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pauwoo · 10-28-2019, 10:02 AM

2078 Season (5/6 – 5/8)
Los Angeles Kings (12-15, .444, 4th NL West) @ Dallas Cowboys (14-15, .483, 5th AL West)
Another team who is mired in the early season doldrums – albeit a club that should, by now, be 5-6 games off our pace. Except that our pace isn’t as sturdy as one would have thought it’d be – in fact, what we’re doing is the antithesis of pace, we’re running in place and making little to no progress in the process. Dallas is a fun team – more fun than good, really – they brought in Jo-Jo Jackson, a free-swinging power bat who is as likely to chase a bad pitch as he is to hit one out and are currently 4th in the AL for HRs. Power is not their problem – it’s batting average, starters ERA, and all things defense that is holding them back so far. And, while these would seem to be things we could/should take advantage of, with the way we’ve been playing all bets are off – I mean it, man – I don’t know how this thing is going to go.

28 of 162: Aiden Jensen (1-2, 4.75) @ Victor Fuller (2-3, 7.62)
Win, 6-2. Aiden gave us 8 strong ones – 6 K’s & 2 earned, Zody drove in a run, and Ethan went 2 for 4 with TWO BOMBS, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs… Barbaccia looked good in picking up his 8th save (let's hope that his troubles are behind him now), Ethan swiped his 16th, and OH HONG anchored 3 DP’s.

29 of 162: Michael Brisk (2-3, 4.91) @ Jonathan Salcido (4-1, 3.63)
Win, 11-4. A costly win as we lost OH HONG to an oblique strain – he’ll be out for a few weeks… Brisky went deep – almost completed the game for us – and gave up 4 runs while striking 9 out, Otto hit a 3-run blast, Gay drove 3 in, and DOM struck out 3 times and brought in two runs… a bit all over the place for him, but we’ll happily take the win. On the Brightside – his injury may have saved me the embarrassment of being the first GM traded to another team for an unproven stats nerd.

Elsewhere: Tom Franzone, who should need no introduction, went 3 for 4 with a double, 2 jacks, 3 ribbies, and 3 runs in Pittsburgh’s 8-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Currently, Franzone leads the league in HRs at 12 and is batting at a .306 clip. He’ll be a free agent in 2080 and when that happens, I expect him to set a new record for the most lucrative contract.

30 of 162: Trevor Dotson (0-1, 5.14) @ Jaiden Thomas (3-1, 4.30)
Win, 13-2. SWEEP! Dotson gave up only two earned runs in a complete-game performance where he adds 8 K’s to his register, Rajkumar hit a 3-run ding dong, and Dontrell Gay went 2 for 2 with a HR, 3 RBI, and 3 runs… 2 RBIs for Ethan, Zody, and Marshburn, Ethan gaffled his 17th bag (he currently leads the majors in that category), and we took full advantage of two errors committed by the Cowboys. Great win, timely sweep, and it’s starting to feel like we are getting this thing back on the rails.

2078 Season (5/10 – 5/12)
Los Angeles Kings (15-15, .500, 3rd NL West) @ Seattle Sounders (17-15, .531, 4th AL West)
Like us, the Seattle Sounders are, on paper, a much better club then they’ve displayed so far – they pair a great offense with a good staff but have been without the services of the 3-Time Pacheco Winning SP Bradley Hughes since the start of the season – he’ll be out for a couple more weeks before rejoining the club. Once he’s back – lookout… Seattle is a contender, for sure, and have an outside chance of, if they get hot at the right time, taking this thing all the way to the promised land. Currently, the Sounders lead the AL in homers and baserunning – they score in bunches and are solid defensively. In short, they look to be the exact kind of club that should sit at or near the top of the table…

Elsewhere: While our players were enjoying a day off, Jo Jo Jackson, of the Dallas Cowboys, busied himself by going yard TWICE in a contest against the Phoenix Suns – his Dallas Cowboys lost the contest, but the free-spirited, free-swinging, and extremely hard-working Left Fielder gave his hometown fans something to cheer about. Jackson is now second in the majors for HRs at 11 and is also 2nd in the majors in K’s at 44…

31 of 162: Paul Yeager (1-2, 6.03) @ Mark De La Cruz (3-3, 5.08)
Win, 3-0. We extended our streak to 4 wins here on the back of a solid performance from Yeager who gave us 7.2 hard-scrabble innings of work and held Seattle scoreless during his time on the bump and added 8 K’s for good measure. Barbaccia gets his 9th save, McT improved his batting AVG to .385, and Ethan put out his 6th HR. We’re on something of a roll now – dig it.

32 of 162: Newton Weiser (3-3, 5.21) @ Kenny Lurie (3-2, 4.81)
Win, 3-2. Newton was loose for 7 innings – he gave up 12 hits, but managed to navigate the rough seas more often than not – he walked a couple, let a couple of runs get across, and struck out 3 batters – McT kept on hitting – 3 for 5 today, and Otto hit a 2-run homer… 10th save for Barbaccia, 7th double for DOM, and we got a nice 16-pitch hold from Garcia with 2 K’s.

33 of 162: Aiden Jensen (2-2, 4.23) @ Robinson Padilla (1-0, 4.19)
Loss, 5-3. Aitor Cubas, now leading the MLB in jacks, went yard twice for Seattle, and former King (by way of the Lakers), Archie Imanov, hit a solo HR in the Sounders’ 3-run bottom of the 6th. 2 of the 3 HRs came off Jensen who went 6.2 innings with 4 earned runs. Otto drew three walks and hit a SAC FLY, and we stole two bags including the 18th for Ethan.

Elsewhere: Megan’s San Marcos Supremos improved to 7-5 on the year thanks to 1B Tom Pyzik, who hit 2 HR and drove in 4 runners, and 1B (acting as a DH today) Christopher Merrill, who hit a GRAND SLAM in the top of the 2nd. Merrill went undrafted out of LSU in 2073 and took 3 years off from baseball before his passion for the game was rekindled in the Bush League. He’s spent time in Beaumont and Nolanville in previous stops, and now looks as good as he ever has in a San Marcos kit – he’s hitting .367 with 3 homers and 12 RBIs so far in 2078.

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2078 Season (5/13 – 5/15)
Minnesota North Stars (18-17, .514, 4th NL West) @ Los Angeles Kings (17-16, .515, 3rd NL West)
While their offense continues to rake in 2078, their pitching has plummeted to last place in the National League and SP Matt Olston, who is 3-3 with a 7.88 ERA, has been dropped to 4th in the rotation – Shawna and her brain trust should have known better than to trust that guy to hold water… because… math and stuff. RF Butch Fuentes & 1B Hunfredo Tavares both have 25+ RBIs already (they are ranked 2nd & 3rd, respectively, in the NL) and Yoshimasa Sugawara continues to impress with a .325 average, 4 HRs, and 12 RBIs… We should be able to add to their -35 rDiff (worst in the NL West) over the next three games and get another, much-needed, series win at home.

34 of 162: Adrian Hollyfield (1-0, 1.46) @ Michael Brisk (3-3, 4.75)
Win, 7-4. Otto puts a walk-off, 3-run homer on the board in the bottom of the 9th and McT drove two in during the bottom of the 7th that tied this one up – Minnesota’s pitching just couldn’t hold on to their early lead in this one due to being bad at that facet of the game and our relentless style at the plate. Ethan hit his 1st triple, Dontrell posted a tasty little 2-out RBI, and Brisky labored through 5.1 innings but still manages to get the job done.

35 of 162: Dejuan Burns (3-2, 4.58) @ Trevor Dotson (1-1, 4.20)
Win, 4-3. Barbaccia gave blowing this one his best shot – allowing the two Dotson left stranded in the 9th plus one more get across but ended up with his 11th save instead… Trevor gave us 8 lockdown innings, but started to unravel in the top of the 9th, 3-run HR for McT (who continues his torrid start – and who charged this bomb to Dejuan’s account), and only the top four of our batting order – Ethan, Dontrell, McT, and Otto – come around to score.

Note: We’ve lost Dom for 6 weeks – torn hammy. Yikes. He’s been so durable during my run in LA that I guess it was just a matter of time – Dylan Tucker better come correct over the next month and a half.

Elsewhere: SP Rad Taylor, out of the CITY OF COMPTON, registered 10 K’s in his CG, 4-run, effort against the Newport Beach Gypsies – this is Rad’s 2nd complete game in 5 starts and 3rd winning effort in a row… turning the corner a bit, but still not where we need or expect him to be… his fastball and cutter look really good, but his changeup still hasn’t come around and I’m starting to wonder if it ever will – kid’s already 25 for Pete’s sake.

36 of 162: Octavio Cerver (0-5, 6.34) @ Paul Yeager (2-2, 4.93)
Win, 3-1. Sweep city! Yeager went 8 innings, registered 9 K’s and only allowed a single run to score and Dontrell Gay went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run. 12th save for Barbaccia in one of the steadiest performances from him in some time – this win came off of a real workmanlike effort from our club. A great result for us here – nice to see the guys dig in and stay focused.

Elsewhere: 3B Pepper Grant hit his 2nd HR of the season for the Portland Timbers in a 5-6 loss at Seattle – So far in the 2078 campaign, Pepper has earned the starting role on the hot corner but is only hitting .232 with 2 jacks and 14 ribbies… he’s still trying to work into a bit of a groove in PDX. It seems that he may have included too many Voodoo Donuts in his dietary regimen as he readied himself for the season. And, Kordell Littles, of your CITY OF COMPTON RAIDERS, recorded 11 K’s in an 8-inning, 3 earned performance and 6-3 win over the Newport Beach Gypsies – the win gives Compton only there 2nd series win of the season. And, lastly, our sweep over the North Stars moved us to 2nd place in the NL West where we are now tied with the Houston Dynamo at 3 games behind the Phoenix Suns… we’re slowly climbing out of the hole we dug for ourselves to start the year.

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pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,266	2078 Season (5/6 – 5/15) 2078 Season (5/6 – 5/8) Los Angeles Kings (12-15, .444, 4th NL West) @ Dallas Cowboys (14-15, .483, 5th AL West) Another team who is mired in the early season doldrums – albeit a club that should, by now, be 5-6 games off our pace. Except that our pace isn’t as sturdy as one would have thought it’d be – in fact, what we’re doing is the antithesis of pace, we’re running in place and making little to no progress in the process. Dallas is a fun team – more fun than good, really – they brought in Jo-Jo Jackson, a free-swinging power bat who is as likely to chase a bad pitch as he is to hit one out and are currently 4th in the AL for HRs. Power is not their problem – it’s batting average, starters ERA, and all things defense that is holding them back so far. And, while these would seem to be things we could/should take advantage of, with the way we’ve been playing all bets are off – I mean it, man – I don’t know how this thing is going to go. 28 of 162: Aiden Jensen (1-2, 4.75) @ Victor Fuller (2-3, 7.62) Win, 6-2. Aiden gave us 8 strong ones – 6 K’s & 2 earned, Zody drove in a run, and Ethan went 2 for 4 with TWO BOMBS, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs… Barbaccia looked good in picking up his 8th save (let's hope that his troubles are behind him now), Ethan swiped his 16th, and OH HONG anchored 3 DP’s. 29 of 162: Michael Brisk (2-3, 4.91) @ Jonathan Salcido (4-1, 3.63) Win, 11-4. A costly win as we lost OH HONG to an oblique strain – he’ll be out for a few weeks… Brisky went deep – almost completed the game for us – and gave up 4 runs while striking 9 out, Otto hit a 3-run blast, Gay drove 3 in, and DOM struck out 3 times and brought in two runs… a bit all over the place for him, but we’ll happily take the win. On the Brightside – his injury may have saved me the embarrassment of being the first GM traded to another team for an unproven stats nerd. Elsewhere: Tom Franzone, who should need no introduction, went 3 for 4 with a double, 2 jacks, 3 ribbies, and 3 runs in Pittsburgh’s 8-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Currently, Franzone leads the league in HRs at 12 and is batting at a .306 clip. He’ll be a free agent in 2080 and when that happens, I expect him to set a new record for the most lucrative contract. 30 of 162: Trevor Dotson (0-1, 5.14) @ Jaiden Thomas (3-1, 4.30) Win, 13-2. SWEEP! Dotson gave up only two earned runs in a complete-game performance where he adds 8 K’s to his register, Rajkumar hit a 3-run ding dong, and Dontrell Gay went 2 for 2 with a HR, 3 RBI, and 3 runs… 2 RBIs for Ethan, Zody, and Marshburn, Ethan gaffled his 17th bag (he currently leads the majors in that category), and we took full advantage of two errors committed by the Cowboys. Great win, timely sweep, and it’s starting to feel like we are getting this thing back on the rails. 2078 Season (5/10 – 5/12) Los Angeles Kings (15-15, .500, 3rd NL West) @ Seattle Sounders (17-15, .531, 4th AL West) Like us, the Seattle Sounders are, on paper, a much better club then they’ve displayed so far – they pair a great offense with a good staff but have been without the services of the 3-Time Pacheco Winning SP Bradley Hughes since the start of the season – he’ll be out for a couple more weeks before rejoining the club. Once he’s back – lookout… Seattle is a contender, for sure, and have an outside chance of, if they get hot at the right time, taking this thing all the way to the promised land. Currently, the Sounders lead the AL in homers and baserunning – they score in bunches and are solid defensively. In short, they look to be the exact kind of club that should sit at or near the top of the table… Elsewhere: While our players were enjoying a day off, Jo Jo Jackson, of the Dallas Cowboys, busied himself by going yard TWICE in a contest against the Phoenix Suns – his Dallas Cowboys lost the contest, but the free-spirited, free-swinging, and extremely hard-working Left Fielder gave his hometown fans something to cheer about. Jackson is now second in the majors for HRs at 11 and is also 2nd in the majors in K’s at 44… 31 of 162: Paul Yeager (1-2, 6.03) @ Mark De La Cruz (3-3, 5.08) Win, 3-0. We extended our streak to 4 wins here on the back of a solid performance from Yeager who gave us 7.2 hard-scrabble innings of work and held Seattle scoreless during his time on the bump and added 8 K’s for good measure. Barbaccia gets his 9th save, McT improved his batting AVG to .385, and Ethan put out his 6th HR. We’re on something of a roll now – dig it. 32 of 162: Newton Weiser (3-3, 5.21) @ Kenny Lurie (3-2, 4.81) Win, 3-2. Newton was loose for 7 innings – he gave up 12 hits, but managed to navigate the rough seas more often than not – he walked a couple, let a couple of runs get across, and struck out 3 batters – McT kept on hitting – 3 for 5 today, and Otto hit a 2-run homer… 10th save for Barbaccia, 7th double for DOM, and we got a nice 16-pitch hold from Garcia with 2 K’s. 33 of 162: Aiden Jensen (2-2, 4.23) @ Robinson Padilla (1-0, 4.19) Loss, 5-3. Aitor Cubas, now leading the MLB in jacks, went yard twice for Seattle, and former King (by way of the Lakers), Archie Imanov, hit a solo HR in the Sounders’ 3-run bottom of the 6th. 2 of the 3 HRs came off Jensen who went 6.2 innings with 4 earned runs. Otto drew three walks and hit a SAC FLY, and we stole two bags including the 18th for Ethan. Elsewhere: Megan’s San Marcos Supremos improved to 7-5 on the year thanks to 1B Tom Pyzik, who hit 2 HR and drove in 4 runners, and 1B (acting as a DH today) Christopher Merrill, who hit a GRAND SLAM in the top of the 2nd. Merrill went undrafted out of LSU in 2073 and took 3 years off from baseball before his passion for the game was rekindled in the Bush League. He’s spent time in Beaumont and Nolanville in previous stops, and now looks as good as he ever has in a San Marcos kit – he’s hitting .367 with 3 homers and 12 RBIs so far in 2078. 2078 Season (5/13 – 5/15) Minnesota North Stars (18-17, .514, 4th NL West) @ Los Angeles Kings (17-16, .515, 3rd NL West) While their offense continues to rake in 2078, their pitching has plummeted to last place in the National League and SP Matt Olston, who is 3-3 with a 7.88 ERA, has been dropped to 4th in the rotation – Shawna and her brain trust should have known better than to trust that guy to hold water… because… math and stuff. RF Butch Fuentes & 1B Hunfredo Tavares both have 25+ RBIs already (they are ranked 2nd & 3rd, respectively, in the NL) and Yoshimasa Sugawara continues to impress with a .325 average, 4 HRs, and 12 RBIs… We should be able to add to their -35 rDiff (worst in the NL West) over the next three games and get another, much-needed, series win at home. 34 of 162: Adrian Hollyfield (1-0, 1.46) @ Michael Brisk (3-3, 4.75) Win, 7-4. Otto puts a walk-off, 3-run homer on the board in the bottom of the 9th and McT drove two in during the bottom of the 7th that tied this one up – Minnesota’s pitching just couldn’t hold on to their early lead in this one due to being bad at that facet of the game and our relentless style at the plate. Ethan hit his 1st triple, Dontrell posted a tasty little 2-out RBI, and Brisky labored through 5.1 innings but still manages to get the job done. 35 of 162: Dejuan Burns (3-2, 4.58) @ Trevor Dotson (1-1, 4.20) Win, 4-3. Barbaccia gave blowing this one his best shot – allowing the two Dotson left stranded in the 9th plus one more get across but ended up with his 11th save instead… Trevor gave us 8 lockdown innings, but started to unravel in the top of the 9th, 3-run HR for McT (who continues his torrid start – and who charged this bomb to Dejuan’s account), and only the top four of our batting order – Ethan, Dontrell, McT, and Otto – come around to score. Note: We’ve lost Dom for 6 weeks – torn hammy. Yikes. He’s been so durable during my run in LA that I guess it was just a matter of time – Dylan Tucker better come correct over the next month and a half. Elsewhere: SP Rad Taylor, out of the CITY OF COMPTON, registered 10 K’s in his CG, 4-run, effort against the Newport Beach Gypsies – this is Rad’s 2nd complete game in 5 starts and 3rd winning effort in a row… turning the corner a bit, but still not where we need or expect him to be… his fastball and cutter look really good, but his changeup still hasn’t come around and I’m starting to wonder if it ever will – kid’s already 25 for Pete’s sake. 36 of 162: Octavio Cerver (0-5, 6.34) @ Paul Yeager (2-2, 4.93) Win, 3-1. Sweep city! Yeager went 8 innings, registered 9 K’s and only allowed a single run to score and Dontrell Gay went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run. 12th save for Barbaccia in one of the steadiest performances from him in some time – this win came off of a real workmanlike effort from our club. A great result for us here – nice to see the guys dig in and stay focused. Elsewhere: 3B Pepper Grant hit his 2nd HR of the season for the Portland Timbers in a 5-6 loss at Seattle – So far in the 2078 campaign, Pepper has earned the starting role on the hot corner but is only hitting .232 with 2 jacks and 14 ribbies… he’s still trying to work into a bit of a groove in PDX. It seems that he may have included too many Voodoo Donuts in his dietary regimen as he readied himself for the season. And, Kordell Littles, of your CITY OF COMPTON RAIDERS, recorded 11 K’s in an 8-inning, 3 earned performance and 6-3 win over the Newport Beach Gypsies – the win gives Compton only there 2nd series win of the season. And, lastly, our sweep over the North Stars moved us to 2nd place in the NL West where we are now tied with the Houston Dynamo at 3 games behind the Phoenix Suns… we’re slowly climbing out of the hole we dug for ourselves to start the year. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 10-28-2019 at 10:39 AM.