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ayaghmour2 · 06-06-2020, 03:18 PM

June 22nd, 1931
Chicago Cougars (37-30): 4
Montreal Saints (29-36): 6

W: Walker Moore (7-7)
L: Dick Leudtke (6-6)

We're north of the border in Montreal to face our new arch-nemesis Saints. A big three run 7th gave the Saints a 6-4 lead they'd carry to the finish. Bill Ashbaugh did all he could, gong 3-for-3 with a walk, two homers, and 3 RBI's. John Kincaid was 2-for-5 with a run scored. Fred Barrell was 1-for-3 with a double, hit by pitch, and run scored. Dick Leudtke made the start, 8 innings with 8 hits, 6 runs (4 earned), 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts.

June 23rd, 1931
Chicago Cougars (38-30): 4
Montreal Saints (29-37): 3

W: Max Wilder (8-6)
L: Dave Paynter (5-8)
SV: Chick Meehan (2)

We evened up the series with a nail biting 4-3 victory. Vince York was 3-for-4 with a double, triple, and 3 RBI's. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Russ Combs was 2-for-5 with a steal and run scored. Tom Taylor was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, and run scored. Max Wilder picked up the win, 8 innings with 7 hits, 2 runs, a walk, and 4 strikeouts. Chick Meehan picked up the save despite 2 hits and a run in the 9th.

June 24th, 1931
Chicago Cougars (38-31): 3
Montreal Saints (30-37): 13

W: Rich Fisher (8-1)
L: Dick Lyons (8-4)

The pitching imploded today, and the Saints crushed us 13-3. Dick Lyons allowed 11 hits and 9 runs with 2 walks and a strikeout in 5.2 innings pitched. Taylor Collins went 2.1 innings with 5 hits, 4 runs, and 2 walks. John Kincaid was a perfect 4-for-4 with a run scored. Vince York was 3-for-4 with 2 runs, 2 RBI's,a double, and homer. Slim Bloom was 1-for-3 with a walk and RBI.

June 25th, 1931
Chicago Cougars (38-32): 1
Baltimore Cannons (42-27): 13

W: Dutch Leverett (9-5)
L: Steve Castellini (5-8)

Off to Baltimore for a series with the first place Cannons. They absolutely demolished us in the opener and crushed us 13-1. Steve Castellini had another rough start, 11 hits and 7 runs with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts in 6.2 innings pitched. Taylor Collins, who shouldn't have pitched today, allowed 5 hits, 6 runs, and a walk with a strikeout in an inning pitched. Cy Bryant was 2-for-3 with a double. Vince York was 2-for-4. Phil Vaughan was 1-for-4 with a run scored.

June 26th, 1931
Chicago Cougars (38-33): 1
Baltimore Cannons (43-27): 2

W: Ken Carpenter (12-5)
L: Jim Crawford (7-6)

The pitching recovered with Jim Crawford on the mound, but the offense was completely non-existent. Crawford went 8 with 7 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts. Russ Combs was 2-for-4 with a solo homer. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-4 with a double. John Kincaid was 1-for-3 with a sac-bunt.

June 27th, 1931
Chicago Cougars (39-33): 8
Baltimore Cannons (43-28): 4

W: Dick Leudtke (7-6)
L: Bob Miller (7-9)

It looked like four losses in a row before we rallied for five in the 8th to at least salvage one of the four games in Baltimore. Dick Leudtke pitched fine, 9 innings with 6 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), 4 walks, and 3 strikeouts. He was also 1-for-3 with a sac-bunt, hit by pitch, double, run scored, and RBI. Fred Barrell was 3-for-5 with a double and run scored. Harry Simmons was 3-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored. John Kincaid was 2-for-4 with an RBI and sac-bunt. Cy Bryant was 1-for-4 with a double, walk, and run scored. Lee Sparks was 1-for-3 with a run scored, walk, and RBI.

June 28th, 1931
Chicago Cougars (39-34): 2
Baltimore Cannons (44-28): 3

W: Rabbit Day (9-7)
L: Max Wilder (8-7)
SV: Paul Vandenberg (3)

The finale, however, was more of the same, and we finished off a rough week with another loss. Max Wilder had a good outing, 7 innings with 6 hits, 2 runs, a walk, and 2 strikeouts. Chick Meehan allowed a hit and run in the 8th.Bill Ashbaugh was 3-for-5 with a solo homer. John Kincaid was 2-for-4 with a walk and run scored. Fred Barrell and Tom Taylor were both 2-for-5.

Stars of the Week
Bill Ashbaugh : 28 AB, 12 H, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .429 AVG, 1.252 OPS
Vince York : 29 AB, 11 H, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .379 AVG, 1.021 OPS
John Kincaid : 29 AB, 12 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .414 AVG, .847 OPS

Weekly Summary
I think the only good thing about this week was the performance of Bill Ashbaugh. He was 12-for-18 and doubled his season home run total from three to six. Even with this week though, Ashbaugh has had by far the worst year of his career. He's hitting just .329/.380/.466 (115 OPS+) with 6 steals and 42 RBI's. It doesn't look like a bad line, but it's far from his career .320/.390/.524 (134 OPS+) line and this year's OPS+ is 10 points worse then the lowest he's had in five FABL seasons.

Losing five of seven this week really hurt, and now we have four games against the second place Stars (40-30). All the losing we did to the Cannons has given them a three game lead over New York and three and a half over Philly (40-31). Now a full five and a half out, things are starting to get bad really fast. I'm starting to worry a little as we're almost in July and we're just five games over .500. I definitely expected to be in Baltimore's spot, not ours, and we may already be too far back. It's too early to panic, but I might have to make a few trades.

The hard part is that a lot of the spots that need to be upgraded have starters that I can't really upgrade on. I can't put Tom Taylor, John Kincaid, or Fred Barrell on the bench, so the only spots I can really make upgrades on are second and center.

Starting with center, Cy Bryant hasn't done well since coming over from Toronto. He's hitting just .273/.322/.351 (72 OPS+) with 7 steals and 27 RBI's. I got him to make an improvement over Bob McCarty and George Jordan, but he's almost replicated their lines just with steals instead of homers. And at second, Simmons hasn't been bad by any means, but adding another infielder could allow us to give Combs more days off and rotate rested players in. Since I'm not looking to upgrade now, I'm going to try to solve this by working in a loose platoon at short and second. With Combs getting injured seemingly every day, I'm going to start giving Harry Simmons starts at short against righties to give Combs days off. I'm also going to use Slim Bloom at second against lefties to give Harry Simmons days off. The three players are going to rotate between the middle infield positions, while Simmons may also see time at third to give Kincaid days off.

After four games in New York, we're finally going to get an off day. We'll get to return home, but we then have a one day double header against the last place Foresters (27-45). Then Toronto (28-43), the second to last place team, will come to three before another off day. We cannot afford to lose anymore games and we really need a good week.

Injury Report
SS Russ Combs (FABL Chicago Cougars): Sore back (5 days)
RP Pete Walker (AAA Milwaukee Blues): Back spasms (one week)
CF Pete Slater (A Lincoln Legislators): Returned from the DL
SP Roy Byrd (C La Crosse Lions): Returned from the DL

Minor League Report

SP Dick Kadlec (AAA Milwaukee Blues): Most players don't take being demoted well. Others, however, use it as motivation. Dick Kadlec has made just three starts since demotion, but he's been dominant. In 26.2 innings pitched he has a minuscule 0.34 ERA (1304 ERA+), 0.97 WHIP, and 26 strikeouts. The only run he allowed was a solo homer in the first inning of his third start. This doesn't mean I plan on bringing him up anytime soon, but if he keeps pitching like this it might be hard to keep him in AAA for long.

SP Mel Leonard (B San Jose Cougars): After 15 starts with La Crosse, it was time to see if #71 overall prospect Mel Leonard was ready for his first promotion. He was 6-6 with a 2.61 ERA (144 ERA+), 1.16 WHIP, and 92 strikeouts in 117.1 innings with the Lions. The 19-year-old is on his way up to join fellow top 100 prospect George DeForest in San Jose. Leonard has a ton of potential and should find himself in the middle of a big league rotation. He can throw in the high 80s with a hard fastball and he does an excellent job keeping the ball on the ground.

06-06-2020, 03:18 PM	#134
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,010	Week 11: June 22nd-June 28th June 22nd, 1931 Chicago Cougars (37-30): 4 Montreal Saints (29-36): 6 W: Walker Moore (7-7) L: Dick Leudtke (6-6) We're north of the border in Montreal to face our new arch-nemesis Saints. A big three run 7th gave the Saints a 6-4 lead they'd carry to the finish. Bill Ashbaugh did all he could, gong 3-for-3 with a walk, two homers, and 3 RBI's. John Kincaid was 2-for-5 with a run scored. Fred Barrell was 1-for-3 with a double, hit by pitch, and run scored. Dick Leudtke made the start, 8 innings with 8 hits, 6 runs (4 earned), 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts. June 23rd, 1931 Chicago Cougars (38-30): 4 Montreal Saints (29-37): 3 W: Max Wilder (8-6) L: Dave Paynter (5-8) SV: Chick Meehan (2) We evened up the series with a nail biting 4-3 victory. Vince York was 3-for-4 with a double, triple, and 3 RBI's. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Russ Combs was 2-for-5 with a steal and run scored. Tom Taylor was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, and run scored. Max Wilder picked up the win, 8 innings with 7 hits, 2 runs, a walk, and 4 strikeouts. Chick Meehan picked up the save despite 2 hits and a run in the 9th. June 24th, 1931 Chicago Cougars (38-31): 3 Montreal Saints (30-37): 13 W: Rich Fisher (8-1) L: Dick Lyons (8-4) The pitching imploded today, and the Saints crushed us 13-3. Dick Lyons allowed 11 hits and 9 runs with 2 walks and a strikeout in 5.2 innings pitched. Taylor Collins went 2.1 innings with 5 hits, 4 runs, and 2 walks. John Kincaid was a perfect 4-for-4 with a run scored. Vince York was 3-for-4 with 2 runs, 2 RBI's,a double, and homer. Slim Bloom was 1-for-3 with a walk and RBI. June 25th, 1931 Chicago Cougars (38-32): 1 Baltimore Cannons (42-27): 13 W: Dutch Leverett (9-5) L: Steve Castellini (5-8) Off to Baltimore for a series with the first place Cannons. They absolutely demolished us in the opener and crushed us 13-1. Steve Castellini had another rough start, 11 hits and 7 runs with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts in 6.2 innings pitched. Taylor Collins, who shouldn't have pitched today, allowed 5 hits, 6 runs, and a walk with a strikeout in an inning pitched. Cy Bryant was 2-for-3 with a double. Vince York was 2-for-4. Phil Vaughan was 1-for-4 with a run scored. June 26th, 1931 Chicago Cougars (38-33): 1 Baltimore Cannons (43-27): 2 W: Ken Carpenter (12-5) L: Jim Crawford (7-6) The pitching recovered with Jim Crawford on the mound, but the offense was completely non-existent. Crawford went 8 with 7 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts. Russ Combs was 2-for-4 with a solo homer. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-4 with a double. John Kincaid was 1-for-3 with a sac-bunt. June 27th, 1931 Chicago Cougars (39-33): 8 Baltimore Cannons (43-28): 4 W: Dick Leudtke (7-6) L: Bob Miller (7-9) It looked like four losses in a row before we rallied for five in the 8th to at least salvage one of the four games in Baltimore. Dick Leudtke pitched fine, 9 innings with 6 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), 4 walks, and 3 strikeouts. He was also 1-for-3 with a sac-bunt, hit by pitch, double, run scored, and RBI. Fred Barrell was 3-for-5 with a double and run scored. Harry Simmons was 3-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored. John Kincaid was 2-for-4 with an RBI and sac-bunt. Cy Bryant was 1-for-4 with a double, walk, and run scored. Lee Sparks was 1-for-3 with a run scored, walk, and RBI. June 28th, 1931 Chicago Cougars (39-34): 2 Baltimore Cannons (44-28): 3 W: Rabbit Day (9-7) L: Max Wilder (8-7) SV: Paul Vandenberg (3) The finale, however, was more of the same, and we finished off a rough week with another loss. Max Wilder had a good outing, 7 innings with 6 hits, 2 runs, a walk, and 2 strikeouts. Chick Meehan allowed a hit and run in the 8th.Bill Ashbaugh was 3-for-5 with a solo homer. John Kincaid was 2-for-4 with a walk and run scored. Fred Barrell and Tom Taylor were both 2-for-5. Stars of the Week Bill Ashbaugh : 28 AB, 12 H, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .429 AVG, 1.252 OPS Vince York : 29 AB, 11 H, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .379 AVG, 1.021 OPS John Kincaid : 29 AB, 12 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .414 AVG, .847 OPS Weekly Summary I think the only good thing about this week was the performance of Bill Ashbaugh. He was 12-for-18 and doubled his season home run total from three to six. Even with this week though, Ashbaugh has had by far the worst year of his career. He's hitting just .329/.380/.466 (115 OPS+) with 6 steals and 42 RBI's. It doesn't look like a bad line, but it's far from his career .320/.390/.524 (134 OPS+) line and this year's OPS+ is 10 points worse then the lowest he's had in five FABL seasons. Losing five of seven this week really hurt, and now we have four games against the second place Stars (40-30). All the losing we did to the Cannons has given them a three game lead over New York and three and a half over Philly (40-31). Now a full five and a half out, things are starting to get bad really fast. I'm starting to worry a little as we're almost in July and we're just five games over .500. I definitely expected to be in Baltimore's spot, not ours, and we may already be too far back. It's too early to panic, but I might have to make a few trades. The hard part is that a lot of the spots that need to be upgraded have starters that I can't really upgrade on. I can't put Tom Taylor, John Kincaid, or Fred Barrell on the bench, so the only spots I can really make upgrades on are second and center. Starting with center, Cy Bryant hasn't done well since coming over from Toronto. He's hitting just .273/.322/.351 (72 OPS+) with 7 steals and 27 RBI's. I got him to make an improvement over Bob McCarty and George Jordan, but he's almost replicated their lines just with steals instead of homers. And at second, Simmons hasn't been bad by any means, but adding another infielder could allow us to give Combs more days off and rotate rested players in. Since I'm not looking to upgrade now, I'm going to try to solve this by working in a loose platoon at short and second. With Combs getting injured seemingly every day, I'm going to start giving Harry Simmons starts at short against righties to give Combs days off. I'm also going to use Slim Bloom at second against lefties to give Harry Simmons days off. The three players are going to rotate between the middle infield positions, while Simmons may also see time at third to give Kincaid days off. After four games in New York, we're finally going to get an off day. We'll get to return home, but we then have a one day double header against the last place Foresters (27-45). Then Toronto (28-43), the second to last place team, will come to three before another off day. We cannot afford to lose anymore games and we really need a good week. Injury Report SS Russ Combs (FABL Chicago Cougars): Sore back (5 days) RP Pete Walker (AAA Milwaukee Blues): Back spasms (one week) CF Pete Slater (A Lincoln Legislators): Returned from the DL SP Roy Byrd (C La Crosse Lions): Returned from the DL Minor League Report SP Dick Kadlec (AAA Milwaukee Blues): Most players don't take being demoted well. Others, however, use it as motivation. Dick Kadlec has made just three starts since demotion, but he's been dominant. In 26.2 innings pitched he has a minuscule 0.34 ERA (1304 ERA+), 0.97 WHIP, and 26 strikeouts. The only run he allowed was a solo homer in the first inning of his third start. This doesn't mean I plan on bringing him up anytime soon, but if he keeps pitching like this it might be hard to keep him in AAA for long. SP Mel Leonard (B San Jose Cougars): After 15 starts with La Crosse, it was time to see if #71 overall prospect Mel Leonard was ready for his first promotion. He was 6-6 with a 2.61 ERA (144 ERA+), 1.16 WHIP, and 92 strikeouts in 117.1 innings with the Lions. The 19-year-old is on his way up to join fellow top 100 prospect George DeForest in San Jose. Leonard has a ton of potential and should find himself in the middle of a big league rotation. He can throw in the high 80s with a hard fastball and he does an excellent job keeping the ball on the ground.