Sim 21 Done!

Game Date: August 27, 2035

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston
• Milwaukee
• Philadelphia

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Brooklyn by 22 (Magic number: 5)
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Chicago by 23.5 (Magic number: 4)
• Signorino: Philadelphia leads New Orleans by 20.5 (Magic number: 7)
• Wild Card: New Orleans leads Chicago by 6 (Magic number: 22)

News:

• Wilmington 2B Fred Martin won the Player of the Week award. 
• Wilmington OF Luis Serrano will miss the rest of the season (8-9 weeks) with a sprained ankle
• Atlanta 2B Enrique Gonzalez will miss 4 weeks with a strained hamstring

Next Sim: Zev will sim the five days to get to September 1st (Roster expansion day) on Wednesday night. 

Sim 20 Done!

Game Date:  Aug 20 2035

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
Houston
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Chicago (vacation)

Standings:

Adams:  Brick is 22 ahead of Brooklyn
Zotti:  Milwaukee is 22.5 in front of Chicago
Signorino:  Philadelphia has a 20.5 game lead over New Orleans
Wild Card:  New Orleans is five ahead of Chicago.

Awards & Accomplishments:

Milwaukee's Salvador Velasquez named Player of the Week (2nd award this season, 14th career award)

Significant Injuries:

New Orleans CF Don Jones, fractured rib, 4 weeks.

Last Sim's Trivia Question:

What are the only two major league teams to have played home games in New Jersey?

Fred came up with the correct answers -- The Newark Peppers of the Federal League in 1915 and the Brooklyn Dodgers, who played 15 games in Roosevelt Stadium over 1956-57.

This Sim's Trivia Question:

Since 1970, who are the only three players to have more than fifteen wins and fifteen saves in the same season?  (Hint:  Two of the three did it for the same team (albeit in different years).

Next sim:  Back to Michael on Sunday night.

Sim 19 Done!

Game Date: August 13, 2035

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston
• Philadelphia 
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Brooklyn by 20 games
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Chicago by 19.5 games
• Signorino: Philadelphia leads New Orleans by 18.5 games
• Wild Card: New Orleans leads Chicago by 5 games

News/Injuries:

• Milwaukee 1B Hector Valera was the Player of the Week
• We have opening. Mepkin Abbey is available if someone knows a potential owner who would like a team with a great farm system and the #1 pick next season.
• Chicago OF George White will miss the rest of the season with a torn groin muscle
• Mepkin Abbey OF Juan Arroyo will miss 2 weeks with a hamstring strain
• Milwaukee 3B Seun-huen Hwa will be day-to-day for 3 weeks with a strained hamstring
• Appalachian SP Don Clancey will be day-to-day for 1-2 weeks with shoulder tendinitis

Next Sim: Wednesday night. Ho ho ho.

Sim 18 Complete!

Game Date:  Aug 6 2035

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
Chicago
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick leads Houston by 17 games

Zotti:  Milwaukee over Chicago by 18.5

Signorino:  Philadelphia is 18.5 up on New Orleans

Wild Card:  New Orleans is 2.5 games ahead of Houston

Awards & Accomplishments:

Brooklyn's John Hunter wins Batter of the Month 

Philadelphia's Anthony White named Pitcher of the Month

Mepkin Abbey's Sam Williams named Rookie of the Month

Appalachian's new acquired Dewey Wilson named Player of the Week (2nd career award)

Significant Injuries:

Milwaukee, Johnathan Pitts, fractured foot, 3 weeks

Milwaukee, Julio Quintana, sprained ankle, 4 weeks

Last Sim's Trivia Question:

Who was the second person (after Sandy Koufax) to win consecutive Cy Young awards?

Fred came up with the correct answer of Denny McLain, who won the awards in 1968 and 1969.

This Sim's Trivia Question:

What are the only two major league teams to have played home games in New Jersey?

Next sim:  Sunday evening.

Sim 17 Done!

Game Date: July 31, 2035 -- The trade deadline!

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Atlanta
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston
• Milwaukee
• Philadelphia
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Brooklyn by 13 games
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian 17 games
• Signorino: Philadelphia leads New Orleans by 18.5 games
• Wild Card: New Orleans leads Brooklyn by 1.5 games

News/Injuries:

• It's the trade deadline! Get your trades in by (subject to change) 9pm EST on Wednesday night!
• Houston SP Robinson Garcia won player of the week.
• Chicago C Steve Jones is out for about 2 months with a strained hamstring
• Brick RP Shawn Sparks's season is over and will miss three months with acute elbow soreness
• Brooklyn 3B Larry McCormick will miss -34 weeks with forearm tendinitis

Next Sim: Wednesday night. Get those trades in!

Sim 16 Done!

Game Date:  Jul 23 2035

Who Uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick is thirteen games ahead of Brooklyn

Zotti:  Milwaukee is fourteen games up on Appalachian

Signorino:  Philadelphia leads New Orleans by 16.5 games

Wild Card:  New Orleans is 1.5 games ahead of Appalachian

Awards & Accomplishments:

Brick's Tomas Fernandez named Player of the Week (4th career award)

Significant Injuries:

Milwaukee, Jorge Aguilar, strained triceps, five weeks.

Atlanta, John Young, torn labrum, done for the year

Mepkin Abbey, Josh Robertson, torn labrum, 3-4 months

Houston, Antonio Salinas, torn UCL, 12 months

Appalachian, Nelson Roe, elbow strain, six weeks

Last Week's Trivia Question:

Who is the only pitcher whose last win was a no-hitter?

On Sep 19 1986, Chicago White Sox pitcher Joe Cowley threw a no-hitter against the California Angels, striking out eight and walking seven and giving up one run (he walked the bases loaded and Reggie Jackson brought in the run on a sac fly).   It would turn out to be the last win of his career.  He had three further starts that year, going 0-2.   During the off season, the White Sox traded Cowley to the Phillies for Gary Redus.  Cowley pitched five games for the Phillies, going 0-4 with a 15.43 ERA.  He was sent to the minors and never pitched in the major leagues again.

This Week's Question:

Sandy Koufax was the first pitcher to win consecutive Cy Young Awards.  Who was the second?

Next sim:  Sunday night.

Sim 15 Done!

Game Date: July 16, 2035

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Appalachian
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston
• Milwaukee
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Wilmington

Standings:

• Adams: Brick leads Brooklyn by 14 games
• Zotti: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 13 games
• Signorino: Philadelphia leads New Orleans by 16.5 games
• Wild Card: Appalachian leads New Orleans by .5 games

News:

• Philadelphia OF Sergio Solis was the Player of the Week.
• Brooklyn 3B Larry McCormick is day-to-day for a week with an elbow contusion.
• Brick OF Logan Francis is day-to-day for a week with knee tendinitis.
• Atlanta OF Petero Hokualohi suffered a setback in his recovery and is out another two weeks.
• Philadelphia 3B Carter Bailey also suffered a setback in his recovery and is out another 5 days.

Next Sim: Wednesday night. The trade deadline is approaching!

Sim 14 In the Books...

Game Date:  Jul 9 2035

Who Uploaded?

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
Chicago
Philadelphia
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams:  Brick leads Houston by eleven.

Zotti:  Milwaukee is thirteen over Appalachian

Signorino:  Philadelphia is 14.5 ahead of New Orleans

Wild Card:  New Orleans is a half game ahead of Appalachian

Awards & Accomplishments:

Philadelphia's Ramon Nieto is named Player of the Week (10th award of his career)

Antelope Valley's Tzu-hsia Wang went 6-6 vs Atlanta 7/2

Three pitchers reached 2000 strikeouts this sim:

• Brooklyn's Kieran Rose (7/2)
• Houston's Yorikane Kichikawa (7/6)
• New Orleans's Qing-hua Tso (7/8)

Major Injuries:

Atlanta, RP Peter Payton, strained hamstring, 2-3 months

New Orleans, CF Jorge Flores, fractured foot, 3 weeks

Philadelphia, OF Wayne Dwyer, sprained ankle, 8 weeks

Wilmington, RF Armando Sosa, strained calf muscle, 3 weeks

Milwaukee, LF George Hendricks, fractured wrist, 5 weeks

Appalachian, SP Dave Klien, 2-3 months

Trivia Question:

Who is the only pitcher whose last major league win was a no-hitter?  25 Commissioner Points for the first correct answer in the #random channel on Slack.

Next Sim:  Sunday night.

 

Sim 13 Done!

Game Date: July 2nd, 2035

Who Uploaded?

• Antelope Valley
• Brick
• Chicago
• Houston
• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Wilmington

Standings: 

• Adams Division: Brick leads Houston by 7 games
• Zotti Division: Milwaukee leads Appalachian by 13 games
• Signorino Division: Philadelphia leads New Orleans by 11.5 games
• Wild Card: New Orleans is a half-game up on Houston

News:

• Antelope Valley 1B Dave O'Brien was both the Player of the Week and the Batter of the Month for June
• Brick CL Carlos Placeres was the Pitcher of the Month for June
• Brooklyn 1B Bo Mills was the Rookie of the Month for June
• Brick RP Shawn Sparks is DTD for three weeks with a sore elbow
• Philadelphia 1B Luis Lozano is out for two weeks with a concussion
• Atlanta CF Petero Hokualohi is DTD for three weeks with shoulder tendinitis
• Philadelphia RP is out for one week with a thumb contusion
• Brick SP Gabriel Allison is DTD for one week
• Two teams had too many players in short season A, so I had the AI set their minor leagues for them

Next Sim: Wednesday night.