OWLS' LORENZO & HUSTLERS' NELSON NAMED 2011 SIM 5 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Veteran Las Vegas 1B Off To Best Start Of His Career; Leads SL In Hitting

Monday 5/11/2011: Lorenzo (BRI) and Nelson (LV) win P.O.W. award

Bristol's rightfielder Bruce Lorenzo had some reason to celebrate, as the league named him the Union League Player of the Week. Bruce was on fire, hitting .609 with 2 HR and 7 RBI. His season features a batting average of .370 (54 hits in 146 AB), 8 doubles, 2 triples and 3 taters. Lorenzo collected 22 RBI and 26 runs as well. He's 4th in the Union League in batting! Tomas Nelson wins his 2nd Player of the Week award. Syndicate League pitchers couldn't figure out how to retire this guy all week long. He hit .500 with 7 RBI and slugged .923 in 26 at bats. This year Nelson drove in 27 and scored 27 runs while batting .420 with 8 homeruns. He's 1st in the Syndicate League in batting, 8th in homeruns and 7th in RBI!

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LONGTIME GM VETS TREADWAY & LYNCH STORM INTO SIMBL

New Dalton & Chicago GMS Look To Shake Things Up Immediately

Two long-time OOTP veterans have joined the SIMBL brotherhood lately and were announced at a joint press conference today in Chicago.

Mike Lynch, 28, of Dover, New Hampshire takes over the defending SL Central Champion Chicago Hitmen.  Lynch is longtime GM of the Denver Gold in TMBU and a respected and competitive GM in that league's circles.

Lynch takes over a veteran-led club that includes All-SIMBL talent in league legends SP Miles "Blackjack" Farrelly and CF Eddie Meas.  The team also includes All-Stars C Eddie House and current All-SIMBL OF Sang Aleshire among other solid players and an up-and-coming bullpen of stud talent.

"We welcome a GM of Lynchy's caliber into the SIMBL and look forward to what a little 'TLC' can do to all that talent in Chicago," said SIMBL Commissioner Christian DeMarco who attended the news conference with SIMBL Co-Commissioner Paul Ware earlier today.

Longtime OOTP and fellow TMBU veteran GM John Treadway also has recently joined the SIMBL as the new GM of the Dalton Dawgs and was also introduced to the masses today.  Treadway has shaken things up with quickly being involved with his team and made his first SIMBL trades in a two-day period with Newark and Calgary to start his imprint on his new team.

"We welcome John into the league with open arms," said DeMarco.  "He has already shown his intent and competitiveness on turning things around in Dalton to make the Dawgs among the SIMBL elite."

Treadway also announced to the cheering Dawgs faithful that he intends to keep the franchise in Dalton.

"Our fans have been loyal through good times and bad times and we will reward them again with good times again soon enough," said Treadway, also known as "The Mill" thoroughout the OOTP community.

Lynch indicated to expect things to change in Chi-Town though and a future move is expected but was not confirmed.

He did say though that he is "in it to win it" though.

"We have alot of talent with this team and it won't go wasted.  We expect to challenge for a SL title as early as this year before our boys get too old."

SIMBL LATEST TRADES:

CALGARY GETS:

RF Donny Dorado

DALTON GETS:

MR JC Vallejos
CL Michael Harper
2012 #2 Draft Pick

BEARS & DAWGS SWAP YOUNG TALENT IN FIRST MAJOR DEAL OF 2011 SEASON

Top Five-Rated Prospect Sharkey & Orduna Center Of Deals; Newark GM Gemme Early 2011 GMOTY Candidate As Bears Continue To Surprise

The first major trade of the 2011 SIMBL season was made before SIM 4 as new Dalton GM John Treadway started his imprint on the Dawgs and Newark GM Mike Gemme continues to turnaround the perennially struggling Bears, who have surprised the SIMBL with a 19-10 start this year, with a flurry of free agent pickups and deals.

Promising young pitcher Gerald Orduna and Top 5 Prospect Thomas Sharkey were the centerpieces in the deal and switch teams.

NEWARK GETS:
 
SP Gerald Orduna
SP Louis Harris
 C James Michell
 
DALTON GETS:
 
1B Thomas Sharkey
SP Rodney Bolivar
MR Raymon Dane
 C Andrew Guarino
Newark 2012 #1 Draft Pick

CLIPS' McELFRESH 13TH PLAYER IN LEAGUE HISTORY TO HIT FOR CYCLE

Calgary CF Enjoying Great Start To '11 Season; Pounds Out Five Vs. Rush

Saturday 5/2/2011: Calgary's Walker McElfresh hits for the cycle

TORONTO - Walker McElfresh is a pretty good hitter, but his 5 hit performance seemed to surprise even himself considering that the hits added up to the cycle, one of the most difficult things to accomplish in baseball. A pitch from Benito Baeza in the 1st inning left his bat for a triple. A 405 foot drive to left-center marked his 2nd hit, a solo homerun off Mark Ellwood in the 4th inning. His 3rd hit, a solo homerun off Boyce Brookshire in the 6th inning, landed an estimated 409 feet from home plate. A double off Boyce Brookshire in the 7th inning accounted for his 4th hit. A single in the 9th off Boyce Brookshire accounted for his 5th hit. That drive completed the cycle, causing a smile on his face! Walker scored 4 runs, and he collected 2 RBI as well! He now has a total of 33 hits this season, accounting for a .300 batting average. 13 players in league history have so far hit for the cycle, including Walker. Walter Ocejo was the last player to hit for the cycle, doing it 9/7/2010. 

LAST SIMBL POLL RESULTS:

Should SIMBL Draft Talent Be Deepened Next Season? Yes- Time For Some Spice 19   73.1%   No- Let The Game Play 7   26.9%

2010 MVPS KNAPP & RYLES NAMED 2011 SIM 4 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Monday 5/4/2011: Player of the Week honors go to Knapp and Ryles

Glenn Knapp from Marin wins his 3rd Player of the Week award for putting up the best numbers this week in the Union League. Glenn was on fire, hitting .476 with 2 HR and 10 RBI. His season features a batting average of .406 (41 hits in 101 AB), 10 doubles, 2 triples and 8 bombs. Knapp collected 31 RBI and 27 runs as well. He's 2nd in the Union League in batting, 5th in homeruns and 2nd in RBI! The Syndicate League's best player of the week was San Diego's Daryl Ryles, who wins the award for the 14th time in his career. In 17 at bats he hit .588 with 3 HR and 8 RBI. Daryl has gone 35 for 97 (.361) this season, hitting 12 longballs and driving in 23 runs. He has scored 31 runs on his own. He's 1st in the Syndicate League in batting, 1st in homeruns and 5th in RBI!

BEARS' HIGHTOWER & STAMPEDE'S CORCHADO WIN APRIL 2011 PITCHERS OF THE MONTH AWARDS

Youngsters Are Part Of New Era Of Young SIMBL Pitching Talent

Friday 5/1/2011: Hightower and Corchado receive Pitcher of the Month award

It's the 1st time that the Union League Pitcher of the Month award goes to Newark's pitcher Bill Hightower. His ERA of just 2.03 helped him to a 4-1 record in April. He worked 44.1 innings, striking out 25 hitters while walking 14. Winner of this months Syndicate League Pitcher of the Month award is Jacksonville's Felix Corchado. His record of 6-1 in 7 was among the leagues best this month. In 53 innings of work he allowed just 38 hits while striking out 45, compiling an ERA of just 1.70. 

MARIN'S KNAPP & SAN DIEGO'S RYLES NAMED APRIL 2011 PLAYERS OF THE MONTH

Reigning MVPS Pick Up Where They Left Off Last Season With Blazing Starts

Friday 5/1/2011: Marin's Knapp earns Batter of the Month award

The Batter of the Month award in the Union League goes to Marin's Glenn Knapp this time, as the first baseman displayed the best offensive perfomance in his league. He had an on base percentage of .535 and hit .415, while driving in 31 runs. It's the 11th time that the Syndicate League Batter of the Month award goes to San Diego's third baseman Daryl Ryles. He hit .352 with 22 RBI and slugged .769 in 91 at bats. 

TEXAS SP ERICKSON HURLS ONE-HITTER VS. BOSTON

Thursday 4/30/2011: David Erickson pitches 1-hit shutout against Boston

TEXAS - Texas' David Erickson overmatched the opposing hitters all day long. Boston had no chance, collecting just one hit against the right-hander. 'Things like that happen. You take the mound and everything works. My velocity was pretty good today and I guess it showed.' Erickson (3-1) fanned 5 and walked 1, throwing 87 pitches. Jaime Armas provided Texas with the offense Erickson needed as he finished with 2 hits in 2 AB, scoring two runs. The final score of the game was 3-0. 

NEW YORK'S INJURY-PRONE ACE McCASLAND OUT LONG-TERM FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT SEASON

#3 Overall Pick Of 2005 Inaugural Draft Out Again For Eight Weeks

Wednesday 4/29/2011: New York's McCasland severely injured

NEW YORK - New York's right-hander John McCasland suffered a severe injury on Wednesday and will be out for at least 8 weeks. In the 2nd of the game against Toronto he experienced pain in his throwing arm and had to leave the game. After x-rays were taken the diagnosis did not surprise many: Bone Chips Shoulder. Surgery will be performed next week. His ERA of 3.41 helped him to a 3-3 record this year. He struck out 26 and walked 10 in 37 innings. 

CLIPPERS' MITCHELL & BEARCATS' GONZALEZ WIN 2011 SIM 3 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Speedy RF Resurrecting Career In Calgary

Monday 4/27/2011: Mitchell (CGY) and Gonzalez (CAR) win P.O.W. award

The Union League Player of the Week award goes to John Mitchell, Calgary's starting rightfielder. John pounded opposing pitchers, hitting .458 with 4 HR and 8 RBI while slugging 1.042. His season features a batting average of .369 (24 hits in 65 AB), 4 doubles, no triples and 10 bombs. Mitchell collected 20 RBI and 17 runs as well. He's 9th in the Union League in RBIs and 1st in homeruns! Jaime Gonzalez wins his 1st Player of the Week award. Syndicate League pitchers couldn't figure out how to retire this guy all week long. Jaime was on fire, hitting .542 with 2 HR and 8 RBI.  

ROADRUNNERS' QUIJADA & HITMEN'S BECKLEY NAMED 2011 SIM 2 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

#2 Overall Pick Of 2006 SIMBL Draft Coming Into His Own For Texas

Monday 4/20/2011: Chicago's Beckley wins Player of the Week award

The Union League Player of the Week award goes to Osvaldo Quijada, Texas' starting third baseman. Osvaldo was on fire, hitting .417 with 3 HR and 7 RBI. The Syndicate League Player of the Week award goes to Michael Beckley, Chicago's starting second baseman. Michael went 12 for 26 (.462), while hitting 1 HR and collecting 5 RBI. While compiling an on base percentage of .370, Michael hit .301 and slugged .438. He has collected 9 runs batted in this year.

TEXAS' QUIJADA POUNDS OUT FIVE HITS VS. DALTON

Thursday 4/16/2011: 5-hit performance by Texas' Osvaldo Quijada

TEXAS - Texas' third baseman Osvaldo Quijada accomplished a difficult feat in a 8-6 win over Dalton, drilling five hits to improve his career batting average to .283! A 412 foot drive to left field marked his 2nd hit, a two-run homerun off Bobby Currey in the 3rd inning. Number 3 in the 5th inning, a shot estimated at 422 feet, cleared the wall in center field. That one tied it at 3 runs apiece. In the 7th inning he belted a double off Bobby Currey. He collected singles in the 1st and in the 8th (two RBIs). Osvaldo did drive in 5 while scoring 4 runs on his own. He's having a very good season so far, batting .369. Texas improved its record to 9-6, scoring 8 runs on 12 hits. 

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LOS ANGELES ACE SOUSA FIRST SIMBL PITCHER TO NOTCH 100 CAREER WINS

Meat Puppets' UL Hurler Of The Year Youngest On Top 25 Wins List As Well

By Lance Stanley
SIMBL Contributor

Los Angeles ace James Sousa (above) was drafted in the second round of the SIMBL Inaugural Draft of 2005 as a 20 year-old phenom by 'Puppets GM Dave Bliley.  Sousa immediately went on to SIMBL stardom and is considered one of the top pitchers in the league.  Sousa became the first pitcher in SIMBL history to achieve the 100-win plateau and is easily on pace for 300+ wins by the end of his brilliant SIMBL career.

Hi again youngsters...Lance Stanley Reporting.

SIMBL History was made in 2011 SIM 1 when Los Angeles ace James Sousa was the first pitcher in SIMBL history to rack up 100 wins.

The 26 year-old reigning UL Hurler Of The Year notched #100 with a 6-3 win over Marin.  Sousa, a 9/10/9 rated 96 mph-throwing southpaw, scorched the SIMBL last season by setting the SIMBL record with 25 wins and going 25-4 with a career-low 2.45 ERA for the defending UL West champion Meat Puppets of GM David Bliley.

Here is the current top ten win lists in the SIMBL's seven-season history on Opening Day 2011:

1. 100 James Sousa LOS ANGELES
2.  95 Michael Arnett LOS ANGELES
3.  94 Miles Farrelly CHICAGO
4.  91 Felix Murff SAN DIEGO
     91 Bryan Kaplan BRISTOL
5.  90 George Anderson OREGON
6.  88 Peter Calvillo CHARLOTTE
7.  87 Michael Munroe SAN DIEGO
8.  86 Isogorou Chomei CALGARY
     86 Roland Clark OREGON
     86 Thomas Leverett KITCHENER
9.  85 John McCasland NEW YORK
     85 Richard Dicks MARIN
     85 Walter Middleton SAN DIEGO
10. 84 Casey George TACOMA
     84 Bobby Grimes SAN DIEGO
     84 Brian Reiter PORTLAND

CLIPPERS' WELLS & PUNISHERS' BLAHA NAMED 2011 SIM 1 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Calgary Catcher & Portland 2B Off To Blistering Starts This Season

Monday 4/13/2011: Portland's Blaha wins Player of the Week award

Calgary's catcher Adam Wells had some reason to celebrate, as the league named him the Union League Player of the Week. Adam went 11 for 19 (.579), while hitting 4 HR and collecting 10 RBI. He hit in every game this week and extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Wells has walked 3 times this year and posts a .533 OBP. While batting .488, 20 for 41, he has driven in 14 runs. He's 2nd in the Union League in batting, 1st in homeruns and 1st in RBI! Portland's second baseman Daniel Blaha had some reason to celebrate as well, as the league named him the Syndicate League Player of the Week. He hit .385 with 6 RBI and slugged .769 in 26 at bats. 

ENFORCERS' PEREZ & BEARCATS' HAWKINS WIN 2011 SIM 1 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Monday 4/6/2011: Carolina's Hawkins wins Player of the Week award

Jl Perez from New York wins his 3rd Player of the Week award for putting up the best numbers this week in the Union League. He hit .529 with 6 RBI and slugged .882 in 17 at bats. The Syndicate League's best player of the week was Carolina's Thomas Hawkins, who wins the award for the 1st time in his career. In 16 at bats he hit .563 with 2 HR and 8 RBI. 

SIMBL GM AWARD HISTORY CLICK HERE 

2010 SIMBL BEST OF THE BEST ANNOUNCED

GM Awards & All-SIMBL Team Revealed For Past Season

Despite some time restrictions this season that preventing compiling the annual GM Awards and All-SIMBL Team balloting, the SIMBL League Office has announced the 2010 awards for the best of the best of the past season.

Marin GM Tom Hickman wins his first SIMBL GM Of The Year award after leading the Mountainmen to the 2010 SIMBL title with a seven-game upset over the favored four-time champion San Diego Warewolves.  Hickman made some pivotal moves, including signing 3B Eugene Pelzer in free agency, that improved his team into the SIMBL elite for what seems to be long-term status now.

San Diego's Daryl Ryles won his unprecendented fifth SL MVP award in six seasons.  Ryles smashed 50 or more home runs for his record third consecutive season.  Marin's Glenn Knapp, the #4 overall pick of the 2005 Inaugural Draft, finally lived up to his billing and won the UL MVP award and led the Mountainmen to the 2010 SIMBL title.

Los Angeles ace James Sousa and Oregon ace Pedro Ramirez each won Hurler Of The Year Awards and are two youngsters who look to dominate SIMBL hitters for seasons to come.

2009 #1 overall pick in the SIMBL Draft, Toronto's Michael Larson, wasted no time in achieving SIMBL stardom and was named the UL Rookie Of The Year and won a UL Gold Glove in his first SIMBL season.

San Diego made it four seasons in a row it has had one of it's players win a SL Rookie Of The Year Award as Saintiago "Saint" Hernandez was the latest Warewolve to win the award with an outstanding first season in the league.

Here are the winners of the 2010 SIMBL GM Awards and who will go down in SIMBL history on the SIMBL Wall Of Fame:

2010 SIMBL GM Of The Year:

Tom Hickman MARIN

2010 UL Slugger Of The Year:

Glenn Knapp MARIN .281 BA 41 HR 135 RBI .962 OPS

2010 SL Slugger Of The Year:

Daryl Ryles SAN DIEGO .308 BA 51 HR 126 RBI 1.062 OPS

2010 UL Hurler Of The Year:

James Sousa, LOS ANGELES 25-4 2.45 ERA 287 IP, 300 K

2010 SL Hurler Of The Year:

Pedro Ramirez OREGON 22-7 2.15 ERA 242.1IP, 239 K

2010 UL Fireman Of The Year:

Alex Fabregas TEXAS 3-6 1.84 ERA 73.1 IP 1.00 WHIP 41 SV

2010 SL Fireman Of The Year:

William Cimino CHICAGO 4-8 3.35 ERA 91.1 IP 1.17 WHIP 40 SV

2010 UL Rookie Of The Year:

Michael Larson TORONTO  .273 BA 19 HR 74 RBI .782 OPS

2010 SL Rookie Of The Year:

Sanitago Hernandez SAN DIEGO .282 BA 35 HR 128 RBI .895 OPS 

ALL-SIMBL TEAM HISTORY CLICK HERE

The 2010 All-SIMBL Team has been announced.

San Diego's Daryl Ryles makes his sixth straight appearance at third base for the annual All-League Team. Calgary catcher Adam Wells makes his fourth appearance in six seasons as does Los Angeles veteran ace Michael Arnett.

Marin's Glenn Knapp unseats Kitchener's Mike Chisholm at first base.  Chisholm had a three-season grip on the award the past three years.  Pocatello 2B Daniel Walker repeats from last season as does Marin SP Richard Dicks, who also is now a three-time All-SIMBL selection. Brooklyn's Luis Franco repeats from last season and is also a three-time All-SIMBL Team choice as well.

Texas fireman Alex Fabregas was chosen in a tight battle for the closer role and now has made the All-SIMBL team twice, each as a middle reliever and in the closer role.

 C Adam Wells CALGARY .294 BA 30 HR 99 RBI .929 OPS
1B Glenn Knapp MARIN .281 BA 41 HR 135 RBI .962 OPS
2B Daniel Walker POCATELLO .331 BA 31 HR 99 RBI .990 OPS
SS Luis Franco BROOKLYN .292 BA 37 HR 101 RBI .962 OPS
3B Daryl Ryles SAN DIEGO .308 BA 51 HR 126 RBI 1.062 OPS
OF James Mahaffey POCATELLO .316 BA 41 HR 1.034 OPS
OF Sang Aleshire CHICAGO .285 BA 43 HR 130 RBI .954 OPS
OF Santiago Hernandez SAN DIEGO .282 BA 35 HR 128 RBI .895 OPS

SP1 James Sousa LOS ANGELES 25-4 25-4 2.45 ERA 0.93 WHIP
SP2 Pedro Ramirez OREGON 22-7 2.15 ERA 0.93 WHIP
SP3 Isogorou Chomei CALGARY 21-5 2.56 ERA 1.16 WHIP
SP4 Michael Arnett LOS ANGELES 22-9 2.84 ERA 0.99 WHIP
SP5 Richard Dicks MARIN 20-9 2.46 ERA 1.04 WHIP

MR1 TBA
MR2 TBA
MR3 TBA
MR4 TBA

CL Alex Fabregas TEXAS 3-8 1.84 ERA 41 SAVES 1.00 WHIP

2011 FREE AGENCY SIM 4 (DAYS 25-30) SIGNINGS

2011 Free Agency Wraps Up; SIMBL Inches Closer To Opening Day

Tuesday 2/24/2011 :
 
Kitchener: Free agent 3B Robert Shotwell has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Dalton: Free agent RF Javier Hernandez has been signed to a contract of $387,000 per year, for 2 years.
 
Wednesday 2/25/2011 :
 
Kitchener: Free agent 2B Arnold Harkins has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Dalton: Free agent 2B Randy Crofts has been signed to a contract of $3,070,000 per year, for 2 years.
 
Thursday 2/26/2011 :
 
Dalton: Free agent 3B William Blohm has been signed to a contract of $510,000 per year, for 1 years.
 
Friday 2/27/2011 :
 
Kitchener: Free agent P Jeremy Ewalt has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 2 years.

2011 FREE AGENCY SIM 3 (DAYS 16-24) SIGNINGS

Longtime SIMBL Veterans Find New Clubs For 2011 Season

Sunday 2/15/2011 :

Newark: Free agent CF Paul Tapia has been signed to a contract of $5,800,000 per year, for 3 years.
Marin: Free agent P John Owen has been signed to a contract of $1,550,000 per year, for 2 years.
 
Monday 2/16/2011 :
 
Kitchener: Free agent C Humberto Machado has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Toronto: Free agent 2B Ferdy Diaz has been signed to a contract of $1,300,000 per year, for 2 years.
Augusta: Free agent 1B Timothy Farthing has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Augusta: Free agent P Ricardo Manzanares has been signed to a contract of $450,000 per year, for 1 years.
Augusta: Free agent P Roger Goforth has been signed to a contract of $1,250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Kitchener: Free agent P Troy Ball has been signed to a contract of $570,000 per year, for 1 years.
 
Tuesday 2/17/2011 :
 
New York: Free agent P David Noland has been signed to a contract of $6,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
 
Thursday 2/19/2011 :
 
Bend: Free agent CF Kenneth Platt has been signed to a contract of $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Bristol: Free agent CF Luther Eugene has been signed to a contract of $2,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Toronto: Free agent CF Stephen Foster has been signed to a contract of $800,000 per year, for 2 years.
Las Vegas : Free agent P Amado Gonzalez has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 2 years.
 
Friday 2/20/2011 :
 
Augusta: Free agent C Charles Gleaves has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 1 years.
Augusta: Free agent C Jared Hart has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 1 years.
Toronto: Free agent P Russell Tobias has been signed to a contract of $380,000 per year, for 2 years.
 
Saturday 2/21/2011 :
 
New York: Free agent P Lamont Villatoro has been signed to a contract of $1,200,000 per year, for 2 years.
Augusta: Free agent P Henry George has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 1 years.