Game Date: Jun 16 2030
Standings:
Adams: Brick is up by eight games over Brooklyn
Zotti: Seattle's lead over Appalachian is seven games
Signorino: Philadelphia leads Maui by five
Awards & Accomplishments:
Seattle wrapped up both Player of the Week awards this sim with 1B Hector Valera winning his third award this season and 2B Norman Kuhn winning his 8th career award
Significant Injuries:
Appalachian LF Mike Roberts has a sprained wrist that will cost him 4-5 weeks.
Mepkin Abbey will be without Pedro Munoz for six weeks with a herniated disc.
Seattle's George Hendricks will be sidelined for four weeks with a hamstring injury.
Brick 2B Jesus Alvarez has a strained hamstring. He'll sit for seven weeks.
Wilmington's Dmitr Radzilowski has chronic back soreness. He'll be out five weeks.
Milestones:
Houston SP Kevin Kepner reaches 2000 strikeouts.
Seattle's Norman Kuhn batted in his 1000 run
Seattle's Enrico Hernandez reached 2500 strikeouts
Brick's Bruno Talamantez reached 3000 strikeouts
Batting Line of the Sim:
Mepkin Abbey's Carlos Ortega went 2-2 with two walks, two home runs, three runs scored and four RBI (6/12)
Pitching Line of the Sim:
Seattle Enrico Hernandez pitched a two-hit shutout with no walks and 11 Ks against Appalachian (6/12)
Answer to last week's question:
Who were the last two members of the Hall of Fame to play for the St. Louis Browns?
The answer is Satchel Paige, who played with the Browns from 1951-53 and Dizzy Dean.
Dean was long retired and serving as a broadcaster for the Browns. He announced on air that he could play better than any of the players on the squad and ownership took him up on it. On the final day of the season, Brown suited up and took the mound for the Browns. He pitched four shutout innings against the White Sox, allowing three hits and a walk. He also hit a single in his only time at bat.
This week's trivia question:
How is it possible for a pitcher to receive both the win and the loss in the same game?
Next sim: Wednesday night.
If a game is suspended and resumed at a later date, a player can switch teams (trade, e.g.) and pitch again in the "same" game for the other team.
ReplyDeleteSo, relief pitcher Smith enters a tie game in the top of the 7th inning for New York. But, the skies open up over New York during the 7th inning stretch, and the rain delay turns into a game suspension. The game will be finished a month later, at Baltimore's next visit to New York.
In the month between the start and finish of the game, Smith is traded from New York to Baltimore, and when the game is resumed, Smith takes the hill for Baltimore to pitch against his old team. He immediately gives up a run to give Baltimore the lead, which holds through the rest of the game.
Winning pitcher: Smith (Baltimore)
Losing pitcher: Smith (New York)
I seem to remember a situation where a pitcher appeared in a suspended game for both teams a few years ago, but wasn't lucky (?) enough to be the winning and losing pitcher.
This was my idea as well, although clearly the rain delay happens in the middle of the eighth, not the seventh. Sheesh.
DeleteThat is absolutely correct.
DeleteAs long as you brought it up, as per SABR, no player has ever appeared for both teams in the same game.
http://sabr.org/research/anomalies-protested-and-suspended-baseball-games
This sim answered a question for me that had previously been only theoretical. If I don't pick until the third round of a draft, how high will my first pick be on my pre-draft list?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: Seventh. I'll take it.
Can you imagine what sports news and twitter would be like if Dizzy Dean did that today? Totally bananas.
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