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NST Network
September 8th

Win: Haren (13-2)
Save: R. Betancourt (25)
Loss: Zito (10-10)
HR: X

Hornets: 1-1-0-0-1-0-0-2-0
Giants: 1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0

Final Score:

Hornets: 5
Giants: 2

NST Network
September 11th, 2008.

Hornets clinch division with win over Houston.

Win: Pelfrey (4-3)
Save: X
Loss: Petit (7-11)
HR: C. Snyder (22)
Berkman (14)

Hornets: 1-0-5-0-0-1-2-0-0
Astros: 0-0-0-0-0-0-2-1-0

Final Score:

Hornets: 9
Astros: 3

With a clean win over the Houston Astros, the New Orleans Hornets have become the first team to ever clinch a playoff spot and win their division in their inaugural season. Mike Pelfrey was the winning pitcher, throwing 6 innings of shutout ball as the Hornets cruised to an easy win due to a massive 3rd inning, largely led by a 3 run homerun by Chris Snyder, his 22nd of the year. We asked manager Clyde McFloyd if he was just going to lay back as they already clinched their playoff spot.

"No way, José. Hey! Suarez! Get over here! Suarez's first name is José. Anyways no, we're probably going to go for 100 wins and then sit back as I rake in all the cash. Oh and I guess I have to negotiate contracts later in the year, oh well. Everyone will want to come to our team though! Am I right or am I right?"

Record: 99-48
1st in NL Central
Won series 2-1

NST Network
September 14th, 2008.

Win: Sandberg (8-6)
Save: X
Loss: Looper (9-9)
HR: Spark (27)
C. Jackson (15)

Hornets: 0-3-2-0-3-0-4-2-0
Cardinals :1-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-1

Final Score:

Hornets: 14
Cardinals: 4

The Hornets have won their 100th game of the season with another blowout against the St. Louis Cardinals, Spark, the team leader in homeruns blasted another one out of the park with his 27th of the year, Conor Jackson also hit one but in a less conventional way as we show you below. Sandberg pitched this game, going 7 innings giving up only 1 earned run as Spark bobbled a routine fly ball to allow one run in, and McMillon threw one at home but was way overboard and threw it over Snyders head. McMillon however redeemed himself by throwing the only assist in Hornet history o far by gunning down Yadier Molina as he headed for third.

(Can't upload .mov files or I'd show it to you. Too lazy to convert too.)

NST Sportsnet
September 18th, 2008.

Win: G. Aybar (3-6)
Save: X
Loss: Neagle (0-1)
HR: Ken Griffey (22)
G. Kennedy (15)
C. Jackson (16)
C. Snyder (23)

Hornets: 1-0-0-0-0-6-2-0-0-0
Reds: 0-2-1-1-0-2-2-0-1-1

Final Score:

Hornets: 9
Reds: 10

The New Orleans hornets suffered a heartbreaking loss. The club was up 9-8 in the top of the ninth, but RP McConnell gave up a tying homerun to future hall of famer Ken Griffey Junior to tie the game up at 9 a piece. Neagle then came in and gave up 2 singles before allowing another single to Ryan Freely, this time to win the game.

NST Sportsnet
September 21st, 2008.

Win: Sandberg (9-6)
Save: X
Loss: Wainwright (12-9)
HR: X

Hornets: 0-2-0-0-0-0-3-0-0
Cardinals: 1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

Final Score:

Hornets: 5
Cardinals: 1

The Hornets win in an astounding game by Sandberg, which could quite easily be the greatest pitching performance by a rookie in MLB history. He gave up a solo run in the first but settled down after that, striking out a grand total of 21 batters on route to his 9th win of the season. He also pitched all 9 innings as you'd expect and got a complete game, the offense was doing fine except they scored in bunches, and every inning like we see so often. With the 21 strikeouts, he broke the MLB record for most strikeouts in a 9 inning game by one pitcher. Truly an outstanding performance.

I seem to be falling back on this more and more....

NST Sportsnet
September, 2008.

Win: Neagle (1-1)
Save: X
Loss: Halladay (10-8) (traded to the cubs for Eric Patterson .-.)
HR: Spark (28)

Hornets: 0-0-2-0-1-0-0-0-3
Cubs: 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0

Final Score:

Hornets: 6
Cubs: 1

The Hornets won this game but a very unfortunate thing occurred in the bottom of the ninth. McConnell, who usually pitches relief was chosen to spot-start this game, he pitched 4 and a third solid innings but suffered an injury to end his outing, as a result, reliever Neagle came in and pitched the rest of the game. At one point striking out 6 in a row, he finished with 10 strikeouts while giving up no runs and only 2 hits. The offense did relatively well too. Left fielder spark hit the only homerun of the game with a 2 RBI smack to centre.

Won series 4-0

We have a series vs. Houston that's 2 games but I'll just simulate it and end the season.

Final Record: 110-52
Lowest ERA with at least 70 innings pitched: A. Brown (2.58)
Most wins by a pitcher: Dan Haren (15)
Most innings pitched: Dan Haren (157.1)
Most holds: Cueto (18)
Most strikeouts: Dan Haren (158)

Highest batting average: Mark Ellis (358)
Most homeruns: Spark (29)
Most RBI: C. Snyder (118)
Most runs scored: Mark Ellis (106)
Most hits: Mark Ellis (222)

Highest AVG in league: Dan Uggla (.387)
Most RBI in league: Dan Uggla (153)
Most homeruns in league: (ill let you guess this one) (47)


POSTSEASON MATCHUPS

Hornets vs. Rockies
Reds vs. Marlins

Angels vs. Twins
Yankees vs. Indians

Time.....for game 1!

NST Sportsnet
Game 1

Win: Cueto (1-0)
Save: X
Loss: Fuentes (0-1)
HR: X

Hornets: 3-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-2
Rockies:1-0-0-1-0-2-0-0-1

Final Score:

Hornets: 6
Rockies: 5

A very exciting game 1 in a win for the New Orleans Hornets! The squad sent Sandberg out to start the first post season game in Hornets history and pitched relatively well only surrendering 4 runs in 6 innings but left with a no-decision as the game was tied when he exited the ball game. The offense was actually doing quite bad in this game, usual stars S. Drew and Joey Votto both went 0-4 and didn't contribute anything. That didn't seem to matter however, but in the ninth, with the game tied, the Rockies scored a single run on a Brad Hawpe bases loaded bloop. In the next inning however, Dawley and Mark Ellis singled and then double to put runners on 2nd and 3rd, McMillon then did his thing and drove in both to win the game for them in regulation.

NST Sportsnet
Game 2

Win: R. Betancourt
Save: X
Loss: F. Morales
HR: X

Hornets: 1-0-1-0-1-0-0-1-1
Rockies: 0-0-0-0-0-3-1-0-0

Final Score:

Hornets: 5
Rockies: 4

Another very exciting game in which there was a walkoff hit! First, lets go to the start of the game. Dan Haren started this game but ended up with a no-decision as he allowed 3 runs in his last inning to finish off his day. Stephen Drew and Spark Jackson were both given the day off as they were feeling very purple they said. Both made an appearance however, in the bottom of the ninth, with the game tied 4 apiece. Spark pinch hit for Medrano and double to the centre field wall. Drew then pinch ran for him. Conor Jackson was at the plate and pushed a bunt right by the pitcher as Stephen Drew was stealing third. The ball went right by all the fielders as they were using an infield back shift. Conor was safe and Drew made it home to win the game for New Orleans.

NST Sportsnet
Game 3

Win: Hirsh
Save: Fuentes
Loss: Fiore
HR: Helton

Hornets: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Rockies: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

Final Score:

Hornets: 0
Rockies: 2

The Hornets lost their first post season game in franchise history, as an offense that is usually very vibrant, was bland today. The squad only combined for 3 hits as they were absolutely blanked. The bright spot is that they took the Rockies on a bland trip through 12 innings, though finally giving up a 2 run homerun on a Fiore mistake pitch to allstar Todd Helton, the Hornets are now only up 2-1 in the series as they have chances to close the series out in the next two games, after taking a 2-0 lead, two days ago. On a related note, Hirsh had a 1991 Jack Morris moment as he went 10 innings only giving up a combined 3 hits.

NST Sportsnet
Game 4

Win: Johnny Cueto
Save: R. Betancourt
Loss: Cook
HR: C. Snyder

Hornets: 0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1
Rockies: 0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0

Final Score:

Hornets: 2
Rockies: 1

The Hornets win! They make it to the long awaited NLCS! ~ Jack Merluzzi

Hornets win! They are ready to take on Dan Uggla and his Florida Marlins. The offense was slow, but that didn't seem to matter as the Hornets blanked Clorado, 2-1. Mike Pelfrey pitched this game and went 7 innings while only allowing 1 run, Johnny Cueto then went in who shutout the Rockies in his inning of work. The bullpen kept on striding as R. Betancourt pitched a 3 strikeout inning to win the game for the Hornets.

Oh shoot, double post.

NST Sportsnet
NLCS
Game 1

Win: Affeldt
Save: Weathers
Loss: Wayne
HR: McMillon

Reds: 0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1
Hornets: 0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0

Final Score:
Hornets: 3
Reds: 4

Although they tied, they couldn't keep it up due to a bad call by the umpire. Bottom of the 11th inning, we are in extras, Adam Jones hit a liner to the second baseman, and Spark dove right back in, apparently out. But our cameras show that he was safe by about 3 seconds. This is a worse call then the Armando Gallaraga call. Oh wait that happens in the future. Either way, the Hornets lost. Want a better run through? Become a reds fan.

(The suspense is killing me, no more run throughs until next season really want to get to the offseason.)
NST Sportsnet
NLCS
Game 2

Reds win

NST Sportsnet
NLCS
Game 3

Hornets win

Dan Haren had 19 friggin strikeouts in 8 innings

NST Sportsnet
NLCS
Game 4

Hornets win
(spark hit his first playoff grand slam)

NST Sportsnet
NLCS
Game 5

Reds win

NST Sportsnet
NLCS
Game 6

Hornets win

NST Sportsnet
NLCS
Game 7

Hornets win on walkoff homerun by Mr. Garko.

Game 1

Yankees

Game 2

Hornets

Game 3

Yankees

Game 4

Hornets

Game 5

Yankees

Game 6

Hornets

Game 7

Hornets

So we won the WS in our first year. No story necessary. Offseason and awards next.

AMERICAN LEAGUE AWARDS

MVP: A. Rodriguez
Cy Young: Liriano
Hank Aaron Award: A. Rodriguez
Rolaids Relief man of the Year: Nathan
ROTY: Evan Longoria

MVP: Uggla
Cy Young: Harang
Hank Aaron Award: Uggla
Rolaids Relief Man of the Year: Weathers
ROTY: Spark

Gold Gloves: AL

Left: M. Cameron
Centre: Thames
Right: J. Guillen
Third: Blalock
Short: Bartlett
Second: Grudzielanek
First: Delgado
Pitcher: Wakefield
Catcher: R. Hernandez

Gold Gloves: NL

Left: Edmonds
Centre: Dunn
Right: Victorino
Third: E. Encarnacion
Short: Vizquel
Second: Phillips
First: Helton
Pitcher: Moyer
Catcher: Schneider

Silver Sluggers: AL

Left: Guerrero
Centre: Swisher
Right: M. Ramirez
Third: A. Rodriguez
Short: Jeter
Second: Hill
First: Fielder
Catcher: Mauer
DH: D. Ortiz

Silver Sluggers: NL

Left: Holliday
Centre: Edmonds
Right: Dunn
Third: C. Jones
Short: H. Ramirez
Second: Uggla
First: Pujols
Pitcher: Moyer
Catcher: C. Snyder

All-Star MVP: Beltran
WS MVP: Spark

Offseason next.

Offseason: Free Agents

Won't worry about that. Everyone who performed poorly or was in AAA all year and sucked was released. Mark Ellis and Stephen Drew though, were released due to high as heck contracts. Both wanted over 10 million.

Offseason: Free Agents Signed

Kerry Wood: 4800, 2 years.

Brett Tomko: 2600, 2 years.

Joaquin Benoit: 2600, 2 years

Scott Podsednik: 1000, 2 years.

Offseason: Trades

Zip.

Sorry if this isn't detailed enough.

You know? I can tell last season wasn't very detailed, I'm going to try to focus more on detail and just expand on what our "reporters" already say to give you an even more indepth look at the New Orleans Hornets. I'm also going to play less games so the squads wins are less inflated by my work.

No update today, but it'll be coming soon.

Are you kidding me, are you freaking kidding me?

I didn't save at the end of the WS and the offseason.

This has got to be the most annoying thing I've ever have happen to me in power pros.

Well, lets do this.

Game 1:

Rockies win

Game 2:

Hornets win

Game 3:

Rockies win

Game 4:

Rockies win


I really don't care we didnt even get to the NLCS anymore, kind of good for my conscious to know we aren't that OP, tbh. Anyways, twins won the World Series, same awards went except we had no WS MVP.

Free Agent Moves:

So some of the guys we signed previously aren't free agents .-. So here's who we signed this time.

Scott Podsednik: 600 for 2 years
Julian Tavarez: 1090 for 2 years
Brian Moehler: 1050 for 1 year.

Alright, time for spring training. The only big conversion is that Neagle will be converting into a second baseman to fill the hole there left by Mark Ellis.

The biggest disappointment was that Neagle failed his 2B conversion, he'll start there however and we'll manually convert him during the season. We went 0-2-2 in spring training, the latter being ties.