Last
Year’s Record
93-69
Notable
Additions
Mormal, Hughes, Cain, Kearns, Santiago, Hairston, Giambi,
and Powell.
Notable Losses
Trader
Wayne, Milledge,
Teagarden, Hairston JR, Fox, Happ, League, Masterson, and Moylan.
Brewing in the
Minors
Ackley, Jansen,
and Gomez.
Injuries
Nathan
High
Expections
Mike Pelfrey (3-4, 5.63), Phil Hughes (2-4, 2.99) and Ian
Kennedy (minors) will fill out the backend of the rotation. Hopefully one of
these guys will throw the ball well enough to compliment the front 3. Free
Agent Austin Kearns will split time with Matt Joyce in LF while Carl Crawford
will play exclusively in CF this year. Rookie Lorenzo Cain will get spot
duty in CF and sub defensively. Jason Giambi will give us veteran
leadership and a good LH bat off the bench for this young team who just missed
the playoffs!
My
Thoughts
The Red
Sox had a very good season last year, and went out and tried upgrade this
offseason. Bringing in super hyped Phil Hughes despite it costing 3
solid arms and acquiring Carlos Marmol, a young flame thrower with a nasty
slider (will be closing do to Nathan elbow issues).
I am sold
that this team will compete this year, but we will need repeat performances
from Billy Butler (325, 25, 109), Carlos Pena (233, 46, 98), and Micheal
Young (315, 24, 79). Also pitching wise from Jair
Jerrjens (3.34, 17-9,210 ip, and 10 CG last
season, he will be monitored closely), Mark Buehrle (13-10), and Bronson
Arroyo (15-11, 7 cg) to really compete with Philly in the Schmidt division.
With the races now over and Philly’s Rob Hite and the Phantastics the CBA 2010 champions, here is a team by team analysis by division.
We start this year looking at the Schmidt division home of the world champ Phantastics. Philly dominated the entire season start to finish. It was no accident as Rob Hite custom designs his teams and trades for select players to fit his franchise model. The team was led by MVP candidate Derek Jeter who rebounded to post excellent stats, and more so winning baserunner movement and clutchness. 17Hr 69RBI .311 27sb. Although the team only hit .269, a low for Philly over the past several years, the HR bat was there slugging 282 of them. 13 players had double digit RBI’s. Eight players hit 20+ HR with Berkman in what could be his last huge season hittling 32 and Ut Chasely hitting a big 36 HR. Philly added speed to their mix in ’10 swiping 84 SB, which is a lot for this 3 run HR team. The offense numbers .354 OBA, .834 total avg, but the .480 slug is down a bit for Philly, but where the offense and defense was balanced, the pitching stepped it up. Not known for pitching lately, the Phantastics allowed only a .257 BA. The relief corps wasn’t too effective allowing 33% of opposing runners to score once brought in. A
LOS ANGELES(AP) - The
Anaheim Angels have placed outfielder Laynce Nix on the 30 day disabled list
due to a slight hamstring pull. He is expected to be out of the lineup at least
for the month of may after initially feeling a slight tweek in the Angels' last
game in their series at
"It happened when I
chased a foul down the line in
The Angels rebounded
at home by sweeping
"We'll have to adjust
to one fewer outfielder on the active roster. Jermaine(Dye) will be seeing some
time out there for sure. I've asked for pitching help to replace Laynce for the
time being."
In response to Brunet's
request, the Angels have called up right-hander Armando Galarraga. Although
Galarraga has been solely a starter thus far for the Salt Lake Bees while
posting a 3-1 record in 5 starts with a 3.19 ERA in 31 innings, he will bolster
a bullpen that has seen a lot of action during a tough beginning to the season.
Nove 21st 2010
Can you believe since Newsletter #1 in 2003 (press archive) we have had 290
of these league memo's? Lots of writing. Well here's the
state of CBA right now. Where we are at. First I'd like to commen
each and every one of you for a Phantastic (In respect to Philly) year.
It was well run on each end. You guys were a) Efficient b) Reliable
c) Prompt d) Careful. It made the league office job so much easier than
the year before. In fact this season for this first in 3 years had no
major crashes. In an attempt for the truest statistics, or CBA
Excutive Consultant Jack Frost managed to eliminate a statistical
anomaly. A game was counted 2 times. Jack Painstakingly rebuilt from all
our carefully archived files the season eliminating the problem and even
managed to trim the 'memory fat' from the main files so file size were
smaller. This year the player notebook file which we always record
highlites, ate much memory. 1 or 2 megs. This is just 1 reason why Jack
Frost is well respected by the commmisioners office. His scheduling work
is another. I would like to acjnowledge publically his fine and dedicated
efforts. His love for CBA is the motivation.
This years administration did a fine job working
behind the scenes. It was a team effort without question. The
proper and efficient running of an organziation like CBA requires effort from
several. It starts at the top. Your league Presidents set the tome
for CBA, a league whcih has a VERY positive vibe. I must say, that is the
coolness factor of our GM's and the tone and manner and friendships that have
evolved for which I am most proud. Friends, not just acquaintances have been
made. GM's have met, socialized, Netplayed, talked deal, BS with each
other, and now become part of each others lives. Wheres the tissue? Tito?
Jermaine? And this
Cory Light. A trusted and awesome CBA person. We owe MAJOR thanks to Cory, who at
his OWN expense provides us with our CBA website. The domain is his, and
server fees are his contribution. Its more than appreciated on my end and
judging by the webstats, by many others internationally who do follow our
league...especially at draft time since we generally are the first to draft the
new cards, and be on MLB schedule with our statistics. There are quite a
few who track our stats to project for their own league uses. The draft
is a template for many when their drafts begin as well. Its somewhat of
an honor when we do get our occasional emails from web visitors. Cory
Light sets the tone with his personality and diplomacy. CBA elder
statesman on council. Cory's vote carries alot of respect and weight in
council. Thanks again Cory, you're the best.
Dennis Concepcion is another integral part of the machine. Dennis also is the
true spirit of CBA and section 15. His manner and enthusiasm has
transformed CBA directly and indirectly from a league in transition to a
positive, fun, and stable league. His voice of reason and innovation is
resposible for making CBA not only a basic run of the mill Strat league to a
league with a personality. A league which has taken on a life force
through his Press releases and finely detailed and comprehensive photo
galleries are known throught the Stratworld. Yes, CBA is well known after
13 seasons. Dennis is also active in trade council and rules committee
discussions.
JD Adams is our Usage Commisioner and going into his 2nd season on trade
committee. The committee consists of JD, Dennis, Cory, Rob Hite and
myself. Derek has done an excellent job for 3 seasons now review usage, and
saving the office time while creating a custom easy to use weekly reference
that is simply unique to CBA. Its is so easy, a caveman can use it.
CBA has evolved technically, and is even more user friendly thanks to Derek who
has eased the time it takes to set upa weekly CM. Since inception, I have
noticed our weekly CM forwarding rate to have increased from about 11 or 12 per
week to about 16-17 on and off list. Make no mistake, your GM 'friends'
are trying to beat you. They're tailoring CM's to match your teams, and
beat you. It about winning, not the draft. Thanks Derek. These are our council members for 2011
season.
Within the CBA core are our consultants. Executive Technical consultant Jack Frost, and Committee consultants Rob Hite, Jack Jung, and for 2011 Doug Brunet. Rob is a CBA elder statesman, and original member who played in another league with founder Claude LaMarre, and is always well known in Strat circles. He also enters the World Series looking for his 3 crown. Hite lends his expertise again in 2011 as an executive consultant to committee. Rob has his input and league rules and issues of importance. 2001 CBA Champion Jack Jung of Ottawa Otters fame is another 13 year original veteran is on hand to assist with some rule committee and council input on an as needed basis. Doug Brunet Joins us with a wealth (30+ years) of Strat-o-matic experience. He is thorough and sharp. He will assume duties as a council consultant, and Transaction, Roster Management official. He joins our council list. Consultants do no have an official vote on trade council, but their opinions are sometimes asked or presented in the decision making and voting process. Generally trade committee needs majority to pass, however 1 dissention is enough to trigger a committee action to review a trade then a final vote. GM’s input are welcome to Committee if presented to a league President for introduction. This procedure is in effect for trade review and rules committee review. Suggestions are welcome via proper channels to committee, not on CBA_List.
The season started with the opening draft and a flurry of trade activity
preceding and during what was a smooth and exciting 2010 draft. There was a trendous amount of trade
activity leading up to the February draft.
Many trades involved draft picks exchanging hands. Picks high, and not so surprisingly with the
increased vale of the late rounds, due to our CBA formula, many late picks were
not only relevant but brought in some good talent in late rounds. Big names moved. Long time Basher Michael Young brought back
power bat of Nick Swisher.
Other first rounders included Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Coughlin, Mat Latos,
Trevhor Cahil went to
World
Series Tradition the 2010 World Series is traditional CBA in every sense of the
word. CBA offers official
congratulations to Staub Champion Limoilou who swept Dawson titlist Longue
Pointe in 4 games. Limmer then was
defeated 7-4 in game 1 of the Staub finals.
They then exploded reeling off 4 straight to lead them to this matchup
against Clemente.
Clemente
champ Philly, also lost their 1st game to explosive Brooklyn. But Philly was able to quiet the Superbas
bats with good defense, and power to win 4 to 1. Carolina played tough winning 2 to 1 after 3
netgames. The series stretched all the
way to 7. Philly took game 4 and 5. In game 6 Scott's Copperheads, faced with the
brink of elimination stormed back to tie it up.
The Phantastics then won the final game 7, 9-5.
A few
pre season speculated these were the favorites to meet in the fall classic.
Philly is hitting .280 over the playoffs.
They have pounded 17 HRs in 12 games. With a 4.14 team ERA. Not bad for a DH league staff. They have only gotten on base .351 OBA, and a
.455 slg... Slightly off their .355 OBA
and .480 slg during the season. Theyve
created 6 runs per game and the .791 total average is lower than the seasons
.828 total average. My friends that
points either to great dice luck, or superior Stratomatic management. Winning
key games going 8-4 in playoffs.
Brooklyn series was not easy, nor was Carolina. Hite is here.
Jeff
B of the Mighty Wendigo. For years been
called the mighty Wendigo in press releases and reports, ever wonder why? Well
rookies here's why, this F'n guy is good!
All he does is win, and beat you.
He parallels to the old baseball dynasties. A Staub legend, the Mighty Wendigo led by the
classy Jeff Boutet of Quebec. He's been
to the Finals before, and before, and before...You get it. Why is it that some guys always get
there? Ask Jeff he knows first
hand. Aside from the 3 he's won, he's
been in 4, now in his 5th. This is Rob
Hite's 5th World Series winning two and losing two. Look at the list. These are your best CBA managers of all
time. Its all about the wins
gentlemen. Wins get the glory and both
Jeff and Rob have a date with destiny.
The two original GM's. Who is
CBA's all time greatest? We know about Bob Fidler's 3 of 4 which may never be
equaled. We know about Marc Wass record number of division titles 8 and record
10 playoff appearances. Rob Hite has
done that in Schmidt too. We know about
the classic Dawson Quebec, LP, Limoilou 3 way dance and later the Belfast,
Limoilou, LP 3 way dance, year after year.
And Jeff is still there at the end 13 full seasons later. We know about Phillies domination of the
Schmidt title. Rob is no stranger to
winning and its thrill, and defeat in losing tough games in the late playoffs
and early rounds. But he knows how to
win just as Jeff. Usually when their
backs are against the wall, they rise to the top. Whose CBA's best ever?...
here's
a look back at Limoilou vs Quebec in Jeff Boutet's first ever CBA playoff
series in 1997 against arch rival Quebec Capitales led by Chris Boutin.
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10/ 0
QCD 6
6 0 LWD
2 4 1
B.Radke (1-0) S.Trachsel
(0-1)
10/ 0
QCD 6 10
0 LWD 5 11
1 R.Springer (1-0) T.Mathews (0-1)
10/ 0
LWD 6 11
0 QCD 4
6 1 M.Brandenbur (1-0) D.Burba (0-1)
10/ 0
LWD 10 14 2 QCD
7 9 1
A.Sager (1-0) H.Flener
(0-1)
10/ 0
LWD 0
4 1 QCD 9
13 0
B.Radke (2-0) S.Trachsel
(0-2)
10/ 0
QCD 7 11 0
LWD 8 12 0
T.Borland (1-0) M.James
(0-1)
10/ 0
QCD 1
8 2 LWD 9
11 1
J.Lieber (1-0) D.Burba
(0-2)
NAME BAVG GM
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO
HB SH DP SB CS E
S.Berry 1.000 1
1 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
G.Hill .500 1
2 1 1
0 0 1
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
R.Amaral .462
7 26 5 12 1
0 0 3
6 4 0
0 0 3
2 0
M.Duncan .400
5 5 0 2 2
0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0
D.Segui .367 7
30 4 11
6 0 0
7 1 1
0 0 0
1 0 0
B.Higginson .367
7 30 6 11 3
0 1 4
2 4 0
0 0 0
1 2
B.Brown .333 3
3 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 0 1
1 0 0
J.Edmonds .308
7 26 7 8 2
0 3 7
4 6 0
0 0 0
0 0
R.Durham .261
7 23 1 6 1
1 0 2
1 4 2
0 0 0
0 1
S.Brosius .207
7 29 6 6 1
0 1 3
2 4 1
0 1 0
0 1
B.Larkin .200
7 25 7
5 0 0
2 6 7
3 0 0
1 1 0 1
M.Macfarlane .130
7 23 2 3 1
0 1 3
4 8 0
0 0 0
0 0
J.Levis .000 1
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
B.Mueller .000
5 2 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
C.Shipley ----
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
D.Lewis ---- 3
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
D.Sheaffer ----
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
ALL
PITCHERS .000 7
15 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 5
0 2 0
0 0 1
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TEAM
TOTALS .278 241
67 1 37
41 2 6
6
7 40
17 9 27
3 3 3
NAME ERA W
L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP
H R ER HR
BB SO
R.Bottalico 0.00
0 0 ----
2 0 0
0 2 2.0
0 0 0
0 1 4
M.Brandenburg 1.80
1 0 1.000 2
0 0 0
0 5.0 2
1 1 1
0 5
T.Borland 1.80
1 0 1.000 3 0 0
0 0 5.0
3 1 1
0 2 0
J.Lieber 4.00
1 0 1.000 2 2 0
0 0 9.0
9 4 4
3 3 7
A.Sager 4.50
1 0 1.000 4
0 0 0
0 4.0 7
2 2 1
0 2
T.Mathews 5.14
0 1 .000
4 0 0
0 1 7.0
4 4 4
1 2 7
T.Belcher 5.25
0 0 ----
2 2 0
0 0 12.0
14 8 7
1 6 9
D.Linton 7.20
0 0 ----
1 1 0 0 0
5.0 6 5
4 1 2 7
S.Trachsel 8.31
0 2 .000
2 2 1
0 0 13.0
17 14 12
7 2 9
J.Schmidt ----
0 0 ----
0 0 0
0 0 0.0
0 0 0
0 0 0
J.Juden ----
0 0 ----
1 0 0
0 0 0.0
1 1 1
0 0 0
T.Vanegmond ----
0 0 ----
0 0 0
0 0 0.0
0 0 0
0 0 0
D.Springer ----
0 0 ----
0 0 0
0 0 0.0
0 0 0
0 0 0
ALL
NON-PITCHERS ---- 0
0 ---- 0
0 0 0
0 0.0 0
0 0 0
0 0
Team
0 +0
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TEAM
TOTALS 5.23 3
7 1 3
63 36 18
4 .571
7 0 62.0
40 15
In
1999 Jeff and Limmer made it to the Staub Finals losing to eventual Staub champ
Longue Pointe managed then by Claude LaMarre (LaMarre trophy is CBA's
championship). Rob and Philly lost in rd
1 to eventual WS champ St Foy (Dino Barnabe).
In 2000 Hite went to the finals
losing to LaMarre, but winning it all in 2002 against who else, Jeff
Boutet! A rematch. Hite beat Jeff in 5 games with what some
consider CBA's all time best team which won 120 games. In 2003 Brooklyn defeated Philly in the
Clemente finals for the right to play Jeff Boutet. Limoilou defeated Brooklyn 4 to 1 in that series only to see Brooklyn
defeat Philly once again in 2004 enroute to Brooklyn's World Title. In 2005 Philly went to the finals losing to
Longue Pointe in 7 on Miracle Mirabelli's performance. Mirabelli had a great unlikely hero series
that year, and hit a game tying HR in extras to lead to victory. Limoilou lost in the Staub finals.... Then of
course The Philly championship year of 2007 Hite defeating the Skokie
Wolfmen.
Who
is perhaps? Look at the Kings of CBA....
CBA
World Series Champs
1997
Limoilou Wendigo (Jeff Boutet) vs. Parma Flamingos (Lou Bloss) in 7
1998
St Foy Frenchies (Dino Barnabe) vs. Longue Pointe (Claude LaMarre) in 7
1999
Limoilou Wendigo (Jeff Boutet) vs. Beauport Gamblers (Martin Boulet) in 6
2000
Longue Pointe Hitmen (Claude LaMarre) vs. Philly Phantastics (Rob Hite) in 7
2001
Ottawa Otters (Jack Jung) vs. Quebec Capitales (Chris Boutin) in 7
2002
Philly Phantastics (Rob Hite) vs Limoilou Wendigo (Jeff Boutet) in 5
2003
Limoilou Wendigo (Jeff Boutet) vs Brooklyn Superbas (Marc Wass) in 5
2004
Brooklyn Superbas (Marc Wass) vs Kansas City A's (Rich Schneider) in 5
2005 .Longue
Pointe (Dennis Concepcion) defeats
Philly Phantastics (Rob Hite) in 7
2006
Indiana Redbirds (Bob Fidler) vs Neah Bay Whalers (league managed) in 7
2007
Philly Phantastics (Rob Hite) vs Skokie Wolfmen ("Wolfman" Shapiro)
2008
Indiana Redbirds (Bob Fidler) 4 games to 3 vs Skokie Wolfmen (Wolfman Shapiro)
2009
Indiana Redbirds (Bob Fidler) 4 games to 2 vs Longue Pointe (Dennis Concepcion)
October 4th 2010
Round one saw good action.Staub's Limoilou led by Jeff
Boutet swept last years Staub champion Longue Pointe Loggers in 4 games.
It was Felipe Lopez bat combined with good pitching, better yet dominant
pitching which stopped the Lumberjacks from reaching base. Hanson, Ubald,
and Kershaw stopped CBA batting champions.
It was Maine and SanDiego. The Express derailed the Surfers
aspirations for Series immortality with a 4-2 series win. The reliable
King Felix looked more like a jester in his 2 putrid dperformances effectively
costing Joe Wallace a shot at the crown. Meanwhile bottom feeders A
Gonzalez and Barmes were heroes each knockin in 7 runs in a good series.
In Clemente, Philly walked over Brooklyn with dominant starting
pitching and a few late rallies in a closer than shows 4-1 rout. Hite is
looking for his cheesesteak in the mail right about now....Now was that Jimmy's
or D'Allessandro's Rob? The Brooklyn Bats went cold despite Brauns
stellar series .450 3 HR 4RBI, while Utley, Drew, and Abreu, torched the
Superbas pitching for a .316 ERA.
The Carolina Copperheads led by none other than Scott Kenan himself,
dominated Parker this season. They did not dominate the JD Adams led
Skokie Lizard Kings. The 4-3 series was a fantastic one for J Johson who
won 3 games in an MVP performance for the Copperhead snakes. Ryan Ludwick
went nuts with 4 HR's in the series.