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DIVISIONAL SERIES


Oakland Atletics versus Toronto Blue Jays

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4


Kansas City Royals versus Boston Red Sox

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4

San Francisco Giants versus St Louis Cardinals

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5


Cincinnati Reds versus Philadelphia Phillies

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4

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through :thup:

miraage

Not through :thdn:

Random_Student

Not even in the playoffs

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CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES


Boston Red Sox versus Toronto Blue Jays

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5


San Francisco Giants versus Philadelphia Philles

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7

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WORLD SERIES

Toronto Blue Jays versus Philadelphia Phillies

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7


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Monday, October 22nd, 2018:
Philadelphia Tops Toronto for MLB Title
The celebrations have begun. The streets are alive with people and the confetti is flying. The Philadelphia Phillies have done it -- they won the 2018 World Series. The Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-9 at Citizens Bank Park to take the title. Philadelphia took the series 4-3 for their 1st Major League Baseball championship.

After the game, the victorious Phillies manager told the secret to his team's great season and World Series triumph, "The harder you work, the luckier you get," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm the luckiest guy in the world today."

The new champions finished first in the regular season with a 97-65 record in the National League East.



Saturday, November 3rd, 2018:
Gold Glove Award Winners in NL Announced

Pitcher: Benedict Dupree (Chicago Cubs)
Catcher: Rod Daugherty (Arizona Diamondbacks)
First Baseman: Steve *Austin* (New York Mets)
Second Baseman: Bobby Peterson (Cincinnati Reds)
Third Baseman: Leivi Ventura (New York Mets)
Shortstop: Don Woodard (Florida Marlins)
Left Fielder: Peter Bourjos (Houston Astros)
Center Fielder: Raúl Muñóz (San Francisco Giants)
Right Fielder: Bill Wells (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Saturday, November 3rd, 2018:
AL Honors Top Glovemen for 2018

Pitcher: David Pauley (Boston Red Sox)
Catcher: Jeremy Pruitt (Chicago White Sox)
First Baseman: Kala Kaaihue (Baltimore Orioles)
Second Baseman: Francis Moore (Cleveland Indians)
Third Baseman: Ryan Zimmerman (Detroit Tigers)
Shortstop: Eduardo McBr (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
Left Fielder: Jake Hughes (Toronto Blue Jays)
Center Fielder: Gary *Toner* (Los Angeles Angels)
Right Fielder: Ethan Sheppard (Los Angeles Angels)


Monday, November 5th, 2018:
Kansas City's *Spotg* Nets AL Cy Young Award
Dan *Spotg* joined an elite class of pitchers today by picking up the American League Cy Young Award for 2018.

The 31-year-old hurler finished the year 24-7 for the Kansas City Royals, piling up 252.1 innings, 338 strikeouts and walking 50 on his way to a solid 3.00 ERA.


Tuesday, November 6th, 2018:
Jimmy *Giddy* Wins Best Bat Trophy
It's been a fine year for seasoned pro Jimmy *Giddy* of the St. Louis Cardinals. The first baseman mauled the NL competition and cruised into the 2018 Most Valuable Player Award.

He posted up a batting average of .369 with 34 doubles, 2 triples, 43 home runs, 113 RBIs and 168 runs scored.


Tuesday, November 6th, 2018:
*Burrage* AL's Top Hitter for 2018
Peter *Burrage* has been around Major League Baseball enough to know a good run when he sees it -- and he got to see it firsthand all year. For his sensational run through the 2018 season he's taking home the Most Valuable Player Award in the American League.

The Toronto shortstop put up a batting average of .320 with 41 doubles, 5 triples, 41 home runs and 134 RBIs.



Sunday, November 11th, 2018:
Cincinnati Reds and Giants Agree to Trade
The Cincinnati Reds have parted ways with 30-year old first baseman Gurkin *Roolz*, sending him to the San Francisco Giants for 26-year old reliever Aaron Washington and 22-year old minor league catcher Manny Meléndez. The Reds general manager confirmed the deal in an announcement this morning.

*Roolz*'s career batting average stands at .316, and he has 78 home runs.

Washington has fashioned a career won-lost record of 3-3. In 104 innings he has recorded 68 strikeouts and put up a 3.20 ERA while earning 6 saves.
*** AI TRADE ***


Friday, November 23rd, 2018:
*Banach* Agrees to Terms with Braves on Extension
SION reports that the Atlanta Braves have just agreed with third baseman Ant *Banach* on a contract extension.

The total value is $75,280,000 for 4 years, which equals $18,820,000 per season.

Lifetime *Banach* is batting .344 with 2143 hits, 369 home runs, 1233 runs scored and 1273 RBIs.


Friday, December 7th, 2018:
Kansas City, *Spotg* Agree to Extension Deal
The Kansas City Royals have finalized a deal with All Star-caliber starting pitcher Dan *Spotg* that will extend his stay in Kansas City at least 4 years and will pay out $61,370,000.

During his career *Spotg* has totaled 196 victories and 116 defeats with a 3.28 ERA. The 31-year-old hurler also has struck out 3044 batters in 2786 innings and surrendered 2508 hits.


Friday, December 7th, 2018:
Are Cardinals and SP *Porter* Close to a Deal?
Whispers of a deal between the Cardinals and Chris *Porter*, one of baseball's most coveted playmakers, have intensified in recent days causing the fanbase to fantasize about the future.

The latest offer, point out insiders, involves a salary of $14,580,000 per year.

Sunday, December 16th, 2018:
Cincinnati, SP *Porter* Have Discussions
Chatter out of Cincinnati has Chris *Porter* and the city's ballclub negotiating a contract worth $72,200,000 through the next 5 years, though both sides are quick to deny the rumors.


Saturday, January 26th, 2019:
Express Ink $14,140,000 Annual Deal with *Porter*
News of an impending deal between Chris *Porter* and Nashville became a reality today as both sides agreed to terms on a $70,700,000 commitment. The 32-year-old starting pitcher will call Nashville home for at least 5 years.

*Porter* has posted 184 victories and 100 defeats in his career with a 3.21 ERA. He also has fanned 2533 batters in 2611.2 innings and given up 2312 hits.



*** TRADE OPTIONS ***

Nick *Carter* - Arizona, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago White Sox, Detroit, Florida, Kansas, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Tampa Bay, Texas

retired_kris1971again

Unbelievable, stopped at the very end yet again by a pitcher blowing it in the final inning. Losing to a walk off grand slam homerun in the bottom of the 9th ffs.

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Sunday, April 7th, 2019:
Andy *Jordan* Extends Stay in Atlanta
Atlanta received a bit of good news today as their shortstop Andy *Jordan* accepted a $16,582,000-per-year offer that will keep him in a Braves uniform for 5 years.


Monday, April 8th, 2019:
Star of the Week Selected in NL
This week National League pitching was a feast fit for a king and Gurkin *Roolz* really made the most of it -- ripping them royally. The talented San Francisco hitting machine produced a sizzling .464 batting average, 5 home runs, 13 hits in 28 at-bats, 8 RBIs and 11 runs.

That kind of hitting earned him the NL Player of the Week honors.


Monday, April 8th, 2019:
[b]AL Player of the Week, *Sikora* of Cleveland
His solid numbers speak for themselves. That's why Dominik *Sikora* of the Cleveland Indians was named the American League Player of the Week.

For the week *Sikora* batted .571 (16-28) with no home runs and 5 RBIs.


Monday, April 8th, 2019:
*Jordan* Sidelined, Listed DTD by Atlanta
The Atlanta Braves may have to play on without standout shortstop Andy *Jordan* for at least 1-2 weeks after he suffered a bruised wrist in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team has him listed as day-to-day.


Tuesday, April 16th, 2019:
*Jordan* Hurt, Listed Day-to-Day
Braves shortstop Andy *Jordan* was injured while colliding with a player at a base against the San Francisco Giants. The injury was diagnosed as a concussion. The Atlanta standout is not expected to miss too much action and will be listed as day-to-day. He could be out about 2 weeks.


Friday, April 19th, 2019:
*Browne* Agrees to Terms, Stays in Cincinnati
Happy times in Cincinnati as the Reds and star starting pitcher Jase *Browne* put the finishing touches on a $61,100,000 contract extension that will keep the 31-year-old in town 5 years longer.

The signing is great news for Cincinnati, because players of this caliber are hard to come by.


Friday, April 19th, 2019:
*McKeon* Launches Number 600
Reds first baseman Richard *McKeon* reached a career milestone yesterday, blasting home run number 600.

He took the achievement in stride. "It's always good to get another home run and even better to get another win," *McKeon* told reporters in the postgame interview.

He went 2-3 during the Cincinnati 10-4 triumph over the Colorado Rockies and scored 2 runs with 1 RBI.

In 1772 career games, *McKeon* has put up a .374 average, collected 434 doubles, 69 triples, 600 home runs, driven in 1477 runs and scored 1744 times


Monday, April 22nd, 2019:
National League Winner is *McKeon*
Richard *McKeon* must have thought he was in seventh heaven this week. First he went on a sensational hitting spree, belting the ball at a .545 pace, then the Cincinnati first baseman finds outs he has been selected the top performer and gets the National League Player of the Week Award.

Asked what his hitting philosophy was, *McKeon* quipped to the SION reporters, "Well, my theory of hitting is to just watch the ball as it comes in and hit it."

It was a good week's work for *McKeon*. He hit .545 average (12-22) with 4 home runs and 6 RBIs.


Friday, April 26th, 2019:
*Spotg* Tops Tampa Bay for 200th Win
Dan *Spotg* of the Kansas City Royals nailed down his 200th career victory with a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays today at Kauffman Stadium. *Spotg*, 31, fired 8 strikeouts over 5.2 innings of work. He gave up 2 runs, 1 walk and allowed 9 hits.

"I feel great," *Spotg* said afterward. "I try not to get caught up in the moment. It's hard with so much press coverage these days, but I tune all that out when I go out there and pitch."


Sunday, April 28th, 2019:
Third Baseman Sam *Bouchard* Out
Watching Sam *Bouchard* getting helped off the field today at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, fans of the Los Angeles Angels feared the worst. The news wasn't quite as bad as initially feared, but the third baseman will miss 7 weeks with a fractured wrist. "We feel we've dodged a bullet. When you see a guy break down like that, you worry right away," a team spokesman said. *Bouchard* suffered the injury being hit by a pitch in the game against the Orioles.


Monday, April 29th, 2019:
Cincinnati's *McKeon* NL's Hottest Hitter
Richard *McKeon* of the Cincinnati Reds had an award-winning week and today was voted the Player of the Week by the National League.

For the week the 31-year-old first basemanbatted .579 (11-19) with 3 home runs and 7 RBIs.


Tuesday, April 30th, 2019:
1B *Roolz* Extends Stay in San Francisco
A $20,800,000 package keeping Gurkin *Roolz* a member of the Giants has been accepted by the player and his agent. *Roolz* will earn $10,400,000 annually over the next 2 years.


Wednesday, May 1st, 2019: Peter *Burrage* is April's #1 Hitter in AL
April's Batter of the Month has been announced by the American League. This month's trophy was presented to the Toronto shortstop, Peter *Burrage*.

He starred by hitting .414 with a .528 on-base percentage, totaled 41 hits in 99 at-bats, 11 home runs, 30 RBIs and scored 30 runs.


Wednesday, May 1st, 2019: *McKeon* Awarded April's NL Top Bat Prize
Today Cincinnati's Richard *McKeon* was named National League Batter of the Month for April. He slammed opposing pitching hard all month long, bashing out 46 hits in 93 at-bats.

With a .495 batting average, 14 home runs, 35 RBIs and 31 runs scored, he was a solid choice.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">POS Name TM G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS SB CS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1B Steve *Austin* NYM 29 121 43 3 1 3 11 11 11 13 .355 .406 .471 .877 8 11 LF Josh *Bada* NYY 27 115 34 5 1 5 11 25 13 23 .296 .367 .487 .854 4 3 3B Ant *Banach* ATL 29 117 45 8 0 8 28 25 19 10 .385 .471 .658 1.129 0 2 C Iain *Bartholomew* NAS 25 93 34 7 0 3 14 21 19 13 .366 .474 .538 1.011 12 3 2B Jonno *Blood* NYY 27 107 36 4 1 9 28 21 14 7 .336 .415 .645 1.059 1 1 3B Sam *Bouchard* LAA 26 83 25 7 0 8 24 26 25 15 .301 .478 .675 1.153 1 0 SS Peter *Burrage* TOR 27 103 42 5 4 12 32 31 27 4 .408 .527 .883 1.410 2 1 1B TtD *Burton* TOR 29 117 35 7 1 2 16 25 28 17 .299 .435 .427 .863 6 6 3B Johnny *Danger* BOS 27 99 32 7 0 12 28 19 19 10 .323 .432 .758 1.190 2 2 1B Jimmy *Giddy* STL 29 106 26 1 1 5 11 24 17 16 .245 .355 .415 .770 3 3 1B *Haz* ATL 29 106 48 9 1 6 26 21 24 9 .453 .541 .726 1.268 0 2 SS Andy *Jordan* ATL 27 98 29 8 1 1 6 20 28 7 .296 .461 .429 .890 17 10 3B Gene *Keurulainen* CHC 28 97 32 4 2 9 23 27 20 6 .330 .463 .691 1.154 3 2 1B James *Marshall* LAA 29 110 26 2 0 7 17 21 20 8 .236 .346 .445 .791 5 3 1B Richard *McKeon* CIN 28 98 49 8 1 14 37 33 28 5 .500 .605 1.031 1.635 2 2 3B Mr *Nice* SFG 27 94 20 9 1 2 11 18 21 15 .213 .373 .394 .766 1 0 RF Michael Danger *North*CWS 27 92 28 4 1 7 19 21 23 13 .304 .440 .598 1.037 1 2 1B Gurkin *Roolz* SFG 29 108 37 11 1 9 21 24 20 6 .343 .438 .713 1.151 2 1 SS Dominik *Sikora* CLE 27 105 44 6 0 2 15 22 19 9 .419 .520 .533 1.053 2 4 CF Gary *Toner* LAA 27 109 27 7 2 6 12 23 15 6 .248 .344 .514 .858 5 1 POS Name TM G GS W L SV IP HA HR R ER BB K ERA AVG CG SHO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SP Daniel *Boskovic* NYY 6 6 3 3 0 47.1 49 11 22 19 11 59 3.61 .265 2 0 SP Jase *Browne* CIN 6 6 4 0 0 36.2 36 5 12 12 7 49 2.95 .263 0 0 SP Nick *Carter* POR 7 7 3 3 0 49.1 50 7 25 24 4 52 4.38 .260 0 0 SP Chris *Porter* NAS 6 6 2 2 0 43.0 38 2 18 18 12 49 3.77 .239 1 0 SP Dan *Spotg* KC 6 6 4 2 0 45.1 51 4 21 19 6 59 3.77 .274 1 0 SP Gaz *Squire* PIT 6 6 2 1 0 42.2 39 4 19 17 10 49 3.59 .242 0 0 SP Luigi *Thirty* CWS 6 6 2 4 0 34.1 40 5 25 24 9 42 6.29 .286 0 0 CL Will *Jay* NYM 11 0 5 0 4 13.2 10 1 4 4 2 19 2.63 .204 0 0 </pre>

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miraage

Heck of a month for me there!

Plus my 600th career home run! \o/

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I choose the White Sox.