Thank you friends- I appreciate the kind words.
In some ways I do miss reporting on the WPK and at times I find myself thinking about how I will report something before I remember that I'm not doing that any longer.
At the same time, I am moving a bit faster- and without any loss of immersion- without the time consuming aspect of composing these posts.
But given your responses I am even more inclined to post some periodic updates for the few, like you, who might be curious how things are going.
A bit of a spoiler alert here: the Brewers are doing well in 1980 but it was the San Francisco Velocity who got off to the hottest start, and as we head into mid-June they continue to lead the new MGL West. San Antonio remains the class of the SJL but El Paso is experiencing a bounce-back season and providing them with their biggest challenge so far in the SJL West.
The MGL East is very weak and the expansion Montreal Royals are actually sitting on top of the standings right now in spite of having just a .500 record. The SJL East is seeing good competition between the surprisingly strong Washington Night Train, the Pittsburgh Roadrunners, the Jacksonville Wolf Pack (also surprising), and the Philadelphia Mud Hens, with Columbus in 5th place but still 4 games over .500 (their mighty pitching staff has been mortal this season), and only Boston well under .500.
Perhaps a few tidbits about the 1980 Brewers later (one teaser- Antonio Acuna remains the best player on the team and is on pace for a 40-40 season, which would be the first in WPK history if he can get there.)