60 Team League History and story of Tate Redinger

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These are the main highlights of the 3rd week. The Texas Rangers finally a lost a game, the Montreal Anchors finally a won a game.

Curry Foley (Sacramento Bees) will be out for 4 weeks - he was 2021 NL Rookie of the Year

Dave Magadan (Guadalajara Bighorns) will retired at end of season at 36 years old

Dave Parker (Kansas City Royals) and Gary Serum (Portland Lions) have a fight, Parker is suspended 4 games while Serum got 6 and probably got the worst of the fight.

Randall Grichuk (San Diego Padres) belts 3 homers vs the Albuquerque Blackbirds

Jeff Kent (Detroit Tigers) socks 3 homers against the Delaware Big Train

Fred Cambria (Richmond Gamecocks) is out 5 months

Kevin Millar (Detroit Tigers) slams 3 homers against the Delaware Big Train.

Boston Red Sox extend winning streak to 10 games

Pete Dowling (Pittsburgh Pirates) fires a 2 hit shutout and fanned 5 batters against the Riverhead Racers

Quilvio Veras (Las Vegas Snake Eyes) punches out 6 hits in a game agianst the Louisville Bats

Utah Saints trade Chad Billingsley to the Toronto Blue Jays for Ira Newstead and low level prospects. Salary dump in exchange for low performing first round pick

Heine Mueller (Utah Saints) hits 3 home runs in games against the Toronto Blue Jays

Wally Judnich (Detroit Tigers) has a 3 homer game against the Mexico City Salukis


Players of the Week

American League - Pete Hotaling (Buffalo Bisons) 3 HR 8 RBI .556

National League - Jesse Winker (Albuquerque Blackbirds) 4 HR 6 RBI .538

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The Jaguars have gotten a large taste of reality this week with a series loss to the new Spokane Gangsters and then being swept outright in Houston by the Astros. Tate did not play much at all

Spokane Gangsters 8 Des Moines Jaguars 0

Tate did not play
WP - Larry David (1-2)
LP - Tyler Beede (0-2)
Save - Cap Crowell (1)

Star of Game - Larry David 6 IP, 1 hit, 6 hits, 0 ER

Homers
Spokane - Wayne Nordhagen (5), Pop Snyder (1), Brett Favre (2)

Larry David was tantalizing in this game, not sure how he does it, only hits in game for Des Moines were by Roberto Clemente and Chick Shorten


Des Moines Jaguars 7 Spokane Gangsters - 4

Tate - Did not play
WP - Bob Tufts (1-0)
LP - Josh Osich (0-2)
Save - Jonathan Papelbon (5)

Star of Game - David Ortiz - 2-4, HR 4 RBI's

Homers
Des Moines - David Ortiz (4), Dilson Herrera (6)
Spokane - Harry Armbruster (5,6)


Spokane Gangsters 12 Des Moines Jaguars 5
Tate goes 1-3, in Centerfield in relief of John Meister who had back pains

WP - Bert Cole (2-0)
LP - Alex Hernandez (0-1_

Star of Game - Stu Martin (4-6, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Spokane - Harry Williams (2), Stu Martin (3)
Des Moines - Dilson Herrera (7)

Note - Herrera has 3 RBI's and David Ortiz has 2 hits


Houston Astros 22 Des Moines Jaguars 2
Tate pitched in relief and got 2 outs via strikeout and allowed no runs

WP - Dave Ferriss (2-1)
LP - George Haddock (0-2)

Star of Game - George Treadway (3-6, HR 7 RBI's)

Homers
Houston - George Treadway (3), Michael Cuddyer (4), Elrod Hendricks (2), Lorezno Cain (4)

Note - Andy High had 2 RBI's


Houston Astros 4 Des Moines Jaguars 1
Tate Did not play

WP - Mat Latos (3-0)
LP - Ralph Works (2-2)
Save - Jeremy Affeldt (7)

Star of Game - Mat Latos (5.1 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER, 6 K's

Homers
Houston - George Treadway (4), Bill Hall (3)

Notes - John Meister and Roberto Clemente have 2 hits each


Houston Astros 10 Des Moines 3
Tate - DNP

WP - Hal Schumacher (3-1)
LP - Ryan Matheus (1-1)
Save - Charlie Perkins (2)

Star of Game - Ezra Sutton 2-5, HR 3 RBI's

Homers
Des Moines - Andy High (7)
Houston - Ezra Sutton (4)

Note - John Meister, Ryan Howard and High 2 hits each.

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The 3rd no hitter of the young season was tossed today by Bob Gilks of the Atlantic City Sharks as they blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0. This was a 0-0 game until Justin Bieber's pinch hit game the Sharks the win.

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The 4th week is over with the more dominant teams being the Texas Rangers and Miami Marlins. There is no Rogers Hornsby type of dominant season yet.

Warren Spahn (Buffalo Bisons) pitches a 4 hit shout fanning 7 batters against the Foxwoods Colonials

John Thomson (Omaha Eagles) fires a 3 hit shutout striking out 4 against the Delaware Big Train

Esteban Loaiza (New York Mets) tosses a 5 hit shutout against the Newark Thieves

Don Drysdale (Arizona Diamondbacks) hurls a 2 hit shutout and fans 9 in a game against the Wichita Hawkeyes

Elden Auker (Oakland Athletics) wins with a 4 hit shutout and he strikes out 9 batters against the Portland Lions

Buck Rodgers (Anchorage Bears) collects 5 hits in a game against the Utah Saints

Dock Ellis (New Orleans Zebras) pitches a non acid induced 4 hit shutout striking out 9 against the Albuquerque Blackbirds

Ed Konetchy (San Juan Storm) socks 3 homers in a game against the Calgary Fusion

Brian Lawrence (Seattle Mariners) pitches 4 shutout and strikes out 12 against the Utah Saints

Ed Bailey (Little Rock Sunbirds) will retired at 36 at end of season



Players of the Week

American League - Dave Engle (San Antonio River Kings) - 5 HR 8 RBI's .545 AVG

National League - Armand Assante (New Orleans Zebras) - 4 HR 17 RBI's .370 AVG. not a type-o this actor drove in 17 runs for the week, guess he is worth the money they paid to get him back.

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The Jaguars are now 10-14 as they have struggled against lesser teams and now are in 8th place in the AL Central. They lost Dilson Herrera for quite some time to injury. Tate Redinger continues to get no action

Game # 19 - San Juan Storm 11 Des Moines Jaguars 3
Tate - Did Not Play

WP - Red Ames (1-2)
LP - Tyler Beede (0-3)
Save Logan Webb (1)

Star of Game - Ed Konetchy (3-5, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
San Juan - Ed Konetchy (5), Ryan McMahon (3,4), Paul Westerberg (1)
Des Moines - Dilson Herrera (8), Andy High (8)


Game #20 - San Juan Storm 10 Des Moines Jaguars 3
Tate goes 1-2, scores 2 runs and hits homer off of Jarvis Cocker

WP - Jarvis Cocker (1-2)
LP - Orlando Pena (0-1)

Star of Game - Jeff Tweedy (3-5, HR 5 RBI's)

Homers
San Juan - Johnny Lush (7), George Treacy (4), Jeff Tweedy (5)
Des Moines - Tate Redinger (2), Dilson Herrera (9)


Game #21 - San Juan Storm 7 Des Moines Jaguars 5
Tate - DNP

WP - James Russell (1-0)
LP - Ron Diorio (0-1)
Save - Monty Montgomery (4)

Star of Game - Alex Hernandez (5.2 IP, NO HIT BALL)

Homers
Des Moines - David Ortiz (5)

Notes - Gohran Koroturk pulls Alex Hernandez in the 6th inning after 88 pitches pitching a no hitter


Game #22 - Nashville Judges 9 Des Moines Jaguars 1
Tate - DNP

WP - Bobby Jones (1-3)
LP - James Edwards (2-2)

Star of Game - Bobby Jones (7.1 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER 5 K's)

Homers
Des Moines - Andy High (9)
Nashville - Pat Burrell (6), Josh Naylor (1)

Notes - Andy High had 2 hits


Game #23 - Nashville Judges 3 Des Moines Jaguars 1
Tate - DNP

WP - Dick Ruthven (1-2)
LP - Ralph Works (2-3)
Save - Dave Campbell (1)

Star of Game - Dick Ruthven (5 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER 8 K's)

No Homers

Notes - Dilson Herrera separates shoulder out 60 days


Game #24

Des Moines Jaguars 7 Nashville Judges 5
Tate - DNP

WP - Tyler Beede (1-3)
LP - Freddie Fitzsimmons (2-3)
Save - Jonathan Papelbon (6)

Star of Game - Jim Campbell (4-4, HR RBI)

Homers
Des Moines - Ryan Howard (2), Jim Campbell (2)
Nashville - Pete Compton (1), Mike Birbiglia (3), Pat Burrell (7), Josh Naylor (2)


Tate's numbers so far in 15 at bats - (2 HR 2 RBI's. .400)

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The 4th No hitter and 2nd perfect game of the year has been pitched by Pete Conway of the Los Angeles Dodgers at home against the Honolulu Riptide. Conway retired all 27 batters and Angel Bautista's 12 homer of the season broke a 0-0 tie to give LA the 1-0 win. Ham Iburg the #2 pick overall has been stellar for Honolulu and took his no hitter deep into the game as well with the one mistake to Bautista

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Today the 5th no hitter of the 2022 season was pitched and it was Victor Ortiz (fictional player) of the Anchorage Bears getting it done with 9 K's against the San Antonio River Kings.

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Another busy week in the Major Leagues. Texas and Pittsburgh are the dominant teams while Montreal is 1-30.

Freddy Garcia (Washington Nationals) pitched a 3 hit shutout against the Orlando Alliance

Khalil Greene (Cleveland Indians) reached a 20 game hitting streak before being snapped by the New York Yankees

Doug Drabek (Utah Saints) fires a 7 hit shutout and fans 8 batters against the Kansas City Royals

Tony Manero (Las Vegas Snake Eyes) hurls a 5 hit shutout and strikes out 12 batters against the Vancouver Men-O-War.

Jose Reyes (Honolulu Riptide) is out for the season

Christy Mathewson (Toronto Blue Jays) sparkles with 16 strikeouts while firing a 3 hit shutout against the San Antonio River Kings

Joe Connolly (Toronto Blue Jays) slams 3 homers against the San Antonio River Kings

Tom Glavine (Chicago White Sox) tosses a 4 hit shutout and k's 6 batters against the Seattle Mariners

Bobby Thomson (New York Mets) collects 5 hits in a game against the Montreal Anchors

Wyatt Langmore (Charlotte Spiders) is out for the season

George Knight (Buffalo Bisons) is out 6 weeks, has a 0.00 ERA

San Diego Padres trade Art Nichols to the Tampa Bay Rays for Mike Hartley and Hal Morris

Utah Saints trade Paul Fittery to Seattle Mariners for Alex Trevino and Jim Gleeson

Boise Parrots trade Paul Lindblad to San Juan Storm for Vinny Rodriguez

Bob Gilks (Atlantic City Sharks) nails a 5 hit shutout and fans 9 batters against the Wichita Hawkeyes

Steven Tyler (Foxwoods Colonials) will retire at 39 at end of season, guess he still sing Dream On though

Del Ennis (Texas Rangers) picks up 5 hits in a game against the Buffalo Bisons

Pat Kelly (Seattle Mariners) slams 3 homers in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays

Utah Saints trade Fred Tenney to the Nashville Judges for Ed Karger

Buddy Hield (San Francisco Giants) picks up 5 hits in a game against the Austin Donkeys

Howie Pollet (Texas Rangers) is injured for 4 months, he was 4-0 with a 0.69 ERA, big blow to top team in the league


Players of the Week

AL - Lorenzo Cain (Houston Astros) - 6 HR 15 RBI's goes 14 for 32

NL - Eddie Murray (San Francisco Giants) 3 HR 14 RBI .563

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The Des Moines Jaguars are 13-18 in the AL Central and are tied for 8th with the Caracas Toros. Tate Redinger has not been playing much as usual.

Game #25
Des Moines Jaguars 6 Richmond Gamecocks 4
Tate - DNP

WP - Bob Tufts (2-0)
LP - Steve Aguilar (0-3)
Save - Dave Von Ohlen (1)

Star of Game - Harvey Hendrick (3-4, 2 HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Richmond - Harvey Hendrick (6,7)

Notes - Alex Arias 3 hits

Game #26
Richmond Gamecocks 9 Des Moines Jaguars 2
Tate - Pinch hit - goes 0 for 1

WP - Carl Weilman (1-3)
LP - Alex Hernandez (0-2)

Star of Game - Henry Rodriguez (3-5, HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Richmond - Henry Rodriguez (5)

Notes - John Meister and Alex Arias 2 hits each


Game #27
Des Moines Jaguars 4 Richmond Gamecocks 3
Tate goes 0 for 4

WP - Jonathan Papelbon (1-0)
LP - Quentin Tarantino (1-1)

Star of Game - George Haddock (6 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 9 K's)

Homers
Richmond - Harvey Hendrick (8)
Des Moines - Tony Clark (2)

Notes - John Meister has 3 hits


Game #28
Des Moines Jaguars 11 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Tate - DNP

WP - Ralph Works (3-3)
LP - Roy Mahaffey (1-2)

Star of Game - Angel Rutz (2-3, HR 5 RBI's)

Homers
Des Moines - Angel Rutz (1)
Toronto - Willie Cisneros (9), Bobby Estalella (3)

Notes - Roberto Clemente 4 hits, Angel Rutz 5 RBI's


Game #29
Toronto Blue Jays 9 Des Moines Jaguars 3
Tate - DNP

WP - Ray Crone (1-2)
LP - Ryan Matheus (1-2)

Star of Game - Gus Bell (3-4, 2 HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Des Moines - Ryan Howard (3), Andy High (10)
Toronto - Bennie Warren (5), Carl Yazstremski (8), Gus Bell (5,6) Bobby Doerr (5)



Game #30
Toronto Blue Jays 8 Des Moines Jaguars 4
Tate - DNP

WP - Chad Billingsley (1-0)
LP - Whitey Moore (1-1)
Save - Lave Winham (5)

Star of Game - Joe Connolly (1-3, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Des Moines - Roberto Clemente (1), Andy High (11)
Toronto - Joe Connolly (8), Bobby Estalella (4)

Notes - John Meister, Alex Arias and Roberto Clemente 2 hits each


Game #31
Anchorage Bears 9 Des Moines Jaguars 5
Tate - DNP

WP - Kaz Sasaki (1-0)
LP - Jose Quintana (0-1)
Save - Fritz Dorish (1)

Star of Game - Stan Musial (2-3, RBI)

Homers
Des Moines - Tony Clark (3), Brad Herr (2)

Notes - Andy High - 2 RBI's

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The month of April is now in the books and we see a few races that will be tight throughout. The most dominant team in this 72 team league is featured below in the Pittsburgh Pirates at 30-6, showing that their first round collapse from a year ago is not smarting. The Montreal Anchors have gone into the next month with just ONE win for the season

Here is the League Recap for April

Batters of the Month

American League - Lorenzo Cain (Houston Astros) - 12 HR 34 RBI .364

National League - Joe Adcock (Pittsburgh Pirates) 13 HR 30 RBI .354


Pitchers of the Month

American League - Sadie McMahon (Baltimore Orioles) - 6-0 1.86 ERA

National League - Pete Donohue (Cincinnati Reds) - 6-0 0.54 ERA


Rookies of the Month

American League - Ed Konetchy (San Juan Storm) (12 HR 34 RBI .297) he is pictured

National League - Quilvio Veras (Las Vegas Snake Eyes) (2 HR 18 RBI .436) also pictured


Standings

AL East

New York Yankees (27-9)
Boston Red Sox (23-13)
Baltimore Orioles (22-14)
Tampa Bay Rays (22-14)

AL Central

Chicago White Sox (27-9)
Detroit Tigers (26-10)
Cleveland Indians (23-15)

AL West

Texas Rangers (28-8)
Seattle Mariners (25-11)
Houston Astros (23-13)
Utah Saints (23-13)

NL East

Miami Marlins (28-8)
New York Mets (26-9)
Philadelphia Phillies (25-11)

NL Central

Pittsburgh Pirates (30-6)
Milwaukee Brewers (25-10)
Chicago Cubs (25-11)
Cincinnati Reds (25-11)

NL West

Sacramento Bees (23-12)
Arizona Diamondbacks (23-13)
San Francisco Giants (22-14)
Colorado Rockies (21-15)


League Leaders

American League

Batting Average
Alex Johnson (Kansas City Royals) - .386
Farmer Weaver (Charlotte Spiders) - .385
Pat Kelly (Seattle Mariners) - .384

Homers
Grady Hatton (Texas Rangers) - 17
Fred Merkle (Detroit Tigers) - 16
Dave Engle (San Antonio River Kings) - 15

RBI's
Johnny Lush (San Juan Storm) - 42
Del Ennis (Texas Rangers) - 37
Lorezno Cain (Houston Astros) - 35

Stolen Bases
Trea Turner (Chicago White Sox) - 16
Sam Crawford (Detroit Tigers) - 14
Mike Tiernan (Texas Rangers) - 14

WAR
Pat Kelly (Seattle Mariners 2.8
Casey Stengel (Buffalo Bisons) 2.5
Dave Engle (San Antonio River Kings) 2.4

Wins
Cy Blanton (New York Yankees) 7
Sadie McMahon (Baltimore Orioles) 7
Jim Buchanan (New York Yankees) 6

Strikeouts

Christy Mathewson (Toronto Blue Jays) 87
Jim Whitney (Los Angeles Angels) 70
Sadie McMahon (Baltimore Orioles) 62

ERA

Clay Kirby (Chicago White Sox) 1.16
Russ Bauers (Texas Rangers) 1.35
Larry Christenson (Minnesota Twins) 1.38

Saves

Hugh O'Neil (New York Yankees) 13
Eric Gagne (Cleveland Indians) 11
Jeremy Affeldt (Houston Astros) 10



National League

Batting Average
Quilvio Veras (Las Vegas Snake Eyes) .424
George Davis (Cincinnati Reds) .400
Cecil Travis (Honolulu Riptide) .382

Homers
Joe Adcock (Pittsburgh Pirates) 16
Andy Pafko (Riverhead Racers) 16
Angel Bautista (Los Angeles Dodgers) 15

RBI's
Bobby Thomson (New York Mets) 42
Eddie Murray (San Francisco Giants) 40
Hal Trosky (Miami Marlins) 38

Stolen Bases
Count Campau (Memphis Cougars) 15
Jim Halpert (Washington Nationals) 11
Dusty Miller (Los Angeles Dodgers) 11

WAR
Bid McPhee (Pittsburgh Pirates) 2.8
Quilvio Veras (Las Vegas Snake Eyes) 2.4
Hal Trosky (Miami Marlins) 2.4

Wins
Jack Coombs (New York Mets) 7
Pete Donohue (Cincinnati Reds) 7
Noodles Hahn (Colorado Rockies) 6

Strikeouts
Bob Feller (Chicago Cubs) 84
Noodles Hahn (Colorado Rockies) 82
Pete Conway (Los Angeles Dodgers) 67

ERA
Jack Coombs (New York Mets) 0.36
Ham Iburg (Honolulu Riptide) 0.95
Noodles Hahn (Colorado Rockies) 1.12

Saves
Tony Balsamo (St Louis Cardinals) 13
Ralph Comstock (Arizona Diamondbacks) 12
Dustin May (Honolulu Riptide) 11

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The 6th week of the season is complete and we are seeing that the Montreal Anchors are stuck on one win so far this year. No sign of Rogers Hornsby among league leaders at all.

Highlights

Jimmy Riddle (Milwaukee Brewers) gets 6 hits in a game against the Vancovuer Men-O-War

Dick Sharon (Atlantic City Sharks) belts homers against the Washington Nationals (occ... Dick Sharon was a bad player with an easy to get baseball card)

Tommy Davis (San Francisco Giants) collects 5 hits versus the Austin Donkeys

Eric Milton (Memphis Cougars) fires a 3 hit shutout and fans 9 against the Little Rock Sunbirds

Eddie Murray (San Francisco Giants) has a 5 hit game against the Vancouver Men-O-War

Frank Mack (Portland Lions) is out for the season with injury

George Tebeau (Atlantic City Sharks) and Ken Raffensberger (Brooklyn Brawlers) both received suspension in a brawl between these rivals

Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota Twins) slams 3 homers against the Tampa Bay Rays

Alex Johnson (Kansas City Royals) picks up 5 hits in a game against the San Antonio River Kings

Memphis Cougars trade Deacon Donohue to the St Louis Cardinals for Gibby Brack

Mexico City Salukis trade Scott Elbert to Baltimore Orioles for Paul Bako

John Meyers (Albuquerque Blackbirds) will retire at end of season at 38

Seattle Mariners now have a 10 game win streak (Seattle is the 2 time defending AL champs)

Larry Gardner (Seattle Mariners) has 5 hits in a game against the Calgary Fusion

Dave Foutz (Atlanta Braves) is out for the year


AL Player of the Week - Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota Twins) 6 HR 14 RBI goes 8 for 17

NL Player of the Week - Frank Thomas (Milwaukee Brewers) 5 HR 12 RBI's, bats .522

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Rough Week for Des Moines going 0-6 against Anchorage, Seattle and Kansas City. The bad pitching has caught up with them. Tate still struggling to get at bats and when he does he is not taking advantage of the playing time. They are now 13-24

Game #32 - Anchorage Bears 10 Des Moines Jaguars 7
Tate - DNP

WP - Derek Lowe (3-0)
LP - Jose Quintana (0-2)
Save - Fritz Dorish (2)

Star of Game - Tim Emerson (Grand Slam)

Homers
Anchorage - Tim Emerson (5), Sergio Guzman (3)
Des Moines - Ryan Howard (4), John Meister (8)

Notes - Ryan Howard - 2 hits, 3 RBI's


Game #37 - Anchorage Bears 17 Des Moines Jaguars 9
Tate goes 0 for 5

WP - Derek Lowe (4-0)
LP - James Edwards (2-3)

Star of Game - Carson Bigbee (2-4, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Anchorage - Carson Bigbee (3), Tim Emerson (6)
Des Moines - Tony Clark (4), Jim Campbell (3,4)

Notes - Jim Campbell (5 RBI's), Alex Arias, Tony Clark and Roberto Clemente 3 hits each


Game #34 - Seattle Mariners 11 Des Moines Jaguars 4
Tate goes 1-4 with a run scored

WP - Brian Lawrence (3-0)
LP - Tyler Beede (1-4)

Star of Game - Kirby Puckett (3-4, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Des Moines - John Meister (9)
Seatlte - Red McKee (2), Chili Davis (10), Red Smith (8), Kirby Puckett (5)

Notes - John Meister - 3 hits


Game #35 - Seattle Mariners 3 Des Moines Jaguars 2
Tate - DNP

WP - Don Black (1-0)
LP - Whitey Moore (1-2)
Save - Paul Fittery (2)

Star of Game - Don Black (7 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER 4 K's)

Homers
Des Moines - David Ortiz (6), Ryan Howard (5)
Seattle - Max Kepler (9)

Notes - Ryan Howard 2 hits


Game #36 - Seattle Mariners 12 Des Moines Jaguars 1
Tate DNP

WP - Ed Reulbach (2-0)
LP - Alex Hernandez (0-3)

Star of Game - Red Smith (1-2, HR 2 RBI's, 3 runs scored

Homers
Seattle - Pepe Mangual (1), Pat Kelly (11), Chili Davis (11), Carlos Febles (1), Aledyms Diaz (5), Red Smith (9)

Notes - Roberto Clemente (3 hits, RBI)


Game #37 - Kansas City Royals 5 Des Moines Jaguars 0
Tate - DNP

WP - Roy Parmelee (2-3)
LP - George Haddock (0-3)

Star of Game - Roy Paremelee (6.2 IP, 5 hits 0 ER, 8 K's)

Homers
Kansas City - Alex Johnson (4)

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The 7th week is complete and there are some large winning streaks right now as the Seattle Mariners have won 18 straight while further northwest the Anchorage Bears have won 16 straight game in only their 3rd season.

Ken Burkhardt (Atlantic City Sharks) pitches a 5 hit shutout against the Louisville Bats

Buzz Murphy (Hartford Rocketmen) collects 5 hits against the San Francisco Giants

Anchorage Bears win their 10th straight game

Ben Petrick (San Juan Storms) batters 5 hits against the Nashville Judges

Ari Melber (Orlando Alliances) has big 5 hit game against the Vancouver Men-O-War, that is the MSNBC anchor

Lance McCullers Jr (Montreal Anchors) is out for the year

Pittsburgh Pirates expand winning streak to 15 game

Tony Oliva (Utah Saints) and Harvey Bailey (Fresno Bashers) fight in a brawl and get 3 game suspensions each

Bug Holliday (Tampa Bay Rays) picks up 5 hits in a game against the Delaware Big Train

Seattle Mariners extend winning streak to 15 games

Chuck Klein (Los Angeles Angels) slams homers in a game versus the Texas Rangers

Joe Charboneau (Minnesota Twins) has a 5 hit attack in a game against the Calgary Fusion


AL - Player of the Week - Zack Wheat (Houston Astros) 6 HR 15 RBI .517 AVG

NL - Player of the Week - Todd Helton (Atlantic City Sharks) 4 homers 10 RBI's, .500 average, this is Helton's rookie season

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The Jaguars continue to be relatively inept in their 3rd seaosn with a 15-29 record in the AL Central. Tate is getting some at bats but not really capitalizing.

Game #38 - Kansas City Royals 9 Des Moines Jaguars 0
Tate - DNP

WP - Kent Greenfield (2-5)
LP - Ralph Works (3-4)

Star of Game - Kent Greenfield (7 IP, 5 hits, 4K's)

Homers
Kansas City - Dan Gladden (2), Alex Johnson (5) Sam Bohne (7)

Notes - Alex Arias - 2 hits


Game #39 - Kansas City Royals 11 Des Moines Jaguars 2
Tate - goes 0-1 as pinch hitter

WP - Dennis Burns (3-0)
LP - Tyler Beede (1-5)

Star of game - Dave "The Cobra" Parker (2-3, 2 HR's 4 RBI's)

Homers
Kansas City - Frank White (4,5), Dave Parker (4,5)
Des Moines - Chick Shorten (2)

Notes - Roberto Clemente and Angel Rutz 2 hits each


Game #40 - Minnesota Twins 6 Des Moines Jaguars 3
Tate - DNP

WP - Jack Morris (4-1)
LP - Whitey Moore (1-3)
Save - Roger Pavlik (4)

Star of Game - Jack Morris (7 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER 6 K's)

Homers
Des Moines - John Meister (10)
Minnesota - Joe Charboneau (9)

Note - John Meister, Alex Arias and Andy High 2 hits each


Game #41 - Des Moines Jaguars 1 Minnesota Twins 0
Tate - DNP

WP - James Edwards (3-3)
LP - Mike Smith (1-6)

Star of Game - Mike Smith (7.1 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER 10 K's)

Notes - Tony Clark lone RBI


Game #42 - Des Moines Jaguars 11 Minnesota Twins 4
Tate goes 1-4 with 2 RBI's, doubles his RBI total to 4

WP - George Haddock (1-3)
LP - Larry Christensen (5-3)

Star of Game - David Ortiz (2-2, 2 HR 4 RBI's, 3 Runs scored)

Homers
Des Moines - David Ortiz (7,8), John Meister (11)
Minnesota - Harmon Killebrew (10), Joe Charboneau (10), Jim Marshall (2)

Notes - John Meister 3 hits, Andy HIgh 3 RBI's


Game #43

Oakland Athletics 9 Des Moines Jaguars 4
Tate goes 0-1

WP - Jim Conner (4-3)
LP - Orlando Pena (0-2)

Star of Game - Jim Essian (1-3, HR RBI)

Homers
Oakland - Jim Essian (3), George Foster (10)
Des Moines - John Meister (12)

Notes - John Meister 2 runs 2 RBI's


Game #44 - Oakland Athletics 7 Des Moines Jaguars 6
Tate goes 0-1

WP - Earl Whitehill (3-5)
LP - James Edwards (3-4)
Save - Wes Gardner (6)

Star of Game - Rogers Hornsby (2-4, 2 HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Oakland - Michael Brantley (5), Rogers Hornsby (9,10)
Des Moines - Andy High (12), Angel Rutz (2)

Notes - Roberto Clemente and Chick Shorten 2 hits each

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The league is shaping up in it's 8th week with strong pushes from Seattle, Oakland and Pittsburgh

League News

1. Curry Foley (Sacramento Bees) is out for 3 months
2. Jim Gentile (Texas Rangers) extends hitting streak to 20 games gets snapped at 21 games by Boston Red Sox

3. Cy Blanton (New York Yankees) blanks the Portland Lions on 2 htis and fans 12 batters

4. Michael Kiwanuka (Caracas Toros) is out a month after tripping on the tarp... this would be the singer

5. Brooklyn Brawlers trade Shane Loux to the Tulsa Rattlers for Ernesto Cancino

6. Albuquerque Blackbirds trade Max Wilson to Miami Marlins for David Jaeger

7. Seattle Mariners extend winning streak to 20 games, streak would last to 22 games before being snapped by the Houston Astros

8. Bill Maher (Little Rock Sunbirds) is out for the year, this would be the political comedian

9. George Tebeau (Atlantic City Sharks) and Bob Harmon (Vancouver Men-O-War) both gets suspend for a fight. Tebeau gets 5 games, Harmon gets 6

10. Ed Sprague Jr (Minnesota Twins) slams 3 homers and 5 RBI's in a game against the Caracas Toros

11. Bobby Shantz (Delaware Big Train) is out for the season

12. Richard Vences (Los Angeles Angels) is out for 5 months, big blow

13. Cecil Travis (Honolulu Riptide) gets 5 hits in a game against the Austin Donkeys.

14. Joe Cunningham (Chicago White Sox) is suspended 4 games while Ben Cantwell (Buffalo Bisons) got 9 games for a fight

15. Earl Browne (Caracas Toros) hits for cycle against the Oakland Athletics


AL Player of the Week - Ed Sprague Jr (Minnesota Twins) 4 HR 14 RBI's .733

NL Player of the Week - Guy Zinn (Hartford Rocketmen) 5 HR 13 RBI.s .560

[majormet]

The Jaguars are now 17-33 and are in 9th place in the AL Central trailing the Chicago White Sox by 21 games already. Tate has been playing sparingly but has avoided a demotion

Game #45 - Oakland Athletics 7 Des Moines Jaguars 1
Tate - DNP

WP- Steve Busby (6-3)
LP - Whitey Moore (1-4)

Star of Game - Steve Busby - CG, 7 hits, 1 ER 2, Hits

Homers
Oakland - Rennie Stennett (1)


Game #46

Delaware Big Train 6 Des Moines Jaguars 5
Tate goes 0-1

WP - Gene Host (1-0)
LP - Alex Hernandez (0-4)
Save - Dewey Adkins (7)

Star of Game - Tony Clark (3-4, RBI)

Homers
Delaware - Chris Colabello (13), Bobby Murcer (1), Rick Reichardt (5)

Notes - Tony Clark 3 hits, Roberto Clemente and Chick Shorten 2 RBI's


Game #47 - Des Moines Jaguars 17 Delaware Big Train 7
Tate - DNP

WP - George Haddock (2-3)
LP - Glenn Abbott (1-6)

Star of Game - Ryan Howard (3-4, 2 HR's 6 RBI's)

Homers
Des Moines - Ryan Howard (6,7), Jim Campbell (5)
Delaware - Pop Foster (8), Bobby Murcer (2)

Notes - Tony Clark 4 hits, Jim Campbell 3 RBI's


Game #48 - Des Moines Jaguars 7 Delaware Big Train 2
Tate goes 0-4 but has SF RBI

WP - Ralph Works (4-4)
LP - Ernie White (7-2)

Star of Game - Ralph Works (6.1 IP, 2 hits, 5 K's, 0 ER)

Homers
Des Moines - Tony Clark (5), Chick Shorten (3)
Delaware - Pat Moran (5)

Notes - Tony Clark 3 RBIs, Marshall King 2 RBI's


Game #49 - Mexico City Salukis 5 Des Moines Jaguars 4
Tate has pinch hit walk

WP - Lefty Stewart (4-5)
LP - Jose Quintana (0-3)
Save - Skinny Graham (1)

Star of Game - Lefty Stewart (6.1 IP, 3 ER, 3 hits, 4 K's)

Homers
Mexico City - Ron Jackson (9)
Des Moines - Roberto Clemente (2)

Notes - Roberto Clemente 3 RBI's


Game #50 - Mexico City Salukis 8 Des Moines Jaguars 2
Tate goes 0-1

WP - Cy Falkenberg (3-3)
LP - James Edwards (3-5)

Star of Game - Ron Jackson (2-4, 2 HR's 3 RBI's)

Homers
Mexico City - Steve Brodie (10), Marty Bergen (8), Ron Jackson (10,11) Roy Cullenbine (6)

Notes - Ryan Howard and Roberto Clemente 2 hits each

[majormet]

The Sacramento Bees win a 1-0 game against the Boise Parrots as Josh Beckett pitches a no hitter. This was the 6th no hitter of the season and first in Sacramento history. Sacramento's lone run comes off the bat of Chris Basnett as Ryu was very tough for Boise too

[majormet]

Mark Mulder was flawless in pitching a no hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays on the road at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. Mulder fanned 9 batters in the game as the Blue Jays pulled to within a half game of the first place New York Yankees in the AL East.

This is now the 7th no hitter of the 2022 season, and the first ever for the Blue Jays.... Also marks first time that Boston has been no hit.

[majormet]

After 57 games in the league, Tate Redinger was putting his thoughts on paper, this is his latest diary register

It has been over 2 months and I have been on the major league roster all season for a full 57 games. If I said it was fun, I would be lying. The hangover of making a major league baseball team slowly reverted to feeling inadequate by being a bench warmer.

I never get to play much and because of that I have no confidence, when I get to the plate I think failure. In my limited at bats I struggled to get over .200 and this team is really bad. We are in our third season and we are 18-39 and not much better than the new teams in the division in Guadalajara and Nashville. The fact that we are a bad team just accentuates my lack of self worth.

I get that John Meister should be playing every day and Roberto Clemente has hit consistently but Chick Shorten has not done anything spectacular. Our pitching is very poor, outside of Jonathan Papelbon you can't bank on any arm we have.

Personally, Des Moines is not a bad place it is more like a city with a few blocks and then a rural surrounding, something I can't relate to. The people are nice, but the fans don't really show up for our games. I have been friends with Tony Clark and Jim Campbell and get along with everyone but the travel is crazy, you don't feel grounded. We play 3 games at home then we fly to some other city.

It is hard to put the uniform on, only to take it off without playing. Looking at things from a positive lens, I have been on the team all year, did not get demoted and Gohran has enough confidence to put me into the game at critical junctures. We are not going anywhere this year for sure we are struggling to catch Mexico City in the standings, so why not give me a chance. I hope they trade Chick as he really does not help us much and he could help a contending team off the bench.

Having seen a lot of the teams around the league, there is a lot of talent around, so not surprised there will be two more expansions over the next 2 seasons so I could end up starting somewhere if some other team drafts me. Don't get me wrong I like Iowa and I like the organization but it seems that I have been brought here just to make other players better and I have a career I think I can do something.

If you told me 2 years ago that I would be major league ballplayer I would have laughed, but I am acclimated and I see that I belong. I just need a chance to play.

As for the social scene, Al came to visit me once. He told me to hang in there. Brandon was out for 2 nights, he was bored.

The fun part of being in Iowa is that all political eyes come to this state. Joe Biden has a good approval rating in 2022, but he did not cave in to the radical left. So it was no surprise that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her run for president and she came here and saw a game Gohran introducted me and Alex Arias as the team New Yorkers but I can't relate to a city girl. Still she seemed like a nice person.

The Republicans have descended on the state, with Donald Trump Jr, Tom Cotton, Nikki Haley and Iowa's own Joni Ernst already running for the big seat. Ernst goes to all of our games, I don't talk politics I just am around it.

As for women, I have met a few girls out at night but I really am down on myself so I am not in that game at all. I hope things turn around soon for the team and for me.

[majormet]

This week was busier than ever with trades and notable games.

1. Jim Ray Hart (Vancouver Men-O-War) extended hit streak to 20 games, it would be snapped at 21 games by the Honolulu Riptide

2. Ernesto Cancino (Brooklyn Brawlers) fires a 2 hit shutout and fans 4 batters against the Wichita Hawkeyes

3. Roman Josi (Buffalo Bisons) extended hitting streak to 25 games would be snapped at 26 game by the Calgary Fusion

4. Grady Hatton (Texas Rangers) slams 3 homers in a game against the Charlotte Spiders

5. Michael Brantley (Oakland Athletics) extended hitting streak to 20 games but got snapped at 20 games by Houston Astros

6. Brooklyn Brawlers trade Lee Smith to Guadalajara Bighorns for Daniel Norris. Lee Smith is not the same dominant reliever he was in real life

7. Utah Saints trade Colin McHugh to Charlotte Spiders for Juan Centeno

8. Minnesota Twins trade Jairo Diaz to Colorado Rockies for Mick Jones... this would be the Clash bass player

9. Newark Thieves trade Cy Morgan and Michael Chavis to Atlanta Braves for Wiki Gonzalez

10. San Antonio River Kings trade Bryce Florie and Drew Smyly to Miami Marlins for Gordon Gekko. Gekko is the Wall Street trader, a terrible deal for the River Kings giving up assets for a 30 year old guy who has not seen the show

11. Nashville Judges trade Al Tedrow to San Diego Padres for Mike Morin

12. Howard Stern (Baltimore Orioles) fans 15 batters in a game against the Calgary Fusion. That would be the shock jock

13. Cal McVey (St Louis Cardinals) pounds 5 hits in a game against the Mobile Swordfish

14. Ian Snell (Vancouver Men-O-War) is out for the season

15. Dee Fondy (Charlotte Spiders) hits for the cycle against the Omaha Eagles

16. Walter White (Calgary Fusion) is out for the season. That would be the teacher turned meth dealer

17. Sammy Meeks (Chicago Cubs) slams 3 homers in a game against the Memphis Cougars

18. Rick Peters (Tulsa Rattlers) collects 5 hits in a game against the Vancouver Men-O-War

19. Ed Reulbach (Seattle Mariners) fans 15 batters against the Richmond Gamecocks

20. Jim Delahanty (Los Angeles Angels) pounds 5 hits in a battle against the Utah Saints

21. Jaime Garcia (San Francisco Giants) is out for the season

22. Utah Saints trade Doug Drabek to Atlanta Braves for Jose Santiago

23. Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota Twins) bangs 3 homers in a game against the Nashville Judges

24. Lou Pote (Delaware Big Train) is out for the season

25. Don Lemon (Riverhead Racers) gets a huge 6 year 161 Million dollar extension. He is pictured here. This would be the CNN news anchor he probably makes more money now than on CNN

26. Andrew Benintendi (Kansas City Royals) has big 5 hit game against the Richmond Gamecocks

27. Ketel Marte (Mexico City Salukis) has a 5 hit game against the Spokane Gangsters

28. Billy Hoeft (San Diego Padres) fires a 1 hit shutout against the Atlantic City Sharks fanning 14 batters, lone hit by Doc Farrell

29. Montreal Anchors trade Jesus Colome to Arizona Diamondbacks for Greg Cadaret

30. Los Angeles Dodgers trade Dixon Machado to Atlanta Braves for Cory Burns


AL Player of the Week - Dee Fondy (Charlotte Spiders) - 3 HR 11 RBI's. .500 AVG

NL Player of the Week - Andy Pakfo (Riverhead Racers) - 5 HR 15 RBI .609