Vol. 51 · No. 38★ ★ ★Season 2053

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Raiders' Perfect Storm: How Isengard Built a 11-1 Juggernaut

Tolkien

What does it mean to survive your own spring? Isengard entered 2053 with a suspended pitcher, a roster question mark where depth used to be, and more preseason noise than any Orc Division contender should have to absorb. The Raiders answered by going 11-1 — the only team in Tolkien Baseball still without a second loss.… Read more ›

Bracegirdle Is Putting the League on Notice: Mordor's 21-Year-Old Phenom Goes .391 in Week 1

Tolkien

Ferdinand "Fearless" Bracegirdle is 21 years old, earning $502,000, and he just went 9-for-23 with four home runs in the first week of the season. The Misty Mountain Hops first baseman has earned himself the Mordor Conference Player of the Week award, and here's the thing: nobody who watched 2052 is particularly… Read more ›

SciFi Begins: New Season, New Dreams Across Outer Space

SciFi

Opening Day arrived in the SciFi & Fantasy League on April 21st, all twenty teams stepping onto freshly raked dirt with identical records and the particular variety of optimism that only a 0-0 standing can produce. The league wire summed it up plainly: "It is a new season and a new beginning." That sentence, stripped… Read more ›

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Bracegirdle Week's Best PlayerTolkien — 04/21/2053

One of the league's most exciting young players, Ferdinand Bracegirdle of the Misty Mountain Hops earned himself Mordor Conference Player of the Week honors with a standout perform…

Bucklebury's Greenthumb SC Star of the WeekTolkien — 04/21/2053

Pandora Greenthumb demonstrated her potential to be a star in the game last week and today she took home the Shire Conference Player of the Week Award. The Bucklebury first baseman…

Nararion Middle Earth Independent League's Hottest HitterMEIL — 04/21/2053

Veteran Florus Nararion had a great week at the plate for the Red Dragons to capture the majority of votes for Player of the Week in the Middle Earth Independent League. The 33-yea…

SFL Headline News: Opening DaySciFi — 04/21/2053

How sweet it is! SciFi and Fantasy League starts play today. It is a new season and a new beginning for all the boys of baseball. Opening Day is here! It is a day of great exciteme…

BNN Top 100 Prospects List PublishedSciFi — 04/21/2053

The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual BNN Top 100 Prospects list. This year, 22 year-old SS Hsui-chen Monticelli of the Chiba City Neuromancers is the #1…

the Insane Gets 5 HitsTolkien — 04/21/2053

Bucklebury Fairies center fielder Throblag the Insane really lit up the Bree Cheese with a 5-hit barrage at The Fairie Dome -- a performance that sparked the Fairies to a 6-5 trium…

Andelain, Karak Kadrin Make DealSciFi — 04/21/2053

You can focus on the negatives after being traded to a new team -- finding a new place to stay, leaving teammates and friends, having to start anew -- but one player hopes to focus…

WeMadeIt Deals Stoneteeth to Land of Oz for ThroatpokerSciFi — 04/21/2053

Sometimes a change of scenery can be a beneficial to a baseball player. That is the hope in WeMadeIt and Land of Oz as the teams came to an agreement today which sends 21-year old …

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Standings
Elf Division
Merry Fellows75—L3
Titans572.0W1
Miners572.0L1
Sylvan483.0L1
Hobbit Division
Bears93—W4
Fairies841.0L1
Bounders841.0L1
Archers574.0W1
Dwarf Division
Wyrms75—L1
Royals572.0W1
Eagles572.0W1
Cheese483.0W1
Orc Division
Raiders111—W2
Devils754.0W1
Dragons576.0L3
Hops576.0L1
Goblin Division
Disaster92—W4
Kings485.5L3
Lumberjacks386.0L1
Darkwings396.5L2
Troll Division
Slayers84—W5
Witch Kings552.0W2
Stars573.0W1
Uruk-hai573.0L2
Division 1
Spheres00——
Time Lords00——
Fireflies00——
Rangers00——
Neuromancers00——
Division 2
Sandcrawlers00——
Crashlanders00——
Hitchhikers00——
Cadets00——
Blernsballers00——
Division 1
Lost Boys00——
Dragons00——
Wizards00——
Giants00——
Slayers00——
Division 2
Vikings00——
Centaurs00——
Badgers00——
Munchkins00——
Kobolds00——
Division 1
Blue Jays75—W3
Red Dragons75—L1
89ers661.0L1
Rail Cats572.0W1
Night Hawks2105.0L5
Division 2
Destroyers84—L1
Wheat Kings84—W1
Warriors662.0W1
Navigators662.0L1
Lakers573.0W1
Power Rankings
Tolkien
1Raiders92111-1
2Disaster8269-2
3Bears7589-3
4Slayers6778-4
5Fairies6658-4
SciFi
1Spheres5000-0
2Time Lords5000-0
3Fireflies5000-0
4Rangers5000-0
5Neuromancers5000-0
MEIL
1Wheat Kings6698-4
2Destroyers6658-4
3Blue Jays5897-5
4Red Dragons5817-5
5Warriors5026-6
Formula: win% + streak bonus — Hamish McCraggen, MESN
Playoff Picture
Tolkien
Shire Conference
★Old Forest Merry Fellows 7-5
★Carrock Bears 9-3
★Minas Ithil Wyrms 7-5
WCBucklebury Fairies 8-4
WCBywater Bounders 8-4
+3.0Minas Tirith Titans 5-7
+3.0Moria Miners 5-7
+3.0Lake Town Archers 5-7
+3.0Rivendell Royals 5-7
+3.0Erebor Eagles 5-7
+4.0Mirkwood Sylvan 4-8
+4.0Bree Cheese 4-8
Mordor Conference
★Isengard Raiders 11-1
★Dagorlad Disaster 9-2
★Minas Morgul Slayers 8-4
WCDunharrow Devils 7-5
WCWeathertop Witch Kings 5-5
+1.0Dol Guldur Dragons 5-7
+1.0Misty Mountain Hops 5-7
+1.0Grey Havens Stars 5-7
+1.0Dead Marshes Uruk-hai 5-7
+2.0Numenor Kings 4-8
+2.5Lothlorien Lumberjacks 3-8
+3.0Ravenhill Darkwings 3-9
SciFi
SciFi League
★Dyson Spheres 0-0
★Tatooine Sandcrawlers 0-0
+0.0Gallifrey Time Lords 0-0
+0.0Serenity Valley Fireflies 0-0
+0.0Babylon Five Rangers 0-0
+0.0Chiba City Neuromancers 0-0
+0.0WeMadeIt Crashlanders 0-0
+0.0Intergalactic Hitchhikers 0-0
+0.0Star Fleet Academy Cadets 0-0
+0.0New New York Blernsballers 0-0
Fantasy League
★Neverland Lost Boys 0-0
★Asgard Vikings 0-0
+0.0Earthsea Dragons 0-0
+0.0Diagon Alley Wizards 0-0
+0.0Andelain Giants 0-0
+0.0Karak Kadrin Slayers 0-0
+0.0Xanth Centaurs 0-0
+0.0Narnia Badgers 0-0
+0.0Land of Oz Munchkins 0-0
+0.0Forgotten Realms Kobolds 0-0
MEIL
Middle Earth
★Nurn Blue Jays 7-5
★Belegost Destroyers 8-4
WCRhun Wheat Kings 8-4
WCAngmar Red Dragons 7-5
+1.0Cirith Ninniach 89ers 6-6
+1.0Lond Daer Warriors 6-6
+1.0Tirion Navigators 6-6
+2.0Edoras Rail Cats 5-7
+2.0Romenna Lakers 5-7
+5.0Imlad Morgul Night Hawks 2-10
Milestone Chase
Recently Crossed
Molg Bloodcrawler
1,000 Innings Pitched — 2053 • BRE
Morelf Dree
1,000 Innings Pitched — 2053 • LOT
Odessa Zooty
300 Doubles — 2053 • BYW
Misagenes Foebinder
200 Stolen Bases — 2053 • DUN
Gandaudur Tyriand
100 Stolen Bases — 2053 • MT
Chasing Next
Wuurg Degranda • MI
1 away from 200 Doubles
Kinjata Rascaltamer • DAG
1 away from 500 RBI
Berilac Holgate • OZ
1 away from 100 Home Runs
Isiclya Musiceye • B5
1 away from 200 Saves
Jhaan Clatharla • MIN
2 away from 150 Wins
Hot / Cold Players
HotJai-guo Gwill KK • SciFi.714, 2 HR, 6 RBI
HotArwuwyn Golledoc ASG • SciFi.636, 2 HR, 4 RBI
HotGorbaduc Holgate ASG • SciFi.636, 1 HR, 4 RBI
HotOlo Budo-Chubb FR • SciFi.636, 2 HR, 3 RBI
HotPolly Titsworth NAR • SciFi.538, 3 HR, 6 RBI
ColdViliami Glong CN • MEIL.000, 10 K
ColdOlithir Moonbow MM • Tolkien.000, 5 K
ColdHildigard Grim DA • SciFi.000, 4 K
ColdBildad Wisebattler SV • SciFi.000, 7 K
ColdHirsh Monserrate TIR • MEIL.000, 7 K
Last 7 sim days — thru 2053-04-20
Players to Watch
Jai-guo Gwill KK • SciFi.714, 2 HR, 6 RBI
Hottest bat in each league — click through for career cards
Rivalry Watch
Race watch: Dol Guldur Dragons
1.0 back of the final playoff spot in Mordor Conference.
On This Date
April 15 – April 21 in league history
2013 Estagrel Bladeslinger pitched a NO-HITTER for Minas Morgul against the Dunharrow Devils with 3 strikeouts and 6 BB allowed.
2017 Frodo Chubb collected his 3000th career strikeout while playing for Old Forest.
2017 The Bucklebury Fairies and Mirkwood Marauders combined for 37 hits. This is the record for combined hits for the teams in one game.
2017 Buffy *Balrog Slayer hit her 300th career home run while playing for Misty Mountain.
2019 Trik *Rider went 0-3 for Carrock against the Erebor Eagles, ending his hitting streak at 20 games.
2019 Buffy *Balrog Slayer went 0-4 for Misty Mountain against the Dol Guldur Dragons, ending her hitting streak at 20 games.
2019 Mim Marblerage collected his 1000th career RBI while playing for Old Forest.
2019 El-Rond *Hubbard went 0-4 for Old Forest against the Bree Cheese, ending his hitting streak at 20 games.
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2019 Buffy *Balrog Slayer hit her 400th career home run while playing for Misty Mountain.
2020 Tanta Chubb collected her 2000th career hit while playing for Dol Guldur.
2020 Mimosa Goodrich pitched a NO-HITTER for Dunharrow against the Grey Havens Stars with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed.
2020 Duane Elylith went 0-5 for Minas Morgul against the Moria Miners, ending his hitting streak at 28 games.
2021 Elroborn Nadrieldor went 0-3 for Minas Ithil against the Bree Cheese, ending his hitting streak at 22 games.
2022 Firbal the Nasty collected his 2500th career hit while playing for Minas Ithil.
2022 Phaiar Gàndir hit his 300th career home run while playing for Mirkwood.
2024 Flormina Celim of Dead Marshes went 7-7 against the Ravenhill Darkwings tying the record for most hits in a game set by Srunk Mandragger in the game on August 27, 2013, when 3 Carrock players had 6+ hits.
2025 Bror Brickfist collected his 2000th career hit while playing for Grey Havens.
2027 Merilmir Knifecrawler gets his 2000th career hit while playing for Minas Ithil.
2027 Dagan Geomli hit for the CYCLE for Old Forest going 4-4 against the Moria Miners, with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.
2027 Daisy Hornblower went 6-6 against the Grey Havens Stars, with 2 RBI and 2 R.
2030 Rebo Pelham of the Lake Town Archers pitched a 1-hit shutout against the Moria Miners with 10 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed.
2031 Tella Gamama went 6-7 against the Grey Havens Stars, with 0 RBI and 3 R.
2032 Moria's Arweadriel Elradriend struck out 16 against the Carrock Bears.
2032 Irene Ploughman launched her 300th career home run while playing for Grey Havens.
2033 Dol Guldur's Norman *Xanatos launched his 300th career home run.
2033 Gignar Demoneater launched his 400th career home run while playing for Misty Mountain.
2033 Edmund Boroden pitched a 1-hit shutout for Bree against the Moria Miners with 15 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed.
2034 Aurel Oa hit three home runs for Rivendell against the Bucklebury Fairies, going 4-4 with 4 RBI and 4 runs scored.
2034 Minas Ithil's Galugol Eliolas struck out 16 against the Mirkwood Sylvan.
2034 Marcho Hilldweller of the Dunharrow Devils strikes out 15 against the Ravenhill Darkwings.
2034 Rasin Denildriel hit three home runs for Numenor against the Isengard Raiders, going 3-4 with 4 RBI and 5 runs scored.
2034 Rowan Sandyman got his 2000th career hit while playing for Minas Tirith.
2035 Eideron *Knucklebreaker of Bree hit three home runs against the Old Forest Merry Fellows, going 3-3 with 4 RBI and 4 runs scored.
2036 Norman *Xanatos got his 400th career HR while playing for Dol Guldur.
2038 Bree's Gwudriel Drowdicer hits for the CYCLE, going 5-5 against the Rivendell Royals, with 1 RBI and 1 run scored.
2039 Ravenhill's Zoello Rödinger tossed a 1-hitter against Dunharrow. He struck out 5 and walked 4.
2039 Brutus *Trollbasher collected his 2500th career hit, while playing for Minas Ithil.
2040 Thraryn *Samarkand hit his 300th career HR while playing for Dead Marshes.
2041 Bucklebury's Lomli Ironfist tossed a 1-hitter against the Carrock Bears, striking out 6 and walking 4.
2041 DeForest *Hamrh collected his 2000th career hit, while playing for Mirkwood.
2041 Numenor pitcher, Fesil Oreslayer, tossed a 1-hit shutout against the Lothlorien Lumberjacks, striking out 7 and walking 2.
2041 Eideron *Knucklebreaker hit his 400th career homer, while playing for Bree.
2043 Fastolph Baggins of the Bree Cheese hit for the CYCLE against Lake Town.
2043 Bywater's Ferdinand *Puttifoot hit 3 HR in a game against the Moria Miners.
2043 Brutus *Trollbasher hit his 600th career HR, while playing for Minas Ithil.
2044 Giden Eladriewen hit his 300th career homer, while playing for Old Forest.
2046 Bree's Gromghash Toothbelly collected his 2500th career hit.
2047 Eruushnak Goblinmaster became the 6th pitcher to record 4000 career strikeouts.
2049 Joel Elvaviel got HR number 400 for his career, while he played for Dead Marshes.
2050 Alrond *Hubbard, Jr., collected his 400th career homer.
2051 Dead Marshes' Ugak *the Masher HIT FOR THE CYCLE in a game against Isengard.
2051 Ragnar *Stonecutter III hit his 500th career HR becoming the 19th player to reach that mark.