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| Mitts 3 at Icons 1 gm 1- Score reached 2-2 by the 3rd inning then went scoreless to the 8th where Jon India had a single, advanced to second on a wild pitch then scored on a Jon Singleton single. Kirby Yates came into the game in the 9th to save it. final was 3-2 for the visitors. Despite no RBIs and no runs scored Jose Miranda went 4 for 4. gm 2- Neither Joe Ross nor Kyle Harrison were particularly impressive in their starts. Icons led 5-4 as the clubs went to the 9th. Three straight walks opened the 9th. Then Tanner Scott made a mistake pitching to Carlos Santana who pummelled it for a grand slam HR. Mitts win this one 8-5 as Yates came in for another save. Gunnar Henderson had a HR and 3 RBI in the game. gm 3-Another close one with the game tied in the 7th as the Icons came to bat. Kyle Schwarber was the hero with a 3 run blast that held up. Final 4-3 for Indiana. Tanner Scott with the save. gm 4- Logan Webb and Gil pitched well but the Mitts SP did better. 3-1 was the final for the Mitts. Bryan Reynolds had the game's only HR. Yates had his 17th save of the season. Cubs 2 at Sluggers 2 Cubs 5-14-0 Sluggers 3-6-0 WP Morton LP T. Scott Cubs 4-9-1 Sluggers 5-12-0 WP McFarland LP Treiner Cubs 12-15-1 Sluggers 1-5-1 WP Skenes LP Taillon Cubs 4-7-0 Sluggers 6-12-1 WP Kopech LP Robertson Red Legends 2 at Sluggers 2 Red Legends scrape by in the close games to split with the Sluggers. Game 1 (Red Legends 1 - Sluggers 8) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2 HR, 4 RBI) powered the Sluggers offense, putting them ahead with a HR in the 1st. Colt Keith followed with a HR in the 2nd. Guerrero Jr. sac fly, Willson Contreras RBI double, and an Alec Bohm RBI single increased the Sluggers’ lead in the 3rd. Nebraska scored in the 6th following a double play, but an RBI single from Mauricio Dubon and a 2-run HR from Guerrero Jr. later in the game nullified the Red Legends’ effort. Summerwood’s DJ Herz impresses, going 6 IP with 7 Ks and 1 ER. Game 2 (Red Legends 6 - Sluggers 5) Jackson Merrill and Jesus Sanchez gave the Red Legends an early with a HR and 2-run HR in the 1st, respectively. Matt Chapman adds a HR in the 6th and Julio Rodriguez a 2-run HR in the 8th. JP Sears nearly tosses a CGSO, but falters in the 9th following an error from Sanchez that scored a run. Sears then allowed a Bohm RBI single and a 3-run HR from Lenyn Sosa. Clay Holmes gets the final two outs for his 10th save. Game 3 (Red Legends 8 - Sluggers 4) 11 Innings HRs from Connor Wong and Andy Ibanez in the 4th and 5th innings gave Nebraska a 2-0 lead, but Freddy Fermin and Victor Robles tied it up with an RBI groundout and RBI single in the 5th. Taylor Ward takes back the lead for the Red Legends with a 2-run HR in the 7th and is quickly tied up with a Miguel Andujar 2 RBI single in the home half. Game goes to the 11th, where Amed Rosario gets an RBI single and Merrill a bases clearing double to make it 8-4, as Holmes shuts the Sluggers out in the 11th. Game 4 (Red Legends 1 - Sluggers 6) Albert Suarez (6 IP, 7 K, 0 ER) kept the Red Legends quiet, as Kerry Carpenter (3-3, HR) slugged a 2-run HR and Contreras an RBI double in the 3rd. 2 RBI triple from Bohm and RBI single from Carpenter puts the Sluggers ahead 6-0 in the 6th. All the Red Legends could muster was a Wong RBI single in the 7th, falling way short in another blowout in the Sluggers’ favor. Wildcats 2 at Whiz Kids 2 Gm 1 - Wildcats 1 at Whiz Kids 2 - Pitchers duel between Sale and Fedde. Sale goes 8 with 11 SOs in the loss while Fedde wins going 8 with 10 SOs. Two solo homers by Harris and Kiner-Falefa were the difference Gm 2 - Wildcats 5 at Whiz Kids 6 - Cats squander the early lead by giving up 5 late runs. Harris's pinch hit 2 run homer in the 7th was the decider. Bello's rough start evened out and gets the W Gm 3 - Wildcats 2 at Whiz Kids 0 - Boyd gets the W for the Cats in another pitcher's duel with 6 IPs and 11 SOs. Cats get two solo shots by Adames and Garcia Gm 4 - Wildcats 3 at Whiz Kids 0 - Another masterful pitching outing for the Cats gets them a second consecutive shut out. Estes gets the win and Walker with another save Whiz Kids 1 at Hurricanes 3 Gm 1:Fedde CG, 6 hits allowed, J. Naylor 3 RBIs as Kids win 5-2 Gm 2: Eovaldi 7.1, 8 Ks for the win, D. Nunez strikes out Westburg to kill Kids rally in the 9th and preserve a 5-3 Canes victory Gm 3: Kids gradually draw even after Canes take a quick 4-0 lead, but Canes win on a walkoff wild pitch in the 9th Gm 4: Ozuna early 2-run HR and adds a third RBI on a late sac fly. Canes cruise to a series in, 5-1 in the finale Furnituremen 4 at Sluggers 0 Game 1: Aaron Judge drove in 7 runs and scored 3 times to lead the Furnituremen to a 11-7 victory. Charlie Blackmon’s grand slam in the sixth brought the Sluggers back to an 8-7 game, but Judge hit a 2-run homer in the eighth to give the F’men a cushion. Game 2: Heaney and Ortiz engaged in a pitcher’s duel. Heaney tossed 7 shutout innings while Ortiz allowed just one run in six innings. Unfortunately for Ortiz, that was the only run that scored all game as the Furnituremen claimed a 1-0 victory. Game 3: The Furnituremen won a close one, by a 2-1 score. DJ Herz was brilliant, throwing six shutout innings with 10 K’s. His teammates could only score one run off Blake Snell, however, and TJ MacFarland gave up a pair of runs in the seventh. The F’men bullpen allowed just two baserunners in the final 3.1 innings to ensure the victory. Game 4: The Furnituremen finished off a sweep of the Sluggers with a 7-4 victory. The F’men built up a 7-2 lead, then the bullpen held on to preserve the win. Friedl’s 2-run homer in the seventh provided some much needed insurance runs. |
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ANDY SENT THE FOLLOWING TO SOME OF THE CBL's LONGEST TENURED MEMBERS
I thought you guys would be interested in this. I just finished reading a book titled The History of Fantasy Sports, written by Larry Schechter and published in 2024. This was a very difficult book to write because of the various forms of fantasy sports and how they have evolved over the years, largely under the radar. The origin of fantasy sports can be debated ad nauseum, going back as far as games involving spinners, marbles and springs. But Stratomatic Baseball is right there as one of the original building blocks that led to today’s massive popularity of fantasy sports. I have to believe that the Capital Baseball League is one of the first Stratomatic leagues, even more special as it plays a full 160 game season, and even more special in that it is still running in it current 51st year, still with original members and family members of original members. The oldest Stratomatic league cited by the author was the East Meadow Stratomatic Baseball League. The author reports: In 1972, at age 20, (Jim) Drucker founded the EMSBL, based in East Meadow, Nea York. The 2023 season was their 52nd consecutive year of play. After starting with just three friends, they expanded and typically have seven to nine teams competing in a 60-game season and World Series. The other three original members dropped out over the years, but Drucker has played 48 of the 51 years (he took a sabbatical for three years) and Jeffrey Weintraub, who joined the league in 1975, has played for 48 consecutive seasons. In many ways, I think the CBL story is much more impressive, interesting and amazing. Too bad the author didn’t know about us. I don’t know the complete story of CBL’s origin, as I joined for the first time in 1979 or 1980 (guessing), but you guys could flesh out how it all came to be and describe some of the quite interesting characters that launched the CBL. |
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ERNIE HAS SOME SCARY SPLITS
I noticed on Tuesday that Mitt 3b/SS/2Bman Ernie Clement was running a decent batting average lately. So I went to check out his numbers to see how balanced he was in hitting.  Not too often do you see
one's OPS be more than double on one side compared to the other.
If SOM gives Clement this card then his batting vs LHP would likely be
better than Aaron Judge's or any of the other monster lefty killers.
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WAITING ON BLOCK 2 RESULTS
The Mitts have now played all their away series for the CBL's second block. Three of the home series are still to be heard from. Here's an overview of the situation so far.  While
the road record is still worse than the home record things have
normalized a bit in this block of games. It is still rather
baffling that the team's record vs lefty starters is inferior to the
one against righties. It seems to me that the lineup we put out
there vs southpaws is a stronger one than the one we use primarily vs
righties. Go figure....
Meanwhile in the race for team MVP it is still the case that no offensive performance is deserving of consideration but a darkhorse candidate may be challenging Ronel Blanco for the honor.  It's
been a rarity to have a RP, a closer, be the team's MVP but Kirby
Yates is putting up numbers that can not be ignored. Blanco's ERA
and other numbers are excellent too but the won-loss record doesn't
reflect it.
I'd still see Blanco as the team MVP at the midpoint of the season but if the season ends with Blanco losing more games than he's won we might just be forced into calling it for Yates. |
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CBL's BEST INTEREST OF
THE LEAGUE
COMMITTEE
Matt-
commissioner
Mitch- league statistician Jordan- rules coordinator Mark - representing West division Wayne- representing Chicago division Bob- representing South division |
The
members of the CBL will never forget our friend
and charter member Mac McConchie. |
In
October of 2022 the league also lost
long time member Eric Johns to ALS. |
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