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2020 Season Notes
Spring training was not kind to Denver as Andrew Parker suffered an elbow ligament injury which shelved him for the entire season, another player to suffer an injury was Cleveland 1B Albert Massey who suffered a fractured hand when he was hit by a pitch, the injury would delay the start of his season until May. Cleveland also suffered, injuries to pitchers Ernesto Caraballo and Otto Vidovic forcing them to scour the free agent market for help. Former fan favourite Leonardo Torres was signed to a 1-year 800K deal, Torres was originally traded to Houston as part of the deal that brought Albert Massey to Cleveland, but after 18 months in Houston he was a free agent again and found himself making an emotional return to Cleveland.
April 27th – Cleveland’s young SS Richie Rambeaux lit up the scoreboard, collecting six RBI’s and smashing a pair of homeruns including a game winning walk-off grand slam !! as Cleveland overcame New Orleans 7-5.
May 29th – first baseman Albert Massey suffered a minor back injury but it was enough for Cleveland to place him on the DL, since his return from injury he had struggled mightily, batting a pitiful .057 (3 for 53) - in 17 games and so when his stint on the DL was over Massey found himself optioned to AAA.
June 7th - Las Vegas 2B Earl Malone set a franchise record, he collected six hits in a game against Memphis, he went 6-7 with 1 HR and 3 RBI’s helping the Gamblers to a 6-2 win.
June 13th - Tampa Bay’s Alberto Ruiz became the sixth player to hit for the cycle when he collected 4 hits and 7 RBI’s leading Tampa Bay to an 11-3 win over Boston.
June 18th - New Orleans 1B Carlos Vazquez capped off a wild game against Boston when he launched a walk-off Grand-Slam in the bottom of the 11th giving New Orleans a 12-8 victory.
July 1st – LF Claude Cummins launched 3 Homeruns and collected 5 RBI to lead his Minneapolis Bears to victory over Los Angeles.
July 17th – in an entertaining game in Tampa between the Hurricanes and New Orleans, visiting CF Jorge Sanchez belted 2 homeruns, a Grand-Slam which sent the game to extra innings, and a three run shot in the 11th which gave the Blues an 11-8 lead. He still finished on the losing side though as the Hurricanes rallied to tie proceedings in the bottom of the 11th and win the game 12-11 one inning later.
July 22nd – New Orleans star CF Jorge Sanchez’s season came to a screeching halt when he suffered a broken kneecap making a defensive play against Atlanta.
July 26th - Jonathan Baker of Los Angeles became the seventh player to hit for the cycle, completing the feat in a loss against Houston.
July 27th - Phoenix starter Shane Miller pitched a NO-HITTER in a game against Las Vegas, the following day Chicago’s Joe Gratten matched the feat shutting down Cleveland.
August 11th - Cleveland recalled Albert Massey from AAA, in 54 games he had hit .254 with 8 Homeruns and had been swinging the bat close to his best in August.
August 12th - Las Vegas pitcher Adam Reid pitched the third NO-HITTER of the season, taking 130 pitches to blank San Diego.
August 16th - Denver ace Anthony Barrett became the third member of the 15K club, striking out 15 in a win over Sanfrancisco.
August 21st - Indianapolis catcher Mark Abraham slugged 3 homeruns in a game against Detroit, including a walk off Grand-Slam!!
August 29th - Denver’s rotation took a hit when Lou Murphy’s excellent season (16-8, 2.79 ERA and 3 shutouts in 27 games) came to an abrupt end when he suffered a shoulder injury.
September 10th - Minneapolis star Dave Cahill became only the second pitcher to toss a PERFECT GAME, he kept the opposition batters off balance all day collecting 8 strikeouts on the way to leading his Bears to victory over San Jose.
September 11th - in a bad day for Detroit, after a dispiriting loss to rivals Cleveland, pitchers Benedict Lewis and Don Smith got into an altercation with fans outside the stadium. The ugly incident left Smith with a broken hand and two fans needing hospital treatment, both players were suspended without pay for the rest of the season while team manager Allen McGuire publicly vowed that neither of them would ever play for Detroit again.
September 22nd - an unprecedented fifth NO-HITTER of the season was hurled by Denver star Anthony Barrett when he dismantled Oklahoma City.
October 1st - San Jose finally lost patience with 2016 first overall pick Chris Wilson releasing him after yet another disappointing season at AAA (.209, 4 HR, 22 RBI over 112 games) and an underwhelming 57-game major league career.
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