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Weekly Record: 3-4
Seasonal Record: 61-74 (7th, 22 GB)
Stars of the Week
Rich Langton : 28 AB, 13 H, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .464 AVG, 1.123 OPS
Leo Mitchell : 26 AB, 10 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .385 AVG, .868 OPS
Mike Taylor : 22 AB, 7 H, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .318 AVG, .984 OPS

Weekly Schedule
9-2: Win vs Foresters (3-5)
9-2: Loss vs Foresters (11-2)
9-4: Win vs Stars (1-2)
9-5: Loss vs Stars (7-6)
9-6: Win vs Stars (4-5)
9-7: Loss vs Stars (12-5)
9-8: Loss at Cannons (2-6)

Summary
No time for a full writeup today, but with the season basically over there isn't too much to talk about anyways. We split the double header hosting the Foresters (83-52), split the series hosting the Stars (62-74), and then dropped the first game against the Cannons (59-77), the only other CA team worse then us. Us, them, the Stars, and Wolves were all eliminated from the playoffs this sim as none of us can reach the Foresters (83-52) or Kings (82-52). Speaking of those Kings, they'll be in town after four more hosting Baltimore. We have a ton of home games to end the season, but we still managed to pull 13,184 on a Sunday against the Cannons which is higher then the average for every team except the Kings, Foresters, and Gothams. 15,420 is our average on the season, so it's a down year by those standards, but it's close to our 13,498 average last year.

Don't be fooled though, there is still a reason to watch an obvious last place team. One of those being the CA's Player of the Week Rich Langton who went 13-for-28 with a homer and 5 RBI's this week. The 24-year-old is now hitting .337/.388/.519 (124 OPS+) with 5 homers, 3 steals, and 27 RBI's in 196 trips to the plate. He's already matched his AAA total for strikeouts with 7, but he's still walked much more (15) then he's struck out and he's doubles ten times and tripled four. I didn't expect Doc Love to still be in Chicago, so Langton has been struggling in right, but I know if he had a little more time there he'd be better then average. He had just 6 games as a right fielder in AAA before this season, and has a -2.6 zone rating and .957 efficiency in 41 games with us in right. Johnny Walker also tossed a gem against the Stars, 7.2 innings with 9 hits, a run, 4 walks, and 4 strikeouts in the 2-1 win. This game was at home with two really good offenses, and Walker did great. It sucks we couldn't hit Dick Richards, but it turned out a 2nd inning Mike Taylor two run homer was all we needed. I wanted an extra arm, so I called Wally Larkin up from AAA and I plan on using him to start on the 14th against the Kings. He was 4-0 with a 4.77 ERA (111 ERA+), 1.55 WHIP, 13 walks, and 28 strikeouts in 54.2 innings with the Blues. I'll finish with a Leo Mitchell update, he was 10-for-26 with 5 walks, 3 runs, and an RBI.

EDIT: Joe Rainbow made his FABL debut! The former 18th Round selection of the Cougars in 1931 currently ranks as the 20th best prospect in baseball and has caught 18 games for the Cannons before I realized he made his debut. In fact, we actually played him on the 28th, 29th, and 8th! It hasn't been a great start to his Baltimore career as Rainbow is hitting just .239/.271/.284 (42 OPS+) with 9 RBI's in 71 trips to the plate. He's hitting 6th for the Cannons and we'll get to see him a few times this week.