FOOL 2037 Regular Season

[Alan T]

Monday, September 7th, 2037: Hyannis's Rosales Gets 2000th Hit
Hyannis first baseman Gustavo Rosales finished the day with 3 hits in 4 at-bats and 2000 career hits. The Patriots also finished off the Hooligans, 10-3. The 35-year-old Rosales added his name to the list of players in the 2000-hit club.

In his career Rosales has gotten 2000 hits with a .304 batting average, scored 1088 runs, hit 188 home runs and driven in 1022.

[Alan T]

Ok, figuring out the magic numbers has become a little more involved with all of the 1/2 games.

[Chief Rum]

More career numbers fun.

Lemieux's career ERA (2.57) is .2 better than both Quero (2.77) and Sierra (2.78).

Of course, that doesn't include the later years, as Alan noted.

Top two ERA guys since the restart? Reliever-super-freaks Josh Wright (2.41) and Mike Hensley (2.51) of course.

[Alan T]

Front Office Offseason League 09-14-2037 Standings Report

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Tokyo Cyclones 78 59 .569 - 72-65 6 45-23 33-36 6-7 27-19 25 L1 4-6 Boston Settlers 76 60 .559 1.5 75-61 1 46-22 30-38 5-6 18-16 L1 8-2 Edmonton Edge 76 62 .551 2.5 78-60 -2 43-22 33-40 8-5 21-16 L1 4-6 Apex Assassins 75 63 .543 3.5 71-67 4 44-28 31-35 2-8 20-21 W3 7-3 Napa Valley Winemakers 72 68 .514 7.5 75-65 -3 36-36 36-32 9-5 14-15 W1 3-7 Baltimore Charm 63 73 .463 14.5 65-71 -2 37-28 26-45 5-7 16-17 W1 5-5 Newark Terriers 42 97 .302 37.0 46-93 -4 28-44 14-53 7-4 14-26 L5 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Hammersmith Hooligans 83 56 .597 - 80-59 3 43-29 40-27 4-6 18-18 25 W1 3-7 Chico Rebels 81 55 .596 .5 79-57 2 45-20 36-35 12-3 24-17 L1 8-2 New York Heroes 80 60 .571 3.5 80-60 0 45-27 35-33 7-7 21-19 L3 6-4 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 69 69 .500 13.5 71-67 -2 43-29 26-40 5-6 14-18 L1 2-8 Colorado Rancheros 68 70 .493 14.5 69-69 -1 38-27 30-43 8-8 23-22 W2 5-5 Hartford Harpooners 52 85 .380 30.0 49-88 3 30-38 22-47 7-6 26-24 W1 8-2 Hyannis Patriots 49 87 .360 32.5 52-84 -3 29-39 20-48 4-11 14-22 W1 4-6

Tokyo has a magic number of 23

Boston has a magic number of 25

Hammersmith has a magic number of 20

Chico has a magic number of 22

[muns]

3rd pick in the draft lol YES!!!!!!!!

my bad 4th, got a lil too excited

[Alan T]

Speaking of Blankenship....


Sunday, September 20th, 2037: Blankenship Tosses Shutout Against Hartford
Goose eggs were the order of the day for Hartford as Byron Blankenship shut out the Harpooners 4-0 at Ballpark of Hammersmith. The Hammersmith pitcher struck out 6 and walked 3 while allowing 2 hits.

This season Blankenship has compiled a 9-15 record with a 5.60 ERA in 29 starts.

[Chief Rum]

Oh, wow, a bad run, and we're back to the pack. I was kinda hoping not to sweat it. Ugh.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Speaking of Blankenship....


Sunday, September 20th, 2037: Blankenship Tosses Shutout Against Hartford
Goose eggs were the order of the day for Hartford as Byron Blankenship shut out the Harpooners 4-0 at Ballpark of Hammersmith. The Hammersmith pitcher struck out 6 and walked 3 while allowing 2 hits.

This season Blankenship has compiled a 9-15 record with a 5.60 ERA in 29 starts.

Hmm, better than I expected. Glad to see that.

[Alan T]

Front Office Offseason League 09-21-2037 Standings Report

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Tokyo Cyclones 83 61 .576 - 77-67 6 49-24 34-37 6-8 30-19 16 L1 6-4 Edmonton Edge 81 64 .559 2.5 83-62 -2 48-24 33-40 8-5 21-17 W2 7-3 Boston Settlers 78 64 .549 4.0 76-66 2 48-23 30-41 5-7 20-17 L3 5-5 Apex Assassins 77 67 .535 6.0 74-70 3 44-28 33-39 2-8 21-23 L2 5-5 Napa Valley Winemakers 74 71 .510 9.5 78-67 -4 37-36 37-35 9-5 14-18 W1 4-6 Baltimore Charm 67 75 .472 15.0 68-74 -1 41-29 26-46 7-7 17-17 L1 7-3 Newark Terriers 43 101 .299 40.0 47-97 -4 28-44 15-57 7-4 14-26 W1 1-9

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 87 55 .613 - 85-57 2 50-20 37-35 12-3 24-17 18 W6 9-1 Hammersmith Hooligans 86 58 .597 2.0 83-61 3 43-29 43-29 4-6 19-19 W1 5-5 New York Heroes 82 63 .566 6.5 82-63 0 45-28 37-35 7-7 22-20 L1 4-6 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 72 72 .500 16.0 75-69 -3 43-29 29-43 5-6 14-20 L1 5-5 Colorado Rancheros 71 74 .490 17.5 72-73 -1 41-31 30-43 8-8 24-23 W1 5-5 Hartford Harpooners 55 89 .382 33.0 51-93 4 33-40 22-49 7-6 28-25 L1 5-5 Hyannis Patriots 50 92 .352 37.0 53-89 -3 30-41 20-51 4-11 15-22 L5 2-8

Tokyo has a magic number of 16

Edmonton has a magic number of 18

Chico has a magic number of 13

Hammersmith has a magic number of 14

[Chief Rum]

Damn, Chico's on fire!

[Alan T]

Friday, September 25th, 2037: Chico Shuts out Hooligans, Sánchez Winner
Chico hurler Armando Sánchez was at his best as he whitewashed the Hammersmith Hooligans 4-0 today.

"He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches," said the Hammersmith manager. "We didn't do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit."

Sánchez fired a 2-hitter and totaled 1 strikeout and 1 walk in the shutout performance.

To date this season Sánchez is 17-4 with 30 starts and an ERA of 3.55 with 92 strikeouts in 207.2 innings.

[Alan T]

Sunday, September 27th, 2037: Rancheros Blank Hartford, Ueda Winner
According to Naofumi Ueda of the Colorado Rancheros, "There are three important elements in pitching success: location, location, and location." He told his pitching philosophy to sportswriters in the postgame interview after his 6-0 victory over Hartford.

He blanked them on a 6-hitter, allowed no walks and had 11 strikeouts. "I really felt comfortable the whole game," Ueda said.

His manager echoed his comments, saying, "He hit his spots time and time again."

This year Ueda has compiled a 14-10 record with a 3.85 ERA.

[Alan T]

Thursday, October 1st, 2037: Betancourt Best RL Starter
Vicente Betancourt of the Hammersmith Hooligans strung a bunch of high quality starts together in September to earn the Republic League Pitcher of the Month trophy.

For the month he finished with a superlative 5 wins and no losses and a 1.66 ERA. The Hammersmith star started 6 games, pitched 48.2 innings and struck out 39.

This season Betancourt has compiled a 24-5 record with a 3.37 ERA.

[Alan T]

Thursday, October 1st, 2037: CL Picks September's Top Pitcher
There's no doubt that Cyclones starter Iván Dávila earned his Continental League Pitcher of the Month award. He left absolutely no room for doubt as he mowed his way through the opposition in September.

During the month Dávila was 4-1 with a 1.80 ERA. He made 6 starts, tossed 40 innings and had 24 strikeouts.

In 31 starts this season Dávila has notched a 11-9 record and a 3.65 ERA.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Thursday, October 1st, 2037: Betancourt Best RL Starter
Vicente Betancourt of the Hammersmith Hooligans strung a bunch of high quality starts together in September to earn the Republic League Pitcher of the Month trophy.

For the month he finished with a superlative 5 wins and no losses and a 1.66 ERA. The Hammersmith star started 6 games, pitched 48.2 innings and struck out 39.

This season Betancourt has compiled a 24-5 record with a 3.37 ERA.

Is this the first ever September awards?

[Alan T]

Thursday, October 1st, 2037: Dawson Wins RL's Best Bat Award
Free agent-to-be Frank Dawson has inflated his asking price over the past 30 days by winning the Republic League Batter of the Month.

In September, the 30-year-old Chico first baseman hit .394 with 9 home runs and 28 RBIs.

If he keeps putting numbers like that up, he could be hauling in a big wad of cash at this time next year.

Dawson is presently hitting at a .356 pace with 45 home runs and 147 RBIs. He has played in 152 games and scored 128 times.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Is this the first ever September awards?

yep!

[Alan T]

Thursday, October 1st, 2037: Dave Juteau Named Best CL Batter in September
The premier hitter in the Continental League in September was Tokyo first baseman Dave Juteau. For his standout play, he was voted the Batter of the Month.

Juteau was selected after batting .379, hitting 9 home runs, scoring 25 runs and driving in 20.

This season Juteau is batting .323 with 181 hits, 33 home runs, 99 RBIs, .442 OBP and has scored 109 runs.

[Alan T]

Thursday, October 1st, 2037: RL Spotlight Shines on Rookie Star
The Republic League made the official announcement today. The Rookie of the Month honor went to Mario Carrier of Hartford. He was chosen as the #1 rookie in September.

Last month the 24-year-old Harpooners third baseman played in 26 games and hit .350 with 12 doubles, no triples and 1 home run. Carrier also scored 7 times and drove in 11 runs.

This season Carrier has hit at a .275 clip with 42 RBIs, 6 home runs and 53 runs scored. He has played in 153 games.


Thursday, October 1st, 2037: Nishikawa Selected September's Top Newcomer
Tetsuo Nishikawa was selected as the Continental League Rookie of the Month for the excellent performance he put together last month.

In September the 28-year-old shortstop for Newark hit .352 with 19 hits, 1 home run and 4 RBIs. He posted an OBP of .462 and played in 19 games.

In 123 games Nishikawa is hitting .280 this season for the Terriers with 95 hits, 2 home runs, 31 RBIs, 32 walks, .385 OBP and has scored 39 runs.

[Chief Rum]

Dawson's a free agent to be? Man, I wonder what he's asking for?

[Alan T]

Front Office Offseason League 10-01-2037 Standings Report

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Tokyo Cyclones 89 64 .582 - 81-72 8 51-26 38-38 6-8 33-19 6 L1 6-4 Edmonton Edge 84 68 .553 4.5 86-66 -2 50-28 34-40 8-5 22-18 L3 5-5 Boston Settlers 83 68 .550 5.0 81-70 2 51-24 32-44 5-7 20-18 W2 5-5 Apex Assassins 78 72 .520 9.5 76-74 2 44-29 34-43 2-8 21-24 L5 2-8 Napa Valley Winemakers 77 76 .503 12.0 83-70 -6 38-37 39-39 9-5 14-19 L2 4-6 Baltimore Charm 75 77 .493 13.5 74-78 1 45-30 30-47 7-7 18-17 W1 8-2 Newark Terriers 46 107 .301 43.0 50-103 -4 31-48 15-59 7-4 15-28 W2 4-6

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Chico Rebels 94 58 .618 - 90-62 4 54-21 40-37 13-3 25-17 7 W1 7-3 Hammersmith Hooligans 91 62 .595 3.5 89-64 2 47-32 44-30 4-6 19-19 W2 6-4 New York Heroes 87 66 .569 7.5 87-66 0 46-29 41-37 7-7 23-20 L2 6-4 Colorado Rancheros 76 76 .500 18.0 77-75 -1 45-33 31-43 9-9 26-25 W2 7-3 Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines 73 77 .487 20.0 77-73 -4 43-30 30-47 5-6 14-23 L1 3-7 Hartford Harpooners 59 94 .386 35.5 54-99 5 35-42 24-52 8-7 31-27 L1 4-6 Hyannis Patriots 52 99 .344 41.5 56-95 -4 30-45 22-54 4-12 17-24 W1 2-8

Tokyo has a magic number of 6 to both reach the playoffs and for homefield advantage.

Edmonton has a magic number of 11

Chico has a magic number of 3, for homefield advantage the magic number is 7

Hammersmith has a magic number of 6

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG H. Thompson - ANN .396 2 F. Dawson CHI .356 3 G. Taylor BAL .349 4 H. Chen COL .347 5 T. Sanu COL .332	League Leaders HR F. Dawson - CHI 45 2 C. Che BAL 42 3 H. Chen COL 37 3 C. Gonzáles ANN 37 3 3 more tied with 37	League Leaders RBI F. Dawson - CHI 147 2 H. Thompson ANN 142 3 C. Che BAL 131 4 C. Gonzáles ANN 126 5 J. Wallace COL 123
League Leaders W V. Betancourt - HAM 24 2 P. Gu HAM 19 3 R. Lemieux NVY 18 4 M. Bradford BAL 17 4 3 more tied with 17	League Leaders ERA M. Bradford - BAL 2.62 2 R. Lemieux NVY 2.84 3 C. Joo EDM 2.88 4 M. Rodríguez BOS 3.00 5 D. Retter APX 3.14	League Leaders K V. Betancourt - HAM 274 2 M. Bradford BAL 254 3 D. Taylor BAL 218 4 K. Davies BAL 208 5 T. Chelanga ANN 204

[Alan T]

Thompson is still flirting with .400 with only 12 games left in the season

[Tasan]

His first born son?

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by muns

3rd pick in the draft lol YES!!!!!!!!

my bad 4th, got a lil too excited

Well I guess that's one way of looking at it!

This has been a less-than-happy-expansion-day experience. I'm off to bed. Good luck to all who are still in it to win it!

[Montreal_GM]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Tokyo has a magic number of 6 to both reach the playoffs and for homefield advantage.

Edmonton has a magic number of 11

Chico has a magic number of 3, for homefield advantage the magic number is 7

Hammersmith has a magic number of 6

Uh oh. Baltimore is trying to play into the 8th pick.

[muns]

they freaking would do that shit

[Alan T]

10/1:

Baltimore 9, Tokyo 8 (10 innings)
Apex 5, Boston 0
Newark 7, Edmonton 3

Tokyo 89-65 (M# 5 / M# 5 for home field)
Edmonton 84-69 (4.5 GB / M# 10)
Boston 83-69 (5 GB)
Apex 79-72 (8.5 GB)
Napa Valley 77-76 (11.5 GB)
Baltimore 76-776 (12.5 GB)


Hammersmith 7, Colorado 3
Chico 8, Hartford 7

Chico 95-58 (M# 2 / M# 6 for homefield)
Hammersmith 92-62 (3.5 GB / M# 5)
New York 87-66 (8 GB)

[Alan T]

Thursday, October 1st, 2037: Retter Fires Shutout in Apex Victory
The Boston Settlers struggled at the plate today against Assassins hurler Dermott Retter, who shackled them on 2 hits while hurling a complete game 5-0 shutout.

"What can you say? We didn't hit well," said the Settlers skipper in his postgame comments.

"Hopefully we shake this off and bounce back tomorrow."

Retter finished the game with 10 strikeouts and 1 walk in an excellent mound performance.

"He pitched real well," his manager said. "Dermott made pitches when he had to. He hit his spots and did a great job of mixing in his changeup and using his fastball effectively."

In 2037 Retter has compiled a 14-11 mark with a 3.01 ERA in 31 starts. In pitching 221 innings he has 143 strikeouts and 42 walks while limiting the opposition to a .232 batting average.

[muns]

ya lets keep winning GEEZZZZZZZZZZZz

[Alan T]

10/2:

Baltimore 8, Tokyo 5
Boston 3, Apex 1
Edmonton 7, Newark 2

Tokyo 89-66 (M# 5 / M# 5 for homefield)
Edmonton 85-69 (3.5 GB / M# 9)
Boston 84-69 (4 GB)
Apex 79-73 (8.5 GB)
Napa Valley 77-76 (11 GB)
Baltimore 77-77 (11.5 GB)


Colorado 8, Hammersmith 7
Chico 10, Hartford 8

Chico 96-58 (M# 1 / M# 4 for homefield)
Hammersmith 92-63 (4.5 GB / M# 5)
New York 87-66 (8.5 GB)

[Tasan]

STOP THIS WINNING NONSENSE!

[Alan T]

10/3:

Boston 6, Tokyo 2
Baltimore 5, Edmonton 4

Tokyo 89-67 (M# 4 / M# 5 for homefield)
Boston 85-69 (3 GB / M# 8)
Edmonton 85-70 (3.5 GB)
Apex 79-73 (8 GB)
Baltimore 78-77 (10.5 GB)
Napa Valley 77-76 (10.5 GB)


CHico 13, Colorado 6

Chico becomes the first team in 2037 to clinch a playoff spot!

Chico 97-58 (M# 3 for homefield)
Hammersmith 92-63 (5 GB / M# 5)
New York 87-66 (9 GB)

[ekcut]

What a freikin see-saw season!

[Alan T]

10/4:

Apex 5, Napa Valley 3 (10 innings)
Edmonton 9, Baltimore 4
Tokyo 4, Boston 3

Tokyo 90-67 (M# 3 / M# 3 for homefield)
Edmonton 86-70 (3.5 GB / M# 7)
Boston 85-70 (4 GB)
Apex 80-73 (8 GB)
Baltimore 78-78 (11.5 GB)
Napa Valley 77-77 (11.5 GB)

Thanks to the fun of the new schedule, despite being tied with Napa VAlley, Baltimore has been eliminated from the postseason while the Winemakers have not been.

New York 18, Ann Arbor 3
Chico 9, Colorado 6

Chico 98-58 (M# 2 for homefield)
Hammersmith 92-63 (5.5 GB / M# 5)
New York 88-66 (9 GB)

[Alan T]

10/5:

Edmonton 5, Newark 0
Apex 7, Napa Valley 6 (11 innings)
Tokyo 9, Boston 2

Tokyo 91-67 (M# 1 / M# 2 for homefield)
Edmonton 87-70 (3.5 GB / M# 5)
Boston 85-71 (5 GB)
Apex 81-73 (8 GB)

Napa Valley has been eliminated from the postseason.


Hammersmith 7, Colorado 5
Ann Arbor 7, New York 6 (13 innings)

Chico 98-58 (M# 2 for homefield)
Hammersmith 93-63 (5 GB / M# 3)
New York 88-67 (9.5 GB)

[ekcut]

Boston has 3 vs Baltimore and 3 vs Newark
Edmonton has 1 vs newark, 2 vs Tokyo and 3 vs Napa Valley to close the season.

[Alan T]

10/6:

Boston 5, Baltimore 1
Edmonton 8, Tokyo 2
Napa Valley 2, Apex 1

Tokyo 91-68 (M# 1 / M# 2 for homefield)
Edmonton 88-70 (2.5 GB / M# 4)
Boston 86-71 (4 GB)
Apex 81-74 (8 GB)

Ann Arbor 5, New York 4 (12 innings)
Chico 12, Hyannis 2

Chico 99-58 (M# 1 for homefield)
Hammersmith 93-63 (5.5 GB / M# 2)
New York 88-68 (10.5 GB)

[Alan T]

10/7:

Boston 6, Baltimore 2
Edmonton 4, Tokyo 0
Apex 10, Napa Valley 6

Tokyo 91-69 (M# 1 / M# 2 for homefield)
Edmonton 89-70 (1.5 GB / M# 3)
Boston 87-71 (3 GB)

Apex has been eliminated from the playoffs.

Chico 5, Hyannis 4
New York 7, Ann Arbor 6

Chico has clinched the 2037 Regular Season Republic League title!

Hammersmith 93-63 (M# 2)
New York 89-68 (4.5 GB)

[Montreal_GM]

Don't blow it now!!!

[Alan T]

10/8:

Boston 4, Baltimore 0
Tokyo 10, Napa Valley 3

Tokyo has clinched a playoff spot!

Tokyo 92-69 (M# 1 for homefield)
Edmonton 89-70 (2 GB / M# 3)
Boston 88-71 (3 GB)

Ann Arbor 9, Hammersmith 4
Hartford 5, New York 4 (10 innings)

Hammersmith 93-64 (M# 1)
New York 89-69 (4.5 GB)

[Montreal_GM]

Atta baby!

[Alan T]

For those wondering, Thompson cooled off a bit and is hitting .390 now with 5 games left. .400 is not out of question but will be difficult.

[Alan T]

10/9:

Napa Valley 14, Tokyo 8

Tokyo 92-70 (M# 1 for homefield)
Edmonton 89-70 (1.5 GB / M# 3)
Boston 88-71 (2.5 GB)

Hammersmith 11, Ann Arbor 7
Hartford 3, New York 1

Hammersmith has clinched the final Republic League playoff spot!

[Chief Rum]

Awesome. It has been a long, long time coming.

[Alan T]

10/10:

Napa Valley 4, Edmonton 3

With Edmonton's loss, Tokyo clinches homefield advantage despite not playing today. The Cyclones are the 2037 Continental League regular season champs.

Edmonton 89-71 (M# 3)
Boston 88-71 (1/2 GB)

[Alan T]

Boston starts a 3 game series at home vs Newark today. Edmonton only has 2 games left on the road vs Napa Valley.

With only 1/2 game seperating them and both teams even in the loss column, this could go down to the wire!

[Chief Rum]

Uh oh, one against an expansion team, the other against, possibly, Lemieux!

[Alan T]

10/11:

Napa Valley 9, Edmonton 2 - Lemieux gets his 20th win as he beats Rodgers head to head.
Boston 7, Newark 5 - Hensley gets his 42nd save, at the age of 43!

Boston 89-71
Edmonton 89-72

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

10/11:

Napa Valley 9, Edmonton 2 - Lemieux gets his 20th win as he beats Rodgers head to head.
Boston 7, Newark 5 - Hensley gets his 42nd save, at the age of 43!

Boston 89-71
Edmonton 89-72

Oh, man, and that's exactly what happened.

This could be a tough one for Eric to pull out of.