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METS TO CALL PRESS CONFERENCE AT 6PM EST TONIGHT |
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New York Mets officials have called for a press conference tonight. There are rumors circulating out of the head office that it could be the announcement of a possible trade. GM Michael Pullen has been shopping his ace, Pedro Valenza. An unknown source from inside the Mets organization said, "Yes, we're trading Pedro Valenza today. We've had lots of interest, and we are talking with Pedro and seeing what is best for both parties." It is rumored that Valenza could land in one of three places: New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, or the St. Louis Cardinals. We can not confrim nor deny but the thought is the Yankees seem to be the front runner for the Big Kahuna. I guess we will all know by 6 tonight. ...
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HBL EXPANSION CONFIRMED! |
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HBL Officials have confirmed that the league will be expanding after the 2028 season, adding two (2) new teams in the National League.
HBL Weekly News has learned that Bob Lang will be the new owner of the Colorado Rockies, and Lukas Brooks will be taking the helm of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Although not officially confirmed, the league is likely to split the NL into 3 divisions. The probable divisional alignment is:
NL East: Pittsburgh, Washington, New York, Cincy
NL Central: Houston, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Calgary
NL West: San Fran, San Diego, Colorado, Los Angeles
This would assumably mean the end of interleague play until the final 2 expansion teams are added following the ...
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YANKEES SCALP TRIBE!! |
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What was supposed to be a low-scoring, pitching dominated series in New York, turned into a slugfest with the American Leagues best hitting club sweeping the Indians back to Cleveland in four games.
Game 1:
Yankees 13 Indians 12 (12 innings)
Both teams 5th starters pitched so offense was expected here. The Indians lead 9-4 going into the bottom of the 9th before the Yankees exploded for 5 runs to take the game into extra innings. The Yankees then poured salt into the open wound by scoring 3 in the 12th to come from behind to win the 1st game.
Notes:
LF Joel Long went 7-8 in the game, what may very well be the leagues 1st ever 7-hit game.
Game 2:
Yankees 13 Indians 3
The Yankees blasted Indian ac ...
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HBL GOD VS CONTRACTION ACE |
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Indians AT Yankees
Bailey VS Halverson
The Indians are 34-30, just 6 behind the Yanks. Cleveland sports the AL's BEST Starting rotation this season (ERA wise).
NYA is one of the best (3) in runs scored.
Is this the classic pitching vs hitting? Stay Tuned! ...
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DODGERS 2028 ROUNDUP |
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The Dodgers head into the season with only a few changes as they were unable to acquire any top players in FA or in trading in the offseason. Problem is the NL West is stacked with the likes of the Giants and San Diego making it difficult to win any games in the division. The best they can hope for is maybe breaking .500 for once. They have a pretty good offense with a Young and unproven starting lineup that could make or break their season and the relief is only slightly better than last season. Let's look at the roundup
THE LINEUP
Catcher (No Change)
Buitrago, Jorge
Buitrago is a top 5 catcher in all of the HBL. He had his best season ever last year hitting .335 Avg with .392 OB and 33 HR.
1B (No Change)
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A CLOSER SHAVE? |
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After a season that saw the Twins one game out of one of two playoff spots going into the last four-game series of the season, expectations have risen for the team that hasn't played .500 ball since 2022. "From the worst record in the league to the brink of a division title," GM Hector Perez said. "I know the division played poorly down the stretch but I couldn't be happier with the results and the progress we made last season."
The season has its share of highlights for the Twins. Aside from the compensatory #1 overall draft selection for having the team's worst record the previous season, there were numerous recognitions for players and executives ...
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2028 SEASON FULL OF QUESTION MARKS IN CALGARY |
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Calgary, Canada (AP) - The 2027 season was without a doubt the low point since the Storm relocated from Montreal in 2016. Following 10 straight seasons of playoff baseball, the most spoiled fans in the game expected nothing different. After all, they still had perennial MVP candidate Glenn Schmitz and perennial Cy Young contender Derrick Pike. Everything looked ready to go for another successful season.
But it never happened. In fact, it never even got started. The season began under .500 and ended well under .500. We've seen the Storm teeter around the .500 mark before and then win 75% of the games the rest of the way through, but not this time. In late June the team decided that it was just not their year and started trading ...
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2028 METS HOPING EXPERIENCE IS THE KEY |
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The New York Mets begin another long season in the HBL. Yes, it is true that this team seen more success in the past 10 years than in the previous 20, but the fact is Queens is still without a title and the Bronx just keeps on winning them.
During 2027 New York fans saw nothing from their beloved Mets franchise. The mighty Met line up that was supposed to be so potent stalled, limped, and quietly fell to the bottom of the league. Meanwhile the young pitching staff posted four starters with sub 4.00 ERA’s. However, with a very young pen and Michael Hammonds being shaky in the closers role prompted some changes to the organization.
Nothing drastic was done, but GM Michael Pullen felt the teams resources could be better use ...
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'VOODOO' IN, SALEEM OUT AS GIANTS ANNOUNCE FINAL ROSTER |
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It was early January when the San Francisco Giants quietly announced the signing of 23 year old Cleveland 'Voodoo' Schill. The team was looking for depth in center field, and GM Jared Book turned to the once very-promising prospect he drafted in Texas.
It turns out, the quietest move of the offseason for the Giants was one of the best. Schill, who was released by the Washington Nationals after suffering a back injury last season, outfought the 5 other candidates in camp to win the job.
Before Spring Training, the job was to be handed to 33-year-old incumbent Terry Grange who had a .247-18HR-89RBI season last year. But, Grange struggled to the tune of a .133 average (4/30) with no homeruns or RBI.
Schill for his part ...
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2028 NATS NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP |
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After last years disappointing season, the Washington Nationals have nowhere to go but up. Nationals GM Brian Ricker was quoted as saying - "Obviously we can't go after as many big name talents as we'd like right now with the relatively small market we are in. But we have some upcoming talent on the farm and the first of those players will be starting this year at CF, Jack Blake. We are expecting big things out of Jack." Acquisitions in FA were made to try to shore up the obvious weaknesses in the lineup and staff while keeping an eye on the budget. Should be able to climb out of the basement this year.
Lineup is as follows-
1. Sylvestre Noriega - returning to OF from last year, decent contact hitter .309 OBP in 2027.
2. Ma ...
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