Lead Story - 12/25/2022

End-Of-Year Potential Increases

Each team has the option of choosing one of its players—minors OR majors—to receive a 1-level potential increase for $20 mil. The following teams have opted to take advantage of this option for the upcoming 1988 season:

Philly— SP Hulk Ruffin (C > S) PAID!
Lexington— RP Tony Richter (F > C) PAID!
San Diego—
Portland—
Olympia—
Trenton—
Rochester— OF Clint Spalding (C > S) PAID!
Iowa—OF Bilbo Sheets (F > C) PAID!
Georgia—
Chattanooga—
Huntington Beach—
Baltimore—

12/12/2022

Pitcher of the Month

Month 1:
SP Mark Littell (Rock Badgers)
4-1 w/ 0.28 ERA
Fire Points Increased From 28 to 29

Month 2:
SP Justis Gilbertson (Loonies)
5-0 w/ 1.20 ERA
Fire Points Already at 30

Month 3:
SP Chris Parkey (Bounty)
4-0 w/ 2.03 ERA
Fire Points Already at 30

Month 4:
SP Tom Foucault (Elk)
4-0 w/ 2.61 ERA
Fire Points Already at 30

Month 5:
SP King Felix (Chimps)
5-0 w/ 2.28 ERA
Fire Points Increased From 28 to 29

Month 6:
SP Thom Howard (Elk)
5-0 w/ 1.40 ERA
Fire Points Increased From 29 to 30

12/12/2022

Player of the Month

Month 1—3B Ashby Langham (Rock Badgers)
• Fire Points Already at 30

Month 2— 1B Eddie Means (Elk)
• Fire Points Already at 30

Month 3— 2B Greg Matthews (Suns)
• Fire Points Increased From 29 to 30

Month 4— 3B Stiven Lara (Suns)
• Fire Points Already at 30

Month 5— 1B Alexis Brownlee (Bounty)
• Fire Points Increased From 28 to 29

Month 6— 1B Eddie Means (Elk)
• Fire Points Already at 30

12/8/2022

Player of the Week

The following players are eligible for Player-Of-The-Month after game 150. One of these players will earn one Fire Point.

Week 1– LF Russ Ladd (Surfers)
Week 2– 1B Eddie Means (Elk)
Week 3– 1B Eddie Means (Elk)
Week 4– CF Cody Dobbins (Rock Badgers)
Week 5– 3B Brett Lawrie (Fighting Pigs)

12/8/2022

Leaguewide Injury Report

Injury Protection:

Hamza Lueke (Level 2; 0 games)
Albert Pujols (Level 1; 2 games)
Rondell Ekejiuba (Level 2; 0games)
Jeffrey Nwora (Level 1; 2 games)

1988 injuries of 8 games or more:

HUNTINGTON BEACH SURFERS
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CHATTANOOGA CHIMPS
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PORTLAND BOUNTY
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LEXINGTON LOONIES
• RP Don Carman
• SS Tony Luna

ROCHESTER ROCK BADGERS
• SP Mark Littell
• 1B Shaw LeClerc

BALTIMORE BURNERS
• C Rex Samuel
• RP Mike Edens
• 2B Jim Stegman

IOWA FIGHTING PIGS
• SS George Reynolds

PHILLY ELEPHANTS
• 2B Mark Smits
• CF Jeremy Chesters

GEORGIA PINES
• CF Art Machado

TRENTON WOLVES
• RP Woodrow Wood
• RP Brian McIntosh

OLYMPIA ELK
• RF Sandifer Preston
• C Derrick Whiteside
• 3B Gaston Cottrell

SAN DIEGO SUNS
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League Chat Box

Pines fail to follow Hayes's lead in loss

A big game from Chick Hayes couldn't lift the Pines to victory. Trenton prevailed by a score of 4-3, despite 3 hits and 3 RBIs by Hayes. Dante Olafski struckout 11 Georgia batters in the contest. | Box

DeLeon baffles Suns, Burners win

Jose DeLeon struckout 8 San Diego batters in a 4-3 win for the Burners. | Box

Chimps find a way to survive Curry

Hits were hard to come by against Brett Curry last night, but the Chimps pushed across enough to defeat the Elephants, 2-1. Curry allowed just 4 hits over 9 innings in the loss. | Box

Phillips's 10-K performance not enough

Lacy Phillips whiffed 10 batters, but the Rock Badgers managed to beat the Surfers, 2-0. Mark Littell was on fire, allowing just 2 hits over 7 innings for Rochester. | Box

McNabb delivers in clutch, Chimps win

Clark McNabb drove in 4 runs, carrying Chattanooga to a 10-2 victory over the Elephants. | Box