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2024 Season Notes
April 11th - Miami’s Pat Sweeney collected six hits in a losing effort against Tampa Bay.
April 12th – In a wild game between division foes Philadelphia and New York that featured a total of twenty-two runs, two men stood out above the rest, Philadelphia 2B Luis Cano and New York LF Steve Burgess. Both men had big days, Cano going 3-6 with two homers (one of them a grand slam) and 8 RBI while Steve Burgess went 3-5 with a double and two homers and eight RBI of his own. However, it was the bat of Philadelphia 3B Gregg Hopper that eventually won the game when he smashed a 2 RBI double in the top of the ninth giving the Independence a 12-10 victory.
April 21st - Austin’s international discovery Yu-Shu Yang launched three homeruns in a 9-5 win against division rivals Las Vegas.
April 27th - OKC’s Carlos Vazquez became the newest member of the 300 HR club, he was joined by Minneapolis LF Claude Cummings on June 3rd and New York’s Francisco Martinez on 25th July.
May 16th - New York LF Steve Burgess became the latest player to hit four doubles in a single game, helping the Senators thump Philadelphia 11-3.
May 27th - LA’s Gabriel Mendez became the first player in NABL history to score 1000 runs in his career, scoring twice in LA’s 4-1 victory over San Jose.
May 28th - when Philadelphia closer Edgar Arrojo closed out a 4-2 win against Boston, he collected his 14th save of the season and became the first player in NABL history to record 400 saves.
June 3rd - Tampa Bay’s Juan Santos joined Gabriel Martinez in the 1000 runs scored club, collecting number 1000 in a losing effort against New York.
June 19th - Not happy with his effort, Tampa Bay manager Paul Ladd sanctioned the trade of outfielder Chris Ross, sending him to Oklahoma City for two prospects, CF Huko Malaki and 2B Eustace Goebel.
June 27th - Tampa Bay continued their clear out of underperforming players, shipping first baseman Vincente Gonzalez to Houston for 2B Felix Martinez.
July 4th - Oklahoma City star Carlos Vazquez became the third player to reach 1000 RBI in his career, joining Gabriel Mendez and Juan Santos.
July 8th - Atlanta starter Larry De Meza dominated Detroit, striking out 15 in only eight innings of work.
July 10th - in a blockbuster trade, Indianapolis shipped star pitcher Loren Neal to New York in exchange for LF Steve Burgess and top catching prospect Carlos Lopez.
July 15th - Denver closer Marcos Diaz became the newest member of the 300 save club.
July 16th - in a game against Miami, Chicago pitcher Jose Cuesta produced arguably the most dominant pitching performance in NABL history, hurling a PERFECT GAME while striking out 15 batters along the way. It was the fourth perfect game in NABL history and took just 83 pitches to accomplish.
July 18th - Minneapolis traded veteran starter Carlos Correa along with $3M to Chicago for prospects LF Angle Ramirez and SS Christian Moore.
July 27th - LA’s rotation took a hit when starter Tomas Freitas suffered an elbow strain, within days he was placed on the 60-day DL and lost for the season. With limited options to replace Freitas within LA’s farm system the Lynx opted for outside help, signing 38-year-old journeyman free agent John Jones (in the 10 games he played in place of Freitas his record was 4-2 with a 3.10 ERA)
July 29th - in only his second start for Chicago Carlos Correa suffered an elbow injury, sending him to the DL for 4 weeks.
September 3rd - Los Angeles starter Max Castle beat Dallas like a drum, accumulating 15 strikeouts in a 4-1 win.
September 17th - Atlanta’s Vince Little also collected 15 strikeouts, dominating Detroit in a 9-2 Flames victory.
September 17th - Houston 2B Dustin Polk became only the second player to steal four bases in a single game, joining former Seattle outfielder Hector Filex who achieved the feat twice in his career.
September 21st - Tampa Bay star outfielder Juan Santos had a night to remember, in a 12-5 victory against Boston he belted six hits in seven at bats, including a double and two homeruns scoring five times and collecting 6 RBI’s. The second of his homeruns on the night was the 400th of his career making him the first player in NABL to reach the landmark!!
September 28th - with his 20th victory of the season OKC pitcher Bill Boyce joined teammate A.J Merriweather on 20 wins, making them the first teammates in NABL history to each win at least 20 games in the same season.
September 29th - Chicago placed pitcher Carlos Correa onto the 60-day DL with Shoulder Inflammation ending his season.
October 1st – three managers were relieved of their duties at seasons end, in Seattle Mike Holdsworth was fired after another poor season while in New York, William McDonald was shown the door after the Senators own disappointing campaign. Tampa Bay’s end of season implosion, culminating in being swept at home by New Orleans eliminating them from the playoffs, was the final straw for owner Hiraldo Simon who promptly fired manager Paul Ladd.
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