Santos Canseco No-Hits Salem

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Santos Canseco

Congratulations are in order to Durham Bulls starting pitcher Santos Canseco, who hurled his first career no-hitter in todays PM game versus the Salem Oles. Santos only needed 110 pitches to toss his no-no, allowing only three walks in Durham's 5-0 victory over the Oles in front of a packed house at Durham's Athletic Park on Bart Kirby Bobblehead day. He was perfect for the first 6 1/3 inning until he issued back-to-back walks to Pablo Ordonez and Mitch Ledee, but worked his way out of trouble by inducing a ground out by Keith Higginson and then whiffing Al Rosado to end the inning. The only other runner to reach base for Salem was John Blake on a ninth inning walk.

Bulls owner betrand93 celebrated Canseco's feat by immediately raising the price of all Santos Canseco items in the Bulls gift shop by 33%.

Jonas's Drunken New Years Eve Rant

jonas1102 Apples 1/1/2010 6:38 AM Probably a bad idea, but I just found her on facebook.
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jonas1102 Apples 1/1/2010 6:25 AM I hate all of you. Just because you all would be classified as everyone. And I hate everyone right now.
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jonas1102 Apples 1/1/2010 6:16 AM All I got to say is **** you, **** your mother and **** all dumbass chicks. Seriously.

Around The League (A.L. South)

Jacksonville Seminoles (AL) mbooker View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The Seminoles are the only team above .500 in the division and therefore have the largest lead (5 games) over the 2nd place team in their division. Sanford and Collier are getting it done as always.

Majors
Best Bat: Cesar Urbina
Best Arm: Ahmed Sanford

Minors
Best Bat: Blake Jackson
Best Arm: Esmailyn Martinez

Jackson Bootleggers (AL) rwright View Hardball Dynasty Profile

If the Bootleggers don't reach 80 wins this season, it'll be the 10th straight season they will have failed to do so. Mired in the Mississippi mud.

Majors
Best Bat: Cam Lincoln
Best Arm: Sam Atchley

Minors
Best Bat: John Leonard
Best Arm: Bryan Silvestri

Charlotte Moose Hunters (AL) jmil397 View Hardball Dynasty Profile

In Charlotte, the moose is still loose. The Hunters just can't seem to get any traction. It's looking like another 100+ loss season is possible.

Majors
Best Bat:Johnny Olson
Best Arm:Louis Hennessey

Minors
Best Bat:Jerome Judd
Best Arm:Alberto Cordero

Richmond Generals (AL) dgtrache View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The Generals continue the rebuilding efforts. A $19 million payroll won't win you too many games, but based on dgtrache's history, we know there's a plan.

Majors
Best Bat:Marino Tejera
Best Arm:Gil Wallace

Minors
Best Bat:Darby Moss
Best Arm:Vin Villalona

Around The League (N.L. North)

Minnesota Mighty Men (NL) raidersfan View Hardball Dynasty Profile

After a 3-game winning streak, the Mighties find themselves in a tie for first with the New York Apples at 17-10. Minnesota won 98 games last year to win the division and it looks like they'll be in contention again this season.

Majors
Best Bat: Bill Hewson
Best Arm: Don Yoshii

Minors
Best Bat: Junior Gonzalez
Best Arm: Jorge Lucano

New York Apples (NL) jonas1102 View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Original owner, jonas1102, returns for his 2nd season at the helm of the Apples and he has his club playing very well after their worst season in history last year when they won just 52 games.

Majors
Best Bat: Scott Rose
Best Arm: David Moore

Minors
Best Bat: Steve Baez
Best Arm: Harry Blanco

Trenton Titans (NL) KGS77 View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The Titans have the co-leaders in their sight, but they'll need to play better at home to keep them there. .500 on the road is manageable, as long as you're playing well at home.

Majors
Best Bat: Sherm Roberts
Best Arm: Mickey Sosa

Minors
Best Bat: Pedro Acevedo
Best Arm: Jung-Lee Kyung

Boise Spuds (NL) battmann View Hardball Dynasty Profile

After a lot of success in the early years of Mantle World, the Spuds franchise hasn't played in the deep end of the pool in a while. So far this season, the Spuds are still in the shallow end.

Majors
Best Bat: Allie Perkins
Best Arm: Luis Henriquez

Minors
Best Bat: Edwin Hammond
Best Arm: Midre Paz

Around the League (A.L. North)

Scranton Apollos (AL) tecwrg View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The Apollos currently find themselves in familiar territory atop the AL North. Scranton is looking for their 3rd straight division title while continuing to chase their 1st World Championship.

Majors
Best Bat: Pat Masao
Best Arm: Tex Keagle

Minors
Best Bat: Bernie Moreno
Best Arm: Bruce Bennett

Chicago Black Sox (AL) tomq View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The Black Sox look to rebound from a season ago when they finished last in the division. 5 games up on 3rd place Detroit should have the Windy City faithful feeling "easy breezy" for now.

Majors
Best Bat: Derek Taylor
Best Arm: Dick Orosco

Minors
Best Bat: Sparky Jacquez
Best Arm: Ahmed Randall

Detroit Bad Seeds (AL) the Benders View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Detroit has some ground to make up early and it doesn't look like a 90-win season is attainable, but they'll make a run. They need their pitching and hitting to get in sync.

Majors
Best Bat: Jim Maas
Best Arm: Cesar Moreno

Minors
Best Bat: Troy Murray
Best Arm: Kareem Kelly

Wichita Wranglers (AL) tropicana View Hardball Dynasty Profile

It's a struggle right now in Wichita, but like Detroit, the talent is pretty good. Expect this race to get closer as the season progresses.

Majors
Best Bat: Julio Valenzuela
Best Arm: Garry Donatello

Minors
Best Bat: Benny Pena
Best Arm: Vladimir Piedra

The Home Stretch - National League

The Minnesota Mighty Men have a 17-game lead in the A.L. North led by Dicky Gibson's 14 wins and Bill Hewson 132 RBIs. The rest of the division will by vying for draft position as it appears no one else in the division is in the hunt for a wild card spot.

In one of the tightest races, the Syracuse Sluggers hold a 3-game advantage over the Kansas City Monarchs. Kansas City is also just 2 games out of the 2nd wild card spot. 24-year old Dennys Franco is a strong Cy Young candidate for the Sluggers with his 14-4 record and 2.65 ERA. Erick Hatcher is having another stellar season for the Monarchs, hitting .347 with a 1.027 OPS.

In the closest division race, the Louisville Beaners have a 2-game lead over the Florida Lockdown while the Texas Long Horns have slipped a little bit and are now 8 games off the pace. However, both Florida and Texas currently hold the wild card spots. Even, the 4th place Oklahoma City Power Failure are still in the wild card hunt, just 4 games out of the last spot. At 14-4, Matt Post is the only Beaners pitcher with double-digit wins. Carlos Gonzalez leads the Lockdown with 52 HRs and 147 RBIs. Carlos Aguilera has already posted his 6th straight season with 110+ runs, 110+ RBIs and 45+ HRs.

In the N.L. West, the Vancouver Fighting Skeletons are the only team with playoff aspirations and they currently sit just 1-game behind the Sluggers for the 3rd seed. Vancouver has 3 pitchers with 10 plus wins and ERA's under 4.00 with Al Ramirez leading the trio at 13-5 with a 3.91 ERA.

The Home Stretch - American League

With about 35 games to go, we take a look at the playoff picture around the leagues.

In the A.L. North, the Scranton Apollos have regained the lead in the division after briefly falling behind the Wichita Wranglers. Jesus Abreu sits at 14-3 for Scranton despite a 4.86 ERA. Wichita is 4 games up on division rival the Detroit Bad Seeds in the Wild Card race as the division attempts to return 3 teams to the playoffs like they've done multiple times in the league's history.

The Norfolk Tobacco Farmers are cruising to a 2nd straight division title in the A.L. East. Mark Parker leads the T-Farmers with 13 wins and a 3.01 ERA. The Buffalo Blizzard postseason hopes are fading having won just 5 of their last 15. The Blizzard are now 4 games out of the 2nd wild card spot.

The Jacksonville Seminoles have pretty much sewn up the A.L. South and are destined to be the #4 seed in the A.L Playoffs as they are well behind the other 3 division leaders in the playoff race. While Vance Collier is getting all the accolades for his 15-3 record, Ahmed Sanford has been virtually untouchable at 10-2 with a .89 WHIP and 2.43 ERA.

In the A.L. West, the Colorado Springs Mile High Marines have a comfortable division lead, leaving both the Portland Poltergeists and Salem Oles to battle for a wild card spot. Portland is just 1 game out and Salem is only 3 back of the last wild card spot. Colorado Springs is getting another monster season out of reigning A.L. MVP Alfredo Valentin.