Casey was at it again!
Surely this is the highest in the lineup a pitcher has batted in a long time in PB....perhaps ever.

He helped his own cause by driving home a couple of runs and moving his record to 12-7.

Loners still hopelessly behind in division race.
Its only 5 games but it seems insurmountable given the relative strength of the competitions roster.






Loners 7 time M6 winners! But looking ancient in series one...

Loners look old after 1-4 start on the road...THEY ARE WITH 24 OUT OF 35 OVER 30!Loners 7 time M6 winners!

2018 Loners win M6!
ARENADO AND BULLPEN SAVE THE DAY FOR BELEAGUERED LONERS!----Loners M6 history.

Down 3-2 with two outs in the eight. Well on the way to blowing a 3-1 series lead in the Musual 6 World Series.
Arenado blast of Robertson snatches victory from ignominy.

Cargo had 7 RBI in 12 PAs but Arenado's key blast WINS WS MVP!

Season MVP was also Arenado with a 38-129-.289 offensive output to go with his gold glove defense.

Limon history:

2017 103-57 (best record) WIN WS over Roswell 4-3.
2016 107-53 Lost DIV playoffs versus Stanford.
2015 113-47 WIN WS over Atlanta 4-1
2014 115-45 Lost WS vs Ogallala 4-2
2013 106-54 WIN WS over Atlanta 4-1.
2012 111-49 WIN WS over Texas 4-2
2011 79-81 missed playoffs.
2010 103-57 lost WS to Stanford
2009 63-97 last in division
2008 112W Lost WS to Philadelphia in 5
2007 118W Win M6 over Cory lake 4G-0
2006 118W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2005 50-110 last place in division
2004 99W loss in second round to GE
2003 105W loss in first round to GE
2002 117W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2001 102W loss in 2nd round to Durango
2000 106W loss in first round to Stanford
1999 110W loss in first round to GE
1998 106W loss in first round to Chicago Rockies
1997 102W Loss in first round to Stanford


Limon Loners Musial 6 summary:
21 years-18 years in playoffs
AT LEAST 100 WINS 17 SEASONS!
10 WS appearances with 7 flags!





Loners cop first two games from Roswell!

Warren gets game 2 save as Miller and Green win in relief.
Cruz 4 for 5 leads balanced Limon attack.



Miller comes back from injury to key both home victories to start LCS and makes Casey look like a genius...

Stengel held his top reliever out of the division series rather than have him ready for games 6,7.

'You analytics guys always think you can outsmart me. Maybe on paper or playing APBA but not on the diamond!"

The Loners hit .319 and 9 had RBI.
Miller was 2-0, pitching 2.7 nearly perfect innings.





Game 156: Miller injured and out 8 games in meaningless game. Stengel gets criticism but shrugs it off.


Dramatic Gm 6 Posey walk off 3 run homer wins it 5-3!

GM 7---Iglesias shuts out Loners. Stanford advances. Loners This was one season when the Loners had all the advantages versus Stanford. But they blew game 2. Lost games 3 and 4 in lackadaisical fashion. Survived game 6 in stunning fashion, only to go down like lambs in games 7.

Truly a tough series for the Limons....Fernandez last M6 outing a clunker. RIP...

Congrats to Mike T on a great series. Good luck in the LCS!




Loners split after blowing late lead to Stanford in game 2!
Posey the goat as he throws the ball into LF on a steal attempt of third in the 10th. Blake Wood (?) shuts down the Loners in two innings of emergency work for the WIN!

Game one was a barn burner with many long balls and spills and chills...fans happy after that one.

Tulo's two homers key 6-4 win over Loners in game 46!

Tulo came in with 3 homers and only 12 RBI but his two round trippers netted 5 runs vs Loners oin this day!

Odor 3 homer game includes a 2 run walk off!

Game 28. Loners fall behind 5-0 to UNM Rochester. Odor solo in 4th makes it 5-1. Odor 3 run shot in 7th keys 5 run inning which gives the Loners a 6-5 lead.
AFTER LOSING THE LEAD TO BRONCOS, ODOR COMES UP IN THE 9TH WITH A RUNNER ON FIRST AND TWO OUTS...WALK OFF!!!



Loners sweep first home series outscoring tough Orlando team 15-4...

Loners thrilled the home fans with an unexpected pitching display!
Erasmo Ramirez (gms 1,4)and Doug Fister (gm 5)delivered sterling performances versus Orlando's power hitting but mostly RH lineup.
The bullpen kept pace with the starters as Miller and Davis dominated...
Loners visit Sugar Mountain next...8-2 record for Limon after 10 games.

Loners find some arms in the draft...but probably short of what they needed to compete...

2017 Rookie Draft:
Loners cop Lugo and Triggs in 3rd round and C Narvaez in 4th and RHP Matt Koch in 5th...

Lugo and Triggs give the Loners about 140 IP of better than average starting IP.

Narvaez looks like starter for CHX and has perfect backup credentials for Posey.

Koch only 18IP but should represent some valuable home starts in the division...

2017 FA Draft:
Rd 5 LHP Grant Dayton
Rd 6 RHP Andrew Schugel
Rd 7 LHP Sammy Solis and C Tuffy Gosewisch
Rd 8 LHP Richard Bleir, RHP Michael Ynoa, OF Coco Crisp


Loners have to cope with down seasons from McCuthchen, Wainwright, Liriano and even captain Buster Posey.
Duffy, Darvish, Lugo and Triggs are their only quality starters and except for Duffy do not provide a lot of innings.
The makeshift bullpen is led by Andrew Miller but features a lot of short inning pitchers.

The team lacks a 1b with Zobrist and Posey the only options. The offense will be okay but probably well short of what will be needed to support a weak pitching staff...

A wholesale rebuild is out of the question as the fan base would not tolerate it. Besides the nucleus is still relatively young (Arenado, Crawford, Odor, Darvish, Cargo, Cutch)




2016***Loners win it all. Congrats to Rob and his Braves on a great run.

'Loners were 113-47 on route to a championship in M6

Arenado named WS MVP for Loners but it was a group effort.

Season MVP was C Posey .312-21-94
Cy Young Davis 6-3 29 saves 2.29ERA

RBI Arenado 108
R McCutchen 104
HR Tex 30, Arenado 29
2b Arenado 51
3b Crawford 6
SB McCutchen 13

Best SP--Liriano 17-8 3.72



LONERS GET PITCHING PICKING LAST IN R 2-4 AND LAST IN FIRST ROUND OF FA

rookie draft:
#2 Kela
#3 Rea
#4 Verret

FA #1 Dyson and Chris Young (picks 19 and 20)

2015 RECAP
Limon loses in 6! Congrats to Dave Channel's Sioux!
Andrew Miller the goat as he allowed 2 homers in 6 games to the Sioux after surrendering only 3 all season long and in two previous playoff series!!!

Daniel Murphy's PH homer in 6th was the turning point in a game which was led by Limon 2-1 at that pivotal moment.

Perhaps Wainwright should have face him but Casey had relied on his pen all season and went with hi instincts and the book!

Limon won 115 regular season games and McCutchen and Wainwright were the team's best pitcher and hitter for the year...




Limon wins 6th in a row to complete a 7-3 homestand versus GE and Chilmark...
Loners now 22-13 but need to find some pitching depth soon!
Lightly used Duffy and Hellickson pitched significant innings in 5 game sweep of Chilmark, but the mainstays in the staff are overworked.

2015 season starts!
Limon switches to Toronto Stadium!

***Draft News! Limon strengths bullpen and how!

Rookie Draft:
Round 1 S Peralta
Round 4 Ynoa

FA Draft:
Round 1 Wade Davis and A Miller (LH)

Round 2 Bethancourt c and Jace Petersen 2b (future picks but Bethancourt will be backup catcher this season)
Round 3 Hellickson another future pick...hopefully...
Round 6 Josh Fields, Buddy Carlyle, Gregorio Petit (2-3-ss)



*** Trade blog:

Long time Loner Matt Holliday traded to Ogallah. Beltre could be next if the price is right.

Make an offer.

also:

RP Nick Vincnet (.503 ROPS)







Limon repeats!........ and Limon team awards for -2014

Second straight WS winner for Limon after a 79 win rebuilding season in 2012.
Congrats to Rob Schroeder on a great run to the WS.




championship round.

2015 Limon team awards:

WS MVP: Choo ! 8 runs scored!
Season MVP: 3 way tie--Choo, Beltre, McCuthchen
Season CY Young: Wainwright 22-10 3.14 ERA ( tied for first in wins with Loner Latos, first in innings pitched 258, third in CG 8, third in starts 37.)

2014 LCS:
Limon advances with 9-2 pasting of Detroit in game 6...
Congrats to Stan on a great M6 season.
McCuthchen goes 5-5 with 4 runs and 3 rbi. Cumpton and Petitte dismount Cavarly!
Verlander again failed to stop Loners!

Limon loses games 4,5 after streaking to a 3-0 lead over Detroit!..
GM 3: Limon 12-9. Beltre 5 RBI and Verlander dismantled. 6 run 4th makes the difference.

GM 4: Top of the order scratched out 3 runs and Fernandez throws 7 near perfect innings (12K, only 2 hits). 3-0 Detroit

GM 5 A 4 run 9th vs. Coleman and Rivera get clobbered in relief of 2-2 game. Detroit wins second up against the wall game 6-2.

Limon hoping they win game 6 because Fernandez likely to start game 7....



Limon wins games 1,2 with bullpen and long ball...
2014 DIV series
Limon wins games 1,2 with bullpen and long ball...Holliday's pinch homer and Posey's 3 run shot give Limon a 5-0 win in game 1. Bullpen holds for 4-3 win in game 2.
Lion completes unlikely sweep of Stamford in games 3,4 in CALI!


Limon acquires Mariano Rivera for stretch run ! Jut in time for big series at Detroit!

Casey had a lot to say after the trade was announced...most of it made little sense but the old professor is likely to find good use for the aging closer.



Limon sweeps tough rival Stanford in home opening series! Pettitte with 3 saves!

Liriano 2-0. Loners outscore visitors 33-15. Loners out homer Stanford 13-1 in the 5 games!

C Posey
1b Moss/Jeff Baker
2b Zobrist/ Rendon
3b Beltre
ss Crawford/Reyes
LF Cargo and Holliday
CF McCutchen
RF Choo/Van Slyke

SP Wainwright, Latos, Liriano (LH), Pettitte (LH), AJ Griffin, Henderson Alvarez, Duffy (LH)

RP Jim Johnson, Peralta, Furbush, B. Cumpton, Nick Vincent, Choate (L), Coleman



2013 WS wrap:

Limon bests Texas in 6 to win WS!
Very strange series. MVP was probably Latos who won 2 games ore McGee who saved two and was unscored upon in all 4 appearances. Only HR was a PH homer by Holliday on his only plate appearance in 6 games!

LCS
Limon beats Verlander in game 6 to advance to title series

Detroit fought back gallantly to reach a 6th game after falling behind 3-0 to the Loners, but even their ace could not get them to a game 7. Limon chose little Steve Johnson to start game 6.
He shut them out and let the bullpen hold Detroit in the end for a 3-1 win. McGee got the save and showed why he has become the mainstay of this bullpen.

Limon advances to second round of 2013 playoffs!Congrats to Gerald on a great managing job this season!

Posey and Cutch are co-MVPs for season AND in first round!
Runner up is Jacob McGee who closed 3 games in series and was super after being awarded closer spot later in the season....


Limon's 18 game winning streak ends at the hands of Hamels and Burlington...

Hamels was at his best with a CG shutout of the sizzling hot Loners.

Grand Island (UNM) is for real as they best Loners 4-1 in Limon to grab share of the division lead

This was a frustrating series as the home team lost the last four. GI has very strong starters but their offense scored when they had to and that was the difference in this 5 game series...

Loners take Moss (1b) and Jake McGee (RP) in first round of FA draft..
Second round: Pettitte and Jesus Guzman (1b)
Third round: Furbush (LH specialist), EYoung Jr.
Fourth round: J McDonald (SS)
Sixth round: Corporan (backup to Posey at C)

Loners tab AJ Griffin with 10th pick in rookie draft! Erasmo Ramirez in second round...
Round 3: Steve Johnson
Round 4: Irvin Falu
Can't remember the last time Loners could keep a 4th round pick. Falu very good extra INF.


Loners trade Kubel and Torres for 1,2 FA ...
There was a log jam in the OF.

TRADE NOTES:

Still have following players on the block:




sp Henderson Alvarez (low K rate but almost assured of rotation spot in pitcher friendly Miami)







2012-3 Loners:

C POSEY, Lavarnay
1b Moss and K. Morales
2b ZOBRIST/Lombardozzi (3b,ss,2b)
3b BELTRE
SS REYES, Brandon Crawford(gold glove defense)
lf HOLLIDAY and CARGO (?)
CF McCUTCHEN
rf CHOO, ???

SP LATOS, WAINWRIGHT, Westbrook, Haren, AJ Griffin, Liriano

RP Motte, Jim Johnson, Peralta,McGee

Swingmen: Erasmo Ramirez and Steve Johnson

Untouchable in CAPS

Wow! What a great season in M6. Congrats to both Bob C. and Mike T. on a great series!

Two of the very best PB managers. Check that; two of the best SIM managers period!

Loners proud of their season. Hats off to Mike T and Stanford!

Loners fall in the LCS in 5. Three one run losses and one two run loss in the clincher spelled the difference. This series was closer than it looks and might have gone the other way had the vaunted Limon bullpen not failed. The other side of the story was Stanford's offense being able to push through runs versus Limon's staff.

Posey drives home Holiday in the clutch, making a winner of Meek in relief.

Loners sweep Stanford! Expanded roster helps home team as Loners have answer for everything in this series...

Loners trade Bailey, Vasquez, Polonco and #2,#3 R picks for Beltre, Livan Hernandez and RP Peralta. For Atlanta the picks and young Homer Bailey were the keys to the trade. For the Loners it was getting Beltre in the clean up slot in the lineup for the stretch run!

Game 3 was a classic as the home team pulled out a 16 inning thriller. The win, however, failed to propel them in games 4,5 as they lost both (52-38) ...

After 90 games Loners have outscored opponents 445 to 340 and have hit but 90 homers. SB 91-25 versus opponents 47 SB-20 CS.

Loners win game 5 to cop tough series versus rival Orlando!

Loners have spread the RBI opportunities around and currently have 9 players with 20 or more RBI.

The Loners are sailing rough seas lately with their vaunted offense struggling to score runs. Management gave up a lot of future talent in order to contend this season but are trailing Orlando by a wide margin. Maybe GE can help them make up ground this week....

Loners start season at Orlando with high expectations

Loners recent trades net 1b K Morales, cf A Torres, sp D Haren, rp Evan Meek and ss/2b Jamie Carroll

Loners went with trades rather than the drafts this year. Takahashi was a lucky pick in round 4 of the rookie draft.
The FA draft went very well considering the Loners did not have a pick until the 5th round.
The eight players they picked up were a mixed bag of future help and also guys who could contribute this season:
#5 Javier Vasquez SP Provides depth this season but figures to crack the rotation next season.
#6 Miguel Batista SP/RP Spot starter and long reliever will help this year.
#8 (Loners had 6 picks in the 8th round!)
---Michael Kohn RP Hard thrower will help this year as a RH specialist.
---Brent Lillibridge INF/OF will contribute about 100 PAs versus LHP mostly at 2b but also in the OF and SS
---Carlos Villanueva RP Former Loner was a surprise selection this late in the draft. May be traded as the Loners have a lot of depth in the bullpen.
---Phil Humber SP/RP Will make a few starts this season.
---Patrick Misch SP/RP another swing man who could see action
---Matt Pagnozzi C/PH will go to Orlando for first series as 3rd C and PH.




Loners this year:

Batting order:
VS RHP:
1. Jones 3b/Carroll ss
2. McCutchen lf
3. Holliday rf/Huff 1b
4. Huff 1b/Holliday rf
5. Posey
6. Torres cf
7. Reyes ss/ Polonco 3b
8. pitcher
9. Zobrist 2b

vs. lHP
1. Carroll ss/McCutchen lf
2. McCutchen lf/Reyes ss
3. Holliday rf
4. Huff 1b
5. Posey c
6. Crisp cf
7. Lillibridge/Polonco 3b
8. pitcher
9. Zobrist 2b

Rotation:
Carpenter, Latos, Liriano, Haren,

Pen: B Wagner, Kuo, Saito, Meek, Motte, Takahashi, Batista and Bailey (long relief, spot starters)

C Posey, Thole
1b Huff, K Morales (PH vs. RHP), Posey
2b Zobrist, J Carroll
SS J Carroll, Reyes
3b C Jones/ Polonco/ Fields (PH vs.LHP)
LF Holliday
CF McCutchen/Crisp
RF Torres, Crisp




2010 draft:

McCutchen, Posey and Bumgarner in round 1, Latos in round 2 , C Alex Avila in round 3, Loogy NI in round 4 for rebuilding Limon!

See below for trade ideas:

Cameron---great D, great numbers versus LHP and should be good in Boston.

Hinske---useful platoon/bench guy who plays all corner positions.

Want some combo of picks and youth for C--Posada and 3b--Chipper Jones but am leaning towards keeping them until 65 game mark next season as as they may have a couple of useful years left.





Limon starts off-season after an anti-climactic WS fall to PHIL! Limon's highlight was the LCS victory over Stanford!

Limon history:

2008 112W Lost WS to Philadelphia in 5
2007 118W Win M6 over Cory lake 4G-0
2006 118W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2005 50-110 last place in division
2004 99W loss in second round to GE
2003 105W loss in first round to GE
2002 117W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2001 102W loss in 2nd round to Durango
2000 106W loss in first round to Stanford
1999 110W loss in first round to GE
1998 106W loss in first round to Chicago Rockies
1997 102W Loss in first round to Stanford

Barajas walk off single ends GREAT series with arch rival Stanford!

One of the least likely heroes ends game with a single to left versus Shell. Reyes solo shot in 8th ties thriller. The home team won all of the games and they were all in play except an unlikely 7-0 blowout in game 1 for Limon!

Hudson's walk off in 9th wins game 2 thriller 2-1 to go up 2-0 on Stanford!

The loners won game one 7-0 as the home team jumped all mover 110 Win GINTS! In round one, the Loners defeated Montreal in 5 games.

Loners release Bonds and trade Thome--end of an era?! Limon in 2009 (2008 stats) and Limon history:

Loners end era as they release Bonds! Won two titles in a row as a Loner. Both years the Loners won 118 reg season games, met Cory Lake in the finals and won!

Limon in 2009 (2008 stats):
C Barajas/Coste
1b Hinske/Ransom/Dillon/Easley
2b Orlando Hudson/ Jerry Hairston Jr.
ss Jose Reyes
3b Chipper Jones
lf Fred Lewis/ Ludwick
cf Rick Ankiel/Cameron
rf Ryan "Luddy" Ludwick/ Nelson Cruz

Rotation:
Wainwright, G Maddux, Sampson, Bennett, Villanueva, Hendrickson (LH), Liriano (LH)
Bullpen:
RH: Soria, Saito, Hoffman, Saul Rivera (LR), Lindsrom, Albers (spot starter )
LH: Marte, B. Wagner, Rafael Perez, Kuo (spot starter)

Limon history:

2007 118W Win M6 over Cory lake 4G-0
2006 118W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2005 50-110 last place in division
2004 99W loss in second round to GE
2003 105W loss in first round to GE
2002 117W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2001 102W loss in 2nd round to Durango
2000 106W loss in first round to Stanford
1999 110W loss in first round to GE
1998 106W loss in first round to Chicago Rockies
1997 102W Loss in first round to Stanford

Limon win streak stopped at 25 by GI in 14! This is the best Limon club (2007) ever and the franchise has had steady ownership since 1989!

After losing a 14 inning thriller to Grand Island, the Loners split two games and have won 9 straight since!

Loners are doing it with loads of bullpen, loads of walks on offense, plus enough power and speed. Limon has no real ACE but instead relies on a steady group of veteran starters who can give you 4-5 innings to get to the deep pen. Yes they only have 87 PB value points but they score high on points per plate appearance/inning pitched!

Loners sweep Black Sox in best performance of the season!

Even Jake Peavy could not hold down the Loners as they cruise to 12 straight wins!

Loners trade for Schilling, Hoffman and Coste!

Loners send 3,4,5 FA picks and valuable swingman Jamey Wright to Fortuna for 3 vets who could help Limon repeat in M6 (always a tough roe to hoe!!!)
Schilling will be the team's third starter behind Wainwright and Maddux. Coste will give the club a better backup to Posada and free up present backup catcher Phelps to DH and play 1b. Hoffman will be used versus RH in the middle and late innings.

Loners score 4 in 9th to nip Stanford in 9th. Take big series 4 to 1.

Loners win first 8 before falling to 7-4 to Fortuna in game 9!

Loners win game 6 and M6 crown!

The Loners scored a convincing 13-4 game 6 win to cap a magical season. Manager Mike Bravard believes this was the most fun team he ever guided in any SIM season ever. "The team had everything except dominating starters but more than made up for that with Power, defense, relief pitching, bench and that "Je ne sais quoi", Bravard said from the champagne drenched clubhouse.

C0-Season MVPs:

SS Jose Reyes (.281-26-85 with 18 3b, 74 exb hits, 122 runs and 26 steals plus brilliant defense)

2B Orlando Hudson (.266-19-90 with 103 runs and joined with Reyes to form the pitcher's best friend---the best DP combo in M6)

Season's best pitcher: Francisco Liriano 15-3 2.21
DIV series MVP: LHP Dennys Reyes
LCS series MVP: OF Chris Duncan/RHP Duaner Sanchez
CHAMP series MVP: 1B Thome (.400-2-8)

Limon history:

2006 118W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2005 50-110 last place in division
2004 99W loss in second round to GE
2003 105W loss in first round to GE
2002 117W Win M6 over Cory Lake
2001 102W loss in 2nd round to Durango
2000 106W loss in first round to Stanford
1999 110W loss in first round to GE
1998 106W loss in first round to Chicago Rockies
1997 102W Loss in first round to Stanford

Loners advance on a late rally in game 6!

Losing to recent nemesis GI by a 2-0 count in the 8th, the Loners clawed back to score one in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to win game six and the Senior Circuit title! The game winner was a PH homer by seldom used 3b Beltre with two outs and no one on. Posada's solo shot earlier in the inning had tied the score at 2. On to the WS!

Loners survive Stanford scare!

With their backs to the wall and with no margin for error, the Loners overcame Stanford with a combination of offense and timely pitching to advance to the second round versus Grand Island. Chris Gomez, LHP Kuo and RHP Wainwright were critically important role players this season and in this very special playoff victory!

Loners draft Zumaya , Villanueva, Littleton and Wilits in RD. Duncan, German, Reyes (LH), Endy Chavez in FA through round 2!

Both Zumaya and Villanueva give the Loners valuable relief innings and spot starts from Villanueva as a bonus.

Esteban German is my super sub and a plus .300 hitter versus both RHP and LHP! Littleton and Reyes add a lot of depth and qaulity to bullpen! Duncan delivers power and Chevez does everything well at all 3 OF positions!