| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, July 18th, 2029: Cardinals Goldstein Spins Perfect Game
The "Impossible Dream" occurred today. Greg Goldstein of the Springfield Cardinals secured a place for himself in league history, defeating the Corpus Christi Hooks 4-0 in a perfect game. -- "a no-hit, no-run, no-man-reach-first" game. That's one of the rarest of the rare.
In the postgame interview on BNN he said, "I knew what was going on, I was hoping the fans would kind of shush a little bit. They were making me nervous."
His batterymate said Goldstein could smell it at the end. "He was that confident, he was that good."
When his perfect day on the mound ended, he pumped his fist twice at the ground as he was swarmed by his teammates. He made his way off the field to a standing ovation from the crowd and with a final wave to the fans he disappeared into the clubhouse.
On his history-making day at Cockroaches Ballpark Goldstein walked nobody and struck out 8.
When his dad walked into the clubhouse after the game, he walked over and asked the elated Goldstein, "I got here late, what happened?"
"What? You didn't see the game?" Goldstein blurted out.
His dad was kidding, of course. He had watched the whole game... the whole perfect game.
In 2029 Goldstein has fashioned a 7-6 mark, 2.69 ERA and pitched 110.1 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .212 against him and he has logged 59 strikeouts. |
 | Sunday, July 1st, 2029: Hooks Torres Named NL's Best Pitcher
José Torres took a much-deserved turn in the spotlight earlier today as he accepted the National League Pitcher of the Month award for June.
The 21-year-old Hooks starter is a relative newcomer to the league, but nonetheless racked up an impressive 4-0 won-lost record in 7 starts. He has fanned 45 batters in 43 innings and sports a 1.26 ERA.
In 20 starts this season, Torres has recorded 8 wins and absorbed 4 losses. He has pitched 107.1 innings, allowed 86 hits, struck out 105 and has a 3.10 ERA.
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 | Thursday, June 28th, 2029: Hooks McMahon Blanks Tulsa
In an excellent mound performance, Bob McMahon of the Corpus Christi Hooks whitewashed the Tulsa Drillers 11-0 on a 3-hitter.
He said after the game, "I had my best stuff and did a good job of mixing up my pitches."
The Tulsa manager said, "We just didn't swing the bats well today. McMahon did a good job keeping us guessing."
In all, the Corpus Christi hurler rang up 4 strikeouts and 2 walks in the shutout win.
In 23 starts this year McMahon has fashioned a 9-8 record and a 3.42 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 54-49, .524 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 10.0 GB | | Record at home | 28-23, .549 PCT | | Record on the road | 26-26, .500 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 16-11, .593 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 17-14, .548 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 37-35, .514 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record in May | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in June | 14-11, .560 PCT | | Record in July | 9-12, .429 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .234 - 10th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .333 - 6th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .378 - 6th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .710 - 6th in NL | | Runs Scored | 473 - 6th in NL | | Hits | 807 - 12th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 295 - 7th in NL | | Home Runs | 93 - 2nd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 466 - 1st in NL | | Strikeouts | 622 - 1st in NL | | Stolen Bases | 40 - 10th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.79 - 3rd in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.72 - 3rd in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.91 - 4th in NL | | Runs allowed | 456 - 6th in NL | | Hits allowed | 831 - 2nd in NL | | Opponents AVG | .237 - 2nd in NL | | BABIP | .277 - 3rd in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 66 - 4th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 433 - 10th in NL | | Strikeouts | 679 - 5th in NL |
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