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2033 Season Notes
April 8th – Austin 3B Jose Montoya collected his 300th career homerun in a losing effort against Denver.
April 12th – Las Vegas starter Jerry Wood suffered an elbow injury sending him to the DL for the next two months.
April 14th – OKC starter Rafer MacNeil struck out 15 Omaha batters in seven innings of work, OKC went on to win 4-3 in extra innings.
April 21st – Detroit held Indianapolis 3B Matt Romero hitless in four attempts to end his hitting streak at 29 games.
April 22nd - Houston’s Angel Valdez belted his 300th career homer while St. Louis pitcher Matt Powell collected his 2500th career strikeout.
May 5th – CF Mark Greensberry helped OKC to victory over LA hitting for the CYCLE and driving in six of OKC’s 8 runs.
May 9th – despite 1B Richard Norway’s big day (3-for-5, Grand-Slam and 8-RBI’s) Minneapolis still found a way to lose to Kansas City, going down 13-12 in 10 innings.
May 15th – Denver slugger Rizalino Nolasco collected his 2000th career hit against Houston.
May 22nd – New Orleans starter Howard Schultz hurled a NO-HITTER in a victory over Atlanta, Schultz capped off his special day by belting a homerun as well.
May 23rd – Tampa Bay star Dixon Bodean saved his best for last against Baltimore, hitting a game tying 2-RBI double in the bottom of the eighth before smashing a walk off Grand-Slam to win the game 9-5.
May 26th - St. Louis 2B Adam Bailey had his 28-game hitting streak ended by Detroit.
May 27th – in a losing effort against Atlanta, New York’s Jose Velasquez collected two hits the first of which was career hit number 2000.
May 31st – Dallas CF Carlos Martinez had a field day against Cleveland collecting six hits two of which were doubles and driving in five runs helping the Mustangs to a 9-4 win.
June 1st – Washington 2B Jack Underwood scored his 1000th career run as the Generals battered Philadelphia 17-4.
June 2nd – In a surprising move San Diego traded closer Harvey Widdowes to Chicago for 23-year-old reliever Willie Hampton and 21-year-old LF Larry Hall.
June 11th – San Jose CF Manny Chavez stole 4 bases in the Spartans victory over Austin.
June 13th – Denver 3B Rizalino Nolasco drove in his 1000th career run helping Denver down Minneapolis 6-4.
June 16th – Jack Underwood collected his 1000th RBI in Washington’s loss to Baltimore.
June 29th – St. Louis chose to trade speedy outfielder Willie Ingle, sending him to New York for a pair of prospects, catcher Tommy Adams and RF Miguel Angel Alvarez
July 7th – Washington’s veteran slugger Nelson Vasquez smashed the 300th homerun of his career as the Generals saw off Baltimore 5-3.
July 8th – OKC’s Rafer MacNeil certainly enjoyed playing Omaha, he struck out 15 Braves for the second time during the season.
July 9th – Austin 3B Jose Montoya scored his 1000th career run as the Kings squeezed past Phoenix 3-2.
July 10th – stuck in neutral, Boston signaled their desire to build for the future sending 1B Randy Harrington to New York for a haul of four international prospects, third baseman Roberto Lopez and pitchers Pedro Zamora, Luchino Perez and Jose Castillo.
July 15th – Phoenix shortstop Joseph Davis collected his 1000th career run as the Eagles fell to Dallas.
July 17th – Washington 1B Nelson Vasquez was the center of a media storm as news broke that he had been caught in a compromising position with the young wife of Generals owner Howard Steinberg. Infuriated by the lurid stories in the press, Steinberg vowed Vasquez would never play another game for his beloved Generals and demanded his proverbial head on a platter, leaving GM Bryan Kerridge no choice but to try and find a trade partner for Vasquez.
July 22nd – in the game between Denver and Austin several milestones were reached, Denver slugger Rizalino Nolasco scored for the 1000th time in his career and Austin 3B Jose Montoya collected his 2000th career hit as the Wildcats scraped home 4-3.
July 23rd – Boston 2B Lucio Rodriguez was a force in the Pilgrims victory over Philadelphia, going 5-5 scoring three times and stealing four bases.
July 24th – Chicago trade for infield re-enforcements, sending unhappy veteran 2B Greg Hopper and relief pitcher Jesus Martinez to Denver for 3B Ed Cole.
July 30th – after several weeks of media speculation Washington GM Bryan Kerridge found a willing trade partner for Nelson Vasquez, Southwest division leaders Dallas. The Mustangs chose to part ways with pitcher Yasutaki Sugiyama whose impending contract demands had more than doubled since his stellar performance in 2032, as part of the package Washington also sent $2M and pitching prospect Dave Lockhart to Dallas for them to take Vasquez off their hands.
July 31st – Atlanta 3B Julio Ramirez Slammed three homeruns and collected 5-RBI’s on the way to leading the Flames to a 12-3 victory over Boston.
August 3rd – Sanfrancisco 2B Dustin Polk suffered a torn pectoral muscle ending his disappointing season.
August 8th – Tampa Bay’s veteran superstar Dixon Bodean became the first member of the 3.5k hit club collecting three hits in TB’s 3-1 victory over New Orleans and taking his career hits total to 3501.
August 10th – Atlanta’s Jim Champion pitched a NO-HITTER against Chicago taking just 99 pitches to accomplish the feat.
August 14th – Sanfrancisco LF Craig Graham hit for the CYCLE in a losing effort against OKC.
August 19th – OKC’s off-season acquisition, pitcher Davis Robinson suffered a hamstring injury ruling him out for the rest of the season.
August 24th – Washington 2B Jack Underwood joined the 2000-hit club during the Generals victory over New York.
August 15th – Boston 2B Lucio Rodriguez also hit for the CYCLE, completing the feat with a solo homerun in the bottom of the eighth to lift the Pilgrims to a 2-1 victory over division rivals Washington.
August 26th – Seattle signed pitcher Larry de Meza for the remainder of the season with the aim of seeing if he had anything left in the tank after Tommy John Surgery.
September 4th – Atlanta’s Jim Champion set the NABL record for strikeouts in a single game when he struck out 18 Charlotte batters, helping Atlanta to an 8-2 victory.
September 9th – Dallas closer Luis Torres joined the 300 save club.
September 10th – Miami’s LF Todd Louthian slammed a Walk-Off Grand-Slam in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift Miami to a 10-6 victory over Atlanta.
September 15th – Las Vegas pitcher Marc Birstall struck out 10 Dallas batters taking his career strikeout total to 3003.
September 18th – OKC’s injury woes continued as catcher Dan Matterby sprained his thumb, ruling him out for up to three weeks, meaning he would likely miss the first round of the playoffs.
September 21st – Tampa Bay’s star 3B Bryant Manton tore his hamstring making a defensive play against Atlanta, ruling him out for at least two months.
September 24th – Dallas relief pitcher Luis Lagunas suffered a separated shoulder against Houston ending his season.
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