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Holiday Baseball League Playoffs To Start Wednesday.

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Joe

Merrimack – The Holiday Baseball League will begin post-season play Wednesday night as the National League rival Westport Fleas battle The Merrimack Owls at Brisson Field in a best of five series to determine who will play the McCall Mudhens in the NLCS.

In the American League, the Fogelberg Falcons will have home-field advantage against the Joplin Crawdads with the winner pitted against The Boggstown Boilers.

Major News On The Horizon?
An unnamed source has confirmed that an official from the All-Star Baseball League has stumbled upon what is being labeled “Major News” regarding one of the leagues biggest superstars. No further information could be obtained at this time, but league officials have reserved office space in Brisson Field for a closed-door meeting.

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McKeon Shuns HBL Awards

Posted on October 30, 2009 by capn

Boggstown Boilers

Boggstown – Among all the hoopla surrounding the presentation of the postseason HBL awards Wednesday night, there was one thing missing…the Boggstown Boilers. Despite the fact that the Boilers were the most featured team in the awards, they showed their appreciation (or lack thereof) to the league and the media by staying home and practicing.

Jack McKeon “We’re baseball players. We’re not show ponies trying to win ribbons at the county fair. We have an HBL banner to defend, that’s all we care about right now”, explained McKeon. In all, 9 individual awards were given out to Boiler players, including the MVP, Frisch, Cy Young, and 6 silver sluggers. The manager’s attitude has apparently been embraced by the players as well, who responded well to maintaining their practice schedule in lieu of attending the awards. “Really, our team just isn’t made up of guys that get into that stuff,” said Charlie Hough, winner of his first ever Cy Young award. “Robin and George have set the standard around here. They’ve both won lots of awards, but neither one makes a big deal about it or celebrates it. They’ve drilled it into all of us that we will work harder than anyone else and winning games is the only real reward we look for.”

That mentality was especially prevalent in the second half of the season, when the Boilers broke a fist place tie with the Fogelberg Falcons to win their last six games of the season. “If there was a turning point in our season, that was it,” according to Boiler lifetimer Amos Otis. “We were 4-2, tied for 1st place, feeling pretty fine about our situation. Then Coach McKeon laid into us. He said we were better than this, we’d let a few games get away with errors and bad pitching, and we got lucky in a few close games. He said, ‘We have six games left. Let’s just go out there and let our nuts hang, boys. Let’s wrap this thing up, then we can get an extra week of practice and go balls out for the playoffs.’ That really set a fire under us and we’ve been going all out since then.”

“Our record is 0-0, as far as I’m concerned,” said McKeon. “That sure as hell isn’t going to win us anything. We’re going to be facing a team that will be fresh off a series victory, so they’re going to be as confident as anybody. I want our boys to be just as hungry as any team out there. We’re working hard, that’s all I can tell you.”

Perhaps if the league ever hands out a Manager of the Year trophy, McKeon will change his mind about awards. Unless that trophy is in the form of a Cuban cigar, however, it’s highly unlikely that McKeon will ever bend his resolve.

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Holiday Baseball League 2009 Awards

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Joe

Holiday Baseball League 2009 Award Winners:
	American League MVP: *Ty Cobb*, Boggstown Boilers
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	National League MVP: *Lou Brock*, McCall Mudhens
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	American League Cy Young: *Charlie Hough*, Boggstown Boilers
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	National League Cy Young: *Tom Glavine*, Merrimack Owls
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	American League Frisch: *Luke Appling*, Boggstown Boilers
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	National League Frisch: *Bobby Bonilla*, McCall Mudhens

Holiday Baseball League 2009 Silver Sluggers:

American League:

1B – D. Mattingly, Fogelberg Falcons

2B – J. Morgan, Joplin Crawdads

3B – G. Brett, Boggstown Boilers

SS – L. Appling, Boggstown Boilers

C – B. Dickey, Boggstown Boilers

RF – L. Walker, Boggstown Boilers

LF – A. Otis, Boggstown Boilers

CF – T. Cobb, Boggstown Boilers

DH – R. Hornsby, Joplin Crawdads

National League:

1B – D. Brouthers, Merrimack Owls

2B – T. Phillips, Merrimack Owls

3B – B. Bonilla, McCall Mudhens

SS – E. Joost, McCall Mudhens

C – M. Sweeney, Westport Fleas

RF – D. Murphy,Merrimack Owls

LF – L. Brock, Westport Fleas

CF – H. Wilson, Merrimack Owls

P – H. Breechen, McCall Mudhens

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Holiday Baseball League Regular Season Wrap-Up

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Joe

Holiday Baseball League 2009: Final Stats
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Boggstown Boilers (Download Complete Stats)
BA	OBP	Hits	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	Runs	TB	RBI	AB
.426	.509	199	39	9	11	98	37	140	289	139	467
Fogelberg Falcons (Download Complete Stats)
BA	OBP	Hits	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	Runs	TB	RBI	AB
.359	.428	170	39	7	13	69	58	119	262	111	474
Joplin Crawdads (Download Complete Stats)
BA	OBP	Hits	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	Runs	TB	RBI	AB
.359	.434	175	38	11	28	73	53	115	319	115	487
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NATIONAL LEAGUE- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
McCall Mudhens (Download Complete Stats)
BA	OBP	Hits	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	Runs	TB	RBI	AB
.390	.483	192	40	2	37	98	75	155	347	150	492
Merrimack Owls (Download Complete Stats)
BA	OBP	Hits	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	Runs	TB	RBI	AB
.384	.490	181	30	10	17	113	63	142	282	134	471
Westport Fleas (Download Complete Stats)
BA	OBP	Hits	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	Runs	TB	RBI	AB
.376	.466	179	36	2	23	91	50	134	288	129	476

Holiday Baseball League Final Standings: American League
Team	Win	Loss	GB
1. Boggstown Boilers (X)	10	2	–
2. Fogelberg Falcons	5	7	–
3. Joplin Crawdads	3	9	–

Holiday Baseball League Final Standings: National League
Team	Win	Loss	GB
1. McCall Mudhens (X)	7	5	–
2. Merrimack Owls	6	6	–
3. Westport Fleas	5	7	–

American League:
Date	VS	Score	WP	SV	MVP
09/05/09	Falcons vs Boilers	8-11 (BB)	Roberts	Banta	Otis
	R. Roberts: 8IP. A. Otis: 2-3, HR, 4 RBI
09/05/09	Falcons vs Boilers	13-12 (FF)	Drab.	–	Wagner
	Boilers 5 Errors, 9 unearned in 9th, H. Wagner walk-off triple
09/05/09	Falcons vs Boilers	6-12 (BB)	Splitorff	–	Splitorff
	Splitorff 4 scoreless inn, Cobb 3 doubles
09/16/09	Boilers vs Crawdads	16-20 (JC)	X	–	X
	Game highlights here.
09/16/09	Boilers vs Crawdads	10-9 (BB)	X	Banta	X
	Game highlights here.
09/16/09	Boilers vs Crawdads	8-7 (BB)	X	Banta	X
	Game highlights here.
09/29/09	Crawdads vs Falcons	9-13 (FF)	Messer.	–	Mattingly
	D. Mattingly: 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 Runs, Sac – A Messersmith: 7 IP, 5 earned
09/29/09	Crawdads vs Falcons	4-5 (FF)	Hubbell	L. Smith	Hubbell
	C. Hubbell: 7 IP, 4 earned – L. Smith: 1 IP, 0 earned, Save
09/29/09	Crawdads vs Falcons	6-8 (FF)	Podres	L. Smith	Podres
	J. Podres: 8 IP, 4 earned – L. Smith: 1 IP, 1 earned, Save
10/14/09	Boilers vs Falcons	7-5 (BB)	Rooker	Banta	Mize
	Mize: Late game HR.
10/14/09	Boilers vs Falcons	16-15 (BB)	Roberts	Banta	Brett
	Brett: 2 out 2 RBI single.
10/14/09	Boilers vs Falcons	15-7 (BB)	Hough	–	Hough
	Hough: Complete game.
10/21/09	Crawdads vs Boilers	5-12 (BB)	Rooker	–	Brett
	Rooker: 9IP, 5ER – Brett: CYCLE
10/21/09	Crawdads vs Boilers	11-14 (BB)	Fitz	–	Otis
	Otis: 1HR, 2 Doubles, 2 1B, 6 RBI – (JC) Clemente: CYCLE.
10/21/09	Crawdads vs Boilers	7-12 (BB)	Hough	–	Hough
	Hough: 9IP, 5ER – Mize: Grand Slam, 5 RBI.
10/28/09	Falcons vs Crawdads	12-7 (FF)	Maddux	–	Mattingly
	D. Mattingly: HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 Runs – G Maddux: 7 IP, 6 ER.
10/28/09	Falcons vs Crawdads	17-22 (JC)	Gubaza	–	Sewell
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10/28/09	Falcons vs Crawdads	8-10 (JC)	Palmer	–	Palmer
	–

National League: Final Scores
Date	VS	Score	WP	SV	MVP
09/02/09	Fleas vs Mudhens	9-22 (MM)	Gibson	–	Joost
	E. Joost: Grand Slam, 7 RBI
09/02/09	Fleas vs Mudhens	9-15 (MM)	Andujar	–	Joost
	E. Joost: Grand Slam, 6 RBI
09/03/09	Fleas vs Mudhens	10-16 (MM)	Brech.	–	Brech.
	J. Robinson: 4 RBI; Brecheen: 7 IP, 6 R allowed
09/09/09	Mudhens vs Owls	14-13 (MM)	Sadecki	Sutter	Sadecki
	R. Sakedi: 6 innings of shut-down relief
09/09/09	Mudhens vs Owls	9-10 (MO)	Terry	Jenkins	Delahanty
	E. Delahanty hits 2 run single w/ 2 outs in 9th
09/09/09	Mudhens vs Owls	5-10 (MO)	Glavine	–	Glavine
	T. Glavine: 7.2 IP, 3 earned runs.
09/16/09	Owls vs Fleas	6-19 (WF)	Shantz	–	Collins
	E. Collins: 5-5, BB 6 Runs
09/16/09	Owls vs Fleas	14-2 (MO)	Spahn	–	Spahn
	W. Spahn: 9 IP, 2 Earned Runs – T. Phillips: 4-4, 2 BB, 3 RBI, 2 Runs.
09/16/09	Owls vs Fleas	15-7 (MO)	Glavine	–	Santo
	T. Glavine: 6 IP, 6 Eearned Runs – R. Santo: 3-5, 5 RBI, 2 Runs, HR, Double.
10/14/09	Mudhens vs Fleas	20-9 (MM)	Gibson	–	Gibson
	Game highlights here.
10/14/09	Mudhens vs Fleas	19-20 (WF)	Leifield	Drago	Bawell
	Kiner 2-3, 2R HR, 4 BBs, 3 RBI, 4 Runs;
10/14/09	Mudhens vs Fleas	10-5 (MM)	Dean	–	Dean
	Game highlights here.
10/21/09	Owls vs Mudhens	8-5 (MO)	Hunter	Jenkins	Hunter
	Hunter: 8IP, 5ER.
10/21/09	Owls vs Mudhens	24-10 (MO)	Spahn	–	Spahn
	Spahn: 8IP, 9ER.
10/21/09	Owls vs Mudhens	9-10 (MM)	Suter	–	D. Evans
	(MM) D. Evans 2 out grand slam HR in 9th, (MO) Glavine: 8IP, 6ER.
10/23/09	Fleas vs Owls	20-9 (WF)	Hersh.	–	Kiner
	Kiner: 4-4, 2 HRs, 4 Runs, 5 RBI
10/23/09	Fleas vs Owls	15-14 (WF)	Paige	–	Bagwell
	Bawell: 1 HR, walk-off RBI in 10th
10/23/09	Fleas vs Owls	11-8 (WF)	Leifield	–	McCovey
	McCovey: 2 out PH Grand Slam in 5th inning.

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Crawdads Hold On For Two Wins

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Joe

Fogelberg – The Joplin Crawdads and new manager Darrell Porter salvaged a near lost season Wednesday night by defeating the Fogelberg Falcons in the final two games of the regular season boosting their record to 3-9 for the season. The Crawdads won their first series of the season and gained precious momentum going into the playoffs.

American League:
Date	VS	Score	WP	SV	MVP
10/28/09	Falcons vs Crawdads	12-7 (FF)	Maddux	–	Mattingly
	D. Mattingly: HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 Runs – G Maddux: 7 IP, 6 ER.
10/28/09	Falcons vs Crawdads	17-22 (JC)	Gubaza	–	Sewell
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10/28/09	Falcons vs Crawdads	8-10 (JC)	Palmer	–	Palmer
	–

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Falcons Battle Crawdads Tonight In Fogelberg

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Joe

Tonights Game @ Macintosh Stadium:: American League

Fogelberg Falcons

VS.

Joplin Crawdads

Fogelberg – Two teams searching for an identity will meet tonight at Macintosh Stadium as the Joplin Crawdads come calling on the Fogelberg Falcons in three seemingly meaningless games to complete the regular season of the Holiday Baseball Classic.

The 4-5 Falcons, after posting a promising start to the season are reeling after a three game sweep at the hands of the first place Boggstown Boilers.

Looking desperately for some kind of consistent offense, Falcons manager Don Zimmer has pointed the finger at Jimmy Foxx to lead the way. “We have built the entire offense around Jimmy and quite frankly he has not delivered the way we think he can. We’ve asked what will make him more comfortable and have made a few changes,” Zimmer said from his office at The Mac. “He wanted to hit cleanup so we’re gonna give him a try there.”

The 1-8 Crawdads have struggled since winning their first game of the season and have dropped 8 straight decisions. Finding some consistent offense will be on their agenda as well. The Dads’ have scored more than 10 runs only one time during the loosing streak and have scored 5 or less two times. New manager Darrell Porter will look to Rogers Hornsby and Alan Trammell to pick up the pace offensively and for Charlie Liebrandt to continue his steady pitching.

This will be the beginning of a long series of games between these two teams as they will meet again in the first round of the American League playoffs.

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Posted on October 27, 2009 by Joe

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Holiday Baseball League Awards To Be Announced Thursday

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Joe

Voting for The Holiday Baseball League awards will take place Wednesday night at the conclusion of the regular season games and be announced Thursday. MVP, Cy Young, Frisch and Silver Sluggers for each league will be unveiled.

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Euphoria in Joplin for Manager Porter

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Joe

Joplin – After announcing local hero and Joplin legend Darrell Porter was to become the new manager of the Crawdads, local call-in shows were slammed with excitement, local merchandise stores instantly sold out of #15 Crawdads jersey’s and a new hope for a 1-8 team began to erupt from the volcanic ashes of a near-wasted season.

The ever humble Porter was visibly emotional at the announcement of his lifelong dream. His voice began to shake a bit as he accepted the position and quickly settled into a strong, no nonsense tone while speaking of how to fix this team and his plans for the future.

It is hard to tell what kind of teams the Porter era will bring to Joplin, but if his playing style brings any clue, the Dads’ will become more on-base driven, less reliant on the home run to score and the players that will be drafted will be tough-as-nails.

Taking over from Tony Larussa disciple Dave Duncan, Porter will undoubtedly bring the team in a new direction as he takes over as player/manager for the remainder of the season before settling into the manager only role for the KCBL 2010.

“I could not be happier for the fans of Joplin,” Falcons Manager Don Zimmer said. “For those of us that have been in this game for a long time, it’s nice to see a first-class guy like him go home and get a shot… He’s been through a lot and seen a lot of stuff that you can’t learn in a text book. He pulled himself up by the boot straps and got himself to a great place. His players are going to respond to that… On a personal note, I’m not happy that we have to play them 6 times every season! ”

If excitement for a new manager earns any wins for the Crawdads, then they should go undefeated for the rest of the season.

Hartnett to be benched?
One of the first questions that might be asked of the new player/manager of the Dads’ is weather he will bench Duncan favorite Gabby Hartnett in favor of himself. The ineffective Hartnett has stumbled to a .278 on-base percentage in 16 at-bats this season and is struggling with only 3 hits for the season.

Porter has matched the Hartnett hits total in only 9 at-bats this season while compiling a .333 OBP and doubling his total bases. If making a change is the new managers state of mind, he might want to start by writing his own name in the lineup card.

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Mudhens Win NL With Owls losses

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Joe

Westport – The Merrimack Owls failed to capture the one victory that they needed to win the NL of the Holiday Baseball League Friday night as they dropped three heart-wrenching games to the underdog Fleas at Westport. In the disappointing conclusion to their regular season, the Owls stranded 36 runners and failed to get the timely hitting they needed to pull ahead while allowing countless home runs to their opponents.

The Fleas proved to the the Mudhens best friend throughout the regular season as they handed the Hens’ 5 victory’s in head-to-head contests, while beating the Owls 4 times and playing the ultimate spoiler to the Owls regular season.

In a season that might have been remembered for it’s stellar pitching, this regular season will be remembered for the two outs that the Owls pitchers could not retire. In two pivotal games, against two different opponents, the Owls pitchers allowed a two out, pinch hit grand-slam that decided the game and handed them the loss and the loss of the NL title.

Mickey Cochrane, after a steady season, was completely shut down against the Fleas pitching staff, getting 3 hits in 17 at-bats and single handedly stranding 14 runners and derailing several potential rally innings.

The Owls will now face the Westport Fleas in the first round of the playoffs. Vegas odds makers have the Fleas winning the series in 5 games.

National League:
Date	VS	Score	WP	SV	MVP
10/23/09	Fleas vs Owls	20-9 (WF)	Hershi.	–	R. Kiner
	Kiner: 4-4, 2 HRs, 4 Runs, 5 RBI
10/23/09	Fleas vs Owls	15-14 (WF)	Paige	–	Bagwell
	Bawell: 1 HR, walk-off RBI in 10th
10/23/09	Fleas vs Owls	11-8 (WF)	Leifield	–	McCovey
	McCovey: 2 out PH Grand Slam in 5th inning.

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Holiday Baseball League Playoffs To Start Wednesday.

McKeon Shuns HBL Awards

Holiday Baseball League 2009 Awards

Holiday Baseball League Regular Season Wrap-Up

Crawdads Hold On For Two Wins

Falcons Battle Crawdads Tonight In Fogelberg

Love for Sale!

Holiday Baseball League Awards To Be Announced Thursday

Euphoria in Joplin for Manager Porter

Mudhens Win NL With Owls losses

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