June I Sim Done

Game Date:  Jun 16 2028

Standings:
Adams:  London leads Atlanta by four games.
Zotti:  Seattle has a six game lead over Brick
Signorino:  Antelope Valley is up by thirteen.

Awards & Accomplishments:
Atlanta's Ernest Metcalf stuck out 15 Brooklyn Wolves on 6/5
Appalachian 2B Mike DeWitt named Player of the Week (6/5, first career award).
Antelope Valley C Lloyd Rideout named Player of the Week (6/12, first career award).

Significant Injuries:
Appalachian will be without LF Martin Perez for about four weeks because of a fractured rib.
Highland reliever Salvadore Soto is out for 6-7 weeks with shoulder bursitis.
John Cooper will be on the DL for London for 4 weeks with shoulder tendinitis.
The Armadillos will have to live without Dan Eggleston for the rest of the year as he tore a back muscle.

Milestones:
None

Last Week's Trivia Question:
Who are the only three players to spend their entire career (minimum 20 seasons) and not be in the Hall of Fame.  The answer, as correctly guessed was Mel Harder, Alan Trammel and Derek Jeter.

After the question was answered, I put out a bonus question:  What player spent 20 years with one team (but not his entire career) and is not in the Hall of Fame.  I think I'll leave this one out there this week, while giving you a new question as well.

This Week's Trivia Question:  
The town of Donora, Pennsylvania has a population of 5,653, so the odds of it producing a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame are pretty small.  However, this town beat the odds and produced two Hall of Famers.  Who are they?

A Statistical Oddity:
I found this little tidbit but I'm not sure how to phrase it in a question without giving away the answer, so I'll just put it out there.  Warren Sphan won 363 games in his career -- 356 for the Braves, 4 for the Mets and 3 for the Giants.  In an odd quirk, he also had 363 hits (as a batter) -- 356 for the Braves, 4 for the Mets and 3 for the Giants.

Next sim:  Next Thursday night.