American Baseball Association.

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
2 @ Memphis
3 vs Alaska
2 @ Ohio

RESULTS:

• 4/20: FLA 6 MEM 2 Pollock 8.1 IP 5 K 7 H 1 R 126 pitches. Hayashi 4-5 2 2B (4) 2 R
• Federico Escobedo (PIT) shut down Buffalo 3-0 striking out 4. He's1-Detroit's Jeremy Pannebaker went 5-6 HR 4 RBI in their 13-6 win over Chicago
• 4/21: FLA 4 MEM 0 Willoughby 8.1 IP 3 H 5 K 117 pitches W (1-0) Galindo SV (4) Cortezo (3) Hayashi (3) Adams (1) all homer.
• 4/22: FLA 7 ALK 0 10 straight. Samvdio 7.1 IP 3 H 6 K 6 BB (2-0 3.32) Mendoza 3-4 2B (3) HR (2) 3 RBI (10) Hallamore 2-4 3B (2) 2 RBI (9) Flores 19 game hitting streak 10 SB tied for the league lead
• Arturo Cervantes (OK) shut out San Antonio 5-0 striking out 6. He's 2-1 3.20
• 4/23: FLA 3 ALK 2 Sugihara (3-0 2.57) 6 IP 7 K 2 ER Galindo SV (5) Hallamore 3-4 2B (2) RBI (10) Error (3) Daig and Saldana with errors as well. Flores 2 SB (12) 20 game hitting streak
• Jin-Hyun Noh (LV) punched out 13 in a 1-0 1-hitter as he beat Chicago to move to 3-0 0.82
• 4/24: FLA 5 ALK 4 12 straight. DJ Adams 2-3 2 HR (3) 4 RBI (8) Galindo SV (6) Flores 21 games
• Juan Valle (SD) became just the 5th player in NL history to get 6 hits in a 9 inning game by going 6-6 3 RBI in the Missions 17-6 win over Washington
• 4/25: FLA 4 OH 3 13 straight. Alatorre W (4-0 2.88 6 IP 7 H 7 K 3 ER Matsui SV (2) Saldana 2-3 2 R RBI (8) Flores 22 game hit streak SB (13)
• Taichiro Matsushima (MEM) shut out New York on 6 hits striking out 3 in a 7-0 win.
• 4/26: FLA 4 OH 3 14 straight. Pollock PotG 7 IP 9 K 3 ER (3-0 3.77) Galindo SV (7) Flores streak at 23 and his 14th SB (leads AL)
• Tim Richardson (LV) tossed a 3-hitter to beat Minnesota 3-0. It was his 1st win of the year (1-2 5.83)

AL POTW – Loan Auffret (DET) 12-27 3 HR 13 RBI (.349-3-17)
NL POTW – Katsumoto Sakamoto (KC) 12-31 3 HR 11 RBI (.253-5-15)

RECORD: 7-0 (18-2)
STANDINGS: 1st +6
RUNS SCORED: 115 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 67 2nd
DEFENSE: .681 9th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) Florida
2) Los Angeles
3) Denver
4) Texas
5) Washington

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
1 @ Ohio
3 vs Detroit (1st look at our main competition)
OFF DAY
2 @ Las Vegas

RESULTS:

• 4/27: FLA 9 OH 2 15 straight. Willoughby W (2-0 4.07) 7 IP 2 H 5 K 1 ER Adams 4-4 2B (1) 4 R Mendoza 2B (4) 5 RBI (16)
• Curt Hanning (SAN) tossed his 3rd shutout in his last 5 starts to beat San Diego 4-0. He's 4-1 1.29
• KC announced 35 year old P Rob Gurley will miss the next 4 months after exploratory elbow surgery revealed significant forearm issues. He is coming off an 11-13 3.56 2008.
• 4/28: DET 5 FLA 2 Jim Brooks 8 IP 8 K 3 H 1 ER (2-3 2.23) Berg SV (6)
• Samvdio L (2-1 4.08) 7 IP 10 H 5 ER
• Dusty McCarthy (DEN) struck out 6 in a 2-0 CG shutout of Chicago.

TARPONS, FLORES STREAKS COME TO AN END
Veteran Jim Brooks was the first starting pitcher in over 2 weeks to get into the 8th inning of a game against the Florida Tarpons and he did so allowing just 3 hits. For the first time in 23 games none of those hits was by 2B Juan Flores.
Detroit ended the Tarpons ABA Record 15 game winning streak with a 5-2 win.

• 4/29: FLA 5 DET 4 Down 4-1 entering the 9th before Juan Flores, with the score 4-2, lines a 2 out bases loaded 2B to walk off the win.
• Knuckleballer Jon Girard (KC) beat Portland 6-0 striking out 8 to move to 3-2 1.79
• Doug Tew (MEM) went 5-5 in a 10-6 win over Alaska
• 4/30: FLA 5 DET 3 Mendoza W (2-1 4.39) 7 IP 7 H 5 K 0 BB 3 ER Galindo SV (8)
• 5/1: OFF DAY
• 5/2: LV 8 FLA 4 Alatorre gets bombed 6 H 2 HR 3 BB 7 ER 3.2 IP (ERA from 2.45 to 4.71) Funicello 3-4 HR (3) 2 RBI (13) Mendoza 2 errors (3)
• 5/3: LV 2 FLA 1 1st time back to back losses Tousei Sato 8 IP 3 H 5 K 1 ER (3-0 2.13) Helmrich SV (7)
• Pollock ND 7 IP 6 H 1 ER Turner L (1-2 4.15) 1 IP 3 H 1 ER
• Tasuki Sakai (BRK) gave up just 5 hits in a 1-0 win over St Louis

• AL POTW – Chad Mohr (NY) 12-28 4 HR 12 RBI (.275-9-30)
• NL POTW – Luis Andrade (PIT) 10-21 HR 8 RBI (.287-3-16)

Alamogordo's Layne Jardin took home AAA POTW honors with his 13-22 HR 2 RBI effort (.341-3-10)

• RECORD: 3-3 (21-5)
• STANDINGS: 1st +6
• RUNS SCORED: 141 1st
• RUNS AGAINST: 91 1st
• DEFENSE: .683 7th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Los Angeles
4. Las Vegas
5. Pittsburgh

[gehrig38]

Well? Coming off the single best April in league history is enough to make a guy smile. Think about this. I just won 21 of 24 games with my best hitter, Cortezo, not getting above .200 until the final 4 days of the month. Juan Flores is as advertised. Kennan Hallamore continues to just get better and better. Ernesto Galindo picks up some hardware as does Joe Cummings. 7 Games up on May 1st. Some good starts and a few bad ones but nothing out of the ordinary except maybe San Diego at 10-14 when they've been picked to win that division. Alaska was busy as heck this winter and they can't be happy at 6 games under.



A starting rotation with a 16-2 3.76 record at the end of April. The pen has been insane and Turners ERA is a one-game blowup.
Offensively Serge Baud is a concern given his 3 errors. He has to catch the ball if he wants to play every day here and be a drag on the offense. Cortezo hit in the .180's almost the entire month. The “Cadams” duo at DH combined to go .350-6-24 for the month.
The other number you do not see is Arturo Mendoza. He is hitting .390/.433/.559 with 2 HR 16 RBI in 15 starts. We are working it so that he plays 3B five games a week, pitches the 6th day and takes the 7th day off to recuperate.
Alamogordo is off to a rough start but Farmington is just the Hobbs team that dominated last year, 1 year older. Jeff LeDoux has thrown 32 innings over 4 starts in Farmington.

• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Tomohide Shimasaki (CHI) .372-6-21
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Jeff Boles (OK) .365-7-19
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Ernesto Galindo (FLA) 3-0 8 SV 1.17 ERA
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Steve Cooke (TEX) 3-0 7 SV 0.00 ERA
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Joe Cummings (FLA) .342-3-16
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Davon Pinkins (POT) .306-4-13

[sabrtoothtiger]

I just have a couple questions and a request;

How good is that pitcher you took at 1-1 and traded to Minnesota?

Why do you use 1-20 scale instead of 20-80?


Can you post your hitters/pitchers scouting reports as a team? I am interested to see your scouts opinion.


Great job so far, the system is stoked with arms and it looks like your gonna have a 2-4 year window coming up.

[gehrig38]

There is no way to spin that trade. With Haupt turning into a dog I gave up this kid, and more, to get 1 year of output and 3 years of a clubhouse clown

[gehrig38]

Originally Posted by sabrtoothtiger

I just have a couple questions and a request;

How good is that pitcher you took at 1-1 and traded to Minnesota?

Why do you use 1-20 scale instead of 20-80?


Can you post your hitters/pitchers scouting reports as a team? I am interested to see your scouts opinion.


Great job so far, the system is stoked with arms and it looks like your gonna have a 2-4 year window coming up.

The 20-80 vs 1-20 debate is a great one. I am a detail-oriented guy, so when I began playing it was 1-100 but I realized it made it hard to tell the difference. What did a 75 contact mean vs 85, or was it that simple? 75% vs 85%?
I wanted more FoW, so I went to 1-10, and about that time I found Orcin's Colonels and was enthralled. I came to feel, for me, 1-10 was too narrow and 1-100 was too wide for me. 1-20 feels perfect for me and my tastes when it comes to details.
To be honest, I am seriously considering going to STAR ratings only.
I feel like the rating systems makes me look away from things that might otherwise be important, hgt, wgt, age and what not.
If that makes sense.

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
1 @ Las Vegas
3 @ St Louis
3 vs Denver

RESULTS:

• 5/4: LV 8 FLA 3 Jaquan Piggue 4-5 2 2B (10) HR (6) 3 RBI (18) Noh W (4-0 1.35) 6.2 IP 8 H 10 K 3 ER
• Flores 0-4 3 K Error (1) Mendoza HR (3) Willoughby L (2-1 4.20) 5.2 IP 9 H 4 K 7 R 3 ER
• Man-Keung Yuen (PIT) moved to 5-0 0.96 after a 2-0 win over KC. He has given up 1 ER or less in 5 of 6 starts and that was 2 in a 5-2 win last start.
• 2008 AL Koufax winner Ezequiel Cordero allowed just 4 hits striking out 5 in a 12-0 pasting of Milwaukee.
• Minnesota will be without 26-year-old SP Josh Horn for the remainder of the season as he undergoes shoulder surgery today. The right was their 1st pick (26th overall) in 2004.
• 5/5: FLA 4 STL 2 Samvdio PotG 8 IP 4 H 2 R 0 ER Galindo SV (9)
• Ernesto Medina (AUS) scattered 8 hits in a 7-0 win over New England.
• 5/6: FLA 9 STL 6 Cummings PotG 3-5 HR (4) 2 R 2 RBI (18) Hallamore 3-5 2B (3) 2 SB (7) 2 RBI (16) 2 errors (7) Baud 3-5 2B (4) Sugihara W (4-0) 6 IP 5 BB 7 H 4 ER Galindo SV (10)
• 5/7: FLA 10 STL 3 Mendoza CG (3-1) 9 H 5 K 3 ER Flores 3-5 PotG 3 R RBI (22) 2 SB (17) Baud 3-4 2 SB (8) 2 R RBI (13) Hallamore 2 SB (9) Error (8)
• LA lost SS Arturo Mata for the remainder of 2009 after he broke his kneecap in a collision on the bases.
• 5/8: FLA 5 DEN 4 Down 4-1 bottom 8, Saldana hits 2 out game-winning grand slam off Saints starter Winton Alward. Alatorre gets just 1 out after straining a hamstring. He's DtD for a few days. Galindo SV (11)
• Chris Smith (STL) tossed a CG 2-hitter in beating Phoenix 3-0. He's 3-3 4.24.
• 5/9: DEN 5 FLA 2 Dustin McCarthy W (3-0 1.80) 8 IP 6 H 2 ER Reese SV (6)
• Pollock L (3-1 3.46) 6 IP 6 H 6 K 3 ER
• 5/10: FLA 7 DEN 2 Willoughby W (3-1 3.89) 7 IP 5 K 5 BB 2 ER Turner SV (2) Mendoza HR (4) 3 RBI (20)

AL POTW – TJ Laramie (BRK) 14-25 HR 4 RBI (.367-3-12)
NL POTW – Gene Keller (SAN) 18-37 3 HR 12 RBI (.350-10-32)

RECORD: 5-2 (26-7)
STANDINGS: 1st +7
RUNS SCORED: 181 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 121 1st
DEFENSE: .677 10th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) Florida
2) Los Angeles
3) San Antonio
4) Texas
5) Chicago

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
3 @ Milwaukee
OFF DAY
3 vs Chicago

RESULTS:

• 5/11: FLA 4 MIL 2 Samvdio PotG 7 IP 5 K 5 BB 5 H 2 ER Galindo SV (12) Adams 3-4 2B (3) Mendoza 2-3 2 2B (6) 3 RBI (23) Error (4)
• Zaire Nibbs (CHI) threw a 2 hitter striking out 6 in a 15-0 win over Brooklyn.
• 5/12: MIL 13 FLA 6 Joe Cummings 5-5 2 2B (10) 2 HR (7) 3 RBI (23) Sugihara L (4-1) 10 H 4 BB 10 ER 4.2 IP
• Eric Barrios went 5-5 with a 2B and drove in 2 (12)
• Kelyn Rathwell (NE) shut out Washington in a 6-0 win.
• Jorge Villafana (SD) scattered 5 hits in a 10-0 drubbing of Jacksonville.
• Juan Trinidad and Jon Schroeder (AUS) each went 5-5 and Mike Lindsey hit a HR and drove in 5 but the Colts were still beaten by KC 10-7
• 5/13: MIL 3 FLA 2 Alatorre L (4-2 4.75) 7 IP 6 H 3 ER 3 BB 7 K
• RJ Stanton (CHI) struck out 16 over 8.1 dominant innings of their 3-1 win over Brooklyn. He's 4-3 3.38 with 73 K's in 56 innings
• 5/14: OFF DAY
• 2008 Koufax winner Ezequiel Cordero gets game 1 of the Chicago series tomorrow.
• 5/15: FLA 8 CHI 6 Hallamore 3-4 HR (6) 3 RBI (22) Adams HR (4) 3 RBI (13) Hayashi 2-3 2 HR (7) 2 RBI (15) Galindo SV (13)
• Cordero 5 IP 6 H 3 K 4 ER Chris Hatch 2-3 HR (3) 4 RBI (11)
• 5/16: CHI 5 FLA 1 Raiti Yamada (4-4) 8 IP 6 H 1 ER Elvis Andrus 3-5 3B (3)
• Pollock (3-2) 6 IP 9 H 4 ER
• Donte Fiffie (KC) scattered 8 hits in a 3-0 win over Buffalo.
• 5/17: CHI 5 FLA 1 Zaire Nibbs CG 5 H 8 K 1 ER (6-2 3.57)
• Willoughby L (2-3 4.09) 7 IP 8 H 2 K 6 BB 4 ER
• Jorge Villafana (SD) threw a 6-hit shutout to beat Portland 7-0.
• San Francisco was informed that SP Shaun Duncan would be lost for the rest of the year and part of 2010 after tearing his Flexor Tendon. He was 3-2 3.72 in 8 starts.

• AL POTW – Eric Barrios (MIL) 11-21 HR 5 RBI (.312-6-15)
• NL POTW – Toshiyoshi Fujii (LA) 16-29 HR 5 RBI (.309-4-16)

RECORD: 2-4 (28-11)
STANDINGS: 1st +5
RUNS SCORED: 203 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 155 3rd
DEFENSE: .672 11th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) San Antonio
2) Florida
3) Los Angeles
4) Chicago
5) Kansas City

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
3 @ Minnesota
3 vs Brooklyn
1 vs New York

RESULTS:

• 5/18: MIN 6 FLA 2 Jared Lewis 3-3 RBI (28) Luis Romero 3-3 HR (5) 3 R 2 RBI (21)
• Samvdio L (4-2( 6.2 IP 11 H 9 K 0 BB 5 ER
• Josh Gilliand (PIT) went 5-5 2 2B in their 12-4 win over San Diego
• Luis Anguiano (MEM) tossed a 3-hitter striking out 7 in a 1-0 win over Milwaukee
• 5/19: FLA 5 MIN 1 Sugihara PotG 8 IP 6 K 6 H 1 ER W (5-1) Flores 3-5 2 2B (13) 2 R 2 RBI (26) SB (20)
• Joe Linn L (1-5 5.40) 8 IP 7 H 3 ER
• 5/20: FLA 5 MIN 4 Alatorre W (5-2 4.81) 7 IP 10 H 4 ER Galindo SV (14) Hayashi 3-4 Cummings 2B (11) 2 RBI (25) SB (7)
• Seikichi Matsuda (BRK) tossed a 3-hitter in ain-state over in state rival New York
• 5/21: FLA 7 BRK 6 Mendoza W (4-1 4.73) 5 IP 8 H 3 ER Galindo SV (15) Cortezo 2-5 2B (4) 2 R 2 RBI (15) Cummings 3B (3) 2 RBI (27) (.311)
• Mike Kirby went 4-4 3 2B (11)
• Former Tarpon Jon Naclerio (BUF) tossed a 4 hitter, striking out no one 1-0 win over Washington. He's 5-3 2.24
• Raita Yamada (CHI) shut out Memphis 5-0 on a 3-hitter. He struck out 7 to move to 5-4 2.67
• 5/22: BRK 4 FLA 3 Kazuhiko Kobayashi 8 IP 10 H 1 K 3 ER W (3-4) Carr SV (10)
• Pollock 7 IP 6 K 7 H 2 ER Mendoza HR (5) Error 5
• Sergio Orozco (OK) scattered 5 hits in a 1-0 win over New England
• Clovis (AA) beat Cicero yesterday and Masuo Okimoto threw a CG striking out 4. In that game OF Jon Persinger hit 3 homers and drove in 6.
• Sean Cockley (TEX) beat San Diego 1-0 on a 6-hitter.
• 5/23: BRK 3 FLA 2 Willoughby L (3-3 3.98) 8 IP 8 H 8 K 3 ER Flores 2-3 2 R 3 SB (24)
• Joel Aris (SD) gave up just 3 hits in a 9-0 win over Buffalo. He's 4-2 3.36
• Dwaine Milazzo (LA) moved to 9-1 2.34 after his 3-hitter to beat Austin 2-0
• Ted Barlow (DET) won his 5th (5-4 4.43) on a 3-hitter in a 6-0 win over St Louis
• I acquired Jerry Fine in December from Alaska. I was looking to move IF Ron Turner after signing Flores and Fine was the player our scouts thought to target. Fine went 2-4 hitting 2 homers and driving in 3 in their 6-5 loss to Cicero. In 38 games he's hitting .293 with 14 home runs and 45 RBI's. He's got big-time power but he's limited to 1B. If he can get better at 3B or corner OF his bat could play.
• 5/24: FLA 6 NY 3 Samvdio W (5-2 3.51) 6 IP 11 K 2 ER Galindo SV (16) Flores 3-4 2 R 2 SB (26) Hallamore (7) Cortezo (4) homer.
• Rodolfo Carmona (SD) beat New England 4-0 punching out 7. He's 2-4 3.71

• AL POTW – Nate Aucoin (ALK) 11-19 3 HR 7 RBI (.237-5-16)
• NL POTW – Kennan Blashill (KC) 13-28 4 HR 7 RBI (.339-8-36)

Jerry Fine took home AA PotW honors going 9-20 4 HR 10 RBI (.290-14-45)

RECORD: 4-3 (32-14)
STANDINGS: 1st +5
RUNS SCORED: 233 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 182 t-1st
DEFENSE: .667 12th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) Florida
2) Los Angeles
3) Chicago
4) San Antonio
5) Washington

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
2 vs New York
OFF DAY
3 @ Phoenix
1 vs Memphis

RESULTS:

• 5/25: FLA 8 NY 7 Baud 2-4 2B (7) HR (2) 3 RBI (19) Saldana HR (3) 3 RBI (18) Funicello HR (4) Sugihara 5 IP 7 ER Balderas W (2-0) 2 IP Galindo SV (17)
• Bobby Rone (OH) shut out Milwaukee on a 2-hitter (5-3 4.29)
• 5/26: NY 5 FLA 0 (17) Alatorre 9 IP 7 K 2 H Galindo, Turner, Grab 6.2 IP 6 K 5 H 0 R Matsui 5 ER 0.2 IP
• Ernesto Banderas (OH) shut out Milwaukee 17-0 and punched out 13. He's 4-4 3.99
• Josh Mutschler (MEM) shut out Minnesota 3-0 scattering 5 hits. He's 5-4 3.60
• Nobunori Yamaguchi (SF) threw a 3-hit shutout to beat Texas 6-0. he's 5-5 5.37
• Chris Rivera (BUF) went 5-5 with 2 2B 3B and drove in 3 in their 12-10 loss to Portland.
• 5/27: OFF DAY
• SS Kevin Hallamore leads all AL vote-getters at SS. He's 70K votes ahead of Denver's Kenna Zasko. Juan Flores trails Detroit's Sergio Romero by just 5,000 votes.
• 5/28: FLA 3 PHX 0 Mendoza (5-1 4.02) 8 IP 3 H 4 K Grab 1 IP 2 K SV (2) Cummings HR (8) 2 RBI (30) Cortezo 2-4 2 2B (7) Flores 2-3 SB (30)
• Former Tarpon Leith Southorn moved to 7-1 4.85 with a 6 hit shutout of Milwaukee
• 5/29: FLA 6 PHX 4 Pollock W (4-3 3.65) 7 IP 8 K 0 BB 3 ER Galindo SV (18) (0.64 ERA) Daig 3-4 Cortezo HR (5) Flores SB (31) Error (3)
• Doug Schneider (SAN) set a new club and ABA record in a 13-4 win over Buffalo. The outfielder went 5-5 hitting 5 doubles and driving in 3. He's hitting .356-10-27 on the year.
• 5/30: PHX 4 FLA 3 Mendoza error leads to winning run. Cummings 3-5 2B (13) Cortezo HR (6) Willoughby ND 7 IP 7 K 3 ER Turner L (2-3) 1.2 IP 0 H 1 BB 1 R 0 ER
• Ernesto Ahumada went 3-5 homering (4) and driving in 2
• Makata Hayashi came out of the game in the 7th after throwing a ball in to the infield he doubled over and clenched his elbow. No word yet.
• 5/31: MEM 10 FLA 3 Mutschler CG 7 K 3 ER (6-4 3.54) Koo 4-5 HR (3) 2 RBI (20) Snyder 2-4 2B (6) 3B (4) 4 RBI (28)
• Samvdio 5 IP 9 H 6 BB 9 ER (5-3 4.55) Cummings 2-4 2 2B (15) Mendoza error (7)
• Dusty McCarthy (DEN) tossed a 4-hitter in a 6-0 win over St Louis. He's 5-1 3.23
• Bobby Rone (OH) tossed his 2nd consecutive CG SHO in a 8-0 win over Minnesota. He's now 6-3 3.75
• Man-Keung Yun (PIT) allowed just 2 hits in a 4-0 win over Buffalo. He is 7-2 1.83
• KC Star 1B Dave Manzer will be out at least a month from a severe hamstring strain (.344-11-40)

AL POTW – Joe Vertz (OH) 17-26 6 HR 14 RBI (.352-24-53)
NL POTW – Brad Kelly (POR) 13-23 HR 3 RBI (.309-5-21)

C Ernesto Duson took home Class A PotW honors going 7-12 3 HR 6 RBI (.301-9-29) He was our 11th rounder in 2005

RECORD: 3-3 (35-17)
STANDINGS: 1st + 3.5
RUNS SCORED: 256 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 212 2nd
DEFENSE: .674 11th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) San Antonio
2) Chicago
3) Las Vegas
4) Pittsburgh
5) Florida

1. AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Joe Vertz (OH) .424-17-32 (wow, holy crap wow)
2. NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Juan Reyna (KC) .420-10-30 (.374-12-34)
3. AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Luis Anguiano (MEM) 5-1 2.86 (7-3 3.53) former Tarpon
4. NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Luca Martignoni (SAN) 5-0 2.04 (5-1 3.23) former Tarpon
5. AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Joe Cummings (FLA) .316-5-15 (.328-8-31)
6. NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Juan Reyna (KC)

[gehrig38]

• Joe Vertz had a month for the ages. 17 homers put him in another galaxy for the home run chase.
• Check out the NL offensive categories and then look at the standings. San Antonio's not much of a mystery.
• Detroit is starting to tighten up the east and Chicago and Vegas appear to be putting their divisions in the rearview.
• The Miners and Jets are clearly eating their division opponents alive. LA is appearing to once again gut the west and get back into the postseason. San Diego disappointing the experts who thought they might win it.

Joe Cummings takes home Tarpon Hitter of the Month after hitting .316-5-15
Ernesto Galindo had 10 saves over 12 appearances. 13 IP 11 H 21 K 0 R for Pitcher of the month.

TARPONS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES:

Alamogordo is 22-28 and 10 GB.

• 1B Chris Christman .366-8-20 3B Luis Salinas .345-4-23 12 SB RF Juan Castro .356-6-20 CF Layne Jardin .306-5-22

Clovis is 24-26 7 GB

• C Eddie Ellerbie .360-9-26 C Jimmy Helms .353-6-29 IF Teagan Meloche .333-9-31 OF Ryouya Soma .363-2-19 1B Jerry Fine .290-15-47
• Dave Corra 2-1 3.86 Brendan Huffine 5-3 4.73

Farmington is 26-24 9 GB

• C Zion Nanton .361-8-16 C Edgar Ernesto Duson .301-9-29 OF Juan Guerra .333-8-38 OF Andy Elizondo .287-9-31
• Horiya Ono 5-2 3.06 Satoyuki Ouchi 2-1 3.03

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
2 vs Memphis
3 @ Alaska
2 vs Ohio

Hayashi has been out a few days and there is still no prognosis, just that he cannot play.

RESULTS:

• 6/1: FLA 2 MEM 1 Harland Daig Sac Fly in the 9th to walk off. Alatorre ND 8 IP 2 H 8 K
• Tomaz Pgo ND 8 IP 4 H 6 K 1 ER Rob Monrose both hits 2-3 leadoff HR (2)
• Joel Aris (WAS) struck out 8 in a 2-0 CG win over Oklahoma

TARPONS HAYASHI TO THE DL
Kevin Burgess learned he will have to get by the next 6-8 weeks without RF Makata Hayashi. The outfielder suffered a high ankle sprain last week and the final diagnosis was made today. OF Stephan Darensburg will be recalled from AAA Alamogordo where he was hitting .333 in 26 games.
The team also remarked that today's starter Yasushi Sugihara will undergo an MRI.

• 6/2: FLA 6 MEM 5 (11) Baud 3-5 Daig (2) Saldana (4) homer
• 6/3: FLA 5 ALK 2 Pollock W (5-3) 6 IP 5 K 3 H 5 BB 2 ER Galindo SV (19) Baud 3-4 2B (9) RBI (22) SB (15) Saldana HR (5) 2 RBI (22)
• 6/4: FLA 5 ALK 3 Willoughby W (4-3) 7 IP 7 K 5 H 1 ER Matsui SV (3) Hallamore 4-5 2B (6) SB (15) Mendoza 3-4 HR (6) 2 RBI (27) Adams HR (5)
• Luis Acevedo (WAS) beat San Diego 1-0 scattering 7 hits, punching out 6. He's 4-2 3.97
• 6/5: FLA 2 ALK 1 Samvdio PotG CG 9 K 5 H 1 ER Funicello (5) Adams (6) solo HR's
• Dave Haynes (NY) scattered 4 hits and struck out 9 in the Punishers 3-0 win over Denver. He's 7-3 3.09
• 6/6: OH 7 FLA 5 Vertz PotG 3-4 2B (7) HR (26) 3 RBI (61)
• Sugihara 6 IP 9 H 5 K 5 BB 5 ER Cortezo (7) Daig (3) homer
• Bobby Pergande (NY) went 5-5 driving in 4 in NY's 8-3 win over Memphis
• Mike Clary (NE) surrendered just 2 hits in a 1-0 win over Pittsburgh
• 6/7: FLA 6 OH 3 Hallamore PotG 2-4 2 HR (9) 2 R 2 RBI (34) SB (16) Flores HR (4) 3 RBI (31) Cortezo & Adams 3 hits each Alatorre 6 IP 11 H 5 K 2 ER W (6-2) Galindo SV (20)
• Just signed 1B Josh Graham homered in his 1st professional AB for Farmington.

AL POTW – Kennan Hallamore (FLA) 11-22 2 HR 4 RBI (.350-9-34)
NL POTW – Juan Valle (WAS) 14-31 3 HR 5 RBI (.302-9-30)

RECORD: 6-1 (41-18)
STANDINGS: 1st +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 287 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 234 2nd
DEFENSE: .678 9th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) Florida
2) Washington
3) San Antonio
4) Los Angeles
5) Chicago

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SCHEDULE:
1 vs Ohio
OFF DAY
3 @ Detroit
2 vs Las Vegas

RESULTS:

• 6/8: FLA 4 OH 3 Mendoza PotG W (6-1 4.07) 7 IP 5 K 7 H 3 ER Galindo SV (21) Flores 3-4 R SB (35) Cummings HR (9) 2 RBI (33) Daig 3-4
• 6/9: OFF DAY
• 6/10: DET 3 FLA 2 Pollock PotG 8 IP 4 K 4 H 0 R Galindo L (4-1) BS (1) 0.2 IP 4 H 3 ER
• Barlow 7 IP 5 H 5 K 1 R ND
• 6/11: FLA 5 DET 2 Willoughby PotG CG 5 H 2 K 0 ER Hallamore 2-4 2B (8) CS (10) 2 errors (10) Darensburg spot starts 2-4 2B (1) 3 RBI (3)
• Curt Haning (SAN) shut out San Francisco on just 2 hits in a 12-0 pasting. He's 8-2 2.61
• Chris Christman acquired back in May from New York, is on a tear. In 26 games with Alamogordo, he's hitting .384/.430/.788 with 11 HR and 25 RBI.
• 6/12: FLA 3 DET 2 Samvdio PotG W (7-3 3.91) 8 IP 6 K 6 H 2 ER Galindo SV (22) Cortezo 3-4 RBI (26) Hallamore HR (10) Flores SB (36)
• Kunimichi Mikami (MIN) threw a 1-hitter to beat St Louis 1-0 and move to 5-5 4 SV 4.99
• Shamar Scippio (SAN) shut out the Bears for the 2nd straight day in a 6-0 win. He's 5-3 3.31
• Alaska fired Manager John Farrell. Off to a franchise record worst 21-42 and winless in their past 9 owner Mike Langley made a public call for the firing. GM Mike Cosgrove, one of the better GM's in the league, was non-committal in the post-game presser and many wonder if he saw this coming.
• 6/13: LV 7 FLA 5 DJ Adams PotG 2-3 2B (7) HR (7) 4 RBI (21) Sugihara L (5-2 6.03) 5 H 7 BB 5 ER 6 IP Saldana 0-2 2 BB now hitting .217
• Juan Trujillo (MIL) threw his 1st career 1-hitter, striking out 5 in a 3-0 win over Chicago
• 6/14: LV 3 FLA 1 Tousei Sato PotG W (9-1 2.21) 8.2 IP 2 K 0 BB 7 H 1 ER Helmrich SV (21)
• Alatorre L (6-3 3.48) CG 7 H 7 K 3 ER
• Ken Campbell (MEM) went 4-5 and hit for the cycle, driving in 3 in a 12-11 loss to Ohio
• Rookie Joe Cummings leads all rookies in the ABA in slugging at .560

• AL POTW – Braedon Newbury (MIL) 13-28 3 HR 6 RBI (.314-12-33)
• NL POTW – Chris Silverstone (SD) 12-25 7 HR 12 RBI (.336-14-28)

• Chris Christman took home AAA PotW honors going 10-19 5 HR 9 RBI and continues to crush AAA pitching hitting .397-15-32 in 29 games since coming over.

RECORD: 3-3 (44-21)
STANDINGS: 1st +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 307 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 254 2nd
DEFENSE: .682 8th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) San Antonio
2) Las Vegas
3) Florida
4) Detroit
5) Texas

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SCHEDULE:
1 vs Las Vegas
3 vs St Louis
3 @ Denver

RESULTS:

• 6/15: FLA 9 LV 8 (13) Get this, 8-1 entering the 9th, we are leading! Mendoza gets nobody out, Yamada and Galindo combine 1 IP 4 H 4 BB 5 runs plus allowing 2 IR to score. Then Turner and Grab go 4 IP 1 H 4 K Grab gets the W (2-0 0.84) Insane win out of what could have been a crushing loss.
• Loetzsch PotG 2-5 2 HR (14) 4 RBI (41) Flores 4-7 2B (19) HR (5) 3 R RBI (32) SB (38) Darensburg comes in for D in the 8th and goes 3-4. Saldana 1-6 now hitting .216
• 61st overall draft pick Amari McEady signed today. He'll report to Class A Farmington. His signing means we have all our picks under contract.
• Steve White (NY) struck out 3 in a 4-0 CG shutout of Alaska.
• 6/16: STL 5 FLA 1 Cal Engel PotG 8 IP 2 H 5 K 0 R
• Pollock L (5-4 3.44) 5.1 IP 7 H 6 K 4 ER
• Ezequiel Cordero (CHI) upped his mark to 6-4 4.15 with a 3 hit 9-0 win over New York.
• 6/17: FLA 4 STL 2 Chad Willoughby PotG W (6-3) 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 5 K Galindo SV (23) Flores 3-4 2B (20) 2 SB (40) R Hallamore 2-5 2 RBI (39)
• Juan Flores is just 5K votes behind Detroit's Sergio Marrero and Kennan Hallamore leads AL shortstops by 150K votes. Ernesto Galindo leads, and Brad Turner is 4th in voting for Relievers. Sergio Robles leads all AL players in voting.

GM'S OFFICE
Backup infielder Moramao Yamaoka was optioned out today. Having appeared in just 10 games all year I'll let Harland Daig handle it all and call up Chris Christman who has been destroying AAA pitching. He'll take over DH duties vs RHP allowing DJ Adams to be a bat off the bench and backup 1B.

• 6/18: FLA 3 STL 2 Samvdio PotG W (8-3 3.69) 7 IP 86 H 1 ER 5 BB 8 K Galindo SV (24)
• Juan Alvarado L (4-9) CG 8 IP 7 H 3 ER 4 BB 3 K
• Esteban Cobos (JAX) hit for the cycle going 4-5 in their 5-3 win over LA.

MINOR LEAGUE ALL-STARS

• 1B Chris Christman (.390/.436/.837) 3B Luis Salinas (.346/.371/.558) were selected to the AAA All-Star team
• SP Brendan Huffine (6-4 4.92) RP Juan Arcos ( 1-2 3.41) RP Art Carlile (3-1 2.61) C Eddie Ellerbee (.353/.414/.705) C Jimmy Helms (.359/.419/.620) IF Teagan Meloche (.344/.402/.611) were selected to the AA All-Star Game.
• SP Mike Carpenter (4-6 3.55) Hiroya Ono (7-2 3.74) C Edgar Ernesto Duson (.289/.397/.649) C Zion Nanton (.339/.392/.609) OF Juan Guerra (.337/.365/.548) were selected to the Class A All-Star team.
• All 4 of my catchers at A/AA made their respective all-star teams.

• 6/19: FLA 4 DEN 3 Sugihara PotG W (6-2 5.60) 8 IP 7 H 2 ER 1 BB 6 K Saldana 2-2 2 BB 2 2B (10) RBI (25) Galindo SV (25)
• Jahiem Kouassi went 3-4 hitting 3 2B's
• After the outing trainer Sue Falsone informed the manager that Sugihara was complaining of some tingling and numbness in his throwing hand. She's telling me it doesn't look like anything serious but we're getting it checked anyway.
• Tousei Sato (LV) continues his Koufax assault throwing a 5 hitter, striking out 12 in a 2-0 win over Memphis to move to 10-1 2.04.
• Arturo Guerrero (SF) had a career day going 5-5 but it was all for naught as the Bears were beaten 10-5 by San Diego.
• 6/20: DEN 4 FLA 1 (11) Juan Alatorre PotG went 9.1 IP 6 H 1 ER 1 BB 7 K and got a ND when Andy Lee tagged Jake Grab (2-1 1.99) for a 3 run walk off HR.
• Flores 2-4 2 SB (42) Saldana 2-5 (starting to show some life .224)
• Ted Barlow (DET) scattered 7 hits en route to a 2-0 win over Alaska. He's 7-4 3.61
• RJ Stanton (CHI) punched out 11 in a 2-0 win over Minnesota. He's 7-3 3.41
• Jorge Hurtado (NE) struck out 9 in a 2-0 win over Kansas City. He's 5-6 4.2 3
• 6/21: DEN 4 FLA 3 Jeff Rand PotG 2-3 2B (10) 2 RBI (19)
• Mendoza L (6-2 4.20) 5 IP 6 H 4 ER 6 BB 9 K Saldana 2-4 2B (6) RBI (27) (.230)
• Hobbs got off to a great start winning 15-7 on opening day. Prospect Mike Pottratz went 3-4 hitting 2 homers, including a grand slam, and driving in 7.
• 2009 top pick Juan Galindo is 4-8 HR 6 RBI in their 1st two games and OF prospect Chion Uehara is 6-9 HR 6 RBI's as well.
• Dan Darpin (PHX) threw a 2-hitter in a 3-0 win over St Louis. He's 6-7 4.68

• AL POTW – Luis Santillan (OH) 14-26 3 HR 9 RBI (.294-14-40)
• NL POTW – Dan Goodman (PIT) 11-25 3 HR 8 RBI (.246-11-38)

RECORD: 4-3 (48-24)
STANDINGS: 1st +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 332 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 282 2nd
DEFENSE: .685 8th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) San Antonio
2) Chicago
3) Florida
4) Los Angeles
5) Texas

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SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 vs Milwaukee
ALL-STAR BREAK

RESULTS:

• 6/22: OFF DAY
• 6/23: FLA 6 MIL 4 Pollock PotG W (6-4 3.48) 7 IP 7 H 3 ER 1 BB 6 K Galindo SV (26)
• Our rookie league and short season teams are a combined 8-0 to start the year.
• Juan Burruel (WAS) went 5-5 hitting 2 2B and driving in 2 in the Jets 10-9 win over New England. He's hitting .306-12-43 on the year
• Shamar Scippio (SAN) won his third straight with his 2nd CG shutout in 3 starts beating in-state rival Texas 5-0. He's 7-3 3.06
• 6/24: FLA 3 MIL 1 Willoughby PotG W (7-3 3.00) 8 IP 6 H 1 ER 3 BB 8 K Galindo SV (27) Flores 2-4 SB (44) Cummings HR (11) RBI (37)
• 6/25: FLA 18 MIL 1 Cortezo PotG 3-4 2 HR (9) 7 RBI (35) Flores 3-4 2B (22) 2 R Funicello 3-3 4 R Baud 4-4 2B (11) HR (3) 4 RBI (30) Samvdio CG 5 H 1 ER 1 BB 9 K
• Alamogordo put up 18 as well. Luis Salinas went 5-5 2B (19) 3 RBI (47) and is hitting .361-8-47 Dave Weller went 3-5 2B (7) Grand Slam (7) 6 RBI (31)

ALL STAR BREAK

• Milwaukee took the break to fire both their GM and Manager.
• Alaska hired former Austin Colts manager Ed O'Hara on a 5-year deal. They are 5-5 since he took over.
• Top P prospect Kinnon Mendelson is due back the week after the ABA all-star break.
• Jerry Fine (AA) continues to wreck AA pitching. He went 2-4 and hit 2 more home runs, driving in 4 in a 12-5 loss. In 64 games this year he is hitting .283-23-72 and is on pace to drive in 140 runs. Loyal readers may remember the deal with Alaska which we sent utility IF Rob Turner as we tried to clear some roster space.

• Braedon Newbury (MIL) took home ASG MVP honors as the AL beat the NL 7-5.
• Tarpons in the game: Hallamore 1-2 2B 2 RBI, Flores 0-2 Galindo 1 IP 2 H 2 R Turner 1 IP 2 H 1 R 3 K
• Los Angeles learned they will have to get by for the rest of the 2009 season without starting CF Tim Taylor who suffered a torn calf muscle.

• AL POTW – Steve Patrick (STL) 5-9 5 HR 8 RBI (.262-16-42 / 5 HR in 3 games!)
• NL POTW – Kieron Love (OK) 6-13 3 HR 7 RBI (.329-7-30)

RECORD: 3-0 (51-24)
STANDINGS: 1st +6.5
RUNS SCORED: 359 5th
RUNS AGAINST: 288 2nd
DEFENSE: .686 8th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) Florida
2) San Antonio
3) Chicago
4) Texas
5) Los Angeles

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SCHEDULE:
3 @ Chicago
3 vs Minnesota
1 @ Brooklyn

RESULTS:

• 6/29: FLA 3 CHI 2 (10) Alatorre PotG 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 3 BB 7 K Galindo SV (28) Flores 2-5 R 2 SB (46)
• Cordero ND 8 IP 8 H 2 ER 2 BB 6 K
• At AA Clovis Jerry Fine hit a PH walk-off Grand Slam to continue his magical season.
• Kinnon Mendelson will take the mound for the first time in over 13 months since undergoing Tommy John surgery. He'll get the ball for Farmington.
• 6/30: CHI 7 FLA 4 Raita Yamada PotG W (8-7 3.07) 7 IP 8 H 1 ER 1 BB 2 K Knightner SV (20)
• Christman and Funicello 3-4 Willoughby L (7-4 3.22) 5 IP 6 H 4 ER 2 BB 4 K
• Mendelson got the win going 5 giving up 10 hits and 5 earned but was bailed out by the leagues best offense in a 7-6 win. 2009 55th overall pick Amari McEady got his 1st professional save.
• Phoenix learned it will have to go the rest of 2009 without one of its most talented young stars. 25-year-old Yuki Tamagata (16-8 3.54 last year) will undergo Tommy John Surgery and miss the next 12-18 months. He was 4-5 4.62 on the year.
• 7/1: FLA 7 CHI 1 Pollock PotG W (7-4 3.25) CG 7 H 1 ER 0 BB 7 K Hallamore 2-5 HR (11) 2 RBI (47) 2 SB (26) Error (14) Saldana 2-4 2B (12) HR (7) RBI (28) (.238)
• 2009 59th overall selection Ben Phillips made his 2nd start for Rio Rancho today and tossed his 2nd CG. This time an 11 K 2 hit shutout. He's 2-0 1.50 with 18 IP 7 H 14 K 6 BB in his two starts.
• Toshiyoshi Nakata allowed just 3 hits in a 2-0 win over Washington to win just his 3rd game of the year. He's 3-9 4.95
• Two way start Dwain Milazzo (LA) won his 10th game today in a 4-0 win over Texas. He is 10-4 3.28 and is hitting .301-3-24 in 46 games playing around the LA infield.

TARPONS, MINUTEMEN SWAP PROSPECTS
The Florida Tarpons have sent 2008 2nd round draft choice Catcher Jimmy Helms to the New England Minutemen for a pair of minor leaguers. Coming back in the deal is 24-year-old two-way talent Pat Peterson and 24 year old IF Winton Montalbetti. The Tarpons have coveted Peterson for a while now a league source has told us. Peterson was added to the roster and called up to the parent club and Montalbetti will play SS every day at Alamogordo.

GM'S OFFICE
I have a dearth of catching talent but much of it is offensively oriented. I took the most 'valued' player in that group from a potential trading partner perspective and when I called around on Helms the response was both quick and overwhelming. Truth be told I'd have made this deal for EITHER of these players. Peterson is an everyday corner OF in any lineup in the game, right now. He's also a mid 90's southpaw who dominates left-handed hitters. He'll move into Darensburgs 4th outfield slot as well as be a specialist out of the bullpen. Montalbetti is a future ABA player at either of three positions and he has a great glove. This was a huge win from my perspective. It thins out my plethora of catching prospects and allows some of the other young backstops to get more time behind the plate and it adds a second two-way talent to the major league roster.

INTERNATIONAL FA MARKET OPENS TODAY
It's an enormous market and the 1.4 million cap prevents teams from overstepping if they want to avail themselves next year. We went overboard 2 years ago, sat out last year and are back in the game this year. I extended an aggressive offer on day 1 to 16-year-old Puerto Rican SS Gregorio Figueroa. He's asking 1.4 but took a 900K offer to his agents to discuss. The prize on this market is 1B Jorge Montoya, also from Puerto Rico. A monster bat with potential triple crown capability. LA has already inked 2 players and St Louis, Buffalo San Antonio and Oklahoma have all signed one apiece. There are pitchers in this group but few are top end rotation guys according to our scouts. If I can snag Guerrero for under a million I also want to try and corral another 16-year-old SS in Teagan Poste out of Canada.

• 7/2: MIN 4 FLA 1 Kunichi Mikami PotG W (6-6 5.42) 7 IP 5 H 1 ER 1 BB 5 K
• Samvdio L (9-4 3.59) 6 IP 10 H 4 ER 3 BB 3 K Saldana 2-4 (.243)

We have a ton of expiring contracts for personnel. I am going to look closely at the coaches that are up. I've already extended my assistant GM and the team trainer Sue Falsone. Of the 12 coaches up for a new deal, I've extended just 2 and will look to replace the rest in the offseason. I am not happy with the coaching being done in AA and AAA across the board.

• 7/3: MIN 7 FLA 5 Mendoza L (6-3 4.57) 5.1 IP 6 H 6 ER 2 BB 3 K Makowski 3-4 RBI (3) Cortezo HR (10) 2 RBI (38)
• 7/4: FLA 10 MIN 2 beat former 1st pick Joe Linn for the 3rd time this season (3.1 IP 7 H 8 R 4 ER)
• Sugihara PotG W (7-2 5.10) 7 IP 4 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 9 K Baud 2-4 2 R 2 RBI (34) 2 SB (21) Flores 2 SB (48) Christman 2-4 2B (2) HR (1) 3 RBI (6)
• Gregorio Figueroa agreed to terms on a 900K signing bonus and the 16-year-old reported to our IC this morning.
• Also, I cleaned house in AAA. All three coaches were let go and a new staff was put in place.
• 7/5: FLA 6 BRK 2 Alatorre PotG W (7-3 3.11) 7 IP 9 H 2 ER 1 BB 7 K Hallamore 3-5 2 2B (10) RBI (49) SB (28) CS (13) Flores R RBI (36) 2 SB (50)
• In Juan Alatorre's last 7 starts he has thrown 55.1 IP striking out 48 with a 1.79 ERA but his record is just 2-1.
• Brad Turner is on another roll. In his last 28 games he's thrown 33.2 IP punching out 56 to an ERA of 0.80 to bring his season totals to 3-3 1.49 after a rough April.
• Clovis destroyed Aurora today 21-4 and there were some box score numbers to smile at. Starter Josh Thompson struck out a career-high and Clovis club record-tying 14 over 7.1 innings. On the offensive side of things: Fine 3-3 R HR (26) 3 RBI (81) Gammel 2-5 4 R 3 RBI (3) 2B (1) Persinger 3-3 2 2B (10) HR (15) 5 RBI (44) Teagan Meloche went 5-6 2B (23) R 3 RBI (55)
• Dusty McCarthy (DEN) shut out Ohio 4-0 to move to 7-1 2.47
• Dave Young (ALK) scattered 5 hits in the Kodiaks 9-0 win over Milwaukee. He's 9-6 3.27

• AL POTW – Ernesto Montiel (CHI) 13-28 3 HR 9 RBI (.286-16-65)
• NL POTW – Dan Goodman (PIT) 11-25 4 HR 8 RBI (.266-16-48)

RECORD: 4-3 (55-27)
STANDINGS: 1st +6.5
RUNS SCORED: 395 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 313 2nd
DEFENSE: .685 4th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. San Antonio
2. Florida
3. Kansas City
4. Detroit
5. Chicago

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Wake Forest defeats the Aggies of Texas A& M for their first College World Series Title. The Aggies were trying to become just the 4th team to win two titles.
19-year-old Luis Morales took home the Golden Spikes award as he pitched the Iowa State Cyclones to another playoff birth with a 5-2 2.19 season. Striking out 73 in just 61.2 innings. At the plate, the 6'2 freshman hit .264 with 7 HRs and 21 RBI's.
Also, in High School news the Faith Academy Rams beat Bob Jones HS to win the NAIA High School championship 2 games to 0.

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AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Layne Cosman (OH) .337-10-20 (.278-18-43)
NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Jonathan Huber (NE) .386-9-27 (.309-20-59)
AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Luis Samvdio (FLA) 4-0 1.36 (9-3 3.43)
NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Shamar Scippio (SAN) 4-2 2.20 (6-3 2.92)
AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Steve Patrick (STL) .309-11-23 (.258-16-42)
NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Chris Golebiowski (KC) .422-3-13 (.323-8-29)

Shaping up to be one of the least climactic Septembers in memory. 2 6, a 7, 9 and 10 game leads. The only division under 6 is the NL East and that's just the Jets and Miners with the next closest being the Minuteman at 10. The NL Wild Card could be interesting as could the AL if someone(s) get hot. Sergio Robles has perched himself atop the league as one of the 2-3 premiere talents and at just 24 is laying the foundations of a hall of fame career. While I am more than pleased with both big FA signings Juan Flores has exceeded my wildest expectations at the plate. He's on pace to steal 97 bases. That would shatter the single-season mark of 81 set just last year by Washington Jet Juan Burruel. While Gabbio certainly has not hit as I had expected, yet, he's done a yeoman's job guiding this young staff through the years first 77 games. Tim Reese set the single-season mark with 53 saves last season but Galindo is on pace to save 59 right now. Seems saves and opportunities come and go in streaks but he's been amazing all year long. His ERA would be sub 1.00 but for one disaster of a game. Joe Vertz appears to be Robles main contender for the MVP as he's slowed a bit but his monster June put him far out in front of the HR race and he's working on a batting title. Triple Crown possibility? Leith McNayr and Doug Schneider are just wrecking NL pitching and if the season ended today I don't see anyone arguing them finishing 1-2 in the MVP race. But in what order?
The two-headed duo from Japan has propelled Las Vegas all year long on the mound. 25-year-old Tousei Sato (10-2 2.26 124 K's) and veteran Jin-Hyun Noh (11-1 3.19 123 K's) sit atop a rotation that is cutting through the AL West. Dominic Loetzsch is off his MVP pace but his .256-17-50 season has been more than good enough.

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SCHEDULE:
2 @ Brooklyn
3 @ New York
OFF DAY
1 vs Phoenix

RESULTS:

• 7/6: FLA 6 BRK 3 Willoughby PotG W (8-4) 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 2 BB 6 K Galindo SV (29) Funicello 4-4 2B (15) 2 R Flores 3-5 R 3B (3) 2 SB (52) Hallamore 3-4 R RBI (50) SB (29)
• Tousei Sato (LV) struck out 11 in a 2-hit shutout of New York to go 11-3 2.12 on the year
• Tim Steele (KC) threw a 1-hitter striking out 8 in a 5-0 win over San Antonio. He's 4-6 4.02
• 7/7: FLA 4 BRK 2 Pollock PotG W (8-4) 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 2 BB 8 K Galindo SV (30) Cortezo HR (11)
• 7/8: FLA 4 NY 2 Samvdio PotG W (10-4) CG 3 H 2 ER 3 BB 8 K Daig 2-3 R 3 SB (13) Funicello HR (8)
• 7/9: NY 6 FLA 3 Mohr PotG 2-4 HR (20) 3 RBI (74) Mendoza L (6-4) 5 IP 7 H 4 ER 3 BB 3 K 3 HR
• Bobby Rone (OH) scattered 5 hits en route to a 7-0 win over Milwaukee. He's 10-6 4.08
• 7/10: NY 7 FLA 0 Jim Haselden PotG CG SHO 4 H 2 BB 7 K Sugihara L (7-3) 6.2 IP 7 H 5 ER 6 BB 5 K
• Juan Alverado (STL) scattered 5 hits to beat Las Vegas 3-0. He's 5-11 4.82
• 7/11: OFF DAY
• 7/12: FLA 4 PHX 3 Flores 3-5 RBI (37) Alatorre ND 6 IP 8 H 2 ER 2 BB 5 K Galindo W (5-1 1.29)
• Sergio Osario (OH) shut out Chicago on 6 hits in a 6-0 win. He's 8-6 4.87

• AL POTW – Sergio Marrero (DET) 11-24 3 HR 9 RBI (.321-14-54)
• NL POTW – Juan Maciel (LA) 10-21 4 HR 7 RBI (.314-16-47)

RECORD: 4-2 (59-29)
STANDINGS: 1st 6.5
RUNS SCORED: 416 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 336 t-1st
DEFENSE: .685 8th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. San Antonio
3. Kansas City
4. Chicago
5. Las Vegas

ORG NEWS
Top P prospects Brendan Huffine has been promoted to AAA and Kinnon Mendelson has been promoted to AA Clovis.

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SCHEDULE:
2 vs Phoenix
OFF DAY
3 @ Memphis (DH)
2 vs Alaska

RESULTS:

• 7/13: PHX 3 FLA 2 Zeke Spruill PotG W (9-7 5.69) 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 1 BB 3 K Lamb SV (24)
• Willoughby L (8-5) 6.2 IP 6 H 3 ER 5 BB 5 K Hallamore CS (15) Error (16)
• Curt Hanning (SAN) tossed his league-leading 5th shutout today downing Buffalo 5-0 on three hits. Jon Pinal holds the ABA record for shutouts in a single season with 6. Former Tarpon Ted Barlow leads the league all-time with 24.
• 7/14: PHX 12 FLA 7 Eddie Fuller PotG 2-4 2B (25) HR (11) 5 RBI (64)
• Pollock L (8-5) 3.2 IP 9 H 8 ER 1 BB 5 K Hallamore 3-5 2B (11) HR (12) 3 RBI (57) Error (17)
• Sean Riggs (PIT) beat Portland 4-0 and struck out 10. He's 6-7 4.30
• Juan Magana (SF) went 5-5 2 RBI and was a triple short of the cycle in their 9-4 win over New England
• 7/15: OFF DAY
• Bobby Rone (OH) tossed his 2nd straight SHO in beating Minnesota 6-0. He struck out 10, walked none and gave up 5 hits. He's 11-6 3.78
• 7/16 GAME 1: MEM 10 FLA 4 Kantor CG 11 H 4 ER 2 BB 6 K (3-4 4.94) Flores 3-5 2B (23) Samvdio L (10-5 4.04) 4.1 IP 11 H 9 ER
• 7/16 GAME 2: FLA 6 MEM 5 (13) Hallamore PotG 4-4 R RBI (59) 2 SB (32) Christman 4-5 HR (2) RBI (9) Galindo BS (3)
• 7/17: FLA 5 MEM 3 Sugihara PotG ND 7 IP 7 H 2 ER 1 BB 5 K Cortezo 2-4 HR (13) 2 RBI (48) Flores 2-5 2 RBI (39) 2 SB (55) Hallamore 0-5 2 errors (19) Galindo SV (31)
• Makata Hayashi is off the DL. I am sending him to AAA for a few games worth of at-bats. Tinkering with what to do next as Renovato is the guy to go but he's out of options.
• 7/18: FLA 4 ALK 2 Alatorre PotG W (8-3) 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 3 BB 4 K Galindo SV (32)
• 7/19: ALK 5 FLA 2 (10) Hecht 3 R HR (14) to win it Samedi 7.1 IP 6 H 2 ER 1 BB 5 K
• Willoughby 7 IP 6 H 2 ER 4 BB 3 K Turner 2.2 IP 2 H 3 R 0 ER 2 K (4-4 1.29)
• RJ Stanton move to 9-4 3.32 with a 7 K 4 hitter in a 2-0 win over Las Vegas

• AL POTW – Joe Vertz (OH) 12-25 4 HR 5 RBI (.353-36-85)
• NL POTW – Jonathan Huber (NE) 10-25 4 HR 10 RBI (.306-26-73)

RECORD: 3-4 (62-33)
STANDINGS: 1st +6.5
RUNS SCORED: 446 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 376 3rd
DEFENSE: .684 10th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. San Antonio
2. Chicago
3. Florida
4. Ohio
5. Washington