FFTs Pick Up Yet Another Dodger

The FFTs traded Jose Peraza and the Driller 8th round pick to the Warpigs for Rich Hill and the Pig 6th.

One day this summer, I feel sure there will be a NASOMA trade that does not involve the FFTs.

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.

FFTs and Warpigs swap relievers

The FFTs traded Brad Peacock to the Warpigs for Adam Warren.

FFTs and Buckeyes Trade 2-for-2

The FFTs stayed busy on the trade wire, sending Paul DeJong and Evan Longoria to the Buckeyes for Justin Turner and Brad Peacock.

Manny on the Move

The FFTs and Weevils pulled off the first big deal of the summer. The FFTs sent to the Weevils the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks of the Warpigs and his own 2nd rounder to the Weevils for new Dodger Manny Machado.

First trade of the season

The FFTs traded their 5th round pick next year to the Drillers for Max Kepler and the Driller 8th round pick.

Said Dr. FFT, "I now have someone to watch at game I attend."

Warpigs 7, FFTs 4

Via Netplay.

First four at the BallPork

May 27 (Game 1 of the doubleheader) - Warpigs win 5-0. Luis Severino (8-5) tossed a complete game 1-hitter, striking out 11 in the shutout. Aaron Judge hit his 31st homer.

May 27 (Game 2) - Warpigs win 12-4. Jeremy Hazelbaker had a pinch hit, 2-run single, and Jose Pirela had a pinch hit, 3-run double. Tommy Pham went 3-5 with a homer. Jacob deGrom (9-3) went 5 innings to get the win.

May 28 - Warpigs win 5-2. Aaron Judge hit 2 homers and knocked in 3. D.J. Lemahieu drove in the other 2 runs. Rich Hill (3-7) earned the win. Raisel Iglesias got the final out for his 3rd save.

May 29 - FFTs win 7-4. Steven Souza, Miguel Cabrera, and Evan Longoria went deep for the visitors. Pham hit one for the Pigs. The FFTs led 6-0 before the Pigs mounted a minor comeback. The Pigs mounting something from behind is not unheard of.

Next four at The Grove

July 16 - FFTs win 3-2. Chris Taylor went 3-3 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Jeff Smardzija held the Pig bats down. Jake Lamb homered to lead off the 9th and get the Pigs within 1, but three FFT relievers came on for a third of an inning each, with Jake McGee earning the save by striking out Jose Pirela.

July 17 - Warpigs win 8-4 in 15 innings. In a bizarre game, the teams were tied 4-4 after the top of the 3rd. Then, for the next 11 and a half innings, no one scored. There were plenty of opportunities, though. The Warpigs made a team record 6 errors in the game, including 2 by the 2e14 shortstop on back to back batters, a 2-base error by the 2e1 in LF, and the rare SINGLE and ERROR by the 1e3 at 1b. In the bottom of the 13th, for example, the FFT inning went like this: out, walk, error, error (to load the bases), line out DP. The Pigs finally came thru in the 15th, with Joe Mauer and Jose Pirela both hitting 2-run homers. Kenta Maeda went 14.1 innings for the FFTs, striking out 18, but took the loss. Judge homered in his first two at bats, going 4-6. Pham also homered for the Pigs, and Souza hit another one for the FFTs.

July 18 - FFTs win 8-5. Souza homered twice more, driving in 5. The home team trailed 4-2 in the 6th, but then scored 1 in the 6th before putting a 5-spot on the board in the 7th. Yasiel Puig also homered for the FFTs. Joe Mauer hit one for the Pigs. Both Puig and Mauer had 3-hit days, as did Warpig Adrian Beltre.

July 19 - Warpigs win 4-2. Rich Hill (4-7) went 7 strong innings, striking out 10. Judge hit another long ball. Sean Doolittle earned the save.

Last 3 at The BallPork

September 12 - Warpigs win 3-2. Aaron Judge broke a 2-2 tie in the 8th inning with a run-scoring single. Jake Odorizzi (8-5) outdueled Trevor Williams, allowing only 4 hits over 8 innings. Jose Peraza homered for the FFTs. Ezequiel Carrera led off the 1st with a solo shot for the Pigs. Doolittle got another save.

September 13 - Warpigs win 6-3. Jeremy Hazelbaker tripled in 2 runs, and Christian Yelich tacked on a 2-run homer late in the game to salt away the victory. Danny Duffy (5-5) did just enough to earn the win. Souza hit yet another bomb for the FFTs.

September 14 - FFTs win 2-0. Kenta Maeda tossed a complete game, 4-hit shutout, walking only 1 and striking out 9. Steven Souza hit his 6th home run in the last 8 games to account for all the scoring. Note of interest... Ichiro Suzuki led off the game with a single and was immediately replaced with a pinch runner to a long standing ovation from the appreciative BallPork patrons. This was Ichiro's final appearance, having already announced his retirement. He spent all 17 of his NASOMA years with the FFTs, who took him as an uncarded player in 2001.

The FFTs complete their season, going 83-79.

FFTs 10, Wahoos 4

I know nothing.

Sidewinders 9, FFTs 1

This is probably as much detail as you will get on this series.

FFTs 5, Weevils 5

Here's what I know from the live blogging via the FFT front office...

Tweeners 3, FFTs 2

At The Grove:

6/25 - FFTs 6, Tweeners 5.  See-saw affair goes to the home team thanks to an Adam Frazier homer.  W - Darvish, S - Neris, L - Treinen.

6/26 - Tweeners 9, FFTs 6.  4 rbi each for Schoop and Arenado.  W - Ray, L - Leake.

6/27 - Tweeners 5, FFTs 3.  FFTs take a 3-2 lead into the 9th, but Tweeners rally for 3 runs off McGee (L) and Neris.  Joe Smith gets the win, S - Minor.

In The Hooverdome:

8/22 - FFTs 12, Tweeners 5.  Tweeners hit 4 home runs and lose by 7.  Complete games for Samardzija (W) and MadBum (L).

8/23 - Tweeners 7, FFTs 2.  Darvish records 5 outs while allowing 4 HR and 6 ER.  Nova goes 7.2 for the win.

FFTs 4, Tweeners 1

At The Grove:

4/1 - FFTs 9, Tweeners 8.  Best game of the set.  Home team appeared to be in control, scoring in 6 of the first 7 innings, but Tweeners score 2 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th, on Schebler's 2nd homer of the game, to force extra innings.   A 2-run Smoak bomb in the 10th is not enough, as FFTs get homers in the bottom half by former Tweener Mark Reynolds and Molina, the latter a 2-run walkoff.  W - Stripling, L - Petit.  Tweeners win the HR battle 5-4, but were hurt by the X-chart (2 Schoop errors, 1 by Cozart, and a hit past Smoak on what would have been an inning-ending DP).

4/2 - Tweeners 8, FFTs 5.  Ivan Nova was shaky early, but managed to go 7 for the win.  S - Petit, L - Leake.  2 more Smoak bombs (5 rbi).

In the Hooverdome:

5/16 - FFTs 4, Tweeners 2.  Mike Montgomery should have left the dome and headed to the track to bet the 4-7 exacta and daily double.  He surrendered 4 runs in 7 innings, allowing 4 hits while striking out 7 and walking 7, and every fucking walk was on a 4-7 roll.  W - Leake, S - Neris.  Grandal padded his stats with 2 solo homers.

5/17 - FFTs 19, Tweeners 2.  Visitors score 6 in the 8th and 6 in the 9th just to piss us off.  Nova couldn't even hang on for the sacrificial CG, carried off on a stretcher after 8.1.  Ten different FFTs drove in runs.  CG victory for Lynn.

5/18 - FFTs 4, Tweeners 1.  Pitchers' duel goes to the 9th tied at 1, when genius George Brett transfers the ball from Charlie Morton to the arson squad.  Dallas scored the winning runs in the top of the 9th inning plating 3 runs on
4 base hits. Steven Souza Jr kicked off the action when he was hit by a
pitch. Souza Jr took second on a stolen base. Yasiel Puig then laced a
single. Josh Reddick followed and he tripled driving in two more
baserunners. Michael Taylor dug into the batters box next, but he struck
out. Dejong kept things alive and laced a base-hit scoring the final run of
the inning. Dallas and Logan County each finished the afternoon with 9 hits.

The win was credited to Tommy Kahnle(3-2) who went 1 inning allowing no runs.
Kahnle got relief help from Jake McGee who gained credit for his 2nd save.
Yusmeiro Petit(1-2) was the loser in relief. 

Not able to get much going
in recent weeks, Logan County is 2-8 of late and now has an overall record of
18-29, worst in the division.

FFTs 6, Inmates 4

Holy Cow Again

FFT 6 Inmates 4

FFTs 6, Fungoes 4

Fungoes vs FFTs

all games via net play

May 3 at The Grove in Dallas:

FFTs got to Ian Kennedy early and built a 3-0 lead.  Fungoes closed the gap to 3-2 with single runs in the 5th and 7th.  That's as

close as the Fungoes would get in this one as the FFTs win it 5-3.  Drew Pomeranz collects the win while Jake McGee picks up

the save.  Kennedy absorbs the loss for the Fungi.  Dejong went deep for the FFTs.  Fungoes were held (and this will become a trend) to 4 hits.

May 4 at The Grove in Dallas:  

Fungoes break out to a 2-0 lead in this one when Mike Trout blasts a 2-run HR in the first inning.  Lance McCullers can't hold that early lead 

however as the FFTs come back to win it 3-2.  McCullers takes the loss while Samardzija gets the win for the FFT bunch.  Jake McGee collects another save.  

Mark Reynolds homers for the home team.  Fungoes pick up 4 hits on the afternoon.

June 13 at WTF:

Kershaw weaves some magic allowing only a leadoff single to Chris Taylor.  Fungoes score a solitary run in the 3rd when Sal Perez comes home 

on a sac fly.  Lindor gets the game winning RBI.  Drew Pomeranz is tagged with the hard luck loss while Kershaw, Leone and Robertson 

nail down the 1-hit shutout.  Robertson picks up the save for the Fungoes while Kershaw earns his first win.  Oh, and the Fungoes, yep 4 hits again.

June 14 at WTF:

This one is tied up at 2 after 9 innings.  Samardzija vs Straily turnes into Shreve vs Leone.  Shreve picks up the win in the 11th while Leone 

takes the loss.  Neris picks up the save.  The winning run scored when Yasiel Puig went "yard" in the top half of the 11th inning.  Fungoes finally 

surpass 4 hits in a game by smashing a grand total of 5!

June 15 at WTF:

All FFTs and Yu Darvish as he throws a complete game (you guessed it) 4-hit shutout!  Kennedy takes the loss for the Fungoes.  Harrison and 

Frazier both homer for the FFTs.  A lot of Fungoes didn't do very much in this one!

August 12 at The Grove in Dallas:

Fungoes manage 5 hits in this one but lose 6-5.  Yu Darvish goes 8 innings and collects the win.  Straily gets the loss.  Goody gets the save (goody goody).  Home runs 

for Daniel Murphy and Mark Reynolds.

August 13 at The Grove in Dallas:

Kershaw pitching for the Fungoes vs Mike Leake.  Kershaw allows 2 hits and 2 runs while the Fungoes collect 8 hits and win it 4-2.  Kershaw gets the win 

while Leake takes the loss.  David Robertson picks up the save.  Lindor homers for the Fungoes while Harrison takes Kershaw deep for the FFTs.

August 14 at The Grove in Dallas:

Fungoes win this one 7-3.  German Marquez gets the win for the Fungoes while Lance Lynn takes the loss.  Robertson picks up a 5 out save for the Fungi.  

Trout Homers for the Fungoes while Mark Reynolds goes deep again for the FFTs.

September 10 at WTF:

Straily gets banged around by the FFTs and earns the loss.  FFTs win it 8-2.  Mike Leake goes the distance allowing 12 hits and picking up the win.  Dejong 

goes deep for the FFTs.

September 11 at WTF:

Kershaw on the mound for the Fungoes equals a win for the good guys as the Fungoes win this one 6-1.  Will Harris gets the save while Lance Lynn takes 

the loss.  Peraza and Hosmer both homer.  Kershaw picked up 11 Ks and allowed 5 hits over 7 innings.

Fungoes are now 16-19.  Kershaw came into the series with the FFTs at 0-2 on the season with a 7.62 ERA.  He corrected that a bit going 3-0 vs the FFTs with a 1.29 ERA.  Overall the Fungoes hit .197 in the 10 games.

FFTs 8, Drillers 2

Via NetPlay...

5/13 OUD 4 7 1 FFT 7 10 0 J.Samardzija (6-2) A.Senzatela (2-1)
5/14 OUD 0 5 0 FFT 3 5 2 Y.Darvish (6-8) Z.Godley (4-4)

6/ 1 FFT 3 11 1 OUD 4 6 0 D.Keuchel (6-3) D.Pomeranz (4-4)
6/ 2 FFT 6 12 0 OUD 2 5 0 J.Samardzija (6-1) M.Fulmer (6-3)

7/29 OUD 4 9 1 FFT 7 10 0 M.Leake (7-8) D.Keuchel (5-3)
7/30 OUD 0 3 0 FFT 2 10 2 L.Lynn (7-4) M.Fulmer (5-2)
7/31 OUD 5 7 1 FFT 6 13 0 N.Goody (2-0) B.Shaw (0-2)

8/31 FFT 7 16 1 OUD 6 11 0 L.Lynn (7-4) A.Senzatela (2-1)
9/ 1 FFT 1 7 0 OUD 0 7 0 D.Pomeranz (5-4) J.Taillon (0-3)
9/ 2 FFT 1 6 0 OUD 4 8 0 L.Giolito (3-0) J.Samardzija (6-2)

FFTs 2, Warpigs 1

Via Netplay

All games played at The Grove.

Game 1 - Warpigs win 3-0. Jacob deGrom (2-1) scattered 3 hits over 8 innings for the shutout win. Raisel Iglesias pitched the 9th inning for his first save. Jake Lamb homered for the Pigs.

Game 2 - FFTs win 3-2. Yu Darvish struck out 11 in 6.2 shutout innings. Yadier Molina hit a 2-run homer for the FFTs. Aaron Judge homered for the Warpigs.

Game 3 - FFTs win 6-1. A close game was broken open by a 5-run 7th inning for the FFTs which included TWO errors by D.J. Lemahieu resulting in 3 unearned runs. Molina (again) and Mark Reynolds went deep for the FFTs. J.T. Realmuto homered for the only Pig run. Mike Leake went 7 innings for the win.

Alex Gordon to the FFTs

The Rhinos traded Gold Glover Alex Gordon to the FFTs for the chance to pick a player from the FFT cuts after the Draft.

Sometimes I think you guys are just messing with me...

The FFTs traded picks 180 and 184 to the Wahoos for picks 174 and 190.

Ships Passing in the Night

The Warpigs traded John Lackey to the FFTs for Adam Wainwright.

The Warpigs and FFTs just can't settle on which of these aging batting practice hurlers they want on their team. Throw in the fact that both are likely to be cuts anyway, and it begs the question: "Why?"

"Wainwright has a chance to make our team as a pinch hitter and pinch bunter off the bench," said the Pigman. "At least that's something. That Lackey guy... I just don't like his name."

The Francisco Deal

The Warpigs traded Francisco Cervelli to the FFTs for Francisco Liriano. Both players were already on the probable cut lists for each team, and both are still long shots to make it. But the Francisco thing was kinda fun.