(AP-Van Schaick Island, NY)
TML Biff Barnes Highlight Reel - October 2010
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Carolina and Valparaiso in Show-down!
Suzuki spoils Pujols' bid for Triple Crown!

The Carolina Crawfish stumbled at Beverly once
again, and the Valparaiso Drench caught them to
tie for the Atmospheric Conference Wild Card.
Carolina won the exciting tie-breaker playoff,
3-2. Without hesitation, Beverly (best record
in the Conference) selected Carolina as their
first round opponent. That leaves Toxic Waste
hosting Rensselaer.

In the Oceanic Conference, the Arkansas Travs
rode out the string to a TML best 114 wins.
Arkansas selected the Rocky Mountain Chinooks
as their first round opponent. Walla Walla
will host Danny Way in the other playoff.

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Madison's Ichiro Suzuki denied 'Skayuna's Albert
Pujols the Triple Crown, by hitting .439 in the
final month, taking the batting crown at .359.
Pujols finished 2nd at .357. Pujols did run away
with 162 RBI and 66 HRs, not to mention leading
the TML in SLG (.761), Runs (141), EXBH (127)
and RC (214)! Suzuki led the TML in Hits (231)
and has now had 200+ hits in every one of this
nine seasons in the TML and now has 2093 Hits for
his career! Valparaiso's Adrian Gonzalez blasted
58 HRs. Walla Walla's Michael Bourn "ran away"
with the SB crown, with 85 SBs. Albany's Hanley
Ramirez was 2nd with 81 SBs.

In pitching, there were three 22-game winners,
Toxin Javier Vazquez (22-6), Danny Way's Scott
Baker (22-7) and Beverly's Justin Verlander
(22-8). Carolina's Brett Anderson won the ERA
title at 2.67, with Perth's Zack Greinke at 2.69.
Also joining the "20-win Club" were Arkansas'
Josh Johnson (20-4), Rocky Mountain's Scott
Kazmir (20-4), Beverly's Dan Haren (20-5), Danny
Way's Wandy Rodriguez (20-5) and Rocky Mountain's
Tim Lincecum (20-7). Greinke took the Strikeout
Crown with 283 Ks, 5 more than Verlander. The
"Fireman of the Year" award goes to Toxin C.J.
Wilson with 50 SVs.

Below are some awards and tid-bits from the
October 2010 in the TML American.

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** Player of the Month **

(AR) Shin-Soo Choo
.449, 31-69, 14-1-4, 59 TB
16 R, 10 RBI, 9 W, 32 RC



Honorable Mention:
Pablo Sandoval (AR) .508, 30-59, 4-1-5, 51 TB
10 R, 13 RBI, 10 W, 30 RC

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** Pitcher of the Month **

(RM) Tim Lincecum
3-0, 0.75, 3 GS, 3 QS, 1 CG
24 IP, 14 H, 5 W, 30 K, .163 OAVG



Honorable Mentions:
Kevin Millwood (RS) 4-0, 2.30
Brad Bergesen (SS) 3-0, 2.20
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** Best Offensive Performance of the Month **

The Squires Albert Pujols blasted 3 HRs in three
consecutive ABs (4th,5th,6th innings), driving
in 7 runs, leading his team to an 11-6 victory
over the Wombats.

9/24/2010, SS09-WW09, Wrigley Field
______________1 2 3__4 5 6__7 8 9_____R__H E
Squires_______0 0 0__2 5 4__0 0 0__-_11 11 1
Wombats_______0 0 0__0 2 0__1 3 0__-__6__9 0

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** Best Pitching Performance of the Month **

In the same series, 4 days later, Squire Brad
Bergesen tossed a 2-hit CG shutout at the
Wombats, leading his team to a 3-0 win! He
walked only 1 and fanned 7. The hits were a
lead-off 1B by David Wright in the 3rd and
a 1-out 2B by Brendan Ryan in the 6th. Albert
Pujols drove in the only run Bergesen needed
in the 1st, with an RBI-2B.

9/28/2010, SS09-WW09, Wrigley Field
______________1 2 3__4 5 6__7 8 9_____R__H E
Squires_______1 2 0__0 0 0__0 0 0__-__3__6 1
Wombats_______0 0 0__0 0 0__0 0 0__-__0__2 0

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** The Blowout Game of the Month **

The Diamonds pounded the Diamond Cats 22-0,
including a big 10-run 6th inning! Every
starting player for the Diamonds had at least
1 hit. Nick Johnson was 4-7, 5 RBI and Randy
Ruiz was 5-5, 4 RBI. Scott Baker was the
beneficiary of the outburst and was pulled
after 6 shutout innings. Guillermo Mota
finsihed the shutout, with 3 solid innings in
relief.

9/20/2010, DW09-PC09, Fenway Park
______________1 2 3__4 5__6__7 8 9____R__H E
Diamonds______0 2 0__1 5(10)_4 0 0 - 22 27 0
Diamond Cats__0 0 0__0 0__0__0 0 0 -__0__8 1

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** Overtime Game of the Month **

There were two 15 inning games this month, but
the most exciting of the two was between the
Avalanche and the Squires. After each team
had scratched out a run in the 12th, David
DeJesus legged out a 1-out triple. Jimmy
Rollins drew an IW and then Alexi Casilla
delivered the GW-RBI 1B for the Squires!

9/16/2010, AV09-SS09, Busch Stadium
______________123 456 789 012 345____R__H E
Avalanche_____000 010 200 001 000 -__4 11 1
Squires_______020 000 100 001 001 -__5 17 1

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