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2015 - Season Notes
May 6th - Detroit second baseman Roy Kenelly became the first player in NABL history to hit 2 triples in a single game (he would go on to hit 14 on the season).
May 26th - Boston 3B Larry Petersen blasted three solo homeruns in a victory over Philadelphia.
June 6th - Michael Palmer slugged a trio of homeruns lifting Cleveland to a 9-5 victory over Boston.
June 14th - with the team a dismal 18-47, amid reports of locker room bust ups and a growing rift between GM Gerry Collins and Field Manager Allen McGuire, Cleveland ownership took matters into their own hands and fired Manger McGuire. Although he had led the team to the division crown in 2014, his harsh management style rubbed players the wrong way and his constant clashes with Collins eroded their working relationship. When the season began to go south, things quickly got out of hand, and alarmed at the increasingly volatile situation, ownership stepped in and McGuire was history. Bench Coach Walton Ashburn was named interim manager until the end of the season.
July 4th – Everglade 2B Hector Filex found himself out of favour in Miami and shipped off to Seattle with catcher Raul Flores, RF prospect Bob Chaney and $1.2M coming back in compensation.
July 7th - Seattle second baseman Edgar Garcia safely hit in his 23rd straight game, breaking Jack Epps record of 22.
July 12th - Seattle SS Edgar Garcia was held hitless in four at bats by Minneapolis ending his NABL record 27 game hitting streak.
July 27th - Miami pitcher Tom Rupert became the fourth player in NABL history to throw a No-Hitter, when he blanked Detroit, allowing just a single walk along the way.
August 2nd - Boston catcher Jack Epps became the second player in league history to hit for the cycle, doing so in a 12-6 Pilgrim victory over Atlanta.
August 24th - in the game between Boston Pilgrims and Miami Everglades, the NABL record for runs scored by both teams in a game was smashed (the previous record was 22) Boston destroyed Miami by the score of 21-7 setting the new record at 28 runs scored.
September 16th - at the conclusion of the AA season, Kansas City called up their prize prospect Dixon Bodean to give him some big-league experience. In 7 games (1 start) he went 3 for 10 at the plate with 1 RBI and struck out five times!!
October 3rd - Cleveland interim manager Walton Ashburn inherited a toxic mess when he took over from Allen McGuire in June and although he did his best in the unenviable situation, the damage was done. Cleveland finished 39-58 under Washburn’s stewardship and he went the way of his former boss, being relieved of his duties as soon as the season ended.
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