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Bound for Glory
Whatever your thoughts on the PED era, Mark McGwire's hitting abilities can never be doubted. He's just about to enter what I like to call The Wonder Years and is looking good across his ratings as you'd expect. He flexes his muscles here in a huge game against Vancouver.
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Cracker Jack
The recent signing of Jack Clark by the Hollywood Stars has paid its first dividend, with the outfielder smashing 3 HR against Montgomery in a 7-6 win.
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All Over, Red Rover
And finally the longest hitting streak in any level of the AtHoL comes to an end, with Brett Pill of the AA Keokuk Westerns stopped at 41 games.
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The Splinter, Splendid
After a couple relatively quiet - for him, at any rate - seasons, with injuries a factor as well, can Ted Williams rediscover his spark? This outstanding game is a positive sign that the answer is a resounding yes.
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The Missing Lynch
A monster game down in the 1BL for El Centro's James Lynch, who bombs out 4 dingers and racks up 8 ribbies in a 12-4 thrashing of Quincy.
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A Marathon, Not a Sprint
One of the longer games I'm ever seen, with our AAA Rochester lads finally getting the win after 23 innings played over 7 hours.
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Red Sky at Night - 1963, 60 Games In
![]() A touch of magic in the air around Sick's as we enjoy a near-perfect opening stanza. 48-12 is where we sit, 21 games ahead of our nearest rival with the AtHoL's best record by some margin, and for now there's little if anything that isn't going precisely how we want it to. ![]() ![]() BATS ![]() What a first 60 from Vlad Guerrero. His first 40 were even more amazing before some expected regression cooled him off a tad, which just happened to coincide with the Babe going nuts. Frisch and Jackson have been great, and the production from our O'Farrell / Richards catching platoon has been a pleasant surprise indeed. Not all is perfect, as it rarely is. O'Neill and Bell each need a hurry-on, while Anderson is not long for this group, I fear. With his defensive shortcomings, we can't afford to carry the likes of his 173 / 0 / 2. BALLS ![]() An almost complete inversion from our pitching staff to this point, with the starters all coming really good and only Pappas among the relievers with an ERA north of 4. We pick up two-way player John Donaldson off the Waiver Wire and with him still on the min and with option years remaining he'll slot in nicely thanks very much indeed - JD's defensive skills at all three OF spots is, I'm afraid, another mark against Anderson's continued presence. GLOVES ![]() Looking good, although if I'm being picky I'd like to see those errors cut down a bit. WINGS ![]() ![]() ![]() For now, we'll be making as few changes as possible with the group purring as it is. So these guys will need to be patient but ready to step up should that change. POCKETS ![]() The locals are now lining up to sup from the Kool-Aid fountain, and I think we should end up with closer to $2.5m than $2m to spend next year. We have re-upped Smoltz (5/960), O'Neill (3/360) and Bell (2/295), as well as Vlad, Larry and Jose Rijo on 1-year deals. We have some tough decisions to make but they won't be made while things are going so well. We'll see if we can jag ourselves a ring first and then think about this sort of stuff. We are, as they say, all in for this year. ![]() Last edited by luckymann; 01-30-2023 at 01:23 AM. |
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IFA Top 5, 1963
Here are the five best International Free-Agents entering the league this year.
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1963 3BL / 2BL / 1BL All-Stars
Players of note among this year's AtHoL MiLB All-Star squads:
3BL (AAA) Parks Conference
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HR Derby winner Randy Bass (Macon) ASG result Lewis Conference 11, Parks Conference 2 ASG MVP Henry Kappel (Goldsboro) 2BL (AA) Baldwin Conference
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HR Derby winner Marty Krug (Galveston) ASG result Baldwin Conference 6, Morrison Conference 5 ASG MVP Daryl Sconiers (Duluth) 1BL (A) Bobby Conference
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HR Derby winner Milo Netzel (Mission) ASG result Jack Conference 5, Bobby Conference 2 ASG MVP Benji Gil (Anaheim) |
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News from Around the Horn - 1963 midseason edition
Observations and Points of Interest
Standings and Leaders
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Stires it Up
Another big game down in the minors sees Gat Stires of AA Veracruz bash 4 homers in a 6-2 win over Texarkana. That, in one game, doubles his IRL career total.
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Making Lemonade
No chance of us re-upping for Jim next year with his asking price too rich for our blood, so while an inconvenience, this gives us the chance to trial Josh Reddick as a replacement option.
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