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2028 Season Notes
Pre-season - Boston’s new signing 2B Luis Sanchez suffered torn ankle ligaments on the first day of spring training shelving him until the all-star break at the earliest.
April 8th - Houston’s Marc Birstall left LA’s batters swinging at thin air, striking out 15 in seven innings work.
April 9th – With the game tied in the bottom of the tenth inning and with the bases loaded, Kansas City pitcher Jerry Crane launched a walk-off Grand-Slam lifting the Tornadoes to a 9-5 victory over Austin and in doing so became the first pitcher in NABL history to achieve the feat.
April 13th - Cleveland pitcher Eric Parker became only the third player in NABL history to record 2500 strikeouts.
April 15th - San Diego off-season acquisition CF Jorge Sanchez suffered a high ankle sprain shelving him for two months.
April 16th - Oklahoma City star Marshall Ayersome collected his 1000th run in a victory over Seattle.
April 27th - in an effort to shore up their infield Cleveland traded 1B Clarence Davis to Minneapolis for 1B/3B Will Nicholas and catching prospect Manuel Salgado. The move was motivated by their desire to improve defensively after the loss in the offseason of 3B Wayne Martin to retirement and 1B Santiago Ybarra to San Diego, coupled with the disappointing start to the season from Davis and young 3B Boyd Farley.
April 27th - Atlanta 1B Jason Wilson smashed three homeruns against his old team Washington, reminding them what they were missing.
May 10th - Indianapolis starter Angel Castro blew through the Atlanta lineup to the tune of 16 strikeouts in only 8.1 innings of work, helping his side demolish the Flames 9-2.
May 23rd - Boston pitcher Daniel Zanetti hurled a NO-HITTER against Washington, allowing three walks along the way.
May 29th - Tampa Bay LF Juan Santos became the first player in NABL history to reach 2500 hits in his career when he went 1-for-4 against Charlotte.
June 10th - Kansas City pitcher Ronald Shockley suffered a serious shoulder injury, team officials confirmed in the following days that although his surgery was successful, he would still be out for over a year.
June 11th - OKC pulled the plug on Marshall Ayersome’s time in Oklahoma packing him off to Philadelphia for SS Lewis Washington and pitching prospect David Reyes.
June 27th - Las Vegas ace Dave Cahill became the fourth player to reach 2500 career strikeouts, reaching the milestone with his first strikeout of the day.
June 29th - Detroit 3B Ryan Scott hit for the CYCLE collecting 2-RBI’s in a losing effort against New Orleans.
July 4th - down 4-2 with two out and the bases loaded, Miami LF Pantaliao Igreja saved his best for last, belting a walk-off Grand-Slam handing his Everglades a 6-4 victory over the stunned Boston Pilgrims.
July 7th - LA’s starter Sterling Delaney shut down Austin on his way to a NO-HITTER, allowing a single walk (to the second batter he faced) while striking out six.
July 10th - with their season unlikely to end in a playoff berth, Oklahoma City traded veteran LF Steve Burgess to Chicago for RF Scott Winters and 2B prospect Luis Sandoval.
July 11th - San Diego CF Jorge Sanchez was sidelined again this time with a thumb ligament injury, ruling him out until mid-August.
July 12th – Pitcher-of-the-Year frontrunner, Las Vegas ace Dave Cahill (13-3, 1.36 ERA) suffered a shoulder injury landing him on the DL and cutting short his season.
July 17th - Tampa Bay packaged $3M and LF Vicente Fernandez to San Jose for SS Kyle Bruhlhart and minor league catcher Robinson Cervantes.
July 27th - Indianapolis star Gabriel Mendez collected RBI numbers 1500 and 1501 hitting a two-run walk-off homer against Charlotte. He became only the second player to reach the 1500 RBI milestone joining his great friend and rival Juan Santos.
July 28th - upon completing his rehab stint at AAA Pittsburgh and never having played for Boston, 2B Luis Sanchez found himself on a plane bound for Austin after being traded to the Kings for CF Raul Escobar. Austin had signed Escobar to a four year contract in the off-season but cut ties after only 93 games and numerous run-ins between Escobar and manager Alan Fullerton.
August 5th - San Diego relief pitcher Guilherme Malagueira who was 10-3 with a 3.02 ERA suffered a shoulder injury ruling him out for the season.
August 6th - Boston new boy Raul Escobar overpowered his former teammates, belting three homeruns and going 3-for-5 with 4 RBI helping the Pilgrims overcome the Kings 8-6.
August 9th - Miami LF Pantaliao Igreja smashed four doubles in a game against Cleveland, equaling the NABL record.
August 13th - Denver superstar Dixon Bodean joined Juan Santos as only the second player to reach 2500 career hits.
August 18th - Seattle’s Norm McLaughlin led his team to victory over Denver, going 4-for-5 including a triple, scoring every time he reached base and swiping four bases.
August 23rd – Kansas City LF Alberto Rangel was hit by a pitch thrown by San Diego pitcher Ray Cambell igniting a bench clearing brawl and resulting in suspensions for Campbell and Rangel. After the game it was announced that Rangel suffered a Fracture to his hand ruling him out until mid-October.
September 3rd - San Diego lost another pitcher for the season, this time starter Jerry Ambles was the victim of the injury bug.
September 8th - Chicago 1B Matt Henderson went 0-for-4 against Boston, ending his 25-game hitting streak.
September 13th - Atlanta RF David Barnett hit two homeruns (including a Grand-slam) and collected 8-RBI’s on the way to leading the Flames to victory over Boston.
September 15th - New Orleans CF Jorge Comotho collected four stolen bases in a losing effort against Chicago.
September 23rd - Seattle pitcher Daniel Werner pitched a gem against OKC and still ended up a loser. Working 8.1 innings and striking out ten, he allowed only four hits, unfortunately the last of them was a walk-off solo homerun to 1B Brian Watson.
October 29th – All-time great slugger Juan Santos announced his retirement from the game, Santos left the NABL as the all-time leader in hits (2546) homeruns (529) and RBI (1555) and would in all likelihood be one of the first names into the NABL hall of fame.
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