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Vim! View
News of the Vim! League and Its Affiliates
by Jimmy Gresham
13 January 2316
Vim! League's Legends: Part One
I know I have only been the Vim! View reporter for part of a season, but I have been watching Vim! baseball since I was a kid and I love it and I think that Vim! baseball is the best baseball league ever created in the history of earth even since the B.C. times which was like 2317 years ago.
I am sad that the same eight teams punching each other in the fog will not continue forever, but we know that the Vim! League and the Season Pass Association will end at the end of the 2319 season. With that said, I am proud to analyze three of the greatest hitters in Vim! League history. These players have been good for a long time and will be considered some of the greats when we look back on the history of the Vim! in like 10 years.
Legendary Hitters (10 or more years of service):
1. Toppie Gunn, Dalton Farm, 2306-2315 - Gunn began as a 2nd-round pick of the Lexington Synths of the CBO in the 2299 Rooke Draft. He moved up to play with the Synths for parts of four seasons (2302-2305) before he was traded to Dalton Farm in 2306.
Once traded to the Fog Crawlers, Gunn went off. He was the 2306 Vim! Fresh Face Award winner AND the Vim! MVP Award winner. Gunn has won the MVP four times (2306, 2308, 2310, 2315). He also won the Best Fielder Award twice, Best Hitter Award nine times, and represented the Crawlers in the All-Star Game 11 times. Gunn is the all-time home runs leader (272), but he is also top ten all-time in the following categories:
OBP - .400 (10th)
SLG - .657 (2nd)
OPS - 1.057 (2nd)
R - 709 (3rd)
TB - 2062 (4th)
3B - 49 (7th)
RBI - 761 (2nd)
SB - 213 (4th)
BB - 470 (3rd)
Ks - 686 (2nd)
WAR - 37.12 (2nd)
2. Chris Knickerbocker, Echo Lake, 2304-2315 - Knickerbocker was originally drafted by Fort Hagen of the CBO in the second round of the 2297 Rookie Draft. He played with the Silver Shroud for one season, 2303, where he hit .318 with a home run and 20 RBI in 52 appearances with 24 starts. The next season, the Shroud traded Knickerbocker to Echo Lake.
With the Harbormen, Knickerbocker has been one of the best, including winning one MVP (2311), being a five-time Best Fielder, being a seven-time Best Hitter, and a 11-time All-Star. In career stats, Knickerbocker ranks in the Top Ten all-time in the following categories:
Avg - .361 (2nd)
OBP - .402 (8th)
SLG - .617 (6th)
OPS - 1.019 (5th)
G -1005 (4th)
AB - 4049 (3rd)
R - 770 (2nd)
H - 1462 (1st)
TB - 2499 (1st)
1B - 924 (1st)
2B - 276 (4th)
HR - 237 (2nd)
RBI - 886 (1st)
WAR - 37.87 (1st)
3. Drew Buntrock, Far Harbor (2301-2312) and Dalton Farm (2312-2315) - Buntrock announced his retirement on September 15, ending a 15-year career in the Vim! League. Buntrock was the #2 overall pick in the Vim! League's Inaugural Draft. While he never won a Vim! MVP Award, Buntrock did win the Best Fielder Award five times, Best Hitter four times, and appeared in 12 All-Star games.
In his career with the Ghoul Whales and Fog Crawlers, Buntrock has finished in the following statistical categories as a top team all-time leader:
G - 1063 (2nd)
AB - 4103 (2nd)
R - 792 (1st)
H - 1263 (2nd)
TB - 2186 (2nd)
1B - 750 (8th)
2B - 277 (3rd)
3B - 62 (4th)
HR - 174 (8th)
RBI - 696 (4th)
SB - 154 (10th)
CS - 64 (8th)
BB - 500 (2nd)
Ks - 588 (8th)
WAR - 33.77 (3rd)
