WEEK 17 AND MONTH 4

WHO'S HOT:
6-0: New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake
5-1: Austin, Chicago NL, Honolulu, Syracuse

WHO'S NOT:
1-5: Boston, Cincinnati, Trenton
0-6: Mexico City

MONTH 4 STANDINGS:
NL NORTH: Pittsburgh 19-8, Chicago 16-11, Syracuse 15-12, Philadelphia 12-15
NL SOUTH: New Orleans 17-10, Jacksonville 13-14, Nashville 11-16, Mexico City 5-22
NL EAST: Burlington 18-9, Trenton 14-13, Scranton 14-13, Wichita 11-16
NL WEST: Santa Cruz 15-12, Tucson 14-13, Cheyenne 11-16, St. Louis 11-16
AL NORTH: Seattle 14-13, Pawtucket 13-14, Chicago 12-15, Columbus 11-16
AL SOUTH: Austin 17-10, Atlanta 16-11, Houston 15-12, San Antonio 10-17
AL EAST: Boston 18-9, New Britain 14-13, Cincinnati 10-17, Iowa City 7-20
AL WEST: Honolulu 20-7, Salt Lake 17-10, Las Vegas 13-14, Salem 9-18

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY:
NL BYES: Pittsburgh and Burlington
NL FIRST ROUND: New Orleans vs. Chicago, Santa Cruz vs. Syracuse
AL BYES: New Britain and Salt Lake
AL FIRST ROUND: Houston vs. Boston or Austin, Pawtucket vs. Boston or Austin

WEEKS 15 (ALL-STAR BREAK), 16

WHO'S HOT
9-2: Boston
7-4: Austin, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New Orleans

WHO'S NOT
2-9: Iowa City, Salem

TRANSACTIONS

• Scranton acquired pitcher Pedro Siquieros, pitcher Pedro Owen, outfield prospect Carson Monroe and cash from Burlington for infield prospect Al Roberts, the fifth pick in the draft last season

Week 14

WHO'S HOT
7-0: Honolulu
6-1: Boston, Burlington
5-2: Atlanta, Salem, Trenton

WHO'S NOT
0-7: Las Vegas
1-6: Columbus, Mexico City
2-5: Iowa City, Pawtucket

ALL-STAR FESTIVITIES IN NEW ORLEANS

• Rico Peron of Santa Cruz won the home-run derby, edging Miguel Lee of Mexico City. Ruben Aguilar of Scranton and Karim Baez of Columbus reached the second round. Giovanni Dawkins of Seattle, Harry Gutierrez of Syracuse, Darrell Cohen of Cincinnati and John Hernandez of New Britain were eliminated in the first round
• The American League topped the National League in the second annual All-Star game. Harvey Ward and Harry Gutierrez each homered for the NL. Joe Lockwood of Iowa was selected the game MVP.
• The US beat the World team 9-7 in the Futures Game. Omar Torres, a AA-prospect for Cincinnati, was selected MVP.

Week 13

WHO'S HOT: Columbus 6-0, Las Vegas 5-1, Pittsburgh 5-1, Scranton 5-1

WHO'S NOT: Mexico City 0-6, Cincinnati 1-5, Salem 1-5, Tucson 1-5, Wichita 1-5

DEALS:

• Santa Cruz acquired SS Josh Howell from Chicago NL for catching prospect Joshua Pose.
• Chicago NL acquired closer Happy Smart and catching prospect Benny Sierra from Atlanta for 1B Marshall Simas, catching prospect Mikey Swann and pitching prospect Wilson Ardoin

THREE-MONTH UPDATE

Third-month standings:

NL NORTH: Syracuse 21-6, Pittsburgh 19-8, Chicago 13-14, Philadelphia 10-17
NL EAST: Burlington 21-6, Wichita 15-12, Scranton 16-11, Trenton 13-14
NL SOUTH: New Orleans 16-11, Jacksonville 14-13, Mexico City 11-16, Nashville 9-18
NL WEST: Santa Cruz 16-11, Cheyenne 16-11, St. Louis 15-12, Tucson 14-13

AL NORTH: Columbus 16-11, Pawtucket 13-14, Seattle 12-15, Chicago 7-20
AL EAST: New Britain 16-11, Boston 14-13, Iowa City 9-18, Cincinnati 3-24
AL SOUTH: Houston 17-10, Atlanta 14-13, Austin 12-15, San Antonio 7-20
AL WEST: Salem 17-10, Salt Lake 14-13, Honolulu 14-13, Las Vegas 8-19

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY:
NL BYES: Pittsburgh and Burlington
NL FIRST ROUND: New Orleans vs. Chicago, Santa Cruz vs. Syracuse
AL BYES: New Britain and Houston
AL FIRST ROUND: Salt Lake vs. Austin or Salem, Pawtucket vs. Austin or Salem

Week 12

WHO'S HOT
6-1: Syracuse
5-2: Atlanta, Burlington, Cheyenne, Columbus, Honolulu, Houston, Pawtucket, Santa Cruz, Seattle

WHO'S NOT
0-7: San Antonio
1-6: Chicago (AL), Nashville,
2-5: Chicago (NL), Cincinnati, Iowa, Jacksonville, New Britain, Philadelphia

TRANSACTIONS

• Burlington acquired second baseman Theodore Zaun from San Antonio for P Nash Hayes and OF Corey Wagner
• Nashville acquired pitchers Del Castro and Midre Santiago from New Britain for pitcher Al Smith
• Chicago NL acquired 1B Anthony Carter from Pawtucket for prospect Juan Valdes

Week 11

WHO'S HOT:
6-0: Burlington
5-1: Houston, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Salem, Syracuse

WHO'S NOT:
0-6: Cincinnati
1-5: Atlanta, Boston, Columbus, Iowa City, Las Vegas, Mexico City, Pawtucket

TRANSACTIONS:

• New Britain acquired SP Al Smith from Nashville for pitchers Del Castro and Midre Santiago and SS prospect Rube Pearce

raising the pennant on the overpass night

hello deer hosers.

Burlington Chiefs management(see photo) would like to invite all league owners to "raising the pennant on the overpass night".

State Troopers will shutdown the Interstate at 7pm. The raising of the world series pennant will begin hopefully before it gets dark...Master of Ceremonies will be my childhood idol; i give u Hall of Famer, Gary "the kid" Carter. We will try to center the pennant between the famous "Welcome Home Santiago Urbina" and of course "Welcome Home Troops" pennants. A big rock show will follow.

Opening the night will be "Da Yoopers" as suggested by our good friends from New Britain and World Series participants. Next is Toronto's own "Helix"as suggested by our dear Commish. Internationally renowned band also from Toronto "Rush" will join Bob and Doug Mackenzie. Free 2-4 to anyone singing "coooooooooo looooooooooo koooooooooo kooooooooo koooooooo koooooooo". To keep rocking in the free world, legendary singer "Neil Young" so the Santa Cruz Zumans will not want to miss this. The Centerpiece of this show will end with the future Queen of Canada, from Napanee, Ontario, "Avril Lavigne" and her husband's band "Sum 41". Everyone is welcome to bring the kids...

Fireworks will follow(provided by our troops). We might blow up the overpass folks, u never know. To end the night, everyone with decent lights on their pick-up trucks is invited to go deer hunting thru the woods all the way to Quebec if they like. Customs officers have been instructed to let anyone through if they can name any Stanley Cup winning team. Have a good one.

Baseball notes; Burlington Chiefs assign infielder Vladimir Rios to Siberia, Russia.

Week 10 update

WHO'S HOT: Cheyenne 5-1, Mexico City 5-1, New Britain 5-1, Pittsburgh 5-1, Santa Cruz 5-1, St. Louis 5-1, Syracuse 5-1

WHO'S NOT: Cincinnati 0-6, Honolulu 0-6, Las Vegas 0-6, Chicago (AL) 1-5, Nashville 1-5, San Antonio 1-5, Seattle 1-5

TRANSACTIONS: None this week

DRAFT MASTERS
Ranking franchises by number of current ML players selected in our 7 previous drafts (175 players per team).

• Salt Lake 13
• New Britain 12
• Jacksonville 11
• Boston, Honolulu, Scranton, Seattle, Tucson 10
• Atlanta, Burlington, Toronto, Trenton 9
• Austin, Cheyenne, Chicago NL, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Mexico City, Santa Cruz 8
• Houston, Philadelphia, Wichita 7
• Nashville 6
• Chicago AL, Iowa, San Antonio, St. Louis 5
• Columbus, New Orleans, Salem, Syracuse 4
• Pittsburgh 2

Week 9

WHO'S HOT
Burlington 7-0, New Britain 6-1, Boston 5-2, Chicago NL 5-2, Columbus 5-2, Honolulu 5-2, New Orleans 6-1, Pittsburgh 5-2, Seattle 5-2, Trenton 5-2, Wichita 5-2

WHO'S NOT
Nashville 0-7, Philadelphia 0-7, Cincinnati 1-6, Austin 2-5, Cheyenne 2-5, Chicago AL 2-5, Iowa City 2-5, Mexico City 2-5, Scranton 2-5

TRANSACTION REDO
Rudy Jacobsen, a four-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young winner for St. Louis/LA, finally accepted his trade to Pawtucket. The Penny Pinchers gave up pitcher Brad Marshall, outfielder Benny Cruz and pitcher Roger Ohka to get Jacobsen, who earlier this season declined a trade to Pawtucket.