Seattle Does It Again!

The Seattle Monarchs defeated the Brick Barracudas by a score of 8-7 (with a thrilling ending where the tying run was picked off first to end the game) and won the 2032 Cecil Cup.

We'll give Mack some time to celebrate his victory.  We will resume next Tuesday night.

Seattle Ties Series at 3 Games Each!

Game 7 - Tomorrow night!

Brick Pounds On Takahashi, One Win Away From The Cup

The Brick Barracudas is only one win away from the Cecil Cup thanks to the bats of three Brick batters.

CF Logan Frances, DH Salvador Velasquez and 1B Javier Cisneros each slammed two home runs to give Brick a 10-5 victory.  Seattle starter Toyoshige Takahashi was battered around, giving up nine hits, eight runs and five homers in four innings of work.

Game 5:  Tuesday night

Brick Blanks Butterflies, Take 2-1 Lead

The Barracuda pitching staff, led by Juan Santiago, held the Monarchs to five hits and no runs, as they took a 2-1 lead in the Cecil Cup.

Game 4:  Saturday night

Brick Ties Up Series

The Brick Barracudas managed to put up a five-spot in the sixth inning, leading them to a 6-3 victory over Seattle, tying the series at one game each.

Game 3 on Thursday night

Monarchs Best Barracudas in 11

Game 1 of the Cecil Cup series went to the Seattle Monarchs, as they defeated the Brick Barracudas 4-3 in 11 innings.

Chris Williams held the Barracudas to seven hits and three runs over eight innings, but it was Juan "Dog Pound" Garcia, who kept them to one hit over the final three innings who got the win. 

Game 2:  Wednesday Night
Game 3:  Thursday Night
Game 4:  Saturday Night
Games 5-7:  To be announced.

Fish vs. Butterflies -- Round 4!

The Brick Barracudas put three runs across the plate in the bottom of the seventh to defeat the Philadelphia Hornets 4-2 and advance to the Cecil Cup round.

The bottom of the seventh started off with Brick down 4-2. Martin Cox started off the inning with a single.  After getting the next two batters to strike out (and allowing Cox to advance to second on a balk), Michael Leach gave up a double to Felix Selgado, bring Cox home.

Rick Chase followed up with a triple, bringing Selgado home and tying the game at 4-4.  The next batter, Larry McCormick, walked.  At that point, Philadelphia brought in right hander Ralph Turner to close the door.  Unfortunately, on his very first pitch he uncorked a wild ball, allowing Chase to come home with the go-ahead run. 

This sets up the sixth consecutive season that Brick has advanced to the Cecil Cup Series and the fourth time they will have met in the final round.  The Monarchs prevailed against Brick each of the three previous times.  Will the Barracudas be able to pull it out this time?  Only time will tell.

Next up:  Game 1 of the Cecil Cup Series to be played Monday night.

Wolves Out, Barracudas Within One...

Game Date:  Oct 2 2032

The Seattle Monarchs defeated the Brooklyn Wolves 10-2, to advance to the Cecil Cup series. 
Brick defeated Philadelphia 8-4 to come within one game of advancing.

Also, players for the month of September were honored:

Brick DH Salvador Velasquez named Batter of the Month (4th career award, 2nd this season)
Maui SP Greg Jenkins named Pitcher of the Month (2nd career award, 2nd award this season)
Appalachian RF Victor Gonzales named Rookie of the Month

Next sim:  Saturday night

Seatte Within One Win of Advancing, Philadephia Ties Up Series

Game Date:  Sep 29 2032

Seattle 3, Brooklyn 1
Philadephia 6, Brick 1

Game 5:  Thursday night.

Game 3 Results: Seattle, Brick Take Leads

Game Date:  Sep 28 2032

Seattle defeated Brooklyn today by a score of 6-2, to take a 2-1 lead in their series.  Seattle tagged Brooklyn starter Fernando Mendoza for three dingers and Seattle starter Ernest Metcalf held Brooklyn to two runs over eight innings to secure the win.

In the nightcap, the Brick staff, led by Miguel Archuleta, held Philadelphia to six hits and no runs to claim a 5-0 victory and a 2-1 lead in the series.

Game 4:  Wednesday night

Game 2 Reports: Brooklyn, Brick Win

Both series became a best of five contest today, as Brooklyn defeated Seattle and Brick beat Philadelphia.

Game 3:  Tuesday night

New Mepkin Abbey Monks GM

Hi Guys

Just wanted to introduce myself as the new Mepkin Abbey Monks GM. Not in game yet but look like they will need some work to turn them around.
I am based in the UK, so sometimes trade talks etc can be delayed.

Cheers

Dave

Game 1: Seattle, Philadelphia Take the day...

Seattle wins Game 1, 8-2. Player of the Game Hector Velera broke it open with a grand slam in the 5th inning.

Philadelphia won Game 1 of their series against Brick on the strength of Tian-bai Chen's eight innings of three-hit ball.

Game 2:  Saturday night

Regular Season's In The Books

Welcome to the playoffs.  In the first round, we have Brooklyn vs. Seattle and Philadelphia vs. Brick.

Game 1:  Thursday night
Game 2:  Saturday night
Game 3:  Tuesday night
Game 4:  Wednesday night
Games 5-7:  TBA, if necessary.

Proposals -- PLEASE READ AND COMMENT

Michael and I have been discussing some ideas regarding improving the league.  There are some changes that we were thinking of implementing, but we want to put these ideas out to you for discussion, to see what your feelings are and if you have any ideas of your own.

Incentives

We would like to reward owners who participate and provide uploads with each sim.  As a result, we are proposing awarding teams with high participation rates with supplemental draft picks during the amateur draft.

If you submit an update more than 50% of the time, you will be rewarded with a supplemental 3rd round pick.  If you can manage 66% of the time, it gets upgraded to a second round pick.  If you submit an update every sim (with one non-submission allowed), then it gets upgraded to a first round pick.

All draft picks awarded in this manner will be given at the end of the round, in random order and are non-tradeable before the end of the season.

Change in Sim Schedule.

We are also considering changing the in-season sim schedule.  Currently, we sim half a month every week, once a week.  We are proposing to change the sim schedule to twice a week, with each sim covering one week.  This will allow you to have greater control over your roster (you can make better decisions regarding the disabled list, waivers and designating players for assignment) as well as using the seven day lineups in the game.

Let us know what you think!  We want to hear from you!

Zev