The Game's EBL vs MLB 2012 & Beyond

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Madison loses C Hunter Parkman for the season.
Chevy loses RP Mitch Garcia for the season.
Cooperstown will miss CF Charles Duggleby for 2 weeks.
Toronto will miss 3b Brent Bowers for 3 weeks.
Brandywine will miss RF Jean Claude Killy for 5 weeks.

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Endor City will miss C Bobby McGee for 6 weeks.
To Kieren loses SS Dave Morris for the season.
Marlboro will miss SP Robert Coleman for 4 weeks.

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Tigers are just waiting to see who they'll play in the playoffs at this point as no one else in the AL East is good enough to truly challenge them.


Bird City is this seasons Cinderella team. The question is when do they turn into a pumpkin.


Marlboro keeps swapping the lead with Endor City.


Old man Sonny Claussen is leading the AL in Average.

AL MVP candidates: Tigger Johnson ,DEL
Brett Bremer, DEL
Larry Foster, STY
Jeremy Holland, MAR
Bart Simpson, CC


AL JWA candidates: J.D. Rawlings, BC
Indiana Jones, CC
Michigan J. Frog, WB
Cort Thorley, ATS


Rockies were not expected to be in contention this season and Quinn Ransom should be back soon.


Paradise City is the surprise team so far in the NL but their kead was dwindled to 2 games.


Skywalker is the only NL Central team to have not been in 1st place at some point.


NL MVP candidates:
Clark Kent, MET
R.P. McMurphy, COR
Lenny Walker, PC
Marc Antonio Moriero, FOR


NL JWA candidates:
Jon Duggleby, CPT
Tim Waters, FOR
Tony Motta, ATB
Richard Aubuck, COR

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Orioles & Blue Jays are having a nice back and forth atop the ML East. Neither team has been this great for many years.


Pirates were predicted to be good but Cleveland wasn't expected to let them run away with the division.


Royals are cruising in the AL West.


White Sox are nipping at the heels of the 2 AL WC teams, Toronto & Cleveland.


AL MVP candidates:
Mikal Eidsvik, KC
Arend Berckel. NYY
Arnold Ough, BOS
Paul Ciccoritti, NYY


AL CYA candidates:
Michael Corbin, TOR
Manuel Dias, OAK
Roy Holliday, CLE




Nationals are holding a steady lead over the Phils.


Cardinals are about to be in a 3 team race with the Cubs & Reds.


Rockies had a short hiccup when San Diego took over but are back to owning the division again.


NL MVP candidates:
Roushdy Ogneri, SD
Carlos Gonzalez, COL
Manuel Ramirez, ARI


NL CYA candidates:
Peanut Johnson, MIL
Rudjer Myre, MON
Gianluca Provolone, ARI
Cisco Sanchez, PHI

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Joliet & Lombard are in their usual back and forth.


Hitmen lead has shrunk by 1.


LA MVP candidates:
Ronnie Bennett, LB
Trinadad Farnsworth, LB
Ignacio Nunez, SPR
Antonio Rodriguez JR, JOL


LA POTY candidates:
Giovany Carnera, aUR
Alfredo Garcia, CHF
Jose Torres, LB
Allen Miller, SPR


DA MVP candidates:
Eric Marshal, CHM
Stanton Ebel, NOR


DA POTY candidates:
Juan Silva, CHM
Rio Caton, CHM
Alberto Maldonado, CC




The 1st ever IBL Amateur draft will happen on the 5th and several clones will be drafted. More on that in a few days.

[The Game]

18-11 in May. finished the month on a 7 game winning streak.


For most of the month, i was pulling my hair out trying to find a good balance in the lineup where people could shine. With help from both HC Vince Brunacini & BC Dick Kronfield, we found a good lineup that since implemented wheeled off the winning streak.

We still have a tough road ahead of us after losing Pebbles in the rotation but if we continue to grind we could still make a solid run at the AL Wildcard. I don't know how long i will stick with Carter Holden. While defensively he is great, offensively he is only good every 3rd or 4th game.

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Offensively we still need to improve in many ways. We dont have much power and our OBP is not great. Our average and Hits are good though. Pitching side i dont have complaints on the overall stats.


Toro, Rubble, Clinch, Heywood, Cain & Flintstone all did great. Juan had a good final week but still needs to improve.


Back end of the pen is great as always Frog was fantastic and Self was solid. Litchfield 7 Braxton struggled except for a few games here and there.


June's schedule is going to be tough. 17 of 27 games on the road. BC & DEL are both division leaders. GC & ATS are above us in the standings. ATB is in 2nd in the NL East. Pontiac has a winning record vs us and SPR & AND are good but have not played well as of late. Anderson has a ton of injuries to teh ore of their team.

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Charlotte 1b Jose Fernandez hits 3 HR.
Havana Sugar Kings traded SP Raul Santos & a minor league SS to the Colortown Parrots for a minor league CF.
Chevy Vipers traded Sp Juan Romero to the Stryper Red Devils for a minor league C.

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Brandywine Power sign C Andy Pacheco to a 3 yr extension.
Anderson minor league 1b Jim Rusti will retire after the season.

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3 games @ Bird City.
So far this season the Falcons are teh surprise team. they are still very young but are building a solid core of players that is centered around 3b Bart Rowe, RF Ichiro Rf Keith Ramlock & 1b Stephon Stewart. They have backups that would be starters on most teams. Boland has been their ace for several seasons now and SP like JD Rawlings, Greg Burns & Saka Fifth have come up in the last few seasons. They have a ton of speed throughout their lineup but dont have much power overall. They have an excellent pen.

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This is the 1st IBL amateur draft. Several clones have been added to this draft to help catapult the IBL to a higher league to compete with MLB, EBL and eventually when the CBF returns in 2035.



Clones:
SP Walter Johnson
SP Ernie Broglio
SP Mel Stottlemyre Sr.

SP Bob Friend
SP Jim Bouton
SP Christy Mathewson
3b Pumpsie Green
RF Mel Ott
1b Herb Feris
LF James Duffy
1b Willie McCovey


Other notable players are:
1b Hank Voight (Cap Anson)
C Randy "Mouch" McHolland (Gabby Hartnett)
1b Brian Kelton (Frank Chance)
Cf Alvin Olinsky (Jimmy Ryan)
SP Trudy Platt (Mordecai Brown)
SS Denny Wood (Shawon Dunston)


Since i own the Chicago Fire i will help draft.

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Peoria took SP Christy Mathewson as the #1 pick.

Chicago Fire selected 1b Hank Voight and later 1b Herb Feris. James Duffy went undrafted.

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Cloud City SS Benji Packer has a 5 Hit game.
Colorado will miss SP Anthony Paycocke for one week.
Kansas City will miss CL Alan Ough for 3 months.
Texas 1b Sebastian Junger is named MLB AL POTW.
Arizona 2b Bobby Doerr is named NL POTW.

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Cloud City SS Benji Packer is named EBL AL POTW.
Rocky Top C Monte Pusterla is named NL POTW.
Springfield (IBL) C Ignacio Nunez is named IBL LA POTW.
Peoria C Omar Narvaez is named DA POTW.
Montreal loses SP Joe Sheare for the season.

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Houston prospect 2b Toni Stone will miss the rest of the season.
Tampa Bay Rays traded LF Stewart Moore & a minor league SP to the Havana Sugar Kings for RP Bart Ridolfi.
Pontiac Firebirds claim RP Wayne Selby off of Waivers from Colortown Parrots.

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Delgado's lead has increased to 12 games.
Bird City leads Cloud City by 2.5 games.
Marlboro leads Endor City by 2.5 games.


Rockies have a 5.5 game lead in the NL East.
Guns N' Roses have a 2 game lead over the Giants.
Corvair has a .5 game lead over the Bounty Hunters.

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Orioles lead Blue Jays by a .5 game
Pirates have a 5.5 game lead over Buckeyes.
Royals have extended their lead in the AL West.


Nationals have a 4 game lead in the NL East.
Cardinals have a 1 game lead over the Reds.
Rockies have a 5 game lead over the Padres.

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Lombard has pulled ahead of Joliet.


Hitmen have a 4.5 game lead.

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2-3 so far this month.
Rotation has not been that good so far. I demoted 2b Andy Bradley since all he can do is play 2b or DH and I have people at both positions. i brought up IF Milan Cubrilovic. I dont expect him to hit very well but he is a beyond excellent defensive IF. Can play all 4 IF spots with precision.

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3 games @ Delgado this week, hopefully we can get lucky and take 2 of 3.Then 4 at home vs Pontiac.



Player Spotlight
SS Milan Cubrilovic R/R Acquired in the Raphael Coffey trade, Milan is a great defensive IF. While he may turn into a starter at some point he will be an excellent utility IF.