

Star of Game - Lefty Tyler (6 IP, 4 hits, 0 ER, 3 K's)

Homers
Paris - Gail Hopkins (9)

Recap - Hobbie balked in Dummy Hoy and Edmonton won just like that. Tyler was tough and Paris got their lone run in the 8th inning as Hopkins homered off of Diaz. Lee Richmond was effective in his start for Paris for 5 innings and fanned 8 batters and only allowed 1 run and 2 hits. Scott Stahoviak had 2 of the 6 Edmonton hits. Hopkins had 2 of the 6 hits for Paris.


Game #60 - Edmonton Bluebirds 8 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Hugh Jackman (3-3)
LP - Sean Douglass (3-3)

Star of Game - Ryan Theriot (4-5, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Steve Evans (7)
Edmonton - Seth Smith (15), Bill Schroeder (6)

Recap - Edmonton got the lead early as Douglass was not effective in this one. Wolverine actor Jackman whiffed 6 in 6 innings and allowed just 2 runs. Scott Stahoviak had 2 hits, Smith's homer was a 2 run shot and Theriot was the hitting star for Edmonton in victory. Richie Ashburn had a 2 hit game for Paris as they lose the series.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 35-25 and first place in the NL World division leading the Baghdad Sultans by 3 games.

Looking Ahead - It is a big showdown in Baghdad as Paris travels there with the 3 game lead over the Sultans before heading home to play the usually tough Philadelphia Phillies.

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[majormet]

The Paris Swingers did what they needed and won 2 out of 3 games from the team chasing them in a very hostile environment. When I used to go to Mets games I had to hear jets, with games in Baghdad there are just a lot of explosions and it is accepted as normal.


Game #61 - Paris Swingers 16 Baghdad Sultans 7

WP - Don Ferrarese (2-1)
LP - Gerry Janeski (2-2)

Star of Game - Gail Hopkins (4-5, homer 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Bobby Kielty (5), Steve Evans (8), Byron Buxton (9), Gail Hopkins (10)

Baghdad - Archi Cianfrocco (11), Mitchell Page (15)

Recap - This was a statement game. Joel Collins was granted a 5-4 lead but could not last 4 innings. Ferrarese pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief and got the win. Paris got 9 runs in the 8th inning off of Lee Pfund and Jesse Chavez to punctuate the victory. Kielty drove in 4 runs and each of Evans, Buxton and Hopkins drove in 3 each. Cianfrocco drove in 3 in the loss for Baghdad


Game #62 - Baghdad Sultans 2 Paris Swingers 0

WP - Weldon Wyckoff (4-5)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (5-4)
Save - Ruddy Lugo (11)

Star of Game - Weldon Wyckoff (6.2 IP, 6 hits, 0 ER 9 K's)

Homers
Baghdad - Lee King (17)

Recap - Paris got befuddled by a guy who sounds like he should be his own law firm in Wyckoff. Gogolewski fanned 8 batters over 7 innings but has not gotten the run support. Baghdad only had 3 hits but they were a King homer and a Mitchell Page sac fly to get the 2 runs they needed. Lee Richmond started as the DH and got 3 hits in the loss for Paris.


Game #63 - Paris Swingers 6 Baghdad Sultans 4

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (7-1)
LP - Rich Troedson (1-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (12)

Star of Game - Harlond Clift (2-3, 2 homers, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (15,16), Gail Hopkins (11)
Baghdad - Miguel Andujar (15,16)

Recap - Paris got 3 in the top of the 6th to break the 2-2 tie and win the series. Thormodsgard gave up 3 runs over 7 innings and struck out 5 batters. David Cone started for Baghdad and allowed just one earned run over 3 2/3 innings but was at 77 pitches. Jack Dawson, Hopkins and Clift had 2 hits each and Paris only had 7 hits but enough to win the game. Andujar had 3 hits and 3 RBI's while Mitchell Page had 2 hits in the defeat for Baghdad.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 37-26 and in first place in the NL World Division leading the Baghdad Sultans by 4 games


Looking Ahead - The Philadelphia Phillies will visit Paris and they are 41-22 in 2nd place in the NL Atlantic trailing the surprising Savannah Thunder by 5 games. Then we make up for going to Baghdad and visit the Tahiti River Sharks


Transaction - None

[majormet]

The bad news the Phillies swept the Paris Swingers at home. The good news... everyone else contending in the NL World Division got swept and we head to Tahiti to play the River Sharks

Game #64 - Philadelphia Phillies 12 Paris Swingers 6

WP - Carlos Martinez (3-1)
LP - Glen Hobbie (4-2)

Star of Game - Johnny Grubb (2-4, 2 homers, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Philadelphia - Ron Northey (12), Johnny Grubb (13,14)
Paris - Bobby Kielty (6)

Recap - Paris has a 5-3 lead going into the 7th and Phillies explode for 8 runs in the top of the 7th. Hobbie gave up 6 runs and was terrible after Lee Richmond fanned 9 and gave up 3 runs over 5 innings. Ed Walsh started for Philadelphia lasted 4 innings but exceeded pitch county. Northey drove in 2 runs while JD Closser had 3 hits for Philly to go along with Grubb's huge game. Cal McVey had 3 hits in the loss while Jack Dawson and Kielty drove in 2 each.



Game #65 - Philadelphia Phillies 2 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Pete Donohue (4-4)
LP - Sean Douglass (3-4)
Save - Tony Balsamo (13)

Star of Game - Pete Donohue (5 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER 3 K's)

Homers
Philadelphia - Elmer Cleveland (3), Danny Tartabull (23)

Recap - Donohue is one of the best pitchers in the history of the league, he had 8 dominant seasons in Cincinnati before signing with the Phillies and was in control. Balsamo was a big free agent pickup from St Louis Cardinals. Douglass was solid for 5 innings but gave up those 2 homers. Oddly bullpen was good for 4 innings of scoreless ball to keep Paris in the game. Phillies only had 6 hits but two were longballs. Steve Evans had 2 of the 4 hits by Paris and Richie Ashburn drove in lone run


Game #66 - Philadelphia Phillies 5 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Bill Sowders (7-4)
LP - Joel Collins (3-6)
Save - Tony Balsamo (14)

Star of Game - Bill Sowders (7.1 IP, 4 hits 0 ER, 5 K's)

Homers
Philadelphia - Bob Allison (20), JD Closser (3), Augie Galan (7,8)


Recap - Sowders is a top level pitcher and he dominated all game. Collins gave up 3 runs in 5 innings and Paris never caught up. Philadelphia had 4 solo homers in the game and 2 hit games from Johnny Grubb and Danny Tartabull. Titanic passenger drove in the only Paris run off of Doug Brocail in relief.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 37-29 and still in first place in the NL World Division with a 4 game lead over the Baghdad Sultans and now Melbourne Caribou as well

Looking Ahead - Paris travels to fellow French speaking area Tahiti to play Tahiti River Sharks. Tahiit is 24-42 and in 7th place in the NL World Division trailing Paris by 13 games. Paris then returns home to host the Little Rock Sunbirds.


Transactions - With Adam Pettyjohn being ineffective he got demoted and once again John Stuper gets his change in Paris.

[majormet]

Not sure if it was the Mai Tai's on the beach in Moorea or a shift in the moon but Paris got a sweep on the road and expanded their lead to 7 games on faltering Baghdad and Melbourne.


Game #67 - Paris Swingers 5 Tahiti River Sharks 3

WP - Bill Gogolewski (6-4)
LP - Bill Foxen (1-5)
Save - Ben DeMott (13)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (5 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Byron Buxton (10)


Recap - Paris jumped on Foxen for 5 runs in the first inning and held on the rest of the way as Gogolewski looked solid and lowered his ERA to 2.71. Buxton hit a 3 run shot in the first to account for most of the runs. Harlond Clift and Doc Lavan had 2 hits each for Paris in the win. Tahiti had just 4 hits and the runs were driven in by Robby Thompson and Lenn Sakata


Game #68 - Paris Swingers 5 Tahiti River Sharks 2

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (8-1)
LP - Dan Spillner (4-5)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (6 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER 7 K's)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (14)
Tahiti - Robin Ventura (4), Gary Redus (11)


Recap - Who would think 2 years ago Thormodsgard would be 8-1 even less being in the Paris rotation. He lowers his ERA to 2.53 with solid start after solid start. Paris had the lead most of the way and the pen held on. Spillner gave up 3 runs in 5 innings for Tahiti. Harlond Clift drove in 2 runs and McVey had 2 hits for Paris in their offense. Tahiti had 6 hits with the two solo homers accounting for their offense.


Game #69 - Paris Swingers 4 Tahiti River Sharks 3

WP - Lee Richmond (2-1)
LP - Bryan Rekar (1-9)
Save - Ben DeMott (14)

Star of Game - Lee Richmond (5.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER, 10 K's)

Homers
Paris - Gail Hopkins (12)
Tahiti - Gary Redus (12), Chris Magruder (6)

Recap - Paris scores 2 in the 6th to take the 4-3 lead and give Richmond a deserved win as he was stellar again. Rekar gave up 4 runs in 6 innings for Tahiti. Cal McVey, Steve Evans and Jack Dawson had 2 hits each for Paris. Magruder had 3 hits and a homer for Tahiti in the loss. Paris gets the much needed sweep.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 40-29 and in first place in the NL World Division with a 7 game lead over both the Baghdad Sultans and Melbourne Caribou


Looking Ahead - The Little Rock Sunbirds come to town, they are 41-28 and in 7th place in the NL Midwest trailing the first place Memphis Cougars by 12 games. Then the Swingers head to Sioux Falls to play the Velocity.


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[majormet]

Paris Swingers lost 2 out of 3 at home against Little Rock and face 18 of their next 21 games against tougher teams. The good thing is that no one in the division is winning regularly so the 7 game lead on first place has been secure

Game #70 - Little Rock Sunbirds 3 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Sam Hinds (1-1)
LP - Sean Douglass (3-5)
Save - Gary Lavelle (11)

Star of Game - Ross Barnes (3-4, Homer)

Homers
Little Rock - Ross Barnes (12)
Paris - Steve Evans (9), Byron Buxton (11)

Recap - Little Rock had an early 3-0 lead and Paris inched back but not enough. Bob Welch started for Little Rock but tapped out after 4 innings. Douglass was not too effective for Paris again, going 5 innings giving up 3 runs and hits. Yordan Alvarez had 2 hits to go with Barnes 3. Paris did get 10 hits but only could put up solo homer as Evans did have 2 hits.


Game #71 - Paris Swingers 7 Little Rock Sunbirds 5

WP - Don Ferrarese (3-1)
LP - Wilton Lopez (3-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (15)

Star of Game - Don Robinson (5 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 8 K's)

Homers
Little Rock - Yordan Alvarez (19)
Paris - Richie Ashburn (4), Byron Buxton (12)

Recap - Little Rock had a 5-0 lead as the pounced on the ineffective Joel Collins. Paris rallied for 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to take a 7-5 lead as they got to Sam Hinds and Lopez. Robinson was very tough in his start for Little Rock and just fatigued to the advantage of the Swingers. Bobby Kielty and Buxton drove in 2 runs each and Tony Piet had 2 hits for the winning team. Alvarez drove in 3 runs and Frank Bruggy had 2 hits for Little Rock


Game #72 - Little Rock Sunbirds 3 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Don Robinson (5-2)
LP - Rudy Hernandez (3-1)
Save - Gary Lavelle (12)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (6 IP, 2 hits, 2 ER, 9 K's)

Homers
Little Rock - Eddie Bressoud (4)
Paris - Steve Evans (10)

Recap - Dustan Mohr singled home Jeremy Hazelbaker in the top of the 10th to break the 2-2 tie. Gogolewski had an ace game but Paris does not score for him. Robinson gets the win in relief after starting the day before, he has a rubber arm. Justin Verlander was the starter for Little Rock but just pitched 5 innings. 39 year old Bressoud had 2 hits and 2 RBI's while Mohr had 2 hits and a RBI for Little Rock. Gene Baker and Evans drove in the 2 Paris runs and they only had 5 hits all game.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 41-31 and have a 7 game lead in first place over the 2nd place Melbourne Caribou.

Looking Ahead - Paris Swingers head to South Dakota to play the Sioux Falls Velocity. Sioux Falls is also 41-31 but they are in 9th place in the NL Midwest 13 games behind the first placer Memphis Cougars. Paris gets the All Star Break before heading home to play the Louisville Bats.


Transactions - The shuttle of John Stuper and Adam Pettyjohn continues with Stuper doing down and Pettyjohn going up.

[majormet]

Another series and another one out of 3 as the tougher teams are on the calendar. Luckily the 7 game lead remains intact

Game #73 - Paris Swingers 8 Sioux Falls Velocity 2

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (9-1)
LP - Brett Tomko (7-4)

Star of Game - Jack Dawson (3-4, Homer 2 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Jack Dawson (10), Harlond Clift (17)
Sioux Falls - Mike Dorgan (10)

Recap - Paris had a 6-0 lead and Thormodsgard continues to stun everyone with a 9-1 record as he allowed 2 runs and 2 hits in 6 innings. Paris got to Tomko for 5 runs in 3 1/3 innings. Cal McVey and Dawson each had 3 hits in the victory. Dorgan hit a 2 run shot to account for all the Sioux Falls offense as they were limited to 5 hits


Game #74 - Sioux Falls Velocity 14 Paris Swingers 8

WP - Norm Lehr (4-0)
LP - Glen Hobbie (4-3)
Save - Gordie Richardson (18)

Star of Game - George Hendrick (4-5, homer, 6 RBI's)

Homers
Sioux Falls - George Hendrick (15), Max Carey (15), Felix Jose (10), Mike Dorgan (11)

Recap - Paris scored 6 runs in the first inning off of John Kirby who did not record a single out as the starter. Sioux Falls rallied back to tie the game at 8 in the 5th inning and jumped out into the lead with 3 runs in the 6th as they went longball crazy. Lee Richmond was terrible and squandered the big lead quickly, giving up 8 runs in 3 1/3 innings. Robbie Ross came in for Sioux Falls and went hitless for 2 2/3 innings to change momentum. Carey and Hendrick had 4 hits each for Sioux Falls and Dorgan drove in 3 runs in the win. Byron Buxton and Bobby Kielty had 2 RBI's each for Paris.



Game #75 - Sioux Falls Velocity 13 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Jerry Nyman (1-0)
LP - Sean Douglass (3-6)

Star of Game - Les Bell (3-5, 2 homers, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Sioux Falls - Les Bell (17,18), Dale Alexander (9)

Recap - The 13-3 result speaks for itself as Douglass continues to flounder with 5 runs and 8 hits allowed in 4 1/3 innings. Nyman fanned 9 in 5 2/3 innings for the win. Bell had 3 hits and 4 RBI's while Felix Jose and Max Carey added 3 hits each in the easy win. Gail Hopkins drove in the lone run for Paris as they only had 5 hits


Standing - Paris Swingers are 42-33 with a 7 game lead in the NL World Division over the Baghdad Sultans and Melbourne Caribou.


Looking Ahead - The Louisville Bats head to Charles de Gaulle airport with a 47-27 record in 5th place in the NL Central trailing the first place Chicago Cubs by 4 1/2 games. Next stop is good for me as we fly to Riverhead to player the Racers.


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[majormet]

The Paris Swingers are maintaining a 7 game lead still in the lowly NL World Division despite consistently dropping 2 out of 3 games in each series. I am elated to be home in my childhood bedroom writing as Paris is playing the Riverhead Racers, just a shame we have to cross the Atlantic only to be back here again to play the Mets.


Game #76 - Paris Swingers 2 Louisville Bats 0

WP - Bill Gogolewski (7-4)
LP - Johnny Vander Meer (3-5)
Save - Ben DeMott (16)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (8 IP, 6 hits, 0 ER 8 K's)

Homers
Paris - Richie Ashburn (5), Byron Buxton (13)

Recap - Gogolewski continues to dazzle and lowers his ERA to 2.50 as he proves the experts wrong like myself every day. Vander Meer was equally tough, he struck out 14 batters in 7 innings but got no run support. Paris only had 4 hits but 2 were longballs as Buxton is a homer or out kind of guy. Derek Bell and Ryan Braun got 2 hits each for Louisville but that was scattered for the shutout.


Game #77 - Louisville Bats 7 Paris Swingers 4

WP - Rich Nye (7-4)
LP - Paul Thormodsgard (9-2)
Save - Mike Adams (15)

Star of Game - Rich Nye (6.1 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Louisville - Bob Meusel (22), Heinie Manush (16), Ron Karkovice (9)
Paris - Byron Buxton (14)

Recap - Louisville jumps all over Thormodsgard for 5 runs and 7 hits over 5 2/3 innings to stop his winning streak. Nye was tough for Louisville as Paris got to reliever Ricky Bottalico for 2 of the 4 runs allowed. Manush, Meusel and Karkovice had 2 RBI's each while Ryan Braun and Alfredo Amezaga had 2 hits each. Buxton hit a 2 run shot for Paris and they got 2 hit games from Gail Hopkins and Harlond Clift.


Game #78 - Louisville Bats 7 Paris Swingers 5

WP - Fred Link (8-2)
LP - Lee Richmond (2-2)
Save - Mike Adams (16)

Star of Game - Bob Meusel (2-3, 2 homers)

Homers
Louisville - Yogi Berra (10), Bob Meusel (23,24), Ryan Braun (23)
Paris - Byron Buxton (15)

Recap - Richmond gave up 5 runs in 4 2/3 innings and Adam Pettyjohn gave up 2 more runs and this became an insurmountable lead as Paris drops the series at home. Link was strong with 1 run allowed in 6 innings and once again Paris got to Ricky Bottalico for 4 runs. Berra drove in 3 runs for Louisville while Meusel and Heinie Manush had 2 hits each. Richie Ashburn and Buxton had 2 hits apiece for Paris but they rallied too late


Standing - Paris Swingers are 43-35 which is good for first place in the NL World Division with a 7 game lead over both the Kimberley Ocelots and Melbourne Caribou.

Looking Ahead - Paris is now in Riverhead to play the Riverhead Racers who are 52-26 which is good for 3rd place in the NL East trailing the first place combination of Brooklyn Brawlers and New York Mets by one game. Paris will then head home to play another good team in the Orlando Alliance.


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