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Nuka News Update
Reporting on the NWL, APL, NWLR, and BBL Leagues
by Evan Guy
1 August
Quantum, Orange Continue to Hold On as Season Winds Down
The Quantum Nukalurks and Orange Tourists still are divisional leaders through the third month of the 2305 NWL season. Quantum has a three-game lead on the Grape Painted Ghouls, while the Tourists have a 9-game lead over Quartz with just 14 to play.
For top players of the month, we have a double award for the third time, but this time it is not Chase Doctorman who predictably was dealt back to the CBO.
Mousey Rooney really put on a show in July, earning the Batter of the Month Award and Rookie of the Month in the Nuka World League!
The Grape catcher batted .370 with 11 home runs, 30 RBIs, 19 runs scored, along with 12 walks to compile a .448 on-base percentage.
So far this season Rooney has hit .320 with 21 home runs, 64 RBIs and scored 44 times.
Allen Puckett was on top of the world in July, capping it off with the Nuka World League Pitcher of the Month honors.
The Orange starter was superb in 7 starts with 5 wins and no losses, 56.1 innings pitched, 37 strikeouts and a fine 2.08 ERA.
Presently Puckett has a 10-1 mark in 20 starts with a 2.72 ERA. He has given up 128 hits in 148.2 innings, struck out 98 and issued 43 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .236 batting average against him.
APL
The Bradberton Disciples (Victory) of the North Division have clinched their division, while the Dry Rock Gulch Convicts (Dark) hold a 1-game lead over the Grandchester Flying Ants (Cherry) in the South Division.
Ghost Hildebrand got another reason to celebrate today as he followed up a great month of July at the plate by winning the Amusement Park League Batter of the Month Award.
During the month the Bradberton center fielder hit .416 with 7 home runs, 30 RBIs and 29 runs scored.
Thus far in 2305 Hildebrand is hitting .389 with 14 home runs, 65 RBIs, 85 runs scored and has compiled a .443 OBP.
The Galactic Zone G-Force felt very secure when they sent D'Andre Frost out to the hill last month. The 25-year-old starter went after Amusement Park League hitters with a vengeance and earned July's Pitcher of the Month award.
He went 5-1 with a 4.12 ERA as he struck out 25 in 39.1 innings over 6 starts.
In 18 starts this season Frost has fashioned a 9-8 record and a 4.56 ERA.
NWLRL
The WildB Gatorclaws (39-31) slipped past the Quantum B Nukalurks in the North Bradberton Division in the last two games. In the South Bradberton Division, the Orange B Tourists held on to win.
In the NWL Rookie Series, the Gatorclaws triumphed over the Tourists, 3 games to 1, to win the Series. 2B Kyle Lullaby was named the Series MVP.
The NWL Rookie League Batter of the Month has been picked for July and the honor goes to the Wild B Gatorclaws Kyle Lullaby.
He compiled a .560 batting average with 28 hits and 7 home runs, along with 19 RBIs and 17 runs scored.
So when does a fireman win an award?
When he's named Gary McIver, that's when.
The Wild B reliever won the Pitcher of the Month Award honors today for July, thanks to the solid numbers he put up coming out of the bullpen.
He made 5 relief appearances and compiled no saves with a 2-0 mark, 10.1 innings, 10 strikeouts and a 1.74 ERA.
In his career, McIver has appeared in 38 games and earned no saves with 58 Ks in 50.2 innings. He has a record of 4 wins and 3 losses and a 4.80 ERA.
BBL Awards
MVP - The future looks extremely bright for Rush Clovis. At the age of 17, many players are still trying to find their way in Bradberton Boys League.
Clovis has not only found his way, he's already established himself as one of the game's brightest stars, today being named the winner of the Bradberton Boys League Most Valuable Player Award.
"I didn't expect to hit .462 this year, that's for sure," the first baseman said.
The Ol Sugartop Buckaroos star also put up a .547 on-base percentage this year, with 66 hits, 3 doubles, no triples, 28 home runs, 48 RBIs and 40 runs scored.
He received 8 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Os Cazadore of the Fizztop Mountain Conquerors finished second in voting, while Shi Tyuknot of the Fizztop Mountain Conquerors finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Rush Clovis - Ol Sugartop Buckaroos - 8 - 112
Os Cazadore - Fizztop Mountain Conquerors - 0 - 72
Shi Tyuknot - Fizztop Mountain Conquerors - 0 - 64
Gil Nukalurk - Ol Sugartop Buckaroos - 0 - 55
Comm Beck - Wixon Shovels - 0 - 48
Cole Clodhopper - Fizztop Mountain Conquerors - 0 - 37
Alvie Coaster - South Bradberton Tycoons - 0 - 35
Raymus Antilles - Ol Sugartop Buckaroos - 0 - 17
Robber Jannah - South Bradberton Tycoons - 0 - 11
Albie Splashdown - South Bradberton Tycoons - 0 - 10
Jyn Erso - Wixon Shovels - 0 - 5
Leo Puppetmaker - Starport Nuka Hubologists - 0 - 3
Oscar Animatronic - Mad Mulligan Travelers - 0 - 1
Delian Mors - Fizztop Mountain Conquerors - 0 - 1
Gallius Rax - Angry Anaconda Godmodes - 0 - 1
Top Pitcher - The Bradberton Boys League announced today that Hangover McNulty has been chosen the Pitcher of the Year Award winner for 2305. The Mad Mulligan starter had everything working for him this past season as he soared to a 3-1 record.
In his exceptional season McNulty chalked up a 1.73 ERA in 52 innings with 57 strikeouts and 7 walks. Enemy teams hit .169 against him in his 10 starts.
He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 8. Carl Speedboat of the Angry Anaconda Godmodes finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Junior Boy of the Wixon Shovels finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Hangover McNulty - Mad Mulligan Travelers - 7 - 52
Carl Speedboat - Angry Anaconda Godmodes - 1 - 34
Junior Boy - Wixon Shovels - 0 - 22
Cheese Wagstaff - Starport Nuka Hubologists - 0 - 20
Bug Manigault - Starport Nuka Hubologists - 0 - 8
Top Reliever - Crix Madine was a calming influence out of the Fizztop Mountain Conquerors bullpen this season.
His teammates and manager said he had a poised demeanor about him that was typical of someone much older and more experienced. His poise has paid off, as the 17-year-old turned in a sparkling season and has been named the winner of the Bradberton Boys League Reliever of the Year Award for 2305.
The Orrington, Maine native won the award with 1 save in 10 relief appearances, 25 strikeouts in 28.2 innings and a record of 2-0 to go with his 2.20 ERA.
He received 4 first place votes out of a possible 8. Livewire McKenzie of the Wixon Shovels finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Conan Motti of the Starport Nuka Hubologists finished third with 2 first place votes.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Crix Madine - Fizztop Mountain Conquerors - 4 - 32
Livewire McKenzie - Wixon Shovels - 2 - 20
Conan Motti - Starport Nuka Hubologists - 2 - 19
Willie Bearcave - Angry Anaconda Godmodes - 0 - 1
Vim! View
Veracious, Vivacious, Vainglorious Vision of the Vim! Leagues
by Vikky Vail
1 July
Vim! League's Visionary Verdict for the 2305 Voyage
Dalton Farm has already clinched the Fog Division, while Far Harbor has a Magic # of 10 to win the Harbor Division. With 14 games to play, the Ghoul Whales are up by five games on the Grand Hotel Atoms. Both the Atoms and Acadia are still alive for a playoff shot.
In the month of July Clean Mullis thumped the ball with authority, earning Vim! League Batter of the Month honors in the process.
Grand Hotel's first baseman hit .383 with 14 home runs, 31 RBIs and scored 26 runs.
Mullis on the season is batting .285 with 26 home runs. His totals include 69 RBIs and 51 runs scored. He has played in 75 games.
The Pitcher of the Month for July has been picked and the Vim! League award went to Dalton Farm hurler, Phil Cecil.
During the month, Cecil was impressive with a 2.54 ERA and 5 wins and 1 loss. In 46 innings he struck out 32 and gave up 44 hits and 8 walks.
Cecil has made 19 starts this season, posting 10 wins and 6 losses. Opposing clubs are batting .306 against him and he has 96 strikeouts in 134 innings with a 4.16 ERA.
The batter wants to "hit 'em where they ain't." And that is just what Chris Dominoes did all month long to net the Vim! League Rookie of the Month Award.
In July he slapped 45 hits in 93 at-bats for a .484 batting average. Dominoes also racked up 4 home runs, 16 RBIs, and 20 runs scored.
Dominoes on the season is hitting .421 with 10 home runs. His stats include 44 RBIs and 48 runs scored.
MDIL
The Nucleus Radchickens (Eden Meadows) have taken control of the Small Bertha Division, leading both the Cliff's Edge Actors and Southwest Harbor Rippers by three games and the Brooke's Head Behemoths by four. In the Old Longfellow Division, the Oceanarium Oceanics (National Park) continue to lead. The Oceanics lead Rayburn Point by eight games, while the Eagle's Cove Harpooners and Haddock Cove Engineers are both eliminated with 14 to play.
It's a time for celebration in Oceanarium as Portfolio Michel has just walked away with July's Mount Desert Island League Batter of the Month award.
He socked 38 hits in 98 at-bats to put up a .388 batting average, 10 home runs, 28 RBIs and 31 runs scored.
Looking at his present stats, Michel has compiled a .390 batting average in 76 games with a .452 on-base percentage, while hitting 23 home runs and driving in 71 runs.
When Bill Stinson took the hill in July, he was in charge. The Nucleus starter never let the Mount Desert Island League batters get a foothold against him. For his peerless performance, he came away with an impressive 5-1 record and the Pitcher of the Month award.
The talented Radchickens hurler made 6 starts, worked 48.1 innings, permitted 43 base hits, and struck out 20 while putting up a 2.23 ERA.
This season Stinson has compiled a 7-4 record with a 4.41 ERA in 14 starts.
VRL
In the Western Atlantic Division, the Vim! Factory Pops (Echo Lake) won over the Glowing Grove Brainiacs (National Park) by four games. The Rock Point Barnacles finished third and the Kitteredge Rad Rabbits finished fourth. In the Eastern Atlantic Division, the Fringe Cove Champions (Far Harbor) pulled out a three-game division win over the Huntress Island Ug-Qualtoths. The MS Azalea Shipwrecks finished third, and the Longfellow Pips finished fourth.
In the Vim! Rookie Series, the Pops pulled out a 3-2 series win over Fringe Cove. Vim! Factory won the final game, 5-2. 1B Tim Cottrell of the Pops was named Series MVP. Cottrell was an undrafted rookie free agent signing out of West Dennis of the Cape Cod Youth League.
July's outstanding offensive player in the VIM! Rookie League has been picked, and the honor goes to the MS Azalea first baseman Matt Mounthope.
He won the award by batting .386, hitting 7 home runs, knocking in 21 runs and scoring 19 times.
During his career, Mounthope has played in 118 games, batted .315 with 21 home runs and 82 base hits.
When Elfy Startstop takes the mound, a Longfellow victory is usually the result. At least that's the way it was in July.
He excelled with a 4-0 mark and a 0.89 ERA in 4 starts, tossed 20.1 innings, fanned 17 and held opposing batters to a .197 average.
That's why the Pips starter was honored today as the Pitcher of the Month by the VIM! Rookie League.
In his lifetime, the 23-year-old Startstop has won 14 and lost 9, piling up 173 strikeouts with a 4.88 ERA. Opponents have hit .278 against him.
MYL Awards
MDIF MVP - Kaydel Ko-Connix took Maine Youth Leagues by storm this year, and he did it all at the age of 17.
For his spectacular campaign, the National Park Rangers star has been named the 2305 Mount Desert Island Four Most Valuable Player Award recipient.
"To be considered amongst the best in the league is overwhelming," said the left fielder.
On the season he compiled a .307 batting average to go with a .358 on-base percentage. The native of Quincy, Massachusetts also added 8 doubles, 1 triple, 13 home runs, 28 RBIs and 26 runs scored.
He received 8 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Tallie Lintra of the Cliff's Edge Wolves finished second in voting, while David Tru of the Far Harbor Dockdwellers finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Kaydel Ko-Connix - National Park Rangers - 8 - 112
Tallie Lintra - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 70
David Tru - Far Harbor Dockdwellers - 0 - 64
Axe Woves - Beaver Creek Bowlers - 0 - 54
Hugo Arig - Beaver Creek Bowlers - 0 - 50
Carl Radwolf - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 34
Moon Maid - National Park Rangers - 0 - 29
Aadam Airheart - Far Harbor Dockdwellers - 0 - 28
Sash Ketter - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 18
Prune Face - National Park Rangers - 0 - 11
Slowen Lo - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 2
GDIL MVP - He may have less experience than most of his Maine Youth Leagues peers, but that didn't slow Eff Cancer down at all in 2305.
At the age of 15, the Diamond Cove right fielder has been named the winner of the Great Diamond Island League Most Valuable Player Award.
He had a .317 batting average and a .385 on-base percentage this year. In 39 games he piled up 46 hits, 5 doubles, no triples, 13 home runs, 24 RBIs and 28 runs scored.
"I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year."
He received 8 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Harter Kalonia of the Diamond Cove Fort Knights finished second in voting, while Armitage Hux of the Echo Point Glowers finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Eff Cancer - Diamond Cove Fort Knights - 8 - 112
Harter Kalonia - Diamond Cove Fort Knights - 0 - 72
Armitage Hux - Echo Point Glowers - 0 - 62
Lorsan Tekka - Echo Point Glowers - 0 - 54
Laze Loneozner - Pleasant Cove Raiders - 0 - 44
Pan Sea - Echo Point Glowers - 0 - 42
Monie Mouthpiece - Echo Point Glowers - 0 - 38
Louie Greasy - Pleasant Cove Raiders - 0 - 19
Alton Kastle - Diamond Cove Fort Knights - 0 - 11
Rook Kast - Echo Point Glowers - 0 - 9
Alex Telltime - Diamond Cove Fort Knights - 0 - 9
MDIF Pitcher - It was a glorious year for Steve Cranberry of the Far Harbor Dockdwellers.
He finished the season with 2 victories and only 1 loss, with an impressive 1.24 ERA. The talented Dockdwellers pitcher started 10 games and struck out 39 batters in 51 innings and won the Mount Desert Island Four Pitcher of the Year Award.
"It means a lot," Cranberry said. "I hadn't really had a chance to sit down and think about it yet. It feels good right now. I can't really put it into words, but I'm sure later on tonight when I have a chance to sit down with my family and think about it, I'll have some words for it. But right now, I'm just happy that it happened this year."
He received 8 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Dapp Dengar of the Cliff's Edge Wolves finished second in voting, while Truss Tee of the National Park Rangers finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Steve Cranberry - Far Harbor Dockdwellers - 8 - 56
Dapp Dengar - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 32
Truss Tee - National Park Rangers - 0 - 18
Ric Olie - National Park Rangers - 0 - 16
Heri Earz - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 12
Right Out Straight - Far Harbor Dockdwellers - 0 - 2
GDIL Pitcher - Mandy Downcellar is the latest Great Diamond Island League Pitcher of the Year Award winner. The Sunset Park starter really shone on the hill time and again and finished 2305 with a sparkling 5-2 record.
In 10 starts, he fanned 61, walked 12 in 57 innings and posted a 1.11 ERA. Downcellar held opposing hitters to a .166 batting average.
He received 8 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Willie Wacks of the Sunset Park Anglers finished second in voting, while Testor Pava of the Echo Point Glowers finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Mandy Downcellar - Sunset Park Anglers - 8 - 56
Willie Wacks - Sunset Park Anglers - 0 - 32
Testor Pava - Echo Point Glowers - 0 - 23
Ace d'Spades - Echo Point Glowers - 0 - 13
Mumbles Hoffman - Sunset Park Anglers - 0 - 8
Beaumont Kin - Diamond Cove Fort Knights - 0 - 4
MDIF Reliever - At the age of 15, Flatlander Flanagan says he still has a lot to learn about life in Maine Youth Leagues.
But he certainly seems to be a quick study, as the Beaver Creek Bowlers reliever was better than all others this year and has captured the 2305 Mount Desert Island Four Reliever of the Year Award.
"I hope to win this a few more times before all is said and done in my career," the
Rockland, Maine native said.
For the season, Flanagan had 12 saves in 18 relief appearances, which totaled 21.1. He fanned 18 betters, while walking 3 and put up a record of 2-0 to go with his 0.84 ERA.
He received 8 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Doc Harbormen of the Cliff's Edge Wolves finished second in voting, while Joker Mariner of the Beaver Creek Bowlers finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Flatlander Flanagan - Beaver Creek Bowlers - 8 - 40
Doc Harbormen - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 17
Joker Mariner - Beaver Creek Bowlers - 0 - 13
Updarode Apiece - Cliff's Edge Wolves - 0 - 1
Brian Lispy - Far Harbor Dockdwellers - 0 - 1
GDIL Reliever - Tony Kicker said he thinks hitters often underestimate him, as he's only 15 years old.
But he'll certainly be getting a lot more respect now, as the Pleasant Cove Raiders rising star has won the Great Diamond Island League Reliever of the Year Award for 2305.
He captured the award on the strength of his 0.82 ERA over 22 innings. He also had no saves in 17 relief appearances, 24 strikeouts and only 5 walks.
He received 8 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Big Cat Vollmer of the Diamond Cove Fort Knights finished second in voting, while Bryce Lobster of the Pleasant Cove Raiders finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Tony Kicker - Pleasant Cove Raiders - 8 - 40
Big Cat Vollmer - Diamond Cove Fort Knights - 0 - 24
Bryce Lobster - Pleasant Cove Raiders - 0 - 7
Smallmouth Bass - Sunset Park Anglers - 0 - 1