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Season 24 Wrap-Up

You could say the Santa Fe Tigers have finished the turnaround of a moribund franchise with a resounding splash. The Tigers, who at one point amassed six straight seasons with 100+ losses, built what appears to be a dynasty around very good drafting. Despite all the losing early on, general manager kevinbigham stuck to his master plan that culminated with a championship after only eight seasons at the helm.

Lost in the Tigers championship story are an unprecedented seventh straight World Series showing for the Fresno Mendozas. The Mendozas' general manager cwiddoes refuses the claim that he has built a dynasty. However, taking a team to seven straight World Series is no easy feat, and despite having a 2-5 record in the championship series, it is an accomplishment to be celebrated.

The Tigers got to the World Series after an impressive 105-win season that saw them claim the top seed in the AL. They dispatched AL South rivals Charlotte Driskills in three straight while scoring an impressive 36 runs over those three games. The Tigers then clinched the AL pennant by defeating a Fargo Wood Chippers squad that won 102 games in five games, before defeating the Mendozas in six. Even more impressive, the Tigers were able to win high-scoring and low-scoring games just the same.

Congratulations to kevinbigham on his first Gehrig World Series championship!

Notes:

This was the seventh World Series trip in a row for the Mendozas, and first for both the Tigers and kevinbigham.

This was the first World Series championship for the Santa Fe franchise.

This marked kevinbigham's first championship in Hardball Dynasty.

With the Tigers winning the championship, every franchise in the AL South has at least won one World Series title in Gehrig.

Season 1. San Juan Clementes (mazz993) - AL 
Season 2. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL
Season 3. Scranton Shrutes (mookie79) - AL
Season 4. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 5. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 6. Wichita Wallabies (jdbkaput) - NL
Season 7. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL
Season 8. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 9. Ottawa Sundragons (sundragons) - NL
Season 10. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 11. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 12. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 13. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL
Season 14. Scranton Schrutes (mookie79) - AL
Season 15. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 16. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL
Season 17. Rochester North Stars (hypnotoad) - AL
Season 18. Atlanta Swabbies (graybeard) - AL
Season 19. Richmond big tunas (bigtuna5) - AL
Season 20. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL
Season 21. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL
Season 22. Fresno Mendozas (cwiddoes) - NL
Season 23. Fresno Mendozas (cwiddoes) - NL
Season 24. Santa Fe Tigers (kevinbigham) - AL

Breakdown:
AL - 15 World Series
NL- 9 World Series

Season 23 Wrap-up

The Fresno Mendozas are officially in ownership mode of the Gehrig world. Making their sixth straight World Series showing as representatives of the National League, the Mendozas went the distance to repeat as World Series Champions.

To repeat as World Series champions, they had to defeat a very good a Fargo Wood Chippers squad that had amassed 119 wins during the regular season. The 119 regular season wins tied a Gehrig record for most wins in a regular season set by the Charlote Driskills in season 22. Oddly enough, the Mendoza's also defeated the Driskills on that season to capture the Word Series hardware, with both Series going to a Game 7 to decide the winner. Reginald Wolf collected two wins during the World Series, and had a solid Game 7 to clinch the Series for the Mendozas.

For the Wood Chippers, this marks a sour end to what had been a very sweet season. After winning 119 wins the hopes were set on running the table. Alas, it wasn't meant to be.

Congratulations to cwiddoes on his second Gehrig World Series championship, and third overall title.

Notes:

This was the sixth World Series trip in a row for the Mendozas, and first for the Wood Chippers since foolsgold79 took over the franchise.

The Mendozas also are the third team in Gehrig to repeat as World Series champions.

This is the second title for the NL West, leaving the AL West as the only division without a World Series win.

Season 1. San Juan Clementes (mazz993) - AL

Season 2. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL
Season 3. Scranton Shrutes (mookie79) - AL
Season 4. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 5. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 6. Wichita Wallabies (jdbkaput) - NL
Season 7. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL

Season 8. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 9. Ottawa Sundragons (sundragons) - NL
Season 10. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 11. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 12. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 13. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL
Season 14. Scranton Schrutes (mookie79) - AL
Season 15. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 16. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL
Season 17. Rochester North Stars (hypnotoad) - AL
Season 18. Atlanta Swabbies (graybeard) - AL
Season 19. Richmond big tunas (bigtuna5) - AL
Season 20. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL
Season 21. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL
Season 22. Fresno Mendozas (cwiddoes) - NL
Season 23. Fresno Mendozas (cwiddoes) - NL

Breakdown:
AL - 14 World Series
NL- 9 World Series

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Season 22: Wrap-up

If you were a fan of the Fresno Mendozas for the past five seasons, you had to imagine this day would come sooner or later. After four trips to the World Series that fell just short, the Mendozas claimed their first World Series championship by beating the two-time defending champions Charlotte Driskills in five games.

Indeed, there could not have been a better way for the Mendozas to claim their first title. The Driskills were coming off the best regular season to date in Gehrig, having amassed 119 wins. The Driskills were also gunning for their third-straight title after having defeated the Mendozas the past two seasons. It just wasn't to be for the Driskills.

After splitting the first two games of the Series, in which the winning team shut-out the opposition, the Mendozas, lead by World Series MVP Emilio Alberro (9 RBI on 8 of 16 ABs), took off scoring 22 runs in the last three games of the series.

Notes:

The Mendozas reached the World Series after being pushed to five games by the Burlington Tree Huggers in the NLDS, and then seven games by the St. Louis Jalowitzians.

This was the fifth World Series trip in a row for the Mendozas, and third for the Driskills.

For cwiddoes this marks his first Gehrig World Series title and first title in Hardball Dynasty.

The Mendozas also broke a streak of six World Series titles going to the AL.

This is the first title for the NL West, leaving the AL West as the only division without a World Series win.

Congratulations to cwiddoes and the Mendozas management on another wonderful season.

Season 1. San Juan Clementes (mazz993) - AL

Season 2. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL
Season 3. Scranton Shrutes (mookie79) - AL
Season 4. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 5. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL
Season 6. Wichita Wallabies (jdbkaput) - NL
Season 7. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL

Season 8. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 9. Ottawa Sundragons (sundragons) - NL
Season 10. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 11. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 12. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 13. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL
Season 14. Scranton Schrutes (mookie79) - AL
Season 15. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 16. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL
Season 17. Rochester North Stars (hypnotoad) - AL
Season 18. Atlanta Swabbies (graybeard) - AL
Season 19. Richmond big tunas (bigtuna5) - AL
Season 20. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL
Season 21. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL
Season 22. Fresno Mendozas (cwiddoes) - NL

Breakdown:
AL - 14 World Series
NL- 8 World Series

Season 21 Wrap-Up

In a World Series featuring a re-match from Season 20, and again featuring the top teams from the AL and the NL respectively, the Charlotte Driskills came back from being down two games to three to beat the Fresno Mendozas in another wild seven-game series.

Few would have predicted another season coming down to a game seven for both the Driskills and the Mendozas, but these two teams sure make for an entertaining match-up. The Mendozas got to the World Series following a regular season campaign that saw them win 107 games, and easily advanced to the World Series after only dropping one game in both the NLDS and the NLCS. The Driskills, on the other hand, dropped one game in the ALDS, but were pushed to a game 7 in the ALCS by the Fargo Wood Chippers.

The Driskills, with their back against the wall, and needing to win both games six and seven at Fresno, got timely pitching and hitting to pull off the comeback. On the top of the seventh inning, with the Driskills holding a tenuous 4-1 lead, Hugh Magnusson ripped a bases-loaded two-out double that put the score at 8-1, and was just too much for Fresno to overcome.

For infamy, one of the Gehrig's original team owners, this marks his second Gehrig World Series title, and is only the 2nd owner (cpkung being the other on seasons 4 and 5) to win back-to-back titles.

This marks the sixth season in a row that the World Series has gone to the AL, who now lead the all time series 14 championships to 7 over the NL.

The only two Divisions that have yet to claim a World Series are the AL and NL West.

Congratulations to infamy and the Driskills management on another wonderful season.

Season 1. San Juan Clementes (mazz993) - AL

Season 2. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL

Season 3. Scranton Shrutes (mookie79) - AL

Season 4. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL

Season 5. Jacksonville betelnut (cpkung) - AL

Season 6. Wichita Wallabies (jdbkaput) - NL

Season 7. Seattle Pilots (threester) - AL

Season 8. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 9. Ottawa Sundragons (sundragons) - NL
Season 10. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 11. Monterrey Pepper Jacks (tooly_mctool) - NL
Season 12. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL
Season 13. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL
Season 14. Scranton Schrutes (mookie79) - AL

Season 15. San Juan Myrmidons (doontristy) - NL

Season 16. Durham Donkeyfish (armst24) - AL

Season 17. Rochester North Stars (hypnotoad) - AL

Season 18. Atlanta Swabbies (graybeard) - AL

Season 19. Richmond big tunas (bigtuna5) - AL

Season 20. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL

Season 21. Charlotte Driskills (infamy) - AL

Breakdown:
AL - 14 World Series
NL- 7 World Series

Draft Picks and Bonuses

With the Season 21 draft having just transpired, I wanted to look at what the highest bonuses paid for a drafted player. The following is a list of the highest bonuses paid by each franchise to a draft pick.


Not surprisingly, the vast majority of players on the list are first rounders, with nine franchises having awarded their highest bonus to a player outside of the first round. That is, about 28% of the players on the list are not from the first round. One franchise, Syracuse, has two players topping off at $7M and are represented with an "*" next to their bonus.

The highest bonus goes to the ninth overall pick in Season 20, Chuck Allen, at a whopping $12.9M. While you could argue that Allen is worth every penny, that bonus was more than the starting Prospect budget for 16 of the 32 teams that season. In other words, half the teams wouldn't have started with enough Prospect monies to pay Allen the bonus. One other interesting stat, only one first overall pick is on the list, Chip Greenwood.

The lowest drafted player on the list, Jeromy Milton, signed for almost $5M and never saw the majors. However, the biggest bust has to be Detroit handing over $9.7M for Hal Bacsik. Bacsik, drafted in season 6 in the 4th round and 129th overall, never amounted to much.

The most perplexing case goes to Ismael Hernandez. Taken, by then Philadelphia with the 4th overall pick. Hernandez was signed to a $7.5M bonus, but retired the following season after what appears to be a mysterious case of having never been assigned to a minor league squad. What a waste.