FOOL-X 2011 Regular Season

[Alan T]

Time to kick off the season sim. Getting exports now

[Alan T]

St Louis Hops: Signed free agent 1B Rick Scott to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,920,000.

New York Legends: Signed free agent 2B Hugues Raymond to a 1-year contract worth a total of $8,000,000.

Spring Lions: Signed free agent C Roberto Marino to a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,600,000.

St Louis Hops: Signed free agent 2B Ovidiu Popa to a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,012,000.

Spring Lions: Signed 2B Jesús Coronado to a minor league contract extension.

[Alan T]

Ok, everything is all set! time to get the season rolling. Good luck everyone.

[Alan T]

Maricopa Reliever Named RL #1 Pitcher
Sunday, May 1st, 2011: Juan Reynoso has been around the league long enough to know that relievers are often overlooked. That has never stopped him from doing what he does best -- and he did it extremely well in April and stole away with the Republic League Pitcher of the Month award.

The Rattlers bullpen ace collected 7 saves and 18 strikeouts in 16 innings, holding the opposition to a .135 average and posting a 0.56 ERA and a 1-0 record.


CL Selects McAtee April's #1 Pitcher
Sunday, May 1st, 2011: Over the past month Chris McAtee has turned quite a few heads. He's young, talented and able to pitch with the established arms in the Continental League. He proved all that and now he's been named April's Pitcher of the Month.

The rookie for the Stafford Terriers posted 5-0 mark and a 1.36 ERA. In 5 starts he tossed 33 innings, permitted 26 hits and fanned 21 batters.

[Alan T]

Spring Shortstop RL's Best Batter in April
Sunday, May 1st, 2011: There's nothing like putting up good, solid numbers in the last year of your contract. Today Mike Livengood helped his contract negotiations by nabbing April's Republic League Batter of the Month honors.

The Spring shortstop put together a .411 batting average with 3 home runs, 20 RBIs and 22 runs scored.

Someone will surely be opening up the vault this offseason if Livengood continues at this brisk pace.


Huerta Crowned Batter of the Month in April
Sunday, May 1st, 2011: On the heels of a very productive April, Luis Huerta received Continental League Batter of the Month recognition today.

The battle-tested right fielder hit .446 for the St Louis Hops and racked up 8 home runs, 28 RBIs and 21 runs scored.

[Alan T]

April's Best Rookie In a Class by Himself
Sunday, May 1st, 2011: Keith Gorringe moved to the head of the class today as the 28-year-old left fielder for Spring bagged the Republic League Rookie of the Month trophy for April.

Over that stretch Gorringe batted .341 with 31 hits in 91 at-bats, collecting no home runs, 9 RBIs and 19 runs scored.


April's Spotlight Falls on Rookie Star
Sunday, May 1st, 2011: April's Rookie of the Month Award in the Continental League went to Chris McAtee of Stafford.

He was outstanding in 5 starts last month as he notched 5 wins and no losses, a 1.36 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 33 innings.

[Alan T]

May 1st, 2011:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Washington Freedom 17 7 .708 - 15-9 2 11-4 6-3 4-0 7-2 138 W7 8-2 Plantana Pirates 16 8 .667 1 15-9 1 5-2 11-6 0-3 3-4 W4 8-2 Chicago Cardinals 16 9 .640 1½ 13-12 3 12-4 4-5 4-0 7-2 L1 7-3 Havana Banana Sluggers 12 14 .462 6 12-14 0 10-10 2-4 1-1 6-4 W1 5-5 St Louis Hops 11 13 .458 6 12-12 -1 5-4 6-9 1-2 4-6 L6 3-7 St Cloud Raindrops 9 15 .375 8 7-17 2 2-6 7-9 1-0 3-2 W1 3-7 Stafford Terriers 9 16 .360 8½ 10-15 -1 5-7 4-9 1-3 3-5 L1 3-7 Balzac Ticklers 8 16 .333 9 13-11 -5 3-8 5-8 0-3 0-8 L5 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Maricopa Rattlers 15 9 .625 - 13-11 2 11-4 4-5 0-0 3-0 137 W1 8-2 New York Legends 14 11 .560 1½ 14-11 0 9-7 5-4 1-0 3-3 W8 8-2 Cumberland Defenders 13 11 .542 2 13-11 0 5-3 8-8 2-3 6-3 L3 5-5 Virginia Beach Surf 13 11 .542 2 13-11 0 5-6 8-5 0-1 3-6 W2 6-4 Cleveland Naps 12 14 .462 4 11-15 1 9-11 3-3 0-2 5-3 W2 5-5 Spring Lions 11 13 .458 4 13-11 -2 2-7 9-6 1-1 2-4 L1 4-6 Portland Axemen 11 14 .440 4½ 12-13 -1 6-6 5-8 2-0 1-2 L6 2-8 Ann Arbor Wolverines 9 15 .375 6 9-15 0 3-4 6-11 1-0 2-4 L2 2-8

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG L. Huerta - STL .446 2 M. Livengood SPG .411 3 M. Price CLE .393 4 H. Ledward VIR .388 5 G. Winters POR .371	League Leaders HR Y. Kong - NY 9 2 L. Huerta STL 8 2 Z. Kum CHI 8 2 J. Wright CMB 8 5 6 tied with 7	League Leaders RBI L. Huerta - STL 28 2 Y. Kong NY 27 3 G. Gilbert CLE 24 3 J. Martínez PLN 24 5 2 tied with 23
League Leaders W C. McAtee - STA 5 2 R. López CLE 4 2 J. Martínez CMB 4 2 G. Navarro PLN 4 5 13 tied with 3	League Leaders ERA C. McAtee - STA 1.36 2 T. Sakamoto BAL 1.53 3 M. Burns STL 1.99 4 G. Navarro PLN 2.02 5 M. Urbina VIR 2.27	League Leaders K C. Guerrero - POR 38 2 R. López CLE 37 3 Y. Hayashi HBS 35 4 T. Sakamoto BAL 34 5 T. Takahashi STA 29

[Alan T]

Lloyd Gets 300th Save, Shuts Down Banana Sluggers 13-11
Saturday, May 21st, 2011: It clearly was a special game at Banana Sluggers Ballpark for Washington Freedom pitcher Tim Lloyd as his family and friends watched from the stands as he closed out career save number 300. The 33-year-old reliever pitched 2 innings for his milestone save, giving up 1 run and 1 hit in a 13-11 victory over the Havana Banana Sluggers. "This couldn't have happened to a better guy," the Freedom manager said after the game. "You could see it in the way the crowd reacted today. It's hard not to be a fan of Tim."

Lifetime Lloyd has a 78-66 won-lost record and a 2.62 ERA with 300 saves. He has made 807 games, logged 995 innings and fanned 1063 batters.

[Alan T]

Wright Wallops #300
Saturday, May 21st, 2011: It was a historic day for Cumberland's fine center fielder John Wright. He slammed home run number 300 in the Defenders 3-2 loss to the Virginia Beach Surf at Cumberland Stadium.

He told reporters after the game, that he was disappointed in losing the game. "It's great to get that many homers, but I don't play for homers -- I play to win. That's the name of the game."

In his milestone-making game Wright went 2 for 3, scored 1 run and collected 1 RBI. That home run put him in a select group of ballplayers.

His all-time numbers show Wright is carrying a .225 career batting average with 300 home runs and 909 RBIs.

[Alan T]

Monday, April 18th, 2011

St Louis Hops: Signed Habbo Strijk to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $988,000.

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Portland Axemen: Signed Curt Thomas to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $188,000.

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

St Louis Hops: Signed Jin Yamashita to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $710,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Juan Vargas to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $151,000.

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Drake Hutchinson to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $171,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed José Hidalgo to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $701,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed Germán Lara to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $875,000.

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Clint Lewis to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $897,000.

New York Legends: Signed André Godin to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $911,000.

New York Legends: Signed Miguel Rodríguez to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $500,000.

New York Legends: Signed Will Cook to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $450,000.

New York Legends: Signed Kyle McDaniel to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $268,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed Leonard Turner to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $450,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed Antoine Rochefort to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $183,000.

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Balzac Ticklers: Signed Jaime Salgado to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,226,000.

New York Legends: Signed Richard Quance to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $975,000.

Spring Lions: Signed Luis Salinas to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $847,000.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Luo-han Tong to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $995,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Alfredo Moreno to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $942,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Bobby Wright to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $563,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Clay Flowers to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $166,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Bob Stokes to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,758,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed Simon Dauphinais to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $158,000.

Stafford Terriers: Signed Rafael Vargas to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $5,678,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed Jesús Santana to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $161,000.

Spring Lions: Signed Hubert Veeck to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $191,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed Duncan Rudge to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $885,000.

Monday, April 11th, 2011

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Mang Tran-Nhu to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,080,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Frank Smith to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $203,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed Gula Najub to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,208,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed Vicente Chávez to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $154,000.

Stafford Terriers: Signed Kiyonobu Taniguchi to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $533,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed Matisse Ouellet to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $401,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed Mario Germán to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $2,961,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed José Acosta to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $509,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed Patrick Overdevest to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $277,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed Clyde Gale to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $150,000.

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Gabriel Pérez to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $930,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed John Etheridge to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $677,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed Don Britt to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $620,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed Oliver Salcido to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $197,000.

Stafford Terriers: Signed Tony Romero to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,283,000.

New York Legends: Signed Man-u Cho to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,500,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed Yee Zeng to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $800,000.

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Isei Murayama to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $840,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed Gil Field to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $5,100,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed Juan Amador to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $803,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Luis García to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $442,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed Jai Eykelbosch to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $275,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed Danjuro Agano to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $159,000.

New York Legends: Signed Ray Roberts to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $250,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed Ray Hopkins to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $250,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed 1st round draft pick Chris Rogers for a signing bonus of $3,000,000 and a 3-year major league contract worth a total of $6,000,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed Pedro García to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $455,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed supplemental 1st round draft pick Álex Colón for a signing bonus of $980,000 and a 3-year major league contract worth a total of $1,560,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Jorge Hurtado to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $427,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Rob Swinton to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $311,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Iván García to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,802,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Bob Wells to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $338,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed supplemental 1st round draft pick Sergio González for a signing bonus of $1,100,000 and a 3-year major league contract worth a total of $1,470,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed Gustavo Rivero to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $145,000.

New York Legends: Signed James Spencer to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,200,000.

New York Legends: Signed Héctor Espinoza to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $128,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed António Serrano to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $156,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed Matt Ricketts to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $126,000.

Spring Lions: Signed Walt Brudenell to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $234,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Santiago Garza to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $744,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Juan Pérez to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $161,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed Raymond Gozzoli to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $137,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed Freddy Morán to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $133,000.

Virginia Beach Surf: Signed Tyrone Crawford to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $143,000.

Spring Lions: Signed Marvin Kelly to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $342,000.

Cumberland Defenders: Signed Matt Whittier to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $3,675,000.

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Luis Morales to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,009,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed Júlio Sánchez to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $305,000.

Balzac Ticklers: Signed Morgan Weld to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,086,000.

Plantana Pirates: Signed Kelvin Nelson to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $846,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed Mark Robertson to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $3,000,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed Jacob Wheeler to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $325,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed Emory Huffman to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $138,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed Luo-han Si-ma to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $150,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed Albert Palocioz to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $803,000.

Spring Lions: Signed Belmiro Bouchard to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $3,500,000.

Spring Lions: Signed Jorge Rodríguez to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $158,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Juan Sánchez to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $653,000.

Chicago Cardinals: Signed Alessio DeMichelis to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $153,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed 1st round draft pick Jorge Donis for a signing bonus of $3,351,000 and a 3-year major league contract worth a total of $8,520,000.

Plantana Pirates: Signed John Bryant to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $2,643,000.

Spring Lions: Signed David García to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,319,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed Steven Knox to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $1,444,000.

Plantana Pirates: Signed Pim Ottenhof to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $211,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed Eddie Cunningham to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $6,000,000.

Spring Lions: Signed António Figueroa to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $800,000.

[Alan T]

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Washington Freedom: Failed to sign supplemental 1st round draft pick Gregory Stephens.

Washington Freedom: Failed to sign supplemental 1st round draft pick Pancho Zamora.

Washington Freedom: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Keita Kudo.

Washington Freedom: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Brian Murphy.

Washington Freedom: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Arnie Beatty.

Washington Freedom: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Matt Richardson.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 1st round draft pick Brendan Gulledge.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 2nd round draft pick José Flores.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 2nd round draft pick Vince Reid.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Arturo Valentín.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Ira Hunter.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Pat Rhodes.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Eduardo Fernández.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Charles Campbell.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Felipe Ramos.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Juan Hernández.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Brandon Hall.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Víctor Zamora.

St Louis Hops: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Pedro Becerra.

Plantana Pirates: Failed to sign 2nd round draft pick John Frude.

Plantana Pirates: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Víctor Rodríguez.

Plantana Pirates: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Su-hyeon Yi.

Stafford Terriers: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Andy Barrett.

Stafford Terriers: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Juan Cruz.

Stafford Terriers: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Paul Cook.

Stafford Terriers: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Shosuke Fujihara.

Stafford Terriers: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Mario Ruíz.

Stafford Terriers: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Jesús Leal.

Stafford Terriers: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Ánibal Valera.

New York Legends: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Orlando Castro.

New York Legends: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Juan Rojas.

New York Legends: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Art Robertson.

New York Legends: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Javier Pacheco.

Virginia Beach Surf: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Josh Tarrant.

Spring Lions: Failed to sign 2nd round draft pick Roy Glenn.

Spring Lions: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Danny Jones.

Spring Lions: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Yen-ti Peng.

Spring Lions: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Arturo Herrera.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Mike Montgomery.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Egidio Musco.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Leonard Murray.

Cleveland Naps: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick José Díaz.

Cumberland Defenders: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Mannus Pasveer.

Cumberland Defenders: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Jesús Ventura.

Cumberland Defenders: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Stanley Jones.

Portland Axemen: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Jorge Rodríguez.

Portland Axemen: Failed to sign 3rd round draft pick Stephan Labrie.

Portland Axemen: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Rick Patterson.

Portland Axemen: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Ramiro Serrano.

Portland Axemen: Failed to sign 4th round draft pick Yong Kwon.

Portland Axemen: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Jason Spencer.

Portland Axemen: Failed to sign 5th round draft pick Manny Reyes.

[Alan T]

RL Pick for Top Pitcher in May is Real
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011: Despite the number of years he's been in the league, Jean Real still gets excited when he puts together a quality stretch like he had in May. The 28-year-old starter for Maricopa was named Republic League Pitcher of the Month earlier today.

He collected 5 wins and no losses with 39 strikeouts in his 6 starts, putting up a fine 1.83 ERA in 44.1 innings of work.

This season Real has registered 8 wins and no losses in 10 starts with a 2.33 ERA.


CL's Best Starter is Alou
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011: As Wilson Alou hoisted up the Continental League Pitcher of the Month trophy for May, rumors have already begun to swirl about whether he will leave Balzac once his contract is up at the end of the season.

Alou put pressure on the Ticklers to keep him around by posting a 5-0 record and an ERA of 2.50 over 39.2 innings last month. He also rolled up 25 strikeouts, increasing his value both to Balzac and to every other team in the league.

On the season Alou has compiled a 6-2 mark with a 3.39 ERA in 11 starts. In pitching 71.2 innings he has 43 strikeouts and 38 walks while limiting the opposition to a .236 batting average.

[Alan T]

Cumberland's Finley Acclaimed Best RL Hitter
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011: The hard-hitting first baseman from Cumberland, Jack Finley, wielded a big bat in May and was hailed as the Republic League Batter of the Month.

He hit a healthy .322 with 8 home runs, 30 RBIs and 27 runs scored.

This season Finley is batting .314 with 13 home runs.


Continental League Selects May's Best Batter
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011: José González battered Continental League pitchers all May and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.

"I've been around FOOL-X long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 34-year-old González told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I might not take the field, and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month."

In 28 games, González hit .355 with 10 home runs, 27 RBIs and scored 24 runs.

In 54 games this season González is batting .290 with 61 hits and 14 home runs. He has scored 39 runs and driven in 44.

[Alan T]

Coleman Receives May Rookie Award
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011: A rookie, Eddie Coleman is turning heads around the Republic League, especially since he just netted May's Rookie of the Month trophy.

The New York left fielder batted .355 last month and collected 38 hits, 5 home runs, 18 RBIs and 19 runs scored.

This could be the first of many such awards if he continues this torrid hitting, but he's definitely put himself in a good position to claim the Rookie of the Year Award later this year.

This year Coleman has hit at a .313 clip with 60 hits, 8 home runs, 37 RBIs and 34 runs scored.


Continental League Names Rookie of Month
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011: Ronald Fernández is still a bit shy, but then, who could blame the newest Continental League Rookie of the Month honoree? He hasn't been around the league long enough to fully know the ropes yet, despite the fact that he's putting up veteran-like numbers.

In May the Washington hitter tagged opposing pitching for a .352 average with 25 hits, no home runs and 14 RBIs.

In 42 games this season Fernández has batted at a .313 pace with 42 hits and no home runs.

[Alan T]

June 1st, 2011:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Washington Freedom 35 18 .660 - 31-22 4 18-9 17-9 7-1 12-5 107 W2 6-4 Plantana Pirates 32 21 .604 3 32-21 0 18-9 14-12 0-4 7-8 L2 4-6 Chicago Cardinals 29 24 .547 6 27-26 2 15-8 14-16 5-2 10-6 L2 3-7 Havana Banana Sluggers 29 25 .537 6½ 28-26 1 15-15 14-10 4-1 13-5 W5 8-2 St Louis Hops 28 25 .528 7 29-24 -1 16-11 12-14 2-4 7-11 W2 6-4 Balzac Ticklers 21 31 .404 13½ 27-25 -6 8-16 13-15 0-3 4-14 W4 6-4 Stafford Terriers 20 31 .392 14 21-30 -1 11-17 9-14 1-3 7-7 L3 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 17 36 .321 18 18-35 -1 8-17 9-19 1-2 5-9 L6 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Portland Axemen 31 20 .608 - 30-21 1 18-10 13-10 2-0 5-3 108 L1 7-3 Cumberland Defenders 29 24 .547 3 28-25 1 15-10 14-14 4-4 11-7 W5 6-4 Maricopa Rattlers 29 24 .547 3 24-29 5 17-10 12-14 1-2 7-3 L2 5-5 New York Legends 29 24 .547 3 29-24 0 13-10 16-14 1-0 8-6 W2 5-5 Spring Lions 28 25 .528 4 31-22 -3 12-15 16-10 2-2 5-9 L3 5-5 Virginia Beach Surf 27 25 .519 4½ 26-26 1 11-13 16-12 2-2 6-9 W1 5-5 Ann Arbor Wolverines 21 32 .396 11 22-31 -1 11-16 10-16 2-1 5-8 W3 6-4 Cleveland Naps 17 37 .315 15½ 21-33 -4 10-20 7-17 0-3 6-8 L5 1-9

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG M. Price - CLE .373 2 L. Huerta STL .372 3 M. Livengood SPG .368 4 B. Frost CLE .349 5 J. An SPG .342	League Leaders HR Z. Kum - CHI 18 2 Y. Kong NY 17 3 O. Cuevas NY 16 4 L. Joo POR 15 5 2 tied with 14	League Leaders RBI Y. Kong - NY 61 2 Z. Kum CHI 50 3 J. Finley CMB 49 3 J. Martínez PLN 49 5 L. Joo POR 47
League Leaders W 3 tied with 8 1 B. Clerk VIR 8 1 J. Martínez CMB 8 1 J. Real MAR 8 4 2 tied with 7	League Leaders ERA C. McAtee - STA 2.23 2 J. Real MAR 2.33 3 G. Navarro PLN 2.86 4 J. Martínez CMB 2.89 5 M. Burns STL 2.98	League Leaders K C. Guerrero - POR 69 2 T. Sakamoto BAL 67 3 T. Takahashi STA 63 4 J. Real MAR 62 5 2 tied with 61

[Alan T]

Mausinha Tosses Shutout Against Surf
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011: Spring starter Antão Mausinha really did a number on the Surf today, shutting them out 5-0 on 2 hits in a complete game victory. He issued 2 walks and had 6 strikeouts.

In his postgame comments, the Virginia Beach manager said, "We didn't have good at-bats. I don't make excuses, but when we were playing the game, our energy didn't show. That comes from either extremely good pitching or extremely lousy hitting... seeing as our team has a bunch of pretty good hitters, I have to tip my cap to Antão... he did an outstanding job today."

This year Mausinha has made 12 starts, thrown 61.1 innings, fanned 29 batters and walked 34. His won-lost record is 3-3 with a 5.87 ERA.

[Alan T]

Medella Reaches 300-Save Milestone in 4-3 Cleveland Victory
Friday, June 10th, 2011: Venceslau Medella of the Cleveland Naps pitched his way into the exclusive 300-save club today at Ballpark of Cleveland by saving the 4-3 victory over the Virginia Beach Surf. In his historic outing, he surrendered no runs and 1 hit in 1 innings.

With a huge grin on his face, the 34-year-old Medella told reporters after the game, "I love wrapping up a win for my team... and I hope I can close out a few more games in my career. It's a thrill!"

Medella has appeared in 819 games in his career and put together a record of 73 victories and 68 losses, 3.93 ERA and 300 saves. He has thrown 1034 innings, struck out 1153 and walked 393.

[Alan T]

Teng Collects Hit Number 2500
Monday, June 20th, 2011: What a day for Kien-lung Teng. The 35-year-old New York catcher reached the 2500-hit mark today and the Legends whipped the Ann Arbor Wolverines 6-0.

Teng told reporters, "It's good to finally get it. The closer you get to 2500, the harder it is to get there. Now the pressure is off and I can go back to just playing ball."

He went 2 for 4 in the game to reach the milestone.

For his career Teng is hitting .349 with 668 homers, 1878 RBIs and 2501 hits.

[Alan T]

June's Top Hurler is Harper
Friday, July 1st, 2011: Justo Harper's been around the league long enough to appreciate the honor he received today. After going 4-0 in June, the 33-year-old New York hurler has been named Republic League Pitcher of the Month.

He fanned 14 in 39.2 innings, logged an ERA of 1.13 and allowed opponents to hit .185 against him.

To date this season Harper has compiled a 10-4 record with a 2.62 ERA in 16 starts.

Navarro Earns CL's Best Pitcher Honor
Friday, July 1st, 2011: Veteran Gordon Navarro put together quite a successful stretch in June for the Plantana Pirates, earning himself the Continental League Pitcher of the Month award.

Navarro racked up a 4-0 record in 5 starts, posting a 2.10 ERA over 34.1 innings and striking out 21.

This year Navarro has compiled a 9-2 record with a 2.60 ERA.

[Alan T]

RL Honors Joo, #1 Batter in June
Friday, July 1st, 2011: Seasoned by several years of professional experience, 31-year-old Ling-lai Joo put together a solid offensive month for Portland and was crowned June's top batter in the Republic League.

He batted .350 with 14 home runs, 37 RBIs and 30 runs scored.



Looking at his season stats, Joo has compiled a .328 batting average and a .472 on-base percentage, while hitting 29 home runs and driving in 84 runs.

CL Announces Outstanding Batter Award
Friday, July 1st, 2011: To survive in the bigs, you've got to be a scrapper like Bernt Pedersen. It never pays to take a day off from the batting cages or to shrug off the advice of the hitting coach. It all paid off today as Washington's left fielder pinned down the Continental League Batter of the Month trophy today.

He hit .340 in June collecting 6 home runs, 19 RBIs and 28 runs scored.

This year Pedersen has batted at a .296 pace with 92 hits, 18 home runs, 53 RBIs and scored 68 times.

[Alan T]

Top Republic League Newcomer Named
Friday, July 1st, 2011: Youngster George Ryan emerged as the latest Republic League Rookie of the Month today. The young man from Maricopa deserved the honor, batting .336 with 3 home runs and 18 RBI. Is the month of June a harbinger of things to come or just a fluke? We'll find out someday, but for now, we'll just let Ryan enjoy the limelight.

To date this season Ryan is hitting .268 with 7 home runs.

CL Selects Rookie Star of the Month
Friday, July 1st, 2011: Carlito Balsemo was toddling around on his tricycle when some of the guys he's playing against were in their prime, but the 24-year-old first baseman definitely knows how to get to first, second or beyond. Today he was chosen June's Continental League Rookie of the Month for his remarkable month of hitting.

In 27 games Balsemo batted .277 for Stafford, slapping 31 hits in 112 at-bats with 1 home run, drove in 13 runs and scored 14 times.

Thus far this season in 78 games Balsemo is batting .232 with 2 home runs, 33 RBIs and 35 runs scored. He has 76 hits in 327 at-bats.

[Alan T]

July 1st, 2011:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Plantana Pirates 51 29 .637 - 50-30 1 25-15 26-14 2-4 11-10 79 L1 6-4 Washington Freedom 47 33 .588 4 44-36 3 24-16 23-17 7-5 15-9 L3 4-6 Havana Banana Sluggers 44 37 .543 7½ 42-39 2 24-21 20-16 5-4 19-11 W2 6-4 Chicago Cardinals 43 37 .537 8 42-38 1 22-16 21-21 6-3 13-14 L2 6-4 St Louis Hops 41 38 .519 9½ 43-36 -2 19-18 22-20 2-5 10-15 L1 4-6 Stafford Terriers 33 45 .423 17 33-45 0 19-23 14-22 4-4 12-12 W1 5-5 St Cloud Raindrops 31 50 .383 20½ 29-52 2 13-25 18-25 3-3 14-11 L1 4-6 Balzac Ticklers 29 50 .367 21½ 37-42 -8 11-28 18-22 2-3 7-19 W2 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Portland Axemen 48 30 .615 - 46-32 2 27-15 21-15 4-1 10-5 81 L1 6-4 New York Legends 46 34 .575 3 46-34 0 22-16 24-18 3-0 9-7 W1 7-3 Cumberland Defenders 45 36 .556 4½ 44-37 1 22-16 23-20 5-4 13-9 W1 5-5 Spring Lions 44 35 .557 4½ 45-34 -1 18-19 26-16 3-6 12-12 L2 6-4 Maricopa Rattlers 40 40 .500 9 35-45 5 22-18 18-22 4-4 10-6 L3 5-5 Virginia Beach Surf 37 42 .468 11½ 38-41 -1 17-22 20-20 3-4 7-15 L1 4-6 Ann Arbor Wolverines 31 49 .388 18 32-48 -1 14-26 17-23 4-3 7-10 W4 4-6 Cleveland Naps 28 53 .346 21½ 33-48 -5 16-29 12-24 1-5 7-11 L1 3-7

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG C. García - ANN .362 2 K. Teng NY .347 3 Y. Song CHI .346 4 J. An SPG .344 5 L. Huerta STL .342	League Leaders HR L. Joo - POR 29 2 Z. Kum CHI 24 3 Y. Kong NY 20 3 J. Wright CMB 20 5 4 tied with 19	League Leaders RBI L. Joo - POR 84 2 J. Martínez PLN 83 3 Y. Kong NY 80 4 Z. Kum CHI 72 5 J. Macías SPG 67
League Leaders W J. Real - MAR 12 2 B. Clerk VIR 11 2 J. Martínez CMB 11 4 J. Barnard SPG 10 4 2 more tied with 10	League Leaders ERA C. McAtee - STA 2.54 2 G. Navarro PLN 2.60 3 J. Harper NY 2.62 4 J. Real MAR 2.96 5 P. Jiménez POR 3.18	League Leaders K T. Sakamoto - BAL 104 2 R. López CLE 98 3 T. Takahashi STA 94 4 Y. Hayashi HBS 93 4 J. Real MAR 93

[Alan T]

Bernard Booms 400th Homer
Monday, July 4th, 2011: New York's 3-2 victory over Maricopa was highlighted by Nick Bernard's 400th career home run. His teammates congratulated him at home plate after he circled the bases.

"I didn't see all of them out there," Bernard said with a chuckle, "until I rounded third base." He added sheepishly: "It was only a home run. It's not like I won us a World Series!"

In 3 at-bats the Legends third baseman collected 2 hits in his historic game, scored 2 runs, and had 2 runs batted in.

Looking at his all-time stats, Bernard has a lifetime .276 average with 1778 hits, 262 doubles, 25 triples, 400 home runs and 1301 RBIs. To date he has scored 1162 runs, walked 804 times and stolen 57 bases.

[Alan T]

FOOLX News: The All-Star Game Rosters Have Been Announced
Sunday, July 10th, 2011: The Continental League All-Stars versus the Republic League All-Stars. It happens every year halfway through the season. It's a baseball spectacle for the fans and the players alike. It's the 2011 FOOL-X All-Star Game. The fans get to see all their favorite stars perform in the same game, and the outstanding players get to play against each other. The players are out to prove that their league is the best. Players are chosen by a vote of the fans.

Representing the Continental League All-Stars this year will be:

SP Wilson Alou (BAL) - 7-7, 3.50 ERA
SP Larry Butler (PLN) - 7-3, 3.07 ERA
SP Yoshihiro Hayashi (HBS) - 8-3, 3.62 ERA
SP Chris McAtee (STA) - 10-4, 2.31 ERA
SP Gordon Navarro (PLN) - 9-3, 2.92 ERA
SP David Schmidt (STL) - 10-5, 3.82 ERA
SP Rob Wright (WAS) - 5-4, 3.05 ERA
MR Gastone Carotta (WAS) - 4-2, 3 SV, 0.64 ERA
MR Andy Knight (STA) - 4-3, 13 SV, 2.47 ERA
MR José López (WAS) - 3-0, 6 SV, 2.03 ERA
CL Ian Jeavons (PLN) - 0-2, 23 SV, 2.64 ERA
CL Tim Lloyd (WAS) - 5-2, 17 SV, 1.91 ERA
C Baltesar Pris (HBS) - .303/.349/.459, 9 HR, 46 RBI
C Víctor López (BAL) - .296/.336/.458, 9 HR, 45 RBI
1B Bailey Marks (CHI) - .270/.410/.493, 17 HR, 52 RBI
1B Fernando Féliz (CHI) - .313/.441/.460, 2 HR, 37 RBI
2B Juan Martínez (PLN) - .332/.383/.535, 15 HR, 89 RBI
3B Jaime Reyes (CHI) - .297/.402/.532, 17 HR, 66 RBI
3B Brett Bauer (PLN) - .291/.423/.461, 13 HR, 51 RBI
SS Yong-kook Song (CHI) - .330/.394/.461, 5 HR, 39 RBI
SS John Palmer (STC) - .299/.336/.530, 20 HR, 48 RBI
LF Andre Moles (WAS) - .308/.391/.490, 9 HR, 55 RBI
LF Bernt Pedersen (WAS) - .294/.408/.556, 20 HR, 62 RBI
LF Davide Afiata (CHI) - .276/.328/.489, 11 HR, 49 RBI
LF Mike Frazer (STA) - .286/.418/.434, 7 HR, 33 RBI
LF Álex Gonzáles (PLN) - .267/.398/.463, 12 HR, 42 RBI
CF Ze-min Kum (CHI) - .225/.329/.511, 25 HR, 75 RBI
RF Luis Huerta (STL) - .344/.468/.585, 18 HR, 62 RBI


The Republic League roster includes the following players:

SP José Archuleta (VIR) - 9-5, 3.75 ERA
SP Bill Clerk (VIR) - 11-4, 3.61 ERA
SP Carlos Guerrero (POR) - 8-3, 4.79 ERA
SP Pedro Jiménez (POR) - 9-2, 3.01 ERA
SP Joaquín Martínez (CMB) - 11-5, 3.56 ERA
SP Akihiko Saikawa (SPG) - 7-3, 4.76 ERA
SP Sherwood Wells (NY) - 9-4, 4.11 ERA
MR Weston Brackett (POR) - 6-1, 1 SV, 3.32 ERA
MR Kazushige Takahashi (CLE) - 2-2, 3 SV, 3.60 ERA
CL Miguel Hernández (NY) - 1-1, 19 SV, 2.20 ERA
CL Juan Reynoso (MAR) - 6-1, 15 SV, 1.77 ERA
CL Bryan Waterton (ANN) - 1-1, 16 SV, 1.94 ERA
C John Stout (SPG) - .307/.402/.531, 13 HR, 52 RBI
C Kien-lung Teng (NY) - .350/.479/.567, 14 HR, 59 RBI
1B Juan Macías (SPG) - .321/.390/.507, 13 HR, 71 RBI
1B Jack Finley (CMB) - .286/.371/.516, 18 HR, 68 RBI
2B Bob Frost (CLE) - .317/.409/.455, 6 HR, 50 RBI
3B Carlos Maldonado (POR) - .278/.433/.488, 19 HR, 60 RBI
3B Luis Martínez (VIR) - .259/.328/.506, 20 HR, 54 RBI
SS Jorge Vázquez (CLE) - .286/.403/.486, 12 HR, 46 RBI
SS Mike Livengood (SPG) - .339/.416/.469, 8 HR, 49 RBI
LF Nelson Román (CMB) - .283/.339/.489, 19 HR, 59 RBI
CF Mario Viramontes (MAR) - .314/.369/.569, 20 HR, 72 RBI
CF Orlando Cuevas (NY) - .283/.387/.534, 21 HR, 61 RBI
RF Mike Price (CLE) - .325/.437/.497, 7 HR, 50 RBI
RF Carlos García (ANN) - .352/.412/.517, 7 HR, 55 RBI
RF Wilson Contreras (NY) - .315/.436/.474, 8 HR, 50 RBI
DH Ling-lai Joo (POR) - .327/.469/.660, 31 HR, 93 RBI

[Alan T]

On a Roll: Thompson Hits for Cycle
Saturday, July 16th, 2011: "Some days everything falls in place and you have an almost perfect day."
Those were the comments from Balzac center fielder Lance Thompson today as his 4-5 day included the cycle, a baseball rarity.

"He sure was a wrecking ball today," said one teammate after the Ticklers tamed the Cardinals 13-8 at Chicago Stadium.

Lance Thompson flied out in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, hit an RBI triple in the 4th, hit a three-run home run off José Tapia in the 5th, walked in the 6th and doubled in the 9th.

So far this year Thompson is batting .312 with 2 home runs, 30 RBIs and 47 runs scored.

[Alan T]

Red-Hot Bat: Palma Collects Cycle
Friday, July 22nd, 2011: Jesús Palma had a banner day at the plate today, stringing together all four legs of the cycle as the Pirates beat the Banana Sluggers 8-3. Palma drilled 4 hits in 4 trips to the plate, collecting 4 RBI and scoring 2 runs to capture the win for Plantana.

Jesús Palma was hit by a pitch in the 1st, hit a two-run triple in the 2nd, hit a two-run home run off Brendon Perkins in the 4th, doubled in the 6th and singled in the 7th.

So far this season, Palma has recorded a .284 batting average with 105 hits, 8 home runs, 50 RBIs, 83 runs scored and a .431 OBP.

[Alan T]

Ridin' High: Wood Hits for Cycle
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011: At Fog Bowl today Bob Wood led Balzac to a 5-3 victory over the Raindrops by hitting for the cycle, one of baseball's most difficult feats.

The Ticklers right fielder told reporters after the game, "Most people think the triple is the hardest one to get, but today, it was the homer... because the ball wasn't carrying. When I took it deep, I expected the ball to die on the warning track. Seeing the umpire give me the signal to circle the bases was sweet."

In addition to going 4-5, Wood chalked up 3 RBI and scored 1 run in an exceptional performance.

Bob Wood hit a two-run triple in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, hit a solo-shot off Mitch McDonald in the 8th and struck out in the 9th.

For the year Wood is batting .244 with 17 home runs.

[Alan T]

Something about that last news headline makes me think OOTP has a dirty mind.

[Alan T]

Macías Goes Cycling
Thursday, July 28th, 2011: Juan Macías had a day to remember, but the memory will be bittersweet. Even though Macías hit for the cycle today, the Spring Lions still fell to the Portland Axemen 7-4 at Morales Field. The 28-year-old first baseman went 4-5 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored in the loss.

Juan Macías flied out in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Alberto López in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, tripled in the 7th and doubled in the 9th.

In this current campaign Macías is hitting at a .333 clip with 16 home runs and 83 RBIs.

[Alan T]

Clerk Baffles Maricopa
Friday, July 29th, 2011: Virginia Beach pitcher Bill Clerk put on a show today and walked away with a 11-0 shutout victory over the Maricopa Rattlers, throttling them on 1 hit. He just cruised through their lineup, fanning 12 and walking 0 in a strong outing.

"He was very efficient and he hit his spots," his manager said. "He stayed down in the zone and stayed away from the middle of the plate."

So far in 26 appearances this season, Clerk has recorded 13 wins and sustained 4 losses. He has pitched 147.1 innings, yielded 135 hits, fanned 74 and has a 3.79 ERA.

[Alan T]

Republic League Names #1 Pitcher in July
Monday, August 1st, 2011: It was a very good month for Sherwood Wells in July. The 35-year-old veteran starter for the New York Legends outpitched everybody -- young and old -- to claim the Republic League Pitcher of the Month award earlier today.

Wells ran up a 4-0 record in his 5 starts during the month. In 33.1 innings he fanned 30 and recorded a 2.43 ERA.

For the year Wells has compiled a 12-4 record with a 3.75 ERA.


Avilés #1 CL Pitcher in July
Monday, August 1st, 2011: Plantana starter Joaquín Avilés really put the chill on opposing teams in July and today was acclaimed the Continental League Pitcher of the Month.

He excelled with a 4-0 mark and 1.82 ERA in 5 starts. In 29.2 innings, he fanned 17 and walked 15.

So far this season Avilés has a 9-5 record with a 4.24 ERA.

[cmldude]

Bill Clerk? He was not the Virgina Beach pitcher i thought would be doing good.

[Alan T]

RL Presents Batter of Month Trophy to Joo
Monday, August 1st, 2011: Ling-lai Joo of the Portland Axemen had a field day with Republic League pitchers last month and was crowned the Batter of the Month as a result.

During July he compiled a .320 batting average, drove in 33 runs and scored 27 times. He also managed to pick up 27 walks to post a .466 on-base percentage.

So far this year Joo has 40 home runs and a .326 batting average.


Kodo Wins CL Batter of the Month
Monday, August 1st, 2011: Seishiro Kodo of the Terriers hit .360 in July with 7 home runs, 28 RBIs and 27 runs scored to capture a majority of votes for the Continental League Batter of the Month trophy.

The 32-year-old is in the last year of his contract and will undoubtedly use these numbers to try and bring in a huge pay raise.

To date Kodo has chalked up a .291 average with 14 home runs, driven in 62 runs and scored 65 times.

[CleBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Something about that last news headline makes me think OOTP has a dirty mind.

[Alan T]

Ryan Nabs RL Monthly Rookie Award
Monday, August 1st, 2011: A veritable toddler to the Republic League, George Ryan just sewed up the Rookie of the Month trophy for July.

Over the past month the 24-year-old right fielder for Maricopa hit .278 with 32 hits, 2 home runs and 11 RBI. He also logged 3 walks and compiled a .297 on-base percentage.

So far on the season Ryan is hitting .270 with 9 home runs, 52 RBIs and 66 runs scored. He has 129 hits and played in 105 games.

CL Rookie Vote Goes to Ramírez
Monday, August 1st, 2011: Miguel Ramírez sure isn't playing like the rookie he is. The 26-year-old left fielder for St Louis is rapping the ball like a seasoned veteran in the Continental League and today he took home the Rookie of the Month Award for his effort.

In July, Ramírez compiled a .289 batting average. He drove in 15 runs, hit 3 home runs and scored 9 times.

On the year Ramírez has hit .264 with 12 home runs, 51 RBIs and scored 31 runs.

[Alan T]

August 1st, 2011:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Plantana Pirates 69 36 .657 - 66-39 3 37-18 32-18 4-4 17-12 48 W2 8-2 Washington Freedom 59 46 .562 10 55-50 4 29-24 30-22 12-6 21-12 W1 3-7 Chicago Cardinals 55 50 .524 14 54-51 1 28-23 27-27 7-5 18-18 W2 5-5 St Louis Hops 55 50 .524 14 56-49 -1 24-23 31-27 2-7 15-20 L2 5-5 Havana Banana Sluggers 51 55 .481 18½ 51-55 0 27-25 24-30 6-9 23-19 L4 3-7 Stafford Terriers 48 57 .457 21 49-56 -1 23-29 25-28 6-6 16-19 L2 5-5 Balzac Ticklers 42 62 .404 26½ 51-53 -9 20-34 22-28 4-5 10-24 L1 5-5 St Cloud Raindrops 41 64 .390 28 40-65 1 20-36 21-28 5-4 19-15 W4 6-4

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 64 41 .610 - 63-42 1 31-20 33-21 3-0 15-10 58 L1 8-2 Portland Axemen 64 41 .610 - 61-44 3 35-17 29-24 6-1 13-7 58 W1 3-7 Spring Lions 59 46 .562 5 60-45 -1 24-23 35-23 4-7 17-15 W2 7-3 Cumberland Defenders 55 50 .524 9 54-51 1 31-25 24-25 5-6 17-11 W3 6-4 Maricopa Rattlers 54 51 .514 10 48-57 6 27-26 27-25 5-5 12-10 W2 3-7 Virginia Beach Surf 50 54 .481 13½ 52-52 -2 25-29 25-25 5-6 13-18 L2 5-5 Cleveland Naps 39 67 .368 25½ 43-63 -4 18-34 21-33 1-5 7-14 L3 5-5 Ann Arbor Wolverines 35 70 .333 29 37-68 -2 17-38 18-32 5-4 7-16 L2 3-7

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG K. Teng - NY .349 2 J. An SPG .345 2 C. García ANN .345 4 M. Livengood SPG .338 5 2 tied with .334	League Leaders HR L. Joo - POR 40 2 Y. Kong NY 29 2 Z. Kum CHI 29 4 J. González HBS 25 5 4 tied with 24	League Leaders RBI L. Joo - POR 117 2 Y. Kong NY 108 3 J. Martínez PLN 102 4 M. Viramontes MAR 89 5 Z. Kum CHI 88
League Leaders W J. Real - MAR 15 2 B. Clerk VIR 13 3 J. Harper NY 12 3 B. Hughes NY 12 3 2 more tied with 12	League Leaders ERA P. Jiménez - POR 2.81 2 J. Real MAR 2.89 3 M. Burns STL 3.15 4 W. Alou BAL 3.18 5 R. Wright WAS 3.22	League Leaders K T. Sakamoto - BAL 136 2 R. López CLE 135 3 J. Real MAR 126 4 C. Guerrero POR 119 5 S. Sturzo SPG 118

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Something about that last news headline makes me think OOTP has a dirty mind.

You could argue someone else is the one with the dirty mind by thinking of that.

[spleen1015]

We had 3 players hit for the cycle in a 6 day span.

[Alan T]

Huerta Makes 400 Mark
Thursday, August 18th, 2011: St Louis right fielder Luis Huerta pounded a home run during the Hops 12-7 loss to Chicago yesterday. Despite the defeat the long ball was a significant achievement and raised his career home run total to 400.

"Some hitters never live up to the hype," said his manager. "Luis has definitely lived up to his. He's hammered the heck out of the ball year after year."

The St Louis star went 1 hit for 5 at-bats during the game, scoring 1 run and had 2 RBI.

In his career Huerta has played in 1745 games with a .330 batting average. Among his 2106 hits are 380 doubles, 64 triples and 400 home runs. He also has scored 1492 runs and driven in 1231 runs.

[Alan T]

Stout Launches Number 500
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011: A big sigh of relief erupted from John Stout after he hit his 500th career homer. The Spring catcher said, "I'm glad it's over...now I can go back to just playing baseball."

It was quite a day for Stout. He got his name in the league record books with 2 hits, 2 RBI, scored 3 runs and his team, the Spring Lions beat the Portland Axemen 19-3.

Stout knew it when he hit it. He raised his hands in the air, then ran the bases like a high school player, clapping and grinning.

He told reporters in the postgame interview, "I was acting goofy running the bases... but it was my 500th home run."

"It was great," his manager said. "He stood there and watched it...we all did. You just felt it was coming...you just had a sense he would hit it soon. He has been having a lot of good at-bats. It was great to get it out of the way."

In 1899 games Stout has a career .311 batting average and a .416 on-base percentage. He has hit 501 home runs with 1601 RBIs and 1369 runs scored.

[Alan T]

Stout is the 18th player in FOOL-X history with 500 Home Runs!

[Alan T]

Contreras Sizzles with 31-Game Batting Streak
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011: Wilson Contreras of the New York Legends extended his hitting string to 31 straight games with 3 hits in today's 4-3 triumph over the Maricopa Rattlers at Rattlers Ballpark.
Wilson Contreras tripled in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Paul Hansen in the 3rd, grounded out in the 5th, grounded out in the 7th and singled in the 9th.

This year Contreras is hitting at a .361 pace with 13 home runs and 94 RBIs. He has played in 133 games and scored 116 times.

[Alan T]

Contreras' current streak is the first hitting streak over 30 games straight since Cleveland's Dave Jackson hit for 31 games straight back in 2005

[Alan T]

López Grabs RL Top Pitcher Trophy
Thursday, September 1st, 2011: August's #1 hurler was Héctor López of Spring. He gunned down Republic League hitters the whole month and claimed the Pitcher of the Month award. The Lions star piled up 4 wins and no losses to take the honor.

The 30-year-old López added 33 strikeouts in 39.2 innings and 7 walks to his season record and compiled a 1.59 ERA. Other clubs hit .196 against him.

To date López is 11-7 in 27 starts with a 3.92 ERA and has 123 strikeouts in 165.1 innings.

Continental League Premier Pitcher is Lloyd
Thursday, September 1st, 2011: Tim Lloyd was the best pitcher in August according to the voters. He severely shut down opposition batters to win the Continental League Pitcher of the Month Award.

Washington's star reliever compiled a 2-0 mark and an ERA of 1.85 in 24.1 innings with 24 strikeouts and 5 saves in 7 save opportunities.

To date, his season stats show Lloyd has 24 saves with a 7-3 mark and 1.83 ERA.

[Alan T]

Contreras Crowned Top RL Hitter in August
Thursday, September 1st, 2011: August was a good month for Wilson Contreras. The New York right fielder had his way with opposing pitchers all month while posting a .480 batting average and was selected as the Republic League Batter of the Month.

Last month Contreras put up some solid numbers: 4 home runs, 28 RBIs, 34 runs scored and a .538 on-base percentage.

Contreras is hitting .361 this year with 13 home runs and 94 RBIs. He also has an OBP of .461, 97 walks and scored 116 times.

Bauer Top Hitter in CL in August
Thursday, September 1st, 2011: Though his face is weathered and his hands are calloused, Brett Bauer can still get it done in FOOL-X. In fact, the 33-year-old shortstop for Plantana was named the Continental League Batter of the Month today after putting up an impressive performance at the plate.

In August he batted .355 with 6 home runs, 27 RBIs and 31 runs scored.

Thus far this year Bauer is batting .303 with 25 home runs, 95 RBIs and 112 runs scored.

[Alan T]

RL Names Newcomer of the Month
Thursday, September 1st, 2011: May was an exceptional month, especially for rookie Keith Gorringe. The left fielder for the Spring Lions performed like a veteran and was named the best newcomer in the Republic League.

He captured the honor by hitting .351 in 28 games with 39 hits, no home runs and 15 RBIs.

So far this season Gorringe is hitting .301 with no home runs.

August's Outstanding CL Rookie Announced
Thursday, September 1st, 2011: The Continental League made the official announcement today. The Rookie of the Month trophy went to Miguel Ramírez of St Louis. He was singled out as the premier rookie in August.

Last month the 26-year-old Hops left fielder played in 26 games and hit .346 with 2 doubles, no triples and 8 home runs. Ramírez also scored 16 times and drove in 19 runs.

Currently Ramírez is batting .281 with 107 hits and 20 home runs. He has knocked in 70 runs and scored 47 times.