SUNDAY, OCT. 7, 2035
MARINERS GENERALLY ROUGH UP TSAO
YANKEE STARTER GIVES UP THREE FIRST-INNING RUNS; SEATTLE TAKES 2-0 SERIES LEAD.
BY RIC DAVIS
SPORTSWRITER
http://www.aaronconner.blogspot.com/
NEW YORK - WHILE FIDEL LORENZ TOYED WITH THE YANKEE HITTERS THROUGH FOUR INNINGS - HIS MARLINS TEAMMATES WERE RIPPING THE WRAPPING OFF GIFTS FROM HIS YANKEES COUNTERPART.
LORENZ TOSSED FOUR-INNINGS OF NO-HIT BALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHILE SEATTLE POUNDED NEW YORK STARTER JUNG-HEE TSAO FOR FIVE RUNS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MARINERS POSTED A 9-2 WIN TO TAKE A 2-0 LEAD IN THE ALDS.
LORENZ, 19-9 WITH A 3.24 ERA ON THE SEASON, ALLOWED HITS IN JUST THREE INNINGS - AND ONE OF THOSE WAS WITH TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING.
SEATTLE GENERALLY ROUGHED UP TSAO STARTING IN THE FIRST INNING. AARON CONNER FOLLOWED EARL DECLAN'S SINGLE WITH A TWO-RUN BLAST TO DEEP RIGHT. MARCO NAVARRO ADDED A SOLO SHOT TO MAKE IT 3-0.
DEREK BINGHAM'S DINGER IN THE NEXT FRAME UPPED THE FLORIDA LEAD TO 4-0 AND A FOURTH INNING RUN MADE IT 5-0.
CHRISTINE DEKHI BROKE UP THE NO-HITTER IN THE FIFTH AS NEW YORK PARLAYED FOUR HITS AND A WALK TO CUT THE GAP TO 5-2.
DECLAN'S HOMER KEYED A THREE-RUN MARINER SEVENTH AS THE SERIES MOVES TO SEATTLE.
TSAO GAVE UP EIGHT HITS AND FIVE RUNS IN THREE INNINGS WHILE LORENZ WENT 8.2 INNINGS, GIVING UP SIX HITS WITH EIGHT WHIFFS.
OCT. 6, 2035
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARINERS 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 9 14 0
YANKEES 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
65 DEGREES, CLOUDY
WIND: 7.3 MPH, BLOWING OUT TO RF
CHICAGO WHITE SOX FRANCHISE MODE FOR "THE SHOW" FROM 2011-?
Wednesday
Tuesday
2035-PLAYOFS SEA
PIT
SD
ATL
CHI
MIN
BOS
NY
SEA
MARINERS STATS
PLAYER AVG HR RBI
VILLEGAS .312 16 79
SALAZAR .312 12 59
CONNER .306 21 80
ALMONTE .262 27 97
NAVARRO .308 24 106
DECLAN .310 16 97
BENTLER .293 20 79
BINGHAM .278 4 21
McDONOUGH .269 7 55
REDD .297 2 9
ROMERO .257 5 33
SANTOS .184 0 6
SHEA .266 7 47
WALBECK 17-9 3.25
RAMIREZ 8-8 4.05
LORENZ 19-9 3.24
TORREZ 6-3 3.60
KILLIAN 3-2 4.69
BEEBE 5-10 4.83
CISNEROS 12-11 4.96
ALICEA 8-2 4.52
BRUNO 6-8 5.34
JAMESON 4-5 4.42
PALMEIRO 2-1 5.03
METZ 0-2 2.27 32 SVS
NEW YORK - A GAME PLAN IS OFTEN EASIER TO TALK ABOUT THAN PUT INTO PLAY.
THE MARINERS FOUND THAT OUT IN GAME ONE OF THE ALDS AT YANKEE STADIUM.
FACING GIL PADILLA, MULTIPLE MVP AND CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER, SEATTLE HAD IMPLEMENTED A GAME PLAN BASED ON A STRATEGY DEVISED BY HEAD ADVANCE SCOUT STEVE FINLEY.
ON TWO DIFFERENT OUTINGS, THE EX-MAJOR LEAGUER HAD NOTICED PADILLA HAD CHANGED HIS OWN GAME PLAN WHEN HE FACED THE TWO TEAMS, WHICH FINLEY REFUSED TO IDENTIFY.
"SUFFICE TO SAY, THEY WERE SIMILAR OFFENSIVELY TO US," FINLEY ALLOWED. "IT'S NO SECRET NOW: WE FIGURED PADILLA WAS GOING TO THROW MUCH MORE OFF-SPEED STUFF TO US THAN HE NORMALLY DOES."
BUT WITH THE MARINERS LOOKING FASTBALL SECOND, THEY STILL WENT SCORELESS THROUGH THREE INNINGS AND FOUND THEMSELVES TRAILING PADILLA 2-0.
"THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AGAINST A GUY LIKE PADILLA," SAID DH TODD BENTLER. "BUT WE ALL REMINDED OURSELVES TO TAKE AN EXTRA BREATH AND SLOW DOWN."
IT WORKED.
LEADOFF HITTER EDUARDO VILLEGAS WAITED ON A CHANGE-UP AND DOUBLED DOWN THE LEFT-FIELD LINE TO START THE FOURTH. EARL DECLAN MOVED VILLEGAS TO THIRD WITH A FIRST-BASE GROUND OUT, THEN AAARON CONNER GROUNDED TO SECOND TO MAKE IT 2-1.
IN THE FIFTH INNING, THE WAITING GAME REALLY PAID OFF TO START THE FRAME. BOTH RAY ALMONTE AND BENTLER DRILLED OFF-SPEED HOMERS AND SUDDENLY THE Ms WERE IN FRONT 3-2.
NEW YORK GOT A RUN BACK IN ITS HALF OFF STARTER TOMMY WALBECK (1-0, 6 IP, 7 HITS AND 3 RUNS).
TWO SEVENTH INNING RUNS OPENED A 5-3 CUSHION FOR SEATTLE AND STELLAR RELIEF PITCHING BY NO. 4 STARTER EDUARDO TORREZ (2.1 IP, ONE HIT) ALLOWED 40-YEAR-OLD CLOSER RODGER METZ TO GET A PAIR OF OUTS AND THE SAVE.
FRIDAY, OCT. 6
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARINERS 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5 8 1
YANKEES 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 2
SEA
AB R H BI
52 VILLEGAS C 4 1 1 0
38 DECLAN CF 4 0 0 0
43 CONNER DH 4 0 0 1
30 NAVARRO LF 4 1 1 0
21 ALMONTE 3B 4 1 2 1
25 BENTLER DH 4 2 2 2
16 SALAZAR 1B 4 0 1 1
56 BINGHAM 2B 3 0 0 0
34 McDONOUGH SS 2 0 0 0
17 ROMERO PH-S 1 0 1 0
20 WALBECK P
SD
ATL
CHI
MIN
BOS
NY
SEA
MARINERS STATS
PLAYER AVG HR RBI
VILLEGAS .312 16 79
SALAZAR .312 12 59
CONNER .306 21 80
ALMONTE .262 27 97
NAVARRO .308 24 106
DECLAN .310 16 97
BENTLER .293 20 79
BINGHAM .278 4 21
McDONOUGH .269 7 55
REDD .297 2 9
ROMERO .257 5 33
SANTOS .184 0 6
SHEA .266 7 47
WALBECK 17-9 3.25
RAMIREZ 8-8 4.05
LORENZ 19-9 3.24
TORREZ 6-3 3.60
KILLIAN 3-2 4.69
BEEBE 5-10 4.83
CISNEROS 12-11 4.96
ALICEA 8-2 4.52
BRUNO 6-8 5.34
JAMESON 4-5 4.42
PALMEIRO 2-1 5.03
METZ 0-2 2.27 32 SVS
NEW YORK - A GAME PLAN IS OFTEN EASIER TO TALK ABOUT THAN PUT INTO PLAY.
THE MARINERS FOUND THAT OUT IN GAME ONE OF THE ALDS AT YANKEE STADIUM.
FACING GIL PADILLA, MULTIPLE MVP AND CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER, SEATTLE HAD IMPLEMENTED A GAME PLAN BASED ON A STRATEGY DEVISED BY HEAD ADVANCE SCOUT STEVE FINLEY.
ON TWO DIFFERENT OUTINGS, THE EX-MAJOR LEAGUER HAD NOTICED PADILLA HAD CHANGED HIS OWN GAME PLAN WHEN HE FACED THE TWO TEAMS, WHICH FINLEY REFUSED TO IDENTIFY.
"SUFFICE TO SAY, THEY WERE SIMILAR OFFENSIVELY TO US," FINLEY ALLOWED. "IT'S NO SECRET NOW: WE FIGURED PADILLA WAS GOING TO THROW MUCH MORE OFF-SPEED STUFF TO US THAN HE NORMALLY DOES."
BUT WITH THE MARINERS LOOKING FASTBALL SECOND, THEY STILL WENT SCORELESS THROUGH THREE INNINGS AND FOUND THEMSELVES TRAILING PADILLA 2-0.
"THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AGAINST A GUY LIKE PADILLA," SAID DH TODD BENTLER. "BUT WE ALL REMINDED OURSELVES TO TAKE AN EXTRA BREATH AND SLOW DOWN."
IT WORKED.
LEADOFF HITTER EDUARDO VILLEGAS WAITED ON A CHANGE-UP AND DOUBLED DOWN THE LEFT-FIELD LINE TO START THE FOURTH. EARL DECLAN MOVED VILLEGAS TO THIRD WITH A FIRST-BASE GROUND OUT, THEN AAARON CONNER GROUNDED TO SECOND TO MAKE IT 2-1.
IN THE FIFTH INNING, THE WAITING GAME REALLY PAID OFF TO START THE FRAME. BOTH RAY ALMONTE AND BENTLER DRILLED OFF-SPEED HOMERS AND SUDDENLY THE Ms WERE IN FRONT 3-2.
NEW YORK GOT A RUN BACK IN ITS HALF OFF STARTER TOMMY WALBECK (1-0, 6 IP, 7 HITS AND 3 RUNS).
TWO SEVENTH INNING RUNS OPENED A 5-3 CUSHION FOR SEATTLE AND STELLAR RELIEF PITCHING BY NO. 4 STARTER EDUARDO TORREZ (2.1 IP, ONE HIT) ALLOWED 40-YEAR-OLD CLOSER RODGER METZ TO GET A PAIR OF OUTS AND THE SAVE.
FRIDAY, OCT. 6
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARINERS 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5 8 1
YANKEES 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 2
SEA
AB R H BI
52 VILLEGAS C 4 1 1 0
38 DECLAN CF 4 0 0 0
43 CONNER DH 4 0 0 1
30 NAVARRO LF 4 1 1 0
21 ALMONTE 3B 4 1 2 1
25 BENTLER DH 4 2 2 2
16 SALAZAR 1B 4 0 1 1
56 BINGHAM 2B 3 0 0 0
34 McDONOUGH SS 2 0 0 0
17 ROMERO PH-S 1 0 1 0
20 WALBECK P
Monday
2035-SOBERING SOX STATLINES
UGH.
BASEBALL'S WORST TEAM - EVER - HAVE PUT SOME POOR PITCHERS ARE ON SUICIDE WATCH
PITCHERS
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J FRY
2035 7-14 4.10
2034 4-17 4.92
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11-31 4.50
G SOTO
35 6-18 4.86
34 2-5 5.04
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8-23 4.93
T PONSON
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7-13 51SVS 7.15
ELVIS CEDENO
35 6-20 6.49
34 1-23 6.06
33 0-7 5.50
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7-50 6.06
RIGO SANTIAGO
35 5-24 5.62
34 3-15 4.80
33 6-13 6.73
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14-52 5.62
CARLOS FELIZ
35 0-12 6.43
34 1-17 6.69
33 0-18 8.18
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1-47
CAREER
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36-69 5.72
J McKINNON
35 0-4 6.10
34 --- ----
33 1-19 6.51
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1-23 6.36
G ROSARIO
35 0-0 5.40
34 2-17 7.20
33 0-0 2.70
32 0-7 7.40
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2-24 6.92
BASEBALL'S WORST TEAM - EVER - HAVE PUT SOME POOR PITCHERS ARE ON SUICIDE WATCH
PITCHERS
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J FRY
2035 7-14 4.10
2034 4-17 4.92
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11-31 4.50
G SOTO
35 6-18 4.86
34 2-5 5.04
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8-23 4.93
T PONSON
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7-13 51SVS 7.15
ELVIS CEDENO
35 6-20 6.49
34 1-23 6.06
33 0-7 5.50
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7-50 6.06
RIGO SANTIAGO
35 5-24 5.62
34 3-15 4.80
33 6-13 6.73
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14-52 5.62
CARLOS FELIZ
35 0-12 6.43
34 1-17 6.69
33 0-18 8.18
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1-47
CAREER
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36-69 5.72
J McKINNON
35 0-4 6.10
34 --- ----
33 1-19 6.51
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1-23 6.36
G ROSARIO
35 0-0 5.40
34 2-17 7.20
33 0-0 2.70
32 0-7 7.40
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2-24 6.92
2035-ALL-STAR TO END OF SEASON UPDATE CWS/SEA
THE WHITE SOX ACTUALLY STARTED 6-3 BEFORE FALLING BACK TO EARTH WITH THEIR USUAL THUD, GOING INTO THE BREAK AT 24-68.
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AARON CONNER, 42, SIGNED A ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH THE MARINERS AND WAS THEIR DH AGAINST RIGHTIES AS SEATTLE POSTED A 48-45 FIRST-HALF MARK, 1.5 GAMES AHEAD OF TEXAS.
CONNER, CURRENTLY ON THE DL FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN HIS 24-YEAR CAREER, HAS APPEARED IN 59 GAMES, HITTING .285 WITH EIGHT HOMERS AND 26 RBIs.
HE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT WRIST BUT IS EXPECTED BACK WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR LESS.
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SEPT. 13, 2035
CWS ARE 38-107
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SEA IS 78-66, 5 GAMES AHEAD OF TEXAS. CONNER HAS PLAYED 98 GAMES WITH JUST 27 EXTRA-BASE HITS, NINE DOUBLES AND 18 HRs WITH 69 RBIs.
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CWS FINISH 43-119.
SEA WINS WEST WITH 91-71 MARK. CONNER PUTS UP .306, 21, 80 NUMBERS TO UP HIS HR TOTAL TO 921 WITH 2815 RBIs AND 4063 HITS, ALL MLB HIGHS.
WE'LL COVER THE PLAYOFFS AFTER TAKING A SOMBER LOOK AT THE HAPLESS SOX.
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AARON CONNER, 42, SIGNED A ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH THE MARINERS AND WAS THEIR DH AGAINST RIGHTIES AS SEATTLE POSTED A 48-45 FIRST-HALF MARK, 1.5 GAMES AHEAD OF TEXAS.
CONNER, CURRENTLY ON THE DL FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN HIS 24-YEAR CAREER, HAS APPEARED IN 59 GAMES, HITTING .285 WITH EIGHT HOMERS AND 26 RBIs.
HE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT WRIST BUT IS EXPECTED BACK WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR LESS.
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SEPT. 13, 2035
CWS ARE 38-107
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SEA IS 78-66, 5 GAMES AHEAD OF TEXAS. CONNER HAS PLAYED 98 GAMES WITH JUST 27 EXTRA-BASE HITS, NINE DOUBLES AND 18 HRs WITH 69 RBIs.
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CWS FINISH 43-119.
SEA WINS WEST WITH 91-71 MARK. CONNER PUTS UP .306, 21, 80 NUMBERS TO UP HIS HR TOTAL TO 921 WITH 2815 RBIs AND 4063 HITS, ALL MLB HIGHS.
WE'LL COVER THE PLAYOFFS AFTER TAKING A SOMBER LOOK AT THE HAPLESS SOX.
2034-CWS/FLA UPDATE
JUNE 1, 2034
SIMMING EVERYTHING BUT JUNE DRAFT FOR CWS.
RECORD IS 9-46, 6.78 ERA AND .263 AVG
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FLA
MARLINS ARE 33-23, PHIL 31-24 AND ATL 29-26
AARON CONNER IS HITTING .275 IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT WITH 10 HOMERS AND 33 RBIs. THE 41-YEAR-OLD IS BASEBALL'S ALL-TIME HOME RUN (890) AND RBI (2692) LEADER.
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SIMMING EVERYTHING BUT JUNE DRAFT FOR CWS.
RECORD IS 9-46, 6.78 ERA AND .263 AVG
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FLA
MARLINS ARE 33-23, PHIL 31-24 AND ATL 29-26
AARON CONNER IS HITTING .275 IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT WITH 10 HOMERS AND 33 RBIs. THE 41-YEAR-OLD IS BASEBALL'S ALL-TIME HOME RUN (890) AND RBI (2692) LEADER.
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Sunday
UPDATE-NYY AUG. 2012
THE YANKEES CONTINUE TO BATTLE IN AN EXTREMELY TIGHT AMERICAN LEAGUE.
STANDINGS THRU AUG. 22, 2012:
AL EAST
NYY 67-57 --
TOR 66-58 1
BOS 65-59 2
BAL 57-69 11
TB 51-72 15.5
AL CENTRAL
CWS 68-56 --
MIN 67-57 1
DET 66-60 3
CLE 57-69 12
KC 54-71 14.5
AL WEST
SEA 67-57 --
LAA 66-58 .5
OAK 65-60 2
TEX 60-64 6.5
WILD CARD
MIN 67-57 --
TOR 66-58 1
ANA 66-58 1
DET 66-60 2
BOS 65-59 2
OAK 65-60 2.5
STANDINGS THRU AUG. 22, 2012:
AL EAST
NYY 67-57 --
TOR 66-58 1
BOS 65-59 2
BAL 57-69 11
TB 51-72 15.5
AL CENTRAL
CWS 68-56 --
MIN 67-57 1
DET 66-60 3
CLE 57-69 12
KC 54-71 14.5
AL WEST
SEA 67-57 --
LAA 66-58 .5
OAK 65-60 2
TEX 60-64 6.5
WILD CARD
MIN 67-57 --
TOR 66-58 1
ANA 66-58 1
DET 66-60 2
BOS 65-59 2
OAK 65-60 2.5
Saturday
PHI-2011 DRAFT
PHILLIES FANTASY DRAFT 2011 (THE SHOW)
PICK #27
DECENT FUTURE WITH STRENGTH AT ALL THREE LEVELS
RETIRED #s-----1, 14, 20, 32, 36, 42
LISTED IN DRAFT ORDER
UNIFORM #s
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VOTTO 9
HEYWARD 44
McCUTCHEN 22
C SANTANA 41
HUGHES 65
LIND 27
SNIDER 45
G GONZALEZ 47
A RHODES 53
D BRADEN 54
FREEMAN 5
CONNER 49
R SPRINGER 50
C RICHARD 33
K DRABEK 4
R WHITE 30
CHOATE 35
I KENNEDY 31
GRISSOM 15
A FERNANDEZ 27
GOFF 19
TABATA 34
FRANKLIN 99
B NOBLES 24
VICIEDO 28
BYRDAK 46
R BRITO 12
T STRONG 8
L HARRELL 58
S LITTLE 67
C SANDOVAL 10
S McCAULEY 7
O VALDEZ 0
P TEJADA 63
R RUSSELL 77
D RAINEY 25
S SHERMAN 3
K KENDRICK 17
C ESPINOSA 55
K RAMIREZ 21
P JERNIGAN 43
J McDERMOTT 38
H HANCOCK 2
J SILVA 70
G CHAVEZ 13
M WATSON 56
E ABERNATHY 98
H CORTES 87
G CASE 97
J LOBATON 81
R SAMUELS 90
R FINN 95
D MASSET 72
S CAIRO 11
E DE LA CRUZ 73
B IRVING 89
B STEEN 66
R GASPAR 81
O TORREZ 82
C PARKER 83
F MEADOWS 84
N FOX 85
C FAY 86
D BOTTS 59
M RUIZ 75
D HESSMAN 96
J NOBLES 51
D PRESTON 76
R RODRIGUEZ 87
M MARCHANT 92
K CHAVEZ 79
B BROWN 62
S ARNEZ 93
D TENACE 94
S LOCKETT 69
PICK #27
DECENT FUTURE WITH STRENGTH AT ALL THREE LEVELS
RETIRED #s-----1, 14, 20, 32, 36, 42
LISTED IN DRAFT ORDER
UNIFORM #s
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VOTTO 9
HEYWARD 44
McCUTCHEN 22
C SANTANA 41
HUGHES 65
LIND 27
SNIDER 45
G GONZALEZ 47
A RHODES 53
D BRADEN 54
FREEMAN 5
CONNER 49
R SPRINGER 50
C RICHARD 33
K DRABEK 4
R WHITE 30
CHOATE 35
I KENNEDY 31
GRISSOM 15
A FERNANDEZ 27
GOFF 19
TABATA 34
FRANKLIN 99
B NOBLES 24
VICIEDO 28
BYRDAK 46
R BRITO 12
T STRONG 8
L HARRELL 58
S LITTLE 67
C SANDOVAL 10
S McCAULEY 7
O VALDEZ 0
P TEJADA 63
R RUSSELL 77
D RAINEY 25
S SHERMAN 3
K KENDRICK 17
C ESPINOSA 55
K RAMIREZ 21
P JERNIGAN 43
J McDERMOTT 38
H HANCOCK 2
J SILVA 70
G CHAVEZ 13
M WATSON 56
E ABERNATHY 98
H CORTES 87
G CASE 97
J LOBATON 81
R SAMUELS 90
R FINN 95
D MASSET 72
S CAIRO 11
E DE LA CRUZ 73
B IRVING 89
B STEEN 66
R GASPAR 81
O TORREZ 82
C PARKER 83
F MEADOWS 84
N FOX 85
C FAY 86
D BOTTS 59
M RUIZ 75
D HESSMAN 96
J NOBLES 51
D PRESTON 76
R RODRIGUEZ 87
M MARCHANT 92
K CHAVEZ 79
B BROWN 62
S ARNEZ 93
D TENACE 94
S LOCKETT 69
2033-RETIREES
CWS- R ALVARADO, E ARIAS, L HANNAH, M RODRIGUEZ, R RUCKER
FLA-K ALVAREZ, C ESCALONA, G LINDEN, R MICKLUS
C BRASSARD, J PONDER, J ANDERSON, E UPCHURCH, M MUDD, R FIELDER, P JERNIGAN, V KNOTTS, N CRAIG, N FOX,
FLA-K ALVAREZ, C ESCALONA, G LINDEN, R MICKLUS
C BRASSARD, J PONDER, J ANDERSON, E UPCHURCH, M MUDD, R FIELDER, P JERNIGAN, V KNOTTS, N CRAIG, N FOX,
2033-WS BOX
NYY 3
SEA 2
BOS 3
KC 2
CHI 3
SD 1
ATL 3
PIT 1
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NY 4
BOS 1
FLA 4
CHI 2
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FLA 4
NYY 1
MVP-AARON CONNER .429 2 6
SEA 2
BOS 3
KC 2
CHI 3
SD 1
ATL 3
PIT 1
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NY 4
BOS 1
FLA 4
CHI 2
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FLA 4
NYY 1
MVP-AARON CONNER .429 2 6
2033 WS GAME 5
MONDAY, OCT. 24, 2033 PAGE A1
MARLINS RULE THE WORLD!
SECOND STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FLORIDA
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
NEW YORK - IT'S NOT OFTEN A GAME OPENS WITH THE FIRST HITTER HOMERING.
MORE RARE EVEN THEN IS WHEN THE LEADOFF HITTER'S COUNTERPART FOLLOWS SUIT IN HIS HALF OF THE INNING.
RARER YET, THAT BOTH HOMERS LANDED IN THE NEARLY IDENTICAL SPOT MAY EVEN BE CALLED MIRACULOUS.
BUT IT WASN'T MIRACLES THAT PUSHED THE MARLINS TO THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WORLD SERIES - IT WAS PLAIN POWER THAT HELPED FLORIDA TO A 11-8 WIN SUNDAY OVER THE YANKEES TO WRAP UP THE SERIES FOUR GAMES TO ONE.
GEOFFREY BATISTA LAUNCHED AN OPPOSITE FILED BLAST TO RIGHT TO OPEN THE GAME - ONE OF HIS TWO HOMERS AND A TOTAL OF SEVEN DINGERS FOR FLORIDA.
ALIVIN PARKER SINGLE IN ANOTHER RUN AND IT WAS THE MARLINS AHEAD 2-0 BEFORE YANKEE LEADOFF HITTER BYRON WILKES HOMERED TO ALMOST THE SAME SPOT A BATISTA TO MAKE IT 2-1.
FLORIDA STARTER KEVIN BLACK LASTED JUST 2.1 INNINGS, GIVING UP 5 RUNS ON 5 HITS AND A PAIR OF WALKS. BUT HIS OFFENSE HAD PROVIDED FIVE RUNS IN THE THIRD BEFORE NEW YORK FOLLOWED WITH FOUR IN ITS HALF TO PUT THE MARLINS UP 7-6 AFTER THREE INNINGS.
THE YANKEES HAD TIED IT 2-2 IN THE SECOND BEFORE THE MARLINS' BIG INNING. NEW YORK STARTERNNNN HUNG AROUND TO GIVE UP A LEADOFF BLAST TO BATISTA HIS EIGHTH HOMER OF THE POSTSEASON, GOOD FOR 1Y RBI's.
PEDRO MORALES SLASHED A DOUBLE IN THE LEFT-CENTER BLAST AND ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADER AARON CONNER UNLEASHED A MAMMOTH SHOT THAT LANDED IN THE HIGH CENTERFIELD BLEACHERS AND IT WAS 5-2.
NNNNN STAYED IN TO WITNESS BACK-TO-BACK BLASTS BY JOHNNY NEWHAN AND CHAD WILLIAMS, BUT THE YANKEES KNOCKED BLACK OUT AND IT WAS A CONVERTED TRY TO TWO PENALTY KICKS, 7-6.
DOUG DONALDSON PITCHED AN INNING, ALLOWING A RUN AND CASEY RAMIRO COULDN'T STOP THE YANKEES EITHER, ALLOWING TWO RUNS 2.2 INNINGS.
MATT HAYEK SETTLED THINGS DOWN WITH 1.1 INNINGS OF SCORLESS WORK AND ANDY MITCHELL FOLLOWED WITH A SCORELESS INNING BEFORE KEVIN ALVAREZ GOT THE LAST TWO OUTS.
THE YANKEES TIED THE GAME AT 7 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH BUT THE MARLINS' UNTIED IT THE NEXT HALF INNNING WHEN JOVANNY MONTANEZ SINGLED IN WILLIAMS.
IT LIKED THE SEVENTH WAS ALL SHE WROTE AS SHINGO SHINJO ROCKED A DEEP BALL AND NEWHAN'S SECOND BLAST OF THE GAME - A TWO-RUN RIP, LIFTING THE MARLINS TO AN 11-7 LEAD.
GAME FIVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 2 0 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 11 15 0
YANKEES 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 13 0
53 DEGREES, CLEAR
WIND: 11.1 MPH, BLOWING OUT TO CENTER
MVP-AARON CONNER, WHO HIT .429, WAS A SURPRISE CHOICE FOR WORLD SERIES MVP.
MARLINS RULE THE WORLD!
SECOND STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FLORIDA
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
NEW YORK - IT'S NOT OFTEN A GAME OPENS WITH THE FIRST HITTER HOMERING.
MORE RARE EVEN THEN IS WHEN THE LEADOFF HITTER'S COUNTERPART FOLLOWS SUIT IN HIS HALF OF THE INNING.
RARER YET, THAT BOTH HOMERS LANDED IN THE NEARLY IDENTICAL SPOT MAY EVEN BE CALLED MIRACULOUS.
BUT IT WASN'T MIRACLES THAT PUSHED THE MARLINS TO THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WORLD SERIES - IT WAS PLAIN POWER THAT HELPED FLORIDA TO A 11-8 WIN SUNDAY OVER THE YANKEES TO WRAP UP THE SERIES FOUR GAMES TO ONE.
GEOFFREY BATISTA LAUNCHED AN OPPOSITE FILED BLAST TO RIGHT TO OPEN THE GAME - ONE OF HIS TWO HOMERS AND A TOTAL OF SEVEN DINGERS FOR FLORIDA.
ALIVIN PARKER SINGLE IN ANOTHER RUN AND IT WAS THE MARLINS AHEAD 2-0 BEFORE YANKEE LEADOFF HITTER BYRON WILKES HOMERED TO ALMOST THE SAME SPOT A BATISTA TO MAKE IT 2-1.
FLORIDA STARTER KEVIN BLACK LASTED JUST 2.1 INNINGS, GIVING UP 5 RUNS ON 5 HITS AND A PAIR OF WALKS. BUT HIS OFFENSE HAD PROVIDED FIVE RUNS IN THE THIRD BEFORE NEW YORK FOLLOWED WITH FOUR IN ITS HALF TO PUT THE MARLINS UP 7-6 AFTER THREE INNINGS.
THE YANKEES HAD TIED IT 2-2 IN THE SECOND BEFORE THE MARLINS' BIG INNING. NEW YORK STARTERNNNN HUNG AROUND TO GIVE UP A LEADOFF BLAST TO BATISTA HIS EIGHTH HOMER OF THE POSTSEASON, GOOD FOR 1Y RBI's.
PEDRO MORALES SLASHED A DOUBLE IN THE LEFT-CENTER BLAST AND ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADER AARON CONNER UNLEASHED A MAMMOTH SHOT THAT LANDED IN THE HIGH CENTERFIELD BLEACHERS AND IT WAS 5-2.
NNNNN STAYED IN TO WITNESS BACK-TO-BACK BLASTS BY JOHNNY NEWHAN AND CHAD WILLIAMS, BUT THE YANKEES KNOCKED BLACK OUT AND IT WAS A CONVERTED TRY TO TWO PENALTY KICKS, 7-6.
DOUG DONALDSON PITCHED AN INNING, ALLOWING A RUN AND CASEY RAMIRO COULDN'T STOP THE YANKEES EITHER, ALLOWING TWO RUNS 2.2 INNINGS.
MATT HAYEK SETTLED THINGS DOWN WITH 1.1 INNINGS OF SCORLESS WORK AND ANDY MITCHELL FOLLOWED WITH A SCORELESS INNING BEFORE KEVIN ALVAREZ GOT THE LAST TWO OUTS.
THE YANKEES TIED THE GAME AT 7 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH BUT THE MARLINS' UNTIED IT THE NEXT HALF INNNING WHEN JOVANNY MONTANEZ SINGLED IN WILLIAMS.
IT LIKED THE SEVENTH WAS ALL SHE WROTE AS SHINGO SHINJO ROCKED A DEEP BALL AND NEWHAN'S SECOND BLAST OF THE GAME - A TWO-RUN RIP, LIFTING THE MARLINS TO AN 11-7 LEAD.
GAME FIVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 2 0 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 11 15 0
YANKEES 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 13 0
53 DEGREES, CLEAR
WIND: 11.1 MPH, BLOWING OUT TO CENTER
MVP-AARON CONNER, WHO HIT .429, WAS A SURPRISE CHOICE FOR WORLD SERIES MVP.
2033-WS GAME 4
MONDAY, OCT. 23, 2033 PAGE A1
RALLY TIME!
MARLINS COME BACK IN FINAL INNINGS
BY PAT DORWIN
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
MIAMI- YANKEES PITCHER GIL PADILLA WAS BRILLIANT - BUT JUST NOT OUTSTANDING LONG ENOUGH IN GAME FOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES.
PADILLA SLAMMED THE DOOR, ALLOWING FLORIDA A SINGLE RUN THROUGH SEVEN INNINGS AS THE YANKEES HAD BUILT A 3-1 LEAD. BUT TROUBLE CAME IN THE EIGHTH AND PADILLA WAS CHARGED WITH ALL THREE MARLINS RUNS AS FLORIDA RALLIED FOR A 5-3 WIN AND A 3-1 SERIES LEAD.
"PADILLA WAS JUST TOYING WITH US AT TIMES," CATCHER ALVIN PARKER. "BUT WE KEPT OUR CONCENTRATION LEVELS HIGH AND EVENTUALLY HIT HIS FEW MISTAKES."
PARKER'S SOLO BLAST IN THE SECOND INNING HAD STAKED MARLINS ACE TOMMY SULLIVAN TO A 1-0 LEAD. BUT TOBIAS BARBER'S HOMER IN THE FIFTH MARKED A RUN OF THREE STRAIGHT INNINGS THE NEW YORK PIT SINGLE RUNS ON THE BOARD TO TAKE A 3-1 LEAD INTO THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH.
PADILLA STRUCK OUT ROOKIE JARROD NAYLOR, THEN SURRENDERED A JOVANNY MONTANEZ DOUBLE. JOHNNY HEWHAN THEN CRUSHED A HIGH DRIVE INTO THE RIGHT-FIELD SEATS TO MAKE IT 3-3.
"IT WAS A GOOD CHANGE-UP," PADILLA SAID. "GIVE THAT GUY (NEWHAN) CREDIT, I THOUGHT HE WAS TOO FAR IN FRONT OF IT, BUT HE ADJUSTED MID-SWING AND NAILED IT."
FLORIDA SHORTSTOP PEDRO MORALES, HITTING IN JUST THE .220s DURING THE POSTSEASON, THE UNTIED THE GAME WITH A DRIVE TO DEEP LEFT. TWO ERRORS BY NAYLOR AND ONE BY MORALES HAD LED TO A PAIR OF UNEARNED RUNS AGAINST SULLIVAN.
EXIT PADILLA. ENTER FLORIDA VETERAN KEVIN ALVAREZ WITH ONE OUT IN THE EIGHTH AND SULLIVAN (4-0) TIRING. ALVAREZ GOT THE NEXT FIVE OUTS, GIVING UP ONLY ONE HIT TO EARN THE SAVE, GIVEN A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM AFTER PARKER DRILLED A SOLO SHOT TO RIGHT IN THE NINTH TO GIVE FLORIDA A TWO-RUN CUSHION.
GAME FIVE IS 7:05 THIS EVENING. A YANKEE MOVES THE SERIES TO MIAMI FOR GAME SIX TUESDAY NIGHT.
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 8 3
YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 0
50 DEGREES, CLEAR
WIND: 14.5 MPH, BLOWING IN FROM CF
RALLY TIME!
MARLINS COME BACK IN FINAL INNINGS
BY PAT DORWIN
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
MIAMI- YANKEES PITCHER GIL PADILLA WAS BRILLIANT - BUT JUST NOT OUTSTANDING LONG ENOUGH IN GAME FOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES.
PADILLA SLAMMED THE DOOR, ALLOWING FLORIDA A SINGLE RUN THROUGH SEVEN INNINGS AS THE YANKEES HAD BUILT A 3-1 LEAD. BUT TROUBLE CAME IN THE EIGHTH AND PADILLA WAS CHARGED WITH ALL THREE MARLINS RUNS AS FLORIDA RALLIED FOR A 5-3 WIN AND A 3-1 SERIES LEAD.
"PADILLA WAS JUST TOYING WITH US AT TIMES," CATCHER ALVIN PARKER. "BUT WE KEPT OUR CONCENTRATION LEVELS HIGH AND EVENTUALLY HIT HIS FEW MISTAKES."
PARKER'S SOLO BLAST IN THE SECOND INNING HAD STAKED MARLINS ACE TOMMY SULLIVAN TO A 1-0 LEAD. BUT TOBIAS BARBER'S HOMER IN THE FIFTH MARKED A RUN OF THREE STRAIGHT INNINGS THE NEW YORK PIT SINGLE RUNS ON THE BOARD TO TAKE A 3-1 LEAD INTO THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH.
PADILLA STRUCK OUT ROOKIE JARROD NAYLOR, THEN SURRENDERED A JOVANNY MONTANEZ DOUBLE. JOHNNY HEWHAN THEN CRUSHED A HIGH DRIVE INTO THE RIGHT-FIELD SEATS TO MAKE IT 3-3.
"IT WAS A GOOD CHANGE-UP," PADILLA SAID. "GIVE THAT GUY (NEWHAN) CREDIT, I THOUGHT HE WAS TOO FAR IN FRONT OF IT, BUT HE ADJUSTED MID-SWING AND NAILED IT."
FLORIDA SHORTSTOP PEDRO MORALES, HITTING IN JUST THE .220s DURING THE POSTSEASON, THE UNTIED THE GAME WITH A DRIVE TO DEEP LEFT. TWO ERRORS BY NAYLOR AND ONE BY MORALES HAD LED TO A PAIR OF UNEARNED RUNS AGAINST SULLIVAN.
EXIT PADILLA. ENTER FLORIDA VETERAN KEVIN ALVAREZ WITH ONE OUT IN THE EIGHTH AND SULLIVAN (4-0) TIRING. ALVAREZ GOT THE NEXT FIVE OUTS, GIVING UP ONLY ONE HIT TO EARN THE SAVE, GIVEN A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM AFTER PARKER DRILLED A SOLO SHOT TO RIGHT IN THE NINTH TO GIVE FLORIDA A TWO-RUN CUSHION.
GAME FIVE IS 7:05 THIS EVENING. A YANKEE MOVES THE SERIES TO MIAMI FOR GAME SIX TUESDAY NIGHT.
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 8 3
YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 0
50 DEGREES, CLEAR
WIND: 14.5 MPH, BLOWING IN FROM CF
Friday
2033 WS GAMES 3-2
SATURDAY, OCT. 22, 2033 PAGE A1
YANKS HALVE LEAD
HOME RUN SALVO BLISTERS MARLINS
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
NEW YORK - IT WAS A FUN TIME IN THE BLEACHERS FRIDAY NIGHT AT YANKEE STADIUM AS EIGHT HOME RUNS WERE HIT.
THE DINGER DOWNPOUR ENDED IN FAVOR OF THE YANKEES AS NEW YORK POSTED A 6-4 WIN TO CHOP THE MARLINS WORLD SERIES LEAD TO TWO GAMES TO ONE
GAMES FOUR AND FIVE ARE IN NEW YORK,
IN THE NEW YORK SECOND, CHRISTINE DEKHI DROPPED A TWO=RUN BOMB AFTER TOBIAS BARBER HAD SINGLED - THEN IT BECAME SOLO HOME RUN NIGHT.
IN THE YANKEE THIRD, BYRON WILKES AND JOHNNY BASS BLASTED BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS TO LEFT AND DAVE McCLELLAN LATER ADDED ANOTHER SOLO SHOT, THIS ONE TO DEEP RIGHT TO MAKE IT 5-0
THE NEXT FRAME BROUGHT ANOTHER NY RUN HOME ON A FIELDER'S CHOICE FROM WILKES.
SHINGO SHINJO (2),, ALVIN PARKER AND GEOFFREY BATISTA ALL ADDED SOLO SHOTS FOR FLORIDA
MARLINS STARTER JONNY BLUM LASTED 2..2 INNINGS, GIVING UP 5 RUNS ON 6 HITS.
DANNY GONZALEZ (3-0) WENT 7 INNINGS, ALLOWING EIGHT HITS AND THREE RUNS.
GAME THREE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 12 0
YANKEES 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0
MIAMI - GEOFFREY BATISTA BOOSTED HIS PLAYOFF RBI TOTAL TO 14 BY DRIVING IN FOUR RUNS IN A GAME TWO THUMPING OF THE YANKEES WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
BATISTA UPPED HIS POSTSEASON HOME RUN COUNT TO FIVE WITH A PAIR OF BLASTS AS FLORIDA TOOK A 7-0 LEAD AFTER FOUR INNINGS, CRUISING TO THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN WITH THE 7-2 PASTING OF NEW YORK.
GAME THREE IS FRIDAY NIGHT AT YANKEE STADIUM.
THE MARLINS POUNDED YANKEE STARTER JOHNNY SMITH FOR ALL 7 RUNS ON 9 HITS IN JUST 3.2 INNINGS. AARON CONNER ADDED A HOMER AND TWO RBI's AND PEDRO MORALES DOUBLED IN ANOTHER RUN, AS KEVIN BLACK ADVANCED TO 2-0 IN THE POSTSEASON, GOING 6.2 INNINGS.
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
YANKEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 0
MARLINS 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 X 7 9 0
YANKS HALVE LEAD
HOME RUN SALVO BLISTERS MARLINS
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
NEW YORK - IT WAS A FUN TIME IN THE BLEACHERS FRIDAY NIGHT AT YANKEE STADIUM AS EIGHT HOME RUNS WERE HIT.
THE DINGER DOWNPOUR ENDED IN FAVOR OF THE YANKEES AS NEW YORK POSTED A 6-4 WIN TO CHOP THE MARLINS WORLD SERIES LEAD TO TWO GAMES TO ONE
GAMES FOUR AND FIVE ARE IN NEW YORK,
IN THE NEW YORK SECOND, CHRISTINE DEKHI DROPPED A TWO=RUN BOMB AFTER TOBIAS BARBER HAD SINGLED - THEN IT BECAME SOLO HOME RUN NIGHT.
IN THE YANKEE THIRD, BYRON WILKES AND JOHNNY BASS BLASTED BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS TO LEFT AND DAVE McCLELLAN LATER ADDED ANOTHER SOLO SHOT, THIS ONE TO DEEP RIGHT TO MAKE IT 5-0
THE NEXT FRAME BROUGHT ANOTHER NY RUN HOME ON A FIELDER'S CHOICE FROM WILKES.
SHINGO SHINJO (2),, ALVIN PARKER AND GEOFFREY BATISTA ALL ADDED SOLO SHOTS FOR FLORIDA
MARLINS STARTER JONNY BLUM LASTED 2..2 INNINGS, GIVING UP 5 RUNS ON 6 HITS.
DANNY GONZALEZ (3-0) WENT 7 INNINGS, ALLOWING EIGHT HITS AND THREE RUNS.
GAME THREE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 12 0
YANKEES 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0
GAME TWO
MIAMI - GEOFFREY BATISTA BOOSTED HIS PLAYOFF RBI TOTAL TO 14 BY DRIVING IN FOUR RUNS IN A GAME TWO THUMPING OF THE YANKEES WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
BATISTA UPPED HIS POSTSEASON HOME RUN COUNT TO FIVE WITH A PAIR OF BLASTS AS FLORIDA TOOK A 7-0 LEAD AFTER FOUR INNINGS, CRUISING TO THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN WITH THE 7-2 PASTING OF NEW YORK.
GAME THREE IS FRIDAY NIGHT AT YANKEE STADIUM.
THE MARLINS POUNDED YANKEE STARTER JOHNNY SMITH FOR ALL 7 RUNS ON 9 HITS IN JUST 3.2 INNINGS. AARON CONNER ADDED A HOMER AND TWO RBI's AND PEDRO MORALES DOUBLED IN ANOTHER RUN, AS KEVIN BLACK ADVANCED TO 2-0 IN THE POSTSEASON, GOING 6.2 INNINGS.
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
YANKEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 0
MARLINS 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 X 7 9 0
Thursday
2033-WS G 1
WEDNESDAY OCT., 19 2033 PAGE A1
MARLINS SLIP BY YANKS
EARLY RUNS KEY IN GAME ONE AFFAIR
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
MIAMI - A ONE-RUN PITCHERS' DUEL IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES WOULDN'T HAVE SURPRISED ANYONE.
AFTER ALL, FLORIDA ACE TOMMY SULLIVAN WAS MATCHED AGAINST YANKEES STAR GIL PADILLA. SULLIVAN'S POSTSEASON STATS INCLUDED A 2-0 RECORD WITH A 1.75 ERA, WHILE PADILLA HAD A 1.74 ERA BUT ONLY A 1-0 RECORD TO SHOW FOR QUALITY STARTS IN EACH OF HIS FOUR STARTS.
ALL THIS DID LEAD TO A ONE-RUN GAME, JUST A SURPRISING RUN AND HIT TOTAL.
"PADILLA'S OUR TOP DOG," SAID NEW YORK MANAGER PAUL MOLITOR. "FLORIDA SHOWED MORE PATIENCE THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD AGAINST PADILLA'S OFF-SPEED STUFF."
BUT THE TEAMS COMBINED FOR 23 TOTAL HITS ON THE NIGHT AND FIVE RUNS OVER THE FIRST TWO INNINGS AS THE MARLINS TOOK A 1-0 SERIES LEAD WITH A 5-4 WIN, KEYED BY THREE RUNS DRIVEN IN FROM NO. 8 HITTER JOHNNY NEWHAN.
MARLINS MANAGER GRADY SIZEMORE ADMITTED HE HAD THOUGHTS OF JUGGLING HIS LINEUP PREGAME AND NOT STARTING NEWHAN.
"HE HADN'T LOOKED ALL THAT GOOD THE PAST FEW DAYS IN BATTING PRACTICE, BUT HE'S ALSO OUR BEST DEFENSIVE OUTFIELDER, SO I THOUGHT IT BEST TO LEAVE HIM IN CENTERFIELD," SIZEMORE SAID.
GOOD MOVE.
FLORIDA LEADOFF HITTER SHINGO SHINJO OPENED THE MARLINS HALF OF THE FIRST INNING WITH A LINE DRIVE TO CENTER AND STOLE SECOND TWO PITCHES LATER. SHINJO MOVED OVER TO THIRD ON JIM KENNEDY'S OPPOSITE WAY GROUNDOUT AND SCORED WHEN AARON CONNER SINGLED PAST FIRST BASE.
DAVE McCLELLAN AND TOBIAS BARBER OPENED THE YANKEES SECOND WITH BASE HITS, AND NEW YORK WOULD PARLAY THE HITS AND AN ERROR BY KENNEDY FOR A 2-1 LEAD.
FLORIDA TOOK THE LEAD IN ITS HALF AS PEDRO MORALES RIPPED A PADILLA CHANGEUP TO CENTER AND MOVED TO THIRD ON A DOUBLE TO RIGHT BY JOVANNY MONTANEZ.
NEWHAN'S RBI SINGLE BROUGHT MONTANEZ HOME BUT SULLIVAN GROUNDED INTO A DOUBLE PLAY AND SHINJO STRUCK OUT TO END THE INNING WITH FLORIDA AHEAD 3-2 AFTER TWO FRAMES.
NEWHAN BEAT OUT A BUNT TO START THE FIFTH AND WAS MOVED AROUND TO THIRD, ALLOWING CONNER TO DRIVE HIM IN WITH A TWO-OUT SINGLE TO CENTER, 4-2 IN THE FLORIDA'S FAVOR.
THE SIXTH INNING BROUGHT IN SINGLE RUNS FOR BOTH TEAMS. ONE OF BARBER'S FOUR HITS MADE IT 4-3 BEFORE NEWHAN DOUBLED IN MONTANEZ AS THE MARLINS EDGED AHEAD 5-3.
BARBER'S RBI SINGLE IN THE EIGHTH ENDED THE SCORING AND KEVIN ALVAREZ PICKED UP THE SAVE.
SULLIVAN WENT SEVEN INNINGS, GIVING UP THREE RUNS ON EIGHT HITS, WALKING NONE AND STRIKING OUT SEVEN. PADILLA GAVE UP ALL FIVE FLORIDA RUNS OVER SIX INNINGS ON 10 HITS AS HIS POSTSEASON ERA ROSE TO 2.68.
THE TEAMS PLAY AT 7:05 TONIGHT.
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
YANKEES 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 10 0
MARLINS 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 13 2
76 DEGREES, CLEAR
WIND: 8.1 MPH, BLOWING OUT TO CF
MARLINS SLIP BY YANKS
EARLY RUNS KEY IN GAME ONE AFFAIR
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
MIAMI - A ONE-RUN PITCHERS' DUEL IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES WOULDN'T HAVE SURPRISED ANYONE.
AFTER ALL, FLORIDA ACE TOMMY SULLIVAN WAS MATCHED AGAINST YANKEES STAR GIL PADILLA. SULLIVAN'S POSTSEASON STATS INCLUDED A 2-0 RECORD WITH A 1.75 ERA, WHILE PADILLA HAD A 1.74 ERA BUT ONLY A 1-0 RECORD TO SHOW FOR QUALITY STARTS IN EACH OF HIS FOUR STARTS.
ALL THIS DID LEAD TO A ONE-RUN GAME, JUST A SURPRISING RUN AND HIT TOTAL.
"PADILLA'S OUR TOP DOG," SAID NEW YORK MANAGER PAUL MOLITOR. "FLORIDA SHOWED MORE PATIENCE THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD AGAINST PADILLA'S OFF-SPEED STUFF."
BUT THE TEAMS COMBINED FOR 23 TOTAL HITS ON THE NIGHT AND FIVE RUNS OVER THE FIRST TWO INNINGS AS THE MARLINS TOOK A 1-0 SERIES LEAD WITH A 5-4 WIN, KEYED BY THREE RUNS DRIVEN IN FROM NO. 8 HITTER JOHNNY NEWHAN.
MARLINS MANAGER GRADY SIZEMORE ADMITTED HE HAD THOUGHTS OF JUGGLING HIS LINEUP PREGAME AND NOT STARTING NEWHAN.
"HE HADN'T LOOKED ALL THAT GOOD THE PAST FEW DAYS IN BATTING PRACTICE, BUT HE'S ALSO OUR BEST DEFENSIVE OUTFIELDER, SO I THOUGHT IT BEST TO LEAVE HIM IN CENTERFIELD," SIZEMORE SAID.
GOOD MOVE.
FLORIDA LEADOFF HITTER SHINGO SHINJO OPENED THE MARLINS HALF OF THE FIRST INNING WITH A LINE DRIVE TO CENTER AND STOLE SECOND TWO PITCHES LATER. SHINJO MOVED OVER TO THIRD ON JIM KENNEDY'S OPPOSITE WAY GROUNDOUT AND SCORED WHEN AARON CONNER SINGLED PAST FIRST BASE.
DAVE McCLELLAN AND TOBIAS BARBER OPENED THE YANKEES SECOND WITH BASE HITS, AND NEW YORK WOULD PARLAY THE HITS AND AN ERROR BY KENNEDY FOR A 2-1 LEAD.
FLORIDA TOOK THE LEAD IN ITS HALF AS PEDRO MORALES RIPPED A PADILLA CHANGEUP TO CENTER AND MOVED TO THIRD ON A DOUBLE TO RIGHT BY JOVANNY MONTANEZ.
NEWHAN'S RBI SINGLE BROUGHT MONTANEZ HOME BUT SULLIVAN GROUNDED INTO A DOUBLE PLAY AND SHINJO STRUCK OUT TO END THE INNING WITH FLORIDA AHEAD 3-2 AFTER TWO FRAMES.
NEWHAN BEAT OUT A BUNT TO START THE FIFTH AND WAS MOVED AROUND TO THIRD, ALLOWING CONNER TO DRIVE HIM IN WITH A TWO-OUT SINGLE TO CENTER, 4-2 IN THE FLORIDA'S FAVOR.
THE SIXTH INNING BROUGHT IN SINGLE RUNS FOR BOTH TEAMS. ONE OF BARBER'S FOUR HITS MADE IT 4-3 BEFORE NEWHAN DOUBLED IN MONTANEZ AS THE MARLINS EDGED AHEAD 5-3.
BARBER'S RBI SINGLE IN THE EIGHTH ENDED THE SCORING AND KEVIN ALVAREZ PICKED UP THE SAVE.
SULLIVAN WENT SEVEN INNINGS, GIVING UP THREE RUNS ON EIGHT HITS, WALKING NONE AND STRIKING OUT SEVEN. PADILLA GAVE UP ALL FIVE FLORIDA RUNS OVER SIX INNINGS ON 10 HITS AS HIS POSTSEASON ERA ROSE TO 2.68.
THE TEAMS PLAY AT 7:05 TONIGHT.
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
YANKEES 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 10 0
MARLINS 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 13 2
76 DEGREES, CLEAR
WIND: 8.1 MPH, BLOWING OUT TO CF
2033-FLA-NYY PLAYOFF STATS
FLA
PLAYER AVG HR RBI
C WILLIAMS 1.000 0 0
P GUERRERO .364 0 1
J KENNEDY .364 2 9
B DIORY .357 1 5
S SHINJO .343 2 5
A CONNER .317 0 2
G BATISTA .316 3 10
P BRIGHT .286 1 2
A PARKER .257 1 4
J MONTANEZ .219 0 3
P MORALES .200 0 2
J NEWHAN .200 1 2
J NAYLOR .200 0 0
J JOWERS .000 0 0
TEAM .275 11 45
PLAYER W-L ERA GS QS
C RAMIRO 0-0 0.00
K BLACK 1-0 1.65 3 2
T SULLIVAN 2-0 1.75 4 3
M FRY 1-0 2.08
J BLUM 0-1 3.27 2 1
A MITCHELL 0-0 3.86
J SPICER 0-1 4.00 1 1
M HAYEK 1-0 5.68
J KERN 0-1 9.00
K ALVAREZ 1-0 10.80
TEAM 7-3 3.00 10 7
NYY
PLAYER AVG HR RBI
O LONDON .429 0 1
T BLAND .406 1 6
D McCLELLAN .314 5 9
R COKER .297 2 5
T BENTLER 225 2 3
T BARBER .216 2 5
C DEKHI .200 1 6
B WILKES .171 1 2
J BASS .147 0 0
A SANTANA .059 1 2
TEAM .229 15 39
PLAYER ERA W-L GS QS
PARR 0.00 1-0
D FRANCO 1.50 1-1
G PADILLA 1.74 1-0 4 4
DGONZALEZ 1.84 2-0 2 1
G BRANCH 2.70 1-0
J SMITH 3.60 1-1 3 2
R SALDANA 5.79 0-1
K DUPREE 18.00 0-0
TEAM 2.48 7-3 10 8
PLAYER AVG HR RBI
C WILLIAMS 1.000 0 0
P GUERRERO .364 0 1
J KENNEDY .364 2 9
B DIORY .357 1 5
S SHINJO .343 2 5
A CONNER .317 0 2
G BATISTA .316 3 10
P BRIGHT .286 1 2
A PARKER .257 1 4
J MONTANEZ .219 0 3
P MORALES .200 0 2
J NEWHAN .200 1 2
J NAYLOR .200 0 0
J JOWERS .000 0 0
TEAM .275 11 45
PLAYER W-L ERA GS QS
C RAMIRO 0-0 0.00
K BLACK 1-0 1.65 3 2
T SULLIVAN 2-0 1.75 4 3
M FRY 1-0 2.08
J BLUM 0-1 3.27 2 1
A MITCHELL 0-0 3.86
J SPICER 0-1 4.00 1 1
M HAYEK 1-0 5.68
J KERN 0-1 9.00
K ALVAREZ 1-0 10.80
TEAM 7-3 3.00 10 7
NYY
PLAYER AVG HR RBI
O LONDON .429 0 1
T BLAND .406 1 6
D McCLELLAN .314 5 9
R COKER .297 2 5
T BENTLER 225 2 3
T BARBER .216 2 5
C DEKHI .200 1 6
B WILKES .171 1 2
J BASS .147 0 0
A SANTANA .059 1 2
TEAM .229 15 39
PLAYER ERA W-L GS QS
PARR 0.00 1-0
D FRANCO 1.50 1-1
G PADILLA 1.74 1-0 4 4
DGONZALEZ 1.84 2-0 2 1
G BRANCH 2.70 1-0
J SMITH 3.60 1-1 3 2
R SALDANA 5.79 0-1
K DUPREE 18.00 0-0
TEAM 2.48 7-3 10 8
Wednesday
ROYAL FLUSH (SHOW '11)
ROYALS' FANTASY DRAFT
PICK #3
MAUER
D HUDSON
J LESTER
JETER
R ROMERO
C SANTANA
M STANTON
I DAVIS
B GARDNER
A CONNER
B MORROW
R WHITE
F FREEMAN
T SAITO
A RHODES
R FRANKLIN
I KENNEDY
T GRISSOM
A FERNANDEZ
T BYRDAK
J TABATA
H CONGER
B NOBLES
R.A. DICKEY
J GOFF
C SANDOVAL
J ANDERSON
S CAIRO
D JENNINGS
P TEJADA
S LITTLE
D HERNANDEZ
O VALDEZ
I BARRIOS
S McCAULEY
K KENDRICK
E ABERNATHY
V CASTO
M ASHBURN
A SORVALA
M WATSON
R FINN
N FOX
M DE LOS SANTOS
O SANTOS
S SHERMAN
PICK #3
MAUER
D HUDSON
J LESTER
JETER
R ROMERO
C SANTANA
M STANTON
I DAVIS
B GARDNER
A CONNER
B MORROW
R WHITE
F FREEMAN
T SAITO
A RHODES
R FRANKLIN
I KENNEDY
T GRISSOM
A FERNANDEZ
T BYRDAK
J TABATA
H CONGER
B NOBLES
R.A. DICKEY
J GOFF
C SANDOVAL
J ANDERSON
S CAIRO
D JENNINGS
P TEJADA
S LITTLE
D HERNANDEZ
O VALDEZ
I BARRIOS
S McCAULEY
K KENDRICK
E ABERNATHY
V CASTO
M ASHBURN
A SORVALA
M WATSON
R FINN
N FOX
M DE LOS SANTOS
O SANTOS
S SHERMAN
SIZEMORE-2033 PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, 2033 PAGE C1
THE LITTLE THINGS
SIZEMORE GETS A+ FOR MANAGEMENT SKILLS
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
MIAMI - IT'S NOT OFTEN A MANAGER IS CALLED "BRILLIANT" FOR HIS MID-GAME STRATEGY.
IT'S MORE HIS PRE-GAME PLANNING AND LATE-INNING MOVES HE GETS NOTICED FOR.
NOT FLORIDA'S GRADY SIZEMORE.
"YOU DON'T WIN THAT MANY DIVISION TITLES (EIGHT STRAIGHT WITH THE MARLINS SINCE TAKING OVER IN 2026 AND THREE WITH THE YANKEES FROM 2019 TO 2021 AND A SINGLE WITH CLEVELAND IN 2016) AND NOT CONSISTENTLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS," SAID SIZEMORE'S COUNTERPART, LARRIBEE TUCKER OF THE PIRATES.
"HE LEARNED THE GAME FROM STRONG TEACHERS AND GAME MANAGERS, LIKE MIKE HARGROVE," SAID LONG-TIME AL SCOUT JOEY PETCHULARE.. "PLUS, GRADY HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING WITH TODAY'S KIND OF PLAYER, SO HE'S OBVIOUSLY A PATIENT MAN."
SIZEMORE'S MARLINS ENTERED GAME FOUR OF THE NLDS WITH THE PIRATES IN MIAMI OCT. 5 WITH A 2-1 SERIES LEAD. YET, SIZEMORE BENCHED THREE-QUARTERS OF HIS STARTING INFIELD.
HE REPLACED SHINGO SHINJO AT 3B WITH JARROD NAYLOR, SUBBED IN BENJIE DIORY FOR JIM KENNEDY AT SECOND AND DROPPED GEOFFREY BAUTISTA AT FIRST IN FAVOR OF LITTLE-USED CHAD WILLIAMS.
"MY THOUGHT WAS, 'IF WE LOSE TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO GET ON A PLANE THAT NIGHT AND GO TO PITSBURGH FOR GAME FIVE, SO I WANTED TO GET SOME GUYS SOME REST."
HOW DO REST GUYS LIKE THOSE THREE, OVER, SAY, SHORTSTOP PEDRO MORALES, WHO HADN'T HIT MUCH AT ALL THE INITIAL THREE GAMES?
"WELL, I'M NOT GONNA BENCH MY DEFENSIVE SHORTSTOP, AM I," SIZEMORE ANSWERED WITH A LAUGH. "YOU GUYS (THE MEDIA) WOULD ROAST ME."
ACE FLORIDA STARTER TOMMY SULLIVAN STRIKES OUT THE SIDE. "NOT MUCH MANAGERIAL SKILL THERE," SIZEMORE JOKES.
PIRATES GO DOWN 1-2-3, WITH WILLIAMS MAKING A GOOD PLAY AT FIRST FOR THE FINAL OUT.
WITH THE GAME SCORELESS, SIZEMORE SENSES IT'S TIME TO GET SOME BETTER DEFENDERS INTO THE GAME. KENNEDY COMES INTO SECOND AFTER SHINJO PINCH-HITS FOR NAYLOR AND TAKES OVER AT THIRD.
SHINJO MAKES AN OUTSTANDING PLAY, RANGING TO HIS LEFT, AND FIRING A JUMP-THROW FROM WELL IN FOUL TERRITORY TO NIP A PIRATE RUNNER AT FIRST - AND STOP A LEADOFF DOUBLE.
"THE ROOKIE (NAYLOR) DOESSN'T MAKE THAT PLAY," PETCHULARE STATES. "JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SIZEMORE'S KNACK FOR TIMING."
AFTER PITTSBURGH TAKES A 1-0 LEAD IN THE INNING BEFORE, SIZEMORE CONTINUES HIS MAGIC.
KENNEDY SINGLES IN WILLIAMS TO MAKE IT 1-ALL. SHINJO MOVES KENNEDY OVER TO SECOND BY HITTING TO THE RIGHT SIDE HOLE, GIVING UP AN OUT TO MOVE RUNNER OVER.
THEN IT'S TIME TO USE BAUTISTA - AND THE VETERAN SINGLES SHARPLY TO CENTER TO SCORE KENNEDY WITH WHAT PROVED TO BE THE WINNING RUN.
SULLIVAN HAS GONE SEVEN TOUGH INNINGS, ALLOWING EIGHT HITS, AND THE SINGLE RUN WHILE STRIKING OUT SIX.
RELIEVERS MATT HAYEK AND MOHAMMED FRY FLIRT WITH DISASTER BUT SIZEMORE PULLS THE RIGHT STRINGS TO KEEP THE PIRATES FROM SCORING. HAYEK ALLOWS A HIT AND A WALK, BUT GETS TWO OUTS WHILE FRY WALKS A BATTER BUT GETS THE THIRD OUT.
IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH, RELIEVER JONATHON KERN GIVES UP A LONG OUT TO PITTSBURGH'S LEADOFF BATTER. SIZEMORE REACHES THE TOP STEP OF THE DUGOUT ON HIS WAY TO REPLACE KERN WITH CLOSER ROBBY MICKLUS - THEN STOPS IN MID-STRIDE.
"I JUST GOT A FEELING KERNIE WOULD GET THE NEXT TWO GUYS,"
HE DOES - COMPLETING SIZEMORE'S "PERFECT" GAME.
NOTES: GAME FOUR IS 7:05 TONIGHT, WITH SULLIVAN (2-0, 1.96 ERA) SCHEULED TO FACE LIONEL SILVA (1-1, 4.50 ERA AND 1.90 WHIP).
THE LITTLE THINGS
SIZEMORE GETS A+ FOR MANAGEMENT SKILLS
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
MIAMI - IT'S NOT OFTEN A MANAGER IS CALLED "BRILLIANT" FOR HIS MID-GAME STRATEGY.
IT'S MORE HIS PRE-GAME PLANNING AND LATE-INNING MOVES HE GETS NOTICED FOR.
NOT FLORIDA'S GRADY SIZEMORE.
"YOU DON'T WIN THAT MANY DIVISION TITLES (EIGHT STRAIGHT WITH THE MARLINS SINCE TAKING OVER IN 2026 AND THREE WITH THE YANKEES FROM 2019 TO 2021 AND A SINGLE WITH CLEVELAND IN 2016) AND NOT CONSISTENTLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS," SAID SIZEMORE'S COUNTERPART, LARRIBEE TUCKER OF THE PIRATES.
"HE LEARNED THE GAME FROM STRONG TEACHERS AND GAME MANAGERS, LIKE MIKE HARGROVE," SAID LONG-TIME AL SCOUT JOEY PETCHULARE.. "PLUS, GRADY HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING WITH TODAY'S KIND OF PLAYER, SO HE'S OBVIOUSLY A PATIENT MAN."
DISSECTING THE PERFECTION
SIZEMORE'S MARLINS ENTERED GAME FOUR OF THE NLDS WITH THE PIRATES IN MIAMI OCT. 5 WITH A 2-1 SERIES LEAD. YET, SIZEMORE BENCHED THREE-QUARTERS OF HIS STARTING INFIELD.
HE REPLACED SHINGO SHINJO AT 3B WITH JARROD NAYLOR, SUBBED IN BENJIE DIORY FOR JIM KENNEDY AT SECOND AND DROPPED GEOFFREY BAUTISTA AT FIRST IN FAVOR OF LITTLE-USED CHAD WILLIAMS.
"MY THOUGHT WAS, 'IF WE LOSE TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO GET ON A PLANE THAT NIGHT AND GO TO PITSBURGH FOR GAME FIVE, SO I WANTED TO GET SOME GUYS SOME REST."
HOW DO REST GUYS LIKE THOSE THREE, OVER, SAY, SHORTSTOP PEDRO MORALES, WHO HADN'T HIT MUCH AT ALL THE INITIAL THREE GAMES?
"WELL, I'M NOT GONNA BENCH MY DEFENSIVE SHORTSTOP, AM I," SIZEMORE ANSWERED WITH A LAUGH. "YOU GUYS (THE MEDIA) WOULD ROAST ME."
TOP OF THE FIRST
ACE FLORIDA STARTER TOMMY SULLIVAN STRIKES OUT THE SIDE. "NOT MUCH MANAGERIAL SKILL THERE," SIZEMORE JOKES.
THIRD INNING
PIRATES GO DOWN 1-2-3, WITH WILLIAMS MAKING A GOOD PLAY AT FIRST FOR THE FINAL OUT.
FOURTH INNING
WITH THE GAME SCORELESS, SIZEMORE SENSES IT'S TIME TO GET SOME BETTER DEFENDERS INTO THE GAME. KENNEDY COMES INTO SECOND AFTER SHINJO PINCH-HITS FOR NAYLOR AND TAKES OVER AT THIRD.
FIFTH INNING
SHINJO MAKES AN OUTSTANDING PLAY, RANGING TO HIS LEFT, AND FIRING A JUMP-THROW FROM WELL IN FOUL TERRITORY TO NIP A PIRATE RUNNER AT FIRST - AND STOP A LEADOFF DOUBLE.
"THE ROOKIE (NAYLOR) DOESSN'T MAKE THAT PLAY," PETCHULARE STATES. "JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SIZEMORE'S KNACK FOR TIMING."
SEVENTH INNING
AFTER PITTSBURGH TAKES A 1-0 LEAD IN THE INNING BEFORE, SIZEMORE CONTINUES HIS MAGIC.
KENNEDY SINGLES IN WILLIAMS TO MAKE IT 1-ALL. SHINJO MOVES KENNEDY OVER TO SECOND BY HITTING TO THE RIGHT SIDE HOLE, GIVING UP AN OUT TO MOVE RUNNER OVER.
THEN IT'S TIME TO USE BAUTISTA - AND THE VETERAN SINGLES SHARPLY TO CENTER TO SCORE KENNEDY WITH WHAT PROVED TO BE THE WINNING RUN.
SULLIVAN HAS GONE SEVEN TOUGH INNINGS, ALLOWING EIGHT HITS, AND THE SINGLE RUN WHILE STRIKING OUT SIX.
RELIEVERS MATT HAYEK AND MOHAMMED FRY FLIRT WITH DISASTER BUT SIZEMORE PULLS THE RIGHT STRINGS TO KEEP THE PIRATES FROM SCORING. HAYEK ALLOWS A HIT AND A WALK, BUT GETS TWO OUTS WHILE FRY WALKS A BATTER BUT GETS THE THIRD OUT.
IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH, RELIEVER JONATHON KERN GIVES UP A LONG OUT TO PITTSBURGH'S LEADOFF BATTER. SIZEMORE REACHES THE TOP STEP OF THE DUGOUT ON HIS WAY TO REPLACE KERN WITH CLOSER ROBBY MICKLUS - THEN STOPS IN MID-STRIDE.
"I JUST GOT A FEELING KERNIE WOULD GET THE NEXT TWO GUYS,"
HE DOES - COMPLETING SIZEMORE'S "PERFECT" GAME.
NOTES: GAME FOUR IS 7:05 TONIGHT, WITH SULLIVAN (2-0, 1.96 ERA) SCHEULED TO FACE LIONEL SILVA (1-1, 4.50 ERA AND 1.90 WHIP).
Tuesday
COLOR TAG
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MY TEAMS:
ALL-BLACKS
CRUSADERS
PACKERS
BREW CREW
VOLUNTEERS
PROJECT 20/20 (EARLY-PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION)
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HATED TEAMS:
VIKINGS
COWBOYS
ANY NBA
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NO RESPECT FOR:
PED USERS
DONKS
BRETT FAVRE
AL SHARPTON
STUART SCOTT
MY TEAMS:
ALL-BLACKS
CRUSADERS
PACKERS
BREW CREW
VOLUNTEERS
PROJECT 20/20 (EARLY-PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION)
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HATED TEAMS:
VIKINGS
COWBOYS
ANY NBA
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NO RESPECT FOR:
PED USERS
DONKS
BRETT FAVRE
AL SHARPTON
STUART SCOTT
2033 PLAYOFFS CONT.
MONDAY, OCT. 10, 2033 PAGE C1
MARLINS CLOSE ON NL TITLE
TWO WINS AWAY FROM WORLD SERIES, TALK STILL CENTERS ON SIZEMORE
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
CHICAGO - THAT THE MARLINS OUTSCORED THE CUBS 18-2 IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE NLCS IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE - MOST TALK STILL CENTERS ON THE FOURTH AND FINAL GAME OF THE DIVISIONAL SERIES.
FLORIDA MANAGER GRADY SIZEMORE IS BEING HAILED NEAR AND FAR AS CHIEF ORCHESTRATOR OF THE MOST WELL-MANAGED GAME EVER.
"BELIEVE ME, THAT'S LONG OUT OF MINE AND THE PLAYERS' MINDS," SAID SIZEMORE. "OUR FOCUS IS ON GAME THREE AND THE CUBS."
SIZEMORE HAS NOT SAID MUCH ABOUT THE 2-1 SERIES DECIDER, BUT HIS MANAGEMENT SKILLS HAVE BEEN UNDER HEAVY SCRUTINY, TO THE GOOD, AFTER HE BENCHED THREE-QUARTERS OF HIS INFIELD TO START THE PITTSBURGH GAME.
"IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU START, IT'S HOW YOU FINISH," WAS ALL SIZEMORE SAID POST-GAME.
"WHAT GRADY DOES BEFORE AND AT THE END OF GAMES IS BEYOND BELIEF," AN NL SCOUT SAYS. "IT'S WHAT HE DOES MID-GAME THAT MAY MAKE HIM THE BEST MANAGER EVER."
EDITOR'S NOTE: SUN SPORTSWRITER LEE GANNON WILL DISSECT SIZEMORE'S STRAYEGY IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE.
MARLINS CLOSE ON NL TITLE
TWO WINS AWAY FROM WORLD SERIES, TALK STILL CENTERS ON SIZEMORE
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI MORNING SUN
CHICAGO - THAT THE MARLINS OUTSCORED THE CUBS 18-2 IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE NLCS IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE - MOST TALK STILL CENTERS ON THE FOURTH AND FINAL GAME OF THE DIVISIONAL SERIES.
FLORIDA MANAGER GRADY SIZEMORE IS BEING HAILED NEAR AND FAR AS CHIEF ORCHESTRATOR OF THE MOST WELL-MANAGED GAME EVER.
"BELIEVE ME, THAT'S LONG OUT OF MINE AND THE PLAYERS' MINDS," SAID SIZEMORE. "OUR FOCUS IS ON GAME THREE AND THE CUBS."
SIZEMORE HAS NOT SAID MUCH ABOUT THE 2-1 SERIES DECIDER, BUT HIS MANAGEMENT SKILLS HAVE BEEN UNDER HEAVY SCRUTINY, TO THE GOOD, AFTER HE BENCHED THREE-QUARTERS OF HIS INFIELD TO START THE PITTSBURGH GAME.
"IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU START, IT'S HOW YOU FINISH," WAS ALL SIZEMORE SAID POST-GAME.
"WHAT GRADY DOES BEFORE AND AT THE END OF GAMES IS BEYOND BELIEF," AN NL SCOUT SAYS. "IT'S WHAT HE DOES MID-GAME THAT MAY MAKE HIM THE BEST MANAGER EVER."
EDITOR'S NOTE: SUN SPORTSWRITER LEE GANNON WILL DISSECT SIZEMORE'S STRAYEGY IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE.
Monday
SEA 2011 TRANSACTIONS
4-1
PLACED C-3B RAY WHITE ON 60-DAY DL WITH BROKEN SHIN
4-2
SENT P R.A. DICKEY OUTRIGHT TO AAA
RECALLED SS ISIDRO BARRIOS FROM AA
4-3
ACQ SS ADDY FERNANDEZ, SP LOU SPRINGER AND SP JORDAN ZIMMERMAN FROM SAN DIEGO FOR SP B MORROW AND SS STEPHEN DREW
PLACED C-3B RAY WHITE ON 60-DAY DL WITH BROKEN SHIN
4-2
SENT P R.A. DICKEY OUTRIGHT TO AAA
RECALLED SS ISIDRO BARRIOS FROM AA
4-3
ACQ SS ADDY FERNANDEZ, SP LOU SPRINGER AND SP JORDAN ZIMMERMAN FROM SAN DIEGO FOR SP B MORROW AND SS STEPHEN DREW
Sunday
2033 PLAYOFFS
TUESDAY, OCT. 2, 2033 PAGE A1
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI DAILY SUN
PITTSBURGH - THE OLD JOKE ABOUT TEACHING A CHILD TO COUNT TO 50 BY SHOWING HIM A MARLINS ROSTER STILL FITS, BUT THE COMBINED 77 YEARS OF LIFE EXPERIENCE OF TWO PLAYERS PAID OFF MONDAY
AARON CONNER, 40, DID WHAT HE'S DONE BETTER THAN ANYBODY EVER - DRIVE IN A RUN. CONNER'S TWO-OUT SINGLE EVENED THE SCORES AT ONE APIECE AND JIM KENNEDY, 37, WHO IF HE RETIRES THIS OFFSEASON AS EXPECTED, WILL END HIS CAREER ONE HIT SHY OF 2,000, GOT A BASE KNOCK TO PUT FLORIDA AHEAD 2-1.
THAT SENDS THE TEAMS SOUTH TIED 1-1 IN THE NLDS - AND SWIFTLY PUTS THE MARLINS ON THE SIDE OF MOMENTUM.
"THERE'S NO DOUBT. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NINTH INNING," CONNER SAID.
BRILLIANT PITCHING BY KEVIN BLACK (SIX INNINGS, SIX STRIKEOUTS, FOUR HITS AND JUST AN UNEARNED RUN) AND MATT HAYEK (ONE HIT IN TWO ININGS) KEPT THE MARLINS IN STRIKING DISTANCE.
BUT BLEAK WAS THE WORD FOR THE DAY BEFORE SHINGO SHINJO'S DOUBLE WITH TWO DOWN IN THE NINTH GAVE THE MARLINS A TAD BIT OF HOPE.
THAT STARTED TO SLIDE AWAY AS CONNER MISSED AT TWO BAD PITCHES - BUT THEN SINGLED SHARPLY TO CENTER TO PLATE SHINJO, BRINGING UP LIKELY NL MVP ALVIN PARKER. THE CATHER RIPPED A DOUBLE TO LEFT AND CONNER MAY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SCORE BUT WAS HELD UP.
UP CAME KENNEDY - WHO DIDN'T EVEN MANAGE 100 AT-BATS DURING AN INJURY-PLAGUED SEASON AND WAS 0-FOR-3 FOR THE NIGHT. BUT THE VETERAN SECOND BASEMAN DRILLED A SINGLE TO PUT FLORIDA UP FOR GOOD.
"IT FELT GOOD JUST TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE," KENNEDY SAID.
CASEY RAMIRO AND ROB MICKLUS KEPT THE DOOR SHUT FOR THE MARLINS, WHO HOST PITTSBURGH AT 1:05 P.M. WEDNESDAY IN GAME THREE.
MAGIC STILL THERE
MARLINS RALLY FOR
TWO NINTH-INNING RUNS
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
MIAMI DAILY SUN
PITTSBURGH - THE OLD JOKE ABOUT TEACHING A CHILD TO COUNT TO 50 BY SHOWING HIM A MARLINS ROSTER STILL FITS, BUT THE COMBINED 77 YEARS OF LIFE EXPERIENCE OF TWO PLAYERS PAID OFF MONDAY
AARON CONNER, 40, DID WHAT HE'S DONE BETTER THAN ANYBODY EVER - DRIVE IN A RUN. CONNER'S TWO-OUT SINGLE EVENED THE SCORES AT ONE APIECE AND JIM KENNEDY, 37, WHO IF HE RETIRES THIS OFFSEASON AS EXPECTED, WILL END HIS CAREER ONE HIT SHY OF 2,000, GOT A BASE KNOCK TO PUT FLORIDA AHEAD 2-1.
THAT SENDS THE TEAMS SOUTH TIED 1-1 IN THE NLDS - AND SWIFTLY PUTS THE MARLINS ON THE SIDE OF MOMENTUM.
"THERE'S NO DOUBT. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NINTH INNING," CONNER SAID.
BRILLIANT PITCHING BY KEVIN BLACK (SIX INNINGS, SIX STRIKEOUTS, FOUR HITS AND JUST AN UNEARNED RUN) AND MATT HAYEK (ONE HIT IN TWO ININGS) KEPT THE MARLINS IN STRIKING DISTANCE.
BUT BLEAK WAS THE WORD FOR THE DAY BEFORE SHINGO SHINJO'S DOUBLE WITH TWO DOWN IN THE NINTH GAVE THE MARLINS A TAD BIT OF HOPE.
THAT STARTED TO SLIDE AWAY AS CONNER MISSED AT TWO BAD PITCHES - BUT THEN SINGLED SHARPLY TO CENTER TO PLATE SHINJO, BRINGING UP LIKELY NL MVP ALVIN PARKER. THE CATHER RIPPED A DOUBLE TO LEFT AND CONNER MAY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SCORE BUT WAS HELD UP.
UP CAME KENNEDY - WHO DIDN'T EVEN MANAGE 100 AT-BATS DURING AN INJURY-PLAGUED SEASON AND WAS 0-FOR-3 FOR THE NIGHT. BUT THE VETERAN SECOND BASEMAN DRILLED A SINGLE TO PUT FLORIDA UP FOR GOOD.
"IT FELT GOOD JUST TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE," KENNEDY SAID.
CASEY RAMIRO AND ROB MICKLUS KEPT THE DOOR SHUT FOR THE MARLINS, WHO HOST PITTSBURGH AT 1:05 P.M. WEDNESDAY IN GAME THREE.
Saturday
CWS/FLA 2033 RECAP
AAA
KNIGHTS 37-107
S COMSTOCK .317 4 63
R BURNSIDE .299 2 28
D ISHII .290 7 57
AA
BARONS 25-45
E McLEAN .381 1 25
K JONES .379 1 6
M SONG .377 1 29
E CHAVEZ .313 2 42
M ROSARIO .313 1 35
B DEVORE .305 7 64
CWS
25-137 74 GB
STREAKS
2W
11L
7L
13L
25L
7L
12L
PLAYER GP AVG HR RBI SB
S BRUNTLETT 100 .364 6 37 5
R ALVARADO 155 .285 8 58 0
D CORTEZ 129 .280 14 70 14
P GARCIA 29 .272 3 11 0
G MEDRANO 148 .246 4 43 4
A BEAM 144 .237 5 39 19
K SANCHEZ 118 .242 1 40 7
TEAM .256 62 ]528 88
J McKINNON 1-19 6.51
C FELIZ 0-18 8.18
R LOCKHART 1-18 10.02
E ROSAS 2-13 7.99
FLA 95-67 18GA
PLAYER GP AVG HR RBI SB
P MORALES 161 .327 25 96 41
A CONNER 151 .321 29 110 9
A PARKER 148 .346 35 124 8
G BATISTA 146 .294 29 105 25
S SHINJO 117 .300 7 40 16
J NAYLOR 114 .287 1 29 0
P GUERRERO 112 .233 6 35 10
J MONTANEZ 105 .257 10 70 9
TEAM .290 194 905 182
K BLACK 16-6 2.34
T SULLIVAN 15-10 3.44
J SPICER 14-11 4.94
D DONALDSON 13-7 3.91
J BLUM 11-8 3.96
S-MICKLUS 22
RECORDS
AVG-JOHNSON SANDS CHIC .373
MVP
AL-GIL PADILLA NYY 19-4 2.38 249K 1.12
NL-ALVIN PARKER FLA .346 35 123
CY
AL-PADILLA
NL-ADRIAN ALLAN PIT 18-3 2.86 98K
SS
AL-JAMEY PIPPENGER BOS .345 16 73
NL-PARKER
ROY
AL[-RICK ALDERSON TB 2B .264 18 62
NL-KOREY DAHMS CF MIL .278 13 56
CAREER LEADERS
HR-AARON CONNER FLA 880
SVS-JOAKIM SORIA CHI (2026) 778
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PLAYOFFS
SEA
NYY
BOS
KC
SD
CHIC
PIT
FLA
KNIGHTS 37-107
S COMSTOCK .317 4 63
R BURNSIDE .299 2 28
D ISHII .290 7 57
AA
BARONS 25-45
E McLEAN .381 1 25
K JONES .379 1 6
M SONG .377 1 29
E CHAVEZ .313 2 42
M ROSARIO .313 1 35
B DEVORE .305 7 64
CWS
25-137 74 GB
STREAKS
2W
11L
7L
13L
25L
7L
12L
PLAYER GP AVG HR RBI SB
S BRUNTLETT 100 .364 6 37 5
R ALVARADO 155 .285 8 58 0
D CORTEZ 129 .280 14 70 14
P GARCIA 29 .272 3 11 0
G MEDRANO 148 .246 4 43 4
A BEAM 144 .237 5 39 19
K SANCHEZ 118 .242 1 40 7
TEAM .256 62 ]528 88
J McKINNON 1-19 6.51
C FELIZ 0-18 8.18
R LOCKHART 1-18 10.02
E ROSAS 2-13 7.99
FLA 95-67 18GA
PLAYER GP AVG HR RBI SB
P MORALES 161 .327 25 96 41
A CONNER 151 .321 29 110 9
A PARKER 148 .346 35 124 8
G BATISTA 146 .294 29 105 25
S SHINJO 117 .300 7 40 16
J NAYLOR 114 .287 1 29 0
P GUERRERO 112 .233 6 35 10
J MONTANEZ 105 .257 10 70 9
TEAM .290 194 905 182
K BLACK 16-6 2.34
T SULLIVAN 15-10 3.44
J SPICER 14-11 4.94
D DONALDSON 13-7 3.91
J BLUM 11-8 3.96
S-MICKLUS 22
RECORDS
AVG-JOHNSON SANDS CHIC .373
MVP
AL-GIL PADILLA NYY 19-4 2.38 249K 1.12
NL-ALVIN PARKER FLA .346 35 123
CY
AL-PADILLA
NL-ADRIAN ALLAN PIT 18-3 2.86 98K
SS
AL-JAMEY PIPPENGER BOS .345 16 73
NL-PARKER
ROY
AL[-RICK ALDERSON TB 2B .264 18 62
NL-KOREY DAHMS CF MIL .278 13 56
CAREER LEADERS
HR-AARON CONNER FLA 880
SVS-JOAKIM SORIA CHI (2026) 778
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PLAYOFFS
SEA
NYY
BOS
KC
SD
CHIC
PIT
FLA
2033-ALL-STAR GAME
NEW YORK - FLORIDA HAD FOUR PLAYERS - TWO STARTERS AND A PAIR OF BENCH PLAYERS IN THE ALL-STAR GAME.
MARLINS CATCHER BATTED THIRD, BEHIND TEAMMATE PEDRO MORALES AT SS. AARON CONNER AND GEOFFREY BAUTISTA.
PARKER WAS NAMED MVP AS HE HELPED THE NL FIGHT BACK FROM A 5-0 HOLE TO POST A 6-5 WIN. PARKER HOMERED AND DOUBLED WITH 2 RBI'S.
HE WAS LATER NAMED THE NL SEASON MVP FOR 2033.
MARLINS CATCHER BATTED THIRD, BEHIND TEAMMATE PEDRO MORALES AT SS. AARON CONNER AND GEOFFREY BAUTISTA.
PARKER WAS NAMED MVP AS HE HELPED THE NL FIGHT BACK FROM A 5-0 HOLE TO POST A 6-5 WIN. PARKER HOMERED AND DOUBLED WITH 2 RBI'S.
HE WAS LATER NAMED THE NL SEASON MVP FOR 2033.
Friday
NYY-2012 RACE
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 2012 PAGE C1
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
DAILY PLANET
NEW YORK - THE BASH BROTHERS - ALL DOZEN OR SO - CONTINUE TO ROCK THE BALL.
TOO MANY SORE-NECKED YANKEE PITCHERS - FROM TURNING TOO QUICKLY TO SEE WHERE THEIR LATEST OFFERING IS HEADED - CONTINUE TO HOLD THE TEAM BACK.
LEADOFF HITTER HANK CONGER'S TWO HOMERS TUESDAY WERE THE DIFFERENCE - THAT AND A BULLPEN THAT HELD UP LATE AFTER COLLAPSING THE EVENING BEFORE - IN A 3-2 YANKEE WIN OVER TEXAS..
NEW YORK IS NOW 64-52, A PAIR OF GAMES AHEAD OF TORNTO AND FIVE
OVER THE RED SOX.
THE WHITE SOX (67-50) LEAD THE AL CENTRAL BY FOUR OVER 63-54 MINNESOTA AND EIGHT OVER 60-59 DETROIT.
OUT IN THE WEST DIVISION, THE 64-54 ANGELS ARE ONE-HALF GAME IN FRONT OF SEATTLE, A GAME AHEAD OF OAKLAND (63-55) AND SEVEN AHEAD OF TEXAS.
"WHICH ALLL MEANS THE WILD CARD IS A SHOOT-OUT FROM HERE ON IN," SAID YANKEES GM HANK STEINBRENNER.
NEW YORK IS ALMOST IS CLOSE TO HITTING .300 AS A TEAM, PARKED AT .297 AS NEWCOMERS KEN KENDRICK, KYLE RAMIREZ AND MICAH HORN HAVEN'T HIT.
"IT'S THE FIRST TIME UP FOR KYLE AND MICAH, SO IT MAY BE THEY JUST GET A TASTE," STEINBRENNER SAID. "ADDY FERMAMDEZ AND MICHAEL STANTON HAD BEEN SLUMPING, SO WE TRIED TO SHAKE THINGS UP."
MORE SHAKING MAY BE NECESSARY TO FINE-TUNE THE OFFENSE - JUST CROSS YOUR FINGERS PITCHING-WISE, AS NOBODY HAS STOOD OUT YET.
YANKEES CONTINUE TO BASH
PITCHING STILL A RASH
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
DAILY PLANET
NEW YORK - THE BASH BROTHERS - ALL DOZEN OR SO - CONTINUE TO ROCK THE BALL.
TOO MANY SORE-NECKED YANKEE PITCHERS - FROM TURNING TOO QUICKLY TO SEE WHERE THEIR LATEST OFFERING IS HEADED - CONTINUE TO HOLD THE TEAM BACK.
LEADOFF HITTER HANK CONGER'S TWO HOMERS TUESDAY WERE THE DIFFERENCE - THAT AND A BULLPEN THAT HELD UP LATE AFTER COLLAPSING THE EVENING BEFORE - IN A 3-2 YANKEE WIN OVER TEXAS..
NEW YORK IS NOW 64-52, A PAIR OF GAMES AHEAD OF TORNTO AND FIVE
OVER THE RED SOX.
THE WHITE SOX (67-50) LEAD THE AL CENTRAL BY FOUR OVER 63-54 MINNESOTA AND EIGHT OVER 60-59 DETROIT.
OUT IN THE WEST DIVISION, THE 64-54 ANGELS ARE ONE-HALF GAME IN FRONT OF SEATTLE, A GAME AHEAD OF OAKLAND (63-55) AND SEVEN AHEAD OF TEXAS.
"WHICH ALLL MEANS THE WILD CARD IS A SHOOT-OUT FROM HERE ON IN," SAID YANKEES GM HANK STEINBRENNER.
NEW YORK IS ALMOST IS CLOSE TO HITTING .300 AS A TEAM, PARKED AT .297 AS NEWCOMERS KEN KENDRICK, KYLE RAMIREZ AND MICAH HORN HAVEN'T HIT.
"IT'S THE FIRST TIME UP FOR KYLE AND MICAH, SO IT MAY BE THEY JUST GET A TASTE," STEINBRENNER SAID. "ADDY FERMAMDEZ AND MICHAEL STANTON HAD BEEN SLUMPING, SO WE TRIED TO SHAKE THINGS UP."
MORE SHAKING MAY BE NECESSARY TO FINE-TUNE THE OFFENSE - JUST CROSS YOUR FINGERS PITCHING-WISE, AS NOBODY HAS STOOD OUT YET.
Thursday
SEA-2011 DRAFT
1
TEX LINCECUM
DET U JIMENEZ
TOR MAUER
CLE FEX HERNANDEZ
KC HN RAMIREZ
BOS UTLEY
ARI J HAMILTON
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SEA VOTTO
LAD ADR GONZALEZ
TB M CABRERA
SF CAR GONZALEz
NYY CANO
CWS LONGORIA
CIN TEIXEIRA
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HOU PEDROIA
BAL MARMOL
SD WERTH
CHC CL LEE
PHI J JOHNSON
NYM PAPELBON
MIL C CRAWFORD
FLA STREET
ATL POSEY
LAA AROD
OAK CAIN
COL WAINWRIGHT
MIN HAREN
CIN HOLLIDAY
CWS B PHILLIPS
NYY D WRIGHT
SF YOULILIS
TB N FELIZ
LAD J SANTANA
SEA J HEYWARD==CONSIDERED ZIMMMERMAN
WAS J REYES
ARI BELTRE
BOS SIZEMORE
KC BILLINGSLEY
CLE PEAVY
TOR ELLSBURY
DET ZIMMERMAN
TEX CHOO
3
TEX V MARTINEZ
DET N CRUZ
TOR OSWALT
CLE C BELTRAN
KC M THORNTON
BOS HAMELS
ARI B WEBB
WAS PENCE
SEA J LESTER
LAD ICHIRO
TB B McCANN
SF FIELDER
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FLA STRASBURG
MIL JU UPTON
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PIT J BRUCE
STL NATHAN
4
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PIT ANDRUS
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BAL C BUCHHOLZ
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CHC HUDSON
PHI B ROBERTS
NYM ZAMBRANO
MIL C PEREZ
FLA JO BAUTISTA
ATL FR CORDERO
LAA WA RODRIGUEZ
OAK ETHIER
COL HART
MIN AXFORD
CIN DEMPSTER
CWS FURCAL
NYY CARLOS LEE
SF ALX RAMIREZ
TB LACKEY
LAD GRANDERSON
SEA R ROMERO
WAS J GUTHRIE
ARI B MYERS
BOS J DE LA ROSA
KC DEL YOUNG
CLE PINIERO
TOR AR RAMIREZ
DET BUEHRLE
TEX McCUTCHEN
5
TEX UGGLA
DET BJ UPTON
TOR NOLASCO
CLE MARKAKIS
KC SCHERZER
BOS BAY
ARI FR LIRIANO
WAS FR GUITIERREZ
SEA D SPAN
LAD JETER
TB GARZA
SF AARDSMA
NYY HOCHEVAR
CWS L MORALES
CIN SUZUKI
MIN G FLOYD
COL V WELLS
OAK FR SANCHEZ
LAA ZOBRIST
ATL ARROYO
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MIL M YOUNG
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PHI J GARCIA
CHC PELFREY
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6
STL BUMGARNER
PIT JURRJENS
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BAL CUDDYER
SD AL SORIANO
CHC KENDRICK
PHI VLAD GUERRERO
NYM AD JONES
MIL F CARMONA
FLA SWISHER
ATL E VOLQUEZ
LAA S BAKER
OAK M RIVERA
COL JN SANCHEZ
MINRT RABURN
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CWS STOREN
NYY LIDGE
SF MARCUM
TB BR ANDERSON
LAD PENNY
SEA CAR SANTANA
WAS B LYON
ARI C YOUNG CF
BOS CAR PENA
KC SHEETS
CLE LIND
TOR HARANG
DET DUNN
TEX JP HOWELL
7
TEX CJ WILSON
DET ERV SANTANA
TOR GREGG
CLR KLY JOHNSON
KC NAPOLI
BOS GAR JONES
ARI WEEKS
WAS MATSUZAKA
SEA B BUTLER
8 R SORIANO
9 S DREW
10 B MORROW
11 J CHAMBERLAIN
12 F FREEMAN
13 T SAITO
14 B GARDNER
15 A KIMURA
16 A CONNER
17 A RHODES
18 T WOOD
19 R WHITE
20 D VICIEDO
21 T BYRDAK
22 J TABATA
23 R.A. DICKEY
24 L NUNEZ
25 C SANDOVAL
26 J GOFF
27 S McCAULEY
28 R BRITO
29 C LUEBKE
30 L HARRELL
31 I BARRIOS
32 K KENDRICK
33 J NEWSOME
34 P TEJADA
35 C ESPINOSA
36 S CAIRO
37 C SADLER
38 M DE LOS SANTOS
39 A SORVALA
40 J LOBATON
41 F FELDMAN
42 T LINN
43 S SHERMAN
44 D RAINEY
45 G CHAVEZ
46 V GARLABO
47 R SAMUELS
48 P JERNIGAN
49 M WATSON
50 E ABERNATHY
51 K RAMIREZ
52 M MUDDS
53 J BLUM
54 D TROTTER
55 F HIDALGO€
56 J SILVA
57 V CASTO
58 H HANCOCK
59 B IRVING
60 N FOX
61 D TENACE
62 C FAY
63 W ENDO
64 R RUSSELL
65 B STARKS
66 N CRAIG
67 B BEAM
68 M BEVIS
69 M CHRISTIE
70 J SASSER
71 A BRAZELL
72 J YANG
73 A HAMBY
74 T LAIRD
75 P PESKY
SP-LESTER, ROMERO, MORROW, WOOD, DICKEY, LUEBKE, HARRELL, TEJADA, FELDMAN, SADLER
RP-SORIANO, SAITO, RHODES, CHAMBERLAIN, BYRDAK, SORVALA, DE LOS SANTOS, D RAINEY
CP-L NUNEZ
C-SANTANA, WHITE,
1B-VOTTO, BUTLER, FREEMAN,
2B-
3B-VICIEDO, SANDOVAL,
SS-DREW, GOFF, BRITO
LF-GARDNER, McCAULEY, TABATA
CF-SPAN, KIMURA, CONNER
RF-HEYWARD
TEX LINCECUM
DET U JIMENEZ
TOR MAUER
CLE FEX HERNANDEZ
KC HN RAMIREZ
BOS UTLEY
ARI J HAMILTON
WAS PUJOLS
SEA VOTTO
LAD ADR GONZALEZ
TB M CABRERA
SF CAR GONZALEz
NYY CANO
CWS LONGORIA
CIN TEIXEIRA
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ATL KINSLER
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CHC SORIA
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HOU PEDROIA
BAL MARMOL
SD WERTH
CHC CL LEE
PHI J JOHNSON
NYM PAPELBON
MIL C CRAWFORD
FLA STREET
ATL POSEY
LAA AROD
OAK CAIN
COL WAINWRIGHT
MIN HAREN
CIN HOLLIDAY
CWS B PHILLIPS
NYY D WRIGHT
SF YOULILIS
TB N FELIZ
LAD J SANTANA
SEA J HEYWARD==CONSIDERED ZIMMMERMAN
WAS J REYES
ARI BELTRE
BOS SIZEMORE
KC BILLINGSLEY
CLE PEAVY
TOR ELLSBURY
DET ZIMMERMAN
TEX CHOO
3
TEX V MARTINEZ
DET N CRUZ
TOR OSWALT
CLE C BELTRAN
KC M THORNTON
BOS HAMELS
ARI B WEBB
WAS PENCE
SEA J LESTER
LAD ICHIRO
TB B McCANN
SF FIELDER
NYY R HOWARD
CWS JER WEAVER
CIN LATOS
MIN KERSHAW
COL FR RODRIGUEZ
OAK D HUDSON€
LAA GALLARDO€
ATL M BOURN
FLA STRASBURG
MIL JU UPTON
NYM MORNEAU
PHI CARPENTER
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BAL YA MOLINA
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PIT J BRUCE
STL NATHAN
4
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PIT ANDRUS
HOU A RIOS
BAL C BUCHHOLZ
SD BECKETT
CHC HUDSON
PHI B ROBERTS
NYM ZAMBRANO
MIL C PEREZ
FLA JO BAUTISTA
ATL FR CORDERO
LAA WA RODRIGUEZ
OAK ETHIER
COL HART
MIN AXFORD
CIN DEMPSTER
CWS FURCAL
NYY CARLOS LEE
SF ALX RAMIREZ
TB LACKEY
LAD GRANDERSON
SEA R ROMERO
WAS J GUTHRIE
ARI B MYERS
BOS J DE LA ROSA
KC DEL YOUNG
CLE PINIERO
TOR AR RAMIREZ
DET BUEHRLE
TEX McCUTCHEN
5
TEX UGGLA
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TOR NOLASCO
CLE MARKAKIS
KC SCHERZER
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CLE LIND
TOR HARANG
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TEX JP HOWELL
7
TEX CJ WILSON
DET ERV SANTANA
TOR GREGG
CLR KLY JOHNSON
KC NAPOLI
BOS GAR JONES
ARI WEEKS
WAS MATSUZAKA
SEA B BUTLER
8 R SORIANO
9 S DREW
10 B MORROW
11 J CHAMBERLAIN
12 F FREEMAN
13 T SAITO
14 B GARDNER
15 A KIMURA
16 A CONNER
17 A RHODES
18 T WOOD
19 R WHITE
20 D VICIEDO
21 T BYRDAK
22 J TABATA
23 R.A. DICKEY
24 L NUNEZ
25 C SANDOVAL
26 J GOFF
27 S McCAULEY
28 R BRITO
29 C LUEBKE
30 L HARRELL
31 I BARRIOS
32 K KENDRICK
33 J NEWSOME
34 P TEJADA
35 C ESPINOSA
36 S CAIRO
37 C SADLER
38 M DE LOS SANTOS
39 A SORVALA
40 J LOBATON
41 F FELDMAN
42 T LINN
43 S SHERMAN
44 D RAINEY
45 G CHAVEZ
46 V GARLABO
47 R SAMUELS
48 P JERNIGAN
49 M WATSON
50 E ABERNATHY
51 K RAMIREZ
52 M MUDDS
53 J BLUM
54 D TROTTER
55 F HIDALGO€
56 J SILVA
57 V CASTO
58 H HANCOCK
59 B IRVING
60 N FOX
61 D TENACE
62 C FAY
63 W ENDO
64 R RUSSELL
65 B STARKS
66 N CRAIG
67 B BEAM
68 M BEVIS
69 M CHRISTIE
70 J SASSER
71 A BRAZELL
72 J YANG
73 A HAMBY
74 T LAIRD
75 P PESKY
SP-LESTER, ROMERO, MORROW, WOOD, DICKEY, LUEBKE, HARRELL, TEJADA, FELDMAN, SADLER
RP-SORIANO, SAITO, RHODES, CHAMBERLAIN, BYRDAK, SORVALA, DE LOS SANTOS, D RAINEY
CP-L NUNEZ
C-SANTANA, WHITE,
1B-VOTTO, BUTLER, FREEMAN,
2B-
3B-VICIEDO, SANDOVAL,
SS-DREW, GOFF, BRITO
LF-GARDNER, McCAULEY, TABATA
CF-SPAN, KIMURA, CONNER
RF-HEYWARD
HR DERBY-2033
J AUSTIN 0
D ROTH 5
B AHSWELDE 2
A MALLOY 4
P BLACK 3
T BARBER 5
*A PARKER 6
K CALDERON 1
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MALLOY 3-7
ROTH 3-8
BARBRER 5-10
PARKER 1-7
------------------------
ROTH
MALLOY
--------------
BARBER
D ROTH 5
B AHSWELDE 2
A MALLOY 4
P BLACK 3
T BARBER 5
*A PARKER 6
K CALDERON 1
-------------------------
MALLOY 3-7
ROTH 3-8
BARBRER 5-10
PARKER 1-7
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ROTH
MALLOY
--------------
BARBER
TRANSACTIONS CWS 2032
4-24
ACQ LF MAURICE GOODE FROM FLA FOR 2B ELVIN FIELDER
ACQ RF P JUAREZ, SP J McKINNON AND RP G ABREU FROM FLA FOR CF D COLVIN, 3B F GALLARDO AND SP R CASTANEDA
4-22
ACQ SP ELVIS CEDENO FROM FLA FOR SP MOHAMMED FRY, RF ANTHONY BEAM AND CP ROBBY MICKLUS
ACQ LF MAURICE GOODE FROM FLA FOR 2B ELVIN FIELDER
ACQ RF P JUAREZ, SP J McKINNON AND RP G ABREU FROM FLA FOR CF D COLVIN, 3B F GALLARDO AND SP R CASTANEDA
4-22
ACQ SP ELVIS CEDENO FROM FLA FOR SP MOHAMMED FRY, RF ANTHONY BEAM AND CP ROBBY MICKLUS
Monday
BREW CREW-TRANSACTIONS 2011
4-17
OPT CF A KIMURA AA
PROM OF DONNELL TROTTLER MIL
OPT SS I BARRIOS AA
PROM SS ADDY FERNANDEZ MIL
4-16
PROM SS ISIDRO BARRIOS AA TO MIL
OPT SS ADDY FERNANDEZ AA
OPT SS TIM GRISSOM AAA
PLACED SP TRAVIS WOOD ON 15-DAY DL (LAT MUSCLE STRAIN)
4-15
ACQ RF JASON KUBEL, RP RUSS SPRINGER AND 3B CHARLES BRASSARD FROM ROCKIES FOR RF NICK MARKAKIS AND CF BRAD STARKS.
4-13
OPT RP REYNALDO RODRIGUEZ AA
PROM RP ALBERT SORVALA MIL
OPT RP RAY RODRIGUEZ AND SP HEATH CORTES TO AAA
PROM RP DAVID HERNANDEZ AND RP TODD COFFEY MIL
4-7
PROM SS JEFF GOFF MIL
OPT 2B EMANUEL DE LA CRUZ AAA
PROM OF AARON KIMURA MIL
OPT OF STEPHEN McCAULEY AA
PROM 3B CLEMENTE SANDOVAL MIL
OPT 3B DAYAN VICIEDO AA
4=5
PROM RP M MARCHANT AAA
SENT RP M FOX AA
PROM 1B V CASTO AAA
SENT 1B J NOBLES AA
PROM 3B B IRVING AAA
SENT 3B C SANDOVAL AA
OPT CF A KIMURA AA
PROM OF DONNELL TROTTLER MIL
OPT SS I BARRIOS AA
PROM SS ADDY FERNANDEZ MIL
4-16
PROM SS ISIDRO BARRIOS AA TO MIL
OPT SS ADDY FERNANDEZ AA
OPT SS TIM GRISSOM AAA
PLACED SP TRAVIS WOOD ON 15-DAY DL (LAT MUSCLE STRAIN)
4-15
ACQ RF JASON KUBEL, RP RUSS SPRINGER AND 3B CHARLES BRASSARD FROM ROCKIES FOR RF NICK MARKAKIS AND CF BRAD STARKS.
4-13
OPT RP REYNALDO RODRIGUEZ AA
PROM RP ALBERT SORVALA MIL
OPT RP RAY RODRIGUEZ AND SP HEATH CORTES TO AAA
PROM RP DAVID HERNANDEZ AND RP TODD COFFEY MIL
4-7
PROM SS JEFF GOFF MIL
OPT 2B EMANUEL DE LA CRUZ AAA
PROM OF AARON KIMURA MIL
OPT OF STEPHEN McCAULEY AA
PROM 3B CLEMENTE SANDOVAL MIL
OPT 3B DAYAN VICIEDO AA
4=5
PROM RP M MARCHANT AAA
SENT RP M FOX AA
PROM 1B V CASTO AAA
SENT 1B J NOBLES AA
PROM 3B B IRVING AAA
SENT 3B C SANDOVAL AA
BREW CREW-2011 OPENING DAY ROSTER
SPs
#
23 B MORROW
24 R ROMERO
30 T WOOD
36 R HOLLIDAY
35 J NIEMANN
RPs
48 C CHAVEZ
58 L HARRELL
22 R ROSALES
17 R RODRIGUES
28 H CORTES
25 D RAINEY
31 R FRANKLIN
HITTERS
9 A CONNER
21 N MARKAKIS
11 R ZIMMERMAN
38 B McCANN
41 C SANTANA
33 B BUTLER
40 L MORRISON
27 A FERNANDEZ
15 T GRISSOM
29 E DE LA CRUZ
5 F FREEMAN
54 D VICIEDO
51 S McCAULEY
MGR R ROENICKE
HTG D SVEUM
P R KRANITZ
1B G NUNEZ
3B E SEDAR
FD L BLANK
AAA
#
SP
7 M RUIZ-24-F
53 C RICHARD-27-B
32 S PAULSON-23-D
45 B RUBIO-19-F
10 J BRAVO-20-D
RP
72 M CALZADO-24-F
58 D FISH-20-F
73 N FOX-18-D-AA
98 D LEONARD-CP-23-B
91 A BRAZELL-20-F
57 D HERNANDEZ-25-B
37 M CHRISTIE-23-F
52 DR HERRERA-26-C
60 T COFFEY-30-C
66 B STEEN-CP-21-D
HITTERS
25 C ESPINOSA-20-D
12 J GOFF-21-C
55 55 S SHERMAN-21-C
88 C RASMUS-24-A
13 C SANDOVAL-20-F-AA
49 J NOBLES-18-F-AA
78 N CASE-21-F
99 B STARKS-23-D
39 J NEWSOME-25-D
90 M BRITO-19-D
0-S CAIRO-23-D
AA
SP
76-S TRENT-22-F
67-J SALTER-21-C
43 A OLIVER-23-B
59 C SADLER-24-C
89.D TENACE-18-F
RP
92-K ERBE-25-D
94-A SORVALA-21-D
16 K DI ABASE-18-F
79 M ROSALES-20-D
83 M MARCHANT-22-F-AAA
95-S ALMANZARA-CP-18
41 J BLUM-22-C
3 M SE LOS SANTOS-21-D
97-S LOCKETT-CP-20
HITTERS
80 I BARRIOS-19-D
14 V CASTO-25-F-AAA
69-T LINN-22-D
8 A KIMURA-19-F
28 B IRVING-25-F-AAA
21 D TROTTER-21-D
82-A HAMBY-19-D
23-WILL ENDO-18-D
64-W KRUSE-18-D
75 C VILLEGAS-19-D
88-J McDERMOTT-18-D
#
23 B MORROW
24 R ROMERO
30 T WOOD
36 R HOLLIDAY
35 J NIEMANN
RPs
48 C CHAVEZ
58 L HARRELL
22 R ROSALES
17 R RODRIGUES
28 H CORTES
25 D RAINEY
31 R FRANKLIN
HITTERS
9 A CONNER
21 N MARKAKIS
11 R ZIMMERMAN
38 B McCANN
41 C SANTANA
33 B BUTLER
40 L MORRISON
27 A FERNANDEZ
15 T GRISSOM
29 E DE LA CRUZ
5 F FREEMAN
54 D VICIEDO
51 S McCAULEY
MGR R ROENICKE
HTG D SVEUM
P R KRANITZ
1B G NUNEZ
3B E SEDAR
FD L BLANK
AAA
#
SP
7 M RUIZ-24-F
53 C RICHARD-27-B
32 S PAULSON-23-D
45 B RUBIO-19-F
10 J BRAVO-20-D
RP
72 M CALZADO-24-F
58 D FISH-20-F
73 N FOX-18-D-AA
98 D LEONARD-CP-23-B
91 A BRAZELL-20-F
57 D HERNANDEZ-25-B
37 M CHRISTIE-23-F
52 DR HERRERA-26-C
60 T COFFEY-30-C
66 B STEEN-CP-21-D
HITTERS
25 C ESPINOSA-20-D
12 J GOFF-21-C
55 55 S SHERMAN-21-C
88 C RASMUS-24-A
13 C SANDOVAL-20-F-AA
49 J NOBLES-18-F-AA
78 N CASE-21-F
99 B STARKS-23-D
39 J NEWSOME-25-D
90 M BRITO-19-D
0-S CAIRO-23-D
AA
SP
76-S TRENT-22-F
67-J SALTER-21-C
43 A OLIVER-23-B
59 C SADLER-24-C
89.D TENACE-18-F
RP
92-K ERBE-25-D
94-A SORVALA-21-D
16 K DI ABASE-18-F
79 M ROSALES-20-D
83 M MARCHANT-22-F-AAA
95-S ALMANZARA-CP-18
41 J BLUM-22-C
3 M SE LOS SANTOS-21-D
97-S LOCKETT-CP-20
HITTERS
80 I BARRIOS-19-D
14 V CASTO-25-F-AAA
69-T LINN-22-D
8 A KIMURA-19-F
28 B IRVING-25-F-AAA
21 D TROTTER-21-D
82-A HAMBY-19-D
23-WILL ENDO-18-D
64-W KRUSE-18-D
75 C VILLEGAS-19-D
88-J McDERMOTT-18-D
BREW CREW-2011
SPENDING MY FORMATIVE YEARS (KINDERGARTEN THROUGH MIDDLE OF SIXTH GRADE) IN WEST ALLIS, WIS., I WAS CERTAINLY NO STRANGER TO COUNTY STADIUM.
WE LIVED ON 67TH AND GRANT STREET - IT WAS GREAT. WALKED OR RODE MY BIKE TO SCHOOL - NO FEAR OF THE BOGEYMAN DESPITE SHARING THE SAME CITY AS THAT SCUMBAG JEFFREY DAHMER - HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE LIVED, BUT KNOW I WASN'T CLOSE AT ALL.
GUESS SOME FAVORITE MEMORIES ARE THE 1975 ALL-STAR GAME WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD. WENT WITH A FEW FRIENDS, WHOSE PARENTS, LIKE MY MOM, HAD NO DOUBT PAID THE $10 FOR A BLEACHER SEAT.
PERSONALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH PRICE - BLEACHER TIX TO BREWERS' GAMES PROBABLY COST 75 CENTS OR A BUCK BACK THEN.
WE HUNG OUT AGAINST THE CENTERFIELD RAIL DURING BATTING PRACTICE, MARVELING HOW CLOSE WE WERE TO SOME OF BASEBALL'S GREATEST STARS. A CARL YAZSTREMKSI BP HOMER LANDED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF US - WE WERE TOO BUSY SOAKING EVERYTHING ELSE IN TO SEE IT COMING.
ANYWAY, STILL FOLLOWED THEM AS WE MOVED TO DEEP ALABAMA AND THEN EAST TENNESSEE. GOT TO WEAR NO. 4 MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL (PAUL MOLITOR WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER), SNAGGING IT FROM OUR CLOSER FOR NO. 9.
I HAD BEEN BUGGING THE POOR GUY - WHO HAD MADE THE VARSITY AS A FRESHMAN - FOR THE NUMBER EVER SINCE MOVING THERE AS A SOPHOMORE IN SPRING 1980.
WORE NO. 3 MY FIRST YEAR, THEN NO. 1,WHICH I HATED AS A JUNIOR. LONG STORY SHORT, I THINK I FINALLY CONVINCED THE GUY TO GIVE UP FOUR WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT'S WHAT MOLITOR WORE, AND HE HIT LEADOFF LIKE I DID, AND THAT OUR CENTERFIELDER WAS NO. 19 AND BATTED SECOND, THE TYPICAL BREWERS LINEUP HAD ROBIN YOUNT BATTING SECOND AND PLAYING CENTER.
IT MUST HAVE WORKED - WE WON THE FIRST OF WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME EIGHT STATE TITLES (INCLUDING THE LAST FOUR YEARS http://www.admiralbaseball.com/ ). OUR CLOSER? WELL, HE SAVED A STATE-SINGLE SEASON MARK WITH 14 SAVES (OUR RECORD WAS 26-5) AS WE TOOK TWO OF THREE FROM MEMPHIS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.
THEY HAD COME IN 25-0.
SEE THE WEB SITES http://www.fhs1982statechamps.blogspot.com/ and http://www.tbca.org/ FOR MORE INFO.
DIDN'T WRITE DOWN PICKS, BUT YOU'LL GET THE PICTURE.
QUICK GLANCE: HALLADAY HURT LATE IN SPRING, SLOTTED AT 4 IN ROTATION. TEAM HAS STARTED VERY SLOWLY - NO OFFENSE, MAIN CULPRITS ARE BRIAN McCANN AND CARLOS SANTANA.
FOR THE MOST PART, I JUST HIT IN ALL MY DIFFERENT TEAMS UNTIL IMPORTANT GAMES AND THE PLAYOFFS, WHEN I WILL PITCH.
EARLY RESULTS
AT CIN
MARCH 30
4-5
APRIL 2, 3
5-4, 3-8
APRIL 4-7
VS ATL
5-2, 10-11, 3-8, 5-8
APRIL 8-10
VS CHI
3-7, 6-3, 3-2
APRIL 12-14
AT PIT
0-3, 8-10, 0-5
APRIL 15-17
AT WAS
2-3, 1-3, 0-4
APRIL 16-18
AT PHIL
0-2, 5-6
WE LIVED ON 67TH AND GRANT STREET - IT WAS GREAT. WALKED OR RODE MY BIKE TO SCHOOL - NO FEAR OF THE BOGEYMAN DESPITE SHARING THE SAME CITY AS THAT SCUMBAG JEFFREY DAHMER - HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE LIVED, BUT KNOW I WASN'T CLOSE AT ALL.
GUESS SOME FAVORITE MEMORIES ARE THE 1975 ALL-STAR GAME WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD. WENT WITH A FEW FRIENDS, WHOSE PARENTS, LIKE MY MOM, HAD NO DOUBT PAID THE $10 FOR A BLEACHER SEAT.
PERSONALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH PRICE - BLEACHER TIX TO BREWERS' GAMES PROBABLY COST 75 CENTS OR A BUCK BACK THEN.
WE HUNG OUT AGAINST THE CENTERFIELD RAIL DURING BATTING PRACTICE, MARVELING HOW CLOSE WE WERE TO SOME OF BASEBALL'S GREATEST STARS. A CARL YAZSTREMKSI BP HOMER LANDED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF US - WE WERE TOO BUSY SOAKING EVERYTHING ELSE IN TO SEE IT COMING.
ANYWAY, STILL FOLLOWED THEM AS WE MOVED TO DEEP ALABAMA AND THEN EAST TENNESSEE. GOT TO WEAR NO. 4 MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL (PAUL MOLITOR WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER), SNAGGING IT FROM OUR CLOSER FOR NO. 9.
I HAD BEEN BUGGING THE POOR GUY - WHO HAD MADE THE VARSITY AS A FRESHMAN - FOR THE NUMBER EVER SINCE MOVING THERE AS A SOPHOMORE IN SPRING 1980.
WORE NO. 3 MY FIRST YEAR, THEN NO. 1,WHICH I HATED AS A JUNIOR. LONG STORY SHORT, I THINK I FINALLY CONVINCED THE GUY TO GIVE UP FOUR WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT'S WHAT MOLITOR WORE, AND HE HIT LEADOFF LIKE I DID, AND THAT OUR CENTERFIELDER WAS NO. 19 AND BATTED SECOND, THE TYPICAL BREWERS LINEUP HAD ROBIN YOUNT BATTING SECOND AND PLAYING CENTER.
IT MUST HAVE WORKED - WE WON THE FIRST OF WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME EIGHT STATE TITLES (INCLUDING THE LAST FOUR YEARS http://www.admiralbaseball.com/ ). OUR CLOSER? WELL, HE SAVED A STATE-SINGLE SEASON MARK WITH 14 SAVES (OUR RECORD WAS 26-5) AS WE TOOK TWO OF THREE FROM MEMPHIS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.
THEY HAD COME IN 25-0.
SEE THE WEB SITES http://www.fhs1982statechamps.blogspot.com/ and http://www.tbca.org/ FOR MORE INFO.
BREW CREW 2011
DIDN'T WRITE DOWN PICKS, BUT YOU'LL GET THE PICTURE.
QUICK GLANCE: HALLADAY HURT LATE IN SPRING, SLOTTED AT 4 IN ROTATION. TEAM HAS STARTED VERY SLOWLY - NO OFFENSE, MAIN CULPRITS ARE BRIAN McCANN AND CARLOS SANTANA.
FOR THE MOST PART, I JUST HIT IN ALL MY DIFFERENT TEAMS UNTIL IMPORTANT GAMES AND THE PLAYOFFS, WHEN I WILL PITCH.
EARLY RESULTS
AT CIN
MARCH 30
4-5
APRIL 2, 3
5-4, 3-8
APRIL 4-7
VS ATL
5-2, 10-11, 3-8, 5-8
APRIL 8-10
VS CHI
3-7, 6-3, 3-2
APRIL 12-14
AT PIT
0-3, 8-10, 0-5
APRIL 15-17
AT WAS
2-3, 1-3, 0-4
APRIL 16-18
AT PHIL
0-2, 5-6
Sunday
UPDATE NYY-AUGUST 2012
FRIDAY, AUG. 2 2012 C1
YANKEES STREAKING
JAYS STAY CLOSE IN TIGHT AL EAST RACE
NEW YORK - THE YANKEES SANDWICHED A THREE-GAME LOSING SKID AFTER THE ALL-STAR BREAK AROUND FOUR- AND THREE-GAME WINNING STREAKS, AND LEAD THEIR DIVISION BY A SINGLE GAME OVER TORONTO.
WHEN NEW YORK WON, IT WAS IN SHOOTOUT FASHION. WHEN THEY FELL, IT WAS BY A SNIPER SHOT, MAINLY.
NEW YORK POSTED WINS BY SCORES OF 8-5, 11-6, 7-4, 14-12, 12-10, 7-6, 6-4, 8-6 AND 10-9.
LOSSES WERE BY 9-8, 6-3, 4-3, 7-4 AND ON THURSDAY, 2-1.
"DESPITE SOME OF THOSE SCORES, WE'RE ACTUALLY THROWING THE BALL BETTER," MANAGER JOE GIRARDI SAID.
HE SINGLED OUT RECENTLY RECALLED MARK ROGERS AND MIKE LEAKE AND SAID HE EXPECTS GOOD THINGS OUT OF ALEXI NOVOA, WHO WILL GET A START NEXT WEEK.
THE YANKEES (58-47) HOST OAKLAND FOR A THREE-GAME SET STARTING TONIGHT, THE HIT THE ROAD TO BOSTON AND TAMPA. THEY'LL FACE TORONTO FOR FIVE GAMES IN SEPTEMBER.
NEW YORK LEADS THE MAJORS IN HITTING (.297), RUNS (701), HITS (1128), HOMERS (238 TO RUNNER-UP ANAHEIM'S 154) RBIs AND SLUGGING PERCENTAGE.
BUT THEIR PITCHERS ARE LAST IN ERA (5.72).
JASON HAYWARD (.344) AND AARON CONNER (.330) ARE SECOND AND FIFTH, RESPECTIVELY IN THE AL IN HITTING. CONNER'S 27 HOME RUNS ARE THIRD BEST WHILE HEYWARD'S 25 PLACE HIM FIFTH. CONNER (73) IS ALSO THIRD IN RUNS BATTED IN, WITH HEYWARD (71) TIED FOR FOURTH.
CONNER AND HEYWARD ARE RUNNING TWO-AND THREE IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS' WEEKLY AL MVP VOTE, BEHIND DETROIT'S MIGUEL CABRERA, WHO IS HITTING .356, HAS WALLOPED 33 HOMERS, DRIVEN IN 88 RUNS AND IS SLUGGING AT A .667 CLIP.
"HEY, WE HAVE GUYS - YOUNG AND OLD - THAT CAN RIP," GIRARDI SAYS, ADDING TIM GRISSOM (.288, 16 AND 42) AND STEVE SHERMAN (.292, 15 AND 44) ARE WORKING ON NEW STANCES TO KEEP THEM IN THE LINEUP.
"THESE GUYS ARE JUST SO COMPETITIVE AT THE PLATE, IT'S A DAILY BATTLE TO FILL OUT A LINEUP EVERY DAY," GIRARDI SAID.
NEW YORK HAS A DOZEN PLAYERS WITH AT LEAST 10 HOME RUNS.
YANKEES STREAKING
JAYS STAY CLOSE IN TIGHT AL EAST RACE
NEW YORK - THE YANKEES SANDWICHED A THREE-GAME LOSING SKID AFTER THE ALL-STAR BREAK AROUND FOUR- AND THREE-GAME WINNING STREAKS, AND LEAD THEIR DIVISION BY A SINGLE GAME OVER TORONTO.
WHEN NEW YORK WON, IT WAS IN SHOOTOUT FASHION. WHEN THEY FELL, IT WAS BY A SNIPER SHOT, MAINLY.
NEW YORK POSTED WINS BY SCORES OF 8-5, 11-6, 7-4, 14-12, 12-10, 7-6, 6-4, 8-6 AND 10-9.
LOSSES WERE BY 9-8, 6-3, 4-3, 7-4 AND ON THURSDAY, 2-1.
"DESPITE SOME OF THOSE SCORES, WE'RE ACTUALLY THROWING THE BALL BETTER," MANAGER JOE GIRARDI SAID.
HE SINGLED OUT RECENTLY RECALLED MARK ROGERS AND MIKE LEAKE AND SAID HE EXPECTS GOOD THINGS OUT OF ALEXI NOVOA, WHO WILL GET A START NEXT WEEK.
THE YANKEES (58-47) HOST OAKLAND FOR A THREE-GAME SET STARTING TONIGHT, THE HIT THE ROAD TO BOSTON AND TAMPA. THEY'LL FACE TORONTO FOR FIVE GAMES IN SEPTEMBER.
NEW YORK LEADS THE MAJORS IN HITTING (.297), RUNS (701), HITS (1128), HOMERS (238 TO RUNNER-UP ANAHEIM'S 154) RBIs AND SLUGGING PERCENTAGE.
BUT THEIR PITCHERS ARE LAST IN ERA (5.72).
JASON HAYWARD (.344) AND AARON CONNER (.330) ARE SECOND AND FIFTH, RESPECTIVELY IN THE AL IN HITTING. CONNER'S 27 HOME RUNS ARE THIRD BEST WHILE HEYWARD'S 25 PLACE HIM FIFTH. CONNER (73) IS ALSO THIRD IN RUNS BATTED IN, WITH HEYWARD (71) TIED FOR FOURTH.
CONNER AND HEYWARD ARE RUNNING TWO-AND THREE IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS' WEEKLY AL MVP VOTE, BEHIND DETROIT'S MIGUEL CABRERA, WHO IS HITTING .356, HAS WALLOPED 33 HOMERS, DRIVEN IN 88 RUNS AND IS SLUGGING AT A .667 CLIP.
"HEY, WE HAVE GUYS - YOUNG AND OLD - THAT CAN RIP," GIRARDI SAYS, ADDING TIM GRISSOM (.288, 16 AND 42) AND STEVE SHERMAN (.292, 15 AND 44) ARE WORKING ON NEW STANCES TO KEEP THEM IN THE LINEUP.
"THESE GUYS ARE JUST SO COMPETITIVE AT THE PLATE, IT'S A DAILY BATTLE TO FILL OUT A LINEUP EVERY DAY," GIRARDI SAID.
NEW YORK HAS A DOZEN PLAYERS WITH AT LEAST 10 HOME RUNS.
Saturday
Friday
2032 RETIREES
CWS-W BROWNING, C EATON, D GUTU, J MATHEBY, W RODRIGUEZ
FLA-B BEAM, K BROWN, A CASTRO, G RIVERA
W ENDO, M BEVIS, E WEST, M HORN, T MAY, S JONES, R KROEGER, A ARMAS, V RODRIGUEZ, C SANDOVAL, D TENACE, F FELDMAN, A KIMURA, R RAINEY, DO SANTANA, G CASE, H MORTON,
FLA-B BEAM, K BROWN, A CASTRO, G RIVERA
W ENDO, M BEVIS, E WEST, M HORN, T MAY, S JONES, R KROEGER, A ARMAS, V RODRIGUEZ, C SANDOVAL, D TENACE, F FELDMAN, A KIMURA, R RAINEY, DO SANTANA, G CASE, H MORTON,
Thursday
FLA LINESCORES 2032 PLAYOFFS
GAME ONE
OCT. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DBACKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 7 0
W-SULLIVAN
L-HERNANDEZ
HR-FLA-PARKER
GAME TWO
OCT. 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DBACKS 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 14 1
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 0
W-YOUNG
L-SPICER
HR-ARI-BLAND. FLA-PARKER.
GAME THREE
OCT. 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
MARLINS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 12 0
DBACKS 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 13 0
WP-ALVAREZ
LP-CULLEN
HR-FLA-MORALES, CONNER, PARKER, WILLIAMS 2.
ARIZ-MENDEZ, REARDON, CASTRO
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OCT. 6
MARLINS 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 10 1
DBACKS 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 0
WP-SULLIVAN
LP-LOPEZ
HR-FLA-GUERRERO.
GAME ONE NLCS
OCT. 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PADRES 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 11 1
MARLINS 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 7 2
WP-
LP-
HR-SD-DOUGLAS, RICHARDS, GONZALEZ. FLA-SPICER.
WP-ROHDE
LP-BROWN
GAME TWO
OCT. 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
PADRES 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 2
MARLINS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 0
WP-KERN
LP-KRAMER
HR-SD-MORTON. FLA-CONNER.
GAME THREE
OCT. 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 6 12 0
PADRES 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 1
WP-BLACK
LP-KESSLER
HR-FLA-WILLIAMS.
GAME FOUR
OCT. 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 10 1
PADRES 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 1
WP-KERN
LP-DAVIS
HR-FLA-MORALES, PARKER. SD-NORRIS.
GAME FIVE
OCT. 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 2
PADRES 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 12 1
WP-RODRIGUEZ
LP-SULLIVAN
HR-FLA-MORALES, CONNER. SD-NORRIS, GONZALEZ
GAME SIX
OCT. 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PADRES 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 13 1
MARLINS 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 12 1
WP-COOPER
LP-WRIGHT
HR-SD-NORRIS 2.
GAME SEVEN
OCT. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PADRES 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
MARLINS 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 X 6 13 0
WP-STEWARD
LP-ALVAREZ
HR-FLA-PARKER, MONTANEZ 2, KIMURA.
OCT. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DBACKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 7 0
W-SULLIVAN
L-HERNANDEZ
HR-FLA-PARKER
GAME TWO
OCT. 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DBACKS 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 14 1
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 0
W-YOUNG
L-SPICER
HR-ARI-BLAND. FLA-PARKER.
GAME THREE
OCT. 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
MARLINS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 12 0
DBACKS 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 13 0
WP-ALVAREZ
LP-CULLEN
HR-FLA-MORALES, CONNER, PARKER, WILLIAMS 2.
ARIZ-MENDEZ, REARDON, CASTRO
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OCT. 6
MARLINS 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 10 1
DBACKS 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 0
WP-SULLIVAN
LP-LOPEZ
HR-FLA-GUERRERO.
GAME ONE NLCS
OCT. 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PADRES 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 11 1
MARLINS 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 7 2
WP-
LP-
HR-SD-DOUGLAS, RICHARDS, GONZALEZ. FLA-SPICER.
WP-ROHDE
LP-BROWN
GAME TWO
OCT. 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
PADRES 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 2
MARLINS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 0
WP-KERN
LP-KRAMER
HR-SD-MORTON. FLA-CONNER.
GAME THREE
OCT. 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 6 12 0
PADRES 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 1
WP-BLACK
LP-KESSLER
HR-FLA-WILLIAMS.
GAME FOUR
OCT. 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 10 1
PADRES 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 1
WP-KERN
LP-DAVIS
HR-FLA-MORALES, PARKER. SD-NORRIS.
GAME FIVE
OCT. 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 2
PADRES 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 12 1
WP-RODRIGUEZ
LP-SULLIVAN
HR-FLA-MORALES, CONNER. SD-NORRIS, GONZALEZ
GAME SIX
OCT. 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PADRES 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 13 1
MARLINS 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 12 1
WP-COOPER
LP-WRIGHT
HR-SD-NORRIS 2.
GAME SEVEN
OCT. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PADRES 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
MARLINS 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 X 6 13 0
WP-STEWARD
LP-ALVAREZ
HR-FLA-PARKER, MONTANEZ 2, KIMURA.
FLA-MIN WS 2032
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 11 0
TWINS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 0
W-ALVAREZ
L-ROBINSON
HR-FLA-PARKER.
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 12 17 0
TWINS 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 14 0
W-BEAM
L-HURT
HR-FLA-KENNEDY, CONNER, PARKER, MONTANEZ. MIN-MALLOY
GAME THREE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TWINS 0 1 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 11 18 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
WP-FOSTER
LP-
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TWINS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
WP-SHEPARD
LP=ROBINSON
GWRBI-CHOO
GAME FIVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TWINS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
MARLINS 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 0
WP-BLACK
LP-HURT
HR-FLA-PARKER.
MVP=RICHIE CORTEZ 8-14, .571
PLAYOFF MVP-ALVIN PARKER .310 8 HR 13 RBI
MARLINS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 11 0
TWINS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 0
W-ALVAREZ
L-ROBINSON
HR-FLA-PARKER.
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 12 17 0
TWINS 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 14 0
W-BEAM
L-HURT
HR-FLA-KENNEDY, CONNER, PARKER, MONTANEZ. MIN-MALLOY
GAME THREE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TWINS 0 1 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 11 18 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
WP-FOSTER
LP-
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TWINS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
WP-SHEPARD
LP=ROBINSON
GWRBI-CHOO
GAME FIVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TWINS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
MARLINS 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 0
WP-BLACK
LP-HURT
HR-FLA-PARKER.
MVP=RICHIE CORTEZ 8-14, .571
PLAYOFF MVP-ALVIN PARKER .310 8 HR 13 RBI
Wednesday
KC FRANCHISE 2011-OPENING DAY ROSTER
POS NAME AGE SALARY UNIF
RF TERRY ANDRELLING 26 14.0M
3B ERICH BARTIE 26 18.OM
RF JON HARECK 34 11.3M
SS JAMES WRIGHT 24 18.5M
CF MARVIN TELK 28 13.8M
SP BURNTHA LAJOWON 21 14.0M
3B ROBERT LAWHOUZE 29 11.1M
C BERNEY HARMON 27 5.9M
CF L.J. STELT 28 6.7M
1B RIC FLOWERS 26 30K
1B ROBERT MOTH 26 5.2M
C STEVE MADDUX 22 2.7M
LF LEW WOLFE 26 3.1M
SP MITCHELL FASKE 26 2.1M
RP TODD BROOKS 27 1.1M
SP CARLTON HAGGARD 29 2.0M
2B MILT HALOX 27 1.1M
CP ARMON HILL 30 560K
CF GREGOR BLANCO 27 420K
SP SEVAI KUTTA 29 533K
CP WES RICKSTAFF 33 451K
RP RICKY STEINBORE 28 434K
RF TERRY ANDRELLING 26 14.0M
3B ERICH BARTIE 26 18.OM
RF JON HARECK 34 11.3M
SS JAMES WRIGHT 24 18.5M
CF MARVIN TELK 28 13.8M
SP BURNTHA LAJOWON 21 14.0M
3B ROBERT LAWHOUZE 29 11.1M
C BERNEY HARMON 27 5.9M
CF L.J. STELT 28 6.7M
1B RIC FLOWERS 26 30K
1B ROBERT MOTH 26 5.2M
C STEVE MADDUX 22 2.7M
LF LEW WOLFE 26 3.1M
SP MITCHELL FASKE 26 2.1M
RP TODD BROOKS 27 1.1M
SP CARLTON HAGGARD 29 2.0M
2B MILT HALOX 27 1.1M
CP ARMON HILL 30 560K
CF GREGOR BLANCO 27 420K
SP SEVAI KUTTA 29 533K
CP WES RICKSTAFF 33 451K
RP RICKY STEINBORE 28 434K
Tuesday
MIN-FLA WS STATS
MINNESOTA
PLAYER GP AB AVG H R 2B HR RBI SB
DOMINIC DYE 12 52 .423 22 9 5 3 9 2
BRIAN CORDERO 12 45 .378 17 7 3 4 12 0
JENSEN ALDERSON 10 37 .324 12 7 1 3 7 1
AVERY MALLOY 12 48 .313 15 7 0 4 11 2
SAMMY CORDERO 12 52 .308 16 10 5 1 4 4
BRANDON DAVIS 12 50 .300 15 4 2 2 5 1
JOHN CLARK 2 7 .286 2 1 1 0 0 0
HOWARD ENDO 12 44 .250 11 7 2 1 3 3
SHAWN BLANCO 12 49 .224 11 4 0 2 4 2
WILL NIETO 12 49 .204 10 5 2 0 6 0
TEAM .302 61 21 20 61 15
PLAYER W-L ERA QS QS H
DIEGO PONCE 1-0 0.00
CHET POST 2-2 2.28 4 3
BRYAN SANTIAGO 0-0 3.00
FREDDIE FOSTER 2-0 3.57 3 1
FERDINAND HIDALGO 0-0 3.86
MIKE SIFFEL 0-0 5.00 0 0
BARNEY BROWN 0-0 5.14
THOMAS HURT 1-2 5.32 4 2
LEW BACA 0-0 5.40 1
SCOTT ROBINSON 1-0 9.00 2
LEONARD CASTRO 0-1 16.20 1 0
TEAM 7-5 4.63 12 6 3
SAVES: SANTIAGO 3, HIDALGO
PLAYER GP AB AVG H R 2B HR RBI SB
RONNY CHOO 4 10 .400 4 3 0 0 1 0
PEDRO MORALES 11 49 .347 17 8 4 3 8 2
PEDRO GUERRRO 6 15 .333 5 3 0 1 3 1
JOVANNY MONTANEZ 11 40 .325 13 3 3 2 5 3
AARON CONNER 11 44 .318 14 5 6 3 9 1
SHINGO SHINJO 10 32 .313 10 3 3 0 2 0
TIMOTHY KIMURA 5 13 .308 4 2 0 1 2 0
JAMES JOWERS 6 7 .286 2 2 0 0 1 0
BENJI DIORY 4 7 .286 2 0 1 0 0 0
ALVIN PARKER 11 40 .275 11 7 1 5 8 0
RICHIE CORTEZ 10 31 .258 8 4 3 0 3 0
JIM KENNEDY 11 43 .233 10 3 2 0 0 0
CHAD WILLIAMS 10 37 .189 7 5 0 3 4 0
TEAM .277 110 49 25 19 48 7
PLAYER W-L ERA GS QS H
BARACK BEAAM 0-0 0.00
JONATHON KERN 2-0 2.38
KEVIN ALVAREZ 2-0 2.51
TOMMY SULLIVAN 2-1 3.22 4 3
DOUG DONALDSON 0-0 3.86
KEVIN BLACK 1-0 4.00 3 1
MOSES WRIGHT 0-1 4.91
JOE SPICER 0-1 6.00
JONNY BLUM 0-0 6.23
KING BROWN 0-1 9.00
MATT HAYEK 0-0 27.00
ROGER SHEPARD 0-0 27.00
TEAM 7-4 4.01 11 4
HOLDS-5
SAVES-5 (WRIGHT 4)
PLAYER GP AB AVG H R 2B HR RBI SB
DOMINIC DYE 12 52 .423 22 9 5 3 9 2
BRIAN CORDERO 12 45 .378 17 7 3 4 12 0
JENSEN ALDERSON 10 37 .324 12 7 1 3 7 1
AVERY MALLOY 12 48 .313 15 7 0 4 11 2
SAMMY CORDERO 12 52 .308 16 10 5 1 4 4
BRANDON DAVIS 12 50 .300 15 4 2 2 5 1
JOHN CLARK 2 7 .286 2 1 1 0 0 0
HOWARD ENDO 12 44 .250 11 7 2 1 3 3
SHAWN BLANCO 12 49 .224 11 4 0 2 4 2
WILL NIETO 12 49 .204 10 5 2 0 6 0
TEAM .302 61 21 20 61 15
PLAYER W-L ERA QS QS H
DIEGO PONCE 1-0 0.00
CHET POST 2-2 2.28 4 3
BRYAN SANTIAGO 0-0 3.00
FREDDIE FOSTER 2-0 3.57 3 1
FERDINAND HIDALGO 0-0 3.86
MIKE SIFFEL 0-0 5.00 0 0
BARNEY BROWN 0-0 5.14
THOMAS HURT 1-2 5.32 4 2
LEW BACA 0-0 5.40 1
SCOTT ROBINSON 1-0 9.00 2
LEONARD CASTRO 0-1 16.20 1 0
TEAM 7-5 4.63 12 6 3
SAVES: SANTIAGO 3, HIDALGO
PLAYER GP AB AVG H R 2B HR RBI SB
RONNY CHOO 4 10 .400 4 3 0 0 1 0
PEDRO MORALES 11 49 .347 17 8 4 3 8 2
PEDRO GUERRRO 6 15 .333 5 3 0 1 3 1
JOVANNY MONTANEZ 11 40 .325 13 3 3 2 5 3
AARON CONNER 11 44 .318 14 5 6 3 9 1
SHINGO SHINJO 10 32 .313 10 3 3 0 2 0
TIMOTHY KIMURA 5 13 .308 4 2 0 1 2 0
JAMES JOWERS 6 7 .286 2 2 0 0 1 0
BENJI DIORY 4 7 .286 2 0 1 0 0 0
ALVIN PARKER 11 40 .275 11 7 1 5 8 0
RICHIE CORTEZ 10 31 .258 8 4 3 0 3 0
JIM KENNEDY 11 43 .233 10 3 2 0 0 0
CHAD WILLIAMS 10 37 .189 7 5 0 3 4 0
TEAM .277 110 49 25 19 48 7
PLAYER W-L ERA GS QS H
BARACK BEAAM 0-0 0.00
JONATHON KERN 2-0 2.38
KEVIN ALVAREZ 2-0 2.51
TOMMY SULLIVAN 2-1 3.22 4 3
DOUG DONALDSON 0-0 3.86
KEVIN BLACK 1-0 4.00 3 1
MOSES WRIGHT 0-1 4.91
JOE SPICER 0-1 6.00
JONNY BLUM 0-0 6.23
KING BROWN 0-1 9.00
MATT HAYEK 0-0 27.00
ROGER SHEPARD 0-0 27.00
TEAM 7-4 4.01 11 4
HOLDS-5
SAVES-5 (WRIGHT 4)
Monday
UPDATE NYY-2012
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 PAGE C1
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
NEW YORK EXAMINER
ST. LOUIS - A THREE-GAME YANKEE BLITZ LEFT CARDINALS MANAGER TONY LaRUSSA A TAD BEFUDDLED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
NEW YORK PUSHED ITS OVERALL MARK TO 42-31 (15-5 IN JUNE) AND ITS HEROS WERE NAMED GOFF, CONGER AND RAINEY?
LaRUSSA, OWNER OF A LAW DEGREE, MUTTERED THOSE NAMES ALOUD, LIKENING THEM TO A LAW FIRM THAT PERHAPS ADVERTISED ON LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION.
MAYBE IT WAS JEFF GOFF, HANK CONGER AND DAVE RAINEY WHO HAD KEPT THE ST. LOUIS MANAGER UP TIL THE WEE HOURS WATCHING TV.
AFTER ALL, NONE ARE HOUSEHOLD NAMES - YET. GOFF BELTED A PAIR OF TWO-RUN HOMERS, INCLUDING A DECISIVE NINTH-INNING BLAST IN FRIDAY'S 6-4 WIN, RAINEY PITCHED TWO INNINGS OF SCORELESS BALL IN SATURDAY'S 3-2 WIN AND CONGER CONTINUED TO SWING A HOT BAT WITH FOUR HITS IN SUNDAY'S 8-4 BROOM-WAVER.
"NOW, I'M NOT THAT OUT OF TOUCH," LaRUSSA ADMITTED. "I KNOW GOFF AND CONGER HAVE A CHANCE TO BE REAL GOOD AND RAINEY LOOKS DECENT. BUT I NEVER IMAGINED A SWEEP. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM IN OCTOBER."
YANKEES MANAGER JOE GIRARDI DIDN'T DISCOUNT A NEW YORK-CARDS WORLD SERIES, AS HIS TEAM IS MERE PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM HAVING THE BEST RECORD IN THE AL, WHILE ST. LOUIS STILL TOPS THE NL AT 45-28.
AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST 18 MONTHS, THE YANKEES ARE LOOKING TO DEAL A GLUT OF CORNER INFIELDERS, UNDEPENDABLE STARTERS AND A PLETHORA OF CLOSERS FOR YOUNGER ARMS. GIRARDI SAID A NUMBER OF DEALS ARE IN THE WORKS.
NEW YORK LEADS THE MAJORS IN HITTING, RUNS, HOMERS, RBIs, SLUGGING AND ON-BASE PERCENTAGE, BUT RANK AT THE BOTTOM IN ERA AND HOME RUNS GIVEN UP.
YANKS HEAT UP
NATIONAL LEAGUE SWING STARTS WELL
BY LEE GANNON
SPORTSWRITER
NEW YORK EXAMINER
ST. LOUIS - A THREE-GAME YANKEE BLITZ LEFT CARDINALS MANAGER TONY LaRUSSA A TAD BEFUDDLED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
NEW YORK PUSHED ITS OVERALL MARK TO 42-31 (15-5 IN JUNE) AND ITS HEROS WERE NAMED GOFF, CONGER AND RAINEY?
LaRUSSA, OWNER OF A LAW DEGREE, MUTTERED THOSE NAMES ALOUD, LIKENING THEM TO A LAW FIRM THAT PERHAPS ADVERTISED ON LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION.
MAYBE IT WAS JEFF GOFF, HANK CONGER AND DAVE RAINEY WHO HAD KEPT THE ST. LOUIS MANAGER UP TIL THE WEE HOURS WATCHING TV.
AFTER ALL, NONE ARE HOUSEHOLD NAMES - YET. GOFF BELTED A PAIR OF TWO-RUN HOMERS, INCLUDING A DECISIVE NINTH-INNING BLAST IN FRIDAY'S 6-4 WIN, RAINEY PITCHED TWO INNINGS OF SCORELESS BALL IN SATURDAY'S 3-2 WIN AND CONGER CONTINUED TO SWING A HOT BAT WITH FOUR HITS IN SUNDAY'S 8-4 BROOM-WAVER.
"NOW, I'M NOT THAT OUT OF TOUCH," LaRUSSA ADMITTED. "I KNOW GOFF AND CONGER HAVE A CHANCE TO BE REAL GOOD AND RAINEY LOOKS DECENT. BUT I NEVER IMAGINED A SWEEP. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM IN OCTOBER."
YANKEES MANAGER JOE GIRARDI DIDN'T DISCOUNT A NEW YORK-CARDS WORLD SERIES, AS HIS TEAM IS MERE PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM HAVING THE BEST RECORD IN THE AL, WHILE ST. LOUIS STILL TOPS THE NL AT 45-28.
AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST 18 MONTHS, THE YANKEES ARE LOOKING TO DEAL A GLUT OF CORNER INFIELDERS, UNDEPENDABLE STARTERS AND A PLETHORA OF CLOSERS FOR YOUNGER ARMS. GIRARDI SAID A NUMBER OF DEALS ARE IN THE WORKS.
NEW YORK LEADS THE MAJORS IN HITTING, RUNS, HOMERS, RBIs, SLUGGING AND ON-BASE PERCENTAGE, BUT RANK AT THE BOTTOM IN ERA AND HOME RUNS GIVEN UP.
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