Tuesday, December 31, 2013

2013 Season: League Leaders & Award Winners

LEAGUE LEADERS FOR 2013 MMDA                                          

 ----BATTING AVERAGE----   --------AT BATS--------   ------RUNS SCORED------  
 B.Posey       HOR  .335   A.Jones       NWS   675   M.Trout       BRK   133   
 T.Hunter      GOL  .322   A.Gordon      NWS   667   M.Cabrera     BRK   112   
 M.Cabrera     LCN  .317   E.Andrus      NWS   666   R.Braun       GOL   111   
 D.Freese      STL  .314   M.Scutaro     DVD   661   A.McCutchen   MVL   110   
 M.Trout       BRK  .313   A.Pagan       SPO   658   M.Bourn       LCN   106   
 J.Altuve      LCN  .313   M.Prado       HOR   650   D.Wright      RAZ   105   
 D.Jeter       BRK  .308   M.Cabrera     BRK   649   A.Jackson     RAZ   104   
 A.Ethier      SPO  .307   J.Rollins     WSB   648   E.Andrus      NWS   104   
 D.Wright      RAZ  .306   R.Braun       GOL   648   C.Headley     MVL    99   
 J.Mauer       HOR  .306   A.McCutchen   MVL   645   J.Reyes       HUS    98   
 R.Braun       GOL  .306   A.Hill        CAL   645   D.Jeter       BRK    98   
 B.Phillips    GOL  .305   A.Beltre      ROC   643   A.Pujols      DVD    97   

 ----------HITS---------   --------DOUBLES--------   --------TRIPLES--------  
 R.Braun       GOL   198   N.Cruz        CLP    56   T.Colvin      LCN    14   
 D.Jeter       BRK   195   R.Cano        HUS    53   M.Bourn       LCN    13   
 A.McCutchen   MVL   191   N.Swisher     CCB    50   A.Jackson     RAZ    13   
 M.Prado       HOR   190   A.Jones       NWS    48   M.Trout       BRK    12   
 D.Wright      RAZ   189   B.Posey       HOR    47   E.Andrus      NWS    12   
 M.Cabrera     BRK   187   C.Headley     MVL    46   A.Rios        HOR    11   
 A.Beltre      ROC   185   D.Pedroia     CCB    45   A.Hill        CAL    11   
 A.Gordon      NWS   183   J.Bruce       ROC    45   J.Reyes       HUS    10   
 R.Cano        HUS   181   M.Prado       HOR    43   M.Prado       HOR    10   
 J.Altuve      LCN   180   C.Gonzalez    RAZ    43   W.Venable     MVL    10   
 A.Jones       NWS   178   A.Gordon      NWS    43   A.Pagan       SPO    10   
 OTHERS TIED WITH    177   OTHERS TIED WITH     42   OTHERS TIED WITH      9   

 --------HOMERUNS-------   -----RUNS BATTED IN----   ---------WALKS---------  
 R.Braun       GOL    47   R.Braun       GOL   140   A.Dunn        SPO   103   
 A.Pujols      DVD    46   M.Cabrera     BRK   134   J.Votto       LCN    96   
 M.Cabrera     BRK    45   A.Dunn        SPO   127   C.Santana     NWS    94   
 A.McCutchen   MVL    45   A.Pujols      DVD   119   D.Uggla       NWS    93   
 A.Dunn        SPO    42   A.McCutchen   MVL   118   E.Encarnacion WSB    86   
 E.Encarnacion WSB    40   A.Jones       NWS   117   C.Pena        SPO    85   
 M.Trout       BRK    38   C.Headley     MVL   111   P.Fielder     WSB    80   
 G.Stanton     FIR    37   D.Wright      RAZ   109   C.Headley     MVL    80   
 J.Reddick     WSB    36   E.Encarnacion WSB   108   M.Bourn       LCN    78   
 C.Granderson  STL    36   H.Pence       EFD   107   J.Mauer       HOR    78   
 J.Bautista    WSB    35   Y.Molina      RAZ   106   E.Andrus      NWS    77   
 A.Beltre      ROC    34   R.Cano        HUS   105   B.Zobrist     WSB    76   

Friday, November 8, 2013

World Series: Northeast 4, Northwest 3

Game recaps from the Strat-generated box scores. In the World Series, the No. 1 Northeast Huskies (115-47) had home-field advantage versus the No. 7 Northwest Stars (90-72). 

Game One 
Stars 6, Huskies 5

First baseman Carlos Santana had 2 base hits as the Northwest Stars topped the Northeast Huskies by a score of 6 to 5 at Huskie Park.

Northwest took the lead off Adam Wainwright in the first inning scoring one runner. After two outs Jason Heyward single-handedly provided the offense with a solo home run. Adam Jones was next to bat, but he was a strikeout victim.  Northeast made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across. 

Madison Bumgarner (3-0) allowed 2 runs in 5 innings, and picked up the victory. Rafael Soriano earned the save, his 1st. Wainwright (2-1) was charged with the loss. He pitched 7 1/3 innings allowing 5 hits and 3 walks.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Round Two: Northeast 4, Goldenrod 2

Game recaps from the Strat-generated box scores. In this series, the No. 1 Northeast Huskies (115-47) had home-field advantage versus the No. 4 Goldenrod Gators (94-68).

Game One 
Huskies 7, Gators 4

In a good matchup it was the Northeast Huskies 7, the Goldenrod Gators 4 at Huskie Park.

Northeast tallied 3 runs in the 4th inning when they came up with 3 base hits. It was enough scoring to earn the victory. Northeast banged out 9 hits on the night. 

The win went to Adam Wainwright (2-0) who allowed 4 runs in 6 2/3 innings. Wilton Lopez earned the save, his 1st. Jeff Samardzija (1-1) ended up with the loss. He pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up 9 hits and 4 walks.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Round Two: Northwest 4, Mohawk Valley 3

Game recaps from the Strat-generated box scores. In this series, the No. 3 Mohawk Valley Crimson Lions (98-64) had home-field advantage versus the No. 7 Northwest Stars (90-72).

Game One
Stars 3, Lions 1

Doug Fister (2-1) and David Price (1-2) treated the Mohawk Valley fans to a fine pitching duel at Van Slyke Field. The Northwest Stars eventually emerged as victors over the Mohawk Valley Crimson Lions by the score of 3 to 1.

Fister looked very much in control throughout the night. He allowed only 4 hits and 3 walks in 7 2/3 innings seeing his ERA drop from 4.70 to 3.52 for the playoffs. Craig Kimbrel earned the save with a perfect ninth, his 4th save.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Round One: Goldenrod 4, St. Louis 2

Game recaps from the Strat-generated box scores. In this series, the No. 4 Goldenrod Gators (94-68) had home-field advantage versus the No. 5 St. Louis Maulers (92-70).

Game One
Maulers 3, Gators 2

Zack Greinke racked up an impressive total of 12 strikeouts as the St. Louis Maulers topped the Goldenrod Gators by a score of 3 to 2 at Gator Grounds.

Greinke (1-0) pitched a solid game. He surrendered only 6 hits and no walks in 8 innings. Goldenrod made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across. 

Matt Thornton earned his 1st save. David Phelps (0-1) was the losing pitcher. He pitched 5 innings and surrendered 5 hits and no walks.

'I had my good stuff tonight.' Greinke said. 'As the game went along I started to get the feeling that I was going to strike out a bunch of hitters.'

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Roune One: Northeast 4, West Side 1

Game recaps from the Strat-generated box scores. In this series, the No. 1 Northeast Huskies (115-47) had home-field advantage versus the No. 8 West Side Bluejays (87-75).

Game One
Huskies 6, Bluejays 4

Salvador Perez hit one over the fence and had 3 RBI as the Northeast Huskies outscored the West Side Bluejays 6 to 4.

In the bottom of the 6th inning Northeast scored 5 runs when they came up with 5 base hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by Perez who made the home-town crowd a happy bunch when he doubled scoring two baserunners.  Casey Janssen relieved and was untouched by West Side as he recorded the save, his 1st.

Adam Wainwright (1-0) got the win allowing 4 runs in 7 innings. Chris Sale (0-1) was charged with the loss. Northeast scored big getting 6 runs off him in 5 2/3 innings.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Draft Order For 2014

With the close of the market on Oct. 7, the order of the top 3 picks in our draft next February have been determined. Here's how things came out:

DOW (Manatees, 57-105) - 14936.24
NASDAQ (Roadrunners, 59-103) - 3770.38
S&P 500 (Dutchmen, 60-102) - 1676.12

Per the constitution, we use the last decimal place, putting the teams in order from highest to lowest. So ...

Congratulations to the Roadrunners, who are now on the clock. The rest of the order follows.