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by jjw
Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:42 pm
Forum: League Announcements
Topic: Tonight's Sim- Delayed Until Tomorrow Morning-ish
Replies: 14
Views: 635

Re: Tonight's Sim- Delayed Until Tomorrow Morning-ish

ah, sent my msg re why no new league file before I read this - sorry! get well, Matt - hope you are feeling better
by jjw
Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:58 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.8
Replies: 0
Views: 244

Dugout Dirt 2051.8

The regular season having now been completed, your faithful correspondent felt a responsibility to objectively assess the Jacksonville Hurricanes' performance, both as a team as for some of its key players. To start with, the club's final record of 77-85, a .475 winning percentage that places them i...
by jjw
Tue Jul 12, 2022 4:36 pm
Forum: League Announcements
Topic: GM Change, Edmonton Jackrabbits
Replies: 9
Views: 591

Re: GM Change, Edmonton Jackrabbits

welcome to Brewster @neugey! and to the Canadian prairie!
by jjw
Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:24 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.7
Replies: 0
Views: 609

Dugout Dirt 2051.7

From a recent Florida Times-Union (out of Jacksonville) story by veteran columnist Sam Spade on the sad state (and shaky future) of the local baseball team -- Do the Hurricanes have hopes for next season and beyond? To this reporter, it looks pretty bleak. We've all heard the reports of owner Tuck ...
by jjw
Sun Jul 10, 2022 5:13 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.6
Replies: 2
Views: 765

Re: Dugout Dirt 2051.6

yep, that's the plan!
by jjw
Thu Jul 07, 2022 5:51 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.6
Replies: 2
Views: 765

Dugout Dirt 2051.6

Your faithful correspondent has been made aware of some tension between the Hurricanes owner, multimillionaire and Virginia Beach native Tuck Friar, and his new GM this season, Jack Whalen. Friar expressed great unhappiness on the team's progress -- more accurately, its lack thereof -- this season. ...
by jjw
Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.5
Replies: 0
Views: 807

Dugout Dirt 2051.5

Jacksonville pretty much has been treading water the past two weeks, remaining just out (by 1.5 games) of wild card contention, and now two games above .500. The injury bug continues to plague the club. Just as veteran reliever Jorge Navárez returns, one of their better hitters this season, SS Larry...
by jjw
Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:16 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.4
Replies: 0
Views: 667

Dugout Dirt 2051.4

The Hurricanes season has been a perfect bell curve -- albeit a reverse U. Starting out 10-2, they split the next two weeks, going 6-6 in all, and then went into a death dive over the last two weeks that nicely reversed the first two, going 3-10. Their record now stands at 18-19, 4.5 games behind th...
by jjw
Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:25 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.3
Replies: 0
Views: 643

Dugout Dirt 2051.3

The Jacksonville Hurricanes felt the sharp jostle of reality -- to steal historian E P Thompson's phrase -- this past week, going 3-3 after a startling 10-2 start, and also losing 2 out of the 3 one-run games after going 6-0 in such games the first two weeks (yet still averaging 3 one-run games per ...
by jjw
Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:32 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.2
Replies: 0
Views: 531

Dugout Dirt 2051.2

After rather mediocre Spring play, two weeks into the 2051 season the Hurricanes are off to what most might regard as a surprising good start, with a 10-2 record that stands as the best record in the Brewster and puts them in first place in the Jonson League's Atlantic Division. But is it actually s...
by jjw
Wed May 18, 2022 4:15 pm
Forum: League Announcements
Topic: GM Change, Tokyo Pearls
Replies: 7
Views: 452

Re: GM Change, Tokyo Pearls

welcome! (and yeah, the logo...)
by jjw
Wed May 18, 2022 12:10 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2051.1
Replies: 1
Views: 593

Dugout Dirt 2051.1

The Hurricanes announce the hiring of Khayyat bin Luqman as manager. bin Luqman was previously the manager of the Beirut Cedars of the UMEBA, where he compiled a record of 528-440 over 6 seasons (2044-49), leading the Cedars to the Association playoffs four times. He also has some experience in the ...
by jjw
Sun May 15, 2022 9:53 am
Forum: League Announcements
Topic: GM Change, Louisville Sluggers
Replies: 11
Views: 594

Re: GM Change, Louisville Sluggers

Welcome!
by jjw
Fri May 13, 2022 4:01 pm
Forum: League Announcements
Topic: UMEBA becomes the GBC
Replies: 13
Views: 608

Re: UMEBA becomes the GBC

Manama? The Pearls, with their storied history, their successive playoff appearances…. Gone but not forgotten/forgotten
by jjw
Tue May 10, 2022 8:06 pm
Forum: Jacksonville Hurricanes
Topic: Dugout Dirt 2050
Replies: 0
Views: 448

Dugout Dirt 2050

The Hurricanes are under a new GM, and owner Tuck Friar is cautiously optimistic and yet somewhat patient as well. Friar told GM Jack Whalen, who just took over this week — a day after the Canes were bounced from the playoffs in three straight by the Frontier Division's Mexico City Aztecs — that he ...
by jjw
Fri May 06, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: League Announcements
Topic: GM Change, Charm City Jimmies
Replies: 18
Views: 1014

Re: GM Change, Charm City Jimmies

Hey Dave! Great that we ended up in the same division (again). So I guess we can transfer the Jerusalem-Manama rivalry to Charm City-Jacksonville?
by jjw
Fri May 06, 2022 9:55 pm
Forum: League Announcements
Topic: GM Change, Jacksonville Hurricanes
Replies: 17
Views: 1588

Re: GM Change, Jacksonville Hurricanes

Thanks to all for the warm welcome. Really looking forward to the BBA!
(And btw, I actually lived in Jacksonville when I was 5-6 yrs old… but will not note just when that was - let’s just say a long time ago)
by jjw
Thu May 05, 2022 5:46 pm
Forum: Tokyo Pearls
Topic: Manama musings 2.0
Replies: 1
Views: 2113

Manama musings 2.0

Whelp, it's the post-season once more, and once more the Manama Pearls are meeting the Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers in a best of 7 series for the Burt League title, just as they did last season. But this season it's the Hammers who are in the driver's seat, having finished 10 games ahead of the wild car...
by jjw
Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:10 pm
Forum: Tokyo Pearls
Topic: Manama musings 2.0
Replies: 0
Views: 2447

Manama musings 2.0

How things have changed for Manama over the past month - and plainly not for the better. A league lead that was once 5.5 games has become a deficit of the same magnitude to the surging Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers. Ok, the Pearls are pretty much a lock for the Burt wild card, what with their 12.5 game l...

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