FOOL-X 2011 Regular Season

[Alan T]

September 1st, 2011:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Plantana Pirates 84 49 .632 - 83-50 1 44-23 40-26 5-6 20-18 18 W1 4-6 Washington Freedom 73 61 .545 11½ 67-67 6 37-32 36-29 14-8 28-16 W2 6-4 St Louis Hops 72 61 .541 12 75-58 -3 32-30 40-31 2-9 20-23 W2 6-4 Chicago Cardinals 66 67 .496 18 64-69 2 35-33 31-34 9-6 19-22 L2 4-6 Stafford Terriers 64 69 .481 20 63-70 1 28-34 36-35 7-7 22-22 W1 7-3 Havana Banana Sluggers 63 69 .477 20½ 59-73 4 33-33 30-36 7-10 26-22 L1 6-4 Balzac Ticklers 57 76 .429 27 67-66 -10 27-40 30-36 6-5 13-26 L1 4-6 St Cloud Raindrops 53 80 .398 31 53-80 0 26-45 27-35 6-5 21-20 L2 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Portland Axemen 81 52 .609 - 75-58 6 41-21 40-31 9-3 16-9 28 W2 5-5 New York Legends 79 54 .594 2 80-53 -1 38-30 41-24 3-3 18-13 W4 6-4 Spring Lions 79 54 .594 2 80-53 -1 35-27 44-27 6-9 22-18 W2 7-3 Cumberland Defenders 66 67 .496 15 65-68 1 37-34 29-33 10-7 22-15 L2 3-7 Maricopa Rattlers 64 70 .478 17½ 60-74 4 32-37 32-33 5-6 14-15 L3 3-7 Virginia Beach Surf 63 70 .474 18 66-67 -3 30-37 33-33 7-8 16-23 L2 5-5 Cleveland Naps 53 79 .402 27½ 57-75 -4 27-39 26-40 2-7 11-20 W1 6-4 Ann Arbor Wolverines 47 86 .353 34 49-84 -2 23-44 24-42 6-5 12-18 L1 4-6

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG W. Contreras - NY .361 2 C. García ANN .353 3 J. An SPG .351 4 K. Teng NY .348 5 J. Macías SPG .342	League Leaders HR L. Joo - POR 42 2 Y. Kong NY 35 3 M. Viramontes MAR 33 4 Z. Kum CHI 32 5 J. González HBS 31	League Leaders RBI L. Joo - POR 134 2 Y. Kong NY 127 3 J. Martínez PLN 120 4 J. Macías SPG 119 5 M. Viramontes MAR 115
League Leaders W J. Real - MAR 16 2 J. Harper NY 15 2 S. Wells NY 15 4 M. Burns STL 14 4 3 more tied with 14	League Leaders ERA P. Jiménez - POR 3.13 2 M. Burns STL 3.25 3 B. Clerk VIR 3.47 3 G. Navarro PLN 3.47 5 J. Real MAR 3.53	League Leaders K T. Sakamoto - BAL 183 2 R. López CLE 169 3 C. Guerrero POR 155 4 G. Gómez STC 151 5 T. Takahashi STA 149

[Chief Rum]

Wow, we have really fallen apart as the days got hotter.

[Alan T]

Lions Halt Contreras's Hit Streak
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011: New York right fielder Wilson Contreras knew his hitting streak would end sooner or later. He just would have preferred later. Contreras went 0-for-2 today in the Legends 12-7 victory over the Spring Lions, snapping his 32-game hit streak.

Contreras is hitting .357 for the season with 13 home runs, 94 RBIs and 118 runs scored. He has 198 hits in 554 at-bats and played in 135 games.

[Alan T]

As the streak ends for Contreras, that 32 game hitting streak marks the longest streak since Spring's Dennis Norman hit in 34 straight games back in 1991

[Alan T]

Martínez Slams 6 Hits for Virginia Beach
Sunday, September 4th, 2011: Miguel Martínez really did a number on the Naps in the Virginia Beach 6-5 victory. Not just anyone can get 6 hits in 6 at-bats. But Miguel Martínez did just that today for the Surf and gave his batting average a healthy boost and sparked his club in the win.

"I felt real good in the batter's box today. I had confidence in my swing and knew that it was there and that I could get the job done," the 30-year-old second baseman said after his record-setting performance.

Miguel Martínez doubled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, singled in the 5th, singled in the 6th, singled in the 8th and hit an RBI single in the 10th.

For the year Martínez has hit at a .264 clip with 69 RBIs, 6 home runs and 74 runs scored.

[Alan T]

September 12th, 2011:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Plantana Pirates 90 53 .629 - 89-54 1 45-26 45-27 7-6 22-20 9 L1 6-4 St Louis Hops 78 64 .549 11½ 81-61 -3 38-33 40-31 3-10 21-23 W4 7-3 Washington Freedom 77 66 .538 13 71-72 6 39-36 38-30 15-9 28-17 W1 5-5 Chicago Cardinals 71 72 .497 19 70-73 1 39-36 32-36 10-8 20-24 L2 5-5 Stafford Terriers 69 73 .486 20½ 69-73 0 31-37 38-36 7-9 23-23 L1 6-4 Havana Banana Sluggers 66 77 .462 24 62-81 4 34-35 32-42 8-10 27-22 L6 2-8 Balzac Ticklers 63 79 .444 26½ 73-69 -10 27-40 36-39 6-5 14-27 W2 6-4 St Cloud Raindrops 56 86 .394 33½ 56-86 0 27-47 29-39 6-5 21-20 W1 3-7

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Spring Lions 87 55 .613 - 88-54 -1 43-28 44-27 7-9 23-18 20 W7 9-1 Portland Axemen 86 56 .606 1 79-63 7 44-24 42-32 9-3 18-10 L1 6-4 New York Legends 86 57 .601 1½ 87-56 -1 44-31 42-26 4-4 22-14 W4 7-3 Cumberland Defenders 71 71 .500 16 71-71 0 39-35 32-36 10-7 22-15 W1 5-5 Maricopa Rattlers 68 75 .476 19½ 64-79 4 35-40 33-35 6-7 14-16 W1 4-6 Virginia Beach Surf 65 77 .458 22 67-75 -2 30-37 35-40 8-8 18-25 L6 2-8 Cleveland Naps 56 87 .392 31½ 61-82 -5 28-41 28-46 2-9 12-24 L4 2-8 Ann Arbor Wolverines 51 92 .357 36½ 53-90 -2 24-47 27-45 7-6 13-20 L1 4-6

[Alan T]

Washington's Pedersen Hammers #300
Sunday, September 18th, 2011: "I wasn't trying to hit a homer. I just wanted to make contact."
That's what Bernt Pedersen told reporters after he made baseball history today at Memorial Stadium II. The prolific slugger belted home run #300 in the Washington Freedom 9-4 victory over the St Louis Hops.

The standout left fielder collected 4 hits in 4 at-bats with 4 runs batted in and 2 runs scored.

"I guess this puts me in baseball's elite," said Pedersen. "I don't feel any different. I probably should, but I don't. Still, it is a nice achievement. I did get a little excited, didn't I?"

In his all-time stats Pedersen is hitting .297 with 1873 hits, 301 home runs, 1119 runs scored and 983 RBIs.

[Alan T]

September 26th, 2011:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Plantana Pirates 97 59 .622 - 97-59 0 49-32 48-27 8-6 26-21 Clinched W5 6-4 Washington Freedom 83 72 .535 13½ 78-77 5 42-39 41-33 15-9 29-19 L1 5-5 St Louis Hops 82 73 .529 14½ 86-69 -4 38-36 44-37 3-11 21-27 L6 3-7 Stafford Terriers 78 78 .500 19 77-79 1 38-40 40-38 7-9 28-25 W2 6-4 Chicago Cardinals 77 79 .494 20 74-82 3 39-36 38-43 10-9 22-25 L2 4-6 Havana Banana Sluggers 72 84 .462 25 69-87 3 38-37 34-47 8-10 29-26 L1 5-5 Balzac Ticklers 71 85 .455 26 79-77 -8 33-45 38-40 7-6 18-29 W1 6-4 St Cloud Raindrops 63 93 .404 34 64-92 -1 31-50 32-43 7-5 24-25 W1 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 94 62 .603 - 94-62 0 44-31 50-31 4-4 23-15 7 W2 6-4 Portland Axemen 94 62 .603 - 88-68 6 51-27 43-35 9-3 19-11 7 L2 4-6 Spring Lions 93 62 .600 ½ 92-63 1 45-29 48-33 8-10 23-20 W1 6-4 Cumberland Defenders 76 80 .487 18 78-78 -2 44-37 32-43 10-8 23-20 L3 5-5 Virginia Beach Surf 75 81 .481 19 76-80 -1 37-41 38-40 10-9 22-25 W1 6-4 Maricopa Rattlers 72 83 .465 21½ 69-86 3 38-43 34-40 6-7 14-18 L1 3-7 Cleveland Naps 63 93 .404 31 67-89 -4 32-43 31-50 2-9 16-25 W4 5-5 Ann Arbor Wolverines 56 100 .359 38 59-97 -3 28-53 28-47 7-6 15-21 L1 4-6

Plantana has clinched homefield advantage in the CLCS!


Washington has a magic number of 7


New York and Portland both have magic numbers of 7 as well.

[Alan T]

Virtually there are 5 teams in a deadlock for the last 3 playoff spots right now

[spleen1015]

That's amazing. I had to sign 9 FAs this past off season.

[Alan T]

9/27:


St. Louis 7, St. Cloud 4
Chicago 6, Washington 4

Plantana 97-60 (clinched)
St. Louis 83-73
Washington 83-73


Cumberland 9, Spring 7
Maricopa 6, New York 5

Portland 94-62 (m# 6)
New York 94-63 (1/2 GB)
Spring 93-63 (1 GB)

[Alan T]

9/27:

St. Louis 6, St. Cloud 3
Chicago 9, Washington 8 (10 innings)

Plantana 97-61 (clinched)
St. Louis 84-73 (m# 5)
Washington 83-74 (1 GB)


Portland 11, Virginia Beach 1
Spring 10, Cumberland 4
Maricopa 1, New York 0

Portland 95-62 (m# 4)
Spring 94-63 (m# 5 / 1 GB)
New York 94-64 (1.5 GB)

[Alan T]

Homer #500 for St Cloud's Palmer
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011: St Cloud shortstop John Palmer blasted himself into an elite group of baseball players. Today he joined the exclusive 500 home run club in the Raindrops 6-3 loss to the St Louis Hops.

"As soon as I hit it, I knew it was gone. I was happy to move on. Now I can go and have some fun. It is a weight lifted off my shoulders," Palmer told the press. He admitted just how much pressure he had been feeling. "Especially every time you'd get out of the hotel, everybody would say, 'Hey, when are you going to hit it?'"

In his milestone game, Palmer went 2 for 4 with 3 runs batted in and 1 run scored.

During his career Palmer has chalked up 2076 hits and a .267 average with 500 home runs and 1412 RBIs.

[Alan T]

9/28:

St. Louis 9, St. Cloud 8
Chicago 9, Washington 8

Plantana 98-61 (clinched)
St. Louis 85-73 (m# 3)
Washington 83-75 (2 GB)


Portland 12, Virginia Beach 9
Spring 2, Cumberland 1
Maricopa 5, New York 2

Portland 96-62 (m# 2)
Spring 95-63 (m# 3 / 1 GB)
New York 94-65 (2 1/2 GB)

[Alan T]

9/29:

St. Louis 2, Washington 1 (11 innings)

Plantana 98-61 (clinched)
St. Louis 86-73 (m# 1)
Washington 83-76 (3 GB)


Spring 2, Maricopa 1
Portland 17, Virginia beach 9

Portland 97-62 (m# 1)
Spring 96-63 (m# 2 / 1 GB)
New York 94-65 (3 GB)

[Alan T]

9/30:


St. Louis 7, Washington 3


St. Louis clinches a playoff spot!



Portland 14, Cleveland 4
Spring 8, Maricopa 1
New York 8, Cumberland 7


Portland clinches a playoff spot!

Portland 98-62 (m# 2 for homefield advantage)
Spring 97-63 (m# 1 / 1 GB)
New York 95-65 (3 GB)

[Alan T]

10/1:


Portland 12, Cleveland 1
Spring 10, Maricopa 9
Cumberland 13, New York 10


Spring clinches a playoff spot!


Portland 99-62 (m# 1 for homefield advantage)
Spring 98-63 (1 GB)

[Alan T]

Final day of the season upcoming. A win clinches homefield advantage for Portland, a loss with a Spring tie forces a 1 game playoff to determine who has homefield advantage

[Alan T]

10/2:

Spring 7, Maricopa 6
Portland 5, Cleveland 2


Portland clinches homefield advantage in the RLCS!

[Alan T]

Final 2011 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Plantana Pirates 100 62 .617 - 99-63 1 49-32 51-30 9-7 27-21 Clinched W2 7-3 St Louis Hops 88 74 .543 12 90-72 -2 44-37 44-37 4-11 23-27 W1 6-4 Washington Freedom 84 78 .519 16 81-81 3 42-39 42-39 15-11 29-22 L1 3-7 Chicago Cardinals 82 80 .506 18 78-84 4 44-37 38-43 11-9 24-25 W1 7-3 Stafford Terriers 82 80 .506 18 80-82 2 41-40 41-40 7-9 29-25 W1 7-3 Havana Banana Sluggers 76 86 .469 24 73-89 3 42-39 34-47 9-10 29-26 L1 6-4 Balzac Ticklers 72 90 .444 28 81-81 -9 34-47 38-43 7-7 18-31 L2 3-7 St Cloud Raindrops 64 98 .395 36 66-96 -2 31-50 33-48 7-5 24-26 L1 2-8

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Portland Axemen 100 62 .617 - 94-68 6 54-27 46-35 9-3 19-11 Clinched W6 7-3 Spring Lions 99 63 .611 1 97-65 2 51-30 48-33 8-10 27-20 W6 8-2 New York Legends 96 66 .593 4 97-65 -1 46-35 50-31 4-4 25-17 W1 4-6 Cumberland Defenders 78 84 .481 22 80-82 -2 44-37 34-47 10-8 23-23 L1 3-7 Virginia Beach Surf 78 84 .481 22 78-84 0 40-41 38-43 10-9 22-25 W3 5-5 Maricopa Rattlers 75 87 .463 25 72-90 3 38-43 37-44 6-7 16-21 L4 4-6 Cleveland Naps 65 97 .401 35 68-94 -3 34-47 31-50 2-9 17-25 L3 6-4 Ann Arbor Wolverines 57 105 .352 43 61-101 -4 28-53 29-52 7-6 15-22 L4 3-7

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG C. García - ANN .355 2 W. Contreras NY .351 3 J. An SPG .338 4 M. Livengood SPG .333 4 L. Huerta STL .333	League Leaders HR L. Joo - POR 45 2 J. Wright CMB 44 3 M. Viramontes MAR 42 4 L. Huerta STL 40 4 Z. Kum CHI 40	League Leaders RBI L. Joo - POR 155 2 Y. Kong NY 154 3 J. Macías SPG 142 3 J. Martínez PLN 142 5 J. Castillo POR 138
League Leaders W J. Harper - NY 20 2 B. Hughes NY 17 2 C. McAtee STA 17 2 J. Real MAR 17 5 7 tied with 15	League Leaders ERA P. Jiménez - POR 2.99 2 J. Walsh WAS 3.32 3 R. Wright WAS 3.47 4 T. Takahashi STA 3.68 5 J. Real MAR 3.70	League Leaders K T. Sakamoto - BAL 214 2 R. López CLE 205 3 G. Gómez STC 187 3 C. Guerrero POR 187 5 T. Takahashi STA 181

[Alan T]

Joo shatters the record for walks in a season that he had just tied last year. The previous record of 196 walks was surpassed this year as Joo walked an amazing 223 times this year!


His batting average fell 66 points this year though, so he did not further break his own record for OBP in a season that he had set last year.

[Alan T]

Teng finishes the year with 687 career home runs as he hit only 28 this season. Will he stick around one more year to go for 700 as well as the all time record?

Sadly his career appears to be winding down.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Reports are uploading and should be done some point by Saturday!

[spleen1015]

Thanks Alan!

[CleBrownsfan]

Grats to the playoff teams! Couple nice races we had to get in the playoffs.

Not like I expected anything from this guy but my 4th SP Carlos Olhoa went 0-15 with a 7.42 ERA. YIKES!!!

[Montreal_GM]

I love sneaking in at the end! Congrats to the other playoff teams.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Congrats to Matt, Kevin, Matt, and Tasan!

If you could Plantana, I'm a little tired of seeing St. Louis up there, so you know...just try to take that into consideration tomorrow!

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

Grats to the playoff teams! Couple nice races we had to get in the playoffs.

Not like I expected anything from this guy but my 4th SP Carlos Olhoa went 0-15 with a 7.42 ERA. YIKES!!!

I guess I cut him at just about the right time. That dude fell off in a hurry.


Oh and fina-frickin-ly broke through. Spring's back in the playoffs!

Congrats you other playoff people. Good luck in your games not against me ;- )

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Congrats to Matt, Kevin, Matt, and Tasan!

If you could Plantana, I'm a little tired of seeing St. Louis up there, so you know...just try to take that into consideration tomorrow!

I don't make it to the playoffs often. I have to make it count!

[spot]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Congrats to Matt, Kevin, Matt, and Tasan!

If you could Plantana, I'm a little tired of seeing St. Louis up there, so you know...just try to take that into consideration tomorrow!

Ditto from Stafford.

[muns]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Congrats to Matt, Kevin, Matt, and Tasan!

Congrats guys. Good luck to you all!!

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Reports are uploading and should be done some point by Saturday!

I just saw some pictures change!

[MattG]

We're happy to be in the playoffs as the end appears near. Our salary for next season is already at $62 million and we're losing 3-4 pitchers. Not having the 1st pick in the draft really hurts your minor leagues over a course of a few seasons.

Our 6th straight playoff appearance and chance for a 3-peat is more than I could have expected when we won 62, 75, 69, 58, 63, 42, and 68 games from 1997 to 2003. I guess the draft can work!