Standings:
- Adams Division - Brick leads Brooklyn by 6 games
- Zotti Division - Seattle leads Appalachian by 14 games
- Signorino Division - Philadelphia leads Maui by 4 games
- Wild Card - Maui is up 3 games on Brooklyn and Appalachian
Awards:
- Brick 1B Martin Cox won player of the week (6/17)
- Philadelphia 1B Manuel Hidalgo won player of the week (6/24)
- Maui 2B Carlos Madrigal won player of the week (7/1)
- Seattle 1B Hector Valera won batter of the month for June
- Seattle SP Enrico Hernandez won pitcher of the month for June
- Wilmington RF Matt Young won rookie of the month for June
Injuries:
- Seattle RF Hector Pina - 6 weeks (sports hernia)
- Atlanta RF Lucio Muniz - 4 weeks (sprained thumb)
- Philadelphia SP Juan Santiago - 10-11 months (stretched elbow ligament :( )
- Mepkin Abbey RF Jimmy Estes - 4 weeks (shoulder soreness)
- Wilmington RF Maximo Rodriguez - 6-7 weeks (oblique strain)
- Highland 2B Mark Cannon - 4 weeks (sprained ankle)
- Mepkin Abbey LF Jonathan Anderson - 2 weeks (back soreness)
- Highland - 1B Roberto Benitez - 3 weeks (fractured foot)
- Antelope Valley LF Ray McJannett - 5 weeks (torn ligament in thumb)
- Highland 3B Max Price - one week (back soreness)
Answer to last sim's trivia question: I got it right, with the elaborate answer that a player could switch teams during the suspension of a game.
This week's trivia question: One lucky player was the only player to pinch hit for two different Hall of Fame players who were never otherwise pinch hit for in their careers. Who is the player?
Edit by Zev (7/20/2017): My apologies, everyone. It turns out that no such person exists. While there was only one player (Carroll Hardy) to pinch hit for Ted Williams, several sources (including, but not limited to the Wikipedia page I linked to above) indicated that he was also the only player to pinch hit for Carl Yastrzemski. While he *did* pinch hit for Yaz, I later confirmed that he was not the *only* person to do so. (I found a game on May 26, 1983 where Reid Nichols pinch hit for Yaz.) So, I guess I owe you all another question.
This week's replacement trivia question:
Who are the only pitchers to throw more than one no-hitter in the same regular season?
Next sim: Next Wednesday night, July 26th.
I lost Santiago after two innings of the first game of the sim, and for some reason my emergency starter didn't start any games. So, the rest of my rotation pitched on three days rest and Kichikawa and Ryan performed well.
ReplyDeleteThis injury is a killer for me. I'm relieved I only lost 1 game of my lead over Maui. With Santiago now out until after the 2031 season will start, it throws my plans for this season, and next, into disarray.
Johnny van der Meer and Max Scherzer both threw no-hitters during the regular season.
ReplyDeleteVirgil Trucks?
ReplyDeleteand Vander Meer I think is the other -- didn't he pitch his back to back?
ReplyDeleteYes, VanderMeer, Scherzer and Trucks are among the pitchers who did this. But there are more.
ReplyDeleteHave to think about this one then. Nolan Ryan had so many you have to figure there could have been a year where he threw two.
ReplyDeleteOn the topic of no-hitters, a good trivia question would be to name the pitchers who threw no hitters on the same day. Can't have happened too often. There was one night back in the 90s when I remember it happening.