International Longshore and Warehouse Union #2015
A Canton Longshoremen Blog - 2024 Version
New League. New Ace. New Schedule. New Longshoremen?
April 8, 2024 - Everything is new in Canton. The offseason saw a shake-up in the league, and nothing shook more than the Longshoremen, who moved from the Sovereign League's Great Lakes Division to the Imperial League's newly minted Seaboard Division. Out are rivalries with the Crystal Lake Sandgnats, Fargo Dinosaurs, Duluth Warriors, and Kalamazoo Badgers, and in are new Eastern Time Zone road trips to visit the Hartford Harpoon, West Virginia Alleghenies, and Arlington Bureaucrats. Out is Japan, in is Europe. And thanks to the PEBAverse's first ever contraction draft, in are a new staff ace and first baseman.
Series 1 vs. Arlington: A frigid near capacity crowd watched the Longshoremen begin their sojourn in the Imperial League with a crisply played 3-1 loss as two solo home runs gave he visiting Bureaucrats all they needed to turn back the Longshoremen. Catcher Cliff Mitchell, who begins the season as the short side of a first base platoon, got his first PEBA hit. Both starting pitchers went 8 innings as new ace George Lee was the hard-luck loser, giving up three earned runs to take the loss. The remaining three games were all one-run affairs:
- Kokei Yamashita and four relievers held the Bureaucrats to one run in a 2-1 Longshoremen win that saw all three runs scored in the first inning.
- Rookie reliever Colin Jameson wasted 8 solid innings by starter Yujiro Kondo by giving up the deciding run in the ninth inning of a 3-2 loss.
- New first baseman Dominic Maye delivered a walk-off win with a 9th inning double in the series finale; final score 6-5.
Series 2 vs. Florida: The series opener saw new keystone sacker Manny De Los Santos give the home fans their second walk-off win in as many days, with a 10th inning double. Sadly, that would be the last high note of the week, as the Featherheads jumped all over reliever Colin Jamieson in game 2 and starter Kokei Yamashita in game 3 to win the series.
The worst news of the week was a mini-injury epidemic, as 3B Gordon Fuller sprained an ankle and utility infielder John Barker suffered a back injury.
After 7 games, here's the team W/L for each SP (quality starts):
George Lee 0-2 (2)
Kokei Yamashita 1-1 (1)
Yujiro Kondo 0-1 (1)
Alfonso Romero 1-0 (0)
Carlos Pérez 1-0 (1)
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