Dynamo League (A Random Debut League)

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Having done these in the past and having also been inspired by other current dynasties, I have started the Dynamo League.

This league is a 40 team league with the 30 current named MLB teams and 10 expansion named teams, so teams are starting in 2015 with just 26 player rosters in most cases. All rosters were empty and an inaugural draft was held. I am controlling the Mets in this dynasty but did not draft my initial players. Hoping this goes well with the shrunken rosters for now.

All players entering in as older players will be screwed by history, it is random.

Here is the league structure and notes about each team

American League

AL East

Atlantic City Harlots - Managed by Maximo Saucedo
Top 3 Players are Anibal Sanchez, Jack Lapp and Bump Wills
Other Notable Players: Johnny Bench, Ron LeFlore

Baltimore Orioles - managed by Buck Showalter
Top 3 players are: Ken Griffey Jr, Chone Figgins and Terry Turner
Other Notable Players: Starling Marte

Boston Red Sox - managed by John Farrell
Top 3 players are: Billy Williams, Brian McCann and Chris Johnson
Other Notable Players: Richie Sexson and Ron Fairly

New York Yankees - managed by Joe Girardo
Top 3 players are: Chief Bender, Harry Niles and Carlton Fix
Other Notable Players; Larry Gura, Juan Lagares, Amos Otis

Paris (France) Triumph - managed by Mark Griffin
Top 3 players are: Tommy Bond, Gene Brabender and Tim O'Rourke
Other Notable players: Martin Prado and Lorenzo Cain

AL Central

Cleveland Indians - managed by Terry Francona
Top 3 players are: Denny Lyons, Jake Weimer and Ozzie Smith
Other Notable: Shelby Miller, Joe Pepitone, Ron Hunt

Detroit Tigers - managed by Brad Ausmus
Top 3 players are: Stan Musial, Jayson Worth and Marcell Ozuna
Other Notable: Jake Peavy, Todd Frazier

Kingston (Jamaica) Rasta - managed by Miguel Rivera
Top 3 players are: Fred Mann, Orval Grove and Cozy Dolan
Other Notable - Ferris Fain and Geremi Gonzalez

Tampa Bay Rays - managed by Joe Maddon
Top 3 players are: Roy Halladay, Chris Davis and Harry Bemis
Other Notable: Herb Score and Bill Melton

Toronto Blue Jays - managed by John Gibbons
Top 3 players are: Aramis Ramirez, Ray Durham and Catfish Hunter
Other Notable: Gerrit Cole, Ron Darling, Red Schoendist, Mike Greenwell

AL Midwest

Chicago White Sox - managed by Robin Ventura
Top 3 players are: Erik Bedard, Marianno Duncan and Orlando Cepeda
Other Notable: Mark Langston, Adrian Beltre and Dwayne Murphy

Houston Astros - managed by Bo Porter
Top 3 players are: Curt Blefary, Bob Gibson, and Bid McPhee
Other Notable: Gary Gentry and Rollie Fingers

Kansas City Royals - managed by Ned Yost
Top 3 players are: Jim O'Toole, Joe Sewell, and Ed Bailey
Other Notable: Doyle Alexander and Jerry Adair

Minnesota Twins - managed by Ron Gardenhire
Top 3 players are: Baby Doll Jacobsen, Pud Galvin and Fred Luderus
Other Notable: Armando Benitez and Jim Hickman

New Orleans Zephyrs - managed by Mike Keller
Top 3 players are: Big Ed Walsh, Hal Trosky, Yuniel Escobar
Other Notable: Hal Bradley, Dan Quisenberry

AL West

Los Angeles Angels - managed by Mike Scioscia
Top 3 players are: George Davis, Buck Herzog and Boots Hollingsworth
Other Notable: Lenny Harris and Chris Coghlan

Melbourne (Australia) Wombats - managed by Ken Cox
Top 3 players are: Charlie Keller, Mel Ott, Greg Maddux
Other Notable: Jesse Orosco and Steve Bedrosian

Oakland Athletics - managed by Bob Melvin
Top 3 players are: Wes Ferrell, Greg Luzinski, Kirby Puckett
Other Notable: Frank J Thomas, Dale Murphy

Seattle Mariners - managed by Lloyd McClendon
Top 3 players are: Charlie Bennett, Eddie Murray, Matt Garza
Other Notable: Rick Camp and Darin Erstad

Texas Rangers - managed by Ron Washingon
Top 3 players are: Johnny Callison, Scott Baker and Lloyd Brown
Other Notable: Tim Belcher and Howie Kendrick


National League

NL East

London (England) Monarchs - managed by Bernardo Perez
Top 3 players are: Jeff Burroughs, Dave Orr, Bob Welch
Other Notable: Todd Zeile, Kenny Lofton and Larry Hisle

Long Island Ripties - managed by Mike Jones
Top 3 players are: Pink Hawley, Ken Singleton and Walton Cruise
Other Notable: Gene Garber, Greg McMichael

New York Mets - manage by me
Top 3 players are: Bobby Doerr, Otis Nixon, and Carlos Zambrano
Other Notable: Aaron Sele and Rick Reichardt

Philadelphia Phillies - managed by Ryne Sandberg
Top 3 players are: Burt Hooton, Jarrod Parker and Emil Gross
Other Notable: Doug Drabek and Dave Cash

Washington Nationals - managed by Matt Williams
Top 3 players are: Evan Longoria, Ben Zobrist and Dave Stewart SP
Other Notable: Billy Martin and Adam Lind

NL Central

Atlanta Braves - managed by Fredi Gonzalez
Top 3 players are: Jim Keenan, Jimmy Rollins and Marv Goodwin
Other Notable: John Farrell (LOL), Elias Sosa, BJ Surhoff

Cincinnati Reds - managed by Brian Price
Top 3 players are: Baldy Louden, Leo Dickerman, and Steve Finley
Other Notable: JP Howell and Gaby Sanchez

Lagos (Nigeria) Oilers - managed by Justo Cintra
Top 3 players are: Charles Johnson, Pete Rose, Milt Shofner
Other Notable: Danny Jackson, Steve Balboni, John Rocker

Miami Marlins - Managed by Mike Redmond
Top 3 players are: Harry Stovey, Jesse Burkett, and Joe Carter
Other Notable: Sonny Siebert and Chad Bradford

Pittsburgh Pirates - Managed by Clint Hurdle
Top 3 players are: Barry Larkin, Victor Martinez and Lou Kretlow
Other Notable; Dallas Green, Harmon Killebrew, and Desmond Jennings

NL Midwest

Chicago Cubs - Managed by Rich Renteria
Top 3 Players are: Birdie Cree, Charlie Deal and Victor Santos
Other Notable: Dick Selma and Bruce Sutter

Colorado Rockies - Managed by Walt Weiss
Top 3 players are: Jesse Tannehill, Tony Phillips, and Phil Plantier
Other Notable: Jason Jennings, Jim Leyritz, Bobby Murcer

Cozumel (Mexico) Timeshares - Managed by Xavier Roberts
Top 3 Players are: Hyun-jin Ryu, Roy Foster and Allen Craig
Other Notable: Don Money, Tino Martinez, Johnny Briggs

Milwaukee Brewers - managed by Ron Roenicke
Top 3 Players are: Jimmy Walsh, Johnny Lindell and Brandon McCarthy
Other Notable: Davey Lopes, Rick Burleson and Brandon Moss

St Louis Cardinals - managed by Mike Matheny
Top 3 Players are: Jackie Robinson, Darrin Fletcher, and Duane Pillette
Other Notable: Tom Koehler, Ken Henderson

NL West

Arizona Diamondbacks - managed by Kirk Gibson
Top 3 Players are: Yan Gomes, George Mullin and Orval Overall
Other Notable: Daniel Murphy, Glenallen Hill and David Robertson

Las Vegas Roulettes - managed by Logan Deal
Top 3 Players are: Tim Lincecum, Howard Ehmke, and Lou Whitaker
Other Notable: Bob Uecker, Ken Caminiti, and Ed Halicki

Los Angeles Dodgers - managed by Don Mattingly
Top 3 Players are: Dan McGann, Larry Doyle, and Miguel Cabrera
Other Notable: Tanner Roark, Brandon Crawford

San Diego Padres - managed by Bud Black
Top 3 players are: Yasiel Puig, Homer Bailey and Charlie Ferguson
Other Notable: Austin Jackson, Buck Martinez, Phil Regan

San Francisco Giants - managed by Bruce Bochy
Top 3 players are: Reggie Smith, Floyd Youmans and Danny Espinosa
Other Notable: Rafael Soriano and Don Zimmer

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Spring Training has not started yet, but baseball in Lagos is off to a strange start, with some of their new players

John Rocker has already checked into tolerance classes to deal with his new surroundings and Pete Rose has already been seen with members of the Nigerian chain letter e-mail service and it does not look good for Lagos fans if Pete starts swinging at pitches in the dirt.

Meanwhile in Detroit, Stan Musial reportedly saw his outfield compatriot from behind Jayson Werth and thought he was a tall supermodel. Stan seemed miffed at Werth's apperance.

Reports out of Kingston, Jamaica say that the new ball field Marley Stadium may not be ready for opening day. Geremi Gonzalez has already reported having atmospheric highs and is concerned about his control

At Lux in Las Vegas, an odd trifecta showed up at the blackjack tables in Ken Caminiti, Bob Uecker and Tim Lincecum. The busboy at the hotel could not tell which player was the Freak.

Should have some spring training reports shortly

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Spring Training has completed and the world is enjoying having baseball beyond North America.

Here are the 10 top prospects in the game

1. Bob Sayles - Pitcher (New York Mets) - Age 25 - he is injured for most of the season for us

2. Hack Wilson - CF (Lagos Oilers) - Age 23
3. Emil Gross - C (Philadelphia Phillies) - Age 22
4. Hanley Ramirez - SS (Philadelphia Phillies) - Age 21
5. Alex Malley - Pitcher (Oakland Athletics) - Age 23
6. Andy Boswell - Pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) - Age 21
7. Dell Darling - C (Los Angeles Angels) - Age 21
8. Ron Negray - Pitcher (San Francisco Giants) - Age 22
9. Bill Crowley - 3B (Los Angeles Dodgers) - Age 18
10. Claude Osteen - Pitcher (Houston Astros) - Age 17

Traders

Melboure Wombats trade Mark DeRosa to Texas Rangers for George Decker and Jimmy Say

Miami Marlins trade Denny Sullivan and Kid Elberfeld to San Francisco Giants for Vin Campbell

News

Alvaro Espinoza (Paris) hit the juice and put on 10 pounds of muscle

Preseason Injuries

Darrell Jackson (Oakland) 2 months bowling injury
Austin Jackson (San Diego) - 5 weeks torn hip flexor
Lou Whitaker (Las Vegas) - 3 months sports hernia
Jeff Locke (Yankees) - 4-5 months sore shoulder
Johnny Lindell (Milwaukee) - 4 weeks sprained ankle
King Brady (Seattle) - 5 months shoulder inflammation
Paul Lindblad (Minnesota) - 5 months torn back muscle
Bill Evans (Atlantic City) - 4 months torn back muscle
Buck Marrow (White Sox) - 4-5 month bone spurs
Ken Ryan (Minnesota) - 5 weeks sprained ankle
Joe Sewell (Kansas City) - 3-4 week knee tendinitis
Steve Brodie (St Louis) - 6 weeks oblique strain
Joe Havlik (San Francisco ) - 6-7 months torn labrum
Carlos Santana (Texas) - 4 weeks intercostal sprain
Bill Sayles (Mets) - 5 months torn labrum
Matt Dominguez (San Francisco) - 7 month torn ulna
Jack Cullen (Kingston) - 10-11 months torn ulna
Rip Radcliffe (Seattle) - 4-5 weeks herniated disc

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Here is the roster I was dealt with have not made any trades and just juggle the lineup early on so I can get a feel for the league and players. We have a big hole at 3rd base and probably will need to deal with that this season.

The Roster

Major League Level (I started following baseball in the 70's, I will either give my take or look up who they are)

Starting Pitchers (age)

Bobby Matthews (24) - 19th century pitcher, back end of rotation for now

Mel Parnell (27) - Solid pitcher with the 1950's Braves, he is our #2 starter

Aaron Sele (34) - was decent at times in the ML for Bosox and was on the Mets at the end, backend starter here

Jamey Wright (24) - MLB journeyman who is our #3 starter this season, hope that he can eat up innings

Carlos Zambarno (24) major Cubs head case will be our ace this year, he can hit too

Relief Pitchers

Steve Arlin (23) - man who lost 20 games for the early Padres, mopping up here most likely

Pedro Borbon (22) - strong reliever for those Big Red Machine teams, hoping for good power pitching in the pen with him

Steve Burke (23) - stiff guy on the expansion Mariner teams, maybe new life here he will find something

Eddie Guardado (26) - everyday Eddie of Twins fame, will be the closer here, and try not to use him that much

Mike Holtz (26) - remembered as Angels long time lefty specialist and that is what he will do here

Jim Lehew (24) - briefly pitched in the early 60's for the O's, he is a mop up guy here

Catchers

Art Kusyner (25) - remember as the 3rd string catcher for the Brewers when teams carried 3 catchers, or the guy on the rookie cards that never mattered, he is our 2nd string here, not good

Hank Severeid (33) - he has a minor injury right now, and is our starting catcher, long time 1910's St Louis Browns catcher

Infielders

Jake Beckley (37) - our starting first baseman and long in the tooth, turn of the century singles machine, nearly had 3000 hits, well he will be lucky to get 500 in this recreationg

Bobby Doerr (30) - our starting 2nd baseman and cornerstone player, dynamic player for the Boston teams in the 1940's

Kid Gleason (35) - reserve guy on his last legs turn of the century player who drove in over 100 runs one year, with just one homer LOL

Zeb Terry (29) - another reserve guy, played for 1920's Cubs

Bill Schenck (27) - in this world, he is our starting 3rd baseman and that is not good, got up 386 times in the 19th century

Erick Aybar (30) - shortstop, good sound player from the Angels he is 30 upon receipt which is not great

Charlie Engle (26) - reserve guy, played for the 1930 Pirates

Outfield

Andy Dirks (25) - starting LF, Tiger guy that never popped in a big way, hopefully new life in this league

Gene Locklear (23) - 4th outfielder type as he was with the Padres in the 70's

Bobby Del Greco (19) - will play against lefties, he is young... mid 1950's journeyman, history could correct that

Otis Nixon (33) - temperamental guy who once charge the mound with a crescent kick, he is a leadoff hitter with no power as he was with Atlanta

Rick Reichardt (27) - our power guy in RF, he was a good power hitter for the 1960's Angels.

AAA - Bossier City Fighting Lions

We only have 1 player worthy of triple A

RP - Joe Gannon (21) - made one start in 1898

AA - Wichita Cockaroaches

These guys should be in Single A according to my scout

SP - Kurt Ainsworth (25) - failed Giants pitcher
RP - Ben Beville (23) - pitched 9 innings for Boston in 1901
RP - Hank Grampp (25) - pitched 5 innings for Cubs in 1920's
RP - Henry Thielman (22) - pitched in Cincy in 1902
RP - Bob Wiesler (27) - weak Senators pitcher in the 1950's
C - Danny Ardoin (28) - bad Rockies backup catcher
C - Tacks Latimer (23) - had 19 this for 5 teams at turn of century
SS - Jack Coffey (28) - Weak Boston Braves hitter in 1909
LF - Bob O Jones (24) - strikeout king for Rangers and Angels

DL

P - Bill Sayles (25) - bad World War II pitcher, considered the top propsect in the game in 2014, go figure

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Well the major league season kicked off, and we were able to play .500 ball in the first week, getting swept out of the gate at home by the Miami Marlins and then returning the favor to the Cozumel Timeshares at home, to finish 3-3. We have pitching, and the hitting comes together at times, but the lineup has holes.

Game #1

Miami 7 Mets 1

WP - Bugs Raymond 1-0
LP - Carlos Zambrano 0-1

Homers
Mets - Carlos Zambrano (1)

Star of Game - Sid Farrar (Miami) 2 hits, 2 RBIs'

Bugs Raymond goes the distance on opening day in our yard and some bad fielding opened up the flood gates, not to mention Steve Arlin coming out of the pen and not finding the strike zone.


Game #2

Miami 5 Mets 3

WP - George McConnell (1-0)
LP - Mel Parnell (0-1)
Save - Kirk Saarloos (1)

Homers

Miami - Harry Stovey (1,2)

A game in which Parnell pitched well but gave up the big 6th inning and Stovey had his number for the 2 bombs. Jake Beckley and Andy Dirks had 2 hits each and an RBI


Game #3

Miami 1 Mets 0

WP - Sonny Siebert (1-0)
LP - Jamey Wright (0-1)
Save - Kirk Saarloos (2)

This was a pitchers duel until Harry Stovey doubled in a run. Wright was very impessive, just could not touch Siebert at all.


Game #4

Mets 3 Cozumel 0

WP - Aaron Sele (1-0)
LP - Mike Prendergast (0-1)
Save - Eddie Guardado (1)

Star of Game - Aaron Sele (7.2 IP, 4 hits, 6 K's)

Mets wake up as Sele dominates and Bobby Del Greco delivers a 2 run pinch hit single. Rick Reichadt woke up and had 3 hits on the day


Game #5

Mets 7 Cozumel 5

WP - Bobby Mathews (1-0)
LP - Red Causey (0-1)
Save - Pedro Borbon (1)

Homers

Mets - Erick Aybar (1), Rick Reichardt (1,2)
Cozumel - Don Money (3,4)

Star of Game - Don Money (2-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI's in loss)

Mets took a big 7-1 lead due to those 3 homers but Money made it interesting with a grand slam to cut the game to 7-5 before Bordon shut the door


Game #6

Mets 3 Cozumel 2

WP - Carlos Zambrano (1-1)
LP - Corey Vance (0-1)

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano (CG, 1 ER, 4 hits, 9 K''s)

Homers
Cozumel - Don Money (5)
Mets - Bobby Doerr (1)

Doerr breaks the 2-2 tie with a homer off of Vance in the bottom of the 8th and Zambrano was a bulldog. Hank Severeid had 2 RBI's on the day

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Around the League

Injuries

Steve Finley (Cincinnati) is out 4 weeks with chronic back pains
Birdie Cree (Cubs) is out 5 months with torn labrum
Jimmy Walsh (Milwaukee) is out 5 weeks with strained hamstring
Keith Brown (Cubs) is out 5 months with raidal nerve compression

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Accomplishments

Pud Galvin (Minnesota) tosses a 3 hit shutout against the Texas Rangers

Ed Summers (New Orleans) fires a 6 hit shutout against the Los Angeles Angels

Johnny Bench (Atlantic City) collects 5 hits in a game against the Detroit Tigers

Yuniesky Betancourt (Minnesota) picks up 5 hits against the Houston Astros

Bob Ewing (Long Island) fires a 6 hit shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies

Ed Walsh (New Orleans) pitches a 5 hit shutout against the Chicago White Sox

Tommy Bond (Paris) fans 18 batters against the Atlantic City Harlots

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Trades

Long Island Riptides trade Johnny Welaj to the Boston Red Sox for John Martina

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Players of the Week

American League - Charlie Keller (Melbourne Wombats) - 10 for 21 with 3 homers and 8 RBI's

National League - Barry Larkin (Pittsburgh Pirates) - 13 for 28, with 4 HR and 10 RBI's

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Top Teams

AL - Toronto Blue Jays - 6-1
NL - Long Island Riptides - 5-1

Worst Teams

AL - New York Yankees - 1-5
NL - Philadelphia Phillies - 1-5

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Been interesting having a 40 team league and 10 new teams with their own colors and uniforms, so I will have a feature on a player on these new teams to get familiar with posting screenshots and so these teams can be actualized by readers LOL.

Paris Triumph are off to a 7-3 start in their inaugural season playing in the American League East. One trip to Evian Field in Paris across from Roland Garrou Tennis Stadium and you can sense a different atmosphere for baseball. There are no peanuts and crackerjacks here. Fans bring their own cheese to the game and the ushers bring carving boards down the aisles, not to mention that premium wine can be served at any game.

The Triumph have been lead by a "boy wonder" named Bond..... Tommy Bond. Bond had an incredible 18 strikeout performance already and is only 21 years old. (In his original life, Bond was a 40 game winners in the 1870's). Road attendance has been elevated when Bond is on the mound and Paris is leading the AL East in 2014 thanks to this ace:

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The Mets take their first road trip, which starts 20 miles away in Long Island against the Riptides and concluded in St Louis against the Redbirds.

Long Island took 2 out of 3 from the Mets, and St Louis also took 2 out of 3, with each game being settled in the final inning. Mets' lumber has been quiet and the team will look to make trades after the first month to field a better product

Game #7 - Mets 7 Long Island 2

Mets extend winning streak to 4 games as the bats came to life against Harry Breechen and the Long Island Riptides. Otis Nixon, Jake Beckley and Erick Aybar each had 3 hits.

Star of Game: Mel Parnell (7 IP, 5 hits,, 1 ER, 4 K's)

WP - Mel Parnell (1-1)
LP - Harry Breechen (0-2)

Homers
Mets - Bobby Doerr (2)
Long Island - Ken Singleton (2)


Game #8 - Long Island 6 Mets 3

Close game but Steve Arlin entered the game in the 6th inning and walked a few batters to crack open a Long Island rally

Star of Game: Sam Bowens (2-3, 2 Runs scored)

WP - Joe Grzenda (1-0)
LP - Steve Arlin (0-1)
Save - Greg McMichael (2)

Homers
Mets - Andy Dirks (1)


Game 9 - Long Island 5 Mets 2

Newly acquired John Martina was hard to solve today and despite a late rally Walton Cruise had 2 hits and 2 RBI's for the Riptides

Star of Game - John Martina - 6 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 8 K's

WP - John Martina (1-0)
LP - Bobby Mathews (0-1)
Save - Sean Lowe (1)

Homers
Mets - Andy Dirks (2), Bobby Doerr (3)
Long Island - Darryl Spencer (2)


Game #10 - St Louis 4 Mets 1 - 14 innings

Tough loss as Emil Batch crushed a 3 run homer in the 14th inning off of Aaron Sele in relief after the two teams battled to a 1-1 game. Andy Dirks and Erick Aybar had 3 hits each for the Mets.

Star of Game - Duane Pillette (8IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 7 K's)

WP - Marc Valdes (1-0)
LP Aaron Sele (1-1)

Homers

Mets - Andy Dirks (3)
St Louis - Jackie Robinson (3), Emil Batch (2)


Game #11 - St Louis 2 Mets 1 - 10 Innings

Another tough loss as Jackie Robinson had the walk off single off of Mel Parnell who pitched intot the 10th inning. Hank Severeid woke up and had 3 hits for the Mets

Star of Game - Mel Parnell (9.2IP, 7 hits, 2 ER, 3 K's)

WP - Harry Boyles (2-0)
LP - Mel Parnell (1-2)

Homers
St Louis - Freddy Parent (1)


Game #12 - Mets 7 St Louis 1

Mets break out with a 6 run 9th on the Cards pen and break the 1-1 tie, keyed by a 2 run double by Hank Severeid

Star of Game - Tom Koehler (7IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 5 K's)

WP - Jamey Wright (1-1)
LP - Gordon Seyfried (0-1)

No Homers


Weekly Update

Steve Balboni (Lagos Oilers) - hits 3 homers (3,4,5) in a game against Cincinnati

Tom Walker (Toronto Blue Jays) - pitches a 3 hit shutout against Paris

Dennis Cook (Cleveland Indians) - pitches a 2 hit shutout against Tampa Bay

George McConnell (Miami Marlins) fires a 1 hitter against Atlanta, only Atlanta hit was by Jimmy Rollins

Cap Peterson (Texas Rangers) picks up 5 hits against Kingston

Jesse Tannehill (Colorado Rockies) tosses a 3 hit shutout against Washington


Injuries

Mike Andrews (Pittsburgh) - out 8 months
Davey Lopes (Milwaukee) - out 9 months
Pepe Mangual (Cubs) - out 7 weeks
Charlie Gelbert (Yankees) - out 6 months
Walt Shoffner (Lagos) - out 3 months
Bob Dillinger (New Orleans) - out 6 months
Phil Plantier (Colorado) - out 3 weeks
Chris Truby (Milwaukee) - out 8 months
Gene Brabender (Paris) out 14 months
Buck Martinez (San Diego) - out 9 months (Was 4HR 9RBI .475)


Players of the Week

AL - Hal Trosky (New Orleans Zephyrs) - 11-20, 4 HR 8 RBI

NL - Miguel Cabrera (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 15-29 0 HR 7 RBI

Top Teams

AL Best - New Orleans Zephyrs (10-3)
AL Worst - 4 tied at 4-0

NL Best - Miami Marlins and Milwaukee Brewers (10-3)
NL Worst - Cincinnati Reds (2-11)

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Here are features on 3 new teams

Atlantic City Harlots are 6-8 to start the year, baseball is trying to carve a niche between the gambling and base of Phillies fans. Big issue so far are the call girls around the stadium and the other issue has been slot machines the concession Stands. Their top player so far is Khris Davis seen below

Kingston Rasta are 6-6 and baseball has been doing well in Kingston despite semi high price tickets and the battle to name the stadium Marley Park. The top player so far has been Orval Grove seen below

New Orleans Zephyrs are 10-3 and the toast of the American League, they are doing well and the sell out crowds at the Superdome make it even more bizarre that they never had a team up until now. Hal Trosky is fresh off of a player of the week

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The 3rd week of the season was the typical up and down for the Mets. Hosting the Cubs and Brewers at Citifield, the Mets swept the Cubs only to get swept by Milwaukee in a seesaw series. The hitting has picked up, but the bullpen seems to be an issue, still standing pat on trades.

Game #13

Mets 6 Cubs 4

Mets' bats come to life in this game and Otis Nixon and Andy Dirks each had 3 this and 2 RBI's

Star of Game - Charlie Deal (Cubs) - 3-5, HR 2 RBI's

WP - Aaron Sele - 2-1
LP - Bill Parsons - 0-2
Save - Steve Burke (1)

Homers
Cubs - Charlie Deal (1)


Game #14

Mets 9 Cubs 1

More offensive output as the Mets put up 9 runs on the Cubs thanks to the long ball and Bobby Mathews pitched a gem

Star of Game - Bobby Mathews - CG, 5 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's)

WP - Bobby Mathews (2-1)
LP - Bill Werle (1-1)

Homers
Cubs - Charlie Deal (2)
Mets - Bobby Doerr (4), Erick Aybar (2)


Game #15

Mets 2 Cubs 1

Bobby Doerr's late homer made the difference as Carlos Zambrano outdueled Victor Santos for the Mets' sweep

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano (8IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 9K's)

WP - Carlos Zambrano (2-1)
LP - Victor Santos (2-1)
Save - Eddie Guardado (2)

Homers
Cubs - Brad Fullmer (3)
Mets - Bobby Doerr (5)


Game #16

Milwaukee 7 Mets 6

Brewers jumped out to 6-0 lead and Mets climbed back into the game but not enough as the Brewers insurance run proved to be the difference. Kid Gleason had a huge pinch hit homer

Star of Game - Milt Thompson - (3 hits, 3 RBI's)

WP - Bill Voiselle (3-0)
LP - Mel Parnell (1-3)
Save - Joe Berry (5)

Homers
Mets - Kid Gleason (1)


Game #17

Milwaukee 8 Mets 7

A huge seesaw battle where Mets' pen squandered a 6-4 lead, Mets came back from being down 4-1. Johnny Lindell's 9th inning homer off of Steve Burke was the difference today

Star of Game - Johnny Lindell (3-5, HR 2 RBI's)

WP - Mike DeJean (1-0)
LP - Steve Burke (0-1)
Save - Joe Berry (6)

Homers
Milwaukee - Johnny Lindell (3)
Mets - Rick Reichardt (3), Bobby Doerr (6)


Game #18

Milwaukee 5 Mets 1

Mets pen was depleted and Bobby Mathews had to come in relief to eat innings after the Brew Crew took a 4-0 lead. Mets could not figure out Jack Rowan

Star of Game - Jack Rowan (7.2 IP, 8 hits, 1 ER, 7 K's)

WP - Jack Rowan (2-0)
LP - Aaron Sele (2-2)
Save - Steve Delabar (1)

Homers
Milwaukee - Del Gainer (2)

Around the League

Injuries

Bob Montgomery (Cincinnati) out 9 months
Dennis Powell (Paris) out 5 months
Amos Strunk (Pittsburgh) out 4 months


Performances

Tim Lincecum (Las Vegas Roulettes) fired a 1 hit shutout against the Atlanta Braves, only hit was by John Mabry

Yan Gomes (Arizona Diamondbacks) hits 3 homers against Pittsburgh Pirates, he now has 6 homers on the season

Suspensions

Marianno Duncan (Chicago White Sox) was suspended 3 games for arguing a call

Tom Poquette (San Francisco Giants) and Lefty Mills (Cincinnati Reds) were suspended 7 games each for their roles in a huge bench clearing brawl

Player of the Week

AL - Cozy Dolan (Kingston Rasta) - 14-25, HR, 8 RBI's
NL - Reggie Smith (San Francisco Giants) - 8-22, 5HR, 9 RBI's


Best/Worst

Best

AL - New Orleans Zephyrs (15-4)
NL - London Monarchs (14-6)

Worst

AL - New York Yankees (6-13)
NL - Cincinnati Reds (4-15)

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The Mets continue to struggle at 10-14. The Mets faced Boston and San Francisco this week and the pitching was just worn out. A trade was made to trade for Garrett Stephenson from Cleveland who was in their Single-A system just to get an arm that could pitch that was not tired.

Game #19

Mets 6 Boston 5 - 15 innings

Andy Dirks had the walk off single as this game wore out the pitching staff in 15 innings.

Star of the Game - Billy Williams (Boston) - 5-7, 2 RBI's

WP - Mel Parnell (2-3)
LP - Todd Ritchie (2-2)

Otis Nixon had 5 hits before getting hurt as well.


Game #20

Boston 13 Mets 4

The game where Garrett Stephenson took the mound fresh from a trade just to eat innings, it was not pleasant.

Star of the Game - Johnny Welaj - 5-6, 4 RBI's

WP - Pete Falcone (2-3)
LP - Garrett Stephenson (0-1)

Homers
Boston - Billy Williams (4)
Mets - Kid Gleason (2)


Game #21 - Boston 6 Mets 3

Mets fell behind early in the first inning 4-0 and never got back into it despite Bobby Doerr's 3 hits

Star of the Game - Brian McCann (3-4, HR, 2RBI)

WP - Bob Buhl (2-3)
LP - Jamey Wright (1-2)
Save - Doug Sisk (2)

Homers
Boston - Billy Williams (5), Brian McCann (5), Richie Sexson (4)


Game #22

San Francisco 5 Mets 4

Mets let a 4-0 lead evaporate as the tough Giants took the Mets down,.

Star of the Game - Erick Aybar (2-4, HR 2 RBI's)

WP - Larry Landreth (1-1)
LP - Aaron Sele (2-3)
Save - Rafael Soriano (7)

Homers
Mets - Erick Aybar (3), Bobby Doerr (7)
San Francisco - Reggie Smith (7)


Game #23

San Francisco 4 Mets 2

Minnie Minoso who has been awful for San Francisco hit a two run homer to break the 2-2 tie.

Star of the Game - Floyd Youmans (6.2 IP, 5 hits, 2ER, 7K's)

WP - Floyd Youmans (2-2)
LP - Bobby Mathews (2-2)
Star of Game - Ron Negray (2)

Homers
Mets - Bobby Doerr (8), Andy Dirks (4)
San Francisco - Minnie Minoso (1)

Game #24 - Mets 6 San Francisco 2

Mets break game open in the 7th as Bobby Doerr homered in his 3rd straight game

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano (6.2IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 9K's, 3-3, 2 RBI's)

WP - Carlos Zambrano (3-1)
LP - Alejandro Sanabia (0-2)
Save - Pedro Bordon (2)

Homers
Mets - Bobby Doerr (9)


Around the League

Accomplishments

Otis Nixon (New York Mets) gets 5 hits against the Boston Red Sox

Billy Williams (Boston Red Sox) gets 5 hits against the New York Mets

Orval Overall (Arizona Diamondbacks) pitches a 3 hit shutout against the Los Angeles Angels

General Crowder (Pittsburgh Pirates) pitches a 4 hit shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays

Johnny Welaj (Boston Red Sox) knocks out 5 hits against the New York Mets

Homer Bailey (San Diego Padres) pitches a 6 hit shutout with 13 K's vs the Seattle Mariners

Pink Hawley (Long Island Riptides) pitches a 2 hit shutout with 10K's vs the Baltimore Orioles

******* Hyun Jin Ryu (Cozumel Timeshares) HURLS a NO HITTER vs the Kansas City Royals and fans 12

George Davis (Los Angeles Angels) gets 5 hits against the Arizona Diamondbacks

Ed Murphy (Baltimore Orioles) pitches a 5 hit shutout against the Seattle Mariners

Cozy Dolan (Kingston Rasta) extended his hitting streak to 20 games


Injuries

Juan Lagares (Yankees) - 10 months
Bruno Haas (Tampa Bay) - 5 months
Dan McGann (Dodgers) - 6 weeks
Otis Nixon (Mets) - 3 weeks
Jackie Robinson (St Louis) - 6 weeks
Joe Birmingham (Houston) - 5 weeks
Harry Kinzy (Cincinnati) - 7 months
Mike Greenwell (Toronto) - 4 weeks


Trade

New York Mets trade Gene Locklear, Tacks Latimer to
Cleveland Indians for Garrett Stephenson


Month Awards

AL Player of the Month

Greg Luzinski (Oakland Athletics) - .370, 11 HR 23 RBI

NL Player of the Month

Miguel Cabrera (Los Angeles Dodgers) - .371 5 HR 21 RBI

AL Pitcher of the Month

Dick Drago (Cleveland Indians) - 5-0, 1.75 ERA 28K 36IP

NL Pitcher Of the Month

General Crowder (Pittsburgh Pirates) - 4-0, 1.62 ERA


Weekly Awards

AL Player of the Week

George Davis (Los Angeles Angels) - 18-20, 1 HR, 6 RBI

NL Player of the Week

Cal Abrams (San Diego Padres) - 15-28 1 HR 11 RBI's

[MarkInCincy]

Bobby Mathews is an absolute beast the vast majority of the time in My RD's, Tommy Bond is usually even better...
.....
def gonna keep following....

[majormet]

Originally Posted by MarkInCincy

Bobby Mathews is an absolute beast the vast majority of the time in My RD's, Tommy Bond is usually even better...
.....
def gonna keep following....

Thanks for reading... Mathews is a bit of an enigma thus far for the Mets, he can go through the first 9 with ease but struggles against the lineup the 2nd time around... New update... Miguel Cabrera was not kind to him, but Miggy is tough as in real life.

Tommy Bond is a franchise pitcher

[majormet]

Mets had a full week on the road and the injury to Otis Nixon has forced the lineup to be further degraded. Went 2-5 this week to now be 12-19 on the season in the NL East cellar, hard to make any trades with no assets, so this season is going to be tough to salvage

Game #25

Boston 5 Mets 4

A game in which Boston lead early and never let up as Mel Parnell continues to be ineffective

Star of Game - Richie Sexson - 3-3, 3 runs scores

WP - Bill Buhl (3-3)
LP - Mel Parnell (2-4)
Save - Dave Giusti (4)

Homers
Mets - Bobby Doerr (10)


Game #26

Dodgers 6 Mets 3

A tough battle and the usually effective Pedro Bordon gave up the 3 run walk off homer at Chavez Ravine to Miguel Cabrera

Star of Game: Bill Grief (6IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's)

WP - Luis Vizcaino (2-0)
LP - Pedro Borbon (0-1)

Homers
Dodgers - Miguel Cabrera (7)


Game #27

Mets 4 Dodgers 3 (10 Innings)

Andy Dirks stopped the bleeding with a 10th inning homer off of Lou Thuman as the Mets end their losing streak

Star of Game - Aaron Sele (6 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 3 K's)

WP - Pedro Borbon (1-1)
LP - Lou Thuman (0-2)

Homers
Mets - Bobby Doerr (11), Andy Dirks (5)


Game #28

Dodgers 11 Mets 2

Bobby Mathews was brilliant retiring the first 9 batters, but then yielded 7 runs in the 4th and that was the night for the Mets

Star of Game - Miguel Cabrera (3 hits, 2 HR's, 4 RBI's)

WP - John Dolan (3-1)
LP - Bobby Mathews (2-3)

Homers
Dodgers - Miguel Cabrera (8,9), Brandon Crawford (2), Larry Doyle (4)


Game #29

Arizona 5 Mets 1

The Mets bats made Charles Hudson look nothing like the Phillies back end starter that he was as he master the Mets and Carlos Zambrano

Star of Game - Charles Hudson (8 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 8 K's)

WP - Charles Hudson (2-3)
LP - Carlos Zambrano (3-2)

Homers
Arizona - Yan Gomes (12)


Game #30

Mets 10 Arizona 6

Rare outburst of power as Andy Dirks hit 2 homers and Bobby Doerr had 4 hits and Mel Parnell survived to garner the win

Star of Game - Andy Dirks (2-5, 2 HR 4 RBI's)

WP - Mel Parnell (3-4)
LP - Lew Moren (2-2)
Save - Pedro Borbon (3)

Homers
Mets - Andy Dirks (6,7)
Arizona - Rob Ducey (3)


Game #31

Arizona 3 Mets 2

The Diamondbacks win the series after the Mets lead 2-0 and George Mullin struggled but then found his groove

Star of Game - George Mullin (8 IP, 7 hits, 1 ER, 5 K's)

WP - George Mullin (3-2)
LP - Jamey Wright (1-3)
Save - David Robertson (6)


Accomplishments

Gary Gentry (Houston Astros) 15 K's and 3 hits allowed against the Detroit Tigers

Sonny Siebert (Miami Marlins) fires a 5 hit shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers

Cozy Dolan's 22 game hit streak was snapped

Jarred Cosart (Baltimore Orioles) fans 10 Texas Rangers in a 5 hit shutout

Johnny Sain (Pittsburgh Pirates) fires a 5 hit shutout against the Cozumel Timeshares


No Injuries for the week

Player of the Week

AL - Hal Trosky (New Orleans Zephyrs) (11-26, 2 HR 11 RBI's)

NL - Heity Cruz (San Diego Padres) (10-23, 4 HR 12 RBI's


League Best/Worst

AL

New Orleans Zephyrs 21-11
Texas Rangers 11-21

NL

Miami Marlins - 21-11
Chicago Cubs - 10-21

[majormet]

The Mets continue to struggle after winning a series from Las Vegas, they get swept by the mighty London Monarchs. The offense has been picking up, but no way to make a single trade, pitching and fielding have been erratic

Game #32

Las Vegas 9 Mets - 3

Ken Caminiti hits a big grand slam in this game as Aaron Sele did not have this good stuff

Player of the Game - Ken Caminiti, 1-3, Grand Slam, 5 RBI's

WP - Tim Lincecum (4-2)
LP - Aaron Sele (2-4)

Homers
Las Vegas - Ken Caminiti (8)
Mets - Bobby Doerr (12)

Game #33

Mets 3 Las Vegas 1

Bobby Mathews came to pitch and was very economical in his pitch count and tamed the Roulettes to one run via a homer

Star of Game - Bobby Mathews (8 IP, 9 hits, 1 Er, 4 K's)

WP - Bobby Mathews (3-3)
LP - Ed Halicki (1-3)
Save - Steve Burke (2)

Homers
Las Vegas - Greg Brock (10)
Mets - Andy Dirks (8)


Game #34

Mets 2 Las Vegas 1

This game was all Carlos Zambrano as he goes the distance and fans 14 batters in a rare Mets' series win

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano - CG, 6 hits, 14's

WP - Carlos Zambrano (4-2)
LP - Alan Benes (1-2)


Game #35

London 6 Mets 1

Mel Parnell was pitching batting practice and Jedd Gyorko hit a huge homer

Star of Game - Bob Welch (7 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 8 K's)

WP - Bob Welch (5-2)
LP - Mel Parnell (3-5)

Homers
London - Jedd Gyorko (10)

Game #36

London 10 Mets 3

The Monarchs took apart the Mets' bullpen in this game, and bad fielding

WP - Mike Mason (4-1)
LP - Jamey Wright (1-4)


Game #37

London 17 Mets 9

This is not a typical Citifield score, but the Mets' bullpen just lit kerosene all over this game, as Aaron Sele was great for 5 innings but the 82 minute rain delay enabled the Mets' pen to give up 16 runs in the back 4 innings

WP - Cal McLish (2-2)
LP - Mike Holtz (0-1)

Homers
London - Dave Orr (2)
Mets - Bobby Doerr (13), Andy Dirks (9)

Great Performances

George McConnell (Miami Marlins) tosses 4 hit shutout against Cozumel Timeshares

Elmer Myers (Houston Astros) pitches a 2 hit shutout and fans 9 against the Kingston Rastas

Tim Belcher (Texas Rangers) hurls a 3 hit shutout and strikes out 10 batters against the Atlantic City Harlots

Adam Lind (Washington Nationals) collects 5 hits vs the San Diego Padres

Fred Luderus (Minnesota Twins) picks up 5 hits against the Toronto Blue Jays

Hyun Jin Ryu (Cozumel Timeshares) hurls a 3 hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs

Buck Herzog (Los Angeles Angels) gets 5 hits in a game against the Oakland Athlectics


Injuries

Barney McLaughlin (Texas Rangers) - 4 weeks
Roy Foster (Cozumel Timeshares) - 5 weeks
Ward Miller (Kingston Rastas) - 6 weeks
Bill Dawley (New York Yankees) - 13 months
Jesse Burkett (Miami Marlins) - 6 months
Roy Halladay (Tampa Bay Rays) - 5 months

Players of the Week

AL - Johnny Callison (Texas Rangers) - 10-18, 3 HR 6 RBI's
NL - Joe Carter (Miami Marlins) - 12-27 5 HR 12 RBIs


Best/Worst Teams

AL
New Orleans Zephyrs (24-14)
Texas Rangers (14-24)

NL
Miami Marlins (26-12)
Chicago Cubs (13-25)

[majormet]

This week was more of a successful run for the Mets as they go 4-3 and 3-1 with Otis Nixon back, only problem is that Otis got hurt in the Sunday game and is out for 5 more games again, and the first place Baltimore Orioles come to town

Game #38

Philadelphia 9 Mets 3

A game that was close until the bullpen got involved as Bobby Mathews had to be lifted for a pinch hitter in a 4-3 contest

Star of Game - Alex Cole - 4 for 4

WP - Burt Hooton - (4-2)
LP - Bobby Mathews (3-4)

Homers
Mets - Rick Reichardt (4)
Philadelphia - Tommy O'Brien (2)


Game #39

Mets 4 Philadelphia 0

Carlos Zambrano is in a zone, seems like his ego is in check and he is the prototypical ace. Jake Beckley tacked on 3 hits as well.

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano - 7.1IP, 6 hits, 0 ER, 7 K's

WP - Carlos Zambrano (5-2)
LP - Jack Bracken (2-5)

Homers
Mets - Rick Reichardt (5)

Game #40

Philadelphia 6 Mets 4

Seesaw contact in which Philadelphia found it's stride against Mel Parnell.

Star of Game - Otis Clymer (4-5, 3 runs scored)

WP - Jarrod Parker (5-3)
LP - Mel Parnell (3-6)
Save - Willie Blair (10)

Homers
Mets - Andy Dirks (10)


Game #41 - Mets 8 Philadelphia 3 (10 innings)

Yes, this was an extra inning game, where the got 6 in the 9th and prayed that Garrett Stephenson and his undeveloped self could finish it.

Star of Game - Jake Beckley - (3-4, RBI)

WP - Garrett Stephenson (1-1)
LP - Joe Houser (0-1)


Game #42 San Diego 4 Mets 1

Mets could not figure out Wade LeBlanc even though Aaron Sele fanned 12 in the loss

Star of Game - Wade LeBlanc (8 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's)

WP - Wade LeBlanc (5-1)
LP - Aaron Sele (2-5)
Save - Hector Wagner (1)

Homers
San Diego - Austin Jackson (4), Cal Abrams (9)


Game #43 Mets 9 San Diego 7 (11 innings)

Crazy game where Mets were down 7-5 in the bottom of the 11th, after tying the game up in the 10th, both bullpens were spent. Andy Dirks 2nd homer, a grand slam wins game in walk off fashion

Star of Game - Andy Dirks (2-5, 2 HR 6 RBI's)

WP - Garrett Stephenson (2-1)
LP - Carl Lindquist (1-2)

Homers
Mets - Andy Dirks (11,12), Rick Reichardt (6)


Game #44

Mets 5 San Diego 0

This time Carlos Zambrano goes the distance and the Mets sat most of their regulars and won.

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano - (CG Shutout, 5 hits, 8 K's)

WP - Carlos Zambrano (6-2)
LP - Hub Perdue (5-4)

Homers
Mets - Hank Severeid (1)


Accomplishments

Bob Gibson (Houston Astros) fires a 3 hit shutout with 9 K's vs the Chicago Cubs

Ed Smith (Lagos Oiles) tosses a 6 hit shutout with 9K's vs the Miami Marlins

Jesse Tannehill (Colorado Rockies) pitches a 2 hit shutout with 14 K's against the Chicago Cubs

Greg Luzinski (Oakland Athletics) picks up 5 hits against the Baltimore Orioles

Johnny Ray (Detroit Tigers) clubs 6 hits against the Kansas City Royals

Roy Sherid (Kingston Rastas) fires a 6 hit shutout against the Minnesota Twins

Joe Sewell (Kansas City Royals) parks 3 homers against the Detroit Tigers

Roscoe Miller (Los Angeles Angels) tosses a 1 hit shutout against the Paris Triumph, lone hit by Tim O'Rourke

Injuries

Steve Brodie (St Louis Cardinals) - 4 months
Curt Blefary (Houston Astros) - 6 months
Tim Lincecum (Las Vegas Roulettes) - 4 weeks

Trade

New York Yankees trade Faye Throneberry to
St Louis Cardinals for Harry Boyles

Suspensions

Kingston Rastas and Tampa Bay Rays have bench clearing brawl, where Cozy Dolan (Kingston Rastas) and Dick Lange (Tampa Bay Rays) were suspended 7 games each


Players of the Week

AL - Billy Williams (Boston Red Sox) - 14-28, 4 HR 12 RBI
NL - Tino Martinez (Cozumel Timeshares) - 10-29 5 HR 9 RBI


Best/Worst Teams

AL

New Orleans Zephyrs (29-15)
New York Yankees (17-28)

NL

Miami Marlins (30-15)
Chicago Cubs (17-28)

[majormet]

The Mets are seeing some success at last with a 4-2 week, capping off a sweep of the Paris Triumph.

Game #45

Mets 3 Baltimore 0

Mel Parnell has found himself at last and he pitched 8 innings and the Mets squeeze a few runs out to win the contest

Star of Game - Mel Parnell (8 IP, 0 ER, 5 hits, 8K's)

WP - Mel Parnell (4-6)
LP - Jarred Cosart (2-3)
Save - Steve Burke (3)


Game #46

Baltimore 3 Mets 1

The Mets could not figure out Scott Olsen who just dazzled the Mets' batters in this one

Star of Game - Scott Olsen (8 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 11 K's)

WP - Scott Olsen (6-3)
LP - Jamey Wright (1-5)
Save - Bert Miller (5)

Game #47

Baltimore 3 Mets 1

Odd type of game in which the Mets generated 14 hits and only produced 1 run and Ken Griffey Jr's 2 run bomb gave the O's the 3-1 lead for good

Star of Game - Ken Griffey Jr (2-4, 2 run homer)

WP - Cecilio Guante (2-0)
LP - Aaron Sele (2-6)
Save - Bert Miller (6)

Homers
Baltimore - Ken Griffey Jr (13)

Game #48

Mets 5 Paris 1

Mets won this game with good pitching from Bobby Mathews and a solid 10 hit effort

Star of Game - Bobby Mathews (6 IP, 7 hits, 1 ER, 5 K's)

WP - Bobby Mathews (4-4)
LP - Blake Beavan (2-1)

Homers
Mets - Kid Gleason (3)


Game #49

Mets 10 Paris 0

The best victory of the year as Carlos Zambrano took a perfect game into the 8th inning that was broken up by Wes Helms. Rick Reichardt and Erick Aybar both had 3 RBI's each

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano (CG shutout, 3 hits, 9 K's)

WP - Carlos Zambrano (7-2)
LP - Gabe Molina (1-2)


Game #50

Mets 6 Paris 5

Mets win game in last at bat as William Stecher walked in Andy Dirks in the bottom of the 9th to seal the victory

Star of Game - Erick Aybar (2-3, 2 HR 3 RBI's)

WP - Steve Burke (1-1)
LP - William Stecher (0-4)

Homers
Mets - Erick Aybar (4,5), Bobby Doerr (14)


Accomplishments

Pink Hawley (Long Island Riptides) pitches a 5 hit shutout and fans 9 against the Atlantic City Harlots

Jesse Tannehill (Colorado Rockies) fires a 5 hit shutout and strikes out 9 Chicago White Sox

Charlie Ferguson (San Diego Padres) hurls a 2 hit shutout and whiffs 13 against the Oakland Athletics


Injuries

Terry Turner (Baltimore Orioles) 5 weeks
Huck Flener (Atlantic City Harlots) 1 week after tripping over a coffee table.. hard to play in AC

Lloyd Brown (Texas Rangers) - 4 weeks
Troy Herraile (Minnesota Twins) - 11 months
Orval Overall (Arizona Diamondbacks) - 8 months

Trades

Cleveland Indians send Dennis Cook to
Atlantic City Harlots for Luke Prokopec

San Francisco Giants send Clyde Vollmer to
Toronto Blue Jays for Eric Knott


Players of the Week

AL - Richie Sexson (Boston Red Sox) (13-23, 2 HR, 7 RBI)
NL - Pete Rose (Lagos Oilers (12-25, HR 8 RBI's)

Best/Worst Teams

AL

New Orleans Zephyrs (32-18)
New York Yankees (18-33)

NL

Miami Marlins (36-15)
Philadelphia Phillies (21-30) and Chicago Cubs (21-30)

[majormet]

May is in the books and the league is relatively competitive for the first 2 months with Miami and New Orleans at the top of their games

Monthly Awards

AL Player of the Month - Billy Williams (Boston Red Sox) - 11 HR 32 RBI .411

NL Player of the Month - Joe Carter (Miami Marlins) - 11 HR 28 RBI .315

AL Pitcher of the Month - Danny Salazar (Baltimore Orioles) - 5-0 1.05 ERA 49K's in 42IP

NL PItcher of the Month - Carlos Zambrano - (New York Mets) - 5-1 1.50 ERA 55K's 48 IP

All Star Vote Leaders

AL

Catcher - Brian McCann (Boston Red Sox)
1B - Greg Luzinski - (Oakland Athletics)
2B - George Perring - (Oakland Athletics)
3B - Adrian Beltre (Chicago White Sox)
SS - George Davis (Los Angeles Angels)
LF - Charlie Keller (Melbourne Maulers)
CF - Kirby Puckett (Oakland Athletics)
RF - Billy Williams (Boston Red Sox)

SP - Ed Walsh (New Orleans Zephyrs)
SP - Jim O'Toole (Kansas City Royals)
SP - Tommy Bond (Paris Triumph)
SP - Pud Galvin (Minnesota Twins)
SP - Chief Bender (New York Yankees)

RP - Rollie Fingers (Houston Astros)
RP - Bert Miller (Baltimore Orioles)
RP - Burke Badenhop (Oakland Athletics)


National League

Catcher - Yan Gomes (Arizona Diamondbacks)
1B - Miguel Cabrera (Los Angeles Dodgers)
2B - Danny Espinoza (San Francisco Giants) - Bobby Doerr in 2nd
3B - Evan Longoria (Washington Nationals)
SS - Barry Larkin (Pittsburgh Pirates)
LF - Jesse Burkett (Miami Marlins) - Andy Dirks in 3rd
CF - Harry Stovey (Miami Marlins)
RF - Jeff Burroughs (London Monarchs)

SP - Pink Hawley (Long Island Riptides)
SP - Carlos Zambrano (New York Mets)
SP - Jesse Tannehill (Colorado Rockies)
SP - Tim Lincecum (Las Vegas Roulettes)
SP - Hyu Jin Ryu (Cozumel Timeshares)

RP - Luis Vizcaino (Los Angeles Dodgers)
RP - Todd Frohwirth (St Louis Cardinals)
RP - Paul Assenmacher (Colorado Rockies)

[majormet]

Just a note that I forgot to save and lost power over night so had to replay the Paris series, and Mets went 2-1 instead of 3-0, but the Mets had a great week against Colorado and Long Island going 6-1 and finding their way into contention

Game #51

Mets 5 Colorado 1

A solid effort from Jamey Wright and Hank Severeid/Jake Beckley banged out 2 hits each and the Mets win their first game at Coors

Star of Game - Jame Wright (7IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 7 K's)

WP - Jamey Wright (2-5)
LP - Gerry Janeski (2-4)


Game #52

Mets 7 Colorado 2

Erick Aybar got 2 hits and 3 RBI's to lead the Mets behind Aaron Sele to an easy win

Star of Game - Aaron Sele (6 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 6 K's)

WP - Aaron Sele (3-6)
LP - Brandon Backe (3-4)
Save - Garrett Stephenson (1)

Homers
Colorado - Phil Plantier (10)


Game #53

Mets 10 Colorado 4

Mets complete the sweep as Bobby Doerr drives in 4 runs and win despite 3 Rockies' homers

Star of Game - Andy Dirks (4-5, 2 RBI's)

WP - Bobby Mathews (4-5)
LP - John Thomson (2-7)

Homers
Mets - Bobby Doerr (16)
Colorado - Jim Leyritz (5), Bobby Murcer (12,13)


Game #54

Mets 7 Long Island 3

Bobby Doerr is on a serious hot streak driving in 5 runs and Carlos Zambrano pitched 5 innings in a very long rain delayed game

Star of Game - Bobby Doerr (3-4, HR 5 RBI's)

WP - Carlos Zambrano (8-2)
LP - Bob Ewing (5-3)

Homers
Long Island - Perry Werden (7)
Mets - Bobby Doerr (17)


Game #55

Long Island 5 Mets 2

Mets faced the tough first place Riptides and their All Star leading ace Pink Hawley and lost despite getting 10 hits on the ace

Star of Game - Pink Hawley (7.2 IP, 10 hits, 2 ER, 5 K's)

WP - Pink Hawley (8-2)
LP - Mel Parnell (5-7)
Save - Greg McMichael (14)


Game #56

Mets 8 Long Island 2

Andy Dirks slammed 2 homers and drove in 5 runs to carry Jamey Wright and company to victory

Star of Game - Andy Dirks (4-4, 2 HR's, 5 RBI's)

WP - Jamey Wright (3-5)
LP - Bob Barr (2-5)

Homers
Mets - Andy Dirks (13,14)


Game #57

Mets 4 Long Island 3

Mets come from behind in the 8th down 3-2 to win the game 4-3. Aaron Sele was lifted due to a long rain delay

Star of Game - Harry Brecheen (CG, 7 hits, 4 ER, 2 K's)

WP - Eddie Guardado (1-0)
LP - Harry Brecheen (3-9)


Accomplishments

Ned Garver (San Francisco Giants) pitches a 2 hit shutout against the London Monarchs

Ed Walsh (New Orleans Zephyrs) hurls a 4 hit masterpiece fanning 8 batters against the Chicago White Sox

Tom Koehler (San Francisco Giants) fires a 6 hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs, fanning 7 batters

Duane Pillette (St Louis Cardinals) tosses a 3 hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs with 10 K's

Ethan Allen (Texas Rangers) collects 5 hits in a game against the Los Angeles Angels


Injuries

Chris Peters (Detroit Tigers) out 13 months
Mike Mason (London Monarchs) out 5 months
Harry Stovey (Miami Marlins) out 6 weeks
Red Schoendist (Toronto Blue Jays) out 5 weeks
Kimera Bartee (Atlanta Braves) out 4 months


Suspensions

Danny Espinosa (San Francisco Giants) and Willie Sudhoff (Atlanta Braves) were suspended 4 games each for their role in a brawl between these teams


Trades

Seattle Mariners trade Bobby Ayala to
Kansas City Royals for Gus Alberts

Players of the Week

AL - Joe Pepitone (Cleveland Indians) 5 HR 11 RBI .469
NL - Yasiel Puig (San Diego Padres) 3 HR 7 RBI .478


Top/Bottom Teams

AL

Best - Boston Red Sox (35-22) and Chicago White Sox (35-22)
Worst - New York Yankees (18-39)

NL

Best - Miami Marlins (39-18)
Worst - Chicago Cubs (21-37)

[majormet]

The Mets continued with their hot streak with 2 wins over Washington before losing the 3rd game and then getting swept by the tough San Francisco Giants at home

Game #58 - Mets 4 Washington 2

A game where Bobby Mathew and the bullpen held on for the win.

Star of Game - Evan Longoria - 2-3, HR 2 RBI's

WP - Bobby Mathews (5-5)
LP - Elmer Jacobs (1-3)
Save - Pedro Borbon (5)

Homers
Washington - Evan Longoria (15)
Mets - Bobby Doerr (18)


Game #59

Mets 3 Washington 2

Another strong performance by Carlos Zambrano in this game including with his bat as the Mets nip the Nats in the 2nd game of the series

Star of Game - Carlos Zambrano (8IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 9K, HR 2 RBI's)

WP - Carlos Zambrano (9-2)
LP - Mike Paul (2-6)
Save - Eddie Guardado (3)

Homers
Mets - Carlos Zambrano (2), Kid Gleason (3)


Game #60

Washington 13 Mets 4

Mel Parnell fanned 10 guys in the first 5 innings but the Nationals broke out the lumber and thumped the Mets

Star of Game - Jim Hegan (3-6, 2 HR 4 RBI's)

WP - Dave "Smoke" Stewart (7-3)
LP - Mel Parnell (5-8)

Homers
Washington - Jim Hegan (2,3)
Mets - Rick Reichardt (7)


Game #61

San Francisco 7 Mets 6

Mets blow the early 4-0 lead in this game as Jamey Wright kept walking the leadoff batter each inning. Bobby Doerr has caught fire even though there was a loss

Star of Game - Bobby Doerr (2-4, HR 3 RBI's)

WP - Dick McCabe (3-1)
LP - Eddie Guardado (1-1)
Save - Rafael Soriano (14)

Homers
Mets - Bobby Doerr (19)

Game #62

San Francisco 9 Mets 7

Wacky game where Mets were down 9-1 in the 9th and almost came back

Star of Game - Bobby Doerr (4-5, 2 RBI's)

WP - Larry Benton (3-4)
LP - Aaron Sele (3-7)
Save - Rafael Soriano (15)

Homers
Mets - Andy Dirks (15)


Game #63

San Francisco 8 Mets 0

Floyd Youmans and the bullpen hold the Mets to a lone Bobby Doerr single in this 1 hit game where the Mets' bats fell asleep

Star of Game - Floyd Youmans (71. IP, 1 hit, 8 K's)

WP - Floyd Youmans (7-3)
LP - Bobby Mathews (5-6)


Accomplishments

Stan Musial (Detroit Tigers) - hits a 20 game hitting streak which gets snapped the next day

Jack Rowan (Milwaukee Brewers) allows just 2 hits in a shutout win over the Colorado Rockies and fans 11 in the process

Freddie Fitzsimmons (Miami Marlins) hurls a 3 hit shutout with 9 K's vs the Chicago Cubs

Esteban Loaiza (Melbourne Maulers) pitches a 1 hit shutout and strikes out 11 against the Paris Triumph, lone hit was by Lorenzo Cain

Bill Wambsganses (Seattle Mariners) throws a 5 hit shutout against the Baltimore Orioles

Tanner Roark (Los Angeles Dodgers) pitches a 6 hit shutout against the London Monarchs and fans 7 batters


Injuries

Fred Hutchinson (Tampa Bay Rays) out 3 weeks
Tiny Chaplin (Tampa Bay Rays) out 4 months
Dave Orr (London Monarchs) out 8 months, was leading NL hitter (.366)
Joe Sewell (Kansas City Royals) out 3 weeks
Max Butcher (Los Angeles Angels) out 6 months


Trade

St Louis Cardinals trade Carlos Marmol to
Arizona Diamondbacks for Bill Lamar


Player of the Week

AL - Billy Williams (Boston Red Sox) (1 HR 2 RBI. 13-24)
NL - Dale Sveum (San Francisco Giants (1 HR 11 RB 18 for 27)

Best/Worst Teams

AL

Best - Chicago White Sox (40-24)
Worst - New York Yankees (23-40)

NL

Best - Miami Marlins (43-20)
Worst - Chicago Cubs (23-41)

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The Mets started out well this week winning their series with Atlantic City but then proceeded to get swept in the Bronx by the lowly Yankees

Game #64

Atlantic City 4 Mets 3

Some shoddy fielding by Kid Gleason and Erick Aybar and Carlos Zambrano was invincible

Star of Game - Henry Gruber - 7.1 IP 8 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's

WP - Henry Gruber - (6-6)
LP - Carlos Zambrano (9-3)
Save - Don Hankins (18)

Homers

Mets - Andy Dirks - (16)


Game #65

Mets 2 Atlantic City 0

Mel Parnell found his stuff and dominated this game and Hank Severeid/Erick Aybar had 2 hits each

Star of Game - Mel Parnell (CG Shutout, 4 hits, 5 K's)

WP - Mel Parnell (6-8)
LP - Derek Holland (3-3)


Game #66

Mets 5 Atlantic City 3

Jamie Wright pitched decently enough in this game in which the Mets had a spread out attack and won

Star of Game - Ernie Broglio (7 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 9 K's)

WP - Jamey Wright (4-5)
LP - Don Hankins (1-2)
Save - Garrett Stephenson (2)


Game #67

Yankees 8 Mets 0

The Mets could not figure out Chief Bender, while Aaron Sele just did not have it

Star of Game - Chief Bender (CG, Shutout, 6 hits 8 K's)

WP - Chief Bender (8-4)
LP - Aaron Sele (3-8)

Homers
Yankees - John Flynn (8), Kole Calhoun (13)


Game #68

Yankees 7 Mets 1

This time around Jack Lively goes the distance and the Mets were lost in the Bronx

Star of Game - Jack Lively (CG, 7 hits, 1 ER, 5 K's)

WP - Jack Lively (5-3)
LP - Bobby Mathews (5-7)

Homers
Mets - Rick Reichardt (8)


Game #69

Yankees 4 Mets 2

Rusty Torres ironically playing for the Yankees and not on the pedo list won the game with 2 a run shot

Star of Game - Rick Helling (8 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER 4 K's)

WP - Rick Helling (4-6)
LP - Carlos Zambrano (9-4)
Save - Charlie Deward (12)

Homers
Yankees - Rusty Torres (6)


Accomplishments

Homer Bailey (San Diego Padres) fires a 1 hit shutout against the Melbourne Maulers, only hit by Ken Keltner

Jim Keenan (Atlanta Braves) pitches a 5 hit shutout against the Tampa Bay Rays

Ken Singleton (Long Island Riptides) drills 3 homers against the Paris Triumph

Frank Arellanes (Chicago White Sox) hurls a 4 hit shutout and fans 10 batters against the St Louis Cardinals

Signings

Dick Ruthven signs a 4 year $27 million dollar deal to stay with the Minnesota Twins


Injuries

Dan McGann (Los Angeles Dodgers) out 6 weeks
Dan Boone (Paris Triumph) out 7 months
Joe Carter (Miami Marlins) out 2 months, he had 23 homers
Fred Mann (Kingston Rastas) is out 3 months
Robert Fick (Long Island Riptides) out 8 months


Player of the Week

AL - Mike Greenwell (Toronto Blue Jays) 2 HR 10 RBI 13 for 27
NL - Jimmy Rollins (Atlanta Braves) - 3 HR 9 RBI 12 for 25

Best/Worst Team

AL

Best - Chicago White Sox (43-27)
Worst - New York Yankees & Toronto Blue Jays (27-42)

NL

Best - Miami Marlins (47-22)
Worst - Chicago Cubs (23-47)