With the playoffs coming up in March I thought I’d do a playoff preview. The Champions seem to be the clear favorite – but will they close the deal? I’ve looked at run differential, the likely pitching rotations, and if there are any part-timers who look to take a bigger …
MVP Albert Pujols Firstbaseman, Twin Cities Thunderchickens Led league in hitting (.332), rbis (146), slugging (.670), and OBP (.435). Also hit 42 homeruns and scored 121 runs with a 55/94 strikeout/walk ratio. Cy Young and Left-handed Pitcher of the Year C.C. Sabathia Three Rivers Gamblers Was 2009’s …
Catcher G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote Soto, G. 133 494 76 128 33 2 29 89 74 110 0 1 .259 .510 .357 4 McCann, B. 145 509 87 127 39 1 28 69 47 …
The Chicago Champions ended the regular season strong, finishing with 99 wins on the year. Never in the history of the IAL have the Champions reached the coveted century mark. Ace Greg Maddux, the all time winningest pitcher in league history won his 19th game in his second to …
We came into the final series knowing we probably needed to win six games against the Three Rivers Gamblers to have a chance at the playoffs, and our pitching limits were putting us up against the wall; our 2 A+ pitchers had 8 2/3 innings but only 3 appearances between …
A new year is upon us and that means that it’s the end of another Illowa regular season. The Gamblers finished up with a 9 game set against the Chicago Highlanders. On a blistery Sunday afternoon I hooked up with Rob over Skype to play. The Gamblers needed to …
Here is the announced order for the IAL 2010 rookie draft. Round One Player T-Chicks Kernels Upperdeckers Bombers Hitmen Highlanders Gamblers Marauders Bamm Beano …
Here is the proposed 2010 schedule that Mike sent out (in Excel format). Take a look at it and send your complaints to him.
A friend and I entered a Sports Trivia contest sponsored by the local Kiwanis. We had fun but man, we bit it. Fortunately, we did well on the General Baseball round. You can read about all the sordid details here. Photos, too. Mike should enjoy this part: Shawn and I …
