THE GREATEST TEAMS of ALL-TIME

ROBERT E. McCABE MAGAZINE RANKS the TOP 10 GREATEST TEAMS

1-Season 20 San Diego padres 116–46, and an 11–6 postseason record. This World Series champion has the best regular season record in league history with 116 wins. They also received 8 All-Star selections, the most of any club in season 20. The second team on the all-time wins list is the Florida Marlins of season 9. That Marlin team lost to the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series 4 games to 3 games.

What makes the season 20 San Diego Padres McCabe Magazines Greatest Team in baseball history? It starts with pitching, it always have, and always will when deliberating the merits of the Padres organization. The Padres posted three 20 game winner that season with Wandy Duran Won 26-7, Whip 1.04, ERA 2.99,  Asdrubal Pelaez Won 23-2, Whip 1.09, ERA 2.52, Moose Martin won 20-11, K 248, Whip 1.08, ERA 2.73, and closer Pedro Manuel Saves 39, Whip 1.00, ERA 1.77. This pitching staff led the league in ERA that season with a 3.09 which is 4^th on the all-time season ERA list. Pelaez tied with Arizona Diamondback’s Vince Garcia Won 20-6, Whip 0.99, ERA 2.53 for the Cy Young Award in season 20. Pitching is 90% of the game, but you can’t win a World Series on pitching alone, the other 10% is the offense. And the Padres offenses was about speed and timely hitting led by Murray Higgins 32 HR, 115 RBI, 296 BA 21 SB, Nap Brantley 28 HR, 100 RBI, 259 BA, and Jose Fernandez 19 HR, 102 RBI, 265 BA 34 SB. However, as we stated earlier, the secret to the sauce is the speed, speed and more speed. The Padres led the league with 400 stolen bases, with Omar Paniagua leading the club with 86, he was only caught and amazing 12 times.

We can go on all day with the incredible accomplishments of the season 20 San Diego Padres, but we’ll stop and let you examine the numbers. We here at McCabe Magazine have little doubt that you will disagree with our choice of the season 20 San Diego Padres as GREATESS TEAM in LEAGUE HISTORY. 

	Season 20 ML - NL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Wandy Duran	Padres	jgarron
P	Asdrubal Pelaez	Padres	jgarron
P	Moose Martin	Padres	jgarron
C	Murray Higgins	Padres	jgarron
2B	Yonder Hernandez	Padres	jgarron
3B	Nap Brantley	Padres	jgarron
SS	Mack Crosby	Padres	jgarron
CF	Omar Paniagua	Padres	jgarron

Stolen Bases

Player	HR	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OPS
Omar Paniagua	9	58	86	12	0.259	0.716
Yonder Hernandez	16	97	58	11	0.312	0.844
John Masato	13	68	55	7	0.284	0.802
Mack Crosby	18	91	53	5	0.276	0.779
Ricardo Guillen	18	72	44	2	0.23	0.733
Jose Fernandez	19	102	34	8	0.265	0.758
Murray Higgins	32	115	21	7	0.296	0.93
Lorenzo Alvarado	3	41	13	6	0.284	0.723
Anibal Vallarta	6	28	12	3	0.247	0.674
Andrew Turner	0	8	10	1	0.217	0.495

	Season 20 NL Silver Slugger Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
C	Murray Higgins	Padres	jgarron
SS	Mack Crosby	Padres	jgarron

	Season 20 ML - NL Gold Glove Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
2B	Yonder Hernandez	Padres	jgarron

2 - Season 7 Florida Marlins 100–62, is our number 2 choice on our Greatest Teams top 10 list.  The Marlins swept every team in its way with a perfect playoff record, going 11–0 in route to the World Series. The offensive leaders Santos Gonzalez 42 HR, 118 RBI, 271 BA, Ryan Norton 37 HR, 101 RBI, 292 BA, and Lou Pride 31 HR, 93 RBI, 252 BA. Four of the five starters won 15 games while Mitchell Banks won 16-7, Rickey Kline 15-12, Thumper Maddux 15-6, and Benito Ordonez 15-5. The Marlins produced back to back Rookie of the Year Award Winners with season 6 winner Maddux and Benito Ordonez in season 7. This squad placed seven players on the All-Star roster. Benito Ordonez was voted Rookie of the Year The Marlins won the NL South Division by 13 games.

	Season 7 ML - NL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Mitchell Banks	Marlins	AZNJ70
P	Thumper Maddux	Marlins	AZNJ70
C	Ryan Norton	Marlins	AZNJ70
1B	Santos Gonzalez	Marlins	AZNJ70
3B	Clark Crespo	Marlins	AZNJ70
LF	Woodie Rigby	Marlins	AZNJ70
RF	Pedro Perez	Marlins	AZNJ70

Season 7 ML - NL Silver Slugger Award Player Franchise P Mitchell Banks Marlins 3B Clark Crespo Marlins RF Pedro Perez Marlins Season 7 ML - NL Gold Glove Award Player Franchise Owner RF Pedro Perez Marlins AZNJ70

3- Season 28 Toronto Blue Jays 107-55 won the World Series by knocking off the Florida Marlins 4 games to 1. The 28 Blue Jays hold the following all-time regular season records; Run Scored 1148, Home Runs 378, RBI 1123, Slugging .552 and OPS 920. Without a doubt, this is the most explosive club in league history, averaging a mind-blowing 7 Runs per game in season 28.  Season 28 MVP Alexei DaSilva led this ERA wrecking lineup with 61 Home Runs, 157 RBI, 322 BA. Helping DaSilva smash those regular season team offensive records was Desi Cruz 54 HR, 156 RBI, 334 BA, Wily Correa 48 HR, 139 RBI, 306 BA, Julio Castro 40 HR, 121 RBI, 304 BA, Gary Condrey 39 HR, 105 RBI, 261 BA, Justin Miller 35 HR, 80 RBI, 301 BA, and Alan Drese 29 HR, 87 RBI, 289 BA. Two very good pitchers on the staff were Branch Boyle 23-8, 3.95 ERA and Paul Krueger 19-4, 3.79 ERA however, with the run production it’s easy to see how the won/lost records were affected, both had ERAs near 4. The best pitcher on the staff was closer Rico Montanez 36 Saves, 1.17 Whip, and an eye-popping 1.50 ERA.

	Season 28 ML - AL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Rico Montanez	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
P	Branch Boyle	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
P	Bernard Scelfo	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
1B	Julio Castro	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
2B	Alexei DaSilva	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
SS	Victor Mercedes	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
LF	Wily Correa	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
CF	Alan Drese	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
DH	Desi Cruz	Blue Jays	dimestoregin

	Season 28 ML - AL Silver Slugger Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
DH	Desi Cruz	Blue Jays	dimestoregin
2B	Alexei DaSilva	Blue Jays	dimestoregin

	Season 28 ML - AL Gold Glove Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
2B	Alexei DaSilva	Blue Jays	dimestoregin

4-Season 27 San Diego Padres 112–50, with an 11–2 playoff record and tied for 3^rd on the all-time regular season win total (112 wins) with the season 25 Anaheim Angels. They also set the following all-time regular season records; ERA 2.63, Whip 1.08, Hits allowed 1179, ER 425, OAV 219, OBP 278, and SLG 326.

The Pitching Staff

Player Stats
Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	ER	WHIP	ERA
Asdrubal Pelaez	39	39	22	6	0	81	1.07	2.84
Che-Hsuan Suzuki	36	36	22	8	0	69	1.01	2.64
Vin Tejera	26	26	17	6	0	38	0.96	2.09
Mike Harper	38	37	16	11	0	92	1.15	3.14
Mel Grace	25	21	10	4	0	32	0.98	2.47
Mendy Moss	37	0	9	2	1	12	1.24	2.44
Bernie Sanchez	48	0	5	4	0	15	1.12	2.79
Tom Pridie	90	0	4	4	6	34	1.03	1.96
Harry Escobar	41	0	3	2	0	17	1.53	4.78
Woody Colangelo	21	3	2	2	1	19	1.73	4.17
Vin Bernadina	25	0	1	1	1	10	1.4	3.51
Pedro Manuel	61	0	1	0	57	6	0.77	0.78
Team Totals	162	162	112	50	66	425	1.08	2.6

	Season 27 ML - NL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Asdrubal Pelaez	Padres	jgarron
P	Tom Pridie	Padres	jgarron
P	Che-Hsuan Suzuki	Padres	jgarron
P	Mike Harper	Padres	jgarron
P	Pedro Manuel (Fireman of Year Award)	Padres	jgarron

5- Season 16 Arizona Diamondbacks 109–53, 11–3 playoff record. They had the best record in baseball in season 16 and beat the Kansas City Royals (94-68) in the World Series 4-3. The Diamondbacks Mark Pence (46 HR, 115 RBI, 317 BA, 1.072 OPS) won the Nation League Most Valuable Player Award, Silver Slugger and the Gold Glove. Vince Garcia (26-4, 0.97 Whip, 2.24 ERA) won the Cy Young, one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, arguably in the top 3 all-time.

Season 16 NL All-Stars
Player	G	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
Mark Pence	145	29	8	46	115	33	0.317	1.072
Clarence Finley	154	26	9	46	138	26	0.309	1.011
Player	G	GS	CG	SHO	W	L	WHIP	ERA
Vince Ellenwood	65	0	0	0	6	2	0.85	1.37
Vince Garcia	36	36	16	6	26	4	0.97	2.24
Damaso Gomez	36	36	1	1	20	8	1.31	4.14

	Season 16 ML - NL Silver Slugger Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
2B	Mark Pence	Diamondbacks	yoker70
CF	Clarence Finley	Diamondbacks	yoker70

	Season 16 ML - NL Gold Glove Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
2B	Mark Pence	Diamondbacks	yoker70

6- Season 9 New York Yankees 106–56, 11–5 in the playoffs, beat the Chicago Cubs (98-64) to win the season 9 World Series 4-1. One interesting thing about the season 9 playoffs is the Cubs beat the Florida Marlins (115-47) that set the all-time regular season win total that season which was later broken in season 20 by the San Diego Padres. One of the biggest upsets we’ve seen here at McCabe Magazine. This team product two future Hall of Famers in Francisco Gandarilla (P) and Rick Ward (1B).

Season 9 ML - AL Cy Young Award
Player	Franchise	Owner
Francisco Gandarilla	Yankees	ARomano

Season 9 ML - AL Rookie of the Year Award
Player	Franchise	Owner
Onan Suh	Yankees	ARomano

	Season 9 ML - AL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Terrence Creek	Yankees	ARomano
P	Onan Suh	Yankees	ARomano
1B	Rick Ward	Yankees	ARomano
3B	Gerald Nakamura	Yankees	ARomano
CF	Alberto Garza	Yankees	ARomano

	Season 9 ML - AL Silver Slugger Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
1B	Rick Ward	Yankees	ARomano
CF	Alberto Garza	Yankees	ARomano

	Season 9 ML - AL Gold Glove Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
CF	Alberto Garza	Yankees	ARomano

7- Season 19 Kansas City Royals 100-62, with a 11-7 playoff record. This club won the World Series by beating the San Diego Padres 111-61 in a 7 game series. The Royals were led by greatest ball player to ever laces up a pair of spikes; Hall of Famer and 8 times league MVP Tony Cortes 29 HR, 112 RBI, 47 SB, 364 BA, and a 1.140 OPS. Cortes carried this team to the season 19 championship with hitting which help the Royals lead the league in hitting with a 300 team batting average, which is 5^th on the all-time team BA list.

Season 19 ML - AL MVP Award
Player	Franchise	Owner
Tony Cortes	Royals	TenaciousTYT

	Season 19 ML - AL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Yeico Benitez	Royals	TenaciousTYT
P	Jimmie Kennedy	Royals	TenaciousTYT
C	Keith Alfaro	Royals	TenaciousTYT
2B	Joaquin Nieves	Royals	TenaciousTYT
LF	Tony Cortes	Royals	TenaciousTYT

	Season 19 ML - AL Silver Slugger Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
CF	Dean Ruffin	Royals	TenaciousTYT

8- Season 29 Washington Nationals 105–57, 11–4 had the best record in the American League in season 29 and won the World Series by beating the team with the best record in the Big Leagues, San Diego Padres 4-3.

Player Stats
Player	HR	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Bartolo Hernandez	43	120	15	9	0.308	0.350	0.598	0.948
Norm Lo Duca	36	86	0	8	0.263	0.331	0.527	0.859
Darrel Davies	33	96	4	1	0.291	0.384	0.540	0.923
Roenis Sanchez	30	71	0	4	0.249	0.282	0.490	0.773
Raymond Wall	29	64	19	13	0.279	0.384	0.486	0.870
Raymond Black	28	87	0	3	0.291	0.382	0.541	0.923
Ismael Padilla	26	102	20	9	0.256	0.323	0.465	0.788

Player Stats
Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	SO	WHIP	ERA
Ivan Latos	32	32	16	7	0	141	1.21	3.35
Ed Gran	31	26	15	5	1	108	1.38	3.90
Nipsey Hines	32	32	15	6	0	135	1.29	3.63
Esmil Park	63	0	12	3	5	86	1.23	3.17
Luke Recchio	36	25	11	6	0	138	1.33	3.56
Terry Campbell	32	32	9	8	0	173	1.28	3.62
Terrence Patterson	69	0	7	9	41	74	1.21	3.54

Season 29 ML - AL Fireman of the Year Award
Player	Franchise	Owner
Terrence Patterson	Nationals	Saffron

	Season 29 ML - AL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Ivan Latos	Nationals	Saffron
P	Terrence Patterson	Nationals	Saffron
C	Raymond Black	Nationals	Saffron
SS	Bartolo Hernandez	Nationals	Saffron

9- Season 14 St Louis Cardinals 99-63 is the 9^th team on our Greatest Teams of All-Time list. They beat the San Diego Padres to win the World Series 4-1. This team was by led one of the greatest players of all-time, Tony Cortes 28 HR, 106 RBI, 62 SB, 333 BA, 1.160 OPS. He and Diory Park of the Texas Rangers shared the MVP in season 14. Cortes also won a Silver Slugger award and a Gold Glove.    

Player Stats
Player	HR	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tony Cortes	28	106	62	4	0.333	0.486	0.674	1.160
Walker Stern	26	107	17	4	0.286	0.342	0.509	0.852
Darren Ryan	25	79	20	7	0.273	0.331	0.480	0.812

Player Stats
Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	OAV	WHIP	ERA
Alvin Dodd	32	32	19	6	0	0.247	1.27	4.01
Edgardo Villa	29	29	15	6	0	0.252	1.25	3.82
Nate Bowles	31	31	15	3	0	0.223	1.11	2.57
J.P. Johnson	35	22	12	4	2	0.226	1.38	3.68
D.J. McDonald	57	0	2	7	37	0.220	1.17	2.52

	Season 14 ML - AL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Alvin Dodd	Cardinals	421werd
P	D.J. McDonald	Cardinals	421werd
RF	Tony Cortes	Cardinals	421werd

10- Season 9 Florida Marlins 115 – 62, 6-6 in the playoffs is the only squad failed to win the World Series. They placed 8 players on the All-Star Team and were eliminated in the National League Championship Series by the Chicago Cubs (98-64). The Cubs went on to lose to our number 6 Greatest Team, the New York Yankees. As we stated earlier the Marlins set the record for most wins in a season with 115 which was later broken by our 1 team on our list, the 20 Padres.

The Marlins led the league with a 2.89 ERA, which is 2^nd on the regular season all-time ERA list next only to the 20 Padres 2.89. They rank 7^th on the regular season OVA all-time list, 8^th on the OBP, and tied for 7^th on the all-time Whip list with a 1.15.

Season 9 ML - NL MVP Award
Player	Franchise	Owner
Santos Gonzalez	Marlins	AZNJ70
Season 9 ML - NL Cy Young Award
Player	Franchise	Owner
Benito Ordonez	Marlins	AZNJ70

	Season 9 ML - NL All-Stars
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Mitchell Banks	Marlins	AZNJ70
P	Benito Ordonez	Marlins	AZNJ70
1B	Santos Gonzalez	Marlins	AZNJ70
2B	Pedro Perez	Marlins	AZNJ70
3B	Clark Crespo	Marlins	AZNJ70
SS	Stu Miceli	Marlins	AZNJ70
LF	Donaldo Palmeiro	Marlins	AZNJ70
CF	Jimmy Taylor	Marlins	AZNJ70

	Season 9 ML - NL Silver Slugger Award
	Player	Franchise	Owner
P	Mitchell Banks	Marlins	AZNJ70
3B	Clark Crespo	Marlins	AZNJ70
LF	Donaldo Palmeiro	Marlins	AZNJ70
CF	Jimmy Taylor	Marlins	AZNJ70

30 YEARS and COUNTING

ITS A 30-YEAR CELEBRATION

The Robert E. McCabe Baseball League Turns 30

Dallas, Texas (McC.com) – 30 years and counting, it has been an amazing and exciting 30 years in the Robert E. McCabe Baseball League. The great teams, the outstanding players, and the best group of owners I’ve ever been associated with since joining my first fantasy site in 1989, the Bill James Fantasy Baseball and Football Leagues. In those days you found fantasy leagues by looking in the advertise section of magazines like “The Sporting News, Street and Smith” and other simpler publications. Everything was handled by calling long distance and US mail. Looking back now really makes me think we were all insane, and for the newbies coming on board today, they’ll be saying the same exact thing about us 30 years from now.

How can we talk about the 30 years in Hard Ball Dynasty without recognizing the founder, the creator, the almighty, and all knowing, our beloved commissioner, Patrick McCabe aka pat007ohmss.  Scripture has it that on the first day Patrick had a vision to form a league in honor of his father, Robert E. McCabe who passed away in 1986. On the second day he formed the league, on the third day he contacted owners who were interested in his league, on the fourth day he decided to use major-league teams (stroke of genius), on the fifth day he issued the teams to the new owners, on the six-day the league was open for business, and on the seventh day he rested, and the website what if sports and HBD was changed forever, thanks Pat!

Season one could not have gotten underway without the Fantastic Four (4), which is the original owners. The next issue will focus on the players and teams, nevertheless this issue we wanted to look at all the owners that make this league possible. However, as a reminder if you would like to flash back to see the McCabe Magazines All-Decade teams of seasons 1-10, and 11-20 go to the Blog and checkout issues posted February 5, 2014, and February 8, 2014. 

The Original Four 

Owner	Team	Won	Lost	World Series Titles	Division Titles
jgarron	San Diego Padres	2869	1917	6	16
captain10a	Anaheim Angels	2557	2229	2	12
pat007ohmss	Boston Red Sox	2516	2270	3	8
wylie715	San Francisco Giants	2345	2441	0	8

The Twenty Year Veterans

Owner	Team	Seasons	Won	Lost	World Series
TenaciousTYT	Kansas City Royals	28	2353	2276	1
dimestoregin	Toronto Blue Jays	26	2428	1875	1
rsskfs23	Tampa Bay Rays	24	1809	2172	0
brentcnb	Milwaukee Brewers	21	1643	1850	0

And the Rest of the Owners

Owner	Team	Seasons	World Series Titles
axtell	Colorado Rockies	18	0
patrickkm	Detroit Tigers	17	2
yoker70	Arizona Diamondbacks	17	0
kgrffth	Chicago White Sox	17	0
Arte	Los Angeles Dodgers	17	0
basebalguru	New York Mets	13	1
lido9613	Florida Marlins	13	3
goldenbaer88	Texas Rangers	11	0
Fantasy Frea	Cleveland Indians	10	0
optistrat	Minnesota Twins	10	0
Saffron	Washington D.C. Nationals	10	1
cpintens	Cincinnati Reds	9	0
spintens	Richmond Virginians	8	0
mark3313	Seattle Mariners	7	0
slurie2001	St. Louis Cardinals	6	0
sportbanker	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	0
runnrun	Houston Astros	3	0
ajaxx88	Rochester Broncos	2	0
GuerillaZen1	Baltimore Orioles	2	0
daddiothree	Philadelphia Phillies	1	0
Jeter2020	New York Yankees	1	0
troutis	Oakland Athletics	1	0
bobkordecki	Chicago Cubs	0	0

McCabe Magazines New Feature

WHERE ARE THEY NOW

Earl Wingo none none Age: 39 B/T: R/R Born: Richmond, VA Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Season 1 MVP Earl Wingo

Season 1 Most Valuable Player Earl Wingo (RF), Texas Rangers now 61 years-old lives in Aurora, Texas population 1,267. Wingo and wife Libby has been married for 42 years, they have one son and two grandchildren that live in Dallas. The couple moved to Aurora after Wingo’s retirement. In season 1 the right-handed outfielder had the best year of his major league career with 53 HR, 138 RBI, and a team leading 1.136 OPS. Season 1 was his finest season, appearing in his only All-Star Game, Silver Slugger Award, and a World Series winner, sweeping the Cincinnati Reds 4-0. He appeared in one other post-season series, getting beat by the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 in the divisional round, and he never duplicated that season 1 statistical numbers again, and retired in season 8, playing his last professional game in season 7. Another interesting note about season 1 is future Hall of Framer Placido Ortiz was named Rookie of the Year that season collecting 40 Home Runs, 108 RBI, 370 BA, and a 1.138 OPS. In season 9 Wingo did some coaching in the Rangers organization and also managed the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League for 2 ½ seasons before being relieved of his duties after Wingo sucker punched the teams PR director over a Earl Wingo bubblehead give away. Wingo became upset when the director labeled the bobble head promotion “Earl Wingo the One Hit Wonder.”   

Life in Aurora 

Earl and his wife wear a lot of hats in Aurora. He owns the only diner in town in which his wife Libby runs from 6 AM to 6 PM daily. They also run the post office, the Aurora Sports Museum, and the local radio station that features a nightly show from 6 to 10 called “The Earl Wingo Sports Talk Show.” The show takes nightly calls about the local high school sports scene, Texas League AA baseball, Dallas Cowboys, and the Rangers. All of the calls these days are about the Rangers last place position in the AL South which made the playoffs last season with a 96-66 record. However, when I visited the station 90% of the calls were complaining about Rangers season 30 All-Star second baseman Orlando Campos (29 HR, 321 BA, 1.040 OPS) not being invited to the Home Run Derby contest at this year’s All-Star game. Lifelong friend Glen Cornelius (1B) another former Ranger player and teammate of Wingo helps out at the radio station doing a morning farm report from 5 AM to 9AM. Cornelius also teams with Wingo doing Aurora high school football games, Earl handles the play by play with Cornelius playing the jock in the booth role. 

Wingo says life has been good since leaving baseball, you can find him nightly sitting on the front porch drinking sarsaparilla with Libby, Cornelius and  his season one MVP trophy at his side, telling stories about days gone by.    

SEASON 30 PREVIEW ISSUE

ROBERT E. McCABE MAGAZINE PREVIEW ISSUE and AWARD WINNERS

Atlanta, GA (McC.com) – Hello fellow baseball enthusiasts, welcome to the McCabe Magazines season 30 preview issue. Sorry for the delay in the preview, I do have a really good excuse. Its vacation season and I spent the last few weeks on vacation in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia and surrounding areas. I had an absolutely fantastic time, everyday we got up and went to Lennox Mall in Buckhead, where I sat for eight hours each day on a bench near the escalator by the north entrance and waited for my wife, while she spent every single dime I had, all future dimes, any and all imaginary dimes that don’t really exist. We also visit relatives that ate like carnivores. I'm not kidding, they ate like a Tyrannosaurus better known as a T-Rex. Every day they served greasy fried chicken, 2” thick pork chops, mashed potatoes with the entire inventory of butter from the state of Wisconsin with huge flaky biscuits the size of a Volkswagen. I informed my beloved kin folk that I’m a vegetarian, and I do not eat anything with legs. They thought that was the funniest joke ever and serve Ham Hocks and gravy the next day. Wow, what an exhilarating and refreshing two weeks in the Deep South. Enough about my vacation, I see you guys getting extremely jealous so I’ll go ahead and change the subject to the questions at hand, who will be our playoff teams and the World Series Champions in season 30. 

The Reds win it all over the Nationals 4-2

The Season 30 World Series Champions will be the Cincinnati Reds knocking off the Washington Nationals 4 games to 2. We have been looking at this organization for several years now and we think they are ready to bounce! The Reds will be lead by Del Wulf (3B), Sam Sefcik (RF), ace of the staff Albert Kirby (SP1) and Charley Reynolds (CF) the best centerfielder we’ve seen since Diego Hernandez. We look for Cincinnati to win 97 games and battle the San Diego Padres for the National League pennant and finish off a fantastic season by beating the powerful Washington Nationals from the American League. Our panel of experts feel the Nationals will beat the Houston Astros and win the American League pennant for the third time in four years. The Nationals are loaded at every position but the straw that stirs the drink is shortstop and former Rookie of the Year Award winner Bartolo Hernandez (SS), along with Raymond Wall (3B), Darrel Davies (1B) another former ROY, pitchers Terry Campbell (P), and closer Terrence Patterson. 

The rest of the playoff picture will look like this. The American League division winners will be, The Toronto Blue Jays, Nationals, Houston Astro’s, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The National League playoff teams will be the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Richmond Virginians, and the San Diego Padres. Wildcard clubs will be the Minnesota Twins, Texas rangers, Cleveland Indians and the Florida Marlins. 

Season 30 Prediction
AL North	W	L		NL North	W	L
Toronto Blue Jays	95	67		Cincinnati Reds	97	65
Minnesota Twins	92	70		Cleveland Indians	90	72
Milwaukee Brewers	72	90		Chicago Cubs	81	81
Chicago White Sox	70	92		Detroit Tigers	69	93
AL East	W	L		NL East	W	L
Washington Nationals	99	63		Pittsburgh Pirates	87	75
New York Yankees	89	73		New York Mets	71	91
Boston Red Sox	67	95		Rochester Broncos	65	97
Baltimore Orioles	64	98		Philadelphia Phillies	64	98
AL South	W	L		NL South	W	L
Houston Astros	101	61		Richmond Virginians	96	66
Texas Rangers	90	72		Florida Marlins	87	75
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83		Atlanta Braves	86	76
Kansas City Royals	68	94		Tampa Bay Rays	63	99
AL West	W	L		NL West	W	L
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	73		San Diego Padres	104	58
Anaheim Angels	87	75		Colorado Rockies	74	88
Oakland Athletics	89	73		Arizona Diamondbacks	72	90
San Francisco Giants	80	82		Seattle Mariners	68	94

McCabe Magazines Season 30 Award Winners

McCabe Magazine MVP

Del Wulf Cincinnati Reds Age: 26 B/T: L/R Born: Greenacres, WA Position(s): 3B/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

McCabe Magazine Cy Young Award Winner

Adam Bradford Anaheim Angels Age: 30 B/T: R/R Born: Fairview, MT Position(s): P (SP1) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

McCabe Magazine Rookie of the Year

Ignacio Valentin Colorado Rockies Age: 23 B/T: S/R Born: Jarabacoa, DO Position(s): LF/1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

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Victor Ayala Cleveland Indians Age: 28 B/T: R/R Born: San Cristobal, DO Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile