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There’s nothing like playing your best baseball down the stretch to seal the division crown. We posted a 19-9 record in the month of September (20-10 when you factor in the 2 October games to end the regular season), giving us our highest single month victory total of the season. It wasn’t always easy (July was the lowest of the low), but in the end the Freedom are Porter Division Champions for the 3rd time in club history (1984,85, this season). That makes 3 out of 5 division titles since the Porter was created with expansion after the 1983 season. The two years we failed to win the division (’86 and ’87), we fell one game short (’86 1 game playoff loss, missed playoffs | ’87, won the WC). Of course the other 2 division titles occurred before my time, so this one has a little bit of extra importance to it.
Jim Newlin - He was rock steady all year long, avoiding any long-term slumps that could have derailed a significant portion of our offense at any point. He tied for the IL RBI crown with a career high 126 RBI.<style type="text/css">table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}</style><table class="tableizer-table"><tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AB</th><th>H</th><th>2B</th><th>3B</th><th>HR</th><th>RBI</th><th>R</th><th>BB</th><th>K</th><th>HBP</th><th>SF</th><th>TB</th><th>AVG</th><th>OBP</th><th>SLG</th><th>OPS</th></tr><tr><td>121</td><td>35</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>29</td><td>21</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>68</td><td>.289</td><td>.348</td><td>.562</td><td>.910</td></tr></table>
Jeremy Windley - This is why we made the trade. He became an integral part of the September success we were able to achieve.
<style type="text/css">table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}</style><table class="tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AB</th><th>H</th><th>2B</th><th>3B</th><th>HR</th><th>RBI</th><th>R</th><th>BB</th><th>K</th><th>HBP</th><th>SF</th><th>TB</th><th>AVG</th><th>OBP</th><th>SLG</th><th>OPS</th></tr><tr><td>92</td><td>34</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>25</td><td>18</td><td>18</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>52</td><td>.370</td><td>.473</td><td>.565</td><td>1.038</td></tr></table>
Tim Nathan, Ben Irvin and Joe Arredondo - From the pitching side of things, we didn’t have anyone that had a significantly dominant month, but when you when 20 games as a team, there’s probably some SP success going on to some degree. All three guys won 4 games during the September/October stretch, with Joe Arredondo posting a perfect 4-0 record (Irvin and Nathan each compiled records of 4-2).
These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty!!
A “quick hit” look at goings on around the league in the fifth month:
- Eddie O’Fallon scored his 1,000th run a month and 2 days after driving in his 1,000th run in August
- Hartford LF Marv Snyder had a 20 game hit streak snapped on 09/28, then proceeded to start a new 4 game streak the following day that he’ll carry over to next season
- California's Joe Negron set a BLB season record for most games pitched by appearing in his 100th game on 09/30
- Maine rang up their 9th Division title in 11 BLB seasons. They’ve only missed the playoffs once in team history, in 1983 when they finished 3.0 games behind Pittsburgh.
- Washington made the playoffs for the 6th straight year, winning a division crown 5 out of the last 6 seasons
- Windy City will be making their 7th trip to the postseason in team history, only their second time as a Wild Card
-Mississippi makes their 2nd postseason appearance wining the Lager Division for the second consecutive year
- Denver is making their 2nd trip to the postseason in team history, their first appearance since winning a division title in 1981
- Philly tied a team record with 94 victories and earned their 4th trip to the playoffs, and 3rd overall division crown. Jim Newlin and Joe Seagarra each broke the 100 RBI barrier, the first time in team history 2 players achieved the feat in the same season
Broken Taps
-Virginia lost SP Jerry Morgan for the rest of the season on 09/04 with a fractured finger
- The Colonials also lost SS Dale O’Hegarty the same day to a quad strain. The injury was expected to keep him out of the lineup for about 4 weeks
- Pawtucket’s Adam Nickell saw his forgettable 1988 come to an end on 09/07 when a baserunning collision resulted in a severe concussion that was scheduled to keep him out for the rest of the year. Nickell only played in 81 games this season due to various injuries
- Dallas lost Gabriel Huxham for 4 months on 09/08, also to a concussion. Don’t these guys wear helmets?
- Orinosuke Takahashi was expected to miss 6 weeks after suffering a herniated disc on 09/10
- Virginia was hit hard once again when Joshua Poling was lost for the rest of the year to a strained MCL on 09/11
- That same day Philly lost All-Star SS Geoff Scott for 4 weeks to a sprained ankle
- Dallas lost the services of bullpen arm Paul Kwayera for 10-11 months to TJ surgery. The injury will keep Kwayera out for a significant potrtion of the ’89 season
- Denver lost Dane Browning for 9 months with a torn ACL on 09/17
- The Guides rotation took a blow on the same day when All-World SP Teagan Corrigan went down with biceps tendonitis. The injury was expected to keep Corrigan out for up to 3 months
- The Bats’ bullpen lost a key member on 09/18 when River Matthews suffered a broken elbow, an injury that will cost him the next 8 months
- The Guides lost another valuable player on 09/22 when young 3B Hector Hernandez was lost for 4 weeks due to a pinched nerve in his neck
- Virginia lost SP Jason McQueen on 09/27 to shoulder inflammation, an injury that is expected to sideline him for 2-3 months
- Clowns’ SP Akira Abe was lost for 8 weeks on 09/28, also with shoulder inflammation
- Washington lost CF Michio Nago for 8 weeks on the same day to a torn quadriceps
- Baltimore’s IL Stout Slugger candidate Amistad Caballero was lost for 8 weeks with a bone bruise on the 28th
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There’s nothing like playing your best baseball down the stretch to seal the division crown. We posted a 19-9 record in the month of September (20-10 when you factor in the 2 October games to end the regular season), giving us our highest single month victory total of the season. It wasn’t always easy (July was the lowest of the low), but in the end the Freedom are Porter Division Champions for the 3rd time in club history (1984,85, this season). That makes 3 out of 5 division titles since the Porter was created with expansion after the 1983 season. The two years we failed to win the division (’86 and ’87), we fell one game short (’86 1 game playoff loss, missed playoffs | ’87, won the WC). Of course the other 2 division titles occurred before my time, so this one has a little bit of extra importance to it.
Jim Newlin - He was rock steady all year long, avoiding any long-term slumps that could have derailed a significant portion of our offense at any point. He tied for the IL RBI crown with a career high 126 RBI.<style type="text/css">table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}</style><table class="tableizer-table"><tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AB</th><th>H</th><th>2B</th><th>3B</th><th>HR</th><th>RBI</th><th>R</th><th>BB</th><th>K</th><th>HBP</th><th>SF</th><th>TB</th><th>AVG</th><th>OBP</th><th>SLG</th><th>OPS</th></tr><tr><td>121</td><td>35</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>29</td><td>21</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>68</td><td>.289</td><td>.348</td><td>.562</td><td>.910</td></tr></table>
Jeremy Windley - This is why we made the trade. He became an integral part of the September success we were able to achieve.
<style type="text/css">table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}</style><table class="tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AB</th><th>H</th><th>2B</th><th>3B</th><th>HR</th><th>RBI</th><th>R</th><th>BB</th><th>K</th><th>HBP</th><th>SF</th><th>TB</th><th>AVG</th><th>OBP</th><th>SLG</th><th>OPS</th></tr><tr><td>92</td><td>34</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>25</td><td>18</td><td>18</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>52</td><td>.370</td><td>.473</td><td>.565</td><td>1.038</td></tr></table>
Tim Nathan, Ben Irvin and Joe Arredondo - From the pitching side of things, we didn’t have anyone that had a significantly dominant month, but when you when 20 games as a team, there’s probably some SP success going on to some degree. All three guys won 4 games during the September/October stretch, with Joe Arredondo posting a perfect 4-0 record (Irvin and Nathan each compiled records of 4-2).
These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty!!
A “quick hit” look at goings on around the league in the fifth month:
- Eddie O’Fallon scored his 1,000th run a month and 2 days after driving in his 1,000th run in August
- Hartford LF Marv Snyder had a 20 game hit streak snapped on 09/28, then proceeded to start a new 4 game streak the following day that he’ll carry over to next season
- California's Joe Negron set a BLB season record for most games pitched by appearing in his 100th game on 09/30
- Maine rang up their 9th Division title in 11 BLB seasons. They’ve only missed the playoffs once in team history, in 1983 when they finished 3.0 games behind Pittsburgh.
- Washington made the playoffs for the 6th straight year, winning a division crown 5 out of the last 6 seasons
- Windy City will be making their 7th trip to the postseason in team history, only their second time as a Wild Card
-Mississippi makes their 2nd postseason appearance wining the Lager Division for the second consecutive year
- Denver is making their 2nd trip to the postseason in team history, their first appearance since winning a division title in 1981
- Philly tied a team record with 94 victories and earned their 4th trip to the playoffs, and 3rd overall division crown. Jim Newlin and Joe Seagarra each broke the 100 RBI barrier, the first time in team history 2 players achieved the feat in the same season
Broken Taps
-Virginia lost SP Jerry Morgan for the rest of the season on 09/04 with a fractured finger
- The Colonials also lost SS Dale O’Hegarty the same day to a quad strain. The injury was expected to keep him out of the lineup for about 4 weeks
- Pawtucket’s Adam Nickell saw his forgettable 1988 come to an end on 09/07 when a baserunning collision resulted in a severe concussion that was scheduled to keep him out for the rest of the year. Nickell only played in 81 games this season due to various injuries
- Dallas lost Gabriel Huxham for 4 months on 09/08, also to a concussion. Don’t these guys wear helmets?
- Orinosuke Takahashi was expected to miss 6 weeks after suffering a herniated disc on 09/10
- Virginia was hit hard once again when Joshua Poling was lost for the rest of the year to a strained MCL on 09/11
- That same day Philly lost All-Star SS Geoff Scott for 4 weeks to a sprained ankle
- Dallas lost the services of bullpen arm Paul Kwayera for 10-11 months to TJ surgery. The injury will keep Kwayera out for a significant potrtion of the ’89 season
- Denver lost Dane Browning for 9 months with a torn ACL on 09/17
- The Guides rotation took a blow on the same day when All-World SP Teagan Corrigan went down with biceps tendonitis. The injury was expected to keep Corrigan out for up to 3 months
- The Bats’ bullpen lost a key member on 09/18 when River Matthews suffered a broken elbow, an injury that will cost him the next 8 months
- The Guides lost another valuable player on 09/22 when young 3B Hector Hernandez was lost for 4 weeks due to a pinched nerve in his neck
- Virginia lost SP Jason McQueen on 09/27 to shoulder inflammation, an injury that is expected to sideline him for 2-3 months
- Clowns’ SP Akira Abe was lost for 8 weeks on 09/28, also with shoulder inflammation
- Washington lost CF Michio Nago for 8 weeks on the same day to a torn quadriceps
- Baltimore’s IL Stout Slugger candidate Amistad Caballero was lost for 8 weeks with a bone bruise on the 28th
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