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2113 Playoffs
Pacific Wild Card Series
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The eternal rivals face each other for the 7th time in the playoffs. The Buffalo enter with possibly the biggest home-road disparity in NABF history, with a home record over .600 and road below .400. Their normally strong pitching has been rather lackluster this season, finishing 3rd in the Pacific for runs against. Their offense has been carried by veterans such as CF Bonjour, DH Butler, RF Mshangama, and 2B Harbin. But the spotlight lands on LF Juan Balladares, who in his first full season led the Pacific in AVG, WAR, and tied the NABF record for most doubles in a single-season while stealing 57 bags. Eureka enters with the 2nd best offense and defense (only lagging behind Sioux City). With 7 of their starting hitters being league average or better. Led by DH Lazzarini, 1B Navo, CF Gallagher, 2B John, C Méndez, and veteran RF Jake Herold who in his age 39 season led the Pacific in home runs and OPS. Pitching features Redwood veterans Trent Pullin, Dustin Cloud, Tillmam Tamayo, and rookie Ron Kalb. Along with decorated closer Dale Patterson.
Game 1: CHY Tim Cote (12-12, 4.06) vs EUR Dustin Cloud (7-15, 4.65)
The game would start out slow, with both teams only scoring once through 5 innings. But the Redwoods would then go off for 12 runs capped off by a 1B Navo 3-run home run to take a dominant game 1.
CHY 5 - 13 EUR
Game 2: CHY Chris Keon (11-11, 5.19) vs EUR Tillmam Tamayo (17-11, 4.15)
Keon would limit the Redwoods to only 3 runs before giving the ball to closer Mike Hilger, who is the NABF all-time leader in saves. The Buffalo would have a 95% win probability with a 6-3 lead. But Hilger would blow it, giving up 4 runs to the Redwoods, giving them the lead and the victory.
CHY 6 - 7 EUR
Game 3: EUR Trent Pullin (18-11, 3.81) vs CHY Carlos Padilla (17-7, 3.13)
Both Pullin and Padilla woul
| Baseball » North American Baseball Federation 2: 2104 Season/Playoffs » 7/03/2024 11:56 pm |
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2113 Season
April:
May:Germantown would open their season with a sweep of defending Atlantic champion Florida and Plymouth. Rome would match them through the first 2 weeks before signing unsigned pitcher Matt Kenney who was a star in Cheyenne a few seasons ago. Durango would sweep Galveston to put themselves atop the Pacific standings after 3 weeks. Halifax would lose 10 in a row and be the only team to not win at least 10 games in April.
Hitters of the Month:
PC: Jake Herold, .400avg, 7HRs, 17RBIs (EUR)
AC: Jeremy Richey, .366avg, 5HRs, 21RBIs (HUR)
Pitchers of the Month:
PC: Marty Hodge, 5-0, 1.93ERA, 17Ks (CHY)
AC: Mike Kulbeth, 4-1, 1.92ERA, 50Ks (ROM)
Rookies of the Month:
PC: Tony Aguilar, 3.68ERA in 7.1 innings (CHY)
AC: Eiji Ikeda, .326avg, 3HRs, 14RBIs (HUR)Trois would begin the month with a winning streak that would propel them from 7th to 2nd. Huron, who are currently third in the Atlantic, would extend star RF Jeremy Richey for 7 years on a surprisingly friendly deal (though does include an opt-out after 3 seasons). Richey is not just the best hitter in Huron but is top 3 in average, RBIs, and WAR in the Atlantic. Despite being in last, Alaska would go on an impressive streak led by a trio of Boulet, Ramírez, and Hanshaw who are arguably the best trio in the league, but have basically no one around them. Similarly, Dakota, who is now last in the Pacific, is led by a dominant quartet of Martin, Fa, Carr, and Gérard with not much surrounding them. Though top pitching prospects Tere Myuna and Suk Kim were recently called up to help out the pitching staff.
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Hitters of the Month:
PC: Nicolas Gérard, .326avg, 11HRs, 29RBIs (DAK)
AC: Jimmy Sparrowhawk, .333avg, 8HRs, 30RBIs (ROM)
Pitchers of the Month:
PC: Trent Pullin, 6-0, 1.88ERA, 41Ks (EUR)
AC: Heath Victory, 4-1, 1.27ERA, 45Ks (GER)
Rookies of the Month:
PC: Tony Aguilar, 4-1, 3.00ERA, 15Ks (CHY)
AC: Hector Delgado, 2.78ERA in 22.
| Baseball » North American Baseball Federation 2: 2104 Season/Playoffs » 6/29/2024 4:36 pm |
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2113 Pre-Season Preview
last season 77-85, 4th in Pacific.
16th ranked farm system (RHP Ron Acorn #22)
Payroll $1,250,810 - 13th
Lineup and PitchingC 25, Rob Finco, Georgia, .203/.269/.308, 59OPS+
1B 24, Carlos Ramírez, Puerto Rico, .270/.367/.489, 30HRs, 135OPS+, won Frey award
2B 30, Raul Rangel, Puerto Rico, .267/.331/.405, 102OPS+
3B 24, Adhane Leabua, Georgia, rookie season, unranked prospect.
SS 25, John Hanshaw, Texas, .326/.396/.460, 135OPS+, won Castaneda award
LF 26, Talbot Boulet, Quebec, .311/.367/.418, 116OPS+
CF 24, Jason Hibbard, Texas, .275/.348/.410, 22SBs, 109OPS+
RF 30, Manny Guzman, Puerto Rico, didn’t play in majors last season
DH 24, Bill Penny, The Dakotas, .286/.423/.361, 117OPS+ in 74 games
1 30, Fritz Bresson, Quebec, 10-15, 4.11ERA, 103ERA+ with Dakota
2 26, Roth Reiter, Germany, 10-5, 3.80ERA, 112ERA+
3 22, Ron Acorn, The Dakotas, rookie season, #22 ranked prospect
4 28, Zane Dubos, Quebec, 13-16, 4.68ERA, 91ERA+
5 26, Bryen Beckstrom, Arctic Circle, 6-15, 5.32ERA, 76ERA+
CL 26, Dana Dorey, Arctic Circle, 4.03ERA in 38 innings
Other notable bullpen arms: Tyler D’Orio, Jason Walker, and John Gillingham
The Av’s were above .500 for much of last season thanks to great showings from Ramírez, Hanshaw, and Boulet. They come back with a big free agent signing in Bresson. Though I don’t think he’ll be enough as Alaska lost a lot of depth over the off-season. Without a deep farm system to replenish the major league squad and with Boulet likely to leave in free agency, this could be their only window.
last season 71-91, 6th in Pacific.
11th ranked farm system (SS Antony Pedley #8 and 3B Kyle Stimpson #33)
Payroll $1,636,591 - 12th
Lineup and PitchingC 26, Cameron Busche, Cascadia, .250/.361/.309, 86OPS+
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1B 30, Bob Heath, Quebec, .290/.350/.380, 101OPS+, won Deshayes award
2B 31, D.W. Mannin
| Writing Workshop » Team name suggestions for 'Superior' » 6/22/2024 3:14 pm |
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I am in need of suggestions for a team name for a team based in Thunder Bay but goes by the locator of 'Superior'. Since it's Thunder Bay I considered 'Lakeheads' but also want it to represent the entire region as a whole. I've also considered 'Lakers' and 'Hunters'. I'm thinking it could be something that plays off superior as being better, but I can't get any ideas that I actually like.
| Baseball » North American Baseball Federation 2: 2104 Season/Playoffs » 6/22/2024 1:43 pm |
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2112 Off-Season
Awards:Jean Frey Awards (silver slugger equivalent)
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Pacific:
C SC Eric Titus, .335/.435/.535, 169wRC+, 9th
1B AK Carlos Ramírez, .270/.367/.489, 30HRs
2B GAL Thierry Charles, .361/.414/.462, 65SBs, 129wRC+
3B SC Jayden Royal, .306/.367/.450, 27SBs, 5th
SS EUR Tyler McClean, .302/.360/.377, 32SBs
LF EUR Jesse Haskins, .280/.394/.440, 129wRC+, 2nd
CF GAL Katsumi Canio, .368/.390/.490, 58SBs, 11th
RF EUR Jake Herold, .306/.403/.565, 32HRs, 5th
DH GAL Chris Caron, .269/.383/.505, 32HRs, 2nd
Atlantic:
C FLA Greg Lloyd, .275/.355/.420, 114wRC+
1B GER Jose Rueda, .328/.388/.469, 134wRC+
2B HUR Fernando Criado, .266/.371/.445, 23HRs, 6th
3B ROM Jimmy Sparrowhawk, .334/.387/.556, 30HRs, 134RBIs
SS ROM Nikolaus Wallauer, .333/.471/.448, 45SBs, 130Runs, 2nd
LF HUR Matthew Wagoner, .296/.380/.562, 35HRs, 4th
CF HUR Corey Cozad, .296/.351/.404, 36SBs
RF FLA Adam Beyer, .352/.432/.531, 165wRC+, 3rd
DH GER George Powers, .295/.427/.528, 30HRs, 129RBIs, 5th
Laurent Gervais Award (reliever award)
Pacific: EUR Dale Patterson, 35 of 37 Saves, 1.59ERA, 1.06WHIP, 10.9K/9, 268ERA+, unanimous
Atlantic: FLA Manny Julia, 36 of 40 Saves, 1.25ERA, 1.07WHIP, 8.4K/9, 343ERA+, 15 first place votes
TR Cameron Broome, 36 of 46 Saves, 2.55ERA, 1.11WHIP, 8.1K/9, 167ERA+, 1 first place vote
Dimitri Deshayes Awards (gold glove equivalent)
Pacific
P AK Wayne Hamel
C EUR Ismael Méndez 4th
1B AST Bob Heath 5th
2B SC Malachi Perry
3B SC Jayden Royal 8th
SS CHY Dean Monahan 9th
LF GAL Matt Gilroy 4th
CF GAL Katsumi Canio 12th
RF DUR Rey Mora
Atlantic:
P ROM Mike Kulbeth 2nd
C GER Han-seung Park
1B HUR Danny Thomas 3rd
2B FLA Chris Howe
3B TR Christian Dubois
SS CHS Douggie Clark 8th
LF GER Jeremy Cooper 4th
CF ROM Javon Doolin 3rd
RF PLY Javier del Fierro 2nd
Raul Hernandez Award (platinum glove award)
Pacific: CHY SS Dean Monahan, 9th career award, all consecutive. This was his best overall season.
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| Baseball » North American Baseball Federation 2: 2104 Season/Playoffs » 6/14/2024 11:54 am |
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2115 Expansion council vote
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With Louisiana losing their NABF team an expansion call of interest was made earlier than originally planned. Surprisingly a ton of cities tossed their hats into the ring. So much so that Springfield is not even a favorite to receive a team. This will be a 4 team expansion, 2 in each conference. The vote is for 3 cities in each league as the votes will also be taken for consideration for the next expansion (planned for the mid 2120s).
Link for the vote
Cities for the Pacific:
Oceanside, California.
Population: 3,000,000. The largest city without a team. Located in sunny, southern California it has gone from a small oceanic trade town to one of the largest and culturally important cities in the nation. There are current plans in place for a seaside stadium and multiple possible owner candidates.
Waco, Texas.
Population: 1,750,000. The capital of Texas and has one of the most successful football teams on the continent. They already have a decent stadium in place that can seat roughly 30,000 (only a little bit smaller than Eureka and Alaska). Along with plans to renovate what they call “The Ranch” to keep up with the standards of the NABF.
Springfield, Louisiana.
Population: 1,400,000. The largest city in Louisiana but the smallest of the expansion candidates. During westward expansion, Cahokia was seen as the “Gateway to the West” but Springfield became the city to take in trailblazers who couldn’t make it to the Pacific. Situated atop the Ozarks with some of the best city parks in the world. They already have a stadium being built and a potential owner lined up. The only issue is their population which would be the smallest outside of Halifax.
Albuquerque, Rocky Mountains.
Population: 2,300,000. They enter the competition with an outrageous stadium propos
| Baseball » North American Baseball Federation 2: 2104 Season/Playoffs » 6/14/2024 11:39 am |
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2112 Playoffs
Pacific Wild-Card Series
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Galveston enters while riding hot after being absolutely awful prior to the All-Star break. Being 2nd in the NABF in runs scored thanks to insane seasons from CF Katsumi Canio, RF Melvin Navarrete, 2B Thierry Chalres, and DH Chris Caron. Plus solid seasons from SS Mike McClary, LF Matt Gilroy, 3B Josh Peppers, and breakout star 1B Humphrey Grant. One of the biggest things about the Launch is their ridiculous speed. Leading the league with 273 stolen bases (50 more than 2nd place Eureka). With Canio, Charles, and Navarrete all having over 58. Earlier in the year they were struggling on the pitching side of things, but great second halves from Nick Lambert and Paolo Barreau helped them cruise to a 5th straight playoff berth. They’d be facing a team making their first playoff appearance which happens to be their first year in Sioux City. The Spiders have been absolutely dominant this year. At one point they were 19-1. They’ve also destroyed the Launch, winning the season series 14-5. Much of their success comes from the massive stars they acquired in the off-season like 3B Jayden Royal, C Eric Titus, OF Ernest Mott, SPs Nick Grueneich and Frank Hernández. But a lot of it also comes from talent that was planted in Baton Rouge and sprouted in Sioux City such as SS Mennac Shamakani, DH Juan Castillo, SPs Ruben Cabrales and Mike Carbone, and a ton of bullpen arms and young talent such as Adam Gibson, Jan Lillegård, Dennis Echevarria, Sergio Montes, Jim Eustace, and Oliver Yonker. The main struggle will be if their young and inexperienced arms can withstand the onslaught of power and talent on Galveston’s offense.
Game 1: GAL Paolo Barreau (13-9, 3.46) vs SC Frank Hernández (19-10, 3.24)
Galveston’s 1B Humphrey Grant would open the game with a 3-run home run followed by a 2-run shot from RF Navar
| Baseball » North American Baseball Federation 2: 2104 Season/Playoffs » 6/11/2024 6:20 pm |
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2112 Season
April:
May:Sioux City would welcome their inaugural season with a complete game, 10 strikeout, shut-out by newly acquired ace Nick Grueneich against Dakota. They’d end up sweeping the series with Ruben Cabrales and Frank Hernández pitching absolute gems of their own. They’d go on to win 7 straight games to open their inaugural season. Alaska would start the season strong and then decide to push this momentum by signing a few of the unsigned free agents left. Mainly starter Matt Kenney but also top relievers Ben Keddy and Roberto Cruz. They’d then go on a 9-game winning streak being second to only Sioux City in the Pacific. Just 2 weeks into the season, and Astoria announced that they have fired both their GM and manager after a 4-9 start. The change wouldn’t seem to matter as their losing streak continued until it reached 12 games. Trois’ Christian Dubois would get a 30-game hitting streak (continuing from the previous season) which becomes the longest streak in NABF history. After struggling the first 2 weeks, Huron would go on an impressive 10-game winning streak and be apart of an insanely close 3-team race in the Atlantic. With Trois, Florida, and Huron all separated by .5 games.
Hitters of the Month:
PC: Melvin Navarrete, .409avg, 16RBIs, 27Runs, 19SBs (GAL)
AC: Matthew Wagoner, .333avg, 6HRs, 18RBIs (HUR)
Pitchers of the Month:
PC: Nick Grueneich, 4-1, 2.19ERA, 34Ks (SC)
AC: Cameron Broome, 7 Saves, 0 runs allowed, 16Ks in 12 innings (TR)
Rookies of the Month:
PC: Frank Hernández, 4-1, 1.79ERA, 31Ks (SC)
AC: Josh Pickup, .366avg, 4HRs, 14RBIs (HFX)Eureka would begin the month with an 8-game winning streak to take over first place in the Pacific; they also sweeped Sioux City in that span. Galveston, despite leading the NABF in runs scored, would be 2nd to last in the league. Mostly due to the complete collapse of their entire pitching staff. Jalen Wilson is the only
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2112 Pre-Season Preview
last season 68-94, 6th in Pacific
16th ranked farm system (none in top 50)
Payroll $1,288,971 - 14th
Lineup and PitchingC 26, Czar Artemenko, Arctic Circle, .257/.308/.314, 70OPS+
1B 23, Carlos Ramírez, Puerto Rico, .238/.336/.367, 98OPS+
2B 24, John Hanshaw, Texsa, no stats, rookie season. #76 ranked prospect
3B 30, Joel Bain, The Dakotas, .212/.298/.299, 69OPS+
SS 22, Kazuki Miyahara, Japan, only played 21 games last season
LF 28, Zack Joyner, Florida, .279/.332/.484, 123OPS+ in 56 games with Germantown
CF 23, Jason Hibbard, Texas, .264/.307/.385, 95OPS+
RF 28, Kyle Miller, Susquehanna, .282/.349/.391, 109OPS+
DH 25, Talbot Boulet, Quebec, .331/.368/.506, 145OPS+ in injury shortened season
1 25, Roth Reiter, Germany, 11-12, 3.85ERA, 105ERA+
2 27, Zane Dubos, Quebec, 12-19, 4.85ERA, 83ERA+
3 25, Bryen Beckstrom, Arctic Circle, 8-9, 5.06ERA, 80ERA+
4 28, Wayne Hamel, Arctic Circle, 5.43ERA in 59.2 innings with Baton Rouge and Dakota
5 24, Warner Duval, Quebec, only pitched 1 game last season.
CL 27, John Sweet, The Dakotas/Arctic Circle, 26 Saves, 2.53ERA, 160ERA+
Other notable bullpen arms: John Gillingham, Dana Dorey, Alex García, Tyler D’Orio, and Luc Villain
Well, this is it. Virtually every prospect has been called up. This is the end of their rebuild… unless a miracle happens they will likely have to rebuild again. To think I had said that I preferred Alaska over Rome a few seasons ago. While their attendance has wavered, it’s still not as bad as many other teams. last season 79-83, 4th in Pacific
7th ranked farm system (RHP Larry McCoy #1 and SS Antony Pedley #15)
Payroll $1,437,474 - 12th
Lineup and PitchingC 29, Ross Edwards, Virginia, .237/.320/.308, 71OPS+ with Halifax
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1B 29, Bob Heath, Quebec, .297/.352/.399, 112OPS+, won Deshayes award
2B 30, Justin Driscoll, California, .339/.3
| Baseball » North American Baseball Federation 2: 2104 Season/Playoffs » 6/04/2024 11:28 am |
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2112 World Cup
Group StageSusquehanna would open the games with a complete game shutout of Arctic Circle by Jalen Wilson. The hosting nation, Florida, would be the last team to be defeated after losing to the 0-5 Mexico. They’d lose again to Virginia who would become the first team to guarantee themselves past the group stage. Quebec would shortly follow thanks to solid pitching and showcases from Ernest Mott and Tom Phelan. Surprisingly, despite Susquehanna shutting out Arctic Circle in the first game, they’d be tied in the group going into the second to last game in which they played each other. In which the ACF’s Tom Swedlove would give up just 6 hits through 7 innings and put a stamp on their World Cup performance, all but guaranteeing themselves a spot in the tournament. In terms of surprise failures, Texas would finish last in Group C while Georgia could not overcome Quebec or The Dakotas and finish with only 3 wins.
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Going into the final day only 2 teams had actually guaranteed themselves a spot in the tournament (Quebec and Virginia). Leading to another fantastic decision day. As only 1 more nation would lock themselves in, the Rocky Mountains. This would lead to the first ever tie-breaker World Cup games. Firstly, the tie-breaker games to decide the final 2 group winners.
Group A, Susquehanna and the Arctic Circle ace off again. The ACF won 2 of their 3 matchups in the group stage. Susquehanna would have to rely on Adelbert Miller while the ACF has former 5th overall pick Ray Nelson. However, Nelson would give up a big second-inning thanks to big hits from Ritter Ammann and Gary Urbanczyk. They’d try to comeback but they’d hit into a double play to end the 8th as they lose 6-3.
Group D, California and Great Lakes. California has swept the Lakers in the group stage but they sit tied after 9 games. The pitching matchup would be Ben Ford vs Justin Loeser as both nations are scraping the end of their