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1986 Preview
March 31st 1986 - Another EBL season is upon us. The madness of wholesale free-agency has still not yet taken hold in the EBL, so trades were the only way teams could look to improve themselves. Not wanting to stand still the reigning champion Dublin Wolfpack traded away C Eric Molinier to division rivals Brussels for RP Harry MacBrayne. Another North Sea Division team, the Amsterdam Selects, also made an interesting trade, acquiring Jordan Barnstaple from Prague. He is a career .294 hitter, with 324 RBI (although not a lot of power). Other than that there really wasn't a lot of movement, it would seem that most franchises are happy with the way they are progressing. |
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Gilmartin Goes First
June 15th 1986 - The top 10 of the 1986 amateur draft. 1. Paris: CF Russell Gilmartin (IRL) 2. Budapest: SP Torkel Forsman (SWE) 3. Stockholm: CF Walter Baune (SUI) 4. Moscow: SP Markus Nilessen (NED) 5. Helsinki: SP Francis Heeffer (NED) 6. Lisbon: RF Romochka Wider (RUS) 7. Sofia: SP Jean Chaveau (FRA) 8. Madrid: C Ali Isosomppi (FIN) 9. Glasgow: SP Arnaud Bret (FRA) 10. Vienna: CF Denis Petit (FRA) |
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08-02-2008, 06:12 PM
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1986 All-Star Break
June 22nd 1986 - A half-season of attrition to start 1986 with injuries galore and marathon games. Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Brussels 43 32 - Copenhagen 45 30 -
Amsterdam 41 34 2 Hamburg 44 31 1
Paris 40 35 3 Berlin 41 34 4
Dublin 36 39 7 Oslo 36 39 9
Glasgow 31 44 12 Helsinki 35 40 10
London 24 51 19 Stockholm 34 41 11
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
W L GB W L GB
Vienna 45 30 - Prague 45 30 -
Milan 44 31 1 Moscow 39 36 6
Zurich 43 32 2 Warsaw 36 39 9
Barcelona 39 36 6 Athens 33 42 12
Madrid 36 39 9 Budapest 31 44 14
Lisbon 28 47 17 Sofia 31 44 14
The Stockholm Lumberjacks were the surprise of the first few weeks, getting off to a 10-3 start. They have reverted to normal behaviour since. Paris also made a good start, winning 19 games in April, whereas London could only manage 7 wins. Budapest played 3 games of 16 innings or longer in the first 5 weeks of the season, losing all 3. One of them broke the record for the longest game in EBL history - a 7-5 loss to Athens in 21 innings. The game lasted 11 minutes shy of 6 hours and three different players had 0/8 days. Entering the 9th down 2-1 to the Zurich Jesters, the Brussels Hitmen proceeded to score 6 runs. Unfortunately they also managed to allow 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th and went on to lose 9-7 in 11 innings. London scored 11 runs in an inning on April 12th to beat Lisbon 17-3. Amsterdam piled up 16 runs in the first 3 innings of a 19-0 win against London on April 30th. An odd thing happened on May 23rd, when of the 12 games played, 9 of them had one of the teams scoring exactly 3 runs. Sofia only managed 7 wins in the whole of May, they have actually had a decent June, but are too far back now. The new record for longest ever EBL game lasted just over a month. On June 8th Vienna and Barcelona played a gamed that went to 22 innings, lasting 7 hours and 18 minutes and finishing after 2am. The teams combined for 41 hits and 45 men left on base as Vienna won 10-7. The Armageddon's Lorenzo Boldrini was glad the game finally finished, as he failed to get a hit in 10 at-bats. Vienna are 13-5 so far in June to overtake the Milan Mud Cats. The reigning champions, Dublin, are struggling slightly on the offensive end. They had a key injury (see below) and outside of their top 3, the rest of the lineup are underperforming. Player Notes - Nenad Jevtic (Milan) no-hit Barcelona on opening day, winning 2-0. Alexis Martin (Copenhagen) pitched a 1-hitter in a 6-0 win against Prague on April 11th. His team-mate Rudolf Tuhina hit 3 home runs on April 22nd to lead the Armada to a 10-4 win over Moscow. Tuhina was later named as EL Hitter of the Month for May. The Hitters of the Month for April were Kristof Kis (Amsterdam) and Callum Maxwell (Stockholm). The Pitchers of the Month were Aidan Fletcher (Paris) and Roth Fruehwirt (Prague). Rookies made an impact on May 14th. Hamburg's Samuel Polach hit 3 home runs and scored 5 runs in his teams 17-4 demolition of Copenhagen. Then Armin Polster (Vienna) threw a 1-hitter, shutting out Dublin 4-0. Copenhagen got revenge against Hamburg the next day as Vladimir Erantsev hit a walk-off 2-out Grand Slam. Madrid 3B Daniel Keurost put up the best hitting performance of the first half. He was 6/6 with 2 HR, 7 RBI and 4 runs scored in an 11-10 win against Dublin on May 28th. His 6th hit was a 3 run homer with 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th to win the game. Theo Brittain hit 13 home runs in May to walk away with the WL Hitter of the Month Award. The May Pitchers of the Month were Jesus Ruiz (Brussels) and Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin). Another rookie to make an impact was 1985's #1 draft pick Pasqualino Terragni who made his EBL debut for Lisbon on June 1st and threw 8 innings of 5 hit ball against Paris. Significant Injuries - Hamburg's Ned 'Blanks' Zijm has had to retire with an elbow injury. He was a two-time All-Star and was only 25 years old. His career record of 45-27 with a 2.99 ERA promised to get better, but now we will never know. He was in the first year of a 3-year $8.5M deal. Hamburg will also be without bullpen ace Jim Boogermans for the rest of the season with a ruptured disc suffered on April 15th. Sofia's star 1B Francis Gautier missed 4 weeks ealry in the season with an eye injury. Eric Molinier (Brussels), who only joined the club in the past offseason in a trade, is out for more than a year with a torn abdominal muscle. He was hitting .283 before going down. The Hitmen also lost SS Nicolas Turpin for the season a week later. He was hitting .333. Dublin also had two significant injuries, but both players were back to full health before the All-Star break. The injured duo were SP Erik Paulsen and 1B Igoryok Vishipanov. London's Gerd Buchert, who won 20 games back in 1981, is out for the season with a back injury suffered on May 8th. On the same day Aetos 'Frisky' Zikos (Berlin) also went down for the year with a bad back, he is a career 62 game winner. |
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08-03-2008, 05:50 PM
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1986 Final Standings
September 26th 1986 - A quieter second half of the season, but nevertheless some EBL records broken and set. Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Brussels 92 70 - Copenhagen 106 56 -
Amsterdam 88 74 4 Berlin 93 69 13
Paris 81 81 11 Hamburg 92 70 14
Dublin 75 87 17 Oslo 82 80 24
Glasgow 73 89 19 Helsinki 76 86 30
London 60 102 32 Stockholm 71 91 35
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
W L GB W L GB
Milan 97 65 - Prague 89 73 -
Vienna 95 67 2 Moscow 82 80 7
Zurich 92 70 5 Warsaw 79 83 10
Barcelona 79 83 18 Athens 73 89 16
Lisbon 72 90 25 Sofia 66 96 23
Madrid 68 94 29 Budapest 63 99 26
Brussels got off to a quick start after the break. They scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Madrid 8-7 on June 29th. They had a 15-3 run in July to pull away in their division. Berlin won 9 games in a row in July to take control of the Wildcard race. The worst got worse as Budapest had a 3-14 streak and London won only 1 of their first 15 games in July. Milan scored 10 in an inning to beat Glasgow 14-4, then just over a month later against the same team scored an EBL record 15 in an inning in a 21-7 win. In the big inning, Max Sabin was 2/2 with a walk. Amazingly Vienna were involved in their second 22 inning game of the season as they lost 5-4 to London on September 8th. No real tight races for playoff spots. Amsterdam had a chance to pass Brussels, but lost 2 of 3 at home to the Hitmen in the penultimate series of the season. These losses also erased any chance they had at a Wildcard spot. Player Notes - June's Players of the Month were - WL Hitter: Sander Klaeboe (Zurich) - .349/6/25 EL Hitter: Holly Connich (Warsaw) - .414/4/19 WL Pitcher: Pierangelo Magherini (Zurich) - 5-0/3.09 EL Pitcher: Alexis Martin (Copenhagen) - 4-0/1.72 Brussels acquired some pitching help in deadline day trades. They added SP Hampus Assar from Madrid and RP Vasilii Lelyuk from Prague. They did have to give up CF Fabio Quinhones to get Lelyuk. Mojslaw Szasz (Helsinki) set a new EBL record for consecutive save opportunites converted. Covering 1985 and 1986 he saved 64 opportunities in a row, with the streak finally ending in the last few weeks of the season. Dublin's Erik Paulsen threw a 2-hitter against Milan on July 30th. There were three other 2-hitters over the rest of the season and one no-hitter. The two hitters were thrown by Alois Maloney (Amsterdam), Alexis Martin (Copenhagen) and Athens rookie Axel Rosengren. The no-hitter went to Martin's team-mate Jens Fetterlein. Rookie Samuel Polach (Hamburg) was the EL's Hitter of the Month for both July and August. He hit 20 home runs in the two month stretch. Three pitchers threw complete game shutouts on August 10th - Janos Racz (Hamburg), Sindre Grondalen (Madrid) and Jakob Kjeldsen (Barcelona). The Pitchers of the Month for July were Paris rookie Ralph Neubert (WL) and Athens reliever Thanos Karoki (EL). Neubert's month formed part of a 20 game unbeaten streak that lasted until his final start of the season. He finished 1986 with a 12-3 record and a 3.02 ERA. Philippe Martin (Milan) was the WL's Hitter of the Month for July and he finished the season as the first ever man to take the Triple Crown in the EBL. His season average was .351 and he hit an EBL record 48 home runs, batting in 156 runs. 1981's European League Series MVP, Lorenzo Gutierrez, won the WL Hitter of the Month award in August by hitting 12 HR in the month. The Pitchers of the final full month of the season were Alexander Schrimpf (Paris) and Botol Burnay (Helsinki). Significant Injuries - The Chinese Polishman, Cheung Ying (Brussels), has a pinched nerve and will miss 12 months. He was at .305 with 18 home runs on July 8th when it happened. Barcelona's Marcos Gonzales missed the last month of the season with a back injury. He finished at .252 with 24 homers. Zurich's multiple batting champ, Ony Proskurnya, will miss the playoffs after fracturing an eye socket. He hit .318 on the year. |
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08-04-2008, 02:51 PM
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1986 Playoffs
October 21st 1986 - Wildcard Round: Vienna 0 Brussels 9 - Gill Burns pitched 8 innings, striking out 8 and only giving up 4 hits and a walk. Vienna 0 Brussels 4 - Vienna get 6 hits, but can't break their duck for the series. Brussels 2 Vienna 3 Brussels 3 Vienna 4 Vienna 5 Brussels 12 - Vienna outhit Brussels 11 to 8. Ruben Strauss scored a run all 4 times he came to the plate. Zurich 0 Milan 2 Zurich 0 Milan 1 - Ludovico Montero gave up just 3 hits and no walks over 7 innings. Milan 1 Zurich 6 - Sander Klaeboe drove in 5 runs. Milan 3 Zurich 6 Zurich 0 Milan 2 - Michal Slimak 2-hit the Jesters, who failed to score a single run in 3 games in Milan in the series. Berlin 2 Prague 1 - Egbert Kapitan gave up 3 hits over 8 innings. Berlin 5 Prague 4 Prague 6 Berlin 1 - Jeroen Gerten pitched a complete game for the Eliminators. Prague 5 Berlin 9 - Berlin score 5 runs in the 7th and clinch the series by being the first home team to win. Hamburg 0 Copenhagen 5 - Yoan Lelievre struck out 9 over 8 innings. Hamburg 1 Copenhagen 4 - Peter Osland had 2 HR's for the Armada. Copenhagen 1 Hamburg 6 Copenhagen 5 Hamburg 3 - Thomas Meinert hit his 3rd homer of the series to lead the Armada into the League series. League Championship Series: Brussels 4 Milan 1 - Hampus Assar pitched 8 strong innings for Brussels. Brussels 6 Milan 2 Milan 3 Brussels 8 - Ruben Strauss knocked in 4 runs for the Hitmen. Milan 1 Brussels 4 - Jesus Ruiz shut out Milan over 7 innings as Brussels reach their third European League Series. Berlin 1 Copenhagen 4 - Alexis Martin was excellent over 8 innings and Vladimir Erantsev homered. Berlin 6 Copenhagen 1 - Dale Conway hit 2 doubles and a triple and knocked in 3 runs. Copenhagen 4 Berlin 10 Copenhagen 6 Berlin 2 Copenhagen 4 Berlin 5 - Gunnar Rippner doubled and homered to drive in 3 runs. Berlin 3 Copenhagen 4 (10) - Thomas Meinert hit two solo homers. Baltasar Chiquelho hit a 1 out triple in the 10th and was brought home by Klement Riis' single. Berlin 4 Copenhagen 2 - Alexis Martin only gave up 4 hits over 8 innings, but Noah Cawston hit a 2-run homer off reliever Gaspar Kertesz in the 9th. European League Series: Game 1 starters - Berlin: Kaspar Ahlmann (18-8, 2.83 ERA, 1.14 WHIP), Brussels: Jesus Ruiz (17-10, 2.32 ERA, 1.06 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Berlin 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 9 1 Brussels 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 8 0 Vilfred Krak (BER) - 2/2, 2 HR, 4 RBI Jorge Perez (BRU) - 4/5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2-out RBI single in 10th Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Berlin 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 14 0 Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 Arnold Wert (BER) - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Ricardo Wening (BER) - 3/4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brussels 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 10 0 Berlin 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 7 12 0 Vilfred Krak (BER) - 4/4, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brussels 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 9 0 Berlin 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 X 5 7 0 Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 2/4, HR, 3 RBI Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 Berlin 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4 8 0 Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K Gunnar Rippner (BER) - 2/3, 2 RBI Series MVP - Vilfred Krak (BER) - 7/17, 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB Berlin are the team to finally get the EL on the board for EBL titles. Brussels have now made the series in every even year, with this being their first loss. Jesus Ruiz didn't live up to his series history, giving up 4 earned runs in both of his starts. |
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08-04-2008, 03:44 PM
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1986 Stats and Awards
October 22nd 1986 - Code:
AVG ERA
Philippe Martin (MIL) .351 Steve Moynan (MOS) 1.90
Bernard Wulker (PRA) .347 Jesus Ruiz (BRU) 2.32
Antti-Jussi Meresmaa (AMS) .344 Nenad Jevtic (MIL) 2.45
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Theo Brittain (BAR) 1.069 Roth Fruehwirt (PRA) 25
Antti-Jussi Meresmaa (AMS) 1.039 Alexis Martin (COP) 20
Philippe Martin (MIL) 1.016 Yoan Lelievre (COP) 21
HR SV
Philippe Martin (MIL) 48 Ebbe de Bie (PRA) 48
Samuel Polach (HAM) 42 David MacIlroy (OSL) 43
Theo Brittain (BAR) 39 Marco Baan (WAR) 42
Zarek Radziwila (COP) 42
RBI IP
Philippe Martin (MIL) 156 Alexis Martin (COP) 273.1
Samuel Polach (HAM) 124 Rory Begley (WAR) 258.0
Sander Klaeboe (ZUR) 116 Panos Karabatsos (SOF) 250.2
R K
Ewan Smith (COP) 134 Jesus Ruiz (BRU) 236
Philppe Martin (MIL) 122 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 220
Jacquy Gilbert (HAM) 115 Helmuth Seipel (ATH) 211
SB WHIP
Ewan Smith (COP) 113 Steve Moynan (MOS) 0.88
Vladimir Erantsev (COP) 95 Quentin van Rossum (HAM) 1.00
Dieter Gestel (VIE) 83 Roth Fruehwirt (PRA) 1.03
 Theo Brittain (BAR): .337 AVG, 39 HR, 106 RBI, 1.069 OPS, 103 R 3rd time, 3rd straight EL Hitter of the Year  Samuel Polach (HAM): .323 AVG, 42 HR, 124 RBI, .932 OPS, 105 R WL Pitcher of the Year  James McIlwraith (VIE): 20-5, 2.57 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 248.1 IP, 53 BB, 166 K EL Pitcher of the Year  Alexis Martin (COP): 22-7, 2.60 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 273.1 IP, 67 BB, 135 K WL Rookie of the Year  Kristian Sebrle (BRU): .289 AVG, 3 HR, 51 RBI, .806 OPS, 84 R, 13 SB EL Rookie of the Year Samuel Polach (HAM) WL Homegrown Player of the Year  Ralph Neubert (ZUR): 12-3, 3.02 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 146.0 IP, 70 BB, 144 K EL Homegrown Player of the Year  Thomas Meinert (COP): .311 AVG, 20 HR, 110 RBI, .869 OPS, 98 R, 38 SB 3rd time Glove of the Year Awards Code:
WL EL
Leopoldo Macoilos (LIS) -P- Adrian Sandrakos (HAM)
Antonin Cerny (LON) -C- Nicholas Malihoudis (BER)
Lorenzo Gutierrez (VIE) -1B- Laszlo Berenyi (BUD)
Strom Wehe (MAD) -2B- Adam Voros (BUD)
Manuel Helfrich (LIS) -3B- Gyuri Elek (BUD)
Gregers Meindl (BAR) -SS- Rob Staal (ATH)
Marcello Pierdomenico (MIL) -LF- Patrick Lacroix (WAR)
Dieter Gestel (VIE) -CF- Arsen Pentzopoulos (MOS)
Max Sabin (MIL) -RF- Steven Kennedy (WAR)
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08-04-2008, 05:31 PM
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1987 Preview
March 31st 1987 - The first year of free-agency was always going to be a bit of a free-for-all. Basically any player who has been in the EBL since it's inception was a free agent after the 1986 season, unless they had already signed an extension with their club. With teams and players not really sure of market value, not a lot of extensions had been signed, meaning that a large proportion of the league's star names were available in free agency in the off-season. The following list is OSA's top 10 rated free agents along with a few others who got big new deals - Code:
Player (age) -- Old Team -- New Team -- Contract C Antti-Jussi Meresmaa (33) -- Amsterdam -- Hamburg -- 3 years, $16.7M CF Theo Brittain (32) -- Barcelona -- Vienna -- 2 years, $11.2M 1B Francis Gautier (31) -- Sofia -- Sofia -- 5 years, $25.7M 1B Lukas Stoger (30) -- Zurich -- Paris -- 5 years, $25.4M 1B Lorenzo Gutierrez (28) -- Vienna -- Brussels -- 5 years, $26.0M CF Jacquy Gilbert (30) -- Hamburg -- Sofia -- 5 years, $18.1M SP Alexis Martin (33) -- Copenhagen -- London -- 4 years, $17.6M SP Robert Wood (37) -- Stockholm -- Budapest -- 2 years, $9.5M CF Ian Meoni (32) -- Oslo -- Stockholm -- 4 years, $21.7M SP Neil MacCombie (31) -- Oslo -- Madrid -- 5 years, $15.4M SP Rory Begley (32) -- Warsaw -- Hamburg -- 4 years, $16.2M RF Max Sabin (27) -- Milan -- Vienna -- 3 years, $15.2M SS Vladimir Erantsev (30) -- Copenhagen -- Oslo -- 7 years, $28.2M LF Bernard Wulker (29) -- Prague -- Prague -- 4 years, $24.2M 3B Dolf Pellenaars (32) -- Hamburg -- Dublin -- 3 years, $15.1M SP Nenad Jevtic (28) -- Milan -- Moscow -- 4 years, $18.1M It would also seem that Hamburg took a step forward. They lost Gilbert and Pellenaars, but they picked up A.J. Meresmaa, who OSA rated as the top free agent because he was so much better than the other catchers available, and Rory Begley. They also signed Roth Fruehwirt, who won 25 games for Prague in 1986. Traditional powers Copenhagen and Milan would appear to have gotten worse for the new season as they lost some big names and didn't appear to replace them. One team who bucked the trend and signed their potential free agents to deals before the free-agency period was the Amsterdam Selects. They chose not to extend Meresmaa, but did sign Alois Maloney and Kristof Kis. They may have ended up overpaying for Kis though. He is undoubtedly a talented player, but $20.8M over 3 years (for a 36 year old, no less) makes him the highest paid player in the EBL. Reiging champions Berlin didn't make too many additions, but also didn't lose too much. European League Series Vilfred Krak did join the Warsaw Wild, but this isn't seen as a major loss. |
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08-05-2008, 07:05 PM
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Rookie Erstweiler Is Perfect
April 30th 1987 - When he won 6 games at the 1984 European Championships as a 22 year-old, it seemed that Pauli Erstweiler was destined for EBL stardom. At the time he was still playing in the AAA British League for the Crawley Weavers, an affiliate of the Copenhagen Armada, but the experts were all in agreement that it would not be long before he made the major European League. As it turned out he spent another two full seasons in AAA after a slightly disappointing 1985 season. His chance at an EBL roster spot only arose after Copenhagen failed to sign Alexis Martin in the off-season and didn't really replace him.  It didn't take him long to make a massive impact on the EBL, as he pitched the league's first ever perfect game yesterday against the reigning champion Berlin Dragons. The Austrian left-hander needed only 100 pitches to retire 27 Dragon hitters, striking out 6 on the way and keeping Berlin off the bases all day long. It was only his 5th career start and continues a superb start to his EBL career. The stats show a 4-0 record with an eye-popping ERA of 0.79 and only 17 hits allowed in 34 innings. Pauli 'Perfect' Erstweiler will certainly be a name to look out for in the coming weeks and years. |
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08-06-2008, 03:58 PM
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Crocs Draft Pitcher At Number 1
June 15th 1987 - The London Crocs drafted French pitcher, Jean-Claude Chauveau, with the first pick in 1987's amateur draft. 1. London: SP Jean-Claude Chauveau (FRA) 2. Budapest: SP Brad Mardment (ENG) 3. Sofia: SP Iban Schotte (NED) 4. Madrid: SP Placido Gamboa (POR) 5. Stockholm: C Hugo Zechlin (GER) 6. Lisbon: SP Valerii Fomichev (RUS) 7. Athens: C Vilheim Sondergaard (DEN) 8. Glasgow: RF Orlando Ventura (ESP) 9. Dublin: SS Ronald Burns (IRL) 10. Helsinki: CF Micah Onions (ENG) |
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08-06-2008, 04:52 PM
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1987 All-Star Break
June 22nd 1987 - Aside from Erstweiler's perfect game, here is what has happened so far in 1987. Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Glasgow 47 28 - Hamburg 50 25 -
Brussels 44 31 3 Copenhagen 49 26 1
Paris 43 32 4 Berlin 38 37 12
Dublin 39 36 8 Stockholm 38 37 12
London 37 38 10 Oslo 36 39 14
Amsterdam 30 45 17 Helsinki 31 44 19
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
W L GB W L GB
Vienna 42 33 - Moscow 41 34 -
Zurich 37 38 5 Warsaw 41 34 -
Barcelona 36 39 6 Sofia 35 40 6
Lisbon 32 43 10 Athens 32 43 9
Madrid 32 43 10 Prague 31 44 10
Milan 31 44 11 Budapest 28 47 13
Five of the twelve games went to extra innings on April 23rd. Prague and Lisbon had 10 game losing streaks in the first month of the season. Hamburg were 22-6 in April. Two managers have been fired in the first half. Amsterdam and Prague are the clubs that made the changes at the top. In mid May Paris, Copenhagen and Hamburg all had win streaks of 9 games or more that started on the same day. Hamburg ended up winning 11 in a row. Glasgow swept Dublin in June by winning 3 extra innings games. The sweep capped a 14-2 run for the Stallions. There were two 19 inning games in the same week just before the All-Star break. Budapest were not really in contention, but they have dropped even further back with a 3-15 record so far in June. Player Notes - Dublin's pitchers had a great start to the season. Trofimoff Eksler threw a two-hitter againt Lisbon in the 4th game of the season, then the next day Jere Ronkko, threw a three-hitter against the same opponents. Aside from Pauli Erstweiler's perfect game, there have been three other no-hitters. Torquato Morais (Helsinki) threw one against Berlin on April 8th, 5 Copenhagen pitchers combined to no-hit Oslo on May 31st and Joesph Sykora (Vienna) pitched the other against Zurich on June 6th. On the same day as the perfect game, Emanuel Biancardi threw a three-hitter against Barcelona. Vince Klapwijk (Milan) had 3 home runs in a game against London on April 27th. A day later, Armando Barrios (Barcelona) hit for the cycle versus Amsterdam. Vienna's off-season investments have certainly paid off so far. Not only are they in first place, but the two big names they brought in both won a Hitter of the Month award. Theo Brittain took the award for April (his 3rd HoM award with 3 different teams) and Max Sabin won the award in May (his 7th success). Vienna also won the Pitcher of the Month award for April thanks to James McIlwraith, who followed up the award with a one-hitter on May 2nd. The EL's April award winners were Jamel Baud (Helsinki) and Hamburg's Quentin van Rossum. Moscow beat Prague 4-3 on May 6th thanks to Stanislov Paristy's walk off 3 run shot. Four days later the Blue Sox were on the wrong end of a walk off 2-out Grand Slam from Stockholm's Andreas Edbom. Now market value has been set a few teams are looking to lock up their stars to long-term deals, especially ones who don't count against the foreign player limit. Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) and Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen), who between them have all six EL Homegrown Player of the Year awards, have both signed new deals. Ahlmann will earn $14.8M over 4 years and Meinert stands to pocket $25.4M for 5 year's work. Randy Schmidt (Hamburg) hit in every game in May. His hit streak finished at an EBL record 32 games in early June. His exploits were not enough to win the EL Hitter of the Month award. This accolade went to Rudolf Tuhina of Copenhagen. May's Pitcher of the Month awards went to Steve Lovegrove (Glasgow) and Pierangelo Magherini (Prague). Eskil Junge (London) and Franz Badeni (Vienna) had 8 and 7 RBI respectively in the same game. Badeni had the game-winning RBI as the Armageddon beat the Crocs 15-14 in 12 innings in the teams' last game before the break. Significant Injuries - Samuel Polach (Hamburg), 1986's EL Hitter and Rookie of the Year missed 4 weeks early in the season with a rib injury. Stockholm's 4-time All-Star, Callum Maxwell, was injured early in May and won't be back until the start of August. Eero Lehvaslaiho (Barcelona) was injured on June 16th and will miss the rest of the season. He should be back for the start of the 1988 season. His statline in 1987 was a .301 average with 13 homers and 52 RBI. Liam Bosanquet (Hamburg) is out until 6 weeks after the All-Star break. He has won 7 games so far and has a 2.75 ERA. Last edited by Craig Costello; 08-08-2008 at 11:29 AM. |
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1987 Final Standings
September 26th 1987 - Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Paris 93 69 - Copenhagen 107 55 -
Glasgow 93 69 - Hamburg 96 66 11
Brussels 90 72 3 Stockholm 85 77 22
London 82 80 11 Berlin 84 78 23
Dublin 79 83 14 Oslo 77 85 30
Amsterdam 76 86 17 Helsinki 65 97 42
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
W L GB W L GB
Vienna 89 73 - Warsaw 92 70 -
Barcelona 84 78 5 Moscow 87 75 5
Madrid 76 86 13 Prague 75 87 17
Zurich 72 90 17 Sofia 71 91 21
Milan 70 92 19 Budapest 67 95 25
Lisbon 68 94 21 Athens 66 96 26
Copenhagen scored 10 runs in an inning on July 10th against Berlin. Berlin repaid the favour on September 21st. The biggest inning of the second half was an 11 run effort by London on the same day as Berlin's. Paris won 19 games in July (second only to Copenhagen's 21) to overtake Glasgow for the division lead. Helsinki had a 17 inning and an 18 inning game in the last month of the season. Warsaw and Athens also played a 17 inning game. Stockholm won a game against Hamburg on July 28th by hitting back-to-back-to-back homers in the 10th inning. Warsaw won 15 games in a row at the end of August/start of September. During this stretch, Moscow were 6-9, allowing Warsaw to overtake them and pull away. Barcelona had a shot at taking the last Wildcard spot, but they lost 7 games in a row to lose ground. Glasgow and Paris both lost on the last day of the season. Paris took the division title thanks to winning two-thirds of their games against the Stallions on the season. With Paris and Moscow both making the post-season, the Lisbon Renegades are now the only EBL franchise never to make the playoffs. Player Notes - There were 4 two-hitters and 4 three-hitters after the All-Star break. The two-hitters were thrown by Pierangelo Magherini (Prague), Sindre Grondalen (Oslo), Jens Fetterlein (Copenhagen) and Jeroen Gerten (Prague). The three-hitters went to Quentin van Rossum (Hamburg), Vladimir Karakash (Berlin), Stuart Seaward (Dubln) and Rory Begley (Hamburg). Twelve different players won the Monthly awards after the break - WL Hitter - Jason Dyer (Amsterdam), Scott Ashwell (London), Philippe Martin (Milan) EL Hitter - Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen), Billy Pawlett (Copenhagen), Francis Gautier (Sofia) WL Pitcher - Clement Mounier (Glasgow), Malcolm Kennedy (Paris), Tahvo Ahonen (Madrid) EL Pitcher - Bart Taft (Oslo), Jens Fetterlein (Copenhagen), Michel Thiery (Oslo) Ashwell had been traded from Paris to the Crocs on July 8th and went on to have a great July, hitting .424 and batting in 24 runs. Paris got pitcher Panos Metrofanis in return. Lisbon's Ota Hospodar scored 5 runs and had 5 RBIs against Dublin on July 24th. A week later Kristof Kis (Amsterdam) was 5/5 with 5 runs scored against Paris. Copenhagen traded for Jordan Barnstaple to bolster their championship push. He will be a free-agent following the 1987 season. Glasgow added Noah Cawston for their playoff campaign. He was only hitting .199 with Berlin before the trade. Rookie Thomas Hutt (London) was 3/3 with 3 HR and 6 RBI in a 7-5 win against Amsterdam. Significant Injuries - Trofimoff Eksler (Dublin) will be out for more than a year with a tricep injury. He was 7-4 with a 4.39 ERA on June 24th, when it heppened. Lorenzo Gutierrez (Brussels) missed the second half of July and all of August. Berlin's Timon 'Sundown' Panayi missed the last two months of the season with a fractured wrist. He hit .296 with 13 home runs on the year. The EBL's career leader in ERA, Theo Gerritsen (Amsterdam) missed the last two months of the season. His 1987 ERA was 1.90. In his first start since returning from his first half injury, Liam Bosanquet (Hamburg), injured himself again and missed another month. The injury prone Aetos 'Frisky' Zikos (Berlin) missed the end of another season, this time with an elbow problem. Lukas Stoger (Paris) will miss his club's playoff appearance and will miss most of the 1988 season with a fractured ankle. He had 18 home runs to go with his .287 average this season. Last edited by Craig Costello; 08-08-2008 at 11:32 AM. |
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I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the free-agent class of 1986/87 to see which clubs got the most for their money. Code:
C Antti-Jussi Meresmaa -- 3 years, $16.7M -- .293, 13 HR, 93 RBI, .875 OPS, 52.9 VORP CF Theo Brittain -- 2 years, $11.2M -- .317, 29 HR, 98 RBI, .960 OPS, 74.4 VORP 1B Francis Gautier -- 5 years, $25.7M -- .333, 16 HR, 81 RBI, .882 OPS, 50.7 VORP 1B Lukas Stoger -- 5 years, $25.4M -- .287, 18 HR, 61 RBI, .894 OPS, 28.0 VORP - injured for the next 12 months 1B Lorenzo Gutierrez -- 5 years, $26.0M -- .291, 9 HR, 61 RBI, .778 OPS, 26.7 VORP CF Jacquy Gilbert -- 5 years, $18.1M -- .268, 19 HR, 79 RBI, .790 OPS, 29.0 VORP SP Alexis Martin -- 4 years, $17.6M -- 12-14, 4.79 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 238.2 IP, 6.7 VORP SP Robert Wood -- 2 years, $9.5M -- 12-8, 4.12 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 231.2 IP, 25.7 VORP CF Ian Meoni -- 4 years, $21.7M -- .289, 24 HR, 84 RBI, .881 OPS, 48.0 VORP SP Neil MacCombie -- 5 years, $15.4M -- 8-19, 5.04 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 214.1 IP, 0.0 VORP SP Rory Begley -- 4 years, $16.2M -- 13-9, 3.81 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 231.1 IP, 20.7 VORP RF Max Sabin -- 3 years, $15.2M -- .316, 27 HR, 119 RBI, .928 OPS, 66.7 VORP SS Vladimir Erantsev -- 7 years, $28.2M -- .250, 15 HR, 46 RBI, .750 OPS, 34.5 VORP LF Bernard Wulker -- 4 years, $24.2M -- .316, 16 HR, 91 RBI, .836 OPS, 42.7 VORP 3B Dolf Pellenaars -- 3 years, $15.1M -- .227, 18 HR, 74 RBI, .819 OPS, 31.4 VORP SP Nenad Jevtic -- 4 years, $18.1M -- 13-12, 2.86 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 223.2 IP, 51.2 VORP The only real failures were the pitchers Martin and MacCombie, but Gutierrez also underperformed - The Hitmen will hope he does the business in the post season. Whilst not really a failure, Paris will not be exactly happy with paying Stoger $5M for rehabbing his ankle in 1988. Last edited by Craig Costello; 08-08-2008 at 11:35 AM. |
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1987 Playoffs
October 20th 1987 Wildcard Round: Glasgow 4 Vienna 9 - Theo Brittain was 3/5 with a homer in his playoff debut for his new team. Glasgow 9 Vienna 2 - Gilbert Wameling was 4/5 with 3 doubles and a home run. Vienna 4 Glasgow 2 Vienna 3 Glasgow 7 Glasgow 12 Vienna 3 - Vienna took a 3-0 lead in the 1st, but Michael MacKinnon, Constantino Deodato and Ludwig Herzog all homered. Brussels 3 Paris 5 Brussels 0 Paris 5 - Alexander Schimpf held the Hitmen scoreless through 7 innings. Paris 2 Brussels 1 - Malcolm Kennedy and 3 relievers held Brussels to 5 hits to sweep the Cyclones into the LCS. Hamburg 0 Warsaw 4 - Francis Maze pitched 8 strong innings for the Wild. Hamburg 5 Warsaw 4 - There were 6 home runs in the game, 5 of them solo-shots. Warsaw 2 Hamburg 1 Warsaw 2 Hamburg 1 - Bogumil Adamiewicz limited the Heat to 3 hits over 8 innings. Moscow 3 Copenhagen 4 - Guy Brady allowed only 3 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings. Moscow 10 Copenhagen 7 (10) - Olli Skriko was 5/6, hit for the cycle, scored 4 runs including the game-tying run in the 9th and had 4 RBIs including the game winner in the 10th. Copenhagen 6 Moscow 7 - More late inning heroics from the Blue Sox as they loaded the bases in the 9th then tied the game on a wild pitch and won it on a Stephen Taft single. Copenhagen 7 Moscow 8 - Moscow's runs came early this time with a Harry Trewen Grand Slam in the 1st to knock out the 107 game winners. League Championship Series: Paris 3 Glasgow 4 - Glasgow scored all 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th. Paris 3 Glasgow 2 (10) - Fabien Lefebvre was 4/5 and had the game-winning single in the 10th. Glasgow 5 Paris 6 - Another one run game and the second straight loss for Glasgow closer, Clement Mounier. Glasgow 5 Paris 6 (14) - Fabien Lefebvre was 3/6 with 2 homers. Reliever Francis Grondin hit a bases loaded single with two outs in the 14th to win it. Glasgow 4 Paris 5 - Fabien Lefebvre had another 3 hit game in yet another one run game. He hit the game-winning RBI triple in the bottom of the 9th. Moscow 2 Warsaw 10 - Francisco Romero left the game with only 1 out left and allowed just 5 hits and 1 earned run. Moscow 3 Warsaw 6 - Augusto Rith, Ianos Cukar and Holly Connich homered for Warsaw. Warsaw 8 Moscow 7 - Moscow levelled it at 7 with 2 runs in the 8th, but they couldn't respond following Warsaw's score in the 9th. Warsaw 3 Moscow 5 Warsaw 9 Moscow 6 (11) - Four Warsaw relievers combined to hold Moscow to 2 hits and a walk over the final 5 innings. European League Series: Game 1 starters - Warsaw: Bialy Basinski (13-8, 3.42 ERA, 1.11 WHIP), Paris: Alexander Schimpf (15-7, 3.42 ERA, 1.50 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Warsaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 Paris 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4 7 2 Alexander Schimpf (PAR) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Warsaw 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 6 14 1 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 9 2 Ianos Cukar (WAR) - 3/5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Augusto Rith (WAR) - 2/5, HR, RBI, 2 R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 Warsaw 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4 12 0 15 of the 16 starting position players got a hit Patrick Lacroix (WAR) - 2/3, RBI, R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 8 11 1 Warsaw 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 Fabien Lefebvre (PAR) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI, R Panos Metrofanis (PAR) - 8.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Warsaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 3 8 0 Bialy Basinski (WAR) - 7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Joakim Tronstad (WAR) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Warsaw 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 7 0 17 16 2 Paris 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 Augusto Rith (WAR) - 2/5, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R Rich Scherer (WAR) - 2/4, 3 RBI, 3 R Holly Connich (WAR) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R Paris - 2 errors in each of 7th and 8th innings Series MVP - Augusto Rith (WAR) - 8/23, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 6 R, 3 BB In the decisive game, Paris starter Roberto Romero was perfect through 3 innings, but a rain delay meant the Cyclones had to go the bullpen and that didn't go well. Warsaw's 17 runs sets a record for most runs in a ELS game. The WLCS between Paris and Glasgow will long be remembered as a classic series, with 5 one run games out of 5. The EL get their second straight title. |
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October 21st 1987 - Code:
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Gerard Roy (BRU) .350 Roque Vilardeb (LIS) 2.49
Gerard Eick (GLA) .342 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 2.56
Samuel Polach (HAM) .340 Jesus Ruiz (BRU) 2.76
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Samuel Polach (HAM) .984 Jens Fetterlein (COP) 20
Igoryok Vishipanov (DUB) .961 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 20
Theo Brittain (VIE) .960 Roth Fruehwirt (HAM) 19
HR SV
Fabien Lefebvre (PAR) 36 Mojslaw Szasz (PAR) 48
Philippe Martin (MIL) 33 Clement Mounier (GLA) 42
Augusto Rith (WAR) 33 Carlos Oregel (BAR) 42
Kostya Yablockhov (MOS) 42
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Rudolf Tuhina (COP) 132 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 245.2
Gilbert Wamelink (GLA) 127 Alois Maloney (AMS) 241.2
Fabien Lefebvre (PAR) 125 Quentin van Rossum (HAM) 241.0
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Ewan Smith (COP) 140 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 240
Ian Meoni (STO) 123 Quentin van Rossum (HAM) 218
Max Sabin (VIE) 118 3 players 202
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Ewan Smith (COP) 110 Roth Fruehwirt (HAM) 1.01
Vladimir Erantsev (COP) 88 Norman Wijnstekers (BRU) 1.07
Patrick Lacroix (WAR) 71 Quentin van Rossum (HAM) 1.09
 Theo Brittain (VIE): .317 AVG, 29 HR, 98 RBI, .960 OPS, 111 R 4th time, 4th straight EL Hitter of the Year Thomas Meinert (COP): .324 AVG, 26 HR, 115 RBI, .941 OPS, 112 R 3rd time WL Pitcher of the Year  Malcolm Kennedy (PAR): 20-9, 2.56 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 245.2 IP, 82 BB, 240 K, 5 HR 2nd time EL Pitcher of the Year  Roth Fruehwirt (HAM): 19-9, 3.04 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 239.2 IP, 19 BB, 147 K WL Rookie of the Year  Jason Dyer (AMS): .307 AVG, 29 HR, 100 RBI, .942 OPS, 97 R EL Rookie of the Year Pauli Erstweiler (COP): 17-8, 2.89 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 218.0 IP, 96 BB, 202 K WL Homegrown Player of the Year  Fabien Lefebvre (PAR): .303 AVG, 36 HR, 125 RBI, .894 OPS, 105 R EL Homegrown Player of the Year Thomas Meinert (COP) 4th time, 2nd straight Glove of the Year Awards Code:
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Marquise Briatore (VIE) -P- Adrian Sandrakos (ATH)
Christer Laundsen (BAR) -C- Tommy Woestenberg (SOF)
Igoryok Vishipanov (DUB) -1B- Artemis Vlakhou (OSL)
Javier Ramos (DUB) -2B- Harry Trewen (MOS)
Manuel Helfrich (LIS) -3B- Gerd Tavernier (MOS)
Augustin Sonnino (ZUR) -SS- Rob Staal (ATH)
Ony Proskurnya (ZUR) -LF- Lage Sahlstein (HAM)
Francisco Pena (MIL) -CF- Mark Hynes (HAM)
Axel Lazzaretti (MIL) -RF- Vilfred Krak (WAR)
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1988 Preview
March 31st 1988 - The 8th season of EBL action is about to get underway and it will be followed by the second ever European Baseball Championships. I liked the free-agent listing I did for 1987, so it makes a return for '88 - Code:
Player (age) -- Old Team -- New Team -- Contract 2B Holly Connich (26) -- Warsaw -- Prague -- 5 years, $26.6M RF Jordan Barnstaple (32) -- Copenhagen -- Dublin -- 4 years, $9.5M SP James McIlwraith (30) -- Vienna -- Oslo -- 6 years, $29.2M SP Jesus Ruiz (27) -- Brussels -- Warsaw -- 4 years, $18.7M CF Armando Barrios (30) -- Barcelona -- Budapest -- 4 years, $11.7M CF Jean-Yves Gras (31) -- London -- Sofia -- 2 years, $3.7M SP Jeirgif Izvekov (24) -- Budapest -- Berlin -- 3 years, $13.0M 3B Dennis Frangopoulos (38) -- Milan -- Oslo -- 2 years, $9.7M LF Constantino Deodato (30) -- Glasgow -- Amsterdam -- 4 years, $20.3M CF Josef Metternich (27) -- Paris -- Paris -- 5 years, $21.2M 1B Igoryok Vishipanov (26) -- Dublin -- Athens -- 7 years, $26.8M SS Harlan McRea (30) -- Amsterdam -- Lisbon -- 6 years, $23.7M SP Yoan Lelievre (30) -- Copenhagen -- Zurich -- 5 years, $18.5M 2B Randy Schmidt (27) -- Hamburg -- London -- 6 years, $25.4M Athens' signing of Vishipanov is good news for the Avalanche fans. They also signed RP Juan Sandoval, who is an elite closer. Lisbon also signed a decent player not listed above - Patrick Lacroix has been a consistent performer for Warsaw and was a big part of their championship run last year. Overall, I think the league just got more even for 1988 and it really is anybody's to win. N.B. My fictional manager character has finally made it to an EBL team so updates might not be as frequent as they have in the past. |
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Diesel Go Finnish At #1
June 15th 1988 - The Helsinki Diesel picked local favourite, Juhani Puumalainen, with the first pick of the 1988 draft. 1. Helsini: RF Juhani Puumalainen (FIN) 2. Athens: SP Vilhelm Schneider (GER) 3. Budapest: 2B Guenther Bauer (AUT) 4. Lisbon: SP Raynaud Mori (ITA) 5. Milan: RF Sixten Roerich (GER) 6. Sofia: CF Marcel Assis (POR) 7. Zurich: SP Galtero Melandri (SUI) 8. Prague: SP Erhard Reiter (GER) 9. Amsterdam: RF Jack Duncan (SCO) 10. Madrid: SP Nicodemas Guendler (SUI) |
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1988 All-Star Break
June 22nd 1988 - Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
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Dublin 43 32 - Copenhagen 46 29 -
Glasgow 43 32 - Helsinki 38 37 8
Paris 40 35 3 Oslo 37 38 9
Amsterdam 35 40 8 Hamburg 35 40 11
Brussels 30 45 13 Berlin 34 41 12
London 23 52 20 Stockholm 27 48 19
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Madrid 48 27 - Warsaw 46 29 -
Lisbon 44 31 4 Athens 40 35 6
Vienna 42 33 6 Prague 39 36 7
Barcelona 41 34 7 Sofia 38 37 8
Milan 34 41 14 Moscow 36 39 10
Zurich 27 48 21 Budapest 34 41 12
Dublin and Zurich played a 20 inning game in the first week of the season. Contrasting fortunes for the UK teams - Glasgow started 17-4, whereas London won only 4 of their first 20 and really haven't got much better. Dublin scored 10 runs in the 8th inning of a 22-7 victory over Amsterdam on May 8th. Warsaw beat Prague 10-9 in a 17 inning game on June 14th. Prague scored 5 runs in the 9th to send it to extras then scored 3 in the 10th, but still lost. Player Notes - There have been a slew of 3-hitters and two 2-hitters in the first half. The two-hitters were thrown by Pasqualino Terragni (Lisbon) and Noah Flatoy (Oslo). Paris C Fernao Espinhel had 5 RBI and 5 runs scored in a 17-5 win over Amsterdam on April 19th. Malcolm Kennedy (Paris) has won the WL Pitcher of the Month award in both April and May. At the break he is 12-3 with a 1.32 ERA. Two Warsaw Wild pitchers have won the EL award - Francis Maze in April and free-agent signing Jesus Ruiz in May. Two familiar names have won the WL Hitter of the Month award, whereas two lesser knowns have won the EL award. The WL award went to Max Sabin (Vienna) in April and Philippe Martin (Milan) in May. In the EL, the winners were Dragutin Vasiljevic (Helsinki) and Claudio DalMaistro (Oslo). DalMaistro celebrated his award by hitting a game-winning 3 run homer on June 1st. Kristof Rozsa (Copenhagen) has set a new EBL record hitting streak at 37 games. At the break he is hitting .376. Barcelona's Wilmar Dietzsch had 6 hits as his team beat Zurich 18-4 on June 6th. Significant Injuries - Steve Moynan (Moscow) was injured in early May and won't be back until July. 22 year-old RF Yoann Bernard (Paris), who is hitting .335, has a hernia injury and will be out until August. Helsinki's best pithcer, Joseph Sykora, is out for the season with a tricep injury suffered on May 25th. Igoryok Vishipanov (Athens) won't be able to repay his new team's investment in him this year, as he has a head injury that will keep him out for all of 1988 and will also rule him out of the upcoming European Championships for Russia. |
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1988 Final Standings
September 26th 1988 - Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
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Glasgow 93 69 - Hamburg 94 68 -
Amsterdam 86 76 7 Copenhagen 91 71 3
Paris 84 78 9 Helsinki 85 77 9
Dublin 83 79 10 Berlin 83 79 11
Brussels 71 91 22 Oslo 77 85 17
London 66 96 27 Stockholm 63 99 31
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Madrid 90 72 12 Athens 84 78 8
Milan 85 77 17 Sofia 83 79 9
Barcelona 83 79 19 Prague 77 85 15
Vienna 70 92 32 Moscow 75 87 17
Zurich 59 103 43 Budapest 68 94 24
Glasgow won 13 games in a row in July to take control of the North Sea division. Dublin faded over the second half then collapsed in September. Amsterdam and Lisbon also had good July's to enhance their playoff credentials. The Renegades won 19 games in the month and the Selects went 2 better. On the other hand Vienna struggled mightily and lost 21 games in July. Hamburg won 16 of 19 games to overtake Copenhagen and held on to win the division. Oslo fired their manager in late August. Amsterdam had the biggest inning of the season with an 11 run effort against Barcelona in a 15-7 win. All 24 teams have now qualified for the playoffs at least once. Lisbon were the last team to achieve it and they did it in style with the best record in the league. Milan and Athens lost on the last day to hand the final Wildcard spots to Amsterdam and Helsinki. The Avalanche's loss was particularly heartbreaking as they went down in 13 innings to Stockholm. Player Notes - Quite a few unfamiliar names won monthly awards in the second half of the season. Here is the compete list - WL Hitter - Ludwig Herzog (Glasgow), Salmund Jaerbyn (Vienna), Jason Dyer (Amsterdam) EL Hitter - Dragutin Vasiljevic (Helsinki), Pantalian Lobeiro (Stockholm), Jacquy Gilbert (Sofia) WL Pitcher - Callum Cayzer (Glasgow), Woody Lyth (Amsterdam), Eugen Linge (Lisbon) EL Pitcher - Jeirgif Izvekov (Berlin), Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin), Hellmuth Seipel (Athens) Quentin van Rossum (Hamburg) pitched a one-hitter against Warsaw on July 14th. There were also one-hitters for Sindre Grondalen (Oslo) and Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin). Tyrone Panagiotopou of Amsterdam struck out 14 Dublin hitters in a 5-1 win on July 21st. Berlin acquired Sammy Denny from Madrid for their unsuccessful playoff push. He led the league with 14 wins at the time and finished with 19. Lisbon's Roque Vilardeb pitched a two-hitter on 31st July against London. His team-mate Jedrus Martynski pitched a 10 inning complete game on August 17th, winning 1-0 against Dublin. Madrid team-mates Oscar Gottlieb and Daniel Keurost combined to outplay Zurich on their own. Gottlieb pitched a shutout, giving up 3 hits and Keurost was 5 for 5 as the Hawks won 17-0. Significant Injuries - Max Sabin (Vienna) injured himself in a Euro Championship year again. He missed the last 2 months of the season and will not be available for England (again!). Callum Maxwell (Stockholm) missed the last month of the season with a groin injury. The 36 year-old will not be fit for the start of the European Championships, so might not be selected by Scotland. Maxwell's team-mate Ian Meoni missed a month with a wrist injury, then injured himself again on the last day of the season, meaning he will miss the Euros for Switzerland. He hit .309, with 21 homers this season. Prague's Bernard Wulker missed most of the last month of the season. Amsterdam's progress in the playoffs will be hampered by late season injuries picked up by Kristof Kis and Constantino Deodato. Kis should be back if they advance to the WLCS, but Deodato will miss all of the playoffs. Hamburg will also be missing a key part for the playoffs, with Samuel Polach on the sidelines. He hit 32 HR for the Heat in 1988. |
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1988 Playoffs
October 21st 1988 Wildcard Round: Madrid 4 Glasgow 9 - Zbigniew Hodyl had 2 doubles and a triple for Glasgow. Madrid 6 Glasgow 3 Glasgow 5 Madrid 1 Glasgow 4 Madrid 5 (10) - Niel Pedersen hit a solo 2-out homer in the 10th to win it. Madrid 11 Glasgow 1 - Madrid scored 6 in the 1st and didn't look back. Dane Meling pitched a complete game. Amsterdam 4 Lisbon 6 Amsterdam 3 Lisbon 8 - Lisbon hammered Alois Maloney for 6 runs in 2 innings. Lisbon 6 Amsterdam 2 - The Renegades scored 5 times in the 1st to sweep their first ever playoff series. Copenhagen 6 Warsaw 3 - The big inning was the 5th, when the Armada scored 4 runs Copenhagen 11 Warsaw 4 Warsaw 1 Copenhagen 6 - The reigning champs are knocked out by Guy Brady's 5-hit complete game. Helsinki 6 Hamburg 5 Helsinki 8 Hamburg 6 (11) - Simon Warmisch was 3/6 with a 3 run homer in the 11th and 5 RBI in total. Hamburg 2 Helsinki 7 - Gustaf Bashe and Kvetoslav Thoendel homer to send the Diesel through. League Championship Series: Madrid 3 Lisbon 0 - Tahvo Ahonen allowed only 2 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings. Madrid 0 Lisbon 7 - Bohdan Leibovic pitched 7 strong innings for Lisbon. Lisbon 3 Madrid 4 (12) - Philippe Gautier had a pinch hit triple to win it. Lisbon 6 Madrid 3 - Fabio Quinhones hit 2 home runs for Lisbon. Lisbon 6 Madrid 2 (10) - Madrid left 12 men on base and paid for it in the 10th. Madrid 4 Lisbon 0 - Javier Ramirez allowed only 3 hits over 7 innings. Madrid 3 Lisbon 5 - The winning runs came in the bottom of the 8th with a Cyril Dufour single and Fabio Quinhones sacrifice fly. Helsinki 2 Copenhagen 4 Helsinki 5 Copenhagen 2 - Helsinki scored 3 in the top of the 1st. Copenhagen 4 Helsinki 2 - Billy Pawlett had a 3-run home run. Copenhagen 5 Helsinki 2 - Rudolf Tuhina was 4/4 with 2 homers for the winners. Copenhagen 8 Helsinki 3 European League Series: Game 1 starters - Copenhagen: Guy Brady (13-12, 3.97 ERA, 1.37 WHIP), Lisbon: Roque Vilardeb (12-12, 3.50 ERA, 1.22 WHIP) Code:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lisbon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 Copenhagen 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 0 Pauli Erstweiler (COP) - 8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 6 K Borzivoi Busicove (COP) - 3/3, 2B, RBI, R Klement Riis (COP) - 1/3, 3 RBI Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E Lisbon 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 1 Copenhagen 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 Mauricio Castanhinha (LIS) - 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1/1, RBI single in 14th Lisbon - 4 relief pitchers allowed only 2 hits over 8 innings. Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lisbon 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 10 0 Copenhagen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 4 Roque Vilardeb (LIS) - 8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Vladimir Pantelic (LIS) - 3/5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Series MVP - Manuel Helfrich (LIS) - 9/20, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 SB Lisbon sign of their first playoff effort in style with a comfortable European League Series win. Game 4 was the key game as they broke the resistance of Copenhagen with 14 inning win thanks to their bullpen. |
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1988 Stats and Awards
October 22nd 1988 Code:
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Philippe Martin (MIL) .362 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 1.95
Ota Hospodar (LIS) .349 Dane Meling (MAD) 2.30
Artemis Vlakhou (OSL) .346 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 2.30
OPS W
Philippe Martin (MIL) 1.046 Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) 20
Gilbert Wamelink (GLA) .956 Rory Begley (HAM) 20
Ian Meoni (STO) .947 Roth Fruehwirt (HAM) 19
Sammy Denny (MAD/BER) 19
HR SV
Augusto Rith (WAR) 42 Marco Baan (WAR) 49
Philippe Martin (MIL) 41 Jems Wieghorst (COP) 45
Gerardo Santos (LIS) 39 Eugen Linge (LIS) 44
RBI IP
Gerardo Santos (LIS) 142 Rory Begley (HAM) 252.2
Tomislaw Eudzerski (DUB) 123 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 246.0
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) 119 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 244.1
Artemis Vlakhou (OSL) 119
R K
Cy Kerry (DUB) 129 Quentin van Rossum (HAM) 228
Joshua Quarry (HAM) 122 Stuart Seaward (DUB) 217
Rich Scherer (SOF) 121 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 205
SB WHIP
Ewan Smith (COP) 95 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 0.92
Lukas Happ (MAD) 84 Pasqualino Terragni (LIS) 1.04
Vladimir Erantsev (COP) 76 Malcolm Kennedy (PAR) 1.05
 Philippe Martin (MIL): .362 AVG, 41 HR, 115 RBI, 1.046 OPS, 115 R EL Hitter of the Year Samuel Polach (HAM): .306 AVG, 32 HR, 101 RBI, .940 OPS, 102 R 2nd time WL Pitcher of the Year Malcolm Kennedy (PAR): 18-7, 1.95 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 244.1 IP, 77 BB, 205 K, 4 HR 3rd time, 2nd straight EL Pitcher of the Year  Jesus Ruiz (WAR): 18-8, 2.30 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 246.0 IP, 35 BB, 177 K, 9 HR 3rd time (1st EL) WL Rookie of the Year  Ludwig Herzog (GLA): .323 AVG, 26 HR, 107 RBI, .947 OPS, 96 R EL Rookie of the Year  Gage McMahan (ATH): .249 AVG, 9 HR, 61 RBI, .740 OPS, 78 R WL Homegrown Player of the Year Award  Fabio Quinhones (LIS): .296 AVG, 26 HR, 89 RBI, .943 OPS, 89 R, 40 SB EL Homegrown Player of the Year Award Thomas Meinert (COP): .298 AVG, 28 HR, 109 RBI, .883 OPS, 105 R 5th time, 3rd straight Glove of the Year Award Code:
WL EL
Dane Meling (MAD) -P- Liam Bosanquet (HAM)
Christer Laundsen (BAR) -C- Tommy Woestenberg (SOF)
Ruben Strauss (BRU) -1B- Matthieu D'Urso (PRA)
Kasch Koelmel (PAR) -2B- Bartolo Rios (STO)
Arthur Mercier (PAR) -3B- Jay Kerr (HEL)
Ricardo Wening (LON) -SS- Rob Staal (ATH)
Steven Kennedy (MIL) -LF- Claudio DalMaistro (OSL)
Lukas Happ (MAD) -CF- Mark Hynes (HAM)
Salmund Jaerbyn (VIE) -RF- Rich Scherer (SOF)
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