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2042 Season Notes
April 2nd – Minneapolis off-season signing, slugging 1B Keith Fairchild suffered a broken finger on his debut when he was hit by a wayward William Gibson pitch as Minneapolis fell to KC.
April 3rd – in his first start of the season, Tampa Bay’s veteran pitcher Cristobal Chapa reached the 3000-career strikeout milestone.
April 4th – Indianapolis starter Ramon Schoof became the newest member of the 200-win club, collecting the W in the Racers 16-2 drubbing of Cleveland.
April 7th – Indianapolis SS Pancho Sousa had his 25-game hitting streak stopped by Philadelphia when they held him hitless in four at-bats.
April 8th – Tampa Bay 1B Rick Flynn clubbed his 300th career homer as the Hurricanes rallied late to edge past Miami 6-5.
April 9th – Kansas City CF Jeff Hardy was a terror on the basepaths against Dallas, stealing four bases and scoring twice as the Tornadoes beat the Mustangs 5-2.
April 9th – San Jose’s veteran 3B Tom Sterling reached the 1000-career RBI plateau in style, clubbing a Grand-Slam in the Spartans 10-5 victory over Denver.
April 11th – Omaha pitcher David Lyons, on the comeback trail from shoulder surgery, broke down during his first minor league rehab start, forcing him under the knife again and ending his season before it had begun.
April 21st – Sanfrancisco closer Barton Rogers collected the 300th save of his career as the Gold held off LA 4-3.
April 26th – OKC’s star closer Josh Renshaw became only the second player to record 500 career saves, joining only Min-Jae Choi in that exclusive club.
April 28th – Sanfrancisco’s star 3B Brandon Townsend suffered a fracture to his foot after a collision on the basepaths, the injury would send him to the DL for five weeks.
May 3rd – Seattle shortstop Joe Rogers was the difference in the Pioneers 10-8 victory over OKC, collecting five hits (all of them extra base hits, four doubles and a triple) while driving in six.
May 19th – Charlotte 2B Ramon Aquino hit for the CYCLE in a losing effort against Philadelphia.
May 27th – 1B Julio Cruz played a big part in Cleveland’s 15-8 victory over Atlanta, amassing four hits, a pair of homeruns and driving in nine of the Corsairs fifteen runs.
May 28th – Detroit 1B Jorge Rodriguez was instrumental in his clubs 9-7 victory over Baltimore, collecting four hits and going deep three times while driving in six runs.
May 30th – veteran Indianapolis LF Jose Cintron collected RBI number 1500 of his career in the Racers 4-2 victory over St. Louis.
June 5th – Cleveland pitcher Paul Everhart dominated in the Corsairs victory over Miami, in his eight innings of work he recorded 17 strikeouts.
June 8th – SF 3B Brandon Townsend suffered a strained knee making a defensive play against Dallas, the injury would see him spend another five weeks on the DL.
June 7th – Tampa Bay LF Joe Scott certainly enjoyed the day’s doubleheader against Charlotte, he opened the first game with a first inning Grand-Slam and ended the nightcap by hitting his second Grand-Slam of the day.
June 9th – Washington RF George Payne collected six hits (all singles) in the Generals 5-4 extra inning victory over New York.
June 10-16th – 35-year-old San Jose 3B Tom Sterling hit a homerun in six consecutive games.
June 13th – New York hurler Heinrich Kronburger struck out sixteen Cleveland hitters as the Senators edged past the Corsairs 3-2.
June 16th – Boston starter Jim Jacques was almost unhittable against New Orleans, of the seventeen Blues he retired he struck out 15!! A late New Orleans rally against the Pilgrims bullpen gave the Blues a 6-5 win.
June 19th – Sanfrancisco starter David Adams became the latest player to reach 2500-career strikeouts.
June 22nd – Las Vegas RF Danny Wheeler scored his 1000th run on a Vaughan Snyder sacrifice fly to give LV a ninth inning lead only to see Austin tie the game then win in extra innings.
June 26th – New York sent starting pitcher Mark Graham to OKC in a trade for 1B Juan Torres and catching prospect Jim Holman.
July 3rd- in a blockbuster move, Cleveland traded star pitcher Paul Everhart along with reliever Mitch Taylor to Minneapolis for LF Stu Leach and three prospects (BNN #48 1B Dan Wood, CF Bryan Sharp and 1B Tony Flores)
July 7th – Washington 3B Cesar Salazar collected the 2000th hit of his career as the Generals fell to division rivals Philadelphia.
July 8th – Indianapolis starter Ramon Schoof suffered a partially torn labrum prematurely ending his season.
July 11th – veteran LF Alfonso Sosa collected three hits on the day to reach the 2500-career hits plateau.
July 12th – Miami found themselves on the receiving end of another dominating pitching performance, this time St. Louis star Les Scott was the beneficiary, striking out fifteen in 12-4 Reds victory.
July 14th – Baltimore starter Randall Valentine struck out 15 Austin hitters but still ended up on the losing side as the Kings scraped home 3-2, scoring three times in a dramatic ninth inning.
July 20th – Cleveland 1B Blake Hanson led from the front in the Corsairs 6-4 victory over Charlotte, hitting for the CYCLE including a game-winning eighth inning 2-run homerun.
July 22nd – Atlanta’s star third baseman Juan Reyes’ season ended prematurely when he suffered a partially torn elbow ligament, he underwent surgery within days and would begin the long road to recovery once fit enough.
July 24th – Tampa Bay traded RF Chance Merritt and catcher Roberto Gomes to OKC for RF Luis Flores,
July 27th – Tampa Bay 2B Bryant Manton hit a 3-run walk-off homerun giving the Hirricanes a dramatic 6-4 victory over Washington and in the process raised his career RBI total to 1001.
July 28th – St. Louis starter McKenzie Ransford suffered a forearm strain sending him to the DL for an extended period. The injury also ended any speculation that Ransford (a pending free agent) was going to be traded in the coming days.
July 31st – OKC’s veteran starter Shane Olson dominated LA, recording fifteen strikeouts as the Outlaws cruised to a 13-2 victory.
August 1st – Chicago star 2B Chad Hammond landed on the DL for six weeks with a case of planter fasciitis.
August 4th- Tampa Bay’s talented 2B Miguel Rosas helped the Hurricanes to victory over Detroit, hitting for the CYCLE whilst driving in a pair of runs.
August 17th – Sanfrancisco lost pitcher Benton Hartman (13-4, 3.03 ERA) for the rest of the season with an abdominal strain.
August 24th – Dallas RF Patrick Richardson came up huge for the Mustangs in their game against New York, hitting for the CYCLE and driving in all four runs as Dallas overcame New York 4-3.
August 27th – for the second time during the season Minneapolis 1B Keith Fairchild suffered a broken finger when being struck by a wayward pitch.
August 28th – LA starter Joe Taylor suffered a torn UCL ending his season and likely shelving him for 12 months.
September 4th – Houston starter Edward Saymes took 111 pitches to record the season’s first NO-HITTER, he surrendered a first inning walk but was perfect from then on as Houston downed OKC 5-0.
September 8th – Tampa Bay 2B Miguel Rosas was at it again, collecting 4-RBI’s while hitting for the CYCLE as the Hurricanes saw off Charlotte 7-3, it was the second time on the season that Rosas had hit for the cycle.
September 14th – Indianapolis LF Jose Cintron drilled the 500th homerun of his career in a losing effort as the Racers fell to New Orleans.
September 19th – after suffering a heart attack and collapsing in the clubhouse during the Senators game with division rivals Baltimore, New York manager Carlos Torres was rushed to hospital where he underwent lifesaving heart surgery. The following day New York GM Billy Killian announced that the surgery was successful and Torres would be hospitalized for the foreseeable future while he recovered, he also took the opportunity to state that bench coach Malcolm Usama would take charge of the team until the end of the season.
September 26th – Atlanta CF Maximo Macias was forced to the DL with shoulder tendonitis, leaving the Flames without the services of their starting centerfielder for the upcoming playoffs.
September 27th – Boston catcher Eduardo Moreno drove in two runs as the Pilgrims edged past Philadelphia 4-3, Moreno’s two RBI’s took his career total to an even 1000.
September 28th – OKC starter Shane Olson struck out seven (taking his career total to 2503) as the Outlaws downed Omaha 6-2.
October 6th – Omaha pitcher David Lyons, having tried and failed twice to come back from a shoulder injury, announced his retirement at the age of twenty-six cutting short his promising career. Lyons (the #2 overall pick in the 2034 draft) left the NABL having played in 181 games starting 121 of them, he collected sixteen saves to go along with a 48-32 record and finished with a career ERA of 2.61.
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