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August Awards

Batter of the Month
NL – Ryan Ward (DET) – 9 HR, 27 RBI, 20 R
AL – Cameron Parkinson (LA) - .436, 10 HR, 26 RBI, 24 R

Pitcher of the Month
NL – Elton West (MEM) – 4-0, 2.45 ERA, 45 K
AL – Michael Carroll (PHI) – 5-0, 1.72 ERA, 18 K

Rookie of the Month
NL – Jack Jacob (MEM) - .350, 16 RBI, 20 R, 5 2B, 3B, 6 HR
AL – Jeff Sanders (OKC) - .333, 19 RBI, 18 R, HR

Mallard Award Winners
Jorge Osorio (AA, RF) - .384, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 29 R


Roster Expansion
I have already called up more players than are ready to be in the major leagues due to injury. The only effect this will have is that when those come back I won’t have to send anyone back down.

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Still a couple races up for grabs; Columbus in the NL Central is the closest to securing a playoff spot.

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Record: 73-74, .497, 10 GB
Position: 4th in NL Central
Avg.: .275 (2nd in NL)
OBP: .335 (9th in NL)
Bullpen ERA: 4.68 (15th in NL)
Defense: .695 (5th in NL) – injuries have played a role in this
Fan Interest: 98
Power Ranking: 93.8++ (13th in ABL)

Week 5-1

3-0 vs. Phoenix

9/3: MAD 9, PHO 3
WP: Polledo (13-9, 3.82), LP: Lopes (9-14, 4.91)
HR: Vallejo (7), Hubbard (18), Kuono 2 (17), Ortega (11)
POG: Kuono 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR

9/4: MAD 4, PHO 3 (10)
WP: Aquino (7-8, 3.26), LP: Smith (1-2, 2.53)
HR: Kouno (18), Murakami (8), Montgomery (12)
POG: Kouno 2-5, 2 R, RBI, HR
Ruiz was injured throwing a pitch diagnosis pending.

9/5: MAD 14, PHO 4
WP: MacFadden (3-2, 4.76), LP: Carlson (7-8, 4.15)
HR: Ricks (1), Kouno (19), Nishikawa 2 (40), Davis (1)
POG: Nishikawa 4-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR

2-1 vs. Mesa

9/5: MAD 5, MES 4 (13)
WP: Snow (7-4, 2.94), LP: Kephart (9-4, 3.86)
HR: Nishikawa (41)
POG: Nishikawa 2-6, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR

9/6: MAD 9, MES 7
WP: Campell (13-8, 3.21), LP: Burton (6-3, 3.84), SV: Aquino (15)
HR: Thomas (15), Nichols (10), Vallego (8), Nishikawa (42), Hubbard (19)
POG: Hubbard 2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR

9/7: MES 7, MAD 0
WP: Stewart (16-7, 4.31), LP: Polledo (13-10, 3.84)
HR: Montoya (20)
POG: Stewart – 8 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 K

Mallard News
9/5: Ruiz diagnosed with a strained hamstring, listed as day to day for a week
9/7: Howell let me know he was not satisfied with his role on the team.

Around the League
9/2: Alfonso Limon (DET) notched his 300th save (17th in the all time list)
9/5: Chris Campbell (LA) got his 2000th hit

ABL Road Saves Leaders
Doug Lewis, SJ, 23
Carl More, OKC, 21
Tim Brown, SF, 19
Julio De La Rosa, MEM, 19
Lorenzo Garcia, CHI, 19

Players of the Week
NL – Kouno 10-27, 5 HR, 5 RBI
AL – Cameron Parkinson (LA) – 15-30, HR, 4 RBI, 6 R

Next week: 3 @ New York (68-78), 3 vs. Baltimore (80-67)

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Record: 76-77, .497, 11GB
Position: 4th
Avg.: .275 (3rd in NL)
OBP: .335 (9th in NL)
Bullpen ERA: 4.68 (15th in NL)
Defense: .696 (4th in NL) – We are getting healthier
Fan Interest: 98
Power Ranking: 90+, 17th in ABL

2-1 vs. New York

9/10: MAD 7, NY 5
WP: Davila (1-0, 2.70), LP: Davis (4-1, 2.89), SV: Aquino (16)
HR: Nishikawa (43), Pena (25), Stevenson (13)
POG: Nishikawa 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR

9/11: MAD 4, NY 2
WP: MacFadden (4-2, 4.47), LP: Campbell (14-6, 2.79), SV: Aquino (17)
POG: MacFadden 7.1 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

9/12: NY 5, MAD 3 (10)
WP: Williams (2-11, 3.60), LP: Snow (7-5, 3.18)
HR: Pena (26), Stevenson (14)
POG: Nishikawa 4-5, R, RBI, 2B

1-2 vs. Baltimore

9/13: BAL 4, MAD 1
WP: Leon (14-11, 3.54), LP: Campbell (13-9, 3.21), SV: Rojas (35)
HR: Watts (19)
POG: Leon 8.2 IP, 6 H, ER, 3 BB, K

9/14: MAD 3, BAL 0
WP: Polledo (14-10, 3.69), LP: Smith (10-9, 4.56), SV: Aquino (18)
HR: Vallejo (9)
POG: Polledo 8 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 3 K

9/15: BAL 8, MAD 7
WP: Reyes (1-0, 0.00), LP: Rios (0-5, 6.93), SV: Rojas (36)
HR: O’Malley (10), Smith (7), Vallejo (10), Kuono (20)
POG: Vallejo 3-4, R, 4 RBI, HR

Mallard News
9/8: Personal message from J. Snow, he believes that he should be the closer. I seem to have a lot of relievers who believe they should be closer.
9/13: AAA player of the week Elias Murphy 11-21, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 11 R

Around the League
Few teams have made some last minute trades to try and improve their chances in the play-offs. We have received couple of offers, but they are so far off the wall they haven’t been worth mentioning.

Rookie Pitching Leader in innings pitched
Jason Johnston, BOS, 182.1
Ken Melanson, JAC, 111.2
Ed Moore, BOS, 104.2
Andrew Lynch, SJ, 104.0
Mike Wheeler, CHI, 94.0

Players of the Week
NL – Nishikawa 11-26, 5 HR, 12 RBI, 9 R
AL – Michael Marsh 13-22, 3 HR, 8, RBI

Next week: 3 vs. Kansas City (70-83), 3 @ Austin (76-77), 3 vs. San Francisco (81-72)

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We are down to 10 days left in the season and no one has clinched a playoff spot yet; the closest in Columbus in the NL Central Division. The races are as follows:

National League

NL Eastern
Charlotte Cyclones (87-66) – Magic#-6
Baltimore Pinnacles (GB 4) (83-70)

NL Central
Columbus River Dragons (87-66) – Magic#-1
Memphis Wild Cats (GB 9) (78-75)

NL Western
Mesa Monarchs (87-66), Magic#-4
San Francisco Greyhounds (GB 6) (81-72)

NL Wildcard
Baltimore Pinnacles (83-70) – Magic#-8
San Francisco Greyhounds (GB 2) - (81-72)
Memphis Wild Cats (GB 5) - (78-75)


American League

AL Eastern
Philadelphia Towers (83-70) – Magic#-6
Cleveland Venturers (79-74) – (GB 4)

AL Central
San Antonio Spirit (92-61) – Magic#5
Nashville Delta Rays (87-66) – (GB 5)

AL Western
Fresno Icehawks (88-65) – Magic#5
San Jose Sloops (83-70) – (GB 5)

AL Wildcard
Nashville Delta Rays (87-66) – Magic#5
San Jose Sloops (83-70) – GB 4
Los Angeles Madhouse (82-71) – GB 5

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I was more active than usual this season trying to find that missing piece. Here is a summary of the trades I made during the season.

May 6, 2010

Traded 30 year old MR Carlos Barrios and 3B Juan Cruz for 25 yr old MR Juan Rios and 21 year old minor league Bartolo Salazar

- Carlos Barrios 7-3, 5.13
- Juan Cruz .266/.337/.404, 9 HR, 46 RBI
- Rios 0-3, 9.67 ERA
- Salzar (AAA) 4-12, 5.24

May 31, 2010

Traded 30 year old Albert Higgins for 23 year old Jose Polledo
- Higgins has gone 3-6, 5.48
- Polledo 9-6, 3.59


June 23, 2010

Traded 26 year old SP Jeremy Wilder, 29 yr old C Greg Baker and 2B Wing Liu for 29 year old 2B Matsuo Kouno and 21 yr old C Roberto Menenders

- Jeremy Wilder 4-5, 5.47
- Greg Baker .164/ .253 / .224, 4 RBI
- Wing Liu .214 / .284 / .251, 2 HR, 11 RBI
- Kouno .280 / .380 / .495, 14 HR, 37 RBI
- Menenders .270 / .324 / .429, HR, 9 RBI

July 15, 2010

Traded RF Mike Funk and AAA CF Lynwood Black for Minor League MR Arthur MacFadden and Minor League SP Abraham Johnson.

- Mike Funk .224/ .272 / .374, 3 HR, 14 RBI
- Lynwood Black AA - .276 / .376 / .417, 4 HR, `9 RBI
- MacFadden 4-2, 4.76 as a starting pitcher
- Johnson AAA – 3-6, 6.04

July 26, 2010

Traded 1B Al Hill for MR John Barnwell

- Al Hill - .250 / .308 / .333, 1 RBI
- Barnwell 1-0, 4.28 in 44.2 IP


Some trades worked out better than others. The early trade of Higgins for Polledo was a real win, whereas the trade of Barrios for Rios, really backfired. I am really happy with the acquisition of Kouno, even though I had to give up Wilder, he would have been too expensive and too fragile.

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A quick look at the change in the rotation from the beginning of the season to now.

Mallards Starting Rotation at the Beginning of the season:

Roberto Aquino
Pancho Juarez
Kenny Campbell
Albert Higgins
Jeremy Wilder

Rotation at the end of the season:
Pancho Juarez
Kenny Campbell
Jose Polledo
Arthur MacFadden
John Barnwell