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Springfield Cardinals (AA) 07-23-2029
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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.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2029: 2B Unknown Given 7-Game Suspension
The Springfield Cardinals were not very happy with the home plate umpire in today's 7-0 loss to Tulsa at Cockroaches Ballpark. One in particular -- Joe Unknown. Upon being called out on strikes, the Cardinals second baseman gave the ump quite an earful. For that, the man in blue gave him the thumb and sent him to an early shower.

But the disgruntled Unknown lingered on the field for another five minutes berating the umpire. Finally his manager got him off the field and into the clubhouse.

But it got worse after the game, when Unknown told reporters, "He was blind today. They played 'Three Blind Mice' for him. If he doesn't know the words to the song, I'm sure we can get it in braille, so he can follow along."

For all of his escapades and after-the-game oration, the league office suspended Unknown for 7 games.

Monday, May 21st, 2029: Irate Dawson Suspended 4 Games
The Springfield Cardinals were not very happy with the home plate umpire in today's loss to Binghamton at Cockroaches Ballpark. One in particular -- Powell Dawson. Upon being called out on strikes, the Cardinals second baseman gave the ump quite an earful. For that, the man in blue gave him the thumb and sent him to an early shower.

But the disgruntled Dawson lingered on the field for another five minutes berating the umpire. Finally his manager got him off the field and into the clubhouse.

But it got worse after the game, when Dawson told reporters, "He was blind today. They played 'Three Blind Mice' for him. If he doesn't know the words to the song, I'm sure we can get it in braille, so he can follow along."

For all of his escapades and after-the-game oration, the league office suspended Dawson for 4 games.

This season Dawson is batting .272 with 2 home runs. His totals include 16 RBIs and 29 runs scored.
Team Leaders AVG
B. Larson
.269
2C. HughesSPR.265
3T. BarrettSPR.244
4P. DawsonSPR.226
5C. SmithSPR.223
Team Leaders HR
B. Larson
11
2C. QuickSPR10
3C. HughesSPR8
4T. BarrettSPR6
4R. NicholsSPR6
Team Leaders RBI
C. Hughes
57
2B. LarsonSPR52
3T. BarrettSPR46
4C. QuickSPR40
5R. NicholsSPR38
Team Leaders W
J. Sánchez
9
2G. GoldsteinSPR7
2T. O'TraynorSPR7
4J. RosadoSPR5
5G. NorrisSPR0
Team Leaders ERA
G. Goldstein
2.69
2T. O'TraynorSPR3.07
3J. SánchezSPR4.04
   
   
Team Leaders K
J. Sánchez
137
2T. O'TraynorSPR95
3J. RosadoSPR66
4G. GoldsteinSPR59
5G. NorrisSPR10
Injuries
PlayerInjuryOut for...Disabled List Status
CF Chris Quicktorn bicep muscle2 monthsNot on DL
Pitching Staff
RoleThrowsPitcherWLSVERA 
StarterRJosé Rosado5704.67 
StarterLJesús Sánchez9704.04 
StarterRTim O'Traynor7803.07 
StarterLGreg Goldstein7602.69 
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Standings
Western DivisionWLPCTGB
Harrisburg Senators5746.553-
San Antonio Missions5449.5243.0
Springfield Cardinals5152.4956.0
Jacksonville Suns4558.43712.0
Tulsa Drillers4360.41714.0
Connecticut Defenders3469.33023.0

Team Information
Record overall51-52, .495 PCT
Position in Division3rd, 6.0 GB
Record at home25-29, .463 PCT
Record on the road26-23, .531 PCT
Record in X-inning games5-6, .455 PCT
Record in one-run games14-17, .452 PCT
Record versus LHP16-17, .485 PCT
Record versus RHP35-35, .500 PCT
Record last 10 games5-5, .500 PCT
Record in April15-13, .536 PCT
Record in May13-16, .448 PCT
Record in June15-10, .600 PCT
Record in July8-13, .381 PCT

Team Batting Stats & Rankings
Batting Average.237 - 8th in NL
On-Base Percentage.314 - 9th in NL
Slugging Percentage.362 - 8th in NL
On-Base + Slugging.676 - 8th in NL
Runs Scored435 - 9th in NL
Hits833 - tied for 7th in NL
Extra-Base Hits283 - 9th in NL
Home Runs69 - 9th in NL
Bases-On-Balls363 - 8th in NL
Strikeouts680 - 9th in NL
Stolen Bases76 - 6th in NL

Team Pitching Stats & Rankings
Earned Run Average 3.94 - 4th in NL
Starters' ERA3.93 - 6th in NL
Bullpen ERA3.95 - 5th in NL
Runs allowed445 - 5th in NL
Hits allowed895 - 8th in NL
Opponents AVG.253 - 8th in NL
BABIP.289 - 6th in NL
Home Runs allowed84 - tied for 10th in NL
Bases-On-Balls353 - 5th in NL
Strikeouts647 - 7th in NL

Lineups Overview
#BLineup vs RHPPOS #BLineup vs LHPPOS #BLineup vs RHP+DHPOS #BLineup vs LHP+DHPOS 
1RCaleb SmithSS 1RCaleb SmithSS 1RCaleb Smith1B 1RCaleb Smith1B 
2RRon Nichols1B 2RRon Nichols1B 2RRon NicholsSS 2RRon NicholsSS 
3RPowell Dawson2B 3RPowell Dawson2B 3RPowell Dawson3B 3RPowell Dawson3B 
4RCal HughesC 4RCal HughesC 4RCal HughesC 4RCal HughesC 
5RTom BarrettRF 5RTom BarrettRF 5RTom BarrettCF 5RTom BarrettCF 
6RChris QuickCF 6RChris QuickCF 6RChris QuickRF 6RChris QuickRF 
7SMike AllenLF 7SMike AllenLF 7SMike AllenLF 7SMike AllenLF 
8RBarney Larson3B 8RBarney Larson3B 8RBarney Larson2B 8RBarney Larson2B 
    

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