A Home For The Aged: A BBM Marlins Expansion Dynasty

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JULY 23RD: Marlins (40-57) At Mets (63-37)
Frank Seminara threw 7 innings of 2 run ball but was bested by Dwight Gooden who threw a complete game shutout. What can ya do?
Final Score: Mets 2 Marlins 0



JULY 23RD: INJURY & ROSTER NEWS
JT Snow has a seperated shoulder and will miss close to a month. Damnit. LF John Cangelosi gets the callup and Larkin & Nevin will split time at first base.



JULY 24TH: Marlins (40-58) At Mets (64-37)
Leftwich didn't make it thru 5, giving up 4 runs, he's falling apart. And Sid Fernandez and Jeff Tam combined on a shutout. Mueller and Ledesma had 2 hits.
Final Score: Mets 7 Marlins 0



JULY 25TH: Marlins (40-59) At Mets (65-37)
Chuck Smith scuffled thru 4.1 IP, giving up 3 runs, and that was all Bret Saberhagen would need as we leave NY without a single run. BLEH!
Final Score: Mets 3 Marlins 0

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JULY 26TH: Marlins (40-60) Vs Dodgers (60-39)
Hillman went 4 innings and gave up 4 runs and we kept it close but couldn't get anything off of their pen in a close lose. Goodwin and Flaherty had 2 hits.
Final Score: Dodgers 6 Marlins 2



JULY 27TH: Marlins (40-61) Vs Dodgers (61-39)
Van Egmond pitched 7 solid innings and left tied 2-2 but Assenmacher would give up an 8th inning run and that was that.
Final Score: Dodgers 3 Marlins 2



JULY 28TH: Marlins (40-62) Vs Dodgers (62-39)
Seminara allowed 3 runs over 7 innings but it wasn't good enough as Pedro Astacio was nearly lights out and we drop our 6th in a row.
Final Score: Dodgers 4 Marlins 1



JULY 29TH: Marlins (40-63) Vs Dodgers (63-39)
Hershiser made us look foolish. Series done, they sweep, im apaplectic at this point. Grrrrrrrrr. Leftwich wasn't bad.
Final Score: Dodgers 4 Marlins 1

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JULY 30TH: Marlins (40-64) At Mets (68-38)
Chuck Smith gave up 8 runs in 4.1 innings, YAY. We scored some, but not enough. Cangelosi and Larkin homered.
Final Score: Mets 9 Marlins 6



JULY 31ST: Marlins (40-65) At Mets (69-38)
Hillman went 5 innings and left with a 3-2 lead. Our pen, capped off by Percival, would make it stand as we finaly get a win and snap the losing streak. Nevin had 3 hits and a homer and Ledsma had 3 hits.
Final Score: Marlins 5 Mets 3

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JULY STATUS REPORT
Record: 41-54 (28 Games Back, 27 Wild Card)
Profit: +$770,000

1995 Batting         G    AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Snow, J.T.           89  .293   297   87  20   1   6   28   53    0   1   37   39  .428  .357
Vina, Fernando      101  .237   354   84  12   3   2   21   25    5   5   33   45  .305  .287
Goodwin, Tom         98  .224   361   81   8   2   2   38   65   25  15   43   17  .274  .298
Mueller, Bill        78  .275   291   80  12   2   2   31   39    1   2   22   35  .351  .345
Nevin, Phil          89  .254   303   77   9   0  11   26   67    0   0   43   36  .393  .315
Lewis, Darren        83  .245   282   69  13   2   1   29   25   21  14   35   18  .316  .315
Larkin, Gene         85  .275   218   60   5   2   2   19   20    3   4   20   27  .344  .331
Flaherty, John       66  .279   197   55  14   0   3   15   25    0   1   17   21  .396  .327
Hulse, David         79  .210   248   52   3   2   0   15   43   19  11   27   13  .238  .260
Stillwell, Kurt      58  .276   156   43   6   0   2    9   19    4   5   13   17  .353  .317
Ledesma, Aaron       34  .258   128   33   5   1   0    9   18    1   2    8   11  .313  .307
Nunnally, Jon        66  .234   128   30   3   1   2   18   31    5   3   18   10  .320  .336
Cangelosi, John      16  .289    38   11   3   0   1    8    7    4   2    8    6  .447  .426
Kreuter, Chad        25  .123    65    8   1   0   0    5   18    0   0    4    3  .138  .186
Beltre, Esteban       8  .167    12    2   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    2  .167  .167
Santovenia, Nelson    4  .250     4    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .250  .400
Kessinger, Keith     10  .000    13    0   0   0   0    2    3    0   0    1    1  .000  .125

1995 Pitching         IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Smith, Chuck       132.2  4.75   22  22   9   9   0  107   65 13.57
Leftwich, Phil     129.0  3.63   21  21   7   9   0   71   43 13.33
Van Egmond, Tim    120.1  5.39   20  20   3   9   0   59   46 13.09
Bowen, Ryan        112.0  5.79   19  19   5  12   0   91   46 13.50
Seminara, Frank     66.2  3.38   12  10   3   5   0   38   23 12.83
Saunders, Tony      65.1  5.23   11  11   1   4   0   58   35 14.60
Walker, Pete        58.2  4.14   59   0   1   3   0   38   28 13.65
Hillman, Eric       50.0  5.76   39   3   3   4   1   21   25 17.28
Heredia, Gil        49.2  3.62   55   0   2   3   0   34   14 10.87
Embree, Alan        43.0  3.56   48   0   1   2   1   32   13 12.14
Percival, Troy      35.1  2.04   39   0   3   1  23   37   12  8.15
Assenmacher, Paul   35.1  5.86   52   0   2   1   1   35   18 15.03
Ballard, Jeff       35.0  5.14   35   0   0   5   1   15   14 14.91
Torres, Salomon     13.0  3.46   14   0   0   0   0    4    2  9.69
Buckels, Gary       12.1  4.38   12   0   1   0   0    7    7 17.51
Ahearne, Pat         7.0  5.14    1   1   0   0   0    5    2 12.86

AROUND THE LEAGUE IN JULY



Trades
Oakland sent veteran starting pitchers Bobby Witt and Ron Darling to Cleveland in exchance for 5 prospects,
RP Adam Bernero, 18, 65/79, RP Masahide Kobayashi, 21, 65/83, RP Hector Almonte, 19, 64/82, RP Paul Shuey, 24, 74/85 and RP Jim Brower, 22, 66/81

The Cubs sent C Rick Wilkins, 28, 80/80 to Boston for SP Bretn Knackert, 25, 70/82

The Phillies made a couple of deals, first they sent SP Andy Ashby, 28, 81/81 to Texas for RP Eric Moody, 24, 65/76 and RP Fred Rath 64/80.

Then they sent SP Ben Rivera, 27, 74/74 to Seattle in exchange for RP Ryan Franklin, 22, 65/78

Colorado sent veteran catcher Mike Matheny to the White Sox for prospect C Roberto Machado.

Colorado sent knuckleballer Steve Sparks to Atlanta for prospect SP Micah Bowie.

The Cubs sent veteran reliever Chuck McCelroy to Houston for prospects John Halama and Alvin Morman.

Milwaukee sent RP Al Reyes, 24, 79/81 to Seattle for RP Gabe Gonzalez, 23, 65/78 and SP Robert Ramsay, 21, 63/77.

And finaly, Cincinnati sent 1B Hal Morris to Baltimore in exchange for RP Joe Borrowski, 24, 76/88.

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AUGUST 1ST: Marlins (41-65) At Mets (69-39)
Van Egmond pitched into the 6th but left down 3-1. Our pen was not real good and Gooden and Tam combined to keep us at bay. Cangelosi and Larkin each had 2 hits. At least we have an off day tommorow.
Final Score: Mets 7 Marlins 2



AUGUST 2ND: OFF DAY

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AUGUST 3RD: Marlins (41-66) At Phillies (44-62)
Seminara was pitching wonderfully but I left him in too long and he left after 7 tied at 3-3. They would score in the bottom of the 11th off of Pete Walker in a woefully managed game by me.
Final Score: Phillies 4 Marlins 3 (11 Innings)



AUGUST 4TH: Marlins (41-67) At Phillies (45-62)
Leftwich gave up 7 runs in 5 innings and left down 7-5. We would battle and outhit them but in the end we came up just short in another dissapointing game. Lewis and Mueller each had 4 hits.
Final Score: Phillies 8 Marlins 7



AUGUST 5TH: Marlins (41-68) At Phillies (46-62)
Chuck Smith left after 7 down 2-1. We would tie it in the ninth but Pete Walker would give up the winning run in the bottom of the 12th as we lose yet ANOTHER heartbreaker.
Final Score: Phillies 3 Marlins 2 (12 Innings)



AUGUST 5TH: ROSTER & INJURY NEWS
Ryan Bowen is ready to come off the DL. Hillman will go down to AAA.

[Matt]

Larry Walker was inducted into the Canadian Baseball HOF a couple weeks ago. The HOF is located about 15 minutes from where I live. My father in law is a GM car salesman, and his car was given to Larry Walker to drive while he was here for his induction ceremony.

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AUGUST 6TH: Marlins (41-69) Vs Cardinals (58-54)
Bowen goes 6 innings and leaves with a 5-3 lead that our pen makes stand. Lewis and Ledesma each had 3 hits in the win.
Final Score: Marlins 7 Cardinals 3



AUGUST 7TH: Marlins (42-69) Vs Cardinals (58-55)
Van Egmond, who has been making a strong case for being in the rotation next year, throws a complete game gem, giving up just 1 run. Ledesma has 2 hits including a homer, and Vina has 2 hits as we win our 2nd in a row.
Final Score: Marlins 4 Cardinals 1



AUGUST 8TH: Marlins (43-69) Vs Cardinals (58-56)
Seminara goes 8 innings and gives up just a run as we roll to another win. Stillwell and Vina each had 2 hits.
Final Score: Marlins 5 Cardinals 1



AUGUST 9TH: Marlins (44-69) Vs Cardinals (58-57)
Leftiwich pitched into the 7th but left down 3-1 and we couldn't overcome it as the Cardinals salvaged a game.
Final Score: Cardinals 4 Marlins 2

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Larry Walker was inducted into the Canadian Baseball HOF a couple weeks ago. The HOF is located about 15 minutes from where I live. My father in law is a GM car salesman, and his car was given to Larry Walker to drive while he was here for his induction ceremony.

I'm not trying to be cute, but how many players exactly are in the Canadian Baseball Hall Of Fame? Also, did he give the car to a kid without realizing he still had to drive it?

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AUGUST 10TH: Marlins (44-70) Vs Reds (39-74)
Chuck Smith went 6 innings and left up 3-1 but Heredia had a total meltdown and let in 5 runs as they got the win. Goodwin, Stillwell and Ledesma had 2 hits a piece in the hard loss.
Final Score: Reds 6 Marlins 3



AUGUST 10TH: INJURY & ROSTER NEWS
Salomon Torres is off the DL. He'll go right into our pen and Gary Buckels is down to AAA.
Fernando Vina has a strained wrist but he'll just miss 4 days or so.



AUGUST 11TH: Marlins (44-71) Vs Reds (40-74)
Bowen pitched into the 8th but Pete Walker allowed an inherited game winning run to score as we were outdueled by John Smiley en route a tough 1 run loss. Stilwell had 2 hits.
Final Score: Reds 3 Marlins 2



AUGUST 12TH: Marlins (44-72) Vs Reds (41-74)
Van Egmond went 6 strong but left down 2-0. We rallied to go ahead 3-2 but Percival allowed the tying run to score in the ninth. A Jon Nunnally pinch hit 3 run homer in the bottom of the ninth would give us maybe our most exciting finish ever. Mueller had 2 hits including a homer.
Final Score: Marlins 6 Reds 3



AUGUST 13TH: OFF DAY



AUGUST 13TH: ROSTER & INJURY NEWS
Bill Muller will miss 5 days with bruised ribs, no roster move needed.
Kurt Stiwell has and is expected to miss 10 days so we DL him and call up SS Esteban Beltre.

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AUGUST 14TH: Marlins (45-72) At Dodgers (71-45)
Seminara and Walker imploded in the 5th, allowing 7 runs that was more than enough for Pedro Martinez as the Dodgers romped. Ledesma had 2 hits.
Final Score: Dodgers 10 Marlins 3



AUGUST 15TH: Marlins (45-73) At Dodgers (72-45)
Leftwich gave up 4 runs in 4+ innings and we trailed just 5-4 going into the 8th when Heredia had his 2nd awfull outing in a week, allowing 5 runs as they rolled us again. Larkin and Beltre had 2 hits each.
Final Score: Dodgers 10 Marlins 3



AUGUST 16TH: Marlins (45-74) At Dodgers (73-45)
Chuck Smith didn't make it thru the 3rd inning. Less said the better, we just got totaly embarresed in LA.
Final Score: Dodgers 11 Marlins 2

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LOL. I ran out of disk space and the effin thing crashed.

I had simmed out everything from here pretty much anyway so i'll just do it again.

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1995 SEASON STATS & REVIEW
Record: 58-104 (49 Games Back)
Profit: +$70,000

We held it together for awhile there but again the last 2 months of the season for us were dreadfull.
We finaly turned a profit, measly as it was. We had to sign a few scrubs to fill out our 40 mann roster at the end of the season so that costs us some cash that would of been profit, but I can't complain.

1995 Batting        G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Goodwin, Tom      151  .244   541  132  15   3   2   55   99   36  22   65   31  .294  .315
Vina, Fernando    148  .248   508  126  17   3   4   34   31    6   6   49   61  .317  .308
Lewis, Darren     138  .253   490  124  22   3   5   51   50   32  21   63   37  .341  .327
Mueller, Bill     122  .294   419  123  24   3   4   44   52    1   2   40   59  .394  .361
Snow, J.T.        129  .273   440  120  30   2   7   43   79    1   1   45   54  .398  .340
Nevin, Phil       132  .241   435  105  14   0  12   40  108    0   0   56   42  .356  .308
Ledesma, Aaron     80  .297   290   86  12   2   3   13   42    4   3   27   29  .383  .327
Larkin, Gene      121  .268   299   80  10   2   3   30   31    5   5   31   32  .344  .332
Flaherty, John    104  .232   327   76  20   0   4   18   46    1   1   23   30  .330  .274
Hulse, David      103  .206   316   65   4   3   0   21   52   21  13   35   18  .237  .257
Stillwell, Kurt    84  .253   249   63   7   0   4   13   30    4   5   18   28  .329  .291
Nunnally, Jon     108  .237   253   60   7   2   9   36   63    7   3   36   33  .387  .336
Kreuter, Chad      43  .156   128   20   5   0   1    9   30    1   0    9    6  .219  .212
Cangelosi, John    29  .269    67   18   5   1   1   11   12    5   2   14    7  .418  .388
Melvin, Bob        22  .222    63   14   2   0   2    2   12    0   0    7    5  .349  .258
Beltre, Esteban    13  .233    30    7   1   0   0    1    7    0   1    1    3  .267  .258
Lydy, Scott         5  .353    17    6   2   0   0    3    2    0   0    1    2  .471  .450
Russell, John       7  .083    24    2   0   0   0    1   10    0   0    1    1  .083  .154
Kessinger, Keith   10  .000    13    0   0   0   0    2    3    0   0    1    1  .000  .125

Very few bright spots offensivly. Muller and Snow are 2 guys I believe I can really count on going forward. Goodwin gets a pass for this year but I can't live with him doing this again next year, but he will get a clean slate.
Nevin is tricky as he's really more usefull against lefties so I don't know where his spot on the team lies.
Ledesma was very impressive. Vina and Lewis kind of dissapointed but what can ya do. I just have to look forward.

1995 Pitching         IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Smith, Chuck       191.1  4.52   32  32  11  13   0  149   88 13.31
Van Egmond, Tim    188.2  4.77   31  31   6  13   0  101   72 13.02
Leftwich, Phil     187.1  4.08   31  31  10  16   0   93   64 13.84
Bowen, Ryan        134.1  5.76   23  23   6  14   0  110   56 13.53
Seminara, Frank    131.0  3.92   23  21   4  11   0   73   45 12.85
Saunders, Tony      97.2  4.61   16  16   2   7   0   91   48 14.10
Walker, Pete        86.2  4.78   79   0   2   6   0   55   47 14.33
Heredia, Gil        85.2  4.41   79   0   4   5   0   50   25 11.35
Embree, Alan        59.2  3.77   62   0   1   2   1   46   19 12.97
Assenmacher, Paul   58.2  6.14   77   0   3   3   1   55   26 15.03
Percival, Troy      53.0  1.53   53   0   5   1  29   59   21  8.32
Hillman, Eric       50.0  5.76   39   3   3   4   1   21   25 17.28
Torres, Salomon     44.1  3.45   28   0   0   2   0   25    8 10.15
Ballard, Jeff       43.0  5.23   40   0   0   5   1   18   17 16.12
Ahearne, Pat        25.0  7.56    5   5   0   3   0   13   11 16.92
Buckels, Gary       21.0  4.29   18   1   1   1   0   11   11 15.86

Barely bright spots out of the rotation were Leftiwch and Chuck Smith. Van Egmond improved over the 2nd half but i'm not sure how much I can count on any of these starters. Seminara also impressed over the 2nd half but I sort of get the feeling that i'll never know what I can get out of these guys over any particular stretch and that's not good.
Percival obviously was wonderfull and Torres and Embree were solid. Heredia struggled some but I thnk he's still quality.
Sort of a hodgepodge of mediocrity otherwise that we'll have to evaluate in the offseason.

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1995 NATIONAL LEAGUE


NL MVP: LF Barry Bonds, San Fransisco Giants
1995 NL Cy Young: SP Greg Maddux, Atlanta Braves (2nd In A Row)
NL ROTY: CF Marvin Bernard, San Fransisco Giants


1994 AMERICAN LEAGUE


AL MVP: RF Manny Ramirez, Cleveland Indians
AL Cy Young: SP Mike Mussina, Baltimore Orioles (2nd In A Row)
AL ROTY: 3B Scott Sheldon, Oakland Athletics

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1995 POST SEASON
ALDS
Mariners edge the Twins 3-2, winning the final 3 games at home after falling behind 2-0.
Orioles beat the Indians 3-2, shocking the team with baseballs best record by winning game 5 in Cleveland.

NLDS
Braves sweep the Astros 3-0
Dodgers sweep the Mets 3-0

Both series are the reverse of 1994 when the Mets and Astros won 3-1.

ALCS
Mariners defeat the Orioles 4-0 in a rematch of 1994's ALCS, also won by the Mariners.

NLCS
Braves roll over the Dodgers, 4 games to 1.

1995 WORLD SERIES
The Braves trounce the Mariners 4 games to 1 to win the 1995 World Series title. It's the Mariners 2nd straight series drubbing.