Dozier to the FFTs

Following the league rule, "If your player becomes a Dodger, he must then become an FFT," the Nads traded Brian Dozier to the FFTs for their 4th round pick in next year's draft.

Tweeners 3, Nads 0 (Ball Sack Blitz)

Tweeners and Nads finish the season with 3 @ Nads, which ended much like the first 2 there. Tweeners take 9 of 10, including all 5 road games.

Oh yeah, it was like lightning.

Tweeners hitters were frightening.

With the Nads bats snoozing.

And their pitchers all grooving.

Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah.

Each guy on deck said everyone attack

And it turned into a Ball Sack blitz.

Ball girls in the corner said boys I tried to warn you

It'll turn into a Ball Sack blitz.

7/13 - Tweeners 9, Nads 3.  The story early on was recurring netplay freezes, which finally stopped after a complete reboot. The teams traded 3-run homers (Parra/Calhoun), but Tweeners score 6 in the 9th, highlighted by another 3-run shot (Jorge Polanco).  Petit won in relief of Montgomery, Alexander the loser.

7/14 - Tweeners 4, Nads 3.  Nads' nemesis Polanco broke a 3-3 tie in the 8th with another 2-out, pinch-hit rbi.  Homers by Grandal and Calhoun.  W - Ray, S - Minor, L - Urena.

7/15 - Tweeners 4, Nads 3.  A quality start for MadBum, then 3 scoreless by the pen (S - Minor).  The game winner was a solo shot by another Nad's nemesis, Nolan Arenado.  Schoop and Barnhart also homered.  A quick hook for Pineda, and Kintzler took the loss.

It's, it's a Ball Sack blitz.

Weevils 8, Nads 2

game 1 @ Weevils: Greinke goes 7IP allowing only 2 hits. 4 HR from the lineup powers a 9-1 victory

game 2 @ Weevils: Bundy is tagged for 8 ER on 3 Nads homers in the 9-3 loss. It's a Nad explosion!

game 3 @ Weevils: 7 solid innings from Hamels, with HR by Machado and McCutchen lead to a 6-2 Weevil win

game 4 @ the Ball Sack: Scherzer goes 8IP, with 8K and only 1 hit in the 1-0 duel

game 5 @ the Sack: Greinke likes pitching in KC again, going 7 innings and only surrendering 3 hits. Weevils win 7-2.

game 6 @ Weevils: Hamels goes 7IP allowing only 5 hits. Weevils rumble out 5 2B to keep everyone moving, winning 12-6

game 7 @ Weevils: Kluber Ks 14 Nads.....but allows 13 hits, taking the 9-4 loss.

game 8 @ the Sack: Kluber holds up better this time, K-ing 8 Nads. Weevils win 5-2

game 9 @ the Sack: Scherzer Ks 10, allowing only 2 hits. HR by Goldschmidt and McCutchen lead the Weevils to a 6-1 victory

game 10@ the Sack: Greinke really does like it here. 2 hits over 7IP, Weevils win 7-3.

Inmates 9, Nads 5

Inmates 9 – Nads 5 (via netplay)

Nads 4 – Inmates 3 (Ball Sack): The LDMF lost their fifth straight game in semi-dramatic fashion to the Testicularly Non-challenged. Dozier hit the first Inmate pitch of the game into orbit, and then Brad “No Taters Allowed In 2017” Morrow allowed a pair of jacks, including a walk-off by Morrison in the bottom of the 9^th. Morrow earned the well-deserved loss and blown save.

Nads 3 – Inmates 1 (Ball Sack): The LDMF continued their unwelcome appearance as only a Rizzo solo homer in the 2^nd prevented a shutout. Bradley continued his self-immolation technique by entering a tie game in the 7^th and allowing two runs on a hit a three walks. Chacin held the Beakless Wonders to four hits over eight and two-thirds for the win as the Inmate losing streak reached six.

Inmates 7 – Nads 2 (Ball Sack): Despite starter Salazar being incapable of lasting through the 5^th, everything else went the Inmate way. Altuve and Rosario tatered; Ramos pitched three innings for the win.

Inmates 6 – Nads 3 (Ball Sack): Another By-The-Book victory for the Beakless Chicken Gang, although the Nads managed to have the tying run at bat in the last of the 9^th. Hand earned the save; Dickey the loss.

Nads 5 – Inmates 1 (Baptist Bowl): The Inmates’ bats went flaccid against Brent Stroman, picking only four hits and one run on a solo homer by Martinez in the 9^th. The Nads left ten on base, preventing a blow-out.

Nads 4 – Inmates 2 (Baptist Bowl): Martinez and Altuve hit solo homers for the LDMF, but Kole Calhoun hit a pair and drove in three runs as the Nads continued to have their way over the Inmates. Chacin and three relievers allowed only three Inmate hits.

Inmates 5 – Nads 3 (Baptist Bowl): A tight game, with a two-run single in the 5^th by Martinez providing the ultimate winning run. Barnhart blasted a two-run moon-shot in the 9^th to get things close, but the Nads ran out of gas.

Inmates 4 – Nads 2 (Ball Sack): Another nail-biter, another Inmate win. Ramos, Hand and Madson shut the Nads down to hang on to the lead and the victory.

Inmates 5 – Nads 4 (Ball Sack): Still another hard-fought victory for the Inmates. Heading into the 9^th nursing a 4-3 lead, the Nad bullpen combusted, allowing a two-run single to Altuve to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Frazier and Morrison homered in a losing effort.

Inmates 7 – Nads 1 (Ball Sack): The Nads held a 1-0 lead until the spam hit the fan in the 6^th. Martinez hit a two-run blast to highlight the inning, followed immediately by a solo tater by Nunez. Four more runs scored in the 7^th, and Quintana and Ramos held the Nads to just two hits.

Inmates 7 – Nads 6 (Baptist Bowl): A seemingly safe 7-1 lead almost evaporated as the Nads stormed back to force Green in for the save. Inciarte, Rosario, Rizzo and Castro all homered for the Inmates. Chacin pitched a complete game for the loss, saving the Nad bullpen.

Inmates 4 – Nads 3 (Baptist Bowl): Brad Hand gave up a 9^th inning homer to Broxton but held on for the save as the Inmates and Nads played yet another close game. Weaver K’d twelve and earned the win.

Inmates 5 – Nads 3 (Baptist Bowl): For the second time in the series Dozier hit the first Inmate pitch out of the ballpark, but a pair of taters by Bregman led the Inmate to their seventh win in a row. Frazier also homered in the Nad 1^st, but the denizens of the Ball Sack were unable to score again until the 9^th.

Nads 9 – Inmates 5 (Baptist Bowl): The Nads blasted Wood for seven runs in the first two innings, including homers by Dozier (once again on the first Inmate pitch of the game), Frazier and Calhoun. Garcia allowed four homers to the Inmates (Martinez twice, Bregman again, and Ramos), but all of the Inmate spuds were solo shots. Salazar pitched five innings of two-hit relief for the Inmates, but it was already too late.

Tweeners 6, Nads 1

Netplay, with only a couple of freeze/restarts.  Nads have obviously done something in this or a former life to piss off the X-chart gods.

4/28 - Tweeners 17, Nads 3.  Kevin Pillar blasted Jaime Garcia's first pitch out of the Ball Sack (the first of his 2 homers), creating virtually unstoppable momentum for the Tweeners. Garcia was touched for 15 earned in 5.1. Arenado 4/5, HR, 3 rbi, Cozart 5 rbi, etc., etc.  W - Ray,, 3 inning save for Treinen. 

4/29 - Tweeners 8, Nads 4.  2 more taters and 5 rbi for Arenado.  Schebler hit a 3-run shot. Logan Morrison homered for the Nads.  W - Nova, L - Stroman.

Next 5 in the Hooverdome.

6/20 - Tweeners 7, Nads 4.  2 homers by Barnhart and 1 by Morrison were not enough for the Nads, sabotaged by 2 Morrison errors.  Henry Mancini III led the Tweeners offense with 2 HR and 4 rbi.  W - Anderson, S - Minor.  Stroman took another loss.

6/21 - Tweeners 4, Nads 1.  Charlie Morton took a no-hitter into the 6th, but Chacin was nearly as good, and it was tied at 1 when Arenado hit a 3-run walkoff.  Rosenthal gains the win in relief, Chacin gets the CG loss.

6/22 - Nads 5, Tweeners 3.  Nads break the spell behind a strong outing from Urena.  Almora had a 3-run first inning homer off MadBum and later tripled to drive in another.  Tweeners had the tying run at the plate in the 9th, but Kintzler saved it for Urena.

9/3 - Tweeners 12, Nads 11.  One crazy game.  Tweeners roared out to a "comfortable" 7-0 lead after 2 innings, only to see the Nads score 8 straight.  Tweeners then scored 5 in the 8th, and when Morrison hit a 3-run homer in the 9th everyone had to check their math to confirm that the Tweeners indeed had the most runs.  15 different players drove in runs, headed by Schoop's 4 rbi.  W - Petit, S - Rosenthal, L - Rondon.

9/4 - Tweeners 4, Nads 0.  MadBum threw 8 shutout innings, and was nearly matched by Stroman, but in the bottom of the 8th the game-winning rbi (is that still a stat?) came on a pinch-hit omega by Jorge Polanco, which further extended the inning for Mancini to hit a 3-run insurance homer.  Joe Smith finished up the combined shutout.

Killer Bees 4, Nads 1

Vs CM. Bees take 4 of 5 at the Hive vs Nads.

Looks like the Mullen boys spent the weekend toying with their Nads.

Sidewinders 9, Nads 1

Played via CM.

SSWs won 4-3, 10-3, 8-5, 9-4, 5-2 @ Chigago.

At the SnakePit the Snakes won 4-2, 4-3, 8-0, 4-3. The Nads won game 10  4-2.

For the series, the Nads' best players were D Peralta who hit a punchless .293 to lead the Nads hitters. Ramires drove in 7 with 3 HR. RA Dickey had three strong starts pitching to a 3.63 ernie. their Zits were the other starters and Todd Frazier who hit a buck and a quarter

The Snakes relied on  their pitching, the staff ERA for the twn game series was 2.60.We were embarrased by the play of Encarnacion,Hicks and Hamilton who all hit below the Mendoza line for the series.

Warpigs 6, Nads 4

NetPlay

Game 1 - Nads win 5-0. R.A. Dickey with the shutout. Starlin Castro homered.

Game 2 - Warpigs win 1-0. Aaron Judge singles in a 1st inning run and Adam Wainwright does the rest, earning a rare shutout.

Game 3 - Warpigs win 5-2. Jacob deGrom gets the win. Joe Mauer had 3 hits, scored 2, and drove in 2.

Game 4 - Nads win 4-0. Another shutout, this one by Jose Urena and five Nad relievers.

Game 5 - Warpigs win 6-1. A Tommy Pham 3-run homer helped Waino to another win.

Game 6 - Warpigs win 4-2. The Pigs scored 4 in the 4th, thanks in part to a 2-run shot from Christian Yelich. Jacob deGrom threw 8 shutout innings before calling it a day.

Game 7 - Warpigs win 6-2. Roberto Perez hit a 2nd inning Grand Slam.

Game 8 - Nads win 5-3. The Nads scored 3 runs in the 9th inning for the come from behind win.

Game 9 - Warpigs win 6-5 in 25 innings. Yep, that's not a typo. 25 innings. A new league record for the longest game, and it was epic. Actually, it was mostly epic failure. The Nads and Pigs traded leads early, but finished the 9th tied at 3. The Nads scored a run in the 12th on a walk, a "runner held" single, and a sac fly. But the Warpigs tied it in the bottom of the inning when pinch hitter Jeremy Hazelbaker doubled with 2 out to score Joe Mauer. Many many outs later, Jose Ramirez led off the 25th inning with a solo homer to put the Nads back up. In the bottom of the 25th, Roberto Perez singled and Christian Yelich followed with a double (just missing the walkoff homer roll). With Pham due up and nobody out, the Nads turned to Jhoulys Chacin (despite his SP-only status). Looking back on it now, maybe the Nads intended to bring in Urena, who was still available. Anyway, Chacin strikes out Pham, but Ezequiel Carrerra dumps a single into left-center to score both runners and end the game, sending the remaining 14 fans home happy.

Notables from the game...

• The Nads had 20 hits in 92 official at bats. They struck out 26 times and left 24 men on base. The ABs, the Ks, and the LOB are most likely all NASOMA records. Besides Stroman's 8 innings of work to start the game, Brandon McCarthy tossed 6.1 no hit innings, and Joe Biagini followed him with 6 innings of 2-hit shutout ball. The two of them combined for 12.1 straight innings of 2-hit shutout ball before Brandon Kintzler was aroused from a deep sleep and promptly shat the bed.
• The Warpigs only managed 10 hits in their 25 innings, with Corey Seager (0-10), Pham (0-8), Lemahieu (1-9), and Judge (1-8) all deciding to suck at the same time. The Pigs used 7 different batters in the 5-hole during the game, including 3 SPs to pinch bunt. The other 4 all played 3b, with Jose Pirela ready to make it 5 third basemen - but he never got into the game. Severino threw the first 7 innings, but of the 7 relievers, Adam Warren threw 5, and Ryan Buchter - the star of the game and the last pitcher available - threw the final 7.1, the last two tired, to earn the much deserved win.
• The BallPork in Hooterville has no lights, but some of the players pulled their cars around to shine a little light on the field. There were a lot of dead car batteries after the game.
• Innings 16 thru 22 were played despite a torrential downpour, with neither team refusing to postpone. It's okay, though. We really needed the rain.

Game 10 - Nads win 4-0. The third Nad shutout of the day was fairly anti-climactic after the marathon, except for the fact that the guy throwing the shutout (Chacin) had just blown a save the day before. Another NASOMA first.

Nads 6, Wahoos 4

WAHOOS 4 – NADS 6
  
NADS 3 at WAHOOS 2

May 11th - Castro was a thorn in the side of the hometown fans as he enjoyed a fine day

at their team's expense.  He ripped a solo home run in the 1st inning, laced

a single in the 3rd inning, blasted a solo shot in the 7th inning and slapped

a base-hit in the 9th inning.  Chicago had 18 hits for the afternoon while

SGP had 7. 

May 12th – Game 1 – Wahoos crushed the Chicago Nads 16 to 5. Gallo was in a groove all day.  He lofted a three-run 'big-fly' in the 1st

inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 6th inning and

slapped a base-hit scoring a run in the 7th inning.  SGP bats were very

productive in the 1st inning which saw them score 11 runs on 11 hits.

Chicago was out-hit by SGP, 22 hits to 11. 

May 12th – Game 2 - Logan Morrison knocked 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at The Reservation where the Chicago Nads beat the SGP Wahoos by the score of 9 to 6. Morrison had a big evening at the plate.  He smacked a single in the 2nd

inning, popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 3rd inning and smashed a

bases-empty 'big-fly' in the 6th inning.  Even though they scored in 5

different innings, SGP was not able to pull off the win. 

August 7th - Left fielder Marcell Ozuna collected 2 extra-base hits and had 3 RBI at The

Reservation where the SGP Wahoos beat the Chicago Nads 7 to 2.

August 8th - Second baseman Brian Dozier launched 2 homeruns at The Reservation as the

Chicago Nads beat the SGP Wahoos in 10 innings 6 to 5.

The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings.  Chicago ended up

winning it in the 10th inning.

WAHOOS 2 at NADS 3

June 29th - R.A. Dickey(2-3) and Kyle Gibson(0-2) locked horns in

 a pitcher's duel with Dickey and the Chicago Nads coming out on 

top of the SGP Wahoos 2 to 0. Chicago jumped out to the early lead

 in the first inning as they scored 2 runs on 4 base hits.  That 

was all the runs Dickey needed.  Neither team managed to score after 

the 1st inning.

June 30th - Jaime Garcia blanked SGP allowing just 3 hits at The Ball Sack as the Chicago Nads beat the SGP Wahoos 8 to 0.

July 1st - One run was the difference at The Ball Sack as the Chicago Nads defeated the SGP Wahoos 3 to 2.

August 18th - Third baseman Kyle Seager rocketed 2 homeruns and 

had 4 RBI as the SGP Wahoos defeated the Chicago Nads 7 to 6 at

 The Ball Sack. Seager was unconscious all day.  The Chicago fans 

hated to see him approaching the batter's box as he just kept 

delivering base hits! He launched a three-run homer in the 3rd 

inning, delivered a base-hit in the 5th inning,ripped a solo 

home run in the 7th inning and ripped a single in the 9th

inning.

August 19th - The SGP Wahoos edged the Chicago Nads in 10 innings

 at The Ball Sack by the score of 4 to 3.The score was tied at 3

 after nine.  SGP won the hard fought contest in the 10th inning.

Nads 3, Bees 2

Bees 2 AT NADS 3

Four of the five games were won by one run.

May 5^th - The Chicago Nads and the Nashville Killer Bees locked up in an exciting

one-run game at The Ball Sack.  The final score was the Chicago Nads 6, the

Nashville Killer Bees 5.

May 6th - The Chicago Nads defeated the Nashville Killer Bees by a score of 5 to 2 at

The Ball Sack.

May 7th - One run was the difference at The Ball Sack as the Nashville Killer Bees

defeated the Chicago Nads 9 to 8.

July 11th - One run was the difference at The Ball Sack as the Nashville Killer Bees

defeated the Chicago Nads 4 to 3.

July 12th -The winning run, and the only run, was scored by Chicago in the 4th inning.

David Peralta drew a walk.  Albert Almora Jr got his turn next, but he was a

strikeout victim.  Logan Morrison then lashed a single.  Jose Iglesias

stepped in and he would hit into a force play scoring the run.  For the game

Chicago out-hit Nashville 8 to 3. 

DVs 3, Nads 2

DVs go 3-2 in hosting the Nads.

G 1 DVs 11-5

G2 DVs 8-5

G3 Nads 4-3 (only really interesting game- DVs strand bases loaded in the bottom of the 9^th as Jose Martinez rolls an X chance for Barnhart, which turns into a game ending popout)

G4 DVs 10-1

G5 Nads 5-1 (Chacin tossed a gem)

Goofs 3, Nads 2

Goofs take 3 of 5 at home vs Nads

5/1 Nads 5 Goofs 3 - 11 innings

5/2 Goofs 3 Nads 1

7/26 Nads 5 Goofs 3

7/27 Goofs 4 Nads 0

7/28 Goofs 5 Nads 0

DVs 3, Nads 2

DVS 3-2 at NADS

6/13-it was the DiamondVision 4, the Nads 2 Stephen Strasburg(2-1) pitched a 

solid game.  He went 7 innings and gave up 3 hits and 4 walks.

DVs finished with 10 hits while the NADS ended up with 4. 

Game 2- Tulsa DiamondVision beat the Nads by the count of 6 to 4. The DVs 

started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of the

first when they scored 5 runs on 3 hits.  That early run support was enough

for Kyle Hendricks(2-1) and Tulsa. 

Game 3 -DVs won the game with a rally in the top of the 9th inning scoring 2 runs

utilizing 3 base hits.  Brian McCann led off and started the attack as he

doubled.  Ozzie Albies stepped into the batter's box and he tripled plating a

run.  Moreland then lined a single scoring the final run of the inning.

Tulsa had 11 hits for the night while Chicago had 8. 

Game 4- Second baseman Brian Dozier rocketed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI 

as the Nads beat the DiamondVision in 12 innings 6 to 5.

Game 5 -Jhoulys Chacin had an impressive outing as the Nads bested the 

DiamondVision 1 to 0 at The Ball Sack. Tulsa surrendered what proved to be

the only run of the contest when Chicago scored in the bottom of the 7th inning. 

Chicago had 7 hits overall, while Tulsa had 2.

Nads 3, Goofs 2

GOOFS 2-3 at NADS

6/9 - The Chicago Nads nipped the Disney SuperGoofs 5 to 4 at The Ball Sack in a

hard fought contest. Marcus Stroman(2-3) was solid in the win.  He surrendered

only 5 hits and no walks in 7 innings.  Stroman struckout 8. Disney threatened in

the 9th but came up short. 

6/10 - The Chicago Nads edged the Disney SuperGoofs in 10 innings at The Ball

 Sack by the score of 3 to 2. Both teams were tied at 2 runs apiece after nine

 innings.  Chicago came out the victor in the 10th inning.

6/11 The Disney SuperGoofs defeated the Chicago Nads by a score of 4 to 1 at The

Ball Sack. Kendall Graveman(1-0) earned his pay with a solid performance for

Disney.  He went 7 innings and surrended up 4 hits and 2 walks.

8/16 - Nads offense put up 5 runs on the scoreboard in the 5th inning and got

by the Disney SuperGoofs by the score of 9 to 6.

8/17 - Eduardo Rodriguez dominated striking out 11 Chicago batters at The Ball Sack

as the Disney SuperGoofs staged a comeback win over the Chicago Nads by the

count of 7 to 5

Fungoes Raid the Cut Piles for Pitching

The Drillers traded Ian Kennedy and Pedro Baez to the Fungoes for pick 109.

The Nads traded Michael Feliz and pick 82 to the Fungoes for pick 77.

Warpigs Acquire First Overall Pick

The Warpigs traded David Peralta, Guillermo Heredia, and Jose Iglesias to the Nads for picks 1, 97, and 100.

For the Nads, filling three holes instead of one with the first pick makes the rest of the draft easier. Peralta will play LF. Heredia can platoon with him in left while serving as the backup in CF and RF. But the big addition for the Nads was getting Jose Iglesias and his ss-1e8 and +13 clutch points.

The Pigs move into the #1 spot in the draft. Who they have targeted there has not been announced, but with LF now completely empty, there's a good chance pick 1 will be used to fill the void.

Pineda to the Nads

The Warpigs traded Michael Pineda and pick 91 to the Nads for a reserve pick.

Picky Picky

The Wahoos traded pick 46 to the Nads for their 2019 2nd round pick.

Nads and Wahoos Trade

The Wahoos traded pick 94 to the Nads for a reserve pick in 2019.

Nads and Pigs Trade

The Nads traded Tyler White to the Warpigs for pick 155.