If you haven't joined the DMBL Ning group, then you're missing out on Butch's recent Keeper Peeper series of posts. Butch takes a look at the possible keeper lists of all 14 DMBL teams, trying to discern who is a "no-brainer" and who will likely be cut. It's a good way to gauge what the possible needs and surpluses of the teams are when trying to propose a trade this winter. The first three are already up there.
Yesterday, the winner of the Ian Rintel Front Office Award was revealed. The award was first truly awarded in 2004 (and retroactively awarded since).
Also finally posted to the site is the 2007 DMBL World Series Recap by Zane Smith. Zane takes a game-by-game look back at the Sugar Bears-Mighty Men series and announces the winner of the presitigious Bud Black Award.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Game on!
Welcome to the second half!
Hoboken took no time to get back in the swing of things, opening up with a giant-sized can of Whoop-ass® on Arkansas. The Cutters crushed the Falcons 11-4 in the first game thanks to a huge game from Hanley Ramirez (5-6, 4 runs) and Chris Duncan (3-4, 6 RBIs, HR). Jarrod Washburn notched his 10th win of the season. Game 2 featured more of the same, as the Cutters pounded out a 9-5 victory. This time it was Geoff Jenkins with the big game (3-4, 4 RBIs, 2 HRs).
D.C. and Las Vegas made a trade yesterday. D.C. parted with Matt Holliday, prospect Alex Gordon, and their first round pick in 2008 for reliever Chris Ray, first baseman Derrek Lee, and third baseman Ryan Zimmerman. It's a bit of a strange trade. D.C. already has one of the better pens in the league with Papelbon and Nathan both having great years, so it's unclear how Ray will fit in there. Zimmerman is an upgrade over Mike Lamb on that side of the platoon, but Esteban German has been crushing lefties this year. Derrek Lee, who will miss the 2007 DMBL season, will probably be an upgrade over Overbay next year, but how much? Lee's power numbers seem down in rehab so far. Holliday seems like a large price to pay for a deal that only marginally upgrades D.C. this year and only marginally upgrades them next year. Meanwhile, Las Vegas still believes in struggling prospect Alex Gordon, who can't seem to get on the right side of the Mendoza line in AAA.
Because of the special All-Star This Week in DMBL, there will be no edition this week. Next week's installment will feature players of the week from the two week span. New editions may possibly come on Sundays instead of Mondays from now on.
Hoboken took no time to get back in the swing of things, opening up with a giant-sized can of Whoop-ass® on Arkansas. The Cutters crushed the Falcons 11-4 in the first game thanks to a huge game from Hanley Ramirez (5-6, 4 runs) and Chris Duncan (3-4, 6 RBIs, HR). Jarrod Washburn notched his 10th win of the season. Game 2 featured more of the same, as the Cutters pounded out a 9-5 victory. This time it was Geoff Jenkins with the big game (3-4, 4 RBIs, 2 HRs).
D.C. and Las Vegas made a trade yesterday. D.C. parted with Matt Holliday, prospect Alex Gordon, and their first round pick in 2008 for reliever Chris Ray, first baseman Derrek Lee, and third baseman Ryan Zimmerman. It's a bit of a strange trade. D.C. already has one of the better pens in the league with Papelbon and Nathan both having great years, so it's unclear how Ray will fit in there. Zimmerman is an upgrade over Mike Lamb on that side of the platoon, but Esteban German has been crushing lefties this year. Derrek Lee, who will miss the 2007 DMBL season, will probably be an upgrade over Overbay next year, but how much? Lee's power numbers seem down in rehab so far. Holliday seems like a large price to pay for a deal that only marginally upgrades D.C. this year and only marginally upgrades them next year. Meanwhile, Las Vegas still believes in struggling prospect Alex Gordon, who can't seem to get on the right side of the Mendoza line in AAA.
Because of the special All-Star This Week in DMBL, there will be no edition this week. Next week's installment will feature players of the week from the two week span. New editions may possibly come on Sundays instead of Mondays from now on.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Bonds closing in on milestone
Well the Sharks' streak is now over after losing a heartbreaker to Carolina 1-0 on Friday. Clay Hensley outdueled Kenny Rogers and Juan Rivera's solo home run in the fourth was the only run of the game.
Arkansas' Barry Bonds hit his 10th homer of the year in the 9-2 rout of Hoboken Saturday. It was Bonds' 598th homer of his career. Bonds will be the first player to hit 600 in his career. If you're wondering if anyone will catch him anytime soon...well that depends on your definition of "soon". Bonds has a more than 150 homer lead on second place Sammy Sosa - stuck at 436 and not even playing this year.
Newark's Jim Edmonds hit his 300th career homer Sunday. Honolulu's Jason Giambi is closing in on the mark as well, with 298. Bonds is not worried about either one.
Look for a new Zane Smith column later today.
Arkansas' Barry Bonds hit his 10th homer of the year in the 9-2 rout of Hoboken Saturday. It was Bonds' 598th homer of his career. Bonds will be the first player to hit 600 in his career. If you're wondering if anyone will catch him anytime soon...well that depends on your definition of "soon". Bonds has a more than 150 homer lead on second place Sammy Sosa - stuck at 436 and not even playing this year.
Newark's Jim Edmonds hit his 300th career homer Sunday. Honolulu's Jason Giambi is closing in on the mark as well, with 298. Bonds is not worried about either one.
Look for a new Zane Smith column later today.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday Musings
Week One is now finished and there is a brand new This Week in the DMBL article going up tonight. Zane wraps up all the events this week in the DMBL. OmahaSteaks are out as the Batter of the Week sponsor...who is the new sponsor?
The Sugar Bears got off to a ridiculous start, but have seemingly come back down to earth. The Sugar Bears were swept in Hillsborough and have not broken the 10-run mark since Wednesday. Not that they have to. The Sugar Bears followed up their sweep by winning their doubleheader against D.C. Sunday and are now sitting comfortably in first place in the Hanover Division.
Meanwhile in the Morris Division, the Endzone Animals suffered their first loss to Team Buddah. The Animals are still sitting in first, but only by one game over the Falcons and two over the Iron Fist and Hired Hitmen. The Morris Division currently has the teams with best four records in the league. This prompted talk of realigning the divisions. The current divisions were first instituted in 1997 when the league expanded for the last time to 14 teams. Maybe the time is right for realignment in 2008?
Sardine City finally broke out of their slump. The Straphangers won their first victory in franchise history Saturday against the Falcons. The game had been delayed when the Arkansas janitor had locked the keys to the stadium in his car and it took seven hours for AAA to respond and get the keys out. Falcons owner Stump Matiash was irate. "If I had known I would have flown down a few boys from Newark to get the car opened." said Stump in a post-game interview. The Sardines won the game 11-3 and carried the momentum into their next series against Carolina, sweeping the Sunday doubleheader against the Cats. "I guess we were the better fish today" said Sardine City manager Bucky Dent.
New Jersey also won their first game, though it took them a little longer. The Buddahs faced a stiff challenge, facing the lone undefeated team in the league. The Endzone Animals already beat the Buddahs in game one and were poised to finish the sweep in game two. The Animals climbed out to an early 2-0 lead after four, but the Buddahs came back in the top of the fifth, scoring four runs off starter Matt Cain. The Animals tied it up in the sixth, but Team Buddah reclaimed the lead the next inning. It looked like they could wrap it up in the ninth, but closer Bob Wickman could not hold down the fort and we were off to extra innings. In the top of the 11th, Corey Patterson doubled in Adam Kennedy, giving Jersey a one-run lead. Wickman, who was still in the game, struck out the first two batters in the bottom of the 11th and Michael Cuddyer flew out to Austin Kearns to end the game and secured Team Buddah's first victory.
Almost forgot to mention - team park images and stats are now updated on all team pages.
The Sugar Bears got off to a ridiculous start, but have seemingly come back down to earth. The Sugar Bears were swept in Hillsborough and have not broken the 10-run mark since Wednesday. Not that they have to. The Sugar Bears followed up their sweep by winning their doubleheader against D.C. Sunday and are now sitting comfortably in first place in the Hanover Division.
Meanwhile in the Morris Division, the Endzone Animals suffered their first loss to Team Buddah. The Animals are still sitting in first, but only by one game over the Falcons and two over the Iron Fist and Hired Hitmen. The Morris Division currently has the teams with best four records in the league. This prompted talk of realigning the divisions. The current divisions were first instituted in 1997 when the league expanded for the last time to 14 teams. Maybe the time is right for realignment in 2008?
Sardine City finally broke out of their slump. The Straphangers won their first victory in franchise history Saturday against the Falcons. The game had been delayed when the Arkansas janitor had locked the keys to the stadium in his car and it took seven hours for AAA to respond and get the keys out. Falcons owner Stump Matiash was irate. "If I had known I would have flown down a few boys from Newark to get the car opened." said Stump in a post-game interview. The Sardines won the game 11-3 and carried the momentum into their next series against Carolina, sweeping the Sunday doubleheader against the Cats. "I guess we were the better fish today" said Sardine City manager Bucky Dent.
New Jersey also won their first game, though it took them a little longer. The Buddahs faced a stiff challenge, facing the lone undefeated team in the league. The Endzone Animals already beat the Buddahs in game one and were poised to finish the sweep in game two. The Animals climbed out to an early 2-0 lead after four, but the Buddahs came back in the top of the fifth, scoring four runs off starter Matt Cain. The Animals tied it up in the sixth, but Team Buddah reclaimed the lead the next inning. It looked like they could wrap it up in the ninth, but closer Bob Wickman could not hold down the fort and we were off to extra innings. In the top of the 11th, Corey Patterson doubled in Adam Kennedy, giving Jersey a one-run lead. Wickman, who was still in the game, struck out the first two batters in the bottom of the 11th and Michael Cuddyer flew out to Austin Kearns to end the game and secured Team Buddah's first victory.
Almost forgot to mention - team park images and stats are now updated on all team pages.
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