OOPS I did it again

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I am seriously caught in what I want to do. Started a couple franchises but can't find my sweet spot. I want an interesting league for an interesting write up and follow.
Think I got it.
I started a new league. I am simming 25 years.
Starting with 24 teams and expanding to 32.
2 new franchises every 5 years. SIM handles everything else.
I find, though I love the thought, that feeder leagues slow the sim down and can create weird issues with draft players not to mention raising the level off good to bad player ratio so that almost NO ONE is bad. I don't like that. I want superstars and scrubs.
Almost through the 25th season and I think I'll kick it off by rehashing the first 25 years. I can already tell you I like how the stats are breaking out but I also, for the first time ever, had a single player so dominant on offense as to be my first real "Ruth" level star, doing things NO ONE ELSE comes close to.
But anyway, that's what I am doing now. I would LOVE to find someone to help make my uniforms or help me find many of the old ones I used before.

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So I have actually spent WAY more time on the run up to taking a franchise than I anticipated. I got obsessed.
So I have a question for you guys/gals.
I was going to complete my last expansion year, then sim 5 years ahead to get all 32 teams a history.
However, I'd prefer to be writing a thread folks are interested in beyond the fact I played the game professionally for 22 years.
I'd like to create a thread with interest.
Would it be more interesting to:
A) Follow a club from day one of its existence, knowing there will be 3-5 or more years of .500 or worse ball, but watch the franchise being created from the ground up
OR
B) Take a franchise that hasn't had success, or has never won a title, and pilot that club.
I'm in love with the history part so I am going to follow the league along with my team.
Orcin managed to do both but as I re-read his thread I realize he did something I've never been able to do imo, make the reader interested and remember his players.
Love to hear your thoughts. The IBL's 1st 20 years will be coming soon, as only I love to do it. Year by year with a quick run down of who did what and who won.
To give the league a foundation.

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A quarter of a century of IBL baseball has been played. Some amazing things have happened and this post will catch you up on the history, the league, its stars and champions.
The league began as a 24 team, 2 league, 6 divisions of 4 teams each.
The original 24 were
In the AL:
Brooklyn Islanders, Staten Island Sharks, Philadelphia Patriots, and the Boston Colonials resided in the AL East.
The Wyoming Cowboys, San Jose Seahawks, Denver Saints and Utah Mammoth lived in the AL West.
The Dallas Drillers, Detroit Phantom, Chicago Hitmen, and Austin Roughnecks were in the AL Central.
Over in the NL you had:
In the NL East you have the New England Revolution, Washington Jets, Atlanta Bombers and the New York Punishers.
The west had the LA Storm, Frenso Enforcers, San Diego Missions and the San Francisco Bears.
The Houston Roughriders, Oklahoma City Tornado, El Paso Huskies and Las Vegas Aces comprised the Central.

1991
The New England Revolution would take home the Frank Robinson trophy as the club with the best record. They finished 99-63. They would be upset by San Diego 4-2 in the NLCS before the Missions would go on to claim the first IBL World Series in 6 games over Detroit.
The Revolutions Sergio Guerrero would win both the Hank Aaron award as the MVP and the Jackie Robinson Award as the rookie of the year hitting .312/.425/.511 with 22 HR and score 101 times.
LA Storms Younis Jamali wenmt 18-8 2.44 to win the NL's Koufax and Fresno's Tom Townsend took home the Rivera going 8-3 34 SV 1.19 ERA.
1B Jason O'Brien of Brooklyn took home both the Aaron and Robinson in the AL hitting .335/.417/.568 with 34 HR's and 109 RBI.
Teammate Josh Wojcik won the Rivera going 6-3 with a 1.52 ERA and 41 Saves.
Dallas righty Brent McClain went 19-6 2.67 over 233 IP with a WHIP of 1.00 to win the first AL Koufax award.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
San Francisco starter Oscar Maceneiro twirled the IBL's 1st no hitter on May 18th fanning 8 and walking none in a 4-0 win. The games only blemish came in the 9th inning with 2 outs on a full count hit by pitch!
Mike Santiago (BRO) 22-6, Angel Aguilar (NE) 20-4 were the games only 20 game winners.
New Englands Josh Vickers was the 1st IBL player to hit in 30 straight games.

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1992
Fresno went 101-61 to win the Frank Robinson before losing 3-1 to LA in the Division series.
LA would meet Brooklyn in the World Series with the Islanders winning it all 4 games to 2.
Houston 1B Isaiah Wade hit .329/.421/.576 with 26 HR's 105 R and 106 RBI to win the Aaron.
Brian Clark of OKC went 14-5 3.37 to win the Koufax.
Rookie hurler Hector Calix of Fresno went 15-2 2.95 to take home the Jackie Robinson while Washington Closer Matt Marchbanks was 2-1 with 40 Saves and a microscopic 1.12 ERA to win the Rivera.
In the AL Brent McClain went 22-2 2.26 to win his 2nd Koufax, unanimously.
Detroit's 3B Marty Velasquez hit .295/.416/.563 with 34 HR, 19 SB, 107 R and 110 RBI to win the Hank Aaron award while Staten Island CF Richard Heath took home the Jackie Robinson.
Heath's teammate Alex Davis saved 41 with a 1.84 ERA to win the Rivera.
Brooklyn led the league drawing almost 3 million fans.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Utah Mammoth OF Cody Marks went 4-5 driving in 7 and slamming 4 home runs on August 9th vs Wyoming to set the IBL single season record.
Houston's Justin Fallon and Dallas' Ron Connell tossed no-hitters in 1992. Fallons was even more epic as he did so in a playoff game vs Philadelphia.
Ethan Brooks became the 1st player to hit 50 HR's in a season, hitting 56
Dallas' Brent McClain was the only 20 game winner, going 22-2 2.26.

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1993
The Phantoms were the leagues best as Detroit went 103-59 and cruised to the World Series where they met LA, appearing for the 2nd straight year. LA beat a heavily favored Phantoms club 4-1 to win their 1st title.
Phantom 3B Marty Velasquez took home his 2nd Hank Aaron award hitting .299-32-126 while teammate Rafael Rodela went 20-10 3.18 to win his 1st Koufax.
Staten Islands Scott Bianchetti (LF) hit .305 to win the Jackie Robinson while Boston's Javy Guillen saved 42 games with a 1.82 ERA to win the Rivera award.
In the NL Fresno slugger Ethan Brooks set an IBL record with 56 HR's and 149 RBI's en route to his 1st Aaron Award.
New England righty Angel Aguilar went 13-8 2.39 over 226 innings to win the Koufax while the brother of the AL MVP, Luis Velasquez was a perfect 8-0 with 34 Saves and a 1.58 ERA and won the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Ryan Thompson joined Brooks this year slamming his 50th HR in the final game of the regular season to walk off the teams final win.
Brooks matched his IBL record of 56 HR's while winning his 1st MVP.
Tom Dixon (LA) 20-6 and Detroits Rafael Rodela (20-10 were the only 20 game winners.

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1994
The playoff format would change to best of 5 in the Wild Card and best of 7 in the remaining series. It had been a best of 3 and best of 5 in the 1st two rounds.
OKC went 103-59 to win the Frank Robinson but the World Series was a rematch. LA got to their third straight as Detroit was trying to win it first in 3 separate tries representing the AL 3 of the first 4 IBL seasons. LA would win their 2nd in a row 4 games to 3.
Detroit 3B Marty Velasquez took home a 3rd consecutive MVP after hitting .308 and driving in a league high 129 runs.
Detroit took home more hardware as ace Rafael Rodela won his 2nd Koufax going 21-5 2.50 over 251 innings while San Jose 2B Adam Boushey hit .318 to win the Jackie Robinson award as the leagues best rookie.
Josh Wojcik took home another Rivera award going 7-4 with 41 Saves and a 1.64 ERA.
In the NL Oklahoma City took home the Aaron Award as LF Alejandro Lara hit .347, stole 75, drove in 116 and scored 113 to win the MVP while teammate Jim Hogle went 19-9 3.05 to win his 1st Koufax.
New England closer Nich Eichart saved 39 with a 2.39 ERA to win his 1st Rivera Award.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
LA drew 3+ million fans for the 3rd straight year.
Washington's Bobby Saez fanned 8, walked 4 in throwing the IBL's only no-hitter of the year.
Ethan Brooks hit 56 HR's for the 3rd time in 4 seasons.
Rafael Rodela of Detroit went 21-5 2.50 to win 20 for the second year in a row while Wyoming righty Valter Jageman tied the ABL record with 22 wins, going 22-8 2.94.
Houston catcher Gary Southwell won his 4th straight Gold Glove as did NY SS Mark Dunning.
In the AL 3B Doug Comer (PHI) SS Matt Aultman (SI), Steve Jennerjohn (SI) and CF Santos Tovar (BRO) all took home their 3rd gold gloves.

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1995
Make it 3 in row. LA once again found themselves in the series and for the third straight year won it all. This time the Wyoming Cowboys 4-1. No team reached 100 wins but LA went 99-63. Wyoming won the AL West going 81-81.
In the AL Boston 2B Jun-young Lee took home the MVP hitting .258-40-122 while Detroits Rafael Rodela took home his 3rd Koufax going 17-11 3.11.
Lee also won the Jackie Robinson award as the leagues best rookie as well as win his 1st Gold Glove and 1st Silver Slugger.
Boston reliever Javy Guillen went 10-5 2.24 over 72 IP to win his 1st Rivera.
In the NL Houston's John Moody hit .318/.386/.550 and drove in 119 to win Aaron honors.
LA righty Yaagov Hysh went 17-5 2.62 to win the Koufax while Oklahoma City OF Travis Brumfield hit .312/.387/.507 stealing 19 to win the leagues best rookie.
San Diego closer Dan Billings saved 41 with a 1.70 ERA to win the Rivera award.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
LA drew 3.3 million to set a new record. Boston paced the AL at 2.9.
Denver's Jaden Brown tossed the only no-hitter of the season, fanning 7 in a 5-0 win over Chicago.
In January the CBA was ratified and it included a provision that now requires 7 years of service time to become eligible for Free-Agency.

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1996
1996 would see the first of 5 different expansion years with the intent to grow from the original 24 teams in 6 4 team divisions to 32 teams in 8 4 team divisions.
This year the Jacksonville Panthers joined the NL East while the Phoenix Roadrunners went to the NL West.
Atlanta was the only 100 win team, going 100-62. They would be bounced in the NLCS by yes, Los Angeles. The Storm beat them 4 games to 3 to advance to their 5th straight world series!
It was not to be. The Staten Island Sharks would win the series 4-1 to win their 1st ever title.
Jacksonville went 54-108 and Phoenix a respectable 74-88 in their 1st seasons.
Fresno 1B Bill Abbott hit .344 with 41 HR's and 141 RBI to win the Hank Aaron award. LA's Yaagov Hysh won his 2nd Koufax going 18-9 3.51.
Jacksonville rookie JP Rodgers hit 30 HR, stole 24 bases to win the Jackie Robinson award.
Atlanta closer Jeremy Gaffney won the Rivera, saving 38 and going 6-2 2.41.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
In late November the league and IBLPA agreed to expand the active roster to 27.
1995 Koufax winner Valter Jageman (WYO) became the 1st pitcher to throw a perfect game on July 4th in beating the Utah Mammoth 1-0. He fanned 5.
Cliff Clark of Philadelphia fanned 11, and walked 4 in a September 16th no-hitter to beat Dallas 9-0.

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1997
Just wow. The Los Angeles Storm go 106-56 to win the Frank Robinson and then proceed to get to their 6th consecutive World Series wherein the fall behind Philadelphia 3 games to 1. They then win 3 straight, for their 4th title in 5 years.

In the AL Rafael Rodela (DET) wins his 4th Koufax going 15-12 3.09 while Denver's Nate Sikes hits .292-33-106 for the MVP.
Philadelphia rookie Mike Morrison hits .322 with 22 HR to win the Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn closer Luis Santiago saved 33 with a 1.96 to win the Rivera.
In the NL Fresno's Bill Abbott wins his 2nd straight Aaron award having a monster season that saw him hit .355/.420/.638 with 46 HR and 143 RBI's while scoring 133 times.
LA's Younis Jamali wins his 2nd Koufax after a 17-11 3.54 year.
Washington rookie RF Koji Minami hit .299 with 15 HR's to win the Jackie Robinson award. New England closer Shane Frey saved 36 with a 1.91 ERA to win the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Staten Islands Victor Mora became the 1st IBL pitcher to fan 15+ as he struck out 17 in a 5-0 win over Chicago.
Jacksonville's Matt Thodberg struck out 6, walked 1 in tossing the years only no-hitter as he beat Atlanta 5-0.
LA's Yaagov Hysh (20-5) and Philadelphia's Jon Cook (20-10) were the games only 20 game winners.

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1998
No team won 100 games, but in the AL Boston and Dallas went 96-66 to tie for the Frank Robinson.
A world series WITHOUT LA!!!!
LA went 81-81 to finish 5 games out, their first time not making the post-season.
Boston and Atlanta met in the series with Boston winning 4 games to 2.
Las Vegas C Nick Savignano hit .283 and set a single season HR record for catchers with 43 to win the MVP.
Yaagov Hysh took home another Koufax. This time the LA ace went 17-13 3.00 to win his 3rd.
His 3.00 ERA and 245 K's also paced the league giving him the first pitching triple crown in IBL history.
Vegas rookie CF Marco Lopez hit .331/.395/.545 to win the Jackie Robinson.\
Atlanta Closer Roberto Chamorro saved 36 while sporting a 1.59 ERA to win the Rivera.
In the AL Dallas LF Seth Wilson hit .313 with 42 HR 113 RBI and 107 R to win the Hank Aaron award while teammate Brent McClain took home his 3rd Koufax award going 14-9 3.55.
Utah rookie Tim Chapman hit .226 but his 34 HR's got him the leagues Jackie Robinson award.
Boston reliever Nick Pierce went 6-3 1.98 ERA to win the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
LA drew under 3 million (2.932) for the 1st time in franchise history.
OKC pitcher Travis Walker tossed the years lone no-hitter fanning 8 and walking 3 in a 4-0 win over El Paso.
Houston's Trent Wheeler stole his 500th base.

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1999
The Chicago Hitmen pace the IBL with 97 wins but get bounced by eventual champion Staten Island 4-2 in the ALCS.
The Sharks beat the Las Vegas Aces 4-2 for the 2nd world series.
Philadelphia 3B Chris Jackson slashes .333/.379/.571 with 32 HR's and 107 RBI's while scoring 106 times to win the NL MVP.
Victor Mora (SI) paces the league with a 20-6 record and a 2.68 ERA to win his 1st Koufax.
His rotation mate, rookie Jaime Ocon goes 13-8 2.53 to win the Jackie Robinson.
Denver's Josh Brady saves 34 with a 1.92 ERA to win the Koufax.
In the NL Phoenix Roadrunner OF Matt Jacobson hit .339/.414/.592 with 33 HR's and 124 RBI to win the Hank Aaron award.
Fresno ace Kyle Taylor went 22-7 2.88 to take home the Koufax.
Washington rookie Logan McDonald hit .264-33-104 to win the Jackie Robinson.
Jacksonville closer Alejandro Paez went 7-1 33 Saves with a 2.29 ERA to win the Mariano Rivera award.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
San Jose 1B Chris Starling became the 3rd player ever to homer 50+ times as he hit 51.
Victor Mora (SI) went 20-6 and Kyle Taylor (FRE) 22-7 as the leagues only 20 game winners.
Dallas' Kyle Schneider saved his 300th game and Utah's Ethan Brooks drove in his 1000th run.

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2000
The expansion Jacksonville Panthers would squeak in as the wild card beating division winner Atlanta 4-1 in the NLCS and then stun 103 win Philadelphia to become the fastest expansion team to win a title in just their 5th season.
Denver SS Nate Sikes would win his 2nd Aaron Award hitting .286 with 37 HR while Philadelphia ace Roberto Chamorro would go 18-5 2.64 after transitioning from the pen, where he was the 1999 Rivera award winner.
Brooklyn's Jimmy Lewis hit 26 HR's on the way to winning the Jackie Robinson while Patriot reliever Tim Buchberger went 6-2 with a 1.78 to win the Rivera.
In the AL there were 4 first time winners. Roadrunner Andy Peterson hit .318 with 35 HR as the RF won his first Aaron award.
Oklahoma City's Travis walker was just 12-11 with a 3.69 but voters felt that was worthy of his 1st Koufax.
Fresno reliever Jordan Ortiz went 4-4 1.45 to win the Rivera while Roadrunner rookie Greg Farnsworth hit .298/.363/.501 with 20 HR's to take home the Jackie Robinson Award.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
28 year old Jon Cook fanned 8 in tossing the years only no-hitter in a 6-0 win over San Jose. It was the 2nd no-hitter for the Philadelphia franchise.
Denver's Chris Brown went 20-9 2.95 as the leagues only 20 game winner.
Quite a few milestones were reach as Ethan Brooks scored his 1000th run, and also became the 1st IBL player to hit 400 HR's.

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2001
In 2001 the league would again expand.
This time the AL would see the Columbus Black Knights join the AL East while the Portland Spartans joined the AL west.
Columbus went 69-93 while Portland went 78-84.
Washington took home the Frank Robinson trophy, going 104-58 before beaing defeated 4-1 in the World Series by the Denver Saints.
1998 Jackie Robinson winner Marco Lopez (LV) took home the NL's Hank Aaron award after hitting .361/.434/.602 with 24 HR and scoring 110 times.
Yaagov Hysh went 14-7 2.90 to win his 4th Koufax award, all with LA.
Washington rookie Nick Ortiz hit .279/.328/.435 to win Jackie Robinson honors while Jacksonville closer Alejandro Perez saved 45 with a 2.14 ERA to win another Rivera.
Utah Mammoth Jay Anguiano hit 54 HR's and drove in 125 to win the AL MVP.
Travis Walker of San Jose went 19-6 2.75 to win his 2nd Koufax for the Seahawks.
Detroit rookie Miles Rose hit .328 with 30 HR and 117 RBI to win the Jackie Robinson.
Denver reliever Ryan Carrasco was 5-1 2.38 to win the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Anguiano (54) of Utah, Ferdynand Kmiecik (50) of Columbus, and Adrian Fajardo (51) of Portland all topped 50 homers, becoming the 4th, 5th and 6th players all time.
Brown's 20-9 season was the only 20 win campaign.
Jacksonville's Ryan Thompson hit his 400th HR.

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2002
The LA Storm are back, sort of. After a few really bad seasons they took home another Frank Robinson going 102-60 only to meet their division rival Phoenix in the Division series. The Roadrunners walked them off in game 7 and eventually reached their 1st world series where they were beaten by Philadelphia 4-3. It was the Patriots 1st world series after 2 prior trips.
Dallas LF Jorge Madrid hit .316 with 36 HR's 115 RBI's and scored 124 runs to win his 1st Hank Aaron award.
Philadelphia ace Peter Guard went 17-6 2.52 to win the Koufax while Denvers Ryan Carrasco won his 2nd Rivera with 35 Saves and a 1.73 ERA.
Brooklyn rookie Adam Sikkema hit 22 HR's en route to winning the Jackie Robinson.
San Francisco catcher Jeff Gruen hit 43 HR's and scored 107 times to win the NL MVP
LA's Alex Torres went 14-4 2.82 to win the Koufax, I think this was LA's 6th.
Oklahoma City LF Erik Murphy hit .336/.399/.528 to win the NL Jackie Robinson award.
NL Champion Phoenix closer Dallas Nafus saved 36 with a 2.45 ERA to win the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Phoenix Roadrunner Mark Tunis fanned 10 in the seasons only no-hitter in a 6-0 win over San Diego.
Roadrunner 1B Takeya Tasuda hit 50 HR's.
Denver's Chris Brown went 20-9 for the second straight season while Francisco Alvarez (UT) went 20-9 also.
LA 1st Basemen Bryan Benjamin hit his 400th HR.

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2003
The LA Storm are back! After a 5 year hiatus they returned to the World Series (their 7th) and downed the Austin Roughnecks to win their 5th title.
LA's 103 wins were not only not the highest total, but it made them the wild card to division foe Arizona (106-56)!
LA got payback though as they downed Phoenix 4-2 in the Division series before beating Jacksonville 4-2 and then Austin 4-2 in the World series.
Storm 1B Matt Graham hit .338 with 42 HR's and 130 RBI's to win the NL Hank Aaron Award.
Teammate Myles Gaines won what I think is the 8th Koufax award by an LA Pitcher as he went 15-9 3.19.
Roadrunner rookie Steve Chase hit 34 HR's en route to winning the NL's Jackie Robinson Award.
Vega reliever Josh Haag was 4-3 with 21 Saves and a 1.85 ERA in winning the Rivera.
Portland 1B Adrian Fajardo hit .305-47-109 with 113 Runs to win the AL MVP
Teammate Neil Mitchel was 15-9 2.82 in winning the Koufax while Detroit rookie CF Kyle Wise hit 39 HR's and drove in Detroit rookie record 115 to win the AL Jackie Robinson.
Columbus reliever Jeremy Sacks was 4-1 2.37 in winning the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
24 year old 1B Josh Sparks of the Las Vegas Aces became just the 2nd player ever to homer 4 times in a game. In an August 26th game in Atlanta he went 4-5 with 4 HR's and 5 RBI's.
LA's Yaagov Hysh fanned 8 to throw his 1st career no-hitter (and 1st in LA history) in a 5-0 win over Jacksonville.
Ferdynand Kmiecik (COL) hit his 400th HR.
Jessie Cook (BOS) also hit HR #400.

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2004
Phoenix wins 100 again, and then falls to the New York Punishers. NY goes on to beat Jacksonville 4-0 in the NLCS before meeting up with the Columbus Black Knights. A team in just their 4th season! Columbus hangs tough and ends up beating New York in 7 games to become the fastest expansion team to ever win a title!
In the NL New York sllugger Isaiah Hart hits .326 with 55 HR and 130 RBI's to win the Hank Aaron award while teammate Rob Kilmer goes 13-12 2.82 to win the Koufax. Kilmer has 7 gold gloves to his name as well.
Atlanta rookie Jorge Cortez hits 33 HR's and drives in 109 to win the Jackie Robinson award.
Jacksonville closer Alejandro Paez goes 7-5 2.62 over 99.2 IP to win his 3rd Rivera award.
The Black Knights (97-65) win the AL East going away by 12 games over Brooklyn.
Utah's Jay Anguiano wins his 2nd Hank Aaron after hitting 44 HR, stealing 17, driving in 108 and scoring 121. Teammate Francisco Alvarez leads the league for the third straight year in wins and takes home his first Koufax, going 17-7 2.80.
Brooklyn RF Elliott Weigner hits .313/.357/.546 to win the AL Jackie Robinson.
Columbus Closer Jeremy Sacks goes 9-3 27 Saves with a 1.85 to win the Rivera for the World Champion Black Knights.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
With 8 Gold Gloves, an MVP, 4 Silver Sluggers and 4 All Star appearances Boston 2B Jun-Young Lee added another feather in his cap. On May 12th, in a game vs Wyoming, he went 4-5 hitting 4 HR's and driving in 7 to become just the 3rd player ever to homer 4 times in a game.
LA's Myles Gaines tossed a no-no vs New York. It was the years only no-hitter and the 2nd year in a row just one was thrown, both by LA pitchers.
Roadrunner Takeya Yasuda hit 50 HR's for the 2nd time in his career.
Seth Wilson (DAL), Jay Anguiano (UT) Matt Graham (NE) and Nick Savignano (LV) all joined the 400 HR club.
Yaagov Hysh won his 200th and became the IBL's first 3000 K club member.

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2005
Utah squeaks in as an AL Wild Card then meets Austin, the other AL wild card, in the ALCS. After beating them 4-1 they take San Diego in 6 games for their 1st ever title. San Diego has not been back since they won the inaugural world series in 1991.
Phoenix won 103 games but was beaten in the Division series by division foe San Diego 4-3.
In the NL Roadrunner 2B Mel Ramirez scored 124 runes, drove in 102 with 34 HR's and 26 SB's to win the 2005 Hank Aaron Award. Ramirez's teammate OF Jim Saunders hit .310/.370/.514 to win the Jackie Robinson.
San Diego's Sean Terry was 19-8 3.11 in winning the Koufax while Jacksonville reliever Michael Hennigar went 4-2 1.41 to win the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
25 year old Lee Hendon fanned 15, becoming just the 2nd player ever to fan 15 or more in a game.
Mathew Rhorer (SI) hit his 400th HR.
Detroits Rafael Rodela won his 200th game and struck out his 3000th hitter in consecutive August starts.
Boston's Jessie Cook became the 1st hitter in IBL history to drive in 1500 runs.

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2006
In 2006 the IBL would see the Cleveland Gladiators join the AL East while the Charlotte Defenders joined the AL Central giving the league 2 5 team divisions and 1 6 team.
New Yorks 103 wins pace the IBL and they then get hammered 4-1 in the Division series by division rival New England.
As the Wild Card the Revolution get to, and win, their 1st world series with a 4-2 win over Columbus.
In the NL New Yorks Kevin Terry hit .341/.429/.572 with 24 HR 32 SB 124 R and 111 RBI's to win the Hank Aaron Award.
Teammate Blake Bihm was 4-3 2.62 over 92 IP to win the Rivera.
Fresno southpaw Rusty Lovelady went 15-6 3.24 to win his 1st Koufax and New England rookie Will Martin hit .287 with 17 HR and 24 SB to win the Jackie Robinson.
In the AL Austin's J.P. Rogers hit 49 HR and drove in 126 to win the Hank Aaron
Columbus ace Lee Hendon went 19-11 2.89 to win his 1st Koufax.
San Jose rookie Andrew Jacobi hit .293 with 24 HR 21 SB and drove in 112 to win the AL's best rookie award while Detroit Closer Dallas Nafus saved 46 with a microscopic 1.30 ERA to take home the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
San Francisco's John Simmons fanned 15 in an August 2nd game to make him just the 3rd pitcher in IBL history to fan 15 or more.
Daniel Scott (CHI), Josh Darden (LA) and Jin-ho Na (ATL) tossed no-hitters. It was the most in a single season. Darden fanned 2 and walked 6 in no-hitting El Paso, who Na no-hit less than a month later.
RF Brian Dobbs of Houston hit exactly 50 HR's to become just the 8th player all time
Brooklyn's Mark Whitten was the lone 20 game winner, going 20-5 3.14
New Yorks Adam Brolin became the first pitcher to save 400 games.
Staten Islands Ferdynand Kmiecik slammed HR #500
LA's Mario Vicario hit in 29 straight, the 2nd longest streak ever. Still just one 30 game hitting streak in IBL history.

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2007
New England paces the IBL at 103-59 and wins their 2nd straight World Series, defeating Detroit 4-2.
Revolution LF Ron Lusk took home Aaron honors hitting .340/.395/.571 with 24 HR 29 SB 111 RBI and scoring 118 runs.
His teammate Alberto Merera went 19-9 2.96 to win his 1st Koufax.
Oklahoma City OF Tony Flores hit .299 with 19 HR's to win the NL's Jackie Robinson while Jacksonville reliever Michael Henningar went 6-1 1.90 to win the Rivera.
In the AL Detroit's Kyle Wise (2003 Jackie Robinson winner) hit 33 HR driving in 108 and scoring 105 with 19 SB to win the Hank Aaron award.
Utah's Francisco Alvarez took home Koufax #2 going 16-8 2.77
Portland 2B Hirohito Takemoto hit 33 HR's and drove in 105 to win the AL Jackie Robinson.
Dallas reliever Bill Gamblin went 11-3 1.24 to win the Rivera

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
LA's Yaagov Hysh added to what seems to be a HoF resume fanning 15 over 7.1 innings in a May 20th start vs Atlanta.
27 year old Evan Gomes (POR) tossed the IBL's 2nd perfect game in a June 2nd tilt vs Charlotte. He fanned 9.
Riley Wood (CHA), J.P. Rodgers (AUS) and Takeya Yasuda hit their 400th career homers.
While Jessie Cook (EP) Matt Graham (NE), and Jay Anguiano (UT)hit their 500th career HR's.
Dallas Nafus (DET) saved his 400th.

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2008
The Punishers went 105-57 and promptly lost in their Division matchup with Oklahoma City. EL paso beat OKC 4-3 to go to their 1st world series where they downed the Chicago Hitmen 4-3 taking home their 1st title.
New York's Kevin Terry took home his 2nd Hank Aaron, hitting .311/.387/.541 with 20 HR, 22 SB and scoring 103 runs.
Jacksonville pitcher John Simmons went 17-7 2.55 as the 32 year old won his 1st Koufax.
Vegas SS Bob Kreinbring took home the Jackie Robinson
El Paso closer Tristan Rogers sasved 35 with a 1.70 to win the Rivera.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
El Paso LF Alex Bazaldua set an IBL record driving in 10 runs in the 4th ever 4 HR game in IBL history.
Chicago's Dave Williamson tossed the 1st no-hitter in franchise history in a 4-1 win over Portland while Ron Mathews did the same for Detroit in a 3-0 win over Philadelphia.
Charlotte's Gerardo Pacheco was the only 20 game winner, going 21-9 3.08.
Rafael Rodela became the 1st IBL pitcher in history to record 3500 K's.