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A couple days from the deadline, the Reapers have accepted another trade:

Reapers get:
Mitre (P)

Marlins get:
Villalba (C)

"Villalba was our regular backup catcher, but we do have another catcher in AAA who can do that job just about as well, our team has also been struggling with some inconsistencies in our pitching rotation, so we can try him out in one of the spots to see if he can perform at a good level, if not, he can still be a good reliever or minor league prospect. This trade, for the time being, is also a salary cut of 90 for our team, and it's always good to save money where you can."

End of July notes:
Reapers pitcher, Swanson, has won the Pitcher of the Month and Rookie of the Month awards. He was 4-0 with a 2.73 ERA and 21 strikeouts in July.

July Financial Report:
Total Income: 10289
Total Expenses: 33038
This means a total loss of 22749 for the Reapers in July, they are now at 138133.

Standings:
The Reapers month was average, they are now the only AL West team with a record above .500, at 60-46, they are 8 games ahead of the Angels.
The Penguins are 54-52, in third place.
Overall, the Mets, at 67-39, lead the Major League standings.
The Padres, at 39-67, are the worst team in baseball right now.

Team Leaders:
Rottino's ERA of 3.06 leads the team.
Duke's 127 innings pitched leads the team, his record is now 11-4, 0-3 with the Reapers.
Swanson's 12 wins leads the team.
Zuniga's .299 average leads the team.
Barker's 13 home runs and 67 RBIs leads the team.

End of August notes:
Reapers Fireballer won Rookie of the Month, with a 0.39 ERA and 1 win, for some reason, the Relief Pitcher of the Month was not awarded.

August Financial Report:
Total Income: 11535
Total Expenses: 3038
This means a total gain of 8497 points for the Reapers, they are now at 146630.

Standings:
After a terrible August with a 10-18 record, there's a tight race for the AL West Division Championship, the Reapers still lead, but are only two games ahead of the Athletics, who have come out of nowhere.
The Penguins, at 61-73, have fallen to 5th in their division.
Overall, the Mets lead the Majors with an 85-49 record.
The Padres are at the bottom with a 52-82 record.

Team Leaders:
Duke's 3.48 ERA leads the team, as do his 14 wins, and 168 innings pitched.
Berger's .301 average leads the team.
Prochaska's 136 hits leads the team.
Barker's 15 home runs and 73 RBIs leads the team.

"The lead we had was a lot more comfortable last month, I can only hope the team will be able to put August behind them and be able to properly play their game in September, if they can do that, I have no doubt we can make the playoffs. Maybe some of our September call-ups can surprise us."

Go Reapers! FTW! Of the AL West.

End of September notes:
The Reapers have clinched the Division, winning no monthly awards.

Financial Report:
Total Income: 11568
Total Expenses: 2940
This means a total gain of 8628 for the Reapers through September, they are now at 155258.

Standings:
With an 85-77 record, the Reapers have clinched the AL West.
The Penguins, with a 72-90 record, finished last in their Division.
The Yankees won the AL East with a 95-67 record.
The Indians won the AL Central with a 96-66 record.
The White Sox won the AL Wild Card with a 92-70 record.
The Mets, with the best record in the MLB, 102-60, have won the NL East.
The Phillies, at 89-73, won the NL Wild Card.
The Brewers, at 92-70, won the NL Central.
The Diamondbacks, at 91-71, won the NL West.

Team Leaders:
Duke, at 192.2 innings pitched, was the only Reapers player with enough innings to count in the ERA ranking, so he lead the team at 3.50. His 14 wins also lead the team, along with his 192 strikeouts.
Bowie's 23 saves lead the team.
Zuniga's .298 average lead the team.
Prochaska's 164 hits lead the team.
Robbin's 17 home runs lead the team.
Barker's 81 RBIs lead the team.

Season Leaders:

AL:
At an ERA of 3.00, J.Weaver won the ERA title, his 16 wins also lead the league.
Halladay's 207 innings pitched was the most in the league.
R.Betancourt's 41 saves lead the league.
Sabathia's 256 strikeouts lead the league.
Posada's .357 average lead the league.
Damon's 208 hits lead the league.
Konerko and C.Pena tied for the home run lead at 41.
B.Abreu had the most RBIs in the league with 153.

NL:
J.Santana's 3.07 ERA lead the league, as did his 22 wins.
Buehrle's 202 innings pitched lead the league.
Correia lead the league with 33 saves.
Harang lead the league with 223 strikeouts.
Pujols .358 average lead the league.
Victorino lead the league with 209 hits.
C.Young had 49 home runs to lead the league.
D.Wright's 192 RBIs lead the league.

Next up:
Awards ceremony and playoff matchups.

I guess the awards aren't handed out yet.

Playoff matchups:

Reapers VS Indians
White Sox VS Yankees
Diamondbacks VS Mets
Phillies VS Brewers

Even though it's not in the game, isn't the single-season RBI record 191 by Hack Wilson?

Yeah..

I thought that was a lot, but when I posted it I didn't know it was a new record. Good for him.

I think I'll edit in a poll for World Series champion predictions, but if you answer by post as well, if you're correct you get bragging rights and if you have any suggestions I may take them more seriously.

Why the hell does this poll keep screwing up? It keeps replacing Reapers and White Sox, at first with 'Yes' and 'No', then with 'Indians' and 'Yankees'

Now it put 18 options even though it says there's allowed to be 10 maximum.

I can't know for sure, but I think the voting may be screwed up as well, I don't think 11 people voted in such a short time without saying anything.

I only voted for the Mets but it says I voted for the Mets and the Yankees...

The Mets always seem to win in this game. If your simming.

I figured it was something like that.

Well, if DarkShade can't fix it, I'll just have to take votes in person.

Game one of the ALDS is complete:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-oZ8Cci ... D4F6DFD26E

I'll write a summary later, I want to give people a chance to watch the game first, it's too easy to just skip over it then skim the summary. Games with videos may have shorter summaries, it really just depends on how much I feel like writing.

Indians defeat Reapers in Game 1:
Fausto Carmona was the star of the game, pitching a complete game for the Indians and getting the win. Jhonny Peralta had a home run and 3 RBIs to lead the offense.

"Our hitting really couldn't get anything done, but what really concerned me was the fielding. This game opened my eyes to how important good fielding really is, we gave up 4 runs good fielding could have prevented, then lost by 4. I bought an old glove for the team for practice, it has to help somehow, right?"

Reapers shortstop was questioned about this purchase:
"I always figured our general manager was cheap, but buying an old glove and expecting the whole team to practice with it? I'm starting to think he's going slightly insane as well."

Reporters didn't feel like bringing up the fact that the old glove cost more than a third of the teams yearly salary, and over 25 times the salary of their shortstop.


Does changing the fielding level for CPU effect both teams? I want to find a level that's realistic for playoffs, I find it a bit ridiculous for fielders not to dive on plays they could make in the playoffs.