Sim #17 Completed

We're up to June 27.

Seattle still leads the Platonic, and still by four games over current wild card Maryland. Sylva has passed the injury-battered Stockholm Syndromes for third and is three games behind Maryland. Stockholm is another game back. Meanwhile, someone put up an April calendar in the Pittsburgh clubhouse, prompting a six-game losing streak. Cairo remains in last, but only 1.5 games behind Pittsburgh as the Leveemen have rolled off four wins in a row.

The race in the Socratic League is tightening back up. Marietta remains in first, but by just 1.5 games over Helena. Winnipeg is two games behind Marietta, one-half game behind Helena. Jersey City, despite the notorious White Flag announcement this week by owner Paul Michael, remains in the thick of the hunt only one game out of the wild card. Even defending champion Brooklyn has begun to creep closer to the race; while still in fifth, the Bombers closed to within four games of the wild card and 5.5 of first place. New York joins Pittsburgh and Cairo in the ranks of those all but eliminated from playoff contention.

In the biggest injury news of the sim, a Stockholm pitcher was NOT injured. Medical experts are flying in from around the world to figure out why not.

Brooklyn bore the brunt of the injury bug this sim. First, they lost backup shortstop Melvin Barrett to a strained back for 1-2 weeks. Then, they lost defending Ted Williams Award winner and second baseman Miayatorou Takenao for three weeks to a pulled tricep tendon.

Sylva's Benito Figueredo and Helena's Tory Chavez pulled in Player of the Week honors.

On June 23, Marietta scored one in the ninth and one in the tenth to beat Brooklyn 2-1, as young, promising closer Steve Corner took his fourth loss of the month.

On June 24, five New York Knights combined to shut out Jersey City 2-0 over ten innings. The Skeeters couldn't push a man across despite eight hits and seven walks.

On June 26, Jersey City scored three in the bottom of the ninth to pull out a 3-2 win over Helena. All three runs came off Helena's struggling closer, Alfred Wickline.

Next sim Monday by Nate. League file is uploaded and web pages en route.