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Westheim · 11-23-2017, 05:01 PM

2021 ABL PLAYOFFS

Contrary to popular belief, the 83-79 Blue Sox were not the worst-ever playoff participant in ABL history – that distinction was still held by the 2009 Knights, who had made the playoffs with just 82 wins in terrible CL South that year. This was their 11th playoff season and their first in 16 years. They had won two titles all the way back in the 80s. Taking on the best team in baseball in the FLCS would not be an easy task for a team that had finished in the bottom half (7th) in runs scored in the Federal League, even though they sported the best rotation and a very competent bullpen. There was something odd however about the Blue Sox – they did not have a single left-handed pitcher on the playoff roster, not even a reliever. An entirely right-handed staff that was headlined by Diego Mendoza jr. (12-12, 3.07 ERA), a pitcher that had not even achieved a winning record … and this was really a playoff team? … Neither speed nor power were their strong suits. They had only one guy with 20+ home runs (Tom Schorsch), only one batter over .300 (Alberto Rodriguez, and just barely), and nobody had won more than 15 games for them.

By contrast, the 106-56 Scorpions had smothered the West, distancing their closest competition by 19 games in the process. They had scored a slightly insane 924 runs, far and away the high mark in the ABL, but that had been necessary to make up for a spotty rotation that had gaping holes behind Ian Rutter (14-7, 3.82 ERA) and Ozzie Pereira (16-4, 3.40 ERA), but even Brian Simmons (5.12 ERA) still won 15 games – the offense had been THAT good. Alas, there was an issue, and those issues were injuries to three of their key batters, including Pablo Sanchez, the first-ever(!) ABL player to bat over .400 with a .4090 mark to be precise, beating a 42-year old .3944 mark by Jeremiah “Porcelain Ballerina” Carrell. Oh yeah, they were also down two mere .300 hitters in SS Trey Rock and CF Justin McAllester. At least they still had their power, including 31 HR and 118 RBI from Gil Rockwell, both marks leading the team, and three more 16+ HR hitters in Jaiden Jackson, Ray Meade, and Ricky Luna. Furthermore, they also had four left-handed batters and a switch-hitter to counter the Blue Sox’ entirely right-handed pitching staff.

Despite the injuries, the experts agreed: the Scorpions would march through the Sox, and it would be a rout.

Over in the Continental League, things were not quite as clear-cut. The 98-64 Loggers had gained homefield advantage after beating their division by eight or more games. They had been the top offensive team in the Continental League, with a puny 770 runs, or 154 less than the Scorpions had piled up. Despite the top-ranked run production in the CL, their rotation was probably their biggest asset, with the aciest ace having yet to be declared between Ian Prevost (14-7, 3.55 ERA), Chris Sinkhorn (21-9, 2.78 ERA), and Michael Foreman (14-9, 3.11 ERA between POR and MIL). Their lineup was very much balanced; while they had the CL’s batting title winner in Ian Coleman (.376, 15 HR, 99 RBI), no other players had batted .300 or had been very close to the mark, and Coleman was also second in power on the team to Alberto Velez’ 18 home runs. It was a dense lineup, though, with danger dwelling all the way down to the #7 spot, perhaps excluding second base, where they had been looking for quality the entire year and had never found it. Their only injury was part-time closer Edwin Balandran, who had pitched in only 14 games for them after mid-season acquisition from the Aces.

Like the Loggers, the 95-67 Knights had finished in the top 3 in both runs scored and runs allowed, 3rd and 2nd in their case, respectively. Their rotation was not their strong suit, however, as the starters had merely finished sixth by ERA, with not much top quality hurling behind southpaw Luis Flores (18-9, 2.93 ERA). But, oh, that bullpen. They had no less than three top level relievers, frontlined by closer Harry Merwin and his 45 saves and 1.56 ERA. Their lineup featured six double-digit home run hitters, although nobody had hit more than 15 for them (Devin Hibbard and Ruben Luna sharing the honors), and as a team they had only been tied for fifth in dingers. Worse yet, they had the second-lowest team batting average in the Continental League, a paltry .248, but had made up for that by drawing the most walks of all teams, bumping them into the top 3 in on-base percentage after all. It was an odd mix, but one that had worked well enough to make the playoffs.

There was probably a visible advantage, but not an overwhelming one, for the Loggers in this series. Loggers in six or seven was probably not an outrageous prediction.

The Scorpions (the eventual champions) and the Loggers had met in last year’s World Series. The Blue Sox hadn’t been in the Big Show since 2005, and the Knights had not been there during most of their players’ lifetime, going back to 1986. Only Jonathan Ryan (age 2) and Devin Hibbard (1) had even been born when the Knights lost in their only World Series appearance – to the Blue Sox.

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2021 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Blue Sox @ Scorpions … 0-7 … (Scorpions win 1-0) … SAC Jason LaCombe 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI; SAC Ricky Luna 2-4, 2 2B; SAC Ian Rutter 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, W (1-0) and 2-3, 2B, RBI;

Blue Sox @ Scorpions … 8-3 … (series tied 1-1) … NAS Ruben Cervantes (PH) 2-2, HR, 4 RBI; NAS Josh Rawlings (PH) 1-1, 2B, RBI; SAC Doug Stross 3-3, BB, 2 2B;
Knights @ Loggers … 0-1 … (Loggers lead 1-0) … MIL Ian Coleman 2-3, BB, HR, RBI; MIL Ian Prevost 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 11 K, W (1-0) and 1-3;

Ruben Cervantes’ pinch-hit grand slam opens the Blue Sox’ scoring in a 7-run seventh inning to come bac from an earlier deficit and pull even in the series.

The Knights amount only to a Tony Jimenez single in Game 1, and – worse! – lose their ace SP Luis Flores to shoulder inflammation before three innings are completed. Their stock has resoundingly crashed.

Knights @ Loggers … 3-6 … (Loggers lead 2-0) … MIL Ian Coleman 3-4; MIL Andrew Cooper 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; MIL Brad Tesch (PH) 1-1, 2 RBI;

In pulling the teams even, the baseball gods strike Chris Sinkhorn with an injury in the fifth inning. The W in the game goes to reliever Mike Kress, who allows a run in one and a third innings. However, in a marked deviation from the Knights’ grim fate, Sinkhorn is only diagnosed with a mild abdominal strain and could return to duty in this series.

Scorpions @ Blue Sox … 9-1 … (Scorpions lead 2-1) … SAC John Staebell 4-5, BB; SAC Ray Meade 2-4, BB, 3B, 2B, 4 RBI; SAC Jaiden Jackson 2-5, BB, 3 RBI;

Brian Simmons (the one with the 5+ ERA) pitches six shutout innings after being spotted a 5-run lead in the first inning.

Scorpions @ Blue Sox … 3-5 … (series tied 2-2) … NAS Rich Mendez 3-4; NAS Tony Fuentes 2-4, 2 2B, RBI; NAS Diego Mendoza jr. 7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, W (1-0);
Loggers @ Knights … 3-4 … (Loggers lead 2-1) … MIL Ron Tadlock 3-5, 2 RBI;

The Knights are out-hit 11-4 in this game and blatantly steal a much-needed victory by mashing three home runs. The Loggers have ten singles in their 11 hits and leave ten men on base.

Scorpions @ Blue Sox … 2-6 … (Blue Sox lead 3-2) … NAS Tom Schorsch 2-4, HR, RBI; NAS Alberto Rodriguez 2-2, 2 BB, 2 2B, 2 RBI; NAS Armando Leal 2-4, 2 RBI;
Loggers @ Knights … 5-1 … (Loggers lead 3-1) … MIL Ian Prevost 7.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, W (2-0); ATL Marty Reyes 2-3, BB, 2B, RBI;

A stunning upset is brewing in the Federal League – the Scorpions can’t hit the ball anymore! Were the injuries too grave after all!?

Loggers @ Knights … 8-2 … (Loggers win 4-1) … MIL Ron Tadlock 3-5, 2B, RBI; MIL Alberto Velez 1-5, HR, 3 RBI; MIL Chris Sinkhorn 7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, W (1-0);

Sinkhorn sounded his horn, and the Knights sunk. Just when they tried to clamber back into the game in the middle innings, Velez’ fifth-inning blast broke them for good, and their bullpen got piled on in the late innings.

Blue Sox @ Scorpions … 12-2 … (Blue Sox win 4-2) … NAS Saverio Piepoli 3-3, BB, HR, RBI; NAS Tom Schorsch 2-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI; NAS Tony Fuentes 2-5, HR, 2 RBI;

In a raging upset, the Blue Sox blast six home runs to shatter the Scorpions’ repeat dreams, sending them to an offseason of lamenting and blaming the baseball gods for something for which there were no words.

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2021 WORLD SERIES

Nobody, not even the Loggers, had quite believed they would have homefield advantage in the World Series after the Scorpions’ dominant season, but the Scorpions were eliminated, and the task at hand were the Blue Sox.

The Blue Sox still had no left-handed pitchers to turn to, but they now had the epithet of being giant-slayers and the Loggers would better be cautious. While the Blue Sox’ run differential of +48 had been barely one third of the Loggers’, they had at least already eliminated a 100-win team. One Blue Sock was gone from the roster, with infielder Rich Mendez tweaking a hamstring during the FLCS and having to be replaced. The Loggers had no further injuries, and they had enough left-handed batters (five, and one switch-hitter in Velez) to feel pretty confident at this point, but the Scorpions had also been pretty confident.

At this point it was quite clear that the devil had his hooves in the deal this time and everything was possible. Loggers in seven or Blue Sox in four? Who knows that! The only thing known for certain was that the Loggers were one of five teams to never win the World Series (the Knights had also been in that group) and could well polish up their history as one of the worst-overall ABL teams, historically speaking.

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Blue Sox @ Loggers … 6-9 … (Loggers lead 1-0) … NAS John Muller 3-5, HR, RBI; MIL Ian Coleman 2-3, BB, 2 HR, 3 RBI; MIL Brad Gore 2-3, 2 BB, 2B; MIL Mike Gershkovich 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI;

Blue Sox @ Loggers … 3-5 … (Loggers lead 2-0) … MIL Ron Tadlock 3-5; MIL Mike Gershkovich 2-3, BB, 2B;

The Blue Sox took the lead in the third inning and Jorge Villalobos held on to it into the seventh inning when the Loggers suddenly took him apart on four straight base hits.

Loggers @ Blue Sox … 1-0 … (Loggers lead 3-0) … MIL Michael Foreman 7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, W (1-0); NAS Mike Lake 8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, L (1-2);

A walk, an error, a sac fly – that was all that undid Lake’s stellar outing and bid to keep the Blue Sox in the series. Alberto Velez’ seventh-inning sac fly puts them with their backs against the wall. Game 4 was completed in a rash 2:24 and saw only nine hits, and only NAS Armando Leal hit for more than one base.

Loggers @ Blue Sox … 4-2 … (Loggers win 4-0) … MIL Ian Coleman 2-5, 3B, RBI; MIL Andrew Cooper 2-4, 2B, RBI; MIL Ian Prevost 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, W (4-0);

The Loggers score all their runs in the first five innings, while the Blue Sox don’t wake up against Prevost until the bottom of the seventh. By then, it was too late. Quinn MacCarthy and Julio San Pedro close out the game, the latter moving from the rotation to closing duties and saving five contests in the playoffs.

The Loggers become only the fifth team ever to sweep the World Series, joining the 1977 Cyclones, 1986 Blue Sox, 1999 Bayhawks, and 2016 Pacifics.

2021 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
MILWAUKEE LOGGERS
(1st title)

11-23-2017, 05:01 PM	#2406
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 14,013	2021 ABL PLAYOFFS Contrary to popular belief, the 83-79 Blue Sox were not the worst-ever playoff participant in ABL history – that distinction was still held by the 2009 Knights, who had made the playoffs with just 82 wins in terrible CL South that year. This was their 11th playoff season and their first in 16 years. They had won two titles all the way back in the 80s. Taking on the best team in baseball in the FLCS would not be an easy task for a team that had finished in the bottom half (7th) in runs scored in the Federal League, even though they sported the best rotation and a very competent bullpen. There was something odd however about the Blue Sox – they did not have a single left-handed pitcher on the playoff roster, not even a reliever. An entirely right-handed staff that was headlined by Diego Mendoza jr. (12-12, 3.07 ERA), a pitcher that had not even achieved a winning record … and this was really a playoff team? … Neither speed nor power were their strong suits. They had only one guy with 20+ home runs (Tom Schorsch), only one batter over .300 (Alberto Rodriguez, and just barely), and nobody had won more than 15 games for them. By contrast, the 106-56 Scorpions had smothered the West, distancing their closest competition by 19 games in the process. They had scored a slightly insane 924 runs, far and away the high mark in the ABL, but that had been necessary to make up for a spotty rotation that had gaping holes behind Ian Rutter (14-7, 3.82 ERA) and Ozzie Pereira (16-4, 3.40 ERA), but even Brian Simmons (5.12 ERA) still won 15 games – the offense had been THAT good. Alas, there was an issue, and those issues were injuries to three of their key batters, including Pablo Sanchez, the first-ever(!) ABL player to bat over .400 with a .4090 mark to be precise, beating a 42-year old .3944 mark by Jeremiah “Porcelain Ballerina” Carrell. Oh yeah, they were also down two mere .300 hitters in SS Trey Rock and CF Justin McAllester. At least they still had their power, including 31 HR and 118 RBI from Gil Rockwell, both marks leading the team, and three more 16+ HR hitters in Jaiden Jackson, Ray Meade, and Ricky Luna. Furthermore, they also had four left-handed batters and a switch-hitter to counter the Blue Sox’ entirely right-handed pitching staff. Despite the injuries, the experts agreed: the Scorpions would march through the Sox, and it would be a rout. Over in the Continental League, things were not quite as clear-cut. The 98-64 Loggers had gained homefield advantage after beating their division by eight or more games. They had been the top offensive team in the Continental League, with a puny 770 runs, or 154 less than the Scorpions had piled up. Despite the top-ranked run production in the CL, their rotation was probably their biggest asset, with the aciest ace having yet to be declared between Ian Prevost (14-7, 3.55 ERA), Chris Sinkhorn (21-9, 2.78 ERA), and Michael Foreman (14-9, 3.11 ERA between POR and MIL). Their lineup was very much balanced; while they had the CL’s batting title winner in Ian Coleman (.376, 15 HR, 99 RBI), no other players had batted .300 or had been very close to the mark, and Coleman was also second in power on the team to Alberto Velez’ 18 home runs. It was a dense lineup, though, with danger dwelling all the way down to the #7 spot, perhaps excluding second base, where they had been looking for quality the entire year and had never found it. Their only injury was part-time closer Edwin Balandran, who had pitched in only 14 games for them after mid-season acquisition from the Aces. Like the Loggers, the 95-67 Knights had finished in the top 3 in both runs scored and runs allowed, 3rd and 2nd in their case, respectively. Their rotation was not their strong suit, however, as the starters had merely finished sixth by ERA, with not much top quality hurling behind southpaw Luis Flores (18-9, 2.93 ERA). But, oh, that bullpen. They had no less than three top level relievers, frontlined by closer Harry Merwin and his 45 saves and 1.56 ERA. Their lineup featured six double-digit home run hitters, although nobody had hit more than 15 for them (Devin Hibbard and Ruben Luna sharing the honors), and as a team they had only been tied for fifth in dingers. Worse yet, they had the second-lowest team batting average in the Continental League, a paltry .248, but had made up for that by drawing the most walks of all teams, bumping them into the top 3 in on-base percentage after all. It was an odd mix, but one that had worked well enough to make the playoffs. There was probably a visible advantage, but not an overwhelming one, for the Loggers in this series. Loggers in six or seven was probably not an outrageous prediction. The Scorpions (the eventual champions) and the Loggers had met in last year’s World Series. The Blue Sox hadn’t been in the Big Show since 2005, and the Knights had not been there during most of their players’ lifetime, going back to 1986. Only Jonathan Ryan (age 2) and Devin Hibbard (1) had even been born when the Knights lost in their only World Series appearance – to the Blue Sox. +++ 2021 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Blue Sox @ Scorpions … 0-7 … (Scorpions win 1-0) … SAC Jason LaCombe 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI; SAC Ricky Luna 2-4, 2 2B; SAC Ian Rutter 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, W (1-0) and 2-3, 2B, RBI; Blue Sox @ Scorpions … 8-3 … (series tied 1-1) … NAS Ruben Cervantes (PH) 2-2, HR, 4 RBI; NAS Josh Rawlings (PH) 1-1, 2B, RBI; SAC Doug Stross 3-3, BB, 2 2B; Knights @ Loggers … 0-1 … (Loggers lead 1-0) … MIL Ian Coleman 2-3, BB, HR, RBI; MIL Ian Prevost 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 11 K, W (1-0) and 1-3; Ruben Cervantes’ pinch-hit grand slam opens the Blue Sox’ scoring in a 7-run seventh inning to come bac from an earlier deficit and pull even in the series. The Knights amount only to a Tony Jimenez single in Game 1, and – worse! – lose their ace SP Luis Flores to shoulder inflammation before three innings are completed. Their stock has resoundingly crashed. Knights @ Loggers … 3-6 … (Loggers lead 2-0) … MIL Ian Coleman 3-4; MIL Andrew Cooper 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; MIL Brad Tesch (PH) 1-1, 2 RBI; In pulling the teams even, the baseball gods strike Chris Sinkhorn with an injury in the fifth inning. The W in the game goes to reliever Mike Kress, who allows a run in one and a third innings. However, in a marked deviation from the Knights’ grim fate, Sinkhorn is only diagnosed with a mild abdominal strain and could return to duty in this series. Scorpions @ Blue Sox … 9-1 … (Scorpions lead 2-1) … SAC John Staebell 4-5, BB; SAC Ray Meade 2-4, BB, 3B, 2B, 4 RBI; SAC Jaiden Jackson 2-5, BB, 3 RBI; Brian Simmons (the one with the 5+ ERA) pitches six shutout innings after being spotted a 5-run lead in the first inning. Scorpions @ Blue Sox … 3-5 … (series tied 2-2) … NAS Rich Mendez 3-4; NAS Tony Fuentes 2-4, 2 2B, RBI; NAS Diego Mendoza jr. 7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, W (1-0); Loggers @ Knights … 3-4 … (Loggers lead 2-1) … MIL Ron Tadlock 3-5, 2 RBI; The Knights are out-hit 11-4 in this game and blatantly steal a much-needed victory by mashing three home runs. The Loggers have ten singles in their 11 hits and leave ten men on base. Scorpions @ Blue Sox … 2-6 … (Blue Sox lead 3-2) … NAS Tom Schorsch 2-4, HR, RBI; NAS Alberto Rodriguez 2-2, 2 BB, 2 2B, 2 RBI; NAS Armando Leal 2-4, 2 RBI; Loggers @ Knights … 5-1 … (Loggers lead 3-1) … MIL Ian Prevost 7.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, W (2-0); ATL Marty Reyes 2-3, BB, 2B, RBI; A stunning upset is brewing in the Federal League – the Scorpions can’t hit the ball anymore! Were the injuries too grave after all!? Loggers @ Knights … 8-2 … (Loggers win 4-1) … MIL Ron Tadlock 3-5, 2B, RBI; MIL Alberto Velez 1-5, HR, 3 RBI; MIL Chris Sinkhorn 7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, W (1-0); Sinkhorn sounded his horn, and the Knights sunk. Just when they tried to clamber back into the game in the middle innings, Velez’ fifth-inning blast broke them for good, and their bullpen got piled on in the late innings. Blue Sox @ Scorpions … 12-2 … (Blue Sox win 4-2) … NAS Saverio Piepoli 3-3, BB, HR, RBI; NAS Tom Schorsch 2-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI; NAS Tony Fuentes 2-5, HR, 2 RBI; In a raging upset, the Blue Sox blast six home runs to shatter the Scorpions’ repeat dreams, sending them to an offseason of lamenting and blaming the baseball gods for something for which there were no words. +++ 2021 WORLD SERIES Nobody, not even the Loggers, had quite believed they would have homefield advantage in the World Series after the Scorpions’ dominant season, but the Scorpions were eliminated, and the task at hand were the Blue Sox. The Blue Sox still had no left-handed pitchers to turn to, but they now had the epithet of being giant-slayers and the Loggers would better be cautious. While the Blue Sox’ run differential of +48 had been barely one third of the Loggers’, they had at least already eliminated a 100-win team. One Blue Sock was gone from the roster, with infielder Rich Mendez tweaking a hamstring during the FLCS and having to be replaced. The Loggers had no further injuries, and they had enough left-handed batters (five, and one switch-hitter in Velez) to feel pretty confident at this point, but the Scorpions had also been pretty confident. At this point it was quite clear that the devil had his hooves in the deal this time and everything was possible. Loggers in seven or Blue Sox in four? Who knows that! The only thing known for certain was that the Loggers were one of five teams to never win the World Series (the Knights had also been in that group) and could well polish up their history as one of the worst-overall ABL teams, historically speaking. +++ Blue Sox @ Loggers … 6-9 … (Loggers lead 1-0) … NAS John Muller 3-5, HR, RBI; MIL Ian Coleman 2-3, BB, 2 HR, 3 RBI; MIL Brad Gore 2-3, 2 BB, 2B; MIL Mike Gershkovich 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Blue Sox @ Loggers … 3-5 … (Loggers lead 2-0) … MIL Ron Tadlock 3-5; MIL Mike Gershkovich 2-3, BB, 2B; The Blue Sox took the lead in the third inning and Jorge Villalobos held on to it into the seventh inning when the Loggers suddenly took him apart on four straight base hits. Loggers @ Blue Sox … 1-0 … (Loggers lead 3-0) … MIL Michael Foreman 7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, W (1-0); NAS Mike Lake 8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, L (1-2); A walk, an error, a sac fly – that was all that undid Lake’s stellar outing and bid to keep the Blue Sox in the series. Alberto Velez’ seventh-inning sac fly puts them with their backs against the wall. Game 4 was completed in a rash 2:24 and saw only nine hits, and only NAS Armando Leal hit for more than one base. Loggers @ Blue Sox … 4-2 … (Loggers win 4-0) … MIL Ian Coleman 2-5, 3B, RBI; MIL Andrew Cooper 2-4, 2B, RBI; MIL Ian Prevost 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, W (4-0); The Loggers score all their runs in the first five innings, while the Blue Sox don’t wake up against Prevost until the bottom of the seventh. By then, it was too late. Quinn MacCarthy and Julio San Pedro close out the game, the latter moving from the rotation to closing duties and saving five contests in the playoffs. 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