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Westheim · 09-24-2016, 04:25 PM

2014 ABL PLAYOFFS

Just like the previous 37 ABL seasons, the 38th edition would also finish with two rounds of best-of-seven playoffs. There’s nothing like a proven formula!

In the FLCS it will be the Miners against the Warriors. The 90-72 Miners are the #3 seed overall, but pumped out the most runs by any Federal League team, 782 in total, over 4.8 runs per game. They had not only one, but two players with a .300 clip, 30 dingers, and 100 RBI in the middle of their order, with SS Tom McWhorter (.312, 32 HR, 111 RBI) and 1B Steve Butler (.331, 38 HR, 120 RBI) striking fear in the hearts of pitchers. But while the team was high up in runs scored and the power department, they hadn’t been on base much overall, ranking merely 7th in OBP. They were down one outfielder, as William Waggoner was still on the DL and was not available for the FLCS at least. A harder hit however was the absence of their ace Miguel Rodriguez (17-6, 3-52 ERA), who was out until well into the 2015 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery a month ago. Their pitching and defense had only been average to begin with, but the absence of Rodriguez cast a light on the not-so-pretty depths of their rotation. Behind Fred Dugo (11-9, 3.37 ERA) and Jeremiah Bowman (18-8, 3.03 ERA), ugly ERA’s around five were to appear. The bullpen was acceptable at the end, but middle relief was another issue, with hardly a reliever with an ERA better than five outside of the eighth or ninth inning.

Opposing them was the #2 seed, the 99-63 Warriors. They had led the Federal League in pitching with the least runs conceded, and the best rotation and bullpen by ERA. Tony Hamlyn (21-6, 2.67 ERA) was almost 40 years old and was really hoping for his third ring, but there was really no co-ace to him. The remaining rotation was competent, but not fear-striking. The bullpen was, however, with 14 wins and 45 saves between their four best relievers, Arturo Lopez, Matt Ruffin, Marcos Bruno, and Ken Harris. They were all right-handers, however. They could have had a fifth murdering right-hander, but Dan Nordahl was on the DL until next season. Offensively, they had a well-mixed bunch, with five 15+ HR players, four players to hit .300, and really the only thing they didn’t have offensively was a guy to terrorize teams on the base paths – they had finished the season in the bottom three in stolen bases. The lineup was anchored on LF Jose “Dingus” Morales (.351, 27 HR, 83 RBI), with lots of protection around him.

Between these two teams, the Warriors appear to have the clear edge. They won more games, they were much healthier, and they also were not threatened to suffer from opposite handedness too much. Three of the Warriors’ four playoff starting pitchers were left-handers, and the Miners had barely gone better than .500 against southpaws. The Miners’ pitchers were all right-handed, and with Morales, Jamie Wilson (who was DTD to start the series), and D.J. Fullerton, the Warriors had three dangerous left-handed batters with power to hurt them. Warriors in five!

In the CLCS, the 89-73 Bayhawks were the bottom seed for the 2014 playoffs, their first postseason appearance in 15 years. They had a top three offense, except for a lack of speed on the bases, although much relied on the two left-handers in the middle of the order, LF Ron Alston (.312, 25 HR, 95 RBI) and 1B Adam Young (.309, 25 HR, 110 RBI). Nobody else had double-digit home runs, and only one other qualifying batter had hit .300 for them. Those two had to carry them, and far. The Bayhawks’ pitching was very much a mixed bag. They had finished t-7th in runs allowed, with a wobbly defense and the third-worst rotation. All their starters were right-handed, and while Milt Beauchamp (19-11, 3.44 ERA) had almost won 20 games, his ERA was the best among his peers. This were better in the bullpen, with sharp peak relievers at the back end in Salvadaro Soure (7-6, 3.11 ERA, 39 SV), who came over from Dallas mid-season, and ex-Indian Tommy Wooldridge, as well as veterans, including the well-travelled Ryosei Kato, who was 42 and could still fling it, and had already been part of the 1999 Bayhawks that won the World Series!

15 years in the making, the San Francisco playoff story might end up being a short one. They can well expect to get mauled by a towering 112-50 Crusaders team that blazed through its division, playing .759 or better in every full month past June. A 13-9 April was the low point of their season. They led the league in runs scored (by A LOT), and finished second to the Raccoons in runs allowed, with a +218 run differential. They did not have much speed, but they outpowered everybody, almost hitting a home run per game, an unheard-of feat. Their rotation was second to the Coons’, but they had the best pen. Only pointing to the middle of their order and LF Martin Ortíz (.350, 29 HR, 117 RBI), the newly-minted batting champion, RF Stanton Martin (.314, 29 HR, 114 RBI), who stayed mostly healthy for once, and 1B B.J. Manfull (.269, 20 HR, 95 RBI) shortchanges the rest of an awesome lineup, from which there will be one absence in the CLCS, as Francisco Caraballo, their second baseman, will be hurt for another week. Their rotation is headed by Jaylen “Midnight” Martin (22-6, 2.60 ERA), who led the league in wins, with three powerful right-handers behind that. The bullpen relies on a previously wonky Micah Steele (5-2, 1.67 ERA, 43 SV) as closer, but he sure sparkled this season. No, the Crusaders are heavy postseason favorites.

A good-luck Kato here or there, the Bayhawks (who went 4-5 against New York in the regular season) are in trouble. The CLCS might turn into a rout.

The Crusaders are the defending champions, with five titles in total. They make their ninth playoff appearance. The Bayhawks won the 1999 title, but make only their fifth playoffs. The 1978 champions Warriors make their eighth appearance, while the Miners are also in their fifth playoffs, and have never won the championship, one of six teams such afflicted.

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2014 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Bayhawks @ Crusaders … 4-2 … (Bayhawks lead 1-0) … SFB Ron Alston 3-3, BB, HR, RBI;

Miners @ Warriors … 3-4 … (Warriors lead 1-0) … PIT Tom McWhorter 3-5, 2B, RBI;
Bayhawks @ Crusaders … 5-3 … (Bayhawks lead 2-0) … SFB Adam Young 4-5; SFB Dave Garcia 3-3, 2 2B, RBI; SFB Jasper Holt 1-2, 2 RBI;

Miners @ Warriors … 0-2 … (Warriors lead 2-0) … SFW Bill Thomas 2-3, 2 RBI; SFW Fernando Cruz 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, W;

Crusaders @ Bayhawks … 8-1 … (Bayhawks lead 2-1) … NYC Amari Brissett 4-6, HR, 2 RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 3-4, BB, 2B; NYC Miguel Salinas 3-4, 2 RBI;

Warriors @ Miners … 7-10 … (Warriors lead 2-1) … SFW Jerrod Luckert 3-4, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI; PIT Dave Carter 4-4, 3 2B, 5 RBI;
Crusaders @ Bayhawks … 9-3 … (series tied 2-2) … NYC Jorge Ortega 3-5, 2B, RBI; NYC Miguel Salinas 3-5, 2 RBI;

Warriors @ Miners … 6-5 … (Warriors lead 3-1) … PIT Tom McWhorter 3-5, 2B;
Crusaders @ Bayhawks … 3-0 … (Crusaders lead 3-2) … NYC Stanton Martin 3-4, 2 2B, RBI;

Warriors @ Miners … 2-3 … (Warriors lead 3-2) … PIT Bartholomeu Pino 2-3, 3B, RBI; Steve Butler walks off the Miners with a home run off Arturo Lopez

Bayhawks @ Crusaders … 6-14 … (Crusaders win 4-2) … SFB Mohammed Blanc 3-4, BB, 2B; NYC Jorge Ortega 3-5, RBI; NYC Stanton Martin 3-4, BB, 2B, 3 RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 2-5, 3 RBI;

Miners @ Warriors … 6-7 (11) … (Warriors win 4-2) … PIT John Hudson 3-5, 2 2B; PIT Bartholomeu Pino 3-5, RBI; PIT Dale Moore (PH) 1-1, HR, 3 RBI; SFW Jose Morales 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI; SFW Gil Gross 3-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI; SFW Adam Zuhlke 2-2; the Warriors use reliever Marcos Bruno to bunt Zuhlke to second base for the second out in the bottom 11th before Barry Summers singles to score Zuhlke and send the Warriors to the World Series

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2014 WORLD SERIES

After taking a snooze in the first two games against the Bayhawks, the Crusaders’ middle of the order woke up on the west coast, and are in full swing mode now. They also got back Francisco Caraballo, which only makes the lineup more dangerous – all bad news for the Warriors.

There are good news for the Warriors, too. The Crusaders’ middle of the order is alternating left-handers and right-handers, but at the top and bottom, their lefty-heavy. The Warriors still have three left-handed starting pitchers, so there’s an edge for them. Also, they are 1-for-1 in World Series against the Crusaders, who were they opponents in the 1978 edition, the only time the Warriors won the title.

The Crusaders’ rotation remains right-handed throughout, which places more pressure on the Warriors’ three left-handed batters to come through, and D.J. Fullerton and Jamie Wilson were completely irrelevant in the FLCS. Crusaders in at most six!

Warriors @ Crusaders … 2-14 … (Crusaders lead 1-0) … NYC Amari Brissett 3-6, 2B; NYC Martin Ortíz 3-4, BB; NYC Stanton Martin 3-4, BB, HR, 5 RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 2-4, BB, 4 RBI; NYC Eduardo Durango 2-5, 3 RBI; NYC Jaylen Martin 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, W; Stanton Martin hits a grand slam off Bartolo Ortíz in the eighth inning.

Warriors @ Crusaders … 6-9 … (Crusaders lead 2-0) … SFW Jamie Wilson 2-4, BB, HR, 2 RBI; NYC Martin Ortíz 3-4, BB, RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 2-4, HR, 2 RBI;

Crusaders @ Warriors … 3-12 … (Crusaders lead 2-1) … SFW Ivan Flores 2-4, 2 BB, 3 RBI; SFW Jose Morales 3-5, BB, 2B, RBI; SFW Adam Zuhlke (PH) 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI; SFW Jaime Kester (PR) 1-1, 2 RBI;

The Warriors trail 3-2 in the middle of the eighth inning and look pretty much done before erupting for TEN runs on Sergio Alvarez, Aurelio Garcia, and Alex Ramirez.

Crusaders @ Warriors … 2-6 … (series tied 2-2) … NYC Amari Brissett 2-4, HR, RBI; SFW Gil Gross 3-4, HR, 2B, 4 RBI;

Double-whammy for the Warriors, who lose SP Jimmy Boswell after one inning to injury, but overcome that hurdle, yet they also lose “Dingus” Morales to a hamstring strain, making the final best-of-three even harder for them.

Crusaders @ Warriors … 7-1 … (Crusaders lead 3-2) … NYC Jorge Ortega 3-5; NYC Martin Ortíz 3-4, BB, RBI; NYC Francisco Caraballo 4-4, BB, 2 RBI; NYC Jaylen Martin 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, W;

De-dingused, the Warriors amount to only four hits to get their backs turned against the wall. 39-year old Tony Hamlyn gets the ball in their elimination game.

Warriors @ Crusaders … 1-3 … (Crusaders win 4-2) … NYC Miguel Salinas (PH) 1-1, BB, RBI;

Tony Hamlyn pitches seven shutout innings with a 1-0 lead before singles fall in for the Crusaders in the eighth and he is washed away in a flood of runners. The Warriors can’t hold on, and lose the game.

2014 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
New York Crusaders
(6th title)

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What happened in Portland? Mike Bednarski nipped on some booze, then rode his unicycle into a parked car down his street and banged up his wrist. No fatalities reported on the roster this offseason yet, but I heard that Jonny Toner and Cookie Carmona plan to go free-handed tandem-paragliding in polar bear territory in Alaska.

09-24-2016, 04:25 PM	#2031
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,780	2014 ABL PLAYOFFS Just like the previous 37 ABL seasons, the 38th edition would also finish with two rounds of best-of-seven playoffs. There’s nothing like a proven formula! In the FLCS it will be the Miners against the Warriors. The 90-72 Miners are the #3 seed overall, but pumped out the most runs by any Federal League team, 782 in total, over 4.8 runs per game. They had not only one, but two players with a .300 clip, 30 dingers, and 100 RBI in the middle of their order, with SS Tom McWhorter (.312, 32 HR, 111 RBI) and 1B Steve Butler (.331, 38 HR, 120 RBI) striking fear in the hearts of pitchers. But while the team was high up in runs scored and the power department, they hadn’t been on base much overall, ranking merely 7th in OBP. They were down one outfielder, as William Waggoner was still on the DL and was not available for the FLCS at least. A harder hit however was the absence of their ace Miguel Rodriguez (17-6, 3-52 ERA), who was out until well into the 2015 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery a month ago. Their pitching and defense had only been average to begin with, but the absence of Rodriguez cast a light on the not-so-pretty depths of their rotation. Behind Fred Dugo (11-9, 3.37 ERA) and Jeremiah Bowman (18-8, 3.03 ERA), ugly ERA’s around five were to appear. The bullpen was acceptable at the end, but middle relief was another issue, with hardly a reliever with an ERA better than five outside of the eighth or ninth inning. Opposing them was the #2 seed, the 99-63 Warriors. They had led the Federal League in pitching with the least runs conceded, and the best rotation and bullpen by ERA. Tony Hamlyn (21-6, 2.67 ERA) was almost 40 years old and was really hoping for his third ring, but there was really no co-ace to him. The remaining rotation was competent, but not fear-striking. The bullpen was, however, with 14 wins and 45 saves between their four best relievers, Arturo Lopez, Matt Ruffin, Marcos Bruno, and Ken Harris. They were all right-handers, however. They could have had a fifth murdering right-hander, but Dan Nordahl was on the DL until next season. Offensively, they had a well-mixed bunch, with five 15+ HR players, four players to hit .300, and really the only thing they didn’t have offensively was a guy to terrorize teams on the base paths – they had finished the season in the bottom three in stolen bases. The lineup was anchored on LF Jose “Dingus” Morales (.351, 27 HR, 83 RBI), with lots of protection around him. Between these two teams, the Warriors appear to have the clear edge. They won more games, they were much healthier, and they also were not threatened to suffer from opposite handedness too much. Three of the Warriors’ four playoff starting pitchers were left-handers, and the Miners had barely gone better than .500 against southpaws. The Miners’ pitchers were all right-handed, and with Morales, Jamie Wilson (who was DTD to start the series), and D.J. Fullerton, the Warriors had three dangerous left-handed batters with power to hurt them. Warriors in five! In the CLCS, the 89-73 Bayhawks were the bottom seed for the 2014 playoffs, their first postseason appearance in 15 years. They had a top three offense, except for a lack of speed on the bases, although much relied on the two left-handers in the middle of the order, LF Ron Alston (.312, 25 HR, 95 RBI) and 1B Adam Young (.309, 25 HR, 110 RBI). Nobody else had double-digit home runs, and only one other qualifying batter had hit .300 for them. Those two had to carry them, and far. The Bayhawks’ pitching was very much a mixed bag. They had finished t-7th in runs allowed, with a wobbly defense and the third-worst rotation. All their starters were right-handed, and while Milt Beauchamp (19-11, 3.44 ERA) had almost won 20 games, his ERA was the best among his peers. This were better in the bullpen, with sharp peak relievers at the back end in Salvadaro Soure (7-6, 3.11 ERA, 39 SV), who came over from Dallas mid-season, and ex-Indian Tommy Wooldridge, as well as veterans, including the well-travelled Ryosei Kato, who was 42 and could still fling it, and had already been part of the 1999 Bayhawks that won the World Series! 15 years in the making, the San Francisco playoff story might end up being a short one. They can well expect to get mauled by a towering 112-50 Crusaders team that blazed through its division, playing .759 or better in every full month past June. A 13-9 April was the low point of their season. They led the league in runs scored (by A LOT), and finished second to the Raccoons in runs allowed, with a +218 run differential. They did not have much speed, but they outpowered everybody, almost hitting a home run per game, an unheard-of feat. Their rotation was second to the Coons’, but they had the best pen. Only pointing to the middle of their order and LF Martin Ortíz (.350, 29 HR, 117 RBI), the newly-minted batting champion, RF Stanton Martin (.314, 29 HR, 114 RBI), who stayed mostly healthy for once, and 1B B.J. Manfull (.269, 20 HR, 95 RBI) shortchanges the rest of an awesome lineup, from which there will be one absence in the CLCS, as Francisco Caraballo, their second baseman, will be hurt for another week. Their rotation is headed by Jaylen “Midnight” Martin (22-6, 2.60 ERA), who led the league in wins, with three powerful right-handers behind that. The bullpen relies on a previously wonky Micah Steele (5-2, 1.67 ERA, 43 SV) as closer, but he sure sparkled this season. No, the Crusaders are heavy postseason favorites. A good-luck Kato here or there, the Bayhawks (who went 4-5 against New York in the regular season) are in trouble. The CLCS might turn into a rout. The Crusaders are the defending champions, with five titles in total. They make their ninth playoff appearance. The Bayhawks won the 1999 title, but make only their fifth playoffs. The 1978 champions Warriors make their eighth appearance, while the Miners are also in their fifth playoffs, and have never won the championship, one of six teams such afflicted. +++ 2014 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Bayhawks @ Crusaders … 4-2 … (Bayhawks lead 1-0) … SFB Ron Alston 3-3, BB, HR, RBI; Miners @ Warriors … 3-4 … (Warriors lead 1-0) … PIT Tom McWhorter 3-5, 2B, RBI; Bayhawks @ Crusaders … 5-3 … (Bayhawks lead 2-0) … SFB Adam Young 4-5; SFB Dave Garcia 3-3, 2 2B, RBI; SFB Jasper Holt 1-2, 2 RBI; Miners @ Warriors … 0-2 … (Warriors lead 2-0) … SFW Bill Thomas 2-3, 2 RBI; SFW Fernando Cruz 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, W; Crusaders @ Bayhawks … 8-1 … (Bayhawks lead 2-1) … NYC Amari Brissett 4-6, HR, 2 RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 3-4, BB, 2B; NYC Miguel Salinas 3-4, 2 RBI; Warriors @ Miners … 7-10 … (Warriors lead 2-1) … SFW Jerrod Luckert 3-4, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI; PIT Dave Carter 4-4, 3 2B, 5 RBI; Crusaders @ Bayhawks … 9-3 … (series tied 2-2) … NYC Jorge Ortega 3-5, 2B, RBI; NYC Miguel Salinas 3-5, 2 RBI; Warriors @ Miners … 6-5 … (Warriors lead 3-1) … PIT Tom McWhorter 3-5, 2B; Crusaders @ Bayhawks … 3-0 … (Crusaders lead 3-2) … NYC Stanton Martin 3-4, 2 2B, RBI; Warriors @ Miners … 2-3 … (Warriors lead 3-2) … PIT Bartholomeu Pino 2-3, 3B, RBI; Steve Butler walks off the Miners with a home run off Arturo Lopez Bayhawks @ Crusaders … 6-14 … (Crusaders win 4-2) … SFB Mohammed Blanc 3-4, BB, 2B; NYC Jorge Ortega 3-5, RBI; NYC Stanton Martin 3-4, BB, 2B, 3 RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 2-5, 3 RBI; Miners @ Warriors … 6-7 (11) … (Warriors win 4-2) … PIT John Hudson 3-5, 2 2B; PIT Bartholomeu Pino 3-5, RBI; PIT Dale Moore (PH) 1-1, HR, 3 RBI; SFW Jose Morales 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI; SFW Gil Gross 3-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI; SFW Adam Zuhlke 2-2; the Warriors use reliever Marcos Bruno to bunt Zuhlke to second base for the second out in the bottom 11th before Barry Summers singles to score Zuhlke and send the Warriors to the World Series +++ 2014 WORLD SERIES After taking a snooze in the first two games against the Bayhawks, the Crusaders’ middle of the order woke up on the west coast, and are in full swing mode now. They also got back Francisco Caraballo, which only makes the lineup more dangerous – all bad news for the Warriors. There are good news for the Warriors, too. The Crusaders’ middle of the order is alternating left-handers and right-handers, but at the top and bottom, their lefty-heavy. The Warriors still have three left-handed starting pitchers, so there’s an edge for them. Also, they are 1-for-1 in World Series against the Crusaders, who were they opponents in the 1978 edition, the only time the Warriors won the title. The Crusaders’ rotation remains right-handed throughout, which places more pressure on the Warriors’ three left-handed batters to come through, and D.J. Fullerton and Jamie Wilson were completely irrelevant in the FLCS. Crusaders in at most six! Warriors @ Crusaders … 2-14 … (Crusaders lead 1-0) … NYC Amari Brissett 3-6, 2B; NYC Martin Ortíz 3-4, BB; NYC Stanton Martin 3-4, BB, HR, 5 RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 2-4, BB, 4 RBI; NYC Eduardo Durango 2-5, 3 RBI; NYC Jaylen Martin 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, W; Stanton Martin hits a grand slam off Bartolo Ortíz in the eighth inning. Warriors @ Crusaders … 6-9 … (Crusaders lead 2-0) … SFW Jamie Wilson 2-4, BB, HR, 2 RBI; NYC Martin Ortíz 3-4, BB, RBI; NYC Jesus Ramirez 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; Crusaders @ Warriors … 3-12 … (Crusaders lead 2-1) … SFW Ivan Flores 2-4, 2 BB, 3 RBI; SFW Jose Morales 3-5, BB, 2B, RBI; SFW Adam Zuhlke (PH) 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI; SFW Jaime Kester (PR) 1-1, 2 RBI; The Warriors trail 3-2 in the middle of the eighth inning and look pretty much done before erupting for TEN runs on Sergio Alvarez, Aurelio Garcia, and Alex Ramirez. Crusaders @ Warriors … 2-6 … (series tied 2-2) … NYC Amari Brissett 2-4, HR, RBI; SFW Gil Gross 3-4, HR, 2B, 4 RBI; Double-whammy for the Warriors, who lose SP Jimmy Boswell after one inning to injury, but overcome that hurdle, yet they also lose “Dingus” Morales to a hamstring strain, making the final best-of-three even harder for them. Crusaders @ Warriors … 7-1 … (Crusaders lead 3-2) … NYC Jorge Ortega 3-5; NYC Martin Ortíz 3-4, BB, RBI; NYC Francisco Caraballo 4-4, BB, 2 RBI; NYC Jaylen Martin 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, W; De-dingused, the Warriors amount to only four hits to get their backs turned against the wall. 39-year old Tony Hamlyn gets the ball in their elimination game. Warriors @ Crusaders … 1-3 … (Crusaders win 4-2) … NYC Miguel Salinas (PH) 1-1, BB, RBI; Tony Hamlyn pitches seven shutout innings with a 1-0 lead before singles fall in for the Crusaders in the eighth and he is washed away in a flood of runners. The Warriors can’t hold on, and lose the game. 2014 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS New York Crusaders (6th title) +++ What happened in Portland? Mike Bednarski nipped on some booze, then rode his unicycle into a parked car down his street and banged up his wrist. No fatalities reported on the roster this offseason yet, but I heard that Jonny Toner and Cookie Carmona plan to go free-handed tandem-paragliding in polar bear territory in Alaska. Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.