Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Spring Training -- Season 13

Welcome New Owners:
edw1225 -- Mexico City Banditos Yanquis -- NL SOUTH
pbodine -- Oakland Bohemians -- NL WEST
neldozer -- Dover Dozers -- AL NORTH
prezuiwf -- Texas Cattle Prods -- AL SOUTH


Movers and Shakers:
Portland Pooholes ---> Pittsburgh Pooholes
Baltimore Blue Crabs ---> New York Gothams
Detroit Motor City Mechanics ---> Milwaukee Brewmasters


Milestones Within Reach:
Donatello Davey is four wins from career win number 200. His Spartan teammate Norberto Almanza is 10 wins away from the same mark. They will be the first two players to reach 200 wins in league history.

Career HR leader Pedro Alvarez is 13 HRs away from 600. But the 38-year old has only hit 31 HRs over the last two seasons. Carlos Sanchez has 458 career HRs. He should hit number 500 this season and at 32 years old he has a great chance to be the eventual career HR leader.

Alex Flores will pitch in his 900th game early in the season. By the end of season 13 he will likely have pitched in 100 more games than any other pitcher in league history.

Who's the Best Overall Player in Fingers League?
According to my ratings only two players have an overall rating of 90 or higher. It's not surprising these players are both 5-tool players who stay healthy and are extremely durable.


- 27 years old; 5 ML years; drafted 3rd overall in season 5
- 4x Silver Slugger; 4x All-Star
- Career Hitting: .303 avg; 175 HRs; 152 SBs
- Career Fielding: .957 fld%; 158 errors; 19 + plays (SS,3B,CF)



- 26 years old; 5 ML years; drafted 1st overall in season 5
- 4x Silver Slugger; 4 x All-Star; 1x Gold Glove; Rookie of Year
- Career Hitting: .278 avg; 253 HRs; 103 SBs
- Career Fielding: .985 fld%; 52 errors; 14 + plays (2B,3B,1B,OF)

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

WORLD SERIES XII


WORLD SERIES MVP

7 for 19, .368 avg, 5 runs, 7 RBIs, double, triple, 4 HRs, 3 BB, SB

*GAME RECAPS*

Game One: Hartford 5, Trenton 4
WP: Carlos Nunez (1-0)
LP: Lynn Rubel (0-1)
HR: Trenton - Mark Garland, Billy Strickland; Hartford - Brook Diaz, Santiago Santiago, Santos Lopez 2
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Santos Lopez - 2 for 4, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs, 2 runs
NOTE: Game One of the Season 11 World Series was also a 5-4 M.A.P.S. win. The M.A.P.S. took the lead for good in the eighth inning of both games.

Game Two: Trenton 11, Hartford 6
WP: Mark Nakamura (1-0)
LP: Rico Macias (0-1)
SV: Lynn Rubel (1)
HR: Trenton - Louis Munoz, Alex Rivera; Hartford - Julian Alcantara, Santos Lopez (3), Matty Ordaz
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Alex Rivera - 3 for 6, HR, 4 RBIs, run
NOTE: Trenton's 16 hits were one less than they had the entire World Series 11.

Game Three: Hartford 7, Trenton 4
WP: Tomas Armas (1-0)
LP: Damian Martin (0-1)
SV: Rafael Castro (1)
HR: Trenton - Alex Rivera (2), Billy Strickland (2); Hartford - Carlos Cervantes, Santos Lopez (4)
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Tomas Armas - 6 IP, 5 hits, 0 runs, 1 k, 1bb
NOTE: Santos Lopez is well on his way to World Series MVP. He is 6 for 11 with 4 HRs, 6 RBIs, and 4 runs scored in the series.

Game Four: Hartford 7, Trenton 1
WP: Davey Terrero (1-0)
LP: Steven Morgan (0-1)
HR: Trenton - Billy Strickland (2); Hartford - Carlos Cervantes (2)
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Carlos Cervantes - 1 for 4, HR, 2 RBIs, run
NOTE: Down 4-1 in the 6th, Trenton puts men on 1st and 2nd with one out. Alex Rivera hits a single to LCF, but Sammy Mota gets thrown out at the plate by Julian Alcantara. The next batter, Dale Pritchett, strikes out and the M.A.P.S escape the inning.

Game Five: Hartford 4, Trenton 0
WP: Rico Macias (1-1)
LP: Stewart Roberts (0-1)
HR: none
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Julian Alcantara - 3 for 4, run, stolen base
NOTE: In games 3 through 5, Trenton scored 5 runs total and hit only .196 (18 for 92).