Phil Nelson, aka The Commish. https://extrafuture.com
Thanks to a weak Yankees bullpen and an explosion of power from the White Sox, the southsiders won 9-1. Catch the replay in our Twitch archives. Highlights included Frank Thomas socking dinger number 39. He leads the league.
More stats and standings coming up tomorrow in Divergent League Update.
Game 1 (video archive) saw the Reds take one from the Cubs 1-0.
Game 2 (video archive) was a dingerful affair, with a combined 5 home runs in which the Mariners crushed the Mets 8-5.
You can catch the replay on our Twitch channel.
This season’s All-Star game was close in the scorecard but never really in doubt. The National League All-Stars won on the strength of home runs from Matt Williams (clip) and John Kruk (clip).
Tonight’s games will be at 1pm PST and another at 4pm PST and will feature Cubs .vs. Reds and Mets .vs. Mariners. Come see the first game for the new-look Mets with Mark McGwire. New Mariner Mike Mussina will likely be on the mound for the Ms.
It’s All-Star Weekend and the home run derby last night was a dinger-filled affair with several shots over the 500-foot mark. The Big Hurt took the trophy home for the White Sox after besting Mark McGwire in the finals. You can catch the full Derby in the Divergent League Archives. More on Big Mac’s future in a moment.
Frank Thomas won the derby after defeating Mike Piazza and Barry Bonds on his way to the finals against Mark McGwire who likewise took down Matt Williams and Rafi Palmiero. Congrats to the Big Hurt.
The 1993 Hardship Draft has concluded and it involved some huge moves with deep implications for the rest of the season.
McGwire is leading the league in home runs, tied with Frank Thomas. Mike Mussina is front-runner for the Cy Young award. Things just got a little more interesting.
Tonight is the All-Star Game! We’ll see you at 6pm pacific time on https://twitch.tv/extrafuture
The All-Star Game broadcasts tomorrow, Feb 13, at 6:00pm PST.
The Hardship Draft winners have been chosen, and will make their picks in this order:
A lot of players are in… play this year, so we could see some big changes in the second half. Look for the picks to be announced this evening during the Home Run Derby.
Here are the seeds for tonight’s Home Run Derby:
Join us starting at 6pm PST for some Dingers tonight at https://twitch.tv/extrafuture
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[Back-filling the games from yesterday — Commish]
Today on Divergent League (video archive link) the Braves took down the Phillies 4-2 behind a characteristically solid Greg Maddux performance.
The Cubs also trounced the Reds, 5-0 on the power of 4 RBIs from Steve Buechele including a 3-run dinger. Bip Roberts went 1-3 with a base on balls.
Don’t forget to join us this Friday for the Home Run Derby, and Saturday for the All-Star Game.
Howdy sports fans, you may have noticed that we skipped yesterday’s scheduled games. We’re adjusting the streaming schedule a bit this week to accommodate the upcoming All-Star Weekend festivities. Here’s the schedule for this week:
We hope you’ll join us at the usual place, https://twitch.tv/extrafuture
The Week 4 podcast is now up, embedded here and available anywhere you listen to podcasts:
Next weekend is All Star Weekend starting Friday February 12th with the Hardship Draft and continuing into Saturday’s Home Run Derby and All Star Game festivities. Check back here for the All Star rosters, and Home Run Derby qualifiers, next week.
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Today’s games feature the Rangers, Royals, and Phillies and are streaming now on twitch.tv/extrafuture
Update:
We’re trying something new. Our schedule today features a day game and a night game:
Catch all of the action at https://twitch.tv/extrafuture