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06/14/2022

Mohawks fell behind 1-0 in the 4th inning as jack lapham allowed Ben Lavery to hit a RBI double with 2 outs in the 4th.
The Mohawks finally got on the board in the 6th inning. Gage Miller got hit by a pitch to begin the 6th. Brett Coker followed that by getting a single which put runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. Miller was replaced by Jacob Hand who pinch ran for them. Cade bush got a sac bunt down. Mark Black got a RBI single which tied the game at 1-1. They put Jack Wren in the game with 1 out in the inning, however the killer for the Dutchmen was when Zach Gardiner hit a grounder to 2nd which could have been a DP instead the Short stop booted the ball which allowed everyone to be safe so Coker scored which gave the Mohawks their first lead of the game. Hunter Thomas got a big two out RBI single which got Mark Black home. The 3-run inning ended on a Conor Moore strike out.

In the 7th inning the Mohawks sent Chris Sutor out. The Dutchmen attempted to tie the game up again with Ben Lavery starting off the inning with a leadoff walk Ty Gallagher followed with a Riley Montayne strike out. Santhosha Gottam came in and gave up a single to Tyler Young which loaded the bases with only one out. However the Mohawks got a big break, as Cam Jordan hit a infield flyout Lavery tried to tag up and score but instead ran into the 3rd and final out of the inning.

The Bottom of the 8th was where the Mohawks put away the game for good. Cade bush got HBO with 1 out followed by Mark Black hitting a double. The Dutchmen intentionally walked Zach Gardiner to get to Josh Overbeek however that plan failed as Overbeek got a RBI single which kept the bases loaded. Hunter Thomas struck out however,Connor Moore, with two outs, put the game out of reach with a big 2 run 2 out single which made the final score 6-1. Winning the Mohawks their 8th game of the season.

06/14/2022

Rao Stadium Shuttleworth Park Amsterdam NY-
The Amsterdam Mohawks got off to a slow start at this Monday's game against the Albany Dutchmen. Jack Lapham pitched 4 innings giving up 1 earned run which came in the 4th inning on a two out RBI double by Ben Lavery. David Silva JR lead off the inning with a single and stealing 2nd. The next two batters struck out and grounded out to short. Lapham gave up 1 earned run, 4 hits, walked 3 and struck out 6. He committed 1 error which came in the 2nd inning as he was trying to pick off Anthony Ramo at first but threw it past the first baseman. However he was able to overcome the error by not allowing a run to score. He got two big outs, one was a fielders Choice and the second was an out at first. Dan Keaney was tremendous. He pitched 3 scoreless innings giving up 2 hits, no walks and 2 strike outs before he left the game for a undisclosed reason.
The Mohawks finally got on the board in the 6th inning. Gage Miller got hit by a pitch to begin the 6th. Brett Coker followed that by getting a single which put runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. Miller was replaced by Jacob Hand who pinch ran for them. Cade bush got a sac bunt down. Mark Black got a RBI single which tied the game at 1-1. They put Jack Wren in the game with 1 out in the inning, however the killer for the Dutchmen was when Zach Gardiner hit a grounder to 2nd which could have been a DP instead the Short stop booted the ball which allowed everyone to be safe so Coker scored which gave the Mohawks their first lead of the game. Hunter Thomas got a big two out RBI single which got Mark Black home. The 3-run inning ended on a Conor Moore strike out.

In the 7th inning the Mohawks sent Chris Sutor out. The Dutchmen attempted to tie the game up again with Ben Lavery starting off the inning with a leadoff walk Ty Gallagher followed with a Riley Montayne strike out. Santhosha Gottam came in and gave up a single to Tyler Young which loaded the bases with on

06/07/2022

The Mohawks explode to score 6 runs to come from behind and win.
Rao Shuttleworth Amsterdam NY.

The Amsterdam Mohawks rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the 6th inning to win the game 9-5. Both starters were dominating. The game was scoreless until the 5th inning when the Dragons took a 1-0 lead on a RBI single with 2 outs by Mario Cubello. The Dragons extended their lead in the 6th inning on a RBI Double from Von Baker who relieved Arlon Butts in the 6th inning. He gave up 1 earned run, 2 hits and walked 1.

Jake Washock pitched 5+ innings giving up 3 runs 2 of which were earned. He was dominanting for the 5 innings he played, shutting the Mohawks out. His only problem in this game was that he hit 4 batters. He gave up 3 hits, 0 walks, 4 HBP, committed 1 error which he committed in the 6th inning.
Brett Coker lead off the inning with a well placed single. Cade Bush followed, getting another single. Josh Overbeek then bunted to advance the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Washock attempted to get the out at 3rd but he threw the ball away, which allowed Coker to score and Bush went to 3rd and Overbeek went to 2nd. The Mohawks would score 5 more runs. Dan Shala stepped in to replace Washock but couldn't record an out. He allowed for 2 inherited runners giving up 1 earned run he allowed 1 hit and he walked 2. Pitcher Evan Mahns stepped in and allowed 2 inherited runs to score. The Dragons attempted to rally from the 6-2. Martin Marintchev singled on a popfly to right field with 1 out. Phillp Krpata walked and stole 2nd and they both scored on a E2 by Tommy Hunter who tried to throw out Krpata. The Mohawks scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th which extended their lead to 9-4. With a run by the Dragons the final score was 9-5, another win for the Mohawks, their fourth win of the season.

05/04/2022

The Yankees are clicking on all cylinders right now they're currently on a 11 game winning streak which includes beating the Blue Jays who are a legit world series contender. Both their pitching and hitting are clicking on they have scored 79 runs which is about 7.1 runs pergame. They have hit 22 home runs scoring 39 runs which is 49.3%. their ba is 287 and with RISP they're hitting 287 which means that their home runs are massive instead of Solo shots They are also hitting 305 with RISP. Their pitching has been lights out during the 11 game winning streak their starters have a ERA of 2.50 they allowed 57 hits, 9 walks 57 strike outs they have allowed 5 home runs.

Their bullpen has been a little bit worse than the Starters their ERA is 2.70 They allowed 31 hits 13 walks 38 strike outs they have allowed 3 home runs. Their pitching is holding opponents to a 238 BA and a BA of 202 with RISP if you add all of this up you get a scary team whether they're able to keep this up remains to be seen however right they look like a world series contender.

04/11/2022

Rant and review series 1

Red Sox vs Yankees.

The Sox lost 2 out of 3 the Sox offense hit 186 they scored 11 runs 5 came on homer runs which is 45.4%>. They were 3 for 26 with RISP which is a 115 BA that is unacceptable.

The Sox offense needs to hit for average and they need to be better with RISP position for this series I'll give them a D. The Sox pitching did a solid job. Their Starters were mid tier Eovaldi pitched 5 innings giving up 3 earned runs which both came off homers. The first was a two run bomb by Rizzo in the first after being spotted a 3-0 lead. The 2nd came on Stanton Solo shot which came in the 4th to tie the game.

Nick Pivetta pitched game 2 he pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up 4 earned runs on 2 2 run homers they were Rizzo and Stanton again.

Tanner Houck struggled against the Yankees however he only gave up 3 earned runs despite New York allowing 9 Yankees to reach base safely in 3 1/3 innings he struggled with his command all night long but made key pitches to get big outs including getting Stanton to line out with 2 on in the first and with bases loaded with outs got Gleyber Torres to fly out to left field. It was encouraging to see him get big outs like that at yankees Stadium. The Sox Starters need to stop trying out for home run derby because they're in the AL East with the Jays whose offense is on a whole another level than the Yankees. I give the a c+

The Sox Pen Garrett Whitlock looked
Dominant in two innings however AC left him in a 3rd inning and he ended up giving up a Solo shot to DJ Lemahieu in the 8th inning. The Sox in extra innings gave up 2 unearned runs including the game winner to Donaldson in the bottom of the 11th to walkoff.

The final 2 games the Sox Pen pitched 8 scoreless innings they allowed 5 hits and walked 1 they struck out 7. Jake Diekman got the Save by striking out 3 Judge Stanton and Gallo. I was impressed with their pen I will give them a B for the Series.

As far as my

04/08/2022

The Orioles are still the Weakest team in the East their goal this season will be can their young players develop into great players. Cedric Mullins who is a very underrated player played his first full season last season he hit 291 with 30 homers his RBIS weren't impressive at 59 however he did steal 30 basesstep up and perform at the same level or better in 22 along with Ryan Mountcastle who hit 255 but had 33 homers and 89 RBIS is entering his 2nd full season in the majors. Trey Mancini who is entering his 6th season hit 255 with 21 homers and 71 RBIS. Anthony Santander 27 going on 28 and who has been in the majors since be 2017 Played over 100 games for the first time in 21 hit 241 with 18 home runs with 50 RBIS Will be looking to improve on his 21 performance in 22.
Austin Hays is another young player that the Orioles will be hoping will make another big jump in 22. He hit 256 with 22 homers and 71 RBIS. Ramón Urias is entering his 3rd season in 22 he will be looking to play over 100 games for the first time he played in 85 in 21 he hit 279 with 7 homeruns and 38 RBIS . Jorge Mateo is entering his 2nd full season and he 5
will be trying to play over 100 games in his career. Last year with the Padres and Orioles he hit 207 in 57 games with 2 homers and 6 RBIS. In 32 games with Baltimore last season he hit 280 with 2 homers and 8 RBIS.
Rougned Odor is the 2nd longest veteran on the teams roster he came up with Texas in 2014 he Spent last year with the Yankees and in 102 games he hit 202 with 39 RBIS. Robinson Chirinos is the oldest player on the Orioles he has been in the majors since 2011 although he has only played 100 games or more two times which was 18-19 and yet he will be the be Orioles primary catcher.

Their pitching will also be relying on young players to make a jump in 22 John Means who came into the Majors in 2018 is entering this 3rd full season he had a down year last year despite throwing a no hitter vs the Mariners on

04/08/2022

The Red Sox the Offense will be great with K**e, Trevor Story was a solid pickup, Xander will have a monster Season in the last year of his contract Devers will be in the MVP conversation all season long. JD Martinez will also have a big year for the Sox. Verdugo will prove that he is a legit stud. Dalbec showed improvements due to him working out with Kyle Schwarber who signed with Philadelphia. Christian will have a solid season. JBJ will be the only easy out in their line up.

The Sox areas of concern are their rotation Bullpen and their infield defense.

The Sox lost Chris Sale for at least 60 games to begin the Season and Paxton won't be there until the 2nd half of the season. Eovaldi is the only pitcher the Sox can rely on to win games. They lost Eduardo Rodriguez who is a good number 2 or 3 pitcher to Detroit in free agency. The guys the Sox will need to step up are Nick Pivetta, Tanner Houck, Michael Wacha who was a dominant number 1 pitcher early in his career 2013-15 however he has been terrible since 2016 in every year other than 2018 where he had a 3.20 his ERA has been over 4 which is a disaster. Rich Hill who is 42 years had a ERA of 2.45 in 2019 With the Dodgers in 31 starts. In a COVID shortened season he had a ERA of 3.03 in 8 Starts. Last year had a down year his ERA was 3.87 with Tampa and 3.84 with the Mets so the Sox will need him to bounce back to his 2020 form. The Sox are also working out Garrett Whitlock who was a great reliever last year

The Sox infield Defense ranked 26th last season in Defensive runs saved at -34 got Story who will help at 2nd base however Xander, Devers are both below average fielders, Dalbec was a problem too although he got better as the season went on.

The Sox outfield defensive runs saved was 14 which ranked 4th AL JBJ I can see making it even better.
The Sox bullpen Struggled in the months of July, August and September October where they had a 4.46ERA. they will win 81-89 games.

04/08/2022

The Yankees will be Worst than people think. They are too 1 dimensional offensively they are reliant on hitting home runs when they're going strong their home Runs are high. However when they don't hit the home run they have a difficult time manufacturing runs which we have seen for a while now. Their Infield in defensive runs saved was ranked 30th at -54 they got a good addition in Isaiah Kiner falefa who will play Short stop at a gold glove level. Josh Donaldson is also a solid defensive player at 3b however he is injury prone so if he goes down for any amount of time it will cause havoc on the left side of their infield. The Yankees have a pretty good Rotation with Cole Montgomery who I expect to be a Good number 2 or 3 this Season. Severino has been plagued by injuries since 2019 in fact in his last two seasons that he pitched 19 and 21 he had. Just 7 Starts. If Severino goes down for any period of time I can see Taillon Struggling as the 3rd starter however as a number 5 or 4 he will be effective. The Yankees pen was a strength last year their bullpen ERA ranked 2nd in the AL with a 3.58 which was only behind bthr Rays 3.24 ERA and 4th overall. the one area that a lot of people don't focus on with them is that they are terrible in Situational baseball to prove that point they were 23rd in getting thrown out on the bases 50 times that alone can cost you games against good teams there are other things if you watch the Yankees that show how bad they're in the fundamentals.

The Yankees outfield had -4 defensive runs saved which was tied for 9th AL although if Hicks stays healthy should improve.

The Yankees will be anywhere from a 84-92 win team.

04/08/2022

The Rays are a solid team all-around. They don't have great offensive players however their offense is solid Randy Arozazrena Who hit 274 with 20 homers with 69 RBIS he has speed as he stole 20 bases. Wander Franco who came up last year in June and played great in 70 games hit 288 with 7 homers with 39 RBIS to the point where Tampa had him sign a contract through 2032. BRANDON LOWE hit 247 with 39 homers and 99 RBIS.
Yandy Diaz is another solid hitter he hit ,256 with 13 homers and 64 RBIS. Kevin kiemairer is more known for his glove than his bat hit 259. Manuel Margot hit 254 with 10 homers and 57 RBI Mike Zunino hit for a 216 average however he did hit 33 Home runs with 62 RBIS. The bottom part that includes Ji-man Choi who hit 229 with 11 homers and 45 RBIS. JOSH Lowe is a unproven that will be in their every day line up. their rotation doesn't pitch deep into games outside of Glasgow however the Addition of Cory Kluber who I believe had he Stayed healthy would have been a CY young candidate for the Yankees should be able to protect their pen whichis a strength for them that can cover up the rotation in the first half of the season and Glasgow along with Kluber can save them in the 2nd half of the season. I believe the Pen will be similar to last season where they broke down and we're awful in the playoffs.

The Rays infield had 23 defensive runs saved which ranked 3rd in the AL

The Rays had 31 outfield defensive runs saved which ranked 2nd in the AL

Tampa will be anywhere between a 90-95 win team and will make the playoffs

04/08/2022

my MLB 2022 predictions and review. or. The AL East I see being a Two team race which will be the Blue Jays and Rays. The Jays are the most well rounded team. Their Offense is dynamic with MVP candidate Vlad Guerrero JR who hit 311 with 48 homers, and had 111 RBIS, Bo bichette hit 298 he had 29 homers with 102 RBIS he also stole 25 bases. Teoscar Hernandez is a very underrated player he hit 296 with 32 homers and 116 RBIS. He also showed a little speed last year with 12 SB in 16 opportunities. Lourdes gurriell JR hit 276 with 21 homers and 84 RBIS. George Springer is solid hitter who in just 78 games hit 264 with 22 homers and 50 RBIS. I can see Matt Chapman having a career year now that he is playing in a hitters park in Toronto compared to Oakland coliseum which is a pitchers park. Their bottom 3 of their lineup Danny Jansen Alejandro Kirk, and Cavan Biggio who is replacing Marcus Siemens who signed with Texas in November are questions marks. Their rotation I believe will be a Strength despite losing thecy young award winner in Robbie Ray who went to Seattle. Kevin Gausman 14-6 with a 2.81ERA. Jose Berrios pitched decently in 12 Games they had a 3.58 ERA with them. Hyun JIn Ryu is coming off of a horrendous 2021 season he went 14-10 but his ERA of 4.37 was a career low when he pitched in multiple games in a season. Hyun Will bounce back in 2022 I think that he will have around 16 -17 wins and his ERA will be around 2.80 and 3.45.

Alex manoah had a great rookie season he had a 9-2 record with a 3.22 ERA I think that he might have a slight decline but I still think he will be solid this year.

Their bullpen will be a question mark they ranked 8th in the AL and 16th overall in bullpen ERA with a 4.08 ERA However they only had 18 blown saves all season long a lot of that had to do with jordan Romano who is their closer he's going into his 4th season in 2020 he had an ERA of 1.23 in 15 games in a COVID shortened season they played 60 games he

03/27/2022

I am getting ready to drop MLB 2022 predictions the first part I will be doing is both the AL EAst and NL East

04/21/2017

It's time for the chris Shook. The. Old school teams and how the mighty have fallen. There is no doubt that the Yankees and Cowboys and owned the 1900s. Those teams were the teams to beat ever since they began. Sure the Cowboys had more talented teams that they had greater teams that they had to contend with like the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70s and San Francisco 49ers in the 80s. However they were consistently a team other teams had to take seriously year in and year out.However Americas team has run into a great depression as far as nfc championship games are concerned. The Cowboys haven't made it to a conference championship game or a super bow
l since 96. In that time. There has been 4 Presidents since then.

The Yankees have been mediocre. The 2000s they won 2 World Series and appeared in 4 World Series that is great but take in cOn1,-sideration

08/08/2016

Canton Ohio- the Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts was canceled due to poor field Conditions. The Field was ruined by wet paint which hardened up between game time and the League was concerned about the Players Safety. According to a joint statement made by both the league and Players association "Due to safety concerns with the condition of the playing surface in Canton, tonight's game between the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers has been cancelled. We are very disappointed for our fans, but player safety is our primary concern, and as a result, we could not play an NFL game on this field tonight."

Who bought tickets for the game will get a refund according to the president of the NFL Hall of Fame David Baker. "The folks with the field tried to remediate that by dropping some other pellets ,but after talking to the coaches and staff for both the Packers and the Colts, there was a concern they might be able to remediate it, but they would have to do something underneath the surface." The last time the hall of fame game was cancelled was 2011 due to the Lockout. The other time it was cancelled in this century was 2001 between the Eagles and Ravens due to new artificial field being too dangerous.

The Matchup would've been a great duel between two popular QBS Aaron Rodgers of the Packers and Andrew Luck of The Colts. Rodgers has been arguably the best QB in the game since taking over for Hall of Famer Brett Favre in 2008. Rodgers missed the playoffs only once which was in 08 which was his first full season as a starting QB. Rodgers led the Packers to their first super Bowl victory since 1996 when they beat New England. Rodgers also won 2 MVPS in 2011 and 2014 and Andrew Luck has done a great job replacing the legendary Peyton Manning in 2012. Luck in his first 3 seasons helped the Colts make the playoffs and get farther and further before being injured most of last season which saw the Colts finished 8-8 losing the division to the Texans. In 2012 Luck helped turn the Colts from a 2-14 team in 2011 and helped them make the Wild card round which saw them lose to Eventual champions the Baltimore Ravens, in 2013 Luck helped the Colts overcome a big halftime deficit which was the 2nd biggest comeback in NFL playoff history they trailed 38-10 in that game before coming back to win 45-44. In 2014 Luck got the Colts to the AFC Championship game before losing to New England 45-7.

The NFL first week of preseason will start on the 11th which will include the first game being played in LA since the Rams left to ST.Louis that game will be against Dallas and will be covered on ESPN at 8:30 prime time game Saturday August 13th.

The Thursday games are Washington Redskins at Atlanta Falcons 7:00.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles 7:00

New Orleans Saints at New England Patriots 7:30

Carolina Panthers at Baltimore Ravens 7:30

Jacksonville Jaguars at New York Jets 7:30

Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears 8:00

Friday August 12th

Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers 7:00

Miami Dolphins at New York Giants 7:00

Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals 7:30

Cleveland Browns at Green Bay Packers 8:00

Oakland Rsiders at Arizona Cardinals 10:00

Saturday

Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs 4:30

Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills 7:00

San Diego Chargers at Tennessee Titans 8:00

Sunday August 14th. The Houston Texans at San Fransico 49ers 7:00