TOP HITTERS THRU 2032

CAREER

PLAYER               TEAM   AGE  HR    RBI   AVG
D BENITEZ          TOR      39     359   1288  .292
D McCLELLAN     NYY     35     342   1130  .263
E OLIVO              NYY      34     189   803   .315
T BARBER            NYY      32     328   1273 .295
B VANN               BOS       37     409   1456  .285
H GILLIAM          BAL      33      210   855    .297
G CASE                 SD        40      350    1460  .297
H MORTON         SD        40       467   1755  .285
C NORRIS            SD         37      439   1558  .265
E RICHARDS       SD         35       428  1485  .288
D SANTANA        LA        41       448   1782  .281
A KIMURA          LA         40      562   1866  .292
M KUO                LA         35      375    1279  .235
C STARK              LA        35      318    1385   .281
B AHLSWEDE     LA         34      218    925     .329
2032- .353  2030 .343  2029 .357  2028 .353

J RODRIGUEZ   COL          33       246    920    .278
C MATTEO        COL  2029 .350   2026 .351
A DIGGS            PIT        39        311   1079     .255
D KOZAR          HOU      39        308    1310    .296
P JERNIGAN     CIN        39        460    1558    .249
R FIELDER        WAS      40        428    1520     .281
A CONNER        FLA        39       851    2549     .301
A PARKER         FLA       38        512     167      .298==2029  .356
J McDERMOTT  MIN     39         551   1774      .
A MALLOY        MIN      38        543    1795      .294
E UPCHURCH   CLE       39       346     1435     .296
M RAMOS         CLE        38       469    1611      .298
O ALMANZA    CLE       34        354     1225     .241
M ELLER           CLE       34         309    1111     .274

2032 RECAP CWS/FLA

AAA
41-103

AA
30-40  (2ND HALF)

MLB
20-142  .123% 87 GB
DIV 10-62
HOME 10-71
AWAY 10-71
DAY 5-42
NIGHT 15-100
LOSING STREAKS: 15, 3, 9, 4, 7,  4, 3, 5, 33, 11, 20, 3, 8, 6, 6, 4, 4
WIN STREAKS: 2, 2, 2, 2
BY MONTH: APRIL (2-24); MAY (6-22)
JUNE SWOON: WON 2ND AND 3RD GAMES, WINLESS REST OF MONTH (2-24)
JULY: (2-24)
AUG: (3-25)
SEPT: (5-22)
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CWS STATS
PLAYER               GP   AVG  HR  RBI  SB
E FIELDER          151  .279    12    54   20
D CORTEZ          142  .278    6      54   21
S BRUNTLETT    135  .292    5      44   4
C SAUCEDO        112  .280    1      34   9
P GARCIA           101  .305    5      47    0

TEAM                          .255   65     504  104

PLAYER               W-L  ERA  GS  QS
I OLIVEROS         0-9   5.88   14   4
G ROSARIO          0-7   7.40   11   1
G SANTIAGO       1-9   9.68   9     0
A AVALOS           0-5   7.87    8     1
J MATHENY        0-7   7.69    7     1
E ARIAS               0-6   7.49    0     6
D BORDEN          0-6   8.69    7     0
J CASTILLA         8-5   2.94    6     4

TEAM                          6.83    162  34  12 SAVES 4 SHO

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FLA  104-58  1ST  ---- 26GA

PLAYER                 GP   AVG   HR   RBI   SB
P MORALES         160   .319    24     98    47
A CONNER          153   .290    33    118    16
J KENNEDY         147  .306     9       77     39
J MONTANEZ      142  .277     19    73     24
A PARKER           128   .256    15     61     10
R CORTEZ           119   .252    5       50     8

TEAM                            .274   181  854   228

PLAYER                W-L  ERA   GS  QS
T SULLIVAN        15-7  3.32    33  24
J SPICER               13-7  3.72    33  18
J BLUM                 6-10  5.02    32  13
D DONALDSON   14-7  3.13   32   21
K BLACK              16-6   2,70   30  24
K ALVAREZ         8-6    4.05    12  4

TEAM                            3.83    162  97
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POTENTIAL RECORDS

AVG
AL
JAMEY PIPPENGER  BOS  .359
EDUARDO OLIVO  NY     .346

NL
DOUG DOUGLAS  SD       .368
BILLY AHLSWEDE  LA     .353
ALVERTO RODRIGUEZ PIT .350

RBI
TOBIAS BARBER NYY  140
JEROLD AUSTIN PIT    146
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MVP
AL-GIL PADILLA  SP NY  19-4  3.34  211SO
NL-JEROLD AUSTIN  1B  PIT  .278  44  146  115 R

CY
AL-RAMON RAMIREZ  BOS  21-6  2.81 188 K
NL-MAXIMO REYNA   LA    15-3  3.08  221 K

SS
AL-J PIPPENGER  .359   30   95  .595SLG
NL-D DOUGLAS   .368    17  71

ROY
AL-STEVEN AVILES C OAK  .307  21  74
NL-VINNY CASTILLO  RF  HOU  .267  6  61
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PLAYOFFS

NY  3
CLE 0

MIN  3
SEA   2

SD   3
PIT  0

FLA  3
ARI  1

FLA 2-0, 2-7, 6-5, 5-3
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NY   3
MIN 4

FLA 4
SD   3

4-7, 4-3 (11), 6-2. 6-4, 4-9, 4-6, 6-2
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WORLD SERIES

FLORIDA 4 GAMES TO ONE OVER MINNESOTA

NYY OPENING DAY ROSTER-2012

SP
--
55 G GONZALEZ
39 D GEE
64 S FELDMAN
12 W McCREADY
51 M ROGERS

RP
25 M LEAKE
47 M VALDEZ
18 H VILLASMIL
62 T BUSH
17 W CORDOVA
45 J VENTERS

HITTERS
2 A KIMURA
30 R WHITE
41 C SANTANA
50 A LIND
22 C HEYWARD
72 R FINN
21 T GRISSOM
87 K KENDRICK
31 A RODRIGUEZ
33 F FREEMAN
35 H CONGER
19 J GOFF
13 AROD

RETIREES-2012

NY-S BRAVO

C BLAKE, M TEJADA, D ECKSTEIN. J KENDALL, AJ PIERZYNSKI,  B MOEHLER, PUDGE, J SUPPAN, J DAMON, CARLOS LEE, B ABREU, J POSADA, T HUDSON, R.A. DICKEY, J VARITEK, L HERNANDEZ, MANNY, J PAYTON, J HAIRSTON JR., A RHODES,  CHIPPER, J RIVERA, E RENTERIA, B MOLINA

NYY-RECAP 2012

NY  65-97  24GB  4TH ALE

MVP
AL MIGUEL CABRERA 1B DET  .288 46 126 .557 SLG 96 R
NL ADRIAN GONZALEZ 1B COL  .302 49 119 .595 SLG 99 R

CY
AL MAT LATOS TOR  19-8  2.64 210 K
NL RICKY ROMERO  FLA  18-5 2.72 164 K

SS
AL JOEY VOTTO 1B TB  .321 32 92 .557 SLG 87 R
NL JOE MAUER C ARIZ  .341 33 104 .607 SLG  111 R

ROY
AL LARS ANDERSON 1B KC  .258 17 60
NL RAY RAMOS 2B STL  .314 6  41

LEADERS
AVG
AL VOTTO .321
      ASDRUBAL CABRERA  SEA .321
NL MAUER .341

HR
AL CABRERA 46
NL GONZALEZ 49

RBI
AL CABRERA 126
NL GONZALEZ  119
      A PUJOLS  SF  119

W
AL LATOS 19
NL ROMERO  18
      TIM LINCECUM WAS 18
      FRANCISCO LIRIANO LA 18


PLAYOFFS
------------

TOR  3
CWS  2

SEA  3
KC    2

STL  3
ATL   1

MIL  3
SF     2
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TOR 4
SEA  3

MIL  4
STL   3
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WORLD SERIES

TOR 6-4
MIL 6-2
TOR 8-5
TOR 7-2
MIL 7-0
MIL 8-3
TOR 9-1

MVP-IAN KINSLER 2B TOR  .417  2  5  10-24  1 SB
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NYY STATS-2012

PLAYER              GP  AVG  HR  RBI  SB
HEYWARD        145 .271    29   95    15
LIND                  138 .306     34  98     1
SANTANA          133 .289     30  86     4
AROD                 129 .261     22  64     10
SHERMAN          123 .291    30   64      1
KIMURA             121 .276    26  56      17
FERNANDEZ      117 .278    22  73       11
GRISSOM            109 .261    15  38       19
WHITE                100 .297   14  51       11
SANDOVAL         99  .255    8    39        8
CONNER              79  .287    15  45        8
FREEMAN            69  .265    6     13       0
STANTON            65  .222     11  23       3

TEAM                          .273   280  813  131


PLAYER                W-L  ERA  GS  QS
GONZALEZ          13-10 4.19  33  19
ROGERS                5-14   5.53  31  11
J GARCIA              8-14   4.86  30  13
D GEE                    3-4     6.08  9     4

SAVES: CORDOVA  17, VENTERS 9

NYY AAA/AA STATS-2012

SWB YANKEES   IL NORTH
80-64 (FIRST-PLACE TIE)

PLAYER              GP  AVG  HR  RBI  SB
R FINN               139 .279    6     69    16
K RAMIREZ       132 .293    16   77     0
M HORN            122 .286     7    61     16
O VALDEZ         114 .277    4     45     19
H CONGER        102 .349    15    68     11
J GOFF                98  .318     24   106   8
P JERNIGAN      94  .263     15    59    10
D CHILDS          91   .318    7     42      0
D SALAS            88   .310     9     41      6
B GARDNER      68  .388     16   79      39
D HESSMAN      68  .278     10   42      5
McCAULEY       67  .282      2     21      14
AC READ           58  .256     10    43      1

TEAM                      .300     151  784   146


PLAYER             W-L   ERA  GS  QS
T MALONE        10-9   5.49  32  11
W McCREADY   5-12  4.88  31  12
M ASHBURN      7-6    5.48  20   7
J BAEZ                9-4    4.40  13   10
V RODRIGUEZ  6-7    6.44  13   5
H HANCOCK      1-0   5.54   5     2



R WILLIAMSON  12-5  4.49  29-15
K PERALTA          9-9    4.67  28  12
J RIVERA               8-4   3.57 20- 11
M LEAKE               8-4

TEAM                 80-64 4.06  144  61

SAVES: BUSH, 31


TRENTON  89-53   +10


PLAYER                  GP  AVG  HR  RBI   SB
V GARLOBO          142  .290    8    77     10
N CRAIG                122  ,284    10  63     11
T LINN                   120  .311    18  65     0
G CASE                   115  .326    12  62     23
K KENDRICK         114  .317    35  105   11
J McDERMOTT      110  .256    13   63    20
C RASMUS             107  .310    23   88    19
S BRAVO                 97  .290      5    58    3
R SAMUELS            83  .310      10   60    25
M WILLS                83   .281      4     34   5
J PARR                    50   .338      6     28    0
D DIORY                49                             

HR DERBY 2012

FIELDER 2
CABRERA 7
HUFF 1
ZIMMERMAN 6
ADR GONZALEZ 2
GAR JONES 2
J HAMILTON 2
LIND NYY 14
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FIELDER  1-3
ZIMMERMAN  5-11
CABRERA  2-9
LIND  2-16
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ZIMMERMAN  4
LIND  3

AS TEAM
C SANTANA   3-1-1-2  2B
J HEYWARD  1-0-0-0
LIND  2-0-0-0

2011 MLB RECAP

STANDINGS
AL
EAST

2011-NYY STATS

PLAYER                  GP  AVG  HR  RBI  SB
HEYWARD           144  .326   46    123  12
GRISSOM              139  .284   21     78   26
C SANTANA         136  .289   23     91   8
AROD                    133  .287   30     91   15
CONNER               132  .287   28     82   15
M STANTON        125  .286   27     68   8
LIND                      115  .267   16     54   2
GARDNER             96    .310   8      40    40
FREEMAN             67    .281   12    45    2
C SANDOVAL       60    .283   8      23    8
R WHITE               58    .299   6      28    4
J GOFF                   45    .317   8      26    4
S SHERMAN         33    .231   3      17    1

TEAM                            .284   268  883  171

PLAYER                 W-L  ERA  GS  QS
G GONZALEZ       13-11 4.61  33   15
M ROGERS            10-14 4.88  33   9
J GARCIA               8-10   4.86  32  14
J BAEZ                   2-2      5.30  12  6
W McCREADY     5-5     5.81   10  4
V RODRIGUEZ     3-3     6.07   10  2

PROJECT 20-20SPOO

PROJECT 20-20
INNING BY INNING

FEOM T-BALL TO THE PROFESSIONALS, BASEBALL TEAMS ACROSS THE WORLD STRIVE

FOR PERFECTION AN INNING AT A TIME.

IT'S A SIMPLE, TIMELESS APPROACH: GET THREE OUTS BEFORE YOUR OPPONENT CAN
 DAMAGE YOU BY SCORING ONE OR MORE RUNS.

PITCHERS AND THEIR DEFENSES FOCUS ON A SINGLE NUMBER,  OVER AND OVER: ZERO.

HITTERS AND THEIR OFFENSES FOCUS ON NUMBERS LARGER THAN ZERO.

BOTH TEAMS BATTLE TO BE "ZERO HEROES."

WE TOE THE PITCHERS' MOUND TO GIVE US A LEG UP ON HOLDING THE HITTING TEAM TO ZERO BASERUNNERS, WHICH WILL LEAD TO ZERO RUNS.

WE DIG IN HARD AT THE PLATE TO GET ON BASE, AND TRY TO BREAK AWAY FROM
ZERO. GET ON BASE AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SCORE SOME RUNS - AND LEAVE THE FIELD AS THE WINNER.

WHAT'S GREATER THAN A ZERO IN BASEBALL? FOR HITTERS, IT'S EVERY OTHER NUMBER.

FOR PITCHERS AND FIELDERS, ONLY A ZERO WILL DO.

THE ODDS CERTAINLY SEEM STACKED AGAINST ZERO.

LITTLE ONE. TINY TWO. TWERPY THREE - ALL BIGGER, BADDER AND BETTER THAN POOR ZERO.

BUT HOLD NO PITY FOR THE NUMBER ZERO,, BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF BASEBALL, GOING BEYOND ZERO CAN BE GOOD.

LET'S START WITH THE NEXT NUMBER UP: ONE.

ONE, AS IN HOW MANY DISEASES HAVE BEEN ERADICATED? ONE.

ONE DISEASE HAS BEEN SOLVED:  SMALLPOX.

ONE.

TWO, THREE AND FOUR ARE THE NEXT NUMBERS ON THE LIST.

A BASEBALL FAN CAN ASSOCIATE THOSE NUMBERS WITH ANYTHING INVOLVED IN THE GAME, LIKELY THINKING OF RUNS, HITS AND ERRORS.

A NEW YORK YANKEES FAN, OR FOR THAT MATTER A BOSTON RED SOX SUPPORTER, CAN TAKE THOSE NUMBERS A STEP FURTHER.

TWO - DEREK JETER

THREE - BABE RUTH

FOUR - LOU GEHRIG

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DEREK JETER? WE CAN PICTURE THE MODERN SHORTSTOP, WHO DEFENSIVELY CAN KEEP ZEROES ON THE SCOREBOARD, WHILE SMASHING THEM WITH LARGER NUMBERS OFFENSIVELY.

THREE? THE BABE. THE BAMBINO. THE SPINDLY-LEGGED, BARREL-CHESTED MAN WHO CHEWED UP ZEROES AS THE FORMER ALL-TIME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HOME RUN LEADER.

THEN THERE'S FOUR. LOU GEHRIG. THE IRON HORSE. THE SPEECH.

THE DISEASE THAT'S NAMED AFTER HIM, AN INSIDIOUS DIAGNOSIS, OFTEN LEADING TO DEATH WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

AMYTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS - GEHRIG WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS JUNE 19, 1938. IT WAS HIS 36TH BIRTHDAY. TOUGH NEWS FOR THE MAN WHO WAS KNOWN AS "THE IRON HORSE" FOR HIS DURABILITY AND DIED LESS THAN THREE YEARS AFTER HIS DIAGNOSIS.

FOUR.

THE NUMBER OF RUNS A GRAND-SLAM HOME RUN SCORES. GEHRIG STILL HOLDS THE MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD FOR MOST CAREER GRAND SLAMS.

FOUR.

THE NUMBER OF MY FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, PAUL MOLITOR.

FOUR.

THE NUMBER I FINALLY TALKED MY TEAMMATE AT FARRAGUT TO TRADING ME OUR SENIOR YEAR IN 1982. IT WASN'T A NUMBER TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY - HE'D WORN IT SINCE MAKING THE VARSITY AS A FRESHMAN. WE WON THE ADMIRALS' FIRST BASEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THAT YEAR - HE SET A SINGLE-SEASON STATE RECORD FOR SAVES (14) AND IS THE CAREER RECORD-KEEPER IN THAT CATEGORY AS WELL (TBCA.ORG).

THE JERSEY EXCHANGE WORKED OUT WELL, AND EVEN TODAY "FOUR" CARRIES SIGNIFICANCE AT FARRAGUT.

FOUR.

THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE STATE TITLES THE ADMIRALS HAVE WON (2008-11).






SPONSOR DEFINITIONS:

WORLD SERIES CHAMPION

HALL-OF-FAME

PERFECT GAME

NO-HITTER

GRAND SLAM

2011 NYY RECAP

THE HOME RUN CONTEST HELD AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK WAS THE YANKEES' SEASON IN A MICROCOSM.

BUDDING SUPERSTAR JASON HEYWARD REPRESENTED THE YANKEES AS ONE OF THREE OTHER AL PLAYERS AND FOUR TOTAL NL HITTERS. HE WENT INTO THE EVENT LEADING MLB WITH 32 HOMERS, HITTING ONE DINGER FOR EVERY 9.8 AT-BATS, A NEAR RECORD PACE.

HEYWARD JUMPED AHEAD WITH A HUGE FIRST ROUND, AND NEEDED ONLY A FEW DINGERS TO MAKE THE SEMIS. HE ADVANCED ALONG WITH EVAN LONGORIA, AND AFTER THE HOUSTON 3B COULD MANAGE ONLY A PAIR OF LONGBALLS, IT SEEMED A FOREGONE CONCLUSION HEYWARD WOULD BRING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY BACK TO NEW YORK.

BUT MUCH AS A TALENTED YANKEE TEAM FIZZLED, SO DID HEYWARD, HITTING JUST A SINGLE HR.

THE YANKEES UNDERACHEIVED ALL THE WAY TO A 75-87 MARK. PLENTY OF YOUNG TALENT PROVED ITSELF, AS HEYWARD FINISHED IN THE TOP THREE FOR AL MVP. AARON CONNER, 18, WAS NAMED AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, WHILE 23-YEAR-OLD TIM GRISSOM PLACED THIRD.

OTHER IMPRESSIVE YOUNGSTERS INLUDED INFIELDERS RICHARD GOFF, CLEMENTE SANDOVAL, AND FREDDIE FREEMAN, AMONG OTHERS.

KEYS TO NEW YORK'S FAILURE INCLUDED A PITCHING STAFF THAT MOSTLY COULDN'T NEAR ITS POTENTIAL, COUPLED WITH THE UNCERTAIN FINANCIAL SITUATION THROUGHOUT BASEBALL.

THE ALL-FREE-AGENCY DRAFT LAST WINTER CAPTURED THE IMAGINATIONS OF MILLIONS OF FANS AND ATTENDANCE JUMPED IN MOST BALL PARKS, BUT THE NOVELTY SOON WORE OFF. POOR TEAMS COULDN'T FIND TAKERS FOR OVERVALUED PLAYERS OR YOUNG, POTENTIAL STARS.

THE YANKEES WERE A PRIME EXAMPLE. THE TEAM TRIED DESPARATELY TO RID ITSELF OF ALEX RODRIGUEZ'S LARGE, LENGTHY CONTRACT TO NO AVAIL. DISPATCHING THE FUTURE HALL-OF-FAMER IS OFFSEASON PRIORITY NO. 1

"WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE FINANCIAL FREEDOM TO BUILD A PROPER DYNASTY," SAID NEW YORK GM HANK STEINBRENNER.  

CLASS 3-A ???? FAILED TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS BUT AA TRENTON IMPRESSED, AS THE  THUNDER POSTED AN OUTSTANDING 104-38 RECORD, GOING 52-19 BOTH AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD.

PLAYOFFS
-------------
EASTERN LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES
VS. BINGHAMPTON

TRE 5-4, 9-3, BING 4-2, TRE 9-6
--------------------------
EL CHAMPIONSHIP

VS. HARRISBURG

HARR.  6-3, 5-2 AND 3-2.
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2032-CHISOX START SLOW

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2032

BUSINESS AS USUAL

SOX GET BREAKTHROUGH WIN

CHICAGO - FIFTEEN LOSSES IN A MONTH OF MLB USUALLY PUTS YOU AROUND .500 AFTER THE END OF 30 DAYS.

THE WHITE SOX WENT AHEAD AND GOT - WHAT IS USUALLY THE EASIEST PART FOR THEM - OUT OF THE WAY EARLY, DROPPING THIER FIRST 15 GAMES.

KEVIN BLACK'S TWO-HIT WIN OVER DETROIT MONDAY NIGHT DIDN'T COME WITHOUT A COST, OF COURSE. SHORTSTOP SHINGO SHINJO'S, CHICAGO'S BEST PLAYER WITH A TEAM LEADING FIVE HOMERS AND 11 RBIs, TORE HIS RIGHT CALF AND WILL BE LOST FOR A MONTH OR TWO. HE WAS SLUGGING AT A .646 RATE.

THE SOX HIT .251 AS A TEAM IN THE 1-15 START WITH A 5.12 ERA.

OPENING DAY-2032

FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2032                                             PAGE C1

BUSINESS AS USUAL

CONNER HOMERS AGAINST RIVALS

BY PAT DORWIN

SPORTSWRITER

MIAMI MORNING SUN

MIAMI - AT THIS RATE, PHILLIES OFFICIALS MAY WANT TO TAKE A WALK THROUGH OF THE AREA'S VOODOO CITY.

AARON CONNER'S TWO-OUT SOLO-SHOT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING WAS JUST PART OF A PHILLIE-TORMENTING 3-OF-4 FOUR NIGHT THAT INCLUDED ANOTHER RUN AND RUNNER KNOCKED IN.

THE MARLINS WENT ON AN ASTONISHING 25-4 STREAK TO CAP THE '31 SEASON AND GIVE FLORIDA THE NL EAST CROWN AND LEAVE THE PHILLIES OUT IN THE POST-SEASON COLD.

 CONNER NOW HAS 819 CAREER HOMERS, HE LOOKS FORWARD TO THE MADHOUSE ATMOSPHERE THAT WILL OVERTAKE HIM AS HE NEARS MIGUEL CABRERA'S ALL-TIME MARK OF 832.

2031 PLAYOFF BRACKETS

NY
CLE




SEA
BOS



CIN
ATL


FLA
ARIZ
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2031-CWS/FLA STATS

CWS
PLAYER              GP  AVG  HR  RBI  SB
S SHINJO           158  .269    21    73    21
C GUZMAN      148  .264    13    78    10
D CORTEZ        140  .254    8      48    20
N HALL             120  .266    10     47   9
TEAM                        .258    106  607  131

PLAYER          W-L   ERA  GS   QS
K BLACK         12-15  3.76    33   18
F LIMA            7-12    4.46    33   14
M HAYAK      3-14    5.87    25   10
TEAN                          6.01   162  54


FLA
PLAYER                       GP  AVG  HR  RBI   SB
P MORALES               158  .315    30   76     40
A PARKER                  149  .305    37   128   13
A SANCHEZ               145  .312    21    93    38
A CONNER                 128  .360    24    108  9
TEAM                                  .294   219   953  206

PLAYER                   W-L  ERA   GS  QS
T SULLIVAN           14-6  3.41    33   23
J BLUM                    12-8  4.37    33   18
DONALDSON        16-7  3.61   32    20
TEAM                                4.33   162   90

SVS-J SPICER, 13 AND B WINTERS 13

2031 RECAP

2031-RIVETING SEPTEMBER

NL EAST
FLA  92-67  ---
ATL  90-69  2
PHI   88-71  4

NL WILD CARD
ATL  ---
PHI   2
STL   2

29
PHI  14 ATL 7
WAS 2 FLA 3
STL  7  NYM 4

30
PHIL 2 ATL 3
WAS 0 FLA 3
STL  4 NYM  1

OCT 1
PHIL 8  ATL 7
WAS 8  FLA 14
STL   3 NYM 1

OCT. 2 ONE-GAME WILD CARD PLAYOFF

STL 10  ATL  11

BRAVES SCORED FOUR RUNS IN BOTTOM OF NINTH TO WIN.

              1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9   R  H  E
STL       2 0 0  1 4 0  0 3 0   10 12 1
ATL      0 1 4  1 1 0  0 0 4   11 13 3

MIAMI - THE MARLINS POSTED A 24-4 SEPTEMBER - WHICH INCLUDED A 12-GAME WINNING STREAK - TO  OVERCOME A 7,5 GAME DEFECIT AND FINISH ATOP THE NL EAST.

FLORIDA HAD A 15-13 AUGUST TO SEEMINGLY FALL TOO FAR BEHIND PHILADELPHIA AND ATLANTA IN ITS OWN DIVISION LET ALONE HARBOR ANY WILD CARD DREAMS.NUT THE MARLINS HAD THREE GAME SWEEPS OVER THE METS AND TWICE EACH AGAINST ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON, ALL THREE DIVISION RIVALS TO RISE TO THE TOP.

FLORIDA HAS TO BE CONSIDERED THE WORLD SERIES FAVOROTES BRCAUSE OF THEIR HITING PROWESS DESPITE A POOR RELIEF CORPS.

STANDINGS
AL
EAST
NY   107-55  ---
BOS  95-67   12
TOR 76-86    31
TB    75-87    32
BAL  70-92   37

CENTRAL
CLE  86-76 ---
KC    85-77  1
MIN 83-79  3
DET 83-79  3
CWS 50-112 36

WEST
SEA  92-70  ---
ANA 76-86  16
OAK 75-87  17
TRX  67-95  25

NL EAST
FLA   95-67  ---
ATL   92-71 3.5
PHIL  90-72 5
NYM 71-91 24
WAS 61-101 34

CENTRAL
CIN   96-66   ---
STL   01-72   5.5
PIT   88-74    8
CHI  77-85   19
MIL 71-01   25
HOU 68-94  28

WEST
ARI   89-73  ----
SD     87-75  2
COL  86-76   3
LA    83-79   6
SF     66-96   23

LEADERS
AVG
AL-E VILLEGAS  SEA  .345
NL-A CONNER  FLA  .360

HITS
AL-VILLRGA  232
NL=J AUSTIN  224

2B
AL-VILLEGAS    57
NL-J PRSTKY CIN 58

3B
AL-VILLEGAS  17
NL-J SPANOS  11

HR
AL-D McCLELLAN NY  43
NL-M NAVARRO  MIL  43

RBI
AL-McCLLELAN  141
NL-M GUILLEN PIT 142

RUNS
AL-M ELLER  CLE    125
NL-P MORALES  FLA  130
       SPANO                 130

SB
AL-VILLEGAS     74
NL-E SAUCDO NYM  72

SLUG
AL-ELLER   .588
       R JARRELL NY .588
NL-CONNER  .600

W
AL-J SMITH  NY  20
NL-E PENA ATL  19

SVS
AL-B QUINTANA  NY  46
NL-J AYALA    PHI        42
      E MACHADO  STL  42
      L SIMMS       CIN     42

ERA
AL=E FLORES   BOS  2.94
NL-P TEJADA   SD    2.23

SO
AL-C RODRIGUEZ  SD  220
NL-G CISNEROS  SEA    243


MVP
AL-

2031-THE RACE IS ON

MIAMI - IT TOOK AN AUGUST SLAP IN THE FACE TO WAKE THE MARLINS UP FOR THEIR SEPTEMBER PLAYOFF RUN.

AND WHAT A SPRINT IT'S BEEN.

FLORIDA HAS BASHED ITS WAY TO FIRST PLACE IN THE NL EAST AND IS GUARANTEED AT LEAST A WILD CARD SPOT WITH JUST A HANDFUL OF GAMES LEFT IN THE SEASON.

"WE'VE SCUFFLED ALL SEASON," SAID LEFTFIELDER AARON CONNER. "WE WERE WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE GAMES UP UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST."

A DOWN STREAK SPIRALED THE MARLINS TO MORE THAN 7 GAMES BACK - BUT FLORIDA THEN WOKE UP IN SEPTEMBER, GOING ON A 22-4 RUN.

CONNER HAS BEEN STUCK AT 24 HOME RUNS FOR SOME TIME NOW - MEANING HE WON'T BREAK THE ALL-TIME HOME RUN MARK THIS SEASON.

NL EAST STANDINGS
9-20-31

ATL   86-65  ---
PHI    85-65  .5
FLA   85-66   1

WILD CARD
PHIL  ---
FLA    .5
STL    1.5
ARI    4.5

SEPT 19 RESULTS 
NYM 7 ATL 6
FLA 9 WAS 2
PHIL 8 MIL 7
CIN 7 STL 4

SCHEDULE
SEPT 20
NYM 5  ATL 4
FLA  13  WAS 5
MIL 3  PHIL 2
CIN 6 STL 8

21
NYM  1 ATL  11
FLA  3 WAS 0
MIL 5 PHI 7
CIN  1  STL  3

22
ATL 8  FLA  11
MIL 6 PHI 2
CHI 3 STL 1

23
ATL 2 FLA 4
WAS 7 PHI 8
CHI  10 STL 7

24
ATL  6 FLA 2
WAS  6 PHI 4
CHI  1 STL 2

25
ATL OFF
FLA OFF
WAS 5 PHI 0
STL OFF

26
ATL  2 WAS  9
FLA 10 CIN 2
PHI 7 NYM 3
STL  5 HOU 6

27
ATL  9 WAS 0
FLA  2  CIN 5
PHI 4 NYM 8
STL 5 HOU  2

28
ATL 5 WAS 3
FLA 9 CIN 6
PHI 1  NYM 4
STL 0 HOU 4

NL EAST
FLA  92-67  ---
ATL  90-69  2
PHI   88-71  4

NL WILD CARD
ATL  ---
PHI   2
STL   2

29
PHI  14 ATL 7
WAS 2 FLA 3
STL  7  NYM 4

30
PHIL 2 ATL 3
WAS 0 FLA 3
STL  4 NYM  1

OCT 1
PHIL 8  ATL 7
WAS 8  FLA 14
STL   3 NYM 1

OCT. 2 ONE-GAME WILD CARD PLAYOFF

STL 10  ATL  11

BRAVES SCORED FOUR RUNS IN BOTTOM OF NINTH TO WIN.

              1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9   R  H  E
STL       2 0 0  1 4 0  0 3 0   10 12 1
ATL      0 1 4  1 1 0  0 0 4   11 13 3

RETIREES 2030

CWS-B GRANT, J RIVERA, A RUIZ

FLA FERNANDO JIMENEZ, BUD STEN, WILLIAM WOOD

NEF FELIZ
ADDY FERNANDEZ
SHINGO MATSUI
J ROSEBORO
G  LOZANO
N CASE
JOSE BAEZ
M SPANOS
J PARR
J HARDWICK
RICHIE RUSSELL
M AVILES
J SKATTUM
T STRONGA 
V HAYWOOD
R TEJADA
M NBUMGARNER
D ROBINETE
J HAYWARD
R WHIYE
R CASTO
O VALDEZ
R FINN
JJ HUMPHREY

2030 PLAYOFFS

NY  3
KC  0

SEA   2
BOS  3

SD    3
CIN  2

FLA   3
LAD   0

FLA  5-4, 3-1, 2-1

---------------------------------
BOS    4
NY      1

FLA   4
SD     2

FLA   5-4, 7-11, 8-5, 7-3, 2-10, 6-5
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WORLD SERIES

BOS  4
FLA  0

FLA 1-3. 2-6,  6-8, 4-7

2030 FLA/CWS STATS

PLAYER               GP  AVG  HR   RBI  SB  CAREER  AVG   HR   RBI
P MORALES        160 .314    25    78    49
A CONNER          151 .324   36    111   13
A PARKER           151 .305   33     121  11
J KENNEDY         144 .307   10    91    36                    .284     116  713
K RAMIREZ         140 .277   27    101  8                      .298     482  1630
A GONZALEZ     132 .331   7        56   15
S NEWSOME      122 .260    16     77   16
B DIORY             105 .272    23     75     8
P GUERRERO     91   .332    6       32    10
O CORTEZ DL    78  .264     11    47      3
M CHAVEZ DL  59  .279      8      32     6
B DOVE              56  .208      3      13     5

TEAM                        .290    231  973   211

PLAYER                 W-L   ERA  GS QS
T SULLIVAN         15-7    3.10    33  23
D DONALDSON   10-10  4.05    33  18
B WINTERS           18-3    4.46   31   17           189-116  2704  4.33
J BLUM                  13-7     3.89   29  16
K ALVAREZ          11-3     4.25   26  13            227-112  3125  3.38

SVS-STEEN  46                                                  605



CWS
PLAYER             AVG  HR  RBI  SB
S BRUNTLETT  .312    6    38      5
C SAUCEDO     .296     2    28     6
A SANCHEZ     .289     23  74     18
H TADANO     .281      3    56     6
K PARHAM     .280      10  80      14



M FRY              8-20   5.03
K BLACK         8-9      3.66
M HAYECK      2-16   6.61

2030 RECAP

STANDINGS
AL
EAST
NY   111-51  --
BOS  95-67  16
BAL  77-85  34
TOR  69-93  42
TB     63-99  48

CENTRAL
KC  90-72  --
MIN 89-73  1
CLE  84-78  6
DET 71-91  19
CWS 46-116 44

WEST
SEA  99-63  --
ANA 83-79 16
OAK 77-85  22
TEX  66-96  33

NL
EAST
FLA  107-55  ---
ATL  89-73   18
PHI   75-87   32
NY    67-95   40
WAS 66-96   41

CENTRAL
CIN  94-68  --
STL  77-85  17
HOU 76-86 18
PIT   75-87  19
CHI  74-88  20
MIL  70-92  24

WEST
SD   105-57  --
LA    96-66   9
ARI  83-79   22
SF    82-80   23
COL 74-88  31

LEADERS
HITTING
AK-T BARBER  NY  .360
NL-B AHLSWEDE LA .343

HITS
AL-V MORA  TEX, E VILLEGAS SEA   199
NL-A GUERRERO  COL  225

2B
AL-M RAMOS CLE, VILLEGAS   42
NL-J PESTKY  CIN  50

3B
AL-VILLEGAS  10
NL-GUERRERO  11

HR
AL-K CALDERON  BOS  45
NL-G OWEN ATL  40

RBI
AL-A MALLOY MIN 138
NL-OWEN  131

RUNS
AL-BARBER  131
NL=P MORALES FLA  145

SB
AL-E OLIVO NY  89
NL-E SUACEDO NY  69

SLG
AL-BARBER  .675
NL-A CONNER FLA .609

WINS
AL-R PARR NY  20
NL-B WINTERS FLA 18

SVS
AL-G LOZANO  BOS  46
NL-F SAMBOL LA  50

ERA
AL-T WALBECK  SEA  2.80
NL-M HERNANDEZ ATL  2.89

SO
AL-M HINDTOR  216
NL-C ROD  SD   232

MVP
WS-NICK SHAFFER, BOS, SS   8-16 1HR 2BI
AL-TOBIAS BARBER, 2B, NY,  .360  40  125  131 R    .675 SLG
NL-GREG OWN, 1B, ATL,  .299  40  131  111 R  .588 SLG

CY
AL-ROBBIE PARR, SP, NY,  20-5  3.28  162K
NL-BILLY WINTERS, SP, FLA  18-3  4.46 184K

SS
AL-BARKER 
NL-BILLY AHLSWEDE 1B LA  .343  28 117  124R  .572 SLG

ROY
AL-MARK ABBOTT C NY  .306  15 59
NL-PIERRE BLACK  CF  STL  .274  19   83

2029 RETIREES

CWS-C BUTCHER, A CRUZ, M ESCALONA, P HILL, R MALLOY,  F MELENDEZ

FLA-JOVANY GIL

H DAVILA, E PETTIT, D VICIEDO, H HANCOCK, D MITCHELL, C KERSHAW, S SHERMAN, S McCAULEY, T GRISSOM, B NOBLES, S TRENT, J CABRERA, F FREEMAN

HR STUDS 2029

A CONNER-758

KYLE RAMIREZ-455
A PARKER-427

V HAYWOOD-551

M STANTON-693

EDMUND DOYLE-475

PARKER JERNIGAN-408

RAY WHITE-402

JASON HEYWARD-672

FREDDIE FREEMAN-525

DONALDO SANTANA-417

AARON KIMORA-501

DOMINIQUE SALAS-444

HAYWOOD MORTON-428

ADDY FERNANDEZ-603

GERARDO RODRIGUEZ-532

DAYAN VICIEDO-402

CHARLES BRASSARD-466

STEVE SHERMAN-462

ISIDRO BARRIOS-400

JEFF McDERMOTT-476

STEPHEN McCAULEY-452

BARACK NOBLES-548

BART URBINA-400

GREG OWEN-495

2029 RECAP

(SHORTENED BECAUSE OF INEPTITUDE OF BLOGGER.COM)

CWS 46-116  46GB

FLA  115-47 (BEST OVERALL SEASON RECORD?)

PLAYER                     GP  AVG   HR  RBI   SB
P MORALES             154  .312    20    67     38 
A CONNER               144 .302     41  121     12
G BATISTA               142 .285     18   81      27
A GONZALEZ          137 .274      7    71      24
A PARKER                133 .356     35  105      8
K RAMIREZ              112 .342    26   89       13
M CHAVEZ              103  .249    18   71       9
J KENNEDY             99    .331     7    46       30
P GUERRERO          94    .339     14   52      6
S NEWSOME           75    .333     11  52       6
O CORTEZ               75    .272     11  40       6
B DIORY                  74    .279     11  55       9

TEAM                               .297     248  999   207

PLAYER               W-l    ERA  GS  QS
T SULLIVAN       22-5   3.33   32   21
D DONALDSON  18-5  3.89   32   18
J BLUM                 16-4  4.30   31   20
K ALVAREZ          15-4  3.55  30    14
B WINTERS          17-7  3.99  30    18
S MAYSUI             12-5  2.64  19    15

STEEN  50 SVS

CWS
PLAYER                  AVG  HR   RBI  SB
H TADANO            .257   15      70   10
A SANCHEZ           .326   18      83   37
D CORTEZ             .326    13     69   20
E HYNICK              .313    24     68   15
D KOZAR               .324    16     52   13
N HALL                   .302    8      48   0
W KIM                    .260   8        28   6
C DONAHUE         .287     2      13    0

PLAYER            W-L  ERA   GS  QS
M FRY               4-13  6.37    20   6
K BLACK           5-8   3.99     20   9
A RUIZ               5-10 4.85     20   8

MVP
AL-TOBIAS BARBER 2B NYY  .320, 35, 141    140R  .594 SLG
NL-TOMMY SULLIVAN SP FLA   22-5   3.33   198K

CY
AL-DAVE BROWN NYY  19-4  5.46  89K  1.46WHIP  59BB
NL-SULLIVAN

SS
AL-EDAURDO OLIVA  1B NY  .372  19  72  .617 SLG  105R
NL-TODD BLAND 3B ARIZ  .357  17  53

ROY
AL-GIL PADILLA  SP KC  14-9  3.66  161K
NL-AARON GOODWIN 3B CHI  .294  27  97
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2029 PLAYOFFS

NY   2
MIN 3

SEA  1
BAL  3

CIN  2
SD    3

FLA  3
LA    1

---LA 9-6. FLA 3-2, 2-1 AND 9-6
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BAL   4
MIN   2

SD    4
FLA  1

---SD 18-4, 8-4, 9-5, FLA 2-0, SD 5-4
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WS
SD   4
BAL 3

MVP-FERNANDO GUERRERO SS   SD  11-28   .393 2  4  2SB
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2029 TRANSACTIONS

6-15
ACQ 1B E HYNICK, CF C DONAHUE AND SP D KILLIAN FROM GIANTS FOR CP S VALENCIA AND CP T CHOO

6-14
ACQ C CESAR SAUCEDO AND RP KENNY HERNANDEZ FROM GIANTS FOR 1B TODD HIPPERN

ACQ SP J ROBERTS, RP R MATZUSAKA AND RP WM. HA FROM RAYS FOR SP P ORTIZ