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Re: you're only as good as your last game
Justin Noga
Good job !
On Thursday, June 24, 2021, 10:16:31 PM CDT, Matt DeMello via groups.io <demellomatt@...> wrote:
The Springfield Isotopes, a cocksure bunch after taking 20 wins from their first 30 games, took a trip to the Junkyard Thursday afternoon for a three-game set against the lower division Balldogs. After cruising to an easy victory in Game 1, the 'Topes, perhaps suffering from a bout of overconfidence, dropped the final two games, and the series, to the sub .500 Dogs. Springfield pounded out 12 hits in the opener, a 12-3 victory for the visitors. Leadoff man Tim Raines, batting .302 on the year, went 3 for 6 with three runs, and shortstop Spike Owen contributed three RBI. Barry Bonds took a mini-break from his slump by whacking a grand slam in the seventh inning to put the game out of reach. Back of the rotation starter Mike Moore (5.70 ERA) threw a complete game to improve to 2-3. In his second start of the year, the Dogs' Mike Bielecki (0-1) was hammered, giving up eight runs in six innings. At this point you could forgive the Fish for believing a series win was a foregone conclusion, and a sweep a definite maybe. Although better starters were available, Springfield trotted out another pitcher with an ERA north of 5, Chuck Finley, in Game 2. The gamble did not pay off. Dave Winfield and Andre Dawson whacked home runs, John Olerud doubled home a pair, and the BallDogs got six innings of two-run ball (one earned) from John Burkett (2-2, 2.50). The final score was Dogs 7, Fish 3. With the series up for grabs, Springfield belatedly turned to one of their two aces in the series finale, control artist Bob Tewksbury (the other being the 6-0 Curt Schilling). Tewks was money, but so was his opposite number, Black Jack McDowell. The contest was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth, at which point the home team scored a pair, both with two outs. Randy Velarde singled to plate one, and another came home via a disputed balk. Finding themselves behind in a game they fully expected to win, the Fish finally responded in the top of the seventh, tying the score at 2-2 on hits by Raines and Phil Clark.? In the Topes' seventh-inning rally Tewksbury was lifted for a pinch hitter. Doug Jones and his division-best nine saves took the mound to begin the eighth, but the Dogs took another bite of Fish, again doing their damage with two outs. Alan Trammell reached via error, and scored on Velarde's triple to give the home team a 3-2 lead. Roberto Hernandez and Dennis Eckersley (0-0, eight saves) allowed just a walk between them in the eighth and ninth to protect the hard-fought victory, making a winner out of McDowell (4-3, 3.30).? With the midpoint of the season approaching, the Dogs can smell .500 at 16-17. The Isotopes (21-12) are in second place, a game and a half behind the Trailers. |
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you're only as good as your last game
The Springfield Isotopes, a cocksure bunch after taking 20 wins from their first 30 games, took a trip to the Junkyard Thursday afternoon for a three-game set against the lower division Balldogs. After cruising to an easy victory in Game 1, the 'Topes, perhaps suffering from a bout of overconfidence, dropped the final two games, and the series, to the sub .500 Dogs.
Springfield pounded out 12 hits in the opener, a 12-3 victory for the visitors. Leadoff man Tim Raines, batting .302 on the year, went 3 for 6 with three runs, and shortstop Spike Owen contributed three RBI. Barry Bonds took a mini-break from his slump by whacking a grand slam in the seventh inning to put the game out of reach. Back of the rotation starter Mike Moore (5.70 ERA) threw a complete game to improve to 2-3. In his second start of the year, the Dogs' Mike Bielecki (0-1) was hammered, giving up eight runs in six innings. At this point you could forgive the Fish for believing a series win was a foregone conclusion, and a sweep a definite maybe. Although better starters were available, Springfield trotted out another pitcher with an ERA north of 5, Chuck Finley, in Game 2. The gamble did not pay off. Dave Winfield and Andre Dawson whacked home runs, John Olerud doubled home a pair, and the BallDogs got six innings of two-run ball (one earned) from John Burkett (2-2, 2.50). The final score was Dogs 7, Fish 3. With the series up for grabs, Springfield belatedly turned to one of their two aces in the series finale, control artist Bob Tewksbury (the other being the 6-0 Curt Schilling). Tewks was money, but so was his opposite number, Black Jack McDowell. The contest was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth, at which point the home team scored a pair, both with two outs. Randy Velarde singled to plate one, and another came home via a disputed balk. Finding themselves behind in a game they fully expected to win, the Fish finally responded in the top of the seventh, tying the score at 2-2 on hits by Raines and Phil Clark.? In the Topes' seventh-inning rally Tewksbury was lifted for a pinch hitter. Doug Jones and his division-best nine saves took the mound to begin the eighth, but the Dogs took another bite of Fish, again doing their damage with two outs. Alan Trammell reached via error, and scored on Velarde's triple to give the home team a 3-2 lead. Roberto Hernandez and Dennis Eckersley (0-0, eight saves) allowed just a walk between them in the eighth and ninth to protect the hard-fought victory, making a winner out of McDowell (4-3, 3.30).? With the midpoint of the season approaching, the Dogs can smell .500 at 16-17. The Isotopes (21-12) are in second place, a game and a half behind the Trailers. |
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Fw: League Openings
Ken Schulz
Hi Guys see below and let John know if your interested in one or both.? John does our websites in Labl Dabb Gabl Long Haul and Bitball.
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Canton at California
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, -- Albert Belle stroked a two-run homer and Tracy Woodson, subbing for the injured Ken Caminiti, singled home a run and that was all Dave Fleming and three relievers needed to win game 1. Woodson was 3 for three off the bench. Joe Carter and Gary Carter
(no relation) each drove in runs for the Tide.?
Game 2 Comets 8 Tide 2 -- Don Slaught had three hits, including a double and a homer, and drove home four runs, while Ken Caminiti also homered and had two RBI for the Comets as Canton pulled away late in game two.? Ron Darling scattered seven hits and
only walked one in holding the Tide in check and going the distance for the Comets. Charlie Hayes doubled home one run and then scored on a Sid Bream single for the Tide. Joe Carter had two singles for California.?
Game 3 Comets 6 Tide 1 -- Mike Sharperson hit a two-out, three-run homer off Scott Olson in the top of the ninth to break open a 2-1 contest for the Comets. Dennis Martinez improved to 4-2 with the win after allowing just three hits to the Tide. Gary
Carter's sacrifice fly put the Tide up 1-0 in the bottom of the second before Mark McGwire hit a two-run homer in the fourth to give Canton the tenuous lead that Martinez made hold up until the insurance runs in the top of the ninth.?
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Re: Free Agent Pickup
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Can you give me Omar Olivares, to replace Donovan Osborne. I am also dropping Alan Mills
Sent from From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Bob McCurdy <bmccurdy7@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 11:07 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [dabb] Free Agent Pickup ?
Roster on the website says 29. Are you looking at Louisville?
On Jun 19, 2021, at 11:05 AM, Ken Schulz via groups.io <schulzka02@...> wrote:
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Re: Free Agent Pickup
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Lol, no problem. Now I need to go find a pitcher to replace Osborne
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Schulz via groups.io <schulzka02@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 11:09:40 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [dabb] Free Agent Pickup ?
whoops, yep wrong manager.? My bad Bob.
On Saturday, June 19, 2021, 11:07:51 AM EDT, Bob McCurdy <bmccurdy7@...> wrote:
Roster on the website says 29. Are you looking at Louisville?
On Jun 19, 2021, at 11:05 AM, Ken Schulz via groups.io <schulzka02@...> wrote:
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Re: Free Agent Pickup
Ken Schulz
whoops, yep wrong manager.? My bad Bob.
On Saturday, June 19, 2021, 11:07:51 AM EDT, Bob McCurdy <bmccurdy7@...> wrote:
Roster on the website says 29. Are you looking at Louisville? On Jun 19, 2021, at 11:05 AM, Ken Schulz via groups.io <schulzka02@...> wrote:
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Re: Free Agent Pickup
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On Jun 19, 2021, at 11:05 AM, Ken Schulz via groups.io <schulzka02@...> wrote:
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Re: Free Agent Pickup
Ken Schulz
Take a look at your roster on the website and let me know what is not correct.? Thank you.? We are allowed 30.
On Saturday, June 19, 2021, 11:03:26 AM EDT, Bob McCurdy <bmccurdy7@...> wrote:
Without Donovan Osborne, I show 29 on my roster.? How many are we allowed to have?
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Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 10:18 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [dabb] Free Agent Pickup ?
Bob I have you at 34 players.? You will need to cut down some guys to the roster limit.
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Re: Free Agent Pickup
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Schulz via groups.io <schulzka02@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 10:18 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [dabb] Free Agent Pickup ?
Bob I have you at 34 players.? You will need to cut down some guys to the roster limit.
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Re: Louisville adds Donovan Osborne to a 1 year contract
James Ramsey
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Hi Bob, We both have Donovan Osborne on our team. My email got hacked a while back so I don't have any emails prior to 5/31, but I released Dennis Rassmussen and picked up Donovan. Looks like it was never processed, not sure what to do. I sent that email out
around 5/9 cause Donovan pitched 5/9 for me. James
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Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 1:38 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [dabb] Louisville adds Donovan Osborne to a 1 year contract ?
Realizing I just didn't have enough starts to get through the season
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Re: Yo Eleven
开云体育Thanks for the kind words Bruce. Looking forward to more wins and less kindness next time we play.?On Jun 16, 2021, at 4:29 PM, Bruce Grant <brucemgrant@...> wrote:
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Re: Yo Eleven
Bruce Grant
开云体育Matt, As an old guy (59 years of APBA), this series was one of the most tense and best I’ve been evolved in. Only at the end of game 2 did I pause for a second to relax. Barry was going to be my first draft and his 2 homers proved his worth. My hat is off to your team and your ability to manage. Your write up is great, I wish I had the skill. As an analyst I have always had to spout the point with mundane statistics and get to watch it translated into political puff. I hope that we can have additional games in the future with what ever teams we chose. You are a most worthy opponent. I studied hard for this series and I came out ahead – this time. Since you like Paul Faries so much I will try to save him for our future encounters. May your team keep doing well and go far. ? Bruce ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt DeMello via groups.io ? Riding an eight-game winning streak, the 16-8 Trailers traveled to Springfield Wednesday to take on the 17-7 Isotopes. Despite a fair amount of opposition, the Mountain Folk ran the table, sweeping the Fish to make it 11 wins in a row. |
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Second Bite of the Apple
Having just measured themselves against division heavyweight Appalachia, and come up wanting, the Springfield baseball club was afforded another opportunity to test their mettle Wednesday afternoon in New Jersey. The Fish, until recently the darlings of the division, found themselves in third place after getting swept by the Trailers. Their three-game set against the second-place Zephyrs could very easily answer the question: how good are the Istotopes?
Well, the kids are alright. In a series where each game could have gone to either team, the Fish were the luckier club and escaped Hoboken with three wins.? Hoboken was cruising behind starter Pete Smith (1-2, 1.88) in Game 1, up 3-0 halfway through. Springfield's Bob Tewksbury balked home a run in the second (with Smith up to bat, no less!) and gave up back to back bombs to The Robins in the fourth (Ventura's third, Yount's second). After having collected just 14 hits over three games against the Trailers, the Fish were only slightly better against Hoboken, totaling just six hits in the opener. But lucky for them, the home side forgot how to field over the space of two innings. In the fifth, Springfield's Scott Fletcher stole third base with two outs and scored when Darren Daulton's throw sailed into left field, making the score 3-1. Errors on consecutive plays in the sixth led to four more runs and a 5-3 Tope advantage. It ended Springfield 6, Hoboken 4, with four of the runs being unearned. Tewksbury wasn't too proud to take the win, though, running his season mark to 5-1 (his 1.91 ERA is good for fourth in the division, minimum 25 IP). When the lineups were announced, Game 2 looked like it might shape up to be a pitcher's duel, and boy was it ever. Hoboken's Big Wegman (coming in, 3-0 and leading the division in ERA) faced off against Springfield's Curt Schilling (coming in, 5-0 and a 1.60 ERA). The Fish scored two runs, one the result of a hit and run single/sac fly, the other on a suicide squeeze. That was plenty for Schilling, who was pulled in the ninth with two outs and a man on. Doug Jones retired the final batter of the game to preserve the 2-0 victory, in the process recording his league-best ninth save. Wegman went the distance for Hoboken but was saddled with the hard luck loss. The Isotopes collected six hits in the finale, the seventh straight game the Fish tallied seven hits or less. The only reason Springfield is still relevant in the division is because of their pitching. Jose Guzman and three relievers held the Zephyrs to one run in Game 3. Whatever offense the Topes mustered came in the second, when three consecutive hits produced three runs. Having done their job, the hitters took the remainder of the game off. It ended Springfield 3, Hoboken 1. Hoboken's Jim Abbott (1-1, 3.60) was the hard luck loser this time around, going the distance but taking his first loss of the year (the Zephyrs never had to go to their pen in any of the three games). Currently, the Tiant Division looks like this: the Trailers are on top, at 19-8. Springfield is a half game back at 20-10, while the Zephyrs, having played significantly fewer games, are in third place with a record of 13-8. ? |
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Yo Eleven
Riding an eight-game winning streak, the 16-8 Trailers traveled to Springfield Wednesday to take on the 17-7 Isotopes. Despite a fair amount of opposition, the Mountain Folk ran the table, sweeping the Fish to make it 11 wins in a row.
AP's Mike Mussina and Springfield's Curt Schilling faced off in the opener, and both performed like a Game 1 starter should. The contest was scoreless after nine, Schilling having departed after eight but Mussina still the pitcher of record when his team batted in the top of the 10th. Steve Finley greeted Springfield's?Jeff Brantley with a double to lead off the inning, but that was nothing compared to what teammate Terry Steinbach did next. The backstop launched his first home run of the year over the center field wall to put his team in front 2-0. Mussina worked around a leadoff walk in the bottom inning to finish a 10-inning complete game shut out, not an everyday occurrence these days. The right-hander improved to 2-1 on the year, in the process lowering his ERA to 2.86. After collecting four hits in Game 1, the Isotopes took a step backwards in Game 2, totaling just three hits against right hander John Smoltz (3-2, 3.27). The Fish made the most of the meager pickings, however, as the game was tied 3-3 after five innings thanks to a two-out, bases-loaded triple by Springfield's Daryl Boston (the big hit followed the first of two errors by AP's little-used infielder Paul Faries).? Eventually the Trailers pulled away, scoring one in the sixth, two in the eighth and three in the ninth to blow it open. The final score was 8-3, with the bulk of the damage done by Appalachia's 7-8-9 hitters, who combined for three runs and five RBI (Smoltz helped himself with a pair of run-scoring hits). Third baseman Kevin Young was 3 for 3, and is 11 for 12 on the season, with nine runs and five stolen bases in four games. However, it's rumored that Young may be leaving the club shortly, on to bigger and better things. The series finale was another close one. Faries doubled and scored on Otis Nixon's single to give the Trailers a 1-0 advantage in the top of the first, but the home team took their first lead of the series on Kent Hrbek's two-run dinger, his fourth, in the bottom of the frame. The lead was extended to 3-1 when Barry Bonds homered to lead off the fourth, the only hit in the series for Springfield's slumping right fielder. Otis Nixon's sac fly made it 3-2 after six, and it was still 3-2 in the ninth, the Fish desperate to salvage a win in front of their home fans. Mike Perez was tasked with safeguarding the narrow lead, and he started well, retiring Moises Alou for the first out of the inning. But Alex Arias roped a double, and Young, representing the go-ahead run, worked Perez for a walk, bringing Faries to the plate. Faries cracked his second double of the game, plating both runners and silencing the crowd with one swing of his bat. Appalachia led 4-3, starter Charles Nagy (5-1, 2.40) gave way to Darren Holmes (the first time in the series the Trailers had deigned to go to their 'pen), and the Fish went quietly in the ninth, having by this time lost all their chips. After their miraculous run of 11, Appalachia is at 19-8, looking down at the rest of the Seitz. The Topes are in third, two back, at 17-10. |
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Tit at Stl
Game 1 - Tit 11 Stl 1? - w 1 out in the 1st VanSlyke singled in Sanders for a 1-0 lead which eventually grew to 7-0. Stl breaks up the shutout in the 8th. Van Slyke w 4 hits for Tit, Stl w 4 hits total , impressive win for the visitors?
Game 2 - Stl 8 Tit 5 - Tit jumps out 3-0 but Stl roars back behind Dave Justice 3 hit game to send the home fans home happy? Game 3 - Tit 8 Stl 3 - Tit up 3-0 after 1 and rides to the win, Molitor with 4 hits and a 2 homers |
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