Sim 21 Done

Game Date:  Aug 29 2033

Who Uploaded?:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Brick
Houston
Maui
Mepkin Abbey
Philadelphia
Wilmington

Standings:

Adams: Brooklyn leads Brick by six.
Zotti: Milwaukee is eleven games ahead of Chicago
Signorino: Philadelphia by 28
Wild Card: Brick is a single game ahead of Maui

Awards & Accomplishments:

Philadelphia's Thomas Lyons named Player of the Week


Significant Injuries: 

Chicago RP Jorge Gonzales, elbow tendinitis, 4 weeks
Antelope Valley RF George Candler, fractured rib, 3 weeks
Wilmington RF Marcos Rodriguez sprained ankle, 4 weeks


Milestones:

None

Batting Line of the Sim:

Milwaukee's Mike Minty went 3-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 runs scored vs. Atlanta 8/22

Pitching Line of the Sim:

None


Last Sim's Trivia Question:

While it is true that no pitcher has pitched more than one perfect game, there are position players who have played in more than one perfect game.  In fact, there are six players who have played in three perfect games.  Who are they, and which perfect games did they participate in?

Fred correctly came up with Paul O'Neill, who was in the Browning, Wells and Cone games.
Michael correctly came up with the quartet of Rays who were on the losing side of three perfect games:  Evan Longoria, Ben Zobrist, Carlos Pena and Melvin Upton, who were in the Buerhle, Braden and Fernandez games.

The unguessed person (who was the first person to participate in three perfect games) was Alfredo Griffin, who like the Rays quartet, was on the losing side of all three games he participated in:  Barker, Browning and Martinez.

This Sim's Trivia Question:

This week, the baseball world lost Don Newcombe, one of the few pitchers to win the Cy Young and MVP awards in the same season.  That season, 1956, he won 27 games. 

Due to changes in the way the game is played, it is very rare for pitchers to win more than 25 games in a season.  In fact, the last to do so was Bob Welch, almost thirty years ago.  Who knows when we'll see another 25 game winner?  This, quite literally, makes 25 game winners a dying breed.

Which leads to the question: with the passing of Don Newcombe, how many living 25+ game winners are left?  And, of course, who are they?

First correct answer in the #random channel on Slack earns 25 Commissioner points.

Next sim:  Sunday night.