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1988 European Champs Preview
October 23rd 1988 - The draw for the tournament is as follows - Code:
Group A Group B Bulgaria Denmark France Hungary Italy Norway Portugal Austria Poland England Netherlands Scotland Spain Sweden Czech Republic Greece Ireland Finland Russia Germany Switzerland Belgium A dark horse for the title might be the Netherlands, who have a decent rotation and a few great hitters. Last edited by Craig Costello; 08-17-2008 at 05:46 AM. |
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling
December 27th 1988 - The team from Ireland became the second ever European Baseball Champions today after a tournament which they dominated from start to finish. Code:
Group A Group B
W L GB W L GB
Ireland 32 8 - Austria 29 11 -
Spain 25 15 7 Germany 25 15 4
France 24 16 8 Finland 24 16 5
Portugal 21 19 11 Denmark 23 17 6
Italy 19 21 13 Greece 22 18 7
Netherlands 18 22 14 Norway 20 20 9
Russia 18 22 14 Sweden 20 20 9
Czech Republic 17 23 15 Hungary 18 22 11
Poland 17 23 15 Belgium 17 23 12
Switzerland 16 24 16 Scotland 12 28 17
Bulgaria 13 27 19 England 10 30 19
Ireland started as they meant to go on with a 16-4 record over the first half (exactly duplicated in the second half). They played the longest game of the tournament on the second day when they beat Portugal 6-5 in 20 innings. Their UK neighbours didn't quite start so well, with England winning only 3 of their first 13 and Scotland starting 4-16. England's start included a game against Norway that was tied at 2 after 6 innings, then nobody scored until the Norwegians won it in the bottom of the 18th. Russia scored 4 in the 1st, 5 in the 2nd and 6 in the 3rd in a game in which they beat the Netherlands 19-2. Germany won 10 of 12 games to pull equal with Austria and Finland in Group B. Finland were swept in Belgium in their last series to miss out. Norwegian and Danish pitchers combined to walk a staggering 25 batters in a game which Norway won 14-12. The game only went 9 innings, but still lasted 4 hours and 16 minutes. Spain got 2nd in Group A despite losing their last two games in Poland. France were busy being swept at home by Russia to let them in. Player Notes - Ireland's Billy Pawlett and Jason Dyer both hit two home runs on opening day as they beat Portugal 10-2. Rich Klein (Germany) had a 5/5 day with 2 doubles, a homer and 4 RBI in a 10-1 win over Belgium. 1984's Euro Championship Final Series MVP, Jacquy Gilbert (France), hit 4 doubles and scored 4 runs in his team's 11-3 win against Bulgaria. Ludwig Herzog (Austria) was 5/5 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 5 runs scored as his team won 20-8 against Greece. On the same day, Finland's Eero Lehvaslaiho had 7 RBI in a 22-2 win over England. Nathan White (England) pitched the first no-hitter in European Championship history. He only walked 2 hitters against Belgium. There were three other complete game shutouts in the tournament, by Jesus Ruiz, Panos Metrofanis and Botol Burnay. Lorenzo Gutierrez (Spain) hit 3 home runs for 6 RBI against Italy to lead his team to an 8-6 win. On the last day of regular season play, two players hit for the cycle. Rich Scherer (Germany) and Ian Meoni (Switzerland) were both on the losing side though. Meoni also had a cycle in the 1984 tournament. All Tournament Team Code:
SP -- Jesus Ruiz (ESP) -- 8-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.86 WHIP RP -- Dom Templeman (IRL) -- 0-0, 17 SV, 20.1 IP, 0.84 WHIP C -- Ludwig Herzog (AUT) -- .326 AVG, 8 HR, 27 RBI, .970 OPS 1B -- Lukas Stoger (AUT) -- .357 AVG, 9 HR, 22 RBI, 1.085 OPS 2B -- Thomas Meinert (DEN) -- .329 AVG, 10 HR, 36 RBI, .998 OPS 3B -- Roland Sbarro (ITA) -- .358 AVG, 3 HR, 20 RBI, .898 OPS SS -- Harlan McRea (IRL) -- .284 AVG, 3 HR, 25 RBI, .787 OPS LF -- Pantalian Lobeiro (POR) -- .378 AVG, 9 HR, 31 RBI, 1.089 OPS CF -- Rich Scherer (GER) -- .333 AVG, 12 HR, 39 RBI, 1.153 OPS RF -- Yoann Bernard (FRA) -- .349 AVG, 10 HR, 29 RBI, 1.048 OPS Kalman Simon (Hungary) will miss the first few months of the 1989 season with a shoulder injury. Knockout Stages Germany 9 Ireland 1 - Rich Scherer hit 2 home runs. Kaspar Ahlmann struck out 10 in 8 innings. Germany 3 Ireland 4 - Ireland got 4 singles off closer Ralf Wulf to come from behind. Ireland 4 Germany 2 Ireland 10 Germany 6 - Only lead-off man Ewan Smith was hitless from Ireland's starting position players. Ireland 6 Germany 7 - Rich Scherer was 2/5 with 3 RBI. Germany 10 Ireland 4 - Manuel Helfrich scored 3 runs and batted in 3 others. Germany 1 Ireland 3 - Alois Maloney pitched 7 and a third, striking out 7 to get the win. Spain 2 Austria 5 Spain 2 Austria 5 - Helmuth Seipel pitched 8 strong innings. Austria 3 Spain 7 - Austria scored 3 in the top of the 1st then nothing after. Austria 4 Spain 3 - Spain made 4 errors, including one in the top of the 9th that led to two runs. Austria 0 Spain 2 - Jesus Ruiz got 25 outs and only gave up 3 hits. Spain 2 Austria 0 Spain 3 Austria 2 - Manuel Reyna pitched 7 innings and had 2 RBI. Final (Pitcher stats - 1st set are 1988 EBL, 2nd set are Euro Champs) Game 1 starters Spain: Roberto Romero (11-12, 3.55 ERA, 1.21 WHIP -- 3-6, 3.90 ERA, 1.58 WHIP) Ireland: Stuart Seaward (13-11, 3.42 ERA, 1.26 WHIP -- 4-2, 3.14 ERA. 1.21 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Spain 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Ireland 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 X 5 9 0 Stuart Seaward (IRL) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K Danny Day (IRL) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Spain: Jesus Ruiz (18-8, 2.30 ERA, 0.92 WHIP -- 8-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.86 WHIP) Ireland: Malcolm Kennedy (18-7, 1.95 ERA, 1.05 WHIP -- 7-2, 3.57 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Spain 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 6 0 Malcolm Kennedy (IRL) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Jesus Ruiz (ESP) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Ireland - consecutive 2-out hits in 8th from Ewan Smith, Theo Brittain and Jason Dyer (homer) Ireland: Steve Moynan (10-8, 2.43 ERA, 0.98 WHIP -- 7-0, 3.11 ERA, 1.01 WHIP) Spain: Francisco Romero (13-16, 3.73 ERA, 1.26 WHIP -- 5-3, 3.24 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ireland 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 Spain 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 6 9 0 Ricardo Trujillo (ESP) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI Jason Dyer (IRL) - 2/4, HR Ireland: Alois Maloney - (13-9, 3.87 ERA, 1.34 WHIP -- 4-3, 3.91 ERA, 1.13 WHIP) Spain: Manuel Reyna - (14-14, 3.85 ERA, 1.27 WHIP -- 4-3, 5.06 ERA, 1.50 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ireland 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 10 0 Spain 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 3 Jorge Perez (ESP) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI Raul Marroquin (ESP) - 3/4, HR, 2 RBI Ireland - homers for Danny Day, Gage McMahan and Billy Pawlett Ireland: Seaward Spain: R.Romero Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ireland 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 13 10 0 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 9 2 Holly Connich (IRL) - 1/3, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R Theo Brittain (IRL) - 1/1, HR, 3 RBI Series MVP - Danny Day (IRL) - 6/14, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB |
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08-18-2008, 06:19 PM
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1989 Preview
March 31st 1989 - Less in the way of marquee free agents for the 1989 season. Theo Brittain has moved again (to his 4th different club in 9 years). He has ended up in Madrid, where he will be joined in the outfield by another new addition, Fabio Quinhones, fresh from winning the 1988 championship with Lisbon. Berlin made a couple of decent additions in SP Francis Maze and CF Pablo Hernandez and should be in contention in the Baltic division. The biggest name to move was Claudio Lwenholm, who also ended up in the Baltic division with the Hambrug Heat. His loss wil probably mean another rebuilding season for Amsterdam. Hamburg also acquired Wilmar Dietzsch in a trade with Barcelona. They gave up SP Quentin van Rossum in return. 1982's #1 draft pick, Volker Ziesemer, didn't live up to expectations in Barcelona and has been traded to Warsaw for not a lot in return. Overall the top teams from last year will probably be in contention again. |
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Zurich Nab Nieves
June 15th 1989 1. Zurich: CF Manny Nieves (ESP) 2. Stockholm: RF Tymosz Kruczkowski (POL) 3. London: 1B Malte Lundmark (SWE) 4. Budapest: SS Adrian Henge (SWE) 5. Vienna: SS Mehdi Rousseau (FRA) 6. Brussels: LF Frits van de Linde (NED) 7. Moscow: 1B Arseny Paschenkov (RUS) 8. Prague: RF Pierangelo Reni (ITA) 9. Oslo: C Arturo Segura (ESP) 10. Berlin: CF David Wiesner (AUT) |
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08-25-2008, 06:53 AM
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1989 All-Star Break
June 22nd 1989 Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Glasgow 45 30 - Hamburg 42 33 -
Dublin 40 35 5 Copenhagen 38 37 4
Brussels 37 38 8 Oslo 38 37 4
Paris 37 38 8 Berlin 35 40 7
London 35 40 10 Helsinki 35 40 7
Amsterdam 30 45 15 Stockholm 29 46 13
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
W L GB W L GB
Lisbon 47 28 - Prague 42 33 -
Madrid 41 34 6 Moscow 41 34 1
Milan 40 35 7 Warsaw 41 34 1
Barcelona 39 36 8 Athens 38 37 4
Vienna 35 40 12 Sofia 38 37 4
Zurich 24 51 23 Budapest 33 42 9
Oslo are still in contention despite losing 14 in a row in April/May. Zurich only won 7 games in April and haven't really recovered. Dublin scored 10 runs in the 7th inning on their way to a 19-2 win over the London Crocs. The longest game so far this season has been 17 innings. London beat Paris 4-2 on April 19th and also Copenhagen won 3-2 against Budapest in June over the same distance. Stockholm had an 8-21 record in May. Prague won 15 in a row to put themselves right in the race for the Black Sea division. Glasgow are 14-4 so far in June to pull away. Player Notes - Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) threw a no-hitter on April 21st in a 4-0 win over Warsaw. Later in the season another Berlin pitcher threw a no-hitter against Warsaw - Francis Maze, struck out 6 and walked only 1 in a 1-0 win on May 28th. Manuel Helfrich (Lisbon) was 5/5 with 7 RBI in a 11-3 win over Dublin on April 27th. Former Hitter of the Year, Max Sabin, has signed a contract extension to keep him in Vienna. He will get $4.7M per year for another 4 seasons. Two Frenchmen were the Hitters of the Month for April. Philippe Martin (Milan) and Jacquy Gilbert (Sofia) both added to their multiple lifetime HoM awards. Gilbert's team-mate, Archie 'No Comment' Dalziel won the EL's Pitcher of the Month award for April. His WL counterpart was Klement Follerup of Vienna. Leo Dalin, who went from Warsaw to Barcelona in the Volker Ziesemer trade, hit for the cycle on May 14th. Lisbon's Javier Hernandez was 5/6 with 2 doubles, 2 homers and 7 RBI in his team's 16-5 win over Amsterdam on May 16th. Gunnar Rippner (Berlin) hit 10 homers in May to take the EL Hitter of the Month Award. Ota Hospodar (Lisbon) won the WL version. The Pitchers of the Month were Stuart Seaward (Dublin) and Jesus Ruiz (Warsaw). Rookie Johnny O'Howen (Zurich) was 6/6 on June 14th against Amsterdam. Significant Injuries - Constantino Deodato (Glasgow) missed the first 2 months with a groin injury. Berlin's Theo Aarstad, who hit 32 homers in 1988, is out for the season with a rib injury suffered on April 10th. Steve Moynan (Moscow) will miss all of June with an MCL injury. He is 5-2 with a 2.03 ERA. |
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08-27-2008, 04:43 PM
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1989 Final Standings
September 26th 1989 Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Dublin 92 70 - Copenhagen 99 63 -
Glasgow 91 71 1 Berlin 87 75 12
Paris 91 71 1 Hamburg 85 77 14
Brussels 81 81 11 Oslo 84 78 15
London 80 82 12 Helsinki 75 87 24
Amsterdam 61 101 31 Stockholm 57 105 42
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Lisbon 96 66 - Prague 90 72 -
Madrid 87 75 9 Warsaw 89 73 1
Milan 82 80 14 Sofia 85 77 5
Vienna 78 84 18 Moscow 83 79 7
Barcelona 75 87 21 Athens 75 87 15
Zurich 58 104 38 Budapest 63 99 27
On June 27th Athens and Berlin went into the 9th tied at 6. The Avalanche scored 3 in the top half of the inning, but Berlin responded with 4 to take the win. Barcelona beat Brussels 2-1 in the longest game of the season, a 21 inning game on June 29th. Brussels also played a game when they scored 10 in an inning, but still lost 14-13 to Zurich. Paris scored 5 in the bottom of the 9th to beat Barcelona 7-6 on July 11th. Copenhagen won 9 in a row in July to leap into 1st in the Baltic division and they held on the rest of the way. Athens scored 5 in the 8th, 2 in the 9th and 2 in the 10th to beat Oslo 10-8 on August 30th. Dublin scored 6 runs in the top of the 1st, but Madrid responded with 9 in their half of the first frame on their way to a 13-12 win. Prague and Dublin both won on the last day to secure their division titles. Player Notes - Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) lost his first game of the season on August 28th. His unbeaten streak stretched over the second half of 1988 and accounted for 31 starts, an EBL record. Ibrahim Grandjean (Dublin) and Roque Vilardeb (Lisbon) both had a one-hitter in the second half. Again there were 12 award winners in the second half. The hitters were Stefan Kowelski (Glasgow), Philippe Martin (Milan), Jason Dyer (Amsterdam), Gottfried Helfkin (Stockholm), Eduardo Aguilar (Budapest) and Samuel Polach (Hamburg). The pitchers were Tahvo Ahonen (Madrid), Malcolm Kennedy (Paris), Juliao Virgolino (Barcelona), Tobias Handeland (Athens), Michel Theiry (Oslo) and Guy Brady (Copenhagen). Lisbon's Danny Day hit a walk-off 3 run homer in a 6-5 win over Paris on July 15th. Vilfred Krak (Warsaw) hit 3 home runs against Sofia on July 23rd. Stefan Kowelski (Glasgow) repeated the feat in a loss to Paris on July 31st. Vienna C Mark MacClacher had a 6/6 day on August 13th. Francois Cotte (Barcelona) had 7 RBI as his team beat Paris 14-3 on August 15th. Berlin's Dzevat Adzovic also had a 7 RBI day on August 19th. Adzovic's was more remarkable because his team only scored 7 runs as they beat Sofia. Samuel Polach (Hamburg) hit his first ever cycle on August 28th. Philippe Martin (Milan) had a 7 RBI day in September, but the best hitting performance of the second half was by Tomislaw Eudzerski (Dublin) who was 6/7, including hitting for the cycle, with 6 RBI and 4 runs scored in a 22-1 win over Milan on September 10th. Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels) had a 30 game hit streak late in the season. Significant Injuries - Bernard Wulker (Prague) missed 4 weeks with a back injury. He then injured himself later in the season and will miss the playoffs. He finished at .352 with 18 homers and 74 RBI. The Eliminators will also be without rookie Sergio Lousa, who hit .299 with 9 HR and 41 RBI in his first full season. Lousa's injury will also probably keep him out of all of the 1990 season. Dublin's Raul Marroquin was injured on July 29th and missed the remainder of the season. He had 26 homers before his shoulder gave way. |
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1989 Playoffs
October 20th 1989 Wildcard Round: Glasgow 2 Dublin 8 Glasgow 4 Dublin 11 - Jordan Barnstaple had a triple and a homer for the winners. Dublin 3 Glasgow 6 Dublin 5 Glasgow 2 - Dublin scored 4 times in the 5th and advanced. Paris 15 Lisbon 4 - Paris scored 6 in the 1st and didn't look back. Fabien Lefebvre and Fernao Espinhel both had 4 RBI. Paris 3 Lisbon 4 Lisbon 8 Paris 3 Lisbon 2 Paris 13 - Fabien Lefebvre was 3/5 with a double and 2 homers and 3 runs scored. Paris 0 Lisbon 1 - Roque Vilardeb gave up 2 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings and Paulus Penning hit a homer in the 9th. Warsaw 2 Prague 1 - Prague scored in the 1st, Warsaw scored in the 9th. Warsaw 4 Prague 1 - Starter Francisco Romero injured himself in the first inning, but the Eliminators only managed 1 hit off of 6 relievers. Prague 0 Warsaw 6 - Jesus Ruiz threw a two-hitter, striking out 11. Augusto Rith hit 2 homers. Berlin 3 Copenhagen 5 Berlin 1 Copenhagen 8 - Guy Brady allowed only 3 hits in 7 innings. Copenhagen 4 Berlin 8 Copenhagen 3 Berlin 7 Berlin 5 Copenhagen 0 - The Dragons completed their comeback from a 2-0 hole thanks to 7 strong innings from Kaspar Ahlmann. League Championship Series: Dublin 4 Lisbon 5 - Vladimir Pantelic and Danny Day homered for the Renegades. Dublin 5 Lisbon 3 Lisbon 9 Dublin 8 - Vladimir Pantelic had a double and a home run. Patrick Lacroix and Paulo Cascalho also homered. Lisbon 8 Dublin 2 - Conrad Eikelenboom homered and had 5 RBI. Lisbon 0 Dublin 2 - Dragoljub Boskovic gave up just 4 hits over 8 innings. Dublin 4 Lisbon 3 (14) - Lisbon made 5 errors including a key one to allow the winning run to score. Dublin 1 Lisbon 5 - Lisbon won comfortably to give themselves an opportunity to defend their title. Berlin 4 Warsaw 5 - Warsaw got the key run in the bottom of the 8th. Berlin 7 Warsaw 1 Warsaw 4 Berlin 6 - Warsaw hit 3 home runs, but didn't get enough men on base. Warsaw 0 Berlin 3 - Kaspar Ahlmann gave up 5 hits and a walk in 8 innings. Warsaw 14 Berlin 2 - Vilfred Krak had 2 home runs and Jesus Ruiz was strong through 7 innings. Berlin 2 Warsaw 6 Berlin 2 Warsaw 1 - Aetos Zikos pitched 8 strong innings to give Berlin a chance to be the first EL team to win multiple titles. European League Series: Game 1 starters - Berlin: Kaspar Ahlmann (18-2, 2.36 ERA, 1.02 WHIP), Lisbon: Bohdan Leibovic (18-8, 3.60 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Berlin 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 1 Lisbon 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 Jay Kerr (BER) - 4/4, 2B, 2 RBI Dale Conway (BER) - 2/3, 2B, HR Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Berlin 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 11 0 Lisbon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Francis Maze (BER) - 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 BB, 5 K Dale Conway (BER) - 1/3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lisbon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 Berlin 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 6 8 1 Eric Wagner (BER) - 2/3, 2 HR Waggoner Rosler (BER) - 2/4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lisbon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Berlin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 5 1 Egbert Kapitan (BER) - 8 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 9 K Dale Conway (BER) - 1/3, HR Series MVP - Dale Conway (BER) - 5/13, 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 2 K, 1 SB Lisbon couldn't repeat and Berlin got their second title in 4 seasons. |
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1989 Stats and Awards
October 21st 1989 Code:
AVG ERA
Nino Batistuta (HEL) .358 Guy Brady (COP) 1.91
Philippe Martin (MIL) .348 Alexander Schimpf (PAR) 2.21
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) .334 Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) 2.36
OPS W
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) 1.026 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 24
Philippe Martin (MIL) .993 Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) 18
Theo Brittain (MAD) .987 Bohdan Leibovic (LIS) 18
Dane Meling (MAD) 18
HR SV
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) 46 Zarek Radziwila (BRU) 46
Augusto Rith (WAR) 45 Marco Baan (WAR) 43
Philippe Martin (MIL) 39 Pauli Wertheim (LON) 42
Rich Scherer (SOF) 39
RBI IP
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) 131 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 252.1
Denis Petit (VIE) 131 Tage Jepsen (COP) 247.1
Samuel Polach (HAM) 121 Klement Follerup (VIE) 247.1
Rich Scherer (SOF) 121
R K
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) 130 Helmuth Seipel (ATH) 235
Cy Kerry (Dublin) 127 Adrik Selifanov (LON) 215
Jacquy Gilbert (SOF) 125 Alexander Schimpf (PAR) 214
SB WHIP
Ewan Smith (COP) 86 Steve Moynan (MOS) 0.91
Lukas Happ (MAD) 81 Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) 1.02
Patrick Lacroix (LIS) 61 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 1.06
 Stefan Kowelski (GLA): .334 AVG, 46 HR, 131 RBI, 1.026 OPS, 130 R EL Hitter of the Year  Samuel Polach (HAM): .307 AVG, 28 HR, 121 RBI, .963 OPS, 112 R 3rd time, 2nd straight WL Pitcher of the Year  Alexander Schimpf (PAR): 16-7, 2.21 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 220.1 IP, 76 BB, 214 K, 9 HR EL Pitcher of the Year  Jesus Ruiz (WAR): 24-8, 2.50 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 252.1 IP, 33 BB, 172 K, 8 HR 4th time (2nd EL), 2nd straight WL Rookie of the Year  Eldwin Richter (BRU): .303 AVG, 10 HR, 90 RBI, .796 OPS, 72 R EL Rookie of the Year  Sergio Lousa (PRA): .299 AVG, 9 HR, 41 RBI, .863 OPS, 65 R, 36 SB WL Homegrown Player of the Year  Cy Kerry (DUB): .305 AVG, 20 HR, 88 RBI, .884 OPS, 127 R EL Homegrown Player of the Year  Kaspar Ahlmann (BER): 18-2, 2.36 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 228.2 IP, 47 BB, 148 K, 2 HR 4th time Glove of the Year Awards Code:
WL EL
Norman Wijnstekers (BRU) -P- Liam Bosanquet (HAM)
Ludwig Herzog (GLA) -C- Ianos Cukar (WAR)
Ruben Strauss (BRU) -1B- Matthieu D'Urso (PRA)
Javier Ramos (DUB) -2B- Adam Voros (WAR)
Hakon Arens (AMS) -3B- Agatone Dimas (HEL)
Philip Smerdal (DUB) -SS- Augustin Sonnino (PRA)
Steven Kennedy (MIL) -LF- Ewan Smith (COP)
Lukas Happ (MAD) -CF- Mark Hynes (HAM)
Cheung Ying (BRU) -RF- Rich Scherer (SOF)
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1990 Preview
March 31st 1990 - Two huge names have cashed in in the latest round of free-ageny madness in the EBL. Malcolm Kennedy has signed with home-town club the Dublin Wolfpack. The 3 time WL Pitcher of the Year and #1 overall pick in the inaugural EBL draft spent 9 years in Paris and will earn $13.5M over 4 years in his native Ireland. Athens spent even more than Dublin ($16.5M over 4 years) to bring Philippe Martin to Greece from the Milan Mud Cats. Martin remains the only man to ever win an EBL Triple Crown and his new club will be hoping he can produce something similar in the WL. The biggest contract (at least in total money) was given to Igoryok Vishipanov who joined the Hamburg Heat for $18.5M over 7 years. Two time reinging WL champions the Lisbon Renegades have lost one of the key members of their rotation in Roque Vilardeb, who has joined dvision rivals Madrid. The trade market was slightly quieter. Two interesting names were Jamel Baud who has gone to Moscow and Claudio Lwenholm who has been traded back to Amsterdam after only hitting .270 with 9 home runs in his one season in Hamburg. |
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Lumberjacks Select Pietarinen At Number One
June 15th 1990 1. Stockholm: CF Sippo Pietarinen (FIN) 2. Zurich: SP Michal Eile (POL) 3. Amsterdam: SP Charles Metivier (FRA) 4. Budapest: 3B Czieslaw Lubelsky (POL) 5. Athens: SP Vuk Sesely (BUL) 6. Helsinki: SP Albert Lavinen (FIN) 7. Barcelona: SP Tibor Kovacs (HUN) 8. Vienna: SP Juha Ounap (FIN) 9. London: 3B Javier Rodriguez (ESP) 10. Brussels: 3B Merlin DeGiusti (ITA) |
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1990 All-Star Break
June 22nd 1990 Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Dublin 43 32 - Hamburg 44 31 -
Glasgow 42 33 1 Berlin 41 34 3
Paris 40 35 3 Helsinki 41 34 3
Amsterdam 31 44 12 Oslo 39 36 5
London 31 44 12 Copenhagen 36 39 8
Brussels 29 46 14 Stockholm 32 43 12
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
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Lisbon 50 25 - Prague 45 30 -
Madrid 45 30 5 Athens 40 35 5
Barcelona 40 35 10 Warsaw 39 36 6
Zurich 35 40 15 Sofia 33 42 12
Milan 34 41 16 Moscow 32 43 13
Vienna 30 45 20 Budapest 28 47 17
Reigning champs Berlin started 3-11, but they have recovered quite nicely. Copenhagen started 12-2, but they have fallen away quite badly. Lisbon started 2-3, but then won 26 out of 29 games. On April 17th five of the twelve games went to exactly 11 innings. Milan had 4 consecutive two-out hits as they scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Vienna 6-5 on April 20th. Barcelona scored 12 runs in the 1st inning on their way to beating London 14-3 on April 25th. Dublin won 12 games straight in May. Athens had back-to-back two-out home runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Sofia 6-5. Sofia and Prague played a game that the Eliminators won 8-7 in 18 innings. Both teams scored twice in the 14th and 3 times in the 16th. Player Notes - Brussels pitcher Max Schlotterbeck pitched a one-hitter in the first week of the season against Zurich. 1989's batting champ, Nino Batistuta (Helsinki), was 4/4 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 6 runs scored as his team beat Sofia 24-3. The Hitters of the Month for April were Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels) and Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen). The Pitchers were rookie Placido Gamboa (Madrid) and Vladimir Karakash (Sofia). Lage Sahlstein (London) had 7 RBI in the Crocs 12-4 win over Brussels on May 1st. The next day Michael Rodier (Sofia) had 6 RBI thanks to a 3 HR game against Budapest. Eldwin Richter (Brussels) had a 7 RBI day also. He was 3/5 with a double and triple against Vienna as the Hitmen won 14-7. In the 18 inning game, Sofia's Hans Eldjar hit for the cycle. Tomislaw Eudzerski (Dublin) hit for the cycle in a 9 inning game against London on June 1st. The Hitters of the Month for May were Stefan Kowelski (Glasgow) and Aki Lavinen (Helsinki). The Pitchers were Sippo Lahti (Paris) and Jesus Ruiz (Warsaw). It was the 6th PoM award for Ruiz in his storied career. Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) and Nate Laverty (Stockholm) had a great pitchers duel on June 13th, but neither was able to win. Ahlmann gave up just 2 hits in 9 innings and Laverty just 1 over the same distance. Berlin won the game 2-0 in extras. Significant Injuries - Salmund Jaerbyn (Vienna) missed 8 weeks with an arm injury. He hit a combined 53 HR in the last two seasons. Dane Meling (Madrid), who won 18 games in both 88 and 89, missed 6 weeks with a shoulder problem. Sofia's Rich Scherer was injured on April 27th and will not be back until August. He had 73 HR over the last two years. |
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1990 Final Standings
September 26th 1990 - Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
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Glasgow 94 68 - Hamburg 99 63 -
Paris 88 74 6 Berlin 91 71 8
Dublin 85 77 9 Copenhagen 84 78 15
London 75 87 19 Oslo 84 78 15
Amsterdam 67 95 27 Helsinki 80 82 19
Brussels 62 100 32 Stockholm 68 94 31
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Madrid 97 65 9 Warsaw 81 81 6
Vienna 77 85 29 Athens 79 83 8
Barcelona 75 87 31 Sofia 79 83 8
Milan 74 88 32 Moscow 78 84 9
Zurich 72 90 34 Budapest 62 100 25
There is going to be the first ever one game playoff in league history. The Oslo Metros and Copenhagen Armada went into the last day tied and they both won their final game, meaning they will meet in Denmark to decide who advances to meet Prague. Prague and Sofia played a game on June 30th that was tied at 0 after 8 innings. It was also tied (at 1) after 9. It took 10 innings for the next run to be scored, with the Sting being victorious. The longest game of the season was a 20 inning 2-1 win for Madrid over Glasgow. Glasgow managed just 5 hits in the marathon game. Berlin and Hamburg both won 20 games in July to virtually seal their playoff spots. Dublin scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th on July 30th. Unfortunately for them, Paris had scored 8 in the top half and won 8-4. Paris started September 12-3 to pull clear of Dublin for the final wildcard. Sofia played an 18 inning and a 16 inning game on consecutive days. Player Notes - Rookie Collins Gallager (Barcelona) was named as WL Pitcher of the Month for June and July, compiling a 9-1 record in the two months combined with an ERA under 2. Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) also won multiple PoM awards, taking home the EL award in July and August. The other PoM award winners were Quincy Kilbane (Prague) and Dane Meling (Madrid). The six Hitter of the Month awards went to Ludwig Herzog (Glasgow), Paulus Penning (Lisbon), Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels), Joshua Quarry (Hamburg), Gage McMahan (Athens) and Arsen Pentzopoulos (Moscow). Former #1 draft pick, Russell Gilmartin (Paris), had 7 RBI in his teams 11-3 win over Amsterdam on July 3rd. Casper Laestadius (Stockholm) hit 3 HR and had 6 RBI to lead the Lumberjacks to a 7-1 win over Warsaw. Pierangelo Magherini (Prague) pitched a no-hitter against Sofia on August 6th. He was perfect until he hit a batter with one out in the 9th. Aidan Fletcher (Glasgow) pitched a one-hitter in the last week of the season. Barcelona's Jarle Bjorkhaug had 3 solo home runs to lead his team to a 5-2 win over Zurich. Significant Injuries - Holly Connich (Prague) was injured just after the All-Star break and will miss the playoffs. He was hitting .308 with 61 RBI. Copenhagen's Rudolf Tuhina missed 7 weeks from the middle of July. Raul Marroquin (Dublin) was stuck on 25 HR for a month after pinching a nerve late in August. James McIlwraith (Oslo) will miss the playoffs if the Metros make it. He was 14-12 on the season with a 3.53 ERA. Last edited by Craig Costello; 11-07-2008 at 01:51 PM. |
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1990 Playoffs
October 25th 1990 - Play In: Oslo 7 Copenhagen 8 - Thomas Meinert hit a walk-off double in the 9th. Wildcard Round: Madrid 6 Glasgow 2 Madrid 6 Glasgow 4 - All eight Madrid starting position players got a hit. Glasgow 2 Madrid 5 - The Hawks sweep into the LCS with 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th. Paris 4 Lisbon 8 - Lisbon scored 4 in the bottom of the 8th. Paris 1 Lisbon 8 Lisbon 1 Paris 5 - Alexander Schimpf pitched 8 strong innings. Lisbon 3 Paris 4 Paris 4 Lisbon 3 - Paris scored the winning run in the 9th to knock out the two-time reigning WL champions. Berlin 10 Prague 5 - Ward Lynch doubled and homered and scored 3 runs. Berlin 4 Prague 3 (11) - The Dragons got the winning run on back-to-back doubles by Theo Aartad and Ward Lynch. Prague 12 Berlin 2 - Prague scored 12 runs in the 8th (a new playoff record) on only 6 hits. Prague 0 Berlin 7 - Egbert Kapitan held the Eliminators to 5 hits over 8 innings. Copenhagen 8 Hamburg 6 Copenhagen 7 Hamburg 5 - Three relievers held Hamburg to 1 hit over the last 3 innings. Hamburg 12 Copenhagen 6 - Borisav Anastasijevic was 3/5 with 2 homers. Hamburg 3 Copenhagen 11 League Championship Series: Madrid 1 Paris 0 - Dane Meling pitched a shutout allowing only 3 hits and 1 walk. Madrid 2 Paris 4 Paris 6 Madrid 3 Paris 0 Madrid 4 - Dane Meling excelled again allowing 4 hits over 8 innings. Paris 8 Madrid 6 Madrid 7 Paris 8 - Madrid led 7-0, but the Cyclones scored 4 in both the 6th and 7th. Copenhagen 2 Berlin 3 (10) - Copenhagen scored in the 10th, but Ward Lynch hit a walk-off 2 run homer. Copenhagen 1 Berlin 4 - Both teams made 3 errors and Copenhagen left 13 men on base. Berlin 5 Copenhagen 7 Berlin 6 Copenhagen 1 - Herman de Nooyer pitched 7 good innings and Gunnar Rippner hit a homer. Berlin 0 Copenhagen 1 - Guy Brady shut out the Dragons over 8 innings. Copenhagen 5 Berlin 0 - Tage Jepsen allowed 3 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings. Copenhagen 0 Berlin 4 - Copenhagen outhit Berlin 8 to 5, but couldn't make the best of their chances. European League Series: Game 1 starters - Berlin: Kaspar Ahlmann (14-11, 2.63 ERA, 1.05 WHIP), Paris: Alexander Schimpf (17-8, 2.88 ERA, 1.17 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 7 0 Alexander Schimpf (PAR) - 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K Lukas Stoger (PAR) - 2/2, 2B, 2 BB Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Paris 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 9 1 Sippo Lahti (PAR) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Antonin Cerny (PAR) - 2/3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R, BB Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 0 Berlin 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 0 Russell Gilmartin (PAR) - 2/3, RBI, 2 R, 2 BB Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 Berlin 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 5 2 Egbert Kapitan (BER) - 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1/3, RBI Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 Berlin 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 X 7 9 0 Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) - 7.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Jay Kerr (BER) - 2/2, RBI, 3 BB Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Berlin 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 8 2 Paris 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 Herman de Nooyer (BER) - 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Gerd Tavernier (BER) - 1/2, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Berlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 8 1 Paris 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 Yoann Bernard (PAR) - 2/2, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB Jordy Roux (BER) - 3/3, HR, RBI, 2 R, solo shot in 9th Series MVP - Jordy Roux (BER) - 6/22, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 4 R, 2 SB Berlin win back-to-back titles and 3 in 5 seasons after amazingly recovering from a 3-0 hole to see off the Paris Cyclones. |
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1990 Stats and Awards
October 26th 1990 Code:
AVG ERA
Joshua Quarry (HAM) .358 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 2.10
Daniel Keurost (MAD) .345 Malcolm Kennedy (DUB) 2.31
Ludwig Herzog (GLA) .340 Pasqualino Terragni (LIS) 2.42
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Paulus Penning (LIS) .984 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 21
Ludwig Herzog (GLA) .982 Collins Gallagher (BAR) 20
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) .970 Tahve Ahonen (MAD) 19
Dragoljub Boskovic (DUB) 19
HR SV
Vilfred Krak (WAR) 38 Gleb Raikov (COP) 48
Jason Dyer (AMS) 35 Mojslaw Szasz (PAR) 48
3 players 34 Lars-Erik Tommeras (MAD) 47
RBI IP
Paulus Penning (LIS) 126 Dragoljub Boskovic (DUB) 249.0
Gilbert Wamelink (GLA) 121 Pasqualino Terragni (LIS) 249.0
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) 113 Malcolm Kennedy (DUB) 245.2
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Stefan Kowelski (GLA) 131 Collins Gallagher (BAR) 277
Agatone Dimas (HEL) 128 Adrik Selifanov (LON) 218
Daniel Keurost (MAD) 117 Alexander Schimpf (PAR) 205
SB WHIP
Ewan Smith (COP) 107 Jesus Ruiz (WAR) 0.98
Patrick Lacroix (LIS) 81 Pasqualino Terragni (LIS) 1.04
Daniel Keurost (MAD) 70 Kaspar Ahlmann (BER) 1.05
 Paulus Penning (LIS): .339 AVG, 31 HR, 126 RBI, .984 OPS, 115 R EL Hitter of the Year  Thomas Meinert (COP): .327 AVG, 28 HR, 103 RBI, .949 OPS, 113 R, 30 SB 4th time WL Pitcher of the Year  Collins Gallagher (BAR): 20-10, 2.67 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 242.1 IP, 73 BB, 277 K EL Pitcher of the Year Jesus Ruiz (WAR): 21-10, 2.10 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 240.1 IP, 30 BB, 181 K 5th time, 3rd straight WL Rookie of the Year Collins Gallagher (BAR) EL Rookie of the Year  Ricardo Trujillo (BUD): .297 AVG, 26 HR, 98 RBI, .857 OPS, 100 R WL Homegrown Player of the Year  Malcolm Kennedy (DUB): 11-10, 2.31 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 245.2 IP, 81 BB, 201 K, 3 HR EL Homegrown Player of the Year Thomas Meinert (COP) 6th time Glove of the Year Awards Code:
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Roque Vilardeb (MAD) -P- Jan Hjelm (ATH)
Christer Laundsen (BAR) -C- Ianos Cukar (WAR)
Tomislaw Eudzerski (DUB) -1B- Rudolf Tuhina (COP)
William Coatsworth (LON) -2B- Adam Voros (WAR)
Philip Smerdal (DUB) -3B- Jay Kerr (BER)
Harlan McRea (LIS) -SS- Kristof Rozsa (COP)
Zbigniew Hodyl (GLA) -LF- Samuel Polach (HAM)
Francisco Pena (MIL) -CF- Thomas Eatros (ATH)
Stefan Kowelski (GLA) -RF- Gabriel Jilek (PRA)
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Team Histories
As we are a decade into the EBL, it seems a good time to compare the records of all of the franchises. Code:
Team -- W-L -- Pct -- Playoff App -- Div Titles -- League Titles -- EBL Titles Amsterdam Selects -- 824-796 -- .509 -- 5 -- 2 -- 0 -- 0 Athens Avalanche -- 790-830 -- .488 -- 2 -- 0 -- 1 -- 0 Barcelona Iguanas -- 774-844 -- .479 -- 1 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 Berlin Dragons -- 863-757 -- .533 -- 5 -- 1 -- 3 -- 3 Brussels Hitmen -- 821-799 -- .507 -- 5 -- 2 -- 3 -- 2 Budapest Smoke -- 697-923 -- .430 -- 1 -- 1 -- 0 -- 0 Copenhagen Armada -- 920-701 -- .568 -- 8 -- 5 -- 2 -- 0 Dublin Wolfpack -- 825-795 -- .509 -- 3 -- 2 -- 1 -- 1 Glasgow Stallions -- 833-787 -- .514 -- 5 -- 3 -- 0 -- 0 Hamburg Heat -- 905-715 -- .556 -- 6 -- 3 -- 2 -- 0 Helsinki Diesel -- 768-852 -- .474 -- 2 -- 1 -- 1 -- 0 Lisbon Renegades -- 825-795 -- .509 -- 3 -- 3 -- 2 -- 1 London Crocs -- 771-849 -- .476 -- 1 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 Madrid Hawks -- 797-823 -- .492 -- 3 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 Milan Mud Cats -- 887-733 -- .548 -- 6 -- 4 -- 1 -- 1 Moscow Blue Sox -- 798-822 -- .493 -- 1 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 Oslo Metros -- 825-796 -- .509 -- 2 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 Paris Cyclones -- 798-822 -- .493 -- 3 -- 1 -- 2 -- 0 Prague Eliminators -- 823-797 -- .508 -- 5 -- 4 -- 0 -- 0 Sofia Sting -- 750-870 -- .463 -- 1 -- 1 -- 0 -- 0 Stockholm Lumberjacks -- 732-888 -- .452 -- 1 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 Vienna Armageddon -- 812-808 -- .501 -- 3 -- 2 -- 1 -- 1 Warsaw Wild -- 850-770 -- .525 -- 6 -- 4 -- 1 -- 1 Zurich Jesters -- 751-869 -- .464 -- 2 -- 1 -- 0 -- 0 The unenviable position of worst franchise probably belongs to Budapest, but also Sofia, Stockholm, London and Barcelona are worth consideration. |
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1991 Preview
March 31st 1991 - Not wanting to stand still the two-time reigning champion Berlin Dragons have made a couple of minor trades ready for the new season. They have traded away Demetrio Morbidelli and Dale Conway to Dublin and Oslo respectively. In the Dublin trade they did manage to pick up Casey Ferrell, who will certainly help their push for a third consecutive title. The biggest name in free agency was former Madrid Hawk, Daniel Keurost. The Austrian third baseman has signed a 5 year, $21.8M deal with the Athens Avalanche. The next largest contract went to C Simon Warmisch, who has joined Keurost's old team for $24.9M over 7 years. Other notable free-agent moves were Ota Hospodar joining Paris and Patrick Lacroix moving to Hamburg. Experts are predicting a similar line-up in the 1991 playoffs as there was in the 1990 version. |
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Budapest Take Belgian Pitcher At #1
June 15th 1991 1. Budapest: SP Abraham van den Burgt (BEL) 2. Brussels: SS Giustino Spoletiani (ITA) 3. Amsterdam: 2B Ilija Kovacevic (BUL) 4. Stockholm: 3B Gergely Albert (HUN) 5. Zurich: 3B Kay Weygrand (SUI) 6. Milan: 2B Janos Koncz (HUN) 7. London: SP Helmar Taube (SWE) 8. Barcelona: SP Pedro Rodriguez (ESP) 9. Vienna: SP Alois Freindametz (AUT) 10. Moscow: SP Paul MacLeod (SCO) |
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1991 All-Star Break
June 22nd 1991 - A half-season of streaks and extremes has passed. Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
W L GB W L GB
Paris 50 25 - Berlin 43 32 -
Glasgow 41 34 9 Hamburg 43 32 -
London 40 35 10 Oslo 41 34 2
Brussels 37 38 13 Stockholm 39 36 4
Dublin 37 38 13 Copenhagen 38 37 5
Amsterdam 24 51 26 Helsinki 36 39 7
WL Meditteranean EL Black Sea
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Lisbon 46 29 - Athens 42 33 -
Zurich 43 32 3 Moscow 41 34 1
Madrid 39 36 7 Sofia 40 35 2
Vienna 36 39 10 Warsaw 30 45 12
Milan 31 44 15 Prague 29 46 13
Barcelona 26 49 20 Budapest 28 47 14
Amsterdam were 5-23 after April. Barcelona also struggled in the first month, losing 12 in a row. On April 5th, 8 teams out of 24 scored 1 run or less. The longest game of the season has been an 18 inning affair between Warsaw and Stockholm that the Lumberjacks won 5-4. Paris won 15 games in a row in May, finally seeing the streak broken with an extra inning loss to Vienna. Prague lost 15 games in a row and fired their GM in the midst of the run. Player Notes - Former #1 pick, Tommy 'Fish' Woestenberg (Sofia), started the season with a bang - going 3/5 with 2 HR, 6 RBI and 5 runs scored on opening day. Also on opening day, Augusto Rith (Warsaw) went yard for the 300th time in his career. He is the first man in the EBL to reach this milestone. Patrick Lacroix (Hamburg) had already hit for the cycle when he came to bat in the 10th against Warsaw on April 30th. He proceeded to hit his second homer of the day to take his team to a win. April's Players of the Month were - WL Hitter - Paulus Penning (Lisbon) EL Hitter - Agatone Dimas (Helsinki) WL Pitcher - Adrik Selifanov (London) EL Pitcher - Michal Slimak (Helsinki) 1990's Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year, Collins Gallagher (Barcelona) struck out 15 Wolfpack hitters in his teams 4-1 win over Dublin on May 2nd. Rookie Wallace Zobel (Hamburg) had perhaps the greatest single game performance in the history of the EBL on May 28th against Prague. He hit for the cycle, going 5/5 with 2 HR, 8 RBI and 5 runs scored. Another Rookie, Foppe Valckenburgh (Budapest), was named as EL Hitter of the Month for May, with Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels) winning the equivalent award in the Western League. The Pitchers of the Month were Alexander Schimpf (Paris) and Simon Konrad (Oslo). Zurich's Bartolomej Burik hit 3 home runs in his team's 7-4 win over Milan on June 6th. Jesus Ruiz (Warsaw) pitched a one-hitter, striking out 9, against Stockholm on June 12th. Madrid's Placido Gamboa also had a one-hitter a week later, but his wasn't a shut-out. Florian Hoellwarth (Budapest) hit 4 doubles in his side's 17-16 win over Warsaw on June 14th. Significant Injuries - Dragoljub Boskovic (Dublin) won't be back until early July after injuring his groin in the first week of the season. He won 19 games in 1990. Glasgow C Ludwig Herzog was injured on May 12th and is out for the rest of the season. He was hitting .290 with 9 HR and 25 RBI at the time of his groin injury. Bernard Wulker (Prague) missed 6 weeks with a cruciate injury. Dane Meling (Madrid), who won 15 games last season for the Hawks, was injured on May 28th and won't be back until after the All-Star break. Vilfred Krak (Warsaw) will be stuck on 14 homers for the season for a while after picking up a neck injury. He should be back for the end of July. |
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1991 Final Standings
September 26th 1991 -A great EL race came down to the last day (and beyond) Code:
WL North Sea EL Baltic
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Paris 92 70 - Berlin 88 74 -
Glasgow 90 72 2 Copenhagen 87 75 1
Brussels 88 74 4 Hamburg 87 75 1
Dublin 85 77 7 Stockholm 87 75 1
London 85 77 7 Oslo 80 82 8
Amsterdam 56 106 36 Helsinki 79 83 9
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Lisbon 107 55 - Athens 92 70 -
Zurich 87 75 20 Moscow 90 72 2
Madrid 78 84 29 Sofia 80 82 12
Milan 72 90 35 Prague 70 92 22
Vienna 71 91 36 Budapest 67 95 25
Barcelona 61 101 46 Warsaw 65 97 27
Berlin, Copenhagen and Hamburg were tied going into the last day, with Stockholm just 1 game back of them all. Only the Dragons won of the three top teams, meaning that they clinched the division title. The Lumberjacks also won, meaning we had a 3 way tie for the final wildcard spot. Copenhagen were eliminated because of their poor head-to-head record with the Heat and Lumberjacks, so Hamburg and Stockholm will meet for one game in Germany to decide who gets to play Athens in the first round of the playoffs. Copenhagen had taken the division lead thanks to a 19-9 August, while Hamburg and Berlin were losing 17 and 15 respectively in the month. Zurich lost on the last day to Milan to miss out on the postseason. Athens scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Warsaw 10-9 on June 28th. Warsaw went on to struggle through the whole second half and fired their manager in September. Vienna and Lisbon played 15 scorless innings on July 20th. The Renegades won 1-0 in 16. London conceded 12 runs in the 9th in a 24-5 loss to Amsterdam on August 23rd. The next day they themselves scored 12 runs in the final frame to clinch a 17-7 win against Zurich. Player Notes - Stefan Kowleski (Glasgow) had 8 RBI in his teams 9-5 win against Milan on June 25th. Eero Lehvaslaiho was 5/5 with a double, a homer, 6 RBI and 5 runs as he led the Barcelona Iguanas to a 18-4 win against Amsterdam on June 30th. Less than two weeks later he was traded to the Milan Mud Cats. Another notable name traded was 1990's EL Rookie of the Year, Ricardo Trujillo. He had been demoted to AAA by Budapest, then he was traded to Vienna. Twelve different players of the month in the second half. The hitters were Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels), Bartolomej Burik (Zurich), Cheung 'The China Pole' Ying (Brussels), Artemis Vlakhou (Oslo), Augusto Rith (Warsaw) and Foppe Vlackenburgh (Budapest). The pitchers were Alois Maloney (Amsterdam), Panos Metrofanis (Vienna), Malcolm Kennedy (Dublin), Mirko Bukvajova (Stockholm), Rory Begley (Hamburg) and Vladimir Karakash (Sofia). London's Matyash Pertusov threw a one-hitter against Dublin on July 3rd. There were one-hitter's later in the season for Gustavo Cardenas (Moscow), Liam Bosanquet (Budapest) and Michel Thiery (Oslo). These perfomances were all toped by two no-hitters in the first week of September. The first was thrown by Warsaw rookie Milovan Jokanovic against Prague, quickly followed by Sergej Vervoort (Brussels) against Zurich. Alexander Parnevik (Milan) hit 3 solo home runs in his team's 10- win over Vienna on July 17th. Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen) had a 3/3 day against Hamburgon August 16th, which took him to 2002 career hits. He is the first man to pass 2000 hits in the EBL. Pauli Wertheim (London) successfully converted 51 save opportunities in a row (dating back to 1990). Helmuth Seipel (Athens) has become the first EBL player to win a pitching triple crown. He led the EL in wins (21), ERA (2.82) and strikeouts (236). Significant Injuries - Halran Mcrea (Lisbon) will miss the playoffs and possibly the start of the 1992 season. He was not having an amazing season (.261/7/53 on September 4th), but his absence might affect the Renegades in the postseason, as he is one of their veteran leaders. Wallace Zobel (Hamburg) who was named as the #1 prospect in baseball before the season, will miss most if not all of the 1992 season with an ankle injury. He was hitting .312 wth 14 HR and 76 RBI after 5 months of his first full season. Another promising youngster, 22 year-old Teemu Tiilikainen (Amsterdam), will miss the first few months on the 92 season with an ankle injury. He had 29 HR on the season. |
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1991 Playoffs
October 24th 1991 Play In: Stockholm 5 Hamburg 0 - Pierangelo Magherini surrendered only 6 hits over 8 innings. Chris Kos had a triple and a home run. Wilcard Round: Glasgow 1 Paris 3 - Russell Gilmartin and Ota Hospodar homered for the Cyclones. Glasgow 2 Paris 0 - Rookie Jake Malloch allowed only 2 hits through 8 innings. Paris 10 Glasgow 4 Paris 6 Glasgow 5 Brussels 2 Lisbon 1 (10) - Bohdan Leibovic struck out 11, but finished on the losing side. Brussels 6 Lisbon 3 Lisbon 8 Brussels 11 - The 107 game winners get swept at the first hurdle. Moscow 14 Berlin 4 Moscow 9 Berlin 3 - Moscow scored 5 in the 8th to push the two-time reigning champs to the brink. Berlin 5 Moscow 4 Berlin 0 Moscow 4 - Nenad Jevtic allowed two hits through 7.1 innings, to knock out the Dragons. Stockholm 6 Athens 3 - Athens got 12 hits compared to the Lumberjacks 9, but still lost. Stockholm 1 Athens 6 Athens 3 Stockholm 6 Athens 5 Stockholm 2 - Jan 'Crow' Hjelm held the Lumberjacks to 3 hits to force Game 5. Stockholm 1 Athens 3 - Helmuth Seipel struck out 8 and only allowed 3 hits in 8 innings of work. League Championship Series: Brussels 1 Paris 10 - Alexander Schimpf had a complete game for the Cyclones, who hit 4 home runs in the game. Brussels 3 Paris 4 Paris 2 Brussels 7 - Kristian Karlsson pitched a complete game for the Hitmen. Paris 3 Brussels 6 - Cheung Ying hit a 3 run shot in the 8th to give the game it's final score. Paris 7 Brussels 5 - Brussels scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th to give Paris a fright. Brussels 6 Paris 5 Brussels 1 Paris 2 - Maaik van Keulen allowed an unearned run in the first, then shut down the Hitmen the rest of the way. Moscow 6 Athens 4 - Daniel Keurost had a 5/5 day, but ended up on the losing side. Moscow 3 Athens 7 - Samuel Brann had 2 HR and 7 RBI for the Avalanche. Athens 1 Moscow 7 Athens 4 Moscow 2 - Athens scored 3 times in the 8th to move in front and reliever Christian Michel finished off the Blue Sox. Athens 2 Moscow 3 (11) - Athens scored in the top of the 11th, but Moscow responded with 2 in their half to win it. Moscow 7 Athens 5 - Moscow's second win in Greece in the seires takes them to their first ever European League Series. European League Series: Game 1 starters - Moscow: Steve Moynan (17-14, 3.23 ERA, 1.17 WHIP), Paris: Alexander Schimpf (23-6, 2.00 ERA, 1.05 WHIP) Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Moscow 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 Paris 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 X 8 10 0 Lukas Stoger (PAR) - 2/4, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R Geer Duineveld (PAR) - 2/3, 4 RBI Fabien Lefebvre (PAR) - 2/5, 3B, 3 R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Moscow 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 6 7 0 Paris 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 11 0 Arsen Pentzopoulos (MOS) - 1/4, HR, 3 RBI Paulo Cascalho (MOS) - 1/2, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 BB Paris - 4 Home Runs, all with no-one on base Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 8 1 Moscow 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 X 11 17 0 Tycho Lundgard (MOS) - 5/5, 2B, 2 RBI Teodor Zahradnicek (MOS) - 2/5, HR, 3 RBI Owen Bizos (MOS) - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 12 21 1 Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 Sippo Lahti (PAR) - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K Russell Gilmartin (PAR) - 4/6, 3 RBI, 2 R Ota Hospodar (PAR) - 4/6, 2B, RBI, 2 R Raquel Ferrobeiro (PAR) - 2/4, HR, 3 RBI, BB Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 7 14 3 Moscow 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 X 8 11 1 Fedya Makin (MOS) - 5/5, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R Ota Hospodar (PAR) - 4/5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R Ian Meoni (MOS) - 3/5, 2 2B, 2 R Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Moscow 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 8 1 Paris 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 9 10 2 Raquel Ferrobeiro (PAR) - 3/4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R Russell Gilmartin (PAR) - 2/4, 2B, 3 RBI Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Moscow 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 11 18 1 Paris 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 9 16 5 Urs Kimmel (MOS) - 5/7, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R Russell Gilmartin (PAR) - 3/6, HR, 3 RBI, R Ony Proskurnya (MOS) - 3/7, 2 2B, R Series MVP - Urs Kimmel - 9/27, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R An excellent European League Series is brought to an end with an excellent game seven and an outstanding solo performance by Urs Kimmel. Kimmel's two early homers had staked Moscow to a 7-3 lead in the 8th inning. The outstanding Raquel Ferrobeiro (10/28, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 5 R) hit a 2-run homer to get Paris closer. Moscow veteran, Ony Proskurnya, then dropped a routine flyball with two outs allowing Russell Gilmartin to tie things up with a 2 RBI single and Ota Hospodar to put Paris in front with an RBI double. Moscow didn't get to their first ever European League Series by throwing in the towel and they showed great resilience to tie things up the 9th thanks to a two-out RBI single by Fedya Makin. Arthur Mercier gave Paris a chance to win it in the bottom of the 9th by hitting a one-out double, then advancing to 3rd on a wild pitch. He chose to head for home on a ground ball and was called out on a bang-bang play at the plate. The 10th passed without incident, then in the 11th, Kimmel made history by crushing the ball over the centerfield fence to send the Blue Sox bench into raptures. |
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