World Baseball Classic 49- Everything Thread (IC)

by **Ranoria** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:51 pm

Krauts Continue Forward Progress Despite Allowing 8 Runs in First Matchup

Ranoria's squad has gone 4-2 in their last two series. They have a lot of catching up to do in order to even sniff a playoff berth, but this at least shows that Ranorian talent can compete on the international stage

It should be pointed out that the newly minted Krauts probably weren't the better team in this one. After all, they allowed themselves to be downright annihilated in an 8-5 loss to HUElavia. Look, with Tim von Kuhn in the field, you're going to sacrifice a few errors, it's just bound to happen, but 8 points just can't be allowed.

That said, Tim's bat has been nothing short of essential to the cause this year. He has played most of his career out of the country, as Ranoria's market for baseball is poor to say the least, but fortunately he decided to lend his veteran talents to the Ranorian National Team. Along with Tommy Verona, whom plays in the same country as von Kuhn, though for a different team, the two are key cogs in this squad.

Verona, in particular, has been the man behind every one of Ranoria's stronger defensive performances. Not a surprise when no other pitcher on the field can even approach a 100 mp/h fastball. Verona himself would have likely been the best pitcher in the Federation's history, or he could have joined his older brother in helping catalyze a passing revolution in football. But instead, he stuck with baseball, and went to a foreign country that had more appreciation for his talent. He's made millions now, and would have earned pennies on the dollar in Ranoria. Hopefully, his success can help stimulate the market in our country, and provide more variety for our sports entertainment as a result.

Surprisingly, as a result of a bit of a turnaround, Ranoria is almost at .500, and third in Group 6. Two series ago, the Krauts sat at 3-6, at the bottom of their pot. They jumped to 4th in their first winning series, and are now in third, one spot away from a playoff berth. That one spot, however, is going to be the beginning of the climb, assuming the teams the Krauts jumped were the surrounding plains.

Realistically, the national team has won one more game than anyone beneath them, so their fortunes are far from set in stone. One could argue that Delaclava has only won one more game than us, and that's true, but Delaclava's squad thrashed us when we last met, doubling our score in two wins before the Krauts pulled off a full-game, last minute win against the team by one run.

The playoffs are a long shot for a team with a losing record is the point. But if Leonardo Harrison, Lux, and Verona can pull some sort of miracle out of their, well, children read this paper, then it would be an incredible display of what can only be described as heroic play from our stars.

by **The Jovannic** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 1:42 am

At a Local Tavern in Jovannica

So.

You lost 5 more dollars?

yes.

damn. That's sad. The Jovannic seems like they have become less powerful eh? mistakes everywhere and what not.

yeah.

The gambler arrives

Herro! whats going on!

The Jovannic just lost again

well, thats just sad. Do you still believe The Jovannic can win a game?

Of course.

so another 5 Jovs?

yes

ARE YOU CRAZY?

Maybe.

by **The Sherpa Empire** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:54 am

Luochong Zhuang seemed uncharacteristically dejected, and the pitching coach Finjhok Chang could not figure out why. The team was doing well. Zhuang's start in Super-Llamaland had been okay. They were in Nanjing, which was only a two hour drive from Zhuang's childhood home. He was going to have dinner with his parents after the game, and he came from a close-knit family where everyone got along pretty well. And yet, something was wrong...

"Are you okay?" Chang asked.

He braced himself for a lecture on the architecture of anthills or the hunting techniques of monitor lizards, but instead Zhuang let out a sigh and said, "I wish I was good at talking to women."

"Oh," said Chang. He tried to think of some useful advice beyond the obvious "don't talk about virology and giant tube worms," but he struggled to find the words. Chang himself was not much of a ladies' man.

"Akunjee is so good at it, but when I try, I just sound like a nerd."

Chang burst out laughing. "Oh, trust me, Akunjee's not good at talking to women!" He paused to regain his composure, then suggested the obvious: "Have you tried talking about something other than volcanic tube worms?"

"Like mangrove forests?"

Chang shook his head.

"Or whales or...?"

"No."

Zhuang perked up as a thought percolated up through his mind. "What about beer?"

"That's usually more of a guy thing, but it's better than tube worms."

Zhuang thought for a moment, then slumped dejectedly again. "I'm never going to be good at it like Akunjee..."

"Dude, Akunjee isn't..." Chang followed Zhuang's gaze, and suddenly it all clicked. A little way off, Daki Chuan was trying to teach Akunjee to throw a knuckleball, and laughing when the ball went bouncing off into the grass because he'd missed her glove by a couple of feet. "Ohh, you like Daki?" Chang guessed.

Zhuang nodded. "I like her a lot, but I don't know how to make her like me back."

"Okay," said Chang. "Step one: don't talk about tube worms. Step two: don't do what Akunjee does."

"But look!" Zhuang protested, gesturing toward Chuan and Akunjee.

Akunjee had given up on figuring out how to throw a good knuckleball and was now experimenting with other unconventional pitching styles like throwing underhand or sidearm. He was still hopelessly clumsy with anything outside his usual repretoir, but Chuan was having fun with it. She tossed the ball back to him after chasing down another wild pitch and said, "Hey, throw a real pitch this time." He threw a real pitch and the ball went right in her glove with a loud thwack. She didn't even have to move. She pulled her hand out of the glove and shook it out like her wrist was bothering her. "Holy Mother, I would not want to catch a whole game of that!"

Akunjee laughed. "I wouldn't want to throw a whole game like that. I didn't hurt you, did I?"

"I'm okay," said Chuan.

He went over to make sure she was really okay. She would have appreciated his concern more if he wasn't standing too close and if he didn't have that hungry look in his eye.

At the distance where Zhuang was standing, he couldn't see the awkward look on Chuan's face and he didn't realize Akunjee was making her uncomfortable. He just thought they were into each other.

While all this was going on, Weiyun Gan was behaving like a mature professional and getting ready for his start against Devonta. He pitched 6 solid innings. Unfortunately he also pitched part of the 7th inning, and that was a disaster. Lee went to the bullpen to stop the bleeding, but Murthy and Sangakkar were not at their best. Murthy walked in a run and Sangakkar allowed two more runs to cross the plate before he got out of the inning.

The other two games in the series went better. The hitters were hitting. Tsheri Pham pitched 6 decent innings and did not come back out to have a meltdown in the 7th. Sangakkar got his act together. In the 3rd game of the series, Murthy and Sangakkar never had a chance to fuck anything up because Kami Akunjee pitched the whole game allowing only two hits: a single in the 6th and a solo homer in the 7th.

by **Sarzonia** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:28 am

Halfway through the group stage of the World Baseball Classic, the Sarzonian national baseball team are in a deadlock with No. 10 Liventia for the second and final qualifying position, one game behind No. 2 Banija with a record of 9-6.

If you told Manager Geoff Yancey that's where the Stars would find themselves, he'd be pleased. How they got there is another story.

Sarzonia won away series against both Banija and Liventia, taking two of three games against each opponent. Besides their home sweep of last place Jovannic in their return to Fleetwood Park, the Stars struggled. Between the series wins over the two highest ranked teams in Group 2, the Stars lost two out of three to unranked Kohnhead. They also lost an away series against No. 42 Daskel.

"We just haven't been consistent," Yancey said. "We got up for the two away series against Banija and Liventia and played well, but then we struggled against the teams we were expected to beat."

The bullpen has been a glaring issue for the Stars, as both primary closer Tyrell Douglass and set-up pitcher Scott Lassiter either blew saves or gave up a walkoff homer to opponents. Starting pitching has also been spotty, so Yancey is hoping that the midway break will give his pitchers a chance to reset and rest.

During the three-game series against unranked and bottom of table The Jovannic, however, No. 3 starter Jeff Parrish tossed seven shutout innings en route to a near complete game. After The Jovannic got a two-out three-run homer from leftfielder Jititi Fathe, Parrish struck out centrefielder Johny Quaker to end Game One with a 6-4 Stars victory.

In Game Two, Jamie Pearson may have used a different repertoire and different arm angles, but other than only striking out four in comparison to Parrish's 11 strikeouts, his results were much the same. He coughed up an RBI double to Quaker to drive in Fathe for the lone Jovannic run, but he also closed the door with a complete game Sarzonian victory.

The Stars' struggling bullpen redeemed itself with a two scoreless inning effort from set-up man Scott Lassiter and designated hitter Luke Brinkley did the rest with a booming walkoff homer that easily cleared McVie Mountain in right field to allow Sarzonia to complete the sweep with a 3-2 victory.

Sarzonia opens the second half of qualifying with a home series against Banija and tickets are already sold out. They play a three-game series away to Kohnhead, then return home to face Liventia and Daskel. Yancey wouldn't commit to employing a bullpen game in the series finale against Kohnhead to allow ace Mark Conroy to start the series opener against Liventia, but he also wouldn't rule out the possibility.

"We'll just have to see where we are," he said.

by **Nova Anglicana** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:00 am

Post-WBC 48, Londinium, Nova Anglicana

As promised, the Nova Anglican baseball team had been feted upon their return from their championship performance in WBC 49. A cheering crowd of thousands met them at the airport, with families rushing to embrace their players,including Minerva and Abby Templeton. Following the airport reception, they were allowed to go home, but informed that they would have a busy schedule in the next few days. Two days later, a victory parade down Elizabeth Avenue in Londinium had been organized. The players rode in all sorts of open-air vehicles while adoring crowds yelled, cheered, whistled, and screamed their heads off and confetti filled the streets. At the end of the parade route, the players were escorted to a stage where the mayor of Londinium made a speech in their honor. Several players thanked the crowd, all fans, their families, and Almighty God. Manager Orlando Murray was even coaxed up to say a few words, during which he announced his retirement, to a mixed reaction from the crowd. Some clearly wanted him to stay, while others were grateful for his years of service and wanted him to get a chance to retire on his own terms.

Following the parade, the players and their families were whisked off to Government House to meet and take pictures with the Governor-General, who brought greetings and congratulations from the Queen herself on their performance. She singled out Murray for special praise in the video as someone who was receiving their just reward after many long years. There was an afternoon reception that followed, with dignitaries from many other countries as well as prominent Nova Anglican figures in attendance. Toasts, speeches, and congratulations were the order of the day, and the event lasted well into the evening. After the reception, some players were clearly taken in by the glamour of it all and raved about the experience, while not infrequent were complaints about the pomposity and the players and coaches with children felt it had not been that family-friendly. They were released from their duties for that day, but the next day brought a visit to outgoing Prime Minister Hal Blackwood at Parliament.

Following more photos and hearty congratulations, the players and families were let go for the day, but a black-tie Parliamentary gala was planned for the weekend. The players made innumerable acquaintances of outgoing Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and civil servants, as well as incoming Ministers and Deputy Ministers, in addition to meeting all of the backbench MPs and the full complement of the Senate. It was a glamorous evening full of patriotism and sporting pride, but it left many of the players, coaches, and families feeling overwhelmed by the frantic schedule and incessant conversation and celebration. When it was all over, they gladly retired to their houses or escaped on vacation, desperate for the rest.

In the following weeks and months, they made promotional appearances across the country, were feted at NABL games, and helped out at baseball clinics across the country for both boys and girls, with some even ending up as volunteer assistants for the new NAWBL (women's baseball league). The players organized a roast of Murray to celebrate his many years at the helm and send him off in style. Many players joined in on the fun with gusto, and Murray took the ribbing in stride, even dishing out some insults of his own. With the high of the championship fading, players turned to NABL play and the preparation for WBC 49 and their title defense. But the steady drumbeat of promotion continued, with a new invitational baseball series in Londinium in the works, and even a movie with the working title Anglican Sunrise: Conquering the Baseball World. But the search for a new manager was first and foremost in the Nova Anglican baseball program's mind. Who would they choose?

OOC: Credit to Gloriax/Grearish Union for the movie title

by **TJUN-ia** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:08 am

After somehow leaving Newmainstan with a 2-1 series win over the Rockets, TJUN-ian baseball was looking on the up. The mood was certainly joyous in New Washington as The Diamond in The Gardens got its first taste of TJUN-ian baseball. Here, within the brick and ivy confines, TJUN-ia took on bottom-side Marigred looking for any advantage heading into the midway break.

Game 1
Marigred 0-7 TJUN-ia, TJU leads series 1-0
Gene Almac had the start for this game but no one quite knew how good he would be. He retired batter after batter with no remorse as TJUN-ia racked up the score. 3-run homer by Steven Fulmer, another run in the 2nd, 2 more in the 3rd. Then everything slowed down a bit and the game calmed down. Another TJUN-ian run was scored in the 7th but other than that, the bats were silent. But that didn't stop Almac from his crusade and he kept on retiring batters like it was nobody's business. He only allowed 2 of them to make it to first base via walks in a brilliant display. Gene Alamc had no-hit Marigred, and the bench cleared to celebrate. The crowd was up and applauding, cheering their heroes. The perfect start to this series...

Game 2
Marigred 4-5 TJUN-ia (F/11), TJU wins series 2-0
Jose Almas was in for this game, but he didn't really have the best of starts. He gave up a run in the 2nd, another 2 in 4th and just like that the Battin' Jags were in a 3-run hole. But they certainly came back. Bottom of the 6th, 2 runs scored. 3-2. The 8th, Margred get another but TJUN-ia got 2 themselves. 4-4 and at the end of the 9th it was kept that way. We were going to extras in The Diamond. 10th inning, no change so here comes the 11th. F. G. Greenwood, who came in to try and keep the opposition bats quite in extras, took care of business so now it was up to the bats. Joe Gregory, the catcher, stepped up to the plate with Matoko Kagawa already out. He ended this game by sending a shot over the ivy and into the gap at centre field. He was welcomed to home plate by the rest of the team. The perfect way to win this series...

Game 3
Marigred 10-2 TJUN-ia, TJU wins series 2-1
Nothing was really perfect in this game. The pitching just didn't work, the batting was poor until the final inning and nothing seemed to make anything better. I know we won this series, so why was I mad about losing an unimportant game? Well, in the WBC all games matter no matter of the series was already won. In the race to get to Newmanistan, loses like these may haunt the Jaguars and it may be the team's downfall.

After 5 series, 15 games, we sit third. It wasn't the best run of form but it was enough to be only behind Se Vende Skooma by a single game. After this break, we will welcome to Cool Dudes to Rounders Field. We hope that 3rd takes down 2nd and we can then focus on trying to make it to the playoffs. GO JAGS!

SCHEDULE (Group 1)
S1 (G1/G2/G3): @Se Vende Skooma (UR) - SublimeBurger Park W 2-1 (3rd)
S2 (G4/G5/G6): vs South Covello (22) - Rounders Field, Portside L 1-2 (4th)
S3 (G7/G8/G9): @Chromatika (26) - National Stadium, Chromatik City L 1-2 (4th)
S4 (G10/G11/G12): @Newmanistan (5) - The Jungle, Loudon W 2-1 (2nd)
S5 (G13/G14/G15): vs Marigred (UR) - The Diamond in The Gardens, New Washington W 2-1 (3rd/8-7)
---------------------------MIDWAY BREAK---------------------------
S6 (G16/G17/G18): vs Se Vende Skooma (UR) - Rounders Field, Portside
S7 (G19/G20/G21):@South Covello (22)
S8 (G22/G23/G24): vs Chromatika (26) - The Diamond in The Gardens, New Washington
S9 (G25/G26/G27): vs Newmanistan (5) - Rounders Field, Portside
S10 (G28/G29/G30): @Marigred (UR)

by **Se Vende Skooma** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:38 pm

Bum Skanderbeg was not a big vibes guy. He left that up to his nieces, out running their weed farm and organic cover crop whaddyacallit out in Trapezoid Valley. He was on the verge of calling them up and asking for one of their all-quartz misters with sage-infused holy water blessed by one of those monophysite guys who climbed a pillar in the desert and spent their days yelling at tourists about Christology.

The baseball - if you could call it that - was going well! The Cool Dudes were on an 8-game winning streak since he'd accidentally on purpose set the locker room on fire in a motivational speech so motivational, he'd emailed his kids to make sure they put it in his obituary right after both of his Test championships. The team had coasted through a 17-inning opener against South Covello, just getting into their stride in the top of the 17th before remembering that scoring two unanswered runs anytime after the 9th won you the game automatically. They'd picked up steam for the next two days, hanging five on a questionable starter - the opposing manager never gave him a chance to settle in for the long haul! - before hammering the bullpen as well on their way to scoring more runs in one game then they had in the first two series combined. The sweep, in front of a mostly quiet South Covello crowd, seemed overdetermined at that point.

And yet, ever since Normal Day finally squeaked out the news about him getting passed over by the Fightin' Unitarians in their time of need, the entire clubhouse felt like a series of individuals each clawing their way towards the realization that they'd made a huge mistake. Banning phones on the bus and at dinner had just led to a bunch of whispering, early departures and badly hidden earbuds under windbreakers. Every trade and transfer back home was being over-analyzed. Every manager worth the job learns to recognize when a player's fighting self-doubt. Bum had never seen that expression on someone who'd just slid in well ahead of the throw at second after putting the team up 9-2.

He'd spent plenty of time in the minors, both as a player and as a fifty-buck-a-head deputy assistant hitting coach right after giving up on his Test-stardom dreams. He'd carefully drawn up redundancy plans for each of his players in case they got The Call, and had a few discreet phone calls with ex-mentorees and former staffers still in the league to see who might be available on short notice as a replacement. He was starting to question the value of the overweight baggage fees the binder he'd put together was causing him.

Passing on Day was mad. Passing on Brian Lads - who'd been signed for 260,000 vials out of high school - in favor of re-signing a 36-year-old Mads Donbass was perplexing. Dom Quaestor and Bob Roberts were also feeling jobbed for reasons that were understandable if not as great as the other two.

He'd made some phone calls after the 11-2 win, right after news of Lads getting passed up for what should have been the best day of his career taking the field for Greater Chibougamau turned the bus ride back to the hotel into a funeral procession. He'd started in his room, then made his way downstairs to the bar for a couple of drinks only to find himself the only Skooman being served.

He'd kept calling, getting polite, sincere and utter incomprehensible answers. Nobody seemed inclined to pull their players out of the tournament, even the ones that were really good. They were almost two-thirds of the way through Test season, when old men showed their age and patched-up holes tore open again. All of his guys knew this! And they would, by all accounts, be kept on the outside looking in.

Skanderbeg counted heads one final time as the gate attendant announced that groups 4 and 5 were now cleared to board for the first of the three connecting economy flights needed to get back home from South Covello. Either somebody's luck would turn, or somebody would let the absurdity of it all get to him as he was rounding second after a homer, retire, and start working on his gen eds at the community college that sometimes used SublimeBurger Park for batting practice when the JV side was playing on their field.

by **Ko-oren** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:44 am

True to Ogasawara's promise, the baseball Dragonflies (for lack of a better nickname) keep recording results that keep us in the Classic. At the halfway point, Ko-oren are sitting in first place, level with Quebec, and one win over Tikariot. We would have preferred a bigger cushion, but this is the Classic, and making the second round is good enough, coming from the first round. Crazy results, insane upsets, and whatever else is so common here, that even for big teams, getting into that next round is a challenge. So far, however, it's not just Ko-oren that aren't slipping up - all top seeds are well in control of their playoff series. They're all first in their group.

Interestingly, the same debate doesn't rage on in rugby league, another sport that is contested by Yoshimans as well as mainlanders. That World Cup is set to start as the knockout stage of the Classic is starting. The more divisive members of our national baseball team have reached out to rugby league players to see if they were interested in ditching the moniker 'Dragonflies' and choose something more inclusive - but those plans were rejected outright.

Of course, baseball players won't be able to split the country, but they can sway public opinion. As far as political power goes, at best they can hope to split the league into a Yoshiman conference and a Mainland conference. In fact, we've seen proposals for that about every half-decade, but those ideas never went anywhere. With the recent moves by Yoshiman teams to the mainland, it looks like those plans will no longer get off the ground - ever. Aviansola lost its Admirals to northern Intermare recently, the Western Wanderers limited itself to just Aminey, making room for one more club: the Amandine Challengers (southeastern Ko-oren), while their usual base of operations was Aonishi, near Arakura (of Arakura Knights fame). That took the number of Yoshiman teams from 9 to 7. Still more than half the league (12 teams), but no longer with a 75% majority. It might not seem much, but politically, it seems that Yoshima is losing its favour.

On a similar scale, the Yoshiman teams held the title hostage for years. Aviansola, Teragaseki, the Generals: the Yoshiman teams were successful. But in all honesty, not as successful as the mainland teams (even though there were just 3 of them back in the day!): Santa Teresa won five out of 17 titles, the Western Wanderers won four out of 17, yet Ferrovente added zero. Since the restructuring, we've had just four seasons, the first three of which decisively went to the the eastern teams: Suvira won the first, then Echizen beat the Giants in the second, and the Generals beat Aonishi in the next. Out of five final appearances, the east held all five. And then, the Challengers returned to the final, as the Amandine Challengers, marking the first final appearance by a mainland club, promptly winning it, beating out Santa Teresa in the final! And then the most recent club season, which ended barely a week before the Classic started, where Santa Teresa won their sixth title, beating the Aminey Wanderers, after they had first eliminated the Admirals (who moved from east to west) in the semifinal round. The west, with just five out of twelve teams, is holding the league hostage. If the Yoshimans have any power left, now is the time to leverage it - and they're doing just that. They might actually already be late, though.

Out of our 34 national team players, 19 are from the mainland, so for the first time, more than 50% of the squad originates from outside of Yoshima. In total, 17 players earn their money with mainland clubs, that's exactly 50%, so the money argument lies with Yoshima. For now.

by **The Greater Nordics** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:14 am

Halfway through this WBC, the Nordics are dead last in the group. This is not what Leif Holt and the rest of the coaching staff wanted to see. The GNBA told him that he was under pressure to preform well at this tournament or there would be some changes. At the beginning, he didnt really feel the pressure and was playing it cool but now he is really feeling it after a terrible first half of this WBC. The players are not happy as well and team morale is at an all time low.

by **Delaclava** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:40 am

DSGN.com Baseball

Quirky Quintets: Five fun facts with the Delaclava baseball team

by Jessica Tomei
The Delaclava national baseball team, drawn entirely from the small Hessian town of Dillobourne, has rapidly captured the imagination of the Delaclav public. They started with six tough games against top-10 opponents in Abanhfleft and Free Republics, but managed to win two - and were tied in the ninth for two more. They have since won 7 of 9 games to sit on a 9-6 record, second in Group 6 (behind Free Republics) and in a playoff standing by two games.

So who are these guys? With many of them with semi-professional or amateur standing, and the newly-refounded Delaclava Baseball Association intent on developing a fully fledged national team, it is likely we won't have a lot of time to find out - so during the mid-season break, we'd like to provide a few fun tidbits about a handful of players and staff. Find out what makes them tick, what makes these miracle Phoenixes special. We plan to have further editions of this article too, to introduce you to the whole team by the time their run is complete - and hopefully it's a long time from now.

Yames Rivas, third baseman

He is the captain and MVP of the Dillobourne Luthiers, who play in the top Hessian minor league.
Third base was his favorite position growing up, and the natural lefty taught himself to throw right-handed to play the role.
He has three kids, the oldest of whom is 22. (Yames is 35.)
He can balance a coin by its edge on his nose.
He drinks his coffee with a splash of pomegranate juice.

Pavel Malek, right fielder

Malek was born and raised in Manchester, but moved to Hess to become a textile merchant.
He was a star runner in high school, and has 800 and 1500 PR's of 1:50.43 and 3:42.29. He briefly attended Arana State with hopes to launch a professional athletics career, but persistent injuries ended these hopes.
When he first moved to Hess, his ferry ran out of fuel shortly before arrival and he was forced to doggy paddle on top of his suitcase for the last three miles.
He first played baseball five years ago, at the age of 22, as a way to blow off steam with the other textile workers.
He was picked for the team to add a lefty batter and because he is the only Dillobournian who can throw from right to either third or home without a bounce.

Nollum Elur, outfielder

His mother is eight feet tall and his father is three feet tall. Remarkably, it balanced out for Nollum.
Even at the tender age of 17 (youngest on the team), he is one of the best and most talented watchmakers in the town.
He is currently suspended from high school for bringing a pack of horses to relieve themselves on his school's tennis courts.
In a recent baseball game, he already had a home run, a triple, and a double. Although hitting a home run on his fourth at bat, he stopped at first to complete the reverse cycle.
He can juggle.

Darik Prosser, reliever

At 53, he is the oldest player on the team, and throws with a sidearm or slightly underarm motion.
According to him, he throws 22 different kinds of pitches. Pitching coach Brian Roddick clarified that it's basically seven pitches with different angles and deliveries, but still an impressive set of tools for the veteran.
He claims to have slept with 5,000 women in his lifetime. Often outdoors, in the mud and the rain. It's possible a man slipped in - there would be no way of knowing.
He plays the saxophone at clubs on nights and weekends, and sometimes in the locker room after victories.
He attributes his longevity to rubbing basil, elderflower, and aloe vera on his feet every morning. The feet are like a second nose or a third lung, he says, and all revitalizing forces travel through our feet, from the bottom up.

Sean Magary, closer

His pitching game relies on a lot of high heat, varying in spin but rarely choosing off-speed pitches - except for the occasional eephus, or an intentional beanball to keep the opponents on their toes.
He holds the Dillobourne high school record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched, at 89 2/3.
He mainly works as a locomotive engineer.
He won a silver medal at the Dillobourne Arts Festival in the musical instruments category for his redesign and restoration of an antique upright piano.
He inherited several pairs of vintage baseball pants and suspenders through his family, and prefers to wear them even with the Delaclav uniform.

Sancho Novotny, hitting coach

The 92-year-old appeared out of nowhere at one of the local community baseball fields about nine years ago and promptly started giving one of the teams hitting tips. After they came back to win the game, Novotny was sought out as a high school and community college baseball coach.
He still holds the Hessian high school record for batting average, with a career mark of .928 and a senior season average of 1.000.
Sancho claims he lost his foot to a fox bite in his 40s, but it grew back a decade later.
His best pitch to hit is a two-seam fastball, and he routinely laughs in scorn at the mere sight of a knuckleball.
His favorite food is fried cod and strawberries.

Dominic Koppel, technical director/general manager

The 14-year-old was brought as a kid genius of sorts for a more modern "moneyball" perspective, in contrast of the typical and more old-school Delaclava baseball culture.
Dominic's talents were discovered as part of an eighth-grade math project he submitted to optimize the local high school's lineup and strategy. He got a B+ on the project.
His favorite school subject is robotics, and his least favorite subject is corset-wearing.
Dominic's brother is Oliver Koppel, a footballer who currently plays right back for Manchester.
He has a collection of more than twenty pairs of driving gloves, but does not yet have a car.

by **South Newlandia** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:43 am

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When the groups were drawn for the 49th WBC, few people doubted that The Greater Nordics, currently ranked 11th in the world, had good chances to make the playoffs. Even ahead of their home series against South Newlandia, they struggled, holding only a 5-7 record, but now, they are six games away from the playoffs. That will not be an easy wall to climb for them. In the series, the South Newlandian pitchers had to bat, which they aren’t really used to, as the SNBL is playing with a designated hitter. Blake Robbins, who had to bat frequently in WBC48, was the only pitcher Anthony Smith-Miller could somewhat rely on here, while he almost had to start from zero with the other two, Cain and Kramer. South Newlandia’s pitchers will have to bat again in at least one series, the one in Torisakia.

South Newlandia                       1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2  9
The Greater Nordics                   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1  8

The first game was pitched by Larry Cain, and it was one of the highest scoring games South Newlandia had been playing so far. The Elephants started out with a nice run by Fabio Ventura in the first inning, but that lead didn’t last long. Cain gave up a home run to Ester Isaksson, which scored the Nordics three runs in total, in the very same inning. South Newlandia equalized in the third inning after Daryl Dunlop scored in the 2nd; thanks to a home run by David Drum. The Nordics took the lead again in the bottom of the third with another run, but South Newlandia was back on top in the top of the fourth thanks to two more runs, this time scored by Daryl Dunlop and Ian Pearce thanks to a triple of Pearce and a sacrifice fly by Fabio Ventura. The Elephants extended their lead in the fifth with yet another run, this one scored by Adam King. With that, the Elephants had scored in five consecutive innings, something they hadn’t achieved so far, and they were rewarded with a 6-4 lead. After that, both pitchers played better, and no more runs were scored trough the seventh inning. After that one, Cain was replaced by Barnaby Butt, who was closing the first game. Butt proceeded to give up two runs, and the game was now tied at six. No runs were scored in the 9th, and the game had to go to extra innings. After a scoreless tenth inning, South Newlandia managed their first runs since inning five, after a nice double by Shawn Zimmerman let Fabio Ventura score. The Nordics had to score on demand, and they did with a solo-homer by Caroline MacWilliam, after Butt had already gotten two out. The game required a twelfth inning, and both pitchers were visibly struggling. South Newlandia got two runs, scored by Ian Pearce and Fabio Ventura after the latter had gotten a home run. The Nordics now had to get two runs on demand. We skip ahead a little bit here; the Nordics have already gotten one of these runs, and runners on first and second, but Butt already has two outs. Soren Vang is at bat now, and the next few pitches could decide the game. After two strikes and two balls, Vang got a foul ball, and proceeded to swing for the fences on the next one. He hit the ball, and it flew deep down Left Field. Daryl Dunlop had to run, but he was fast enough to catch the ball. With the third out, the Elephants had taken an amazing first game by 9-8.

South Newlandia                       1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1  3
The Greater Nordics                   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  2

After the excitement of game one, everyone was glad that the second one was a bit slower. Jay Kramer pitched for the Elephants, and the South Newlandian team went ahead early with a run scored by Fabio Ventura. Like in the first game, this lead didn’t last long either, as the Nordics scored an equalizer in the second inning. This one was an exciting pitcher’s duel, with both allowing few hits and runs. In the fifth inning, David Drum brought the Elephants in the lead again, but the Nordics equalized yet again in the 7th. After that, Fabio Paul came in to close the game, and he managed to shut out the Nordics for the rest of the game, not even allowing any hits. South Newlandia decided the game in the very last inning after another run scored by Igor White. Thanks to that, the Elephants took the second game as well.

South Newlandia                       0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0  7
The Greater Nordics                   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0  3

Blake Robbins was on the mount for game three, and he had a surprising chance to complete a sweep, a chance he surely hadn’t expected. This time, the Nordics took the lead first, when Robbins gave up an early run in the bottom of the first to Soren Vang. It took the Elephants a while, but in the fourth inning, they delivered. After the Nordics had gotten two outs already, Zimmerman and Garner had each drawn a walk, Igor White got a single. With the bases loaded, Daryl Dunlop got himself a grand slam. They even extended that lead in the fifth, thanks to two more runs scored by Blake Robbins and David Drum. The Nordics also got a run in the bottom of that inning, but with the Elephants in the lead by 6-2, that hardly mattered now. The rest of the game just kind of happened without anyone really taking note; the Elephants were already busy celebrating this important sweep, while the Nordics watched in disbelief. They were about to go 5-10 in the first half of the Classic, which isn’t exactly what they wanted. For the record, Shawn Zimmerman scored a run in the 8th, and so did the Nordics. Marcel Adams came into the match after the 6th inning. The final score of that match was 7-3.
South Newlandia completes the first 15 games of the group phase with a record of 11-4, three games ahead of third place Torisakia and tied with Hampton Island. This is certainly a decent position to qualify for the knockouts, but the team shouldn’t get too confident to soon. There are still some dangerous hard games ahead, and they should focus on them one game at a time. For the next game, to be played after a break against the Drunk People at the Local Tavern in Southern Valley Arena, the pitchers will be Conroy, Hunter and Robbins. The team should be able to get two or more wins in front of their own fans here, but they shouldn’t take anything for granted. The way to the knockouts is still a hard one, and will require focus and excellent play along the way.

All matches

The Greater Nordics 0-3 South Newlandia (8-9, 2-3, 3-7)

Torisakia 3-0 Drunk People at the Local Tavern (6-4, 4-3, 4-3)
Torisakia managed to get a sweep over the Drunks in three close games, keeping their hopes alive.

Hampton Island 2-1 Quebecois Acadiana (4-9, 5-2, 4-2)
Hampton Island surprisingly dropped the first game here, but managed to recover to win the series.

Current standings

*                                    Pld   W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Hampton Island                     15   11   0   4    74   52  +22    33
2 South Newlandia                    15   11   0   4    83   74   +9    33
3 Torisakia                          15    8   0   7    64   56   +8    24
4 Quebecois Acadiana                 15    5   0  10    69   77   −8    15
5 Drunk People at the Local Tavern   15    5   0  10    69   78   −9    15
6 The Greater Nordics                15    5   0  10    54   76  −22    15

The three teams on the bottom are all a whopping six wins away from the playoffs, and they are probably out of contention at this point already. If one of them can make a comeback, it may be The Greater Nordics, but after the bad performance of the first half, he have to doubt that they can pull it off. Right now, The Golden Bears from Hampton Island and the Elephants from South Newlandia are tied on top, and both teams have the best chances to advance, provided they don’t choke with Torisakia lurking behind the two. The Ice Birds are currently three wins behind, but that’s nothing you couldn’t catch up anymore. Since the Head to Head results are the first tiebreaker, it may be worth it to look at those to; The Golden Bears won 2-1 over the Elephants and 3-0 over the Ice Birds, momentarily holding the tiebreaker against both. The Elephants won 2-1 against the Ice Birds, taking this tiebreaker for now. On match day two, Hampton Island will play at home against Torisakia, South Newlandia hosts Hampton Island on match day three and on match day four, South Newlandia has to visit Torisakia for what might be the deciding series. We are looking forward to the second half, and hope for some more wins for the Elephants.

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The halfway stats report

We have seen fifteen games from the Elephants now, so it’s time to take a look at some stats. We will start with the pitchers; each of the starters has played three games so far.

Jacob Conroy: 3-0; 0.33 r/i
Conroy is, as expected, currently the strongest South Newlandian starting pitcher. We managed to win all his games, only allowing 7 runs in the 21 innings (the most among all South Newlandian pitchers) he pitched, and only a slight collapse in his game against Quebecois Acadiana prevented him from getting an even better rate. He is one of the most important parts of the team, and if he can stay successful, the team might have good chances.

Ryan Hunter: 2-1; 0.67 r/i
Hunter has been playing decently so far, but his recent breakdowns following the bear incident have hurt his statistics. If he can overcome those difficulties, he can be a very important pitcher as well, but right now, but he needs to put the past behind him.

Blake Robbins: 1-2; 0.94 r/i
Robbins has been the worst pitcher thus far, following the spectacular collapse at Cassie’s backyard, which he never really recovered from. The last game he pitched might give him some confidence again, since he finally got a first win there, and he is the only pitcher that has recorded a run so far.

Larry Cain: 2-1; 0.78 r/i
The new South Newlandian pitcher hasn’t had the best start, but he managed to win two games anyway, and the loss against Hampton Island he pitched can’t solely be blamed on him. He has allowed four or more runs every time so far, and he really needs to step up his game if he wants to stay in the team after the tournament.

Jay Kramer: 3-0; 0.55 r/i
The nineteen year old youngster has been very impressive so far, winning all of his games and not allowing too many runs either. If he can keep that up, he might be the future of the South Newlandian team, because while his stats can’t compare to Conroy’s yet, he is the second best starting pitcher so far.

All starters, combined: 0.63 r/i

Barnaby Butt: 3-2; 0.54 r/i
The youngest among the South Newlandian closers hasn’t had a lot of luck so far, but has been playing quite decent if you only look at the allowed runs, where he outdoes most starting pitchers, but he seems to be folding in the very close games at times, a problem we already saw in the International Baseball Slam.

Fabio Paul: 4-1; 0.08 r/i
Where did that come from? The 26-year-old has been mowing down batters left and right, having only allowed one single run to Quebecois Acadiana. Tragically, he missed a 5-0 record after losing his game against Hampton Island, despite pitching his three innings without error. If there is anyone to challenge Conroy for being the best South Newlandian pitcher, it is definitely him, we will see if he can keep up his fantastic work so far.

Marcel Adams: 4-1; 0.58 r/i
Despite allowing more runs per inning than Butt, Adams actually has a better record, proving that he can stay calm under pressure better. Interestingly, he hasn’t played a game without giving up a run yet. We aren’t exactly sure what to make of him; maybe he has just been lucky. In any case, going by the r/I alone, he is outdoing three starters, so that’s good.

Dennis Miles: 0-2; 0 r/i
He hasn’t given up a run yet in the four innings he played, but that saved neither of the two games he played him.

Jack Miller: 0
He hasn’t pitched a ball yet.

The bullpen, combined: 0.36 r/i
Mohamed Felix has been doing great work with the bullpen, and the closers coming in often helped the Elephants quite a bit. Meanwhile, Damian Bolton might have some work to do.

We are also going to take a look at the starting batters.

(C) Gregor Garner: 4 runs; 0 home runs
That simply isn’t enough. As a catcher, he has been doing well, almost without an error, but if he can’t score runs soon, the coaches will have to consider if Fred Burn might be the right person for the job.

(1B) Adam King: 6 runs; 0 home runs
Where has his power from the last WBC and the IBS gone? King has been playing poorly so far, and his fielding hasn’t improved a lot either. He needs to do better as soon as possible, or risk getting cut from the team for Pitts.

(2B) Igor White: 9 runs; 2 home runs
White is one of few players from the Infield o perform well so far. Last WBC, he got 16 runs and two homers, and he is more than half way there already.

(SS) David Drum: 9 runs; 1 home run
Drum has, on his first WBC as a starter, performed decently. Nine runs can be improved on, but it is very reasonable for a player his age.

(3B) Ian Pearce: 4 runs; 0 home runs
Pearce might be the worst batter so far, nothing seems to be going right for him. He arguably is doing even worse than his already bad WBC48 (9 runs, 2 homers)

(LF) Daryl Dunlop: 11 runs; 3 home runs
Getting Dunlop for the national team has been a big success so far. The Left Field from WBC48, George Webber, had only scored four runs over the entire WBC; Dunlop has almost tripled that already.

(CF) Shawn Zimmerman: 10 runs; 2 home runs
Zimmerman is another big success story. After a strong IBS, he took Jake Davidson’s spot, and the 18 year old proved to be worthy of the spot.

(RF) Fabio Ventura: 16 runs; 5 home runs
Ventura was the best batter in WBC48, and he is well on track to improve his old record of 25 runs and three homers. Five homers in fifteen games is pretty great for a South Newlandian, too.

(DH) Mike Larsen: 13 runs; 2 home runs
For Larsen, one must keep in mind that he didn’t play the latest series. He has been an important part so far with the most runs per game, but he hasn’t hit a homer since the very first series. If he can make a few more big hits, too, he might even be able to challenge Ventura’s spot in Right Field.

by **Daskel** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:32 am

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WBC: Daskel rises vs Liventia, still haunted by Banija
By Nakamura Go (@GomuraOfficial)

PORT CARTFORT -- The last series before the midbreak had Daskel traveling to Liventia, an agressive team with a DH rule, opposed to Daskelian baseball. Daskel's DH Eidome Yōichi was, again, a key player in this series on the road. Unexpected from many on the international scene, the Daskies won the series against their 10th ranked rival, with a specially significative performance by the pitchers on game 2.

We procceed to revisit the three game series played on Port Cartfort Park, home of Liventia's team Port Cartfort Saboteurs.

Series 5, Game 1

Daskel                                0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2  5
Liventia                              1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 X  7

This series was the living proof of the sabermetric approach of Liventia, who started with Ashley Lutley pitching for the team. After erasing Daskel's 3-1 lead with aggressive batting by Dermot Rowntree and Harold Welford, the Red-and-Gold neutralized Daskel's batters with smart decisions and quick thinking. Frank Kenley allowed two runs in the top of the ninth, but then masterfully ended the game with his infamous four-seamer.

Series 5, Game 2

Daskel                                0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  1
Liventia                              0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Game two was, for both teams, all about pitching. For a ballpark used to big runs and HRs, the drought of runs was somehow quite uncommon to watch. Tony Metson started the game with an impeccable top of the first, giving Oshimura a strikeout in the proccess. Reizei and Kishimoto suffered from cookie cutter outs, a grounder to Kane Merrell who turned into a easy out into Edney's glove. Takazaki Kaito, the young pitcher from University of Kuyama, also got the first batters on the lineup out, with one grounder to second and two flyballs to the outfield. From that, the game was a pitching battle. each team managed to get less than 10 hits combined. Eidome Yōichi was the lone score of the night, with a single HR into the right stands.

Series 5, Game 3

Daskel                                2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0  8
Liventia                              0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0  5

Game three was a tug-of-war between both teams. Liventia's opener Kyle Sheffield started the game, and even with Shintaro finding his way with the bat, Sheffield made everyone after than out with his mix of sinkers, curveballs and changeups. Doug Rawsthorne received the mound on the bottom of the third, however, the Daskies quickly found their rhythm, defending fiercely their lead since the very same inning. Liventia scored on back-to-back innings on the top of the 5th and 6th, but couldn't catch the score. Izo finally managed to display his trademark impeccable pitching to close the game.

After the half of the series, the Daskies are fourth on the Group 2 overall standings. The defeat vs Banija, even after all those days, hurt in the numbers. The following half looks promising for the team, who starts against the The Jovannic in our loved Daito Kyūjō. Until then, keep cheering for the Daskies!

Standings

*                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Banija                 15   10   0   5    86   55  +31    30
2 Sarzonia               15    9   0   6    71   64   +7    27
3 Liventia               15    9   0   6    65   57   +8    27
4 Daskel                 15    8   0   7    79   80   −1    24
5 Kohnhead               15    6   0   9    55   76  −21    18
6 The Jovannic           15    3   0  12    63   87  −24     9

Schedule
Friday, 7/17: Series 1- The Jovannic 1 - 2 Daskel (2nd)
Saturday, 7/18: Series 2- Daskel 0 - 3 Banija (6th)
Sunday, 7/19: Series 3- Kohnhead 1 - 2 Daskel (4th)
Monday, 7/20: Series 4- Daskel 2 - 1 Sarzonia (3rd)
Tuesday, 7/21: Series 5- Liventia 1 - 2 Daskel (4th)

7/22- Midway break
Thursday, 7/23: Series 6- Daskel v The Jovannic
Friday, 7/24: Series 7- Banija v Daskel
Saturday, 7/25: Series 8- Daskel v Kohnhead
Sunday, 7/26: Series 9- Sarzonia v Daskel
Monday, 7/27: Series 10- Daskel v Liventia

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:59 am

Northwest Kalactin Drops Series to Fair Republic. Now Second in Group.
Welp, the title says it all, we dropped a few games against the Fair Republic, and now we are tied for second in the group, with Ethane, a team that we were able to perform very well against in the first series, but in the next series we play Cassadaigua, the best team in the world as we reach the halfway point here. We think there is a very high chance that we end up going 1-2 or 0-3 against Cassadaigua, as they have shown to be by far the best team in the group so far. They are 13-2 so far, along with a +85 run differention, which is number 3 in the WBC so far. A very rough 13-2 loss for the team showed that the Kalactanians could very easily be beaten, if you were able to hit powerfully against them. The Fair Republic would go on to hit 3 home runs in the final 3 innings to secure the game, along with a blowout win against the Kalactanians. The second place race for the group is very tight right now, with Northwest Kalactin, Drawkland and Ethane all having a shot at making the playoffs, while Cassadaigua has pretty much secured a spot, and will likely win the group very easily in the end. Lovisa and the Fair Republic have definitely showed their spot in the group as unranked so far, putting up the 2 worst records in the group so far.

Current Stats (Avg, HR, SB, RBI,  Fldg Pct)
C: Adam Felix: .278, 1, 0, 3, .980 (1 ERROR)
1B: Wendell Barkley: .301, 2, 1, 6, 1.000
2B: Bobby Williams: .298, 1, 0, 8, .980 (1 ERROR)
SS: Raymond Bailey: .322, 3, 3, 10, 1.000
3B: Terry Long: .230, 0, 0, 1, 1.000
OF: Nate Johnson: .401, 6, 1, 11, .980 (1 ERROR)
Mike Harnabo: .172, 0, 0, 0, .980 (1 ERROR)
Adam Torres: .368, 2, 2, 8, 1.000

Stats (W-L, ERA, IP)

SP: Joe Kenton: 1-1, 2.90, 27.1
 Josh Perez: 4-1, 1.88, 33.2
Michael Wright: 1-3, 5.24, 31.0

MR: 
Keith Rodriguez: 1-0, 3.12, 12.0
 Marcus T. Hamilton: 1-1, 2.87, 16.0

SU: Joseph Torres: 0-0, 4.30, 4.0

CL: Steven Brown: 0-1, 1.99, 11.0

by **Drawkland** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:16 pm

DRAWKLAND NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM

Name: Base Corps
Demonym: Drawkian
Physiology: Special
15TH World Baseball Classic, Rank #12
Stadium: Hydrogen Cyanide Field, Drawk City
Capacity: 75,000

Manager: Blanton Evergreen

BASE CORPS
STARTING ROSTER
P   ##  PLAYER              BATS   THROWS
C   3   Dee Thomas          Right  Right
1B  4   Mark Fields         Right  Right
2B  17  Abram Kavana        Right  Right
3B  15  Bavid Ortey         Right  Right
SS  24  Roger Madison       Left   Right
LF  10  Chan Ford           Left   Left
CF  7   Lane Kavana         Switch Right
RF  23  Taylor Smart        Left   Left
DH  99  Franky Jones        Right  Right

BASE CORPS
RESERVE ROSTER
P   ##  PLAYER              BATS   THROWS
C   12  Lucia Goddard       Left   Left
1B  5   Jacquelyn Williams  Right  Right
2B  9   Christy Rhodes      Right  Right
3B  31  Braden Breckenridge Switch Left
SS  2   Aaron Gomez         Left   Right
LF  18  Paul Silvia         Switch Right
CF  11  Trinity Michaels    Right  Left
RF  20  Victoria Irving     Right  Right
DH  25  Amancio Hayes       Switch Right

BASE CORPS
PITCHERS
P   ##  PLAYER              THROWS
SP  22  Leo Roy             Right
SP  44  Darien Rodriguez    Right
SP  69  Bruce Moore         Right
SP  45  Will Knight         Left
SP  43  Andrew Tyler        Left

RP  55  Jack West           Right
RP  32  Danny Jefferson     Left
RP  41  Andre Phillips      Right
RP  39  Matt Carter         Left

RP  60  Carlos Gomez        Right
C   51  Franklin Bell       Right

BASE CORPS - STARTING
LINEUP WITH DH
1. KAVANA (A)
2. MADISON
3. SMART
4. KAVANA (L)
5. JONES
6. FORD
7. FIELDS
8. ORTEY
9. THOMAS

BASE CORPS - STARTING
LINEUP WITHOUT DH
1. KAVANA (A)
2. MADISON
3. SMART
4. KAVANA (L)
5. FORD
6. FIELDS
7. ORTEY
8. THOMAS
9. (pitcher)

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my runscorers: Yes.
Choose my lineup: My lineup is as specified above.
Follow my pitching rotation: Please do, same order as listed.
Godmod scoring events: Yes.
RP injuries to my players: Nothing career-ending. TG me if it's more than a couple games.
Godmod injuries to my players: As long as it follows the above rule.
Eject my players: Yes, only one per game and a duration of a game.
Godmod other events: As long as it doesn't destroy my nation or my organization, I'm fine with anything.
Use DH at home: Yes.

Style Mod: +3.5

As far as permissions go, as long as it doesn't totally wreck me, I don't mind. TG me if you do something major, but don't feel the need to alert beforehand.

by **Tikariot** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:44 pm

The picture opens to the bullpen of Port Rhovanyon's Oceanview Park, with the hosts of TSG TV's coverage of the World Baseball Classic set up right in front of the dividing fence.

Kenneth Burgess: Good evening Tikariot! My name is Kenneth Burgess and as we are nearing the second half of the group stage of the World Baseball Classic, I wanted to take the opportunity to take a look back at what we've seen so far and an outlook on what lies ahead.

Sarah Ladle: Hello from me as well, I'm Sarah Ladle and in case you're missing Angelo, he has managed to get himself a really bad cold in the middle of summer. Hope you feel better soon, Angelo!

Burgess: So after the first 15 games the Tikariot Thunderforge, or better known as the Devil's Rejects, are sitting in third position, one win behind leaders Ko-oren and second placed Royal Kingdom of Quebec. Now only the first two teams will qualify for the playoffs, so it is a tall order, however we are still in the running.

Ladle: Yes, we are! But every single win counts a lot right now and also every run, as out of the three teams Tikariot has the worst run differential with -3, while the Royal Kingdom sits at +9 and Ko-oren even at +39, so we'd almost have to treat that as an extra win when looking at the chances for us advancing to the next round. Looking back at the first five series we can see that while winning four and losing one (including a win against Ko-oren), each series was split and not having seen any sweeps in our favour so far is what has put us behind at least for the time being.

Burgess: Now where does that leave us for the second half? Not in a bad position to be honest, but let's hear from Graham McCrory himself, over to you, Sean.

Sean Callahan: Thanks Kenneth, I have Graham McCrory here with me. So Graham, how do you see the first half so far?

Graham McCrory: Been good, could be better.

Callahan: Could you elaborate a little, please?

McCrory: Been quite good, but needs to be better. Just toying with ya, son. We've been doing pretty good considering that we haven't had any chance to recuperate since the International Baseball Slam, which has put us at a disadvantage from the beginning. Sure, not having had any downtime and keeping up momentum and all that jazz is all fine and dandy, but if a player is tired, momentum only gets you that far.

Callahan: So how is your approach for the next five series?

McCrory: Pretty much the same as for the first five. We have to be focused and really be 'there' every night. We can't afford games like that 9-0 loss, because it shoots our run differential to shits. We've won a lot of clutch games by one run, so that is very good, because it shows that the guys can focus and be there when it counts, but when they don't, it really hurts us, especially in such a tight group like ours.

Callahan: Is there a way to make sure that the focus will stay high?

McCrory: If there was a surefire way, everybody would use it. I just have to make sure they stay grounded and see that they have the chance to advance, which would be huge for us, as this is just our second tournament ever. Now if you excuse me, I have a few people to zone in on our series tonight.

Callahan: Of course, thank you, Coach McCrory. Back to you, Kenneth.

Burgess: Thanks Sean. the coach makes things sound so simple and they in fact are, but that makes it so tricky as well. A win against the Mathuvian Union tonight is a must and if we could get a sweep, it'd give us a huge boost in the standings. Now let's have a quick look at the other groups and see how things look there, Sarah?

Ladle: In group 1 hosts Newmanistan are clear in the lead with twelve wins, three ahead of Se Vende Skooma and four ahead of TJUN-ia, so they are the clear favourites here. For the second spot Se Vende Skooma, TJUN-ia, South Covello and Chromatika still have good chances, as they are only three wins apart, with only Marigred having fallen behind with a five win deficit.

Burgess: Group 2 is super tight as well, with Banija in the lead with ten wins, followed by Sarzonia and Liventia with nine each and Daskel with eight. Kohnhead and their six wins mean that they are still in contention as well, but The Jovannic has only three wins so far and looks like being out of contention already.

Ladle: Group 3 is the maybe most divided at this point, Hampton Island and South Newlandia are forging ahead with eleven wins each, only Torisakia is still in this with eight. The other three teams, Quebecois Acadiana, Drunk People at the Local Tavern and The Greater Nordics all sit at five wins and it would take some major streak to bring them back into the playoff picture.

Burgess: Group 4 is cominated by Cassadaigua, sitting comfortable up top with 13 wins, already five ahead of Northwest Kalactin and Drawkland, then one more win behind Ethane. Lovisa with five and The Fair Republic with four are completing the group.

Ladle: In the bottom half of the grid, group 5 sees Nova Anglicana leading affairs with twelve wins, two ahead of Hapilopper, who in turn are two more ahead of the Equestrian States. Another two wins less are on the account of Zwangzug, then Jeckland and Ihiltracna, all three of which look like they are almost out of contention already.

Burgess: Group 6 sees every team being at most three wins away from a potential playoff spot. the Free Republics head things off with ten, then Delaclava with nine, but after that it gets super tight. Ranoria and Abanhfleft have seven wins each, one more than Nagore and HUElavia, so literally anything goes here.

Ladle: In our group, number 7, Ko-oren and the Royal Kingdom of Quebec lead with ten wins each, Tikariot one behind. Falisiand with seven and The Sarian with six are keeping a safe distance to bottom dweller Mathuvan Union, who are sitting with a mere three wins at the bottom.

Burgess: And finally number 8, here we also have three teams ahead, with The Sherpa Empire on top with eleven, followed by the Terre Septentrionale with ten and Super-Llamaland with eight. Things are getting considerably harder for Megistos and Devonta, who have six wins each, and the Pripet Socialist Republic and its four wins are no further than last place.

Ladle: As mentioned earlier, tonight we are squaring off against the Mathuvan Union again, who we had won against in the first half and another strong showing is mandatory, if we want to stay in contention. Check in with us later tonight for our full live coverage of the series and let's hope that we'll have reason to celebrate!

by **Zwangzug** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:39 pm

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We emerge from the shadows of imaginary nations
Home and away, still we play, everywhere is fascination
Then we go crashing down, no upset but it's unreal
So close yet so far, it's too much to feel

Oh half of the games lie behind us, just stretched-out linescores
Half of the games to play
Half of the games swell with data that should tell us
That we can't keep crawling back
If we just get halfway

We're betrayed, but believe, and we fall in love again
Nine innings isn't enough, so let's play twelve or ten
Fans sit in the bay, listening to radio waves
And then the Lions walk off, there isn't time for saves.

Oh half of the games see us down in the fourth position
Now that we're six and nine
Half of the games make us lose our minds screaming
But we think anything's possible
Inside the foul lines

Our faith is strong
And they fall short again, what went wrong
We'll go home later on
Fans will hate that Spenson can only host half of the games
We'll be on the road again
For half of the games

Half of the games live just in our imagination
Maybe we'll sweep the rest.
Half of the games gave us plenty of information;
We're nowhere near the best.

Half of the games are open for betting, numbers on paper, no more.
Half of the games don't make easy viewing but we all have to know the score.

by **Kohnhead** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:50 pm

Kohnhead surprisingly win one out of three against Banjia

Back at Real Kohnhead Dressing Stadium taking on a very good 2nd best team in the World Banjia, The Pandas were expected to lose all three games handily. They surprisingly won one of the three games in the series. In this series our top three pitchers played, as Bloggs, Crouch, and Mclellan got their third starts.

Banija                                0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0  5
Kohnhead                              0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0  2

Not much we could have done better in this one. Banjia jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the third but we responded in the bottom of the frame. While they scored again in the top of the 4th, Hahn hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 5th to tie the game. Unfortunately Bloggs just couldn't hold off against the very good Banjian hitters and surrendered three more runs, and our offense failed to score again.

Banija                                0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0
Kohnhead                              0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X  3

The young Fletcher Crouch really showed out in this one. Crouch allowed just six runners to reach base the entire game and no runs were scored as Fletcher would go the full nine innings in a 3-0 statement win. The statement wasn't anything like this team is here to win it it's more of they can win games and in a few WBCs this could be a team to watch. The offense scored their most runs in this game which isn't saying much but with the way Crouch pitched especially his curve and slider, three runs easily did the trick.

Banija                                1 0 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 10
Kohnhead                              0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  1

After a game they should have won in game 2, Banjia wanted to show they were better than that and Mclellan was no match for their hitters. To credit Banjia their pitchers were extremely good the entire series dominating us in all three games to allow six runs in twenty seven innings which is pretty good. In this one their lineup finally woke up as Cyper Kandeh had two homeruns in a 3-4 day at the plate. Yakuba Kah also added multiple rbis.

Overall despite losing the series at home, I'd say this was a win for us. We got swept by the 10th best team in the World, Liventia so taking one out of three from the 2nd is pretty good. Crouch continues to show out while Mclellan continues to struggle. The thought is this will be the last tournament we employ a 6 person rotation.

As for the standings, we sit in 5th pretty much as expected. We are alone in where we stand two wins behind Daskel and three ahead of The Jovannic. The series win against Sarzonia is looking better and better as they move into second of the group.

Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Banija                 15   10   0   5    86   55  +31    30
2 Sarzonia               15    9   0   6    71   64   +7    27
3 Liventia               15    9   0   6    65   57   +8    27
4 Daskel                 15    8   0   7    79   80   −1    24
5 Kohnhead               15    6   0   9    55   76  −21    18
6 The Jovannic           15    3   0  12    63   87  −24     9

Our bottom of the rotation will be the three pitching against Liventia as we host them at Real Kohnhead Dressing Park. Can we avoid a second sweep against them?

by **Super-Llamaland** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:55 pm

Stadium Museum Alley Road

V. The Rocket
May 26, 3131
4042 Bartlett Ave.
Emerald Springs, ?

“So, this is your uncle’s place?” Alex asked. The kid - who still refused to tell Alex his name - nodded in response, then quickly knocked six times on the door. The last few days had been touch and go. Alex had only narrowly managed to avoid detection on what had turned into a cross-country bike ride alongside a small child, but they’d managed to make it to Emerald Springs far earlier than he’d expected.

A few minutes went by without the door opening. Alex turned to the kid expectantly, who seemed accustomed to waiting. “You sure he’s home?” he asked.

“Oh yes,” the kid replied. “My uncle is always home. He’s probably finishing something up in his workshop right now, and then he’ll come inside to open the door. It should take him somewhere between a few minutes and an hour.”

While they waited, Alex slid out another memory tab from Max’s book and handed it to the kid to keep him occupied. He hadn’t put any in his own ear since he’d learned about the renaming of Kirk Memorial Field. If what Dominic D’Alessio had said to those reporters a hundred years in the future was true, then that meant his old life was basically over. He had turned the memory around in his head for the last five days, and the conclusion he’d repeatedly reached was inescapable. He had to still be missing in 2132, which meant that even if he was able to find a way back to some point in the past, it would only be a point in time after which everyone he knew was long gone.

He’d been despondent at first, and the kid had quickly learned to leave him alone. He’d even considered suicide a few times since they had left Vargas. But in some ways, though, it was freeing. He was a man without a time, meaning he had nothing to lose. And he’d been entrusted with lifetimes of New Llama Wizards baseball, so he might as well get them to their destination before he figured out what to do with whatever life he had left.

It’d been roughly an hour and a half by the time the kid’s uncle had opened the door. He looked up at Alex with a wary expression. “Who are you?”

“I’m Alex Kirk. Your, uh, nephew mentioned that you were trying to build something to break the Wall, and he wanted me to bring my stash of memories to you,” Alex replied. The uncle squinted at him and shrugged. “Yeah...I don’t need any of your memories, unless they happen to be about getting the fuck out of this century. But you can come take a look at what I’ve been working on. I’m Dr. Sorescu, by the way.”

“...Just to be clear, though, you’re not Enhanced, right?”

Dr. Sorescu laughed bitterly. “Of course not. Nobody in the Middle Ages is.”

“...Is that when you think we are?” Dr. Sorescu wasn’t facing Alex when he asked, but somehow Alex knew he was rolling his eyes. The man tossed what appeared to be a smaller, sleeker version of a memory tab to him, and gestured toward Alex’s ear. Alex obliged, and again felt the world spinning out from underneath him as the memory set in.

June 19, 4240
The Center for Temporal Research
New Nandaozhou, The Federation

Things had been looking up for Dr. Nik Sorescu. At least, up until this very moment.

His lab work, obviously, had been going great. He’d solved the temporal oscillator problem - which had been a priority of the center CTR for months - in his first few weeks since arriving at the CTR, which had functionally made time travel possible. He hadn’t looked much into the actual construction of the time machine - preferring to let others do the grunt work of bringing all the components together while he continued tinkering with his oscillator. But the entire lab now knew the name of Dr. Nik Sorescu, and once they finished the time machine, the public would know that it was his breakthrough that had made time travel possible.

Out of all the things to ruin his streak of perfect days, he hadn’t expected it to be Take Your Child to Work day. But after dropping his nephew off in his office, he’d absent-mindedly run to the bathroom for a minute, and come back to an empty room.

Thinking that maybe one of his colleagues was taking care of him, he’d knocked on his neighbor’s door to ask. Only to find his nephew lying motionless inside a time machine prototype, and one of his biggest rivals calmly tinkering with the controls.

“What the fuck, Chester,” he’d choked out indignantly. Dr. Mychal Chester looked up and smiled. “Sorescu. Good to see you. Your nephew was being a little rowdy in your lab, so I figured I’d calm him down a little.

“Did you tranquilize my kid? He’s five, you goddamn psychopa-”

Chester waved his hand over one of the buttons on the board in front of him. “I wouldn’t be so mouthy if I were you. One click and I can send him to the Stone Age. I’d love to hear you explain that to your wife. Or, honestly, anyone.”

“...What do you want?”

“I want you to retire. I’m sick of you walking around this place talking about how great you are, Sorescu. We all are. Some kid with a PhD walks into our lab, flukes his way into a temporal oscillator, and suddenly he’s going to be the sole inventor of the time machine? We’ll throw your name on the paper, of course, but I’ll be damned if I’m going let the media call you The Inventor.”

“...And if I don’t let you steal the credit, I assume you’ll send him back a thousand years?”

“That was the plan, yes,” said Chester with a smile. “I can’t imagine him lasting too long in the Middle Ages.”

Sorescu glanced over the controls that Chester had set. He hadn’t spent much time with the new dashboard system, but as he frantically looked over it, he realized that nothing about the configuration actually made sense...which meant that Chester was bluffing. “You know what?” he said, with a smile, as he walked over to the prototype. “I don’t think this thing works. I don’t think you’re good enough to make it work.” As he opened the door to pick his nephew up, he turned over to a stone-faced Chester. “So if you don’t mind,” he said, briefly stepping into the machine, “I’ll be-”

click. Suddenly, he could feel the lab around him flicker, as if it were immaterial. Wide-eyed, Nik Sorescu opened his mouth in betrayal as he turned to a smirking Chester. But before he could say anything, there was a rushing of air around him, and he was gone.

May 26, 3131
4042 Bartlett Ave.
Emerald Springs, ?

“Jesus,” Alex said as he woke up. “How long have you been stuck here?”

“Four years, three months, and twenty-four days,” Sorescu said. “How about you?”

“...What?”

“You’re obviously not from here. Everyone from this time is either Enhanced or in hiding. If you’d grown up in the 3100s, you’d never be bold enough to bike around half the country with a bag full of stolen memories.”

“These were actually given to-” seeing Sorescu roll his eyes again, he conceded the point. “A week and a half, I think. However long it takes to bike here from New Llama City.” Sorescu said nothing in reply, so he continued. “So...have you been working on this spaceship the whole time? Couldn’t you just build another...temporal thing and go back?”

“I thought about that too, but here’s the thing. Have you ever met a time traveller?”

“...No, but maybe they’re just trying to stay hidden?”

“Yeah, about that. I was actually on the time travel ethics board for a few weeks after I built that oscillator, and we agreed that if we ever did a time travel experiment, we would travel as far back as possible, and build a...sort of series of time capsules, I guess, to use a phrase from your time, across the country. That way, if you ever found yourself stuck in the past, you could just go to one of the capsules, write a message on one of them, and someone could eventually come and pick you up.”

“...And you haven’t found any.”

“No. And one more thing - May 31, 3131 is supposed to be the day that The Wall is broken with a sort of modified spaceship, but as far as we can tell, thirty-second century technology hadn’t progressed far enough to do that yet.”

“What does that mean?”

“...Well, that would mean someone from the future came back to break The Wall. And as far as I can tell, I’m the only time traveller there will ever be in this timeline.”

“...”

“So, do you want to see the ship?”

May 26, 3131
A shed behind 4042 Bartlett Ave.
Emerald Springs, ?

The spaceship that would apparently save the world was twenty feet of polished aluminum and insulation tiles. It looked remarkably similar to the space shuttles that Alex remembered as a kid - majestic yet imposing.

“Sorry it’s so small and shitty, but when you’re working with primitive tools and stolen building materials, this is the best you can do,” Sorescu said beside him.

“So you’re launching it in a few days? Will it be ready by then?”

“Oh, it’s ready now. But I figured I’d wait.” Sorescu paused for a second, then continued: “Well, you said you would be heading to Kyrinson, right? Good luck with that,” and began to walk away.

“Wait - do you know anything about The Event?” Alex said, chasing after him.

“It’s ancient history to me, Alex. I don’t think I can help you, especially with five days left on this deadline.” he turned around again. “Good luck, though. Genui-”

A sharp scream from the front yard cut both of them off. “Uncle Nik, help!” The two briefly looked at each other, frozen, before running toward its source.

by **Falisiand** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:11 pm

We got beat 2-1 by Tikariot, lets recap that

Austin Wilkerson was on the mound for the first game. Junior Brown hit a grand-slam in the first to make it 4-0, but then Wilkerson allowed 2 runs in the 2nd, and then 2 more runs in the 4th to make it 4-4, then Tikariot scored a run in the 5th to make it 5-4, but then Amaan Pruitt hit a home run to make it 5-5, but then Tikariot scored a run to make it 6-5, but Junior Brown hit a double to score Leroy Pratt to make it 6-6, but Tikariot hit a walkoff to win 7-6. Austin Wilkerson pitched 5.0 innings with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. Another game that was lost due to pitching

Falisiand                             4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1  6
Tikariot                              0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1  7

The 2nd game had Keaton Holman on the mound, Falisiand, struck first with an Aidan Singleton triple to score Leroy Pratt, but Tikariot hit a grand slam in the 3rd to make it 4-1, but then Richard Mcbride hit home run to make it 4-2, then Kodey Kenton hit a home rin to make it 4-3, but then Tikariot scored a run to make it 5-3, but then Aidan Singleton hit a double to score Leroy Pratt to make it 5-4, then in the 8th, Amaan Pruitt tied the game off of a double that scored Ryan Grantham, but Tikariot cored a run to make it 6-5 and Falisiand couldn't score a run to tie it. Austin Wilkerson was in 5.0 innings with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts

Falisiand                             0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0  5
Tikariot                              0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 X  6

Rufus Hammond was on the mound for the 3rd game where Tikariot struck first with a run in the first, but then Kodey Kenton hit a grand-slam to make it 4-1, then Tikariot scored 1 run in the 6th and 3 runs in the 7th to make it 5-4, but then Richard Mcbride hit a 2-run home run to make it a 6-5 game, Tikariot couldn't score anymore runs and Falisiand won the game. Rufus Hammond pitched 6.0 innings with 2 walks and 7 strikeouts

Falisiand                             0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0  6
Tikariot                              1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0  5

Falisiand will face Ko-oren once again,but on the road in the next series, Ko-oren beat us 2 games to 1 at home, so let's see what we can do on the road.

by **Hapilopper** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:11 pm

Capital Stadium, Hapilopper City
World Baseball Classic 49 Halfway Break
A number of players on the Hapilopper National Baseball Team were enjoying a day in an empty Capital Stadium, having what could be loosely considered a workout day. The pitching staff was working out in the bullpens while different players were working out at various parts of the field. Meanwhile, representatives from the National League of Hapilopper, as well as Emporia Reds pitcher Curtis Skinner, were holding court with members of the Hapiloppian sports media in the stands behind the first base dugout. They were all thinking back to the first half of the group stage, a set of 15 games that put the Haps very decisively in second place in the group.

They were also thinking back to the most recent series – the one against the team from Equestria, where Capital Stadium was probably louder than it had ever been. There had been a level of nationalistic jingoism that had whipped up Hapiloppian fans leading up to the Equestria series, a bit of feeling that dated back to that game in the 59th AOCAF, the first time that Hapilopper and Equestria faced off in any sport.

Everyone remembered the result – 8-1 for the Equestrians, and the popular goalkeeper Cooter Harris losing his mind. Banners such as “NEVER FORGET 8-1” and “WE REMEMBER MANEHATTAN” spoke volumes to the feelings that Hapiloppian fans had for Equestrian sports teams. Even if that was football (or hoofball) and this was baseball.

“I’ve never heard a stadium that loud,” Curtis Skinner said. “I swear I thought they were gonna riot right then and there.”

He was referring to the bottom of the 8th inning in the first game, when Jerome Hayden hit that three-run home run that put the Haps out front. Levi Berry and Dayton Rowe had gotten on base from some sensational hitting, and the crowd was already buzzing. Then Jerome got the pitch he was looking for, and hit it as hard as he could.

The crowd went nuclear. Jerome stared at the Equestrian pitcher, mouthed the words “Eight One,” flipped his bat and went on a very confident trot of the bases. The home run actually led to a brief delay as some fans got out of control in the immediate aftermath of the home run. But it was one hell of a start to a series where the Haps took two games from the Equestrians.

But National League of Hapilopper officials were not impressed with what they saw from the fans. Several dozen fans were ejected from the first game, and security was tripled for the next two games. James Parkhurst, commissioner of the National League of Hapilopper, was also quoted in the Hapilopper City Herald threatening to forfeit the remainder of the Hapilopper/Equestria series if the fans wouldn’t behave themselves.

“We’re better than this,” Parkhurst said. “We’re better than to act like a bunch of assholes over something that happened several years ago. I’m not going to tolerate the near-riot that happened in game one. Period.”

And fans stayed on their best behavior for the rest of the series.

What Parkhurst was happy with, though, was that the Hapilopper National Baseball Team had put on a fantastic showing in their first five series, ending up 10-5, and only losing one series, to the top team in the group, the Nova Anglicana Lions.

“This is the best the Haps have ever been,” Parkhurst said to the assembled media. “There’s something here, and I can’t place my finger on it, but this team’s hell-bent on winning and they’re willing to do whatever they can to do it. But they’ve got to stay hungry. We’ve got some great teams in this group. Jeckland’s great. Equestria’s great. Zwangzug’s great. We’ve got to be better.”

by **The Royal Kingdom of Quebec** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:59 pm

Childhood, Traces
PART 8.1 - Graffiti

Walking through the city streets, is it by mistake or design?
Lana Del Rey, Born To Die -

Was it by accident that I happened to find that voice in my head?

I do not know if it’s by fate or by design that have led me there, that summer, nor do I care on whether it matters or not. Sometimes, the divine figure, high above, has those designs, but those aren’t always foolproof and more often than not you’d fall into such errors where you, too, would behave as if omnipotent. That could end up going dangerous for many of us, as that can either contribute to a cycle of terrible loves that you find yourself committing or receiving the abuse of the flames of irrationality, or just fall into even worse cycle of hubris that ultimately costs your life. So you, dear reader, should always be cautious when thinking about the purpose and how you and a certain love of your life, got brought together at that moment and stage.

Anyways, let’s go back to the timeless sphere of Baker Park. On one of the salles of the Dance Hall, the only remnant at the tip of the Gwangmoo Pier and what remains of its early days, that was where the tunes binded me, side by side, with another Quebecois girl named Eileen.
She was a year older, having turned 13 when the previous school year was slowly wrapping up, and I turned 12 the previous month. One thing I could clearly recall was how it was close to nine in the evening, which had meant that the sun was setting, and yet nobody cared about where I wandered around. Red Deer Lake District, after all, was one of those weird timeless places where people behaved as if all went normal and ‘normie’, and so a random go-around like the one I had that evening, was of course tolerated.

Attention was drawn to the quiet beating of the piano keys that she had tugged along as if they were her own heartstrings, and likely reflected that of the wavelengths of the dancers around or slightly older than us. Of course, I was not really a Southwesterner, and that showed pretty well. The lightest shades of her blue eyes, which looked more like a pair of opals than the aquamarines, looked on point to all those who dared to see, that highlighted the cheekbones. She wore a flowery blouse, befit with a light, pale jacket, that I had reminded myself of a certain Park Gyu-Seong novel I read that summer named ‘꽃밭에 로라 (Laura of the Flowerbeds)‘, which would eventually resurface on my Baccalaureat exam as a college senior.

She spoke slowly, perhaps too paced if anything, in a mix of the standardised Quebecois English and French, but also the generic southeastern Quebecois-Korean dialect. It is not too unusual, however, and if anything I’ve found the case with children of our time at the cottage county here and there. That’s partly to do with the product of third-language education in this country, something that I, myself have gone through as a relative latecomer.

Anyways, it was something unusual for me to have ended up frequenting the dance halls at such an age. Emotional attachments have not been my strengths and it will never be, however degenerate of a human being you may have seen me in past and present. College stories of debaucheries and low purity test scores explain only parts of my story and whatnot, and we should remember that. But when I first met Eileen, I knew that there was something electric in the air.

For the usual catcher on the diamond and the rafter on the river, Eileen seemed to me much more out of sort than those of the other side at Red Deer Lake district. Unlike short stories that involve twelve-yr old teenage romances or even some of those coming-of-age movies, I quickly came to realise that this love wasn’t one of those cases where there existed particular disparity of love received by a child’s parents. Instead what became of it was rather the melodies that just flowed through the air, as we walked over the grass another day hoping that the divine being does not separate us so early. ‘Fold it, fold it, fold i-i-i-it,’ she said, as we were spinning into circles after circles in some grassy patch that was randomly strewn between cottage homes and the woods.

And as the circles became dizzingly faster and more visible, I offered a piece of my plans to find solitary time with Kenna cousins (to spare ourselves from confusion), who themselves became acquainted with many siblings, cousins or cousin-siblings of theirs that frequented the field. They got along well with those of the ‘deuxieme fin-de-siecles‘, something that a Dr. Heo referred with a raised eyebrow. It was pretty easy to interpret what the perky ears had meant, as I knew they were clearly of the rural nobility with old, old estates and fair few in college, but not a ton on their coffers to vacation out in West Aotearoa (half a world away in Southwestern Tyran, which requires almost-mandatory layover at Handon International Airport), or somewhere farther in the Quebecois Commonwealth. There’s some sort of commonality that they nodded along, as Bron-Yr-Aur seat of the house was too a country barn, family-owned house in Quebec City often rented out, and of course the family being fairly new to Cornwall. It’s one of those old tongues that some, especially those more familiar with history or are just from such backgrounds abroad, would sense right away, but would otherwise be difficult to detect.

During my three weeks spent here, my passions reflected the colours of the sky that changed too dramatically, eventually culminating into chromatics and vague patterns that I would only regain few times since that summer. Since my father, still a PJQ (Parti Justice de Quebec) parliamentarian, chose to stay out of much socialisation with his fifties for much of the time spent here, the tales of passion stayed with my family, the Heos and of course, the Kenna-Lundrigans.

by **Newmanistan** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:04 pm

Series 6, Game 1

Group 1
Chromatika                            0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  3
South Covello                         1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 X  7

Se Vende Skooma                       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  1
TJUN-ia                               0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X  2

Marigred                              0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1  3
Newmanistan                           0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X  4

Series 6, Game 2

Group 1
Chromatika                            0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1  6
South Covello                         0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0  4

Se Vende Skooma                       0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  1
TJUN-ia                               0 0 5 3 0 4 0 2 X 14

Marigred                              0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0  1
Newmanistan                           2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 X  8

Series 6, Game 3

Group 1
Chromatika                            1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0  4
South Covello                         0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  2

Se Vende Skooma                       3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0  7
TJUN-ia                               1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1  6

Marigred                              0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0  5
Newmanistan                           0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0  3

*                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Newmanistan            18   14   0   4    99   54  +45    42
2 TJUN-ia                18   10   0   8    87   65  +22    30
3 Se Vende Skooma        18   10   0   8    64   69   −5    30
4 Chromatika             18    8   0  10    59   74  −15    24
5 South Covello          18    7   0  11    62   84  −22    21
6 Marigred               18    5   0  13    75  100  −25    15

Series 6, Game 1

Group 2
Liventia                              2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0  4
Kohnhead                              0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1  5

Banija                                1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0  4
Sarzonia                              0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  2

The Jovannic                          1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  2
Daskel                                0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X  3

Series 6, Game 2

Group 2
Liventia                              1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  4
Kohnhead                              0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0  3

Banija                                0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0  5
Sarzonia                              0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0  2

The Jovannic                          0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  2
Daskel                                3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X  6

Series 6, Game 3

Group 2
Liventia                              1 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0  9
Kohnhead                              0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0  3

Banija                                0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0  2
Sarzonia                              0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 X  8

The Jovannic                          0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  1
Daskel                                0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0

*                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Banija                 18   12   0   6    97   67  +30    36
2 Liventia               18   11   0   7    82   68  +14    33
3 Daskel                 18   10   0   8    88   85   +3    30
4 Sarzonia               18   10   0   8    83   75   +8    30
5 Kohnhead               18    7   0  11    66   93  −27    21
6 The Jovannic           18    4   0  14    68   96  −28    12

Series 6, Game 1

Group 3
The Greater Nordics                   0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 11
Hampton Island                        0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6  7

Quebecois Acadiana                    0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  3
Torisakia                             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2  4

Drunk People at the Local Tavern      0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0  7
South Newlandia                       0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0  5

Series 6, Game 2

Group 3
The Greater Nordics                   0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0  7
Hampton Island                        0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1  6

Quebecois Acadiana                    0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1  3
Torisakia                             0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 X  4

Drunk People at the Local Tavern      0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3  5
South Newlandia                       0 0 2 4 0 0 3 2 X 11

Series 6, Game 3

Group 3
The Greater Nordics                   1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2  9
Hampton Island                        0 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0  8

Quebecois Acadiana                    0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0  6
Torisakia                             0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2  7

Drunk People at the Local Tavern      0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0  5
South Newlandia                       1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1  3

*                                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 South Newlandia                    18   12   0   6   102   91  +11    36
2 Hampton Island                     18   11   0   7    95   79  +16    33
3 Torisakia                          18   11   0   7    79   68  +11    33
4 The Greater Nordics                18    8   0  10    81   97  −16    24
5 Drunk People at the Local Tavern   18    7   0  11    86   97  −11    21
6 Quebecois Acadiana                 18    5   0  13    81   92  −11    15

Series 6, Game 1

Group 4
Cassadaigua                           2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0  7
Northwest Kalactin                    1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0  2

The Fair Republic                     0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 10
Lovisa                                0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 2  9

Drawkland                             1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0  3
Ethane                                0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  1

Series 6, Game 2

Group 4
Cassadaigua                           0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0  3
Northwest Kalactin                    4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X  4

The Fair Republic                     0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1  2
Lovisa                                0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X  6

Drawkland                             0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0  4
Ethane                                1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 X  9

Series 6, Game 3

Group 4
Cassadaigua                           0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0  5
Northwest Kalactin                    0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 X  6

The Fair Republic                     2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  4
Lovisa                                0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  1

Drawkland                             0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2  6
Ethane                                0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2  4

*                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Cassadaigua            18   14   0   4   100   63  +37    42
2 Northwest Kalactin     18   10   0   8    81   91  −10    30
3 Drawkland              18   10   0   8   100   91   +9    30
4 Ethane                 18    8   0  10    83   75   +8    24
5 Lovisa                 18    6   0  12    85  108  −23    18
6 The Fair Republic      18    6   0  12    85  106  −21    18

Series 6, Game 1

Group 5
Nova Anglicana                        0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0  4
Ihilthracna                           0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0  3

Jeckland                              0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0  6
Hapilopper                            0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1  4

Equestrian States                     0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1  2
Zwangzug                              1 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 X 10

Series 6, Game 2

Group 5
Nova Anglicana                        0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0  2
Ihilthracna                           0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 X  3

Jeckland                              0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0  2
Hapilopper                            0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 X  6

Equestrian States                     1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0  5
Zwangzug                              0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1  3

Series 6, Game 3

Group 5
Nova Anglicana                        1 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0  9
Ihilthracna                           2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0  6

Jeckland                              0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0  6
Hapilopper                            0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  7

Equestrian States                     0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1  5
Zwangzug                              0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1  2

*                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Nova Anglicana         18   14   0   4    83   62  +21    42
2 Hapilopper             18   12   0   6    85   70  +15    36
3 Equestrian States      18   10   0   8    72   80   −8    30
4 Zwangzug               18    7   0  11    80   78   +2    21
5 Jeckland               18    6   0  12    70   91  −21    18
6 Ihilthracna            18    5   0  13    66   75   −9    15

Series 6, Game 1

Group 6
Ranoria                               2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2  7
Free Republics                        0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0  5

Abanhfleft                            0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  2
Delaclava                             0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 X  3

Nagore                                0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  1
HUElavia                              0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 X  5

Series 6, Game 2

Group 6
Ranoria                               0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0  7
Free Republics                        0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2  9

Abanhfleft                            1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  2
Delaclava                             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  1

Nagore                                0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0
HUElavia                              0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 X  8

Series 6, Game 3

Group 6
Ranoria                               0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  2
Free Republics                        0 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 X  8

Abanhfleft                            0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0  5
Delaclava                             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  1

Nagore                                0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0  5
HUElavia                              0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 X  7

*                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Free Republics         18   12   0   6    97   82  +15    36
2 Delaclava              18   10   0   8    83   64  +19    30
3 HUElavia               18    9   0   9    80   71   +9    27
4 Abanhfleft             18    9   0   9    74   73   +1    27
5 Ranoria                18    8   0  10    79   87   −8    24
6 Nagore                 18    6   0  12    57   93  −36    18

Series 6, Game 1

Group 7
The Sarian                            0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0
Royal Kingdom of Quebec               0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X  1

Mathuvan Union                        0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0  3
Tikariot                              0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Falisiand                             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0
Ko-oren                               0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X  2

Series 6, Game 2

Group 7
The Sarian                            0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1  6
Royal Kingdom of Quebec               2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0  5

Mathuvan Union                        0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  1
Tikariot                              0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X  2

Falisiand                             1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  1
Ko-oren                               0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X  2

Series 6, Game 3

Group 7
The Sarian                            1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1  5
Royal Kingdom of Quebec               2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 X  8

Mathuvan Union                        0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0  3
Tikariot                              1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X  5

Falisiand                             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  1
Ko-oren                               1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X  2

*                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Ko-oren                   18   13   0   5    94   51  +43    39
2 Royal Kingdom of Quebec   18   12   0   6    97   85  +12    36
3 Tikariot                  18   11   0   7    68   71   −3    33
4 Falisiand                 18    7   0  11    67   71   −4    21
5 The Sarian                18    7   0  11    69   75   −6    21
6 Mathuvan Union            18    4   0  14    53   95  −42    12

Series 6, Game 1

Group 8
Pripet Socialist Republic             1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0  3
Terre Septentrionale                  0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 X  6

Megistos                              0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0  3
The Sherpa Empire                     0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 X  4

Devonta                               0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1  2
Super-Llamaland                       0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 X  5

Series 6, Game 2

Group 8
Pripet Socialist Republic             0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0  2
Terre Septentrionale                  0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X  4

Megistos                              0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1  3
The Sherpa Empire                     0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 X  8

Devonta                               0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3  5
Super-Llamaland                       0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 X  6

Series 6, Game 3

Group 8
Pripet Socialist Republic             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0
Terre Septentrionale                  2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X  6

Megistos                              0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0  2
The Sherpa Empire                     0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X  4

Devonta                               0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0  3
Super-Llamaland                       0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 X  4

*                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 The Sherpa Empire           18   14   0   4   100   68  +32    42
2 Terre Septentrionale        18   13   0   5    74   55  +19    39
3 Super-Llamaland             18   11   0   7    86   68  +18    33
4 Devonta                     18    6   0  12    84   91   −7    18
5 Megistos                    18    6   0  12    76   96  −20    18
6 Pripet Socialist Republic   18    4   0  14    54   96  −42    12

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:49 pm

Kalactanian Baseball Federation Goes Forward With Plans to Start Pro League
-GOLD COAST, NORTHWEST KALACTIN: The KFB (Kalactanian Baseball Federation) has announced that they will be starting an official Professional League for Northwest Kalactin in the coming years.

The plans for the inaugural season of the league are largely unannounced, but 4 franchises have been announced so far, and there is expected to be 12 for the first season of play.

Gold Coast, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour and Ballina have all been approved teams by the federation, and the other 8 are expected to be announced by the month's end. Kyater and Armidale are 2 cities that will likely earn teams, as they already have the necessary facilities for teams.

Jake Bannon and Javier Pratt announced that the league will start around the start of the next World Baseball Classic. They are impressed by the growth of baseball in Northwest Kalactin, and the play of the National Team in the current tournament.

An expansion draft is set to take place about 8 months prior to the start of the season, so the players can have enough prior training with each other to work well enough. Each team will get 100 picks in the draft, enough to fill a 25 man roster and 4 minor league teams. A 20 round rookie draft will also take place.

Many players that played College or High Level Youth baseball will look to play well enough in the player evaluation period to be drafted. We know that National team players will be marquee picks in the draft, but what about players that will be drafted in the late rounds of the draft?

We may be looking at many guys that played in High School and College to fill the later rounds of the draft, along with some hotshot athletes from other sports! One of these guys is All-Kalactanian Quarterback in High School Doug Evans, who wasn't able to make it further than 3 years in the pro football league. He wants to become a pitcher in the league later.

Tentative Schedule for NKBPL
1 Year before WBC 50- League Announced
11 Months Before WBC 50- All Franchises Announced
10-9 Months- Evaluation Camps
8 Months- Expansion Draft
7 Months-Players Assemble for First Camp
6 Months-Minor League Camp Starts
5 Months-Rookie Draft
3 Months-Free Agency Period
2-0 Months-Spring Training
End of WBC 50- Opening Day

by **Nova Anglicana** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:36 am

Post WBC 48 - The search for a manager

It was official. Orlando Murray had stepped down from his position as manager of the Nova Anglicana national baseball team after many long years. It was now up to the sub-ministry of Sport in the Ministry of Culture to conduct the search for a new manager. A new government took charge, but as always, the sub-minister was a bureaucrat, not an MP. The new government selected a new sub-minister thought to align more closely with their views and charged him with finding a new manager. The sub-minister then awarded a rather large contract to a headhunting firm to find a new manager. When this did make the news and there was a minor outcry, the sub-minister defended it as an "international search" and "standard business practice for important positions". In the end, it didn't come to that much. At least, not in the face of other things going on. In the end, the headhunting firm recommended four candidates:

-Casey Cain, the "continuity candidate". The current third base coach, a figure known and respected both on the team and by the coaching community. He would be a good person to "continue the legacy" and would bring knowledge of how the Lions had achieved success on the world stage in the past. The players like him, and he has a traditional baseball philosophy that would leave the team in good hands. The downsides are that he is older, and it doesn't project an image of a new era or advancing forward. Could be a bridge candidate for a few years if the other candidates don't impress the sub-Ministry of Sport.

-Melvin Weber, the "players' candidate". Weber also comes from the Eboracum Yeomen, just like Orlando Murray. His team had just won the Anglican Series that year and he'd had a winning record every year. Weber is well-liked around the league for his ability to connect with players and create clubhouse chemistry. He's had good results, good teams, and is known as a steady hand on the tiller. The other thing to consider with him is that he's black. Orlando Murray, a black man at the helm of the national team for so long, had been an inspirational figure and helped grow the ranks of black baseball players and maintain the strength of the NABL and national team. If he (and Marcellus Maloney, for that matter), disappeared from the stage, what might be the impact? It would send a message that the country is committed to baseball for everyone and willing to put POCs at the top of institutions.

-Ty Oliver, the "former NT candidate". He played from WBC 35 to WBC 42, and was part of several great teams, including two quarterfinals appearances, a win in the 3rd place series, a loss in the 3rd place series, and the Lions' first finals appearance in WBC 39. He was a great defender in right, with a rocket arm and amazing athleticism, in addition to hitting well at the plate. Following his retirement after WBC 42, he played a couple more years in the NABL, then became a Labrador League hitting coach. He only stayed at that level for one year before being promoted to TPL and then ML affiliates the following years. He then got named the manager of Londinium's AA Placentia Destroyers, leading them to three division titles and one TPL title in four years. In a somewhat surprising move, he was named manager of the Londinium Capitols at age 45. They finished with a winning record in all three years he had coached them so far, missing out on the division title by one game in his first year, and then winning the division and advancing to the Anglican Series in his third year. He obviously has had a lot of success, connects with the national team due to being a former player, and is youthful compared to Cain and Weber. However, is he just a flash in the pan? Would he be exposed at higher levels due to his inexperience.

-Mark Singleton, the "analytics candidate". The manager of the Vinovium Gunners, he led them to a 13-game improvement in one year and an appearance in the Anglican Series. His other years as manager had been so-so, but you could blame injuries or the Gunners' inability to develop pitching. Another youthful candidate, definitely. The knock on him was that he wasn't as much of a "player's manager" as the others, and his results weren't quite as sharp. But he was the most forward-looking candidate, definitely someone who would project the image of a new era and bring the Lions more into modern and cutting-edge baseball.

In the end, after two rounds of interviews, Mark Singleton was named the new NT manager. At his press conference, the sub-minister of Sport praised his commitment to sabermetrics and technology, emphasizing the new era and progressive tendencies of the new manager. Singleton himself was a little tight-lipped, saying only that "he looked forward to leading the team" and that he wanted to "develop our player pool as much as possible". One thing that baseball is getting better at is optimizing play style and developing fringe players into stars or at least solid regulars, and Singleton pledged to make the national team "a hub of innovation and player development." The players on the WBC 48 team were a little skeptical at first, wondering if they'd get to keep their spots, or get to keep their cherished swings, motions, and routines. But after Singleton met with them, he reassured them that they only wanted to make data available to the players to help them get better. Nothing would be forced, but the trials would be rigorous. "We must embrace the future if we want to keep winning titles," he said. "I want to do everything I can to make you guys better and for us to keep lifting the trophy, and I hope all of you do too."

After training camp and player pool evaluations, the 28-man squad was set. Their first big test would be the new "Londinium Challenge Invitational". The LCI, for short, would pit the two finals teams and the best newcomer squad against the Lions in a short invitational tournament. Since the Lions were one of the two finals teams, the next-highest ranking team was invited instead. In this case, it was #2 Banija. It would be a major test to see how the new squad played under their new manager.

by **Cassadaigua** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:58 am

Bryant Held Out Against Northwest Kalactin,
by Chelsea Dufesne, Concord Heights Times

Taylor Bryant did not play in the series against Northwest Kalactin due to neck stiffness that may have occurred on the flight to the Atlantian Oceania nation. “Taylor slept the wrong way on the plane,” manager Maddie Polanco said prior to the first game, “this morning she was complaining about a stiff neck, and because of that we believe the best course of action is for her not to play in the series. If we really needed her, we would be playing her, but at this stage of the tournament there is no point in pushing it.” Bryant said that it was not an injury, but more a nuisance thing, “Obviously, I want to be out there, but coach is right in that right now there is no point to it. We have people who can step in just fine.” Manager Polanco also gave a maintenance day to Cassie Daniels and Jordyn Prosser in the second game, and then to Danielle Trufant and Macy Hamel in the third game. With the team in the driver seat right now in the group, and just playing for seeding (which really doesn’t matter all that much), Polanco says to expect more of this. “We have nothing to prove right now and have a deep lineup. We will also be limiting the amount of innings are starting pitchers throw. This team is only here to win a title. We have done everything else. So, we are just looking at the big picture.”

Some people could suggest that the Fillies should not be so relaxed about the state of the group, as they have just a four game lead over the third place cutoff. With 12 games to go, there is still some time, but let’s also face it, if Cassadaigua goes 6-6 in those games, then Drawkland and Northwest Kalactin have to go 10-2 to force a three way tiebreaker over us. Even then, we’ve won the series against Kalactin 4-2, and lead Drawkland, 3-0. Therefore, they really both have to go 11-1 down the stretch, if we manage 6-6 ball. That means if you are worried about the state of group, please stop doing that. It’s pretty much wrapped up.

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