It’s the prettiest sight any commissioner can ever see. 100% of the teams uploaded this sim. That meant that every single owner uploaded and reduced their major league roster to 25. Thanks everyone.
So,the 2009 regular season is underway. After four games, there is only one team left unbeaten: the Maryland Poedamnedmonium. Maryland is one game up in the Platonic League over Jersey City and Pittsburgh. In the Socratic League, Cairo, Marietta, and Tupper Street lead the way with 3-1 records. The cellar is surprisingly occupied by Miami and New York, who are the only two winless squads on the season.
The first Player of the Week awards were handed out to Jersey City’s Seve Bosch and Tupper Street’s Carlos Lara. I would think Maryland’s Henry Gary was in contention too, as he threw a four-hit shutout against Seattle on April 4.
One notable injury, as Brooklyn lost outfielder Tory Chavez for four weeks to a torn thumb ligament.
Now, on to the game action!
On April 1, Marietta and Miami staked an early claim to the longest and most exciting game of the year. Marietta held a 3-0 lead after seven innings, with Mammoth starting pitcher Fermin Garcia cruising. However, Miami struck for two in the eighth on a two-out, two-run double by Agustin “Gloop” Moreno and then tied it with a sacrifice fly in the ninth off new Marietta closer Eddie Pineda. When David Vidal singled in pinchrunner Ted Masson in the top of the tenth, it appeared that the Masters had a stirring come-from-behind victory. Not so fast, said Marietta’s Steven Seidl, as he tied the game with a 410-foot bomb to center field. The pitchers then took control of the game, with the two sides combining to retire the next 11 hitters in a row. Miami finally put a couple runners on with none out in the 13th inning, but saw their chances evaporate with a strikeout and double play. Marietta drew two walks in the bottom of the 13th, but couldn’t break the tie. Miami started the 14th with two singles, but a double play and routine fly out ended that threat. Suddenly, on a 1-1 pitch, George Cue blasted a leadoff, game-winning home run to start the bottom of the 14th. His 421-foot blast sent the nearly 55,0000 Marietta fans dancing into night.
On April 2, the new look Tupper Street Redlegs started their season with a bang, knocking off New York 13-7 in a game featuring 26 hits. Apparently, their hitters worked off the rust in spring training.
On April 3, the first day with all 12 teams in action, there were three games won in the final at bat. Maryland pushed past Seattle 3-2 on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to shallow left by Willie Williams. Tupper Street pulled victory from the jaws of defeat, scoring two in the bottom of the ninth off New York, including a game-winning Joseph Mulford RBI single. Marietta tied its game with Miami in the bottom of the ninth on a Kevin Grow solo home run and then won it in the tenth with two outs on back-to-back doubles by Alec Vandenberg and George Cue.
April 4 featured Gary’s shutout of the Pilots and Tupper Street’s Jeffrey Yancy combining with two relievers to blank New York 3-0 on five hits.
April 5 saw Miami’s third defeat in extra innings, a brutal way to start the season, when Gainesville’s Orlando Ruiz homered in the bottom of the 11th for a 2-1 Purple Porpoise victory.
As this sim shows, anything can happen when the games start being played. The league file is posted. Next sim will be Wednesday. With Friday’s sim, play will start in AAA, AA, and full-season A-ball, so get those minor league rosters set.
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