#7 Guelph vs. #2 Toronto (Toronto Leads 1-0)
Game 1 - Sunday July 25th - Toronto Toronto Won 7-4
Game 2 - Tuesday July 27th - Guelph 7:30 pm
Game 3 - Wednesday July 28th - Toronto 7:30 pm
Game 4 - Saturday July 31st - Guelph 2:00 pm
Game 5 - Sunday August 1st - Toronto 2:00 pm (if necessary)
Game 6 - Monday August 2ns - Guelph 2:00 pm (if necessary)
Game 7 - Tuesday August 3rd - Toronto 7:30 pm (if necessary)
#4 Kitchener vs. #5 London (London leads 2-1)
Thursday July 22 – London @ Kitchener, London won 10-3
Friday, July 23 – Kitchener @ London, London won 10-4
Sunday, July 25 – London @ Kitchener, Kitchener won 8-7 (10 Innings)
Tuesday, July 27 – Kitchener @ London, 7:30 pm
Thursday, July 29 – London @ Kitchener, 7:30 pm (if necessary)
Friday, July 30 – Kitchener @ London, 7:30pm (if necessary)
Sunday, August 1 – London @ Kitchener, 2:00 pm (if necessary)
#8 Hamilton vs. #1 Brantford (Brantford Leads 1-0)
Sunday July 25th @ Hamilton Brantford Won 13-2
Tuesday, July 27 – Hamilton @ Brantford 8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 28 – Brantford @ Hamilton 7:30 pm
Friday, July 30 – Hamilton @ Brantford 8 pm
Sunday, August 1 – Brantford @ Hamilton 2 pm
Tuesday, August 3 – Hamilton @ Brantford 7:30 pm
#6 Mississauga vs. #3 Barrie (Barrie Leads 2-0)
Thursday, July 22 – Mississauga @ Barrie Barrie Won 6-0
Sunday July 25 - Mississauga @ Barrie Barrie Won 11-3
Wednesday July 28 - Barrie @ Mississauga 7:00 p.m.
Thursday July 29 - Barrie @ Mississauga 7:00 p.m.
Friday July 30 - Mississauga @ Barrie 7:30 p.m (if necessary).
Saturday July 31 - Barrie @ Mississauga 2:00 p.m. (if necessary)
Monday August 2 - Mississauga @ Barrie 7:00 p.m. (if necessary)
Friday, July 23, 2010
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Commish apparently steps down
Treat this info with a grain of salt as its not from a direct source and no one in the league will comment on this report either.
Apparently IBL Commish Joe O'Neill and Toronto owner Jack Dominico got into a rather heated discussion yesterday involving the Leafs & Royals Playoff schedules.
Mr. O'Neill was concerned (the term pissed off is more accurate) that the Leafs didn't want to start the series against the Royals until Sunday afternoon as Mr. Dominico claimed the Leafs don't have access to the field on Friday nights.
The 2nd issue of contention is that the proposed schedule will extend past the 11 day time table the first round is supposed to be completed within.
Long story short words were exchanged and Jack refused to budge then hung up on the commish and wouldn't pick up the phone. Joe emailed the league directors and informed them of the impass and resigned
So basically the Royals and Leafs are going to play Sunday at the Pitts and that's all that has been confirmed.
Apparently IBL Commish Joe O'Neill and Toronto owner Jack Dominico got into a rather heated discussion yesterday involving the Leafs & Royals Playoff schedules.
Mr. O'Neill was concerned (the term pissed off is more accurate) that the Leafs didn't want to start the series against the Royals until Sunday afternoon as Mr. Dominico claimed the Leafs don't have access to the field on Friday nights.
The 2nd issue of contention is that the proposed schedule will extend past the 11 day time table the first round is supposed to be completed within.
Long story short words were exchanged and Jack refused to budge then hung up on the commish and wouldn't pick up the phone. Joe emailed the league directors and informed them of the impass and resigned
So basically the Royals and Leafs are going to play Sunday at the Pitts and that's all that has been confirmed.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Playoff Match Ups
With Brantford's 1-0 victory last night over Barrie the playoff matchups are now final
#1 Brantford vs. #8 Hamilton
#2 Toronto vs. #7 Guelph
#3 Barrie vs. #6 Mississauga
#4 Kitchener vs. #5 London
Predictions
Brantford should sweep Hamilton in 4
The Sox have too many good bats the lineups but I'd love to see Hamilton win a game or two to build some interest heading into next year. Meyers looked great last night and with Ribas they'll probably pitch every 2nd game like year.
Guelph will take Toronto in 6
The Royals with their full starting nine are one of the best offensive teams in the IBL. Don't expect this series to be pretty as both teams love slugfests. Marek Deska has seven wins on the season and four are from the Royals. The Royals biggest weakness is still their bullpen, if they have to go to it early in games it could be an uphill battle. Melehes and Hart both look like they have lost a step this season, balls that used to be un-hittable are now finding themselves up in the strike zone often.
Barrie will beat Mississauga in 5
The Twins lost 3 players to the Canadian University Baseball team which played a vital role in their success this season. Barrie's offense has not impressed me all year, but their pitching staff is among the best in the league and a solid bullpen will keep it close. Expect low scoring games.
Kitchener will defeat London in 7
Kitchener with home field advantage at the Couch wins this series. The Couch like Christie Pitts (Domenico Field) is a great equalizer and a visiting pitcher's worse nightmare. Last time they met it turned into a bean ball war.
Game 1: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at Kitchener
Game 2: Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Labatt Park
Game 3: Sunday, 2 p.m. at Kitchener
Game 4: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. at Labatt Park
Game 5: If nec., July 29, 7:30 p.m. at Kitchener
Game 6: If nec., July 30, 7:30 p.m. at Labatt Park
Game 7: If nec., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2 p.m. at Kitchener
#1 Brantford vs. #8 Hamilton
#2 Toronto vs. #7 Guelph
#3 Barrie vs. #6 Mississauga
#4 Kitchener vs. #5 London
Predictions
Brantford should sweep Hamilton in 4
The Sox have too many good bats the lineups but I'd love to see Hamilton win a game or two to build some interest heading into next year. Meyers looked great last night and with Ribas they'll probably pitch every 2nd game like year.
Guelph will take Toronto in 6
The Royals with their full starting nine are one of the best offensive teams in the IBL. Don't expect this series to be pretty as both teams love slugfests. Marek Deska has seven wins on the season and four are from the Royals. The Royals biggest weakness is still their bullpen, if they have to go to it early in games it could be an uphill battle. Melehes and Hart both look like they have lost a step this season, balls that used to be un-hittable are now finding themselves up in the strike zone often.
Barrie will beat Mississauga in 5
The Twins lost 3 players to the Canadian University Baseball team which played a vital role in their success this season. Barrie's offense has not impressed me all year, but their pitching staff is among the best in the league and a solid bullpen will keep it close. Expect low scoring games.
Kitchener will defeat London in 7
Kitchener with home field advantage at the Couch wins this series. The Couch like Christie Pitts (Domenico Field) is a great equalizer and a visiting pitcher's worse nightmare. Last time they met it turned into a bean ball war.
Game 1: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at Kitchener
Game 2: Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Labatt Park
Game 3: Sunday, 2 p.m. at Kitchener
Game 4: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. at Labatt Park
Game 5: If nec., July 29, 7:30 p.m. at Kitchener
Game 6: If nec., July 30, 7:30 p.m. at Labatt Park
Game 7: If nec., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2 p.m. at Kitchener
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
And this is why Hamiton is having a hard time drawing fans
I was just forwarded this in my email and had to share it. Apparently Craig Campbell who works at the Hamilton News thinks the IBL is a 2nd rate league (Craig note the spelling, a shame that you get paid to write and don't use a spell check)
----- Original Message -----
From: Campbell, Craig (Brabant)
To: media@theibl.ca ; media@theibl.ca
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: IBL Release #8
No legitimate news organization cares about this second-rate leage or its useless press releases. I always deleted them when I got them, and asked to be removed, but I've continued to get them for years for no reason.
Let's get rid of the league and unused press releases.
Craig,
My question to you is have you ever been to an IBL game before you passed this harsh judgment?
People still enjoy this league very much so, i've been going for almost 24 years now and im 43.
Isn't a reporters job to report on news? Is the league not news worthy to you and the Hamilton News? There is a team right in your backyard with some decent coverage might be able to draw more fans and in turn put a better product on the field . Close minded reporters like yourself make it impossible for teams to stay afloat.
Twins and Royals from Tuesday night
Let me start this off with a couple of things, I wasn't at the ball park last night so I don't have the first hand account of this.
From the couple of emails I got last night apparently the umpires took the field late then didn't remove their hats and talked throughout the entire national anthem. Talk about a lack of respect for the game, and their country.
I don't know quite what to say about this other than im pretty sure they are only ones getting paid to be at the park and that's a total lack of respect on their part. (Not counting players that might get mileage etc)
The Royals won the game 5-0 with Mark Allen smashing two homers on the night. I wonder if he's in Hinton's dog house now cause he denied him the chance to break the record in both at bats.
I guess that means he'll be back next season to break it.
With the lost the Twins finish 6th and will play Barrie starting Thursday night while London will play Kitchener which might start Thursday as well
Game two of the Baycats / Twins might not be untill Sunday or Monday as the Baycats made a formal request to have Friday and Saturday off for pitcher Brad Bissell's wedding in April.
The Royals and Hamilton are playing the waiting game pending the outcome of this evening's game in Brantford .
If the Sox win they claim first and Toronto get 2nd place. If the Baycats win there's a one game playoff between Toronto and Brantford most likely Friday night to determine first place. The loser would get Guelph
Those series won't start till Sunday at earliest in that case as Toronto's normal home date is Sunday afternoon.
From the couple of emails I got last night apparently the umpires took the field late then didn't remove their hats and talked throughout the entire national anthem. Talk about a lack of respect for the game, and their country.
I don't know quite what to say about this other than im pretty sure they are only ones getting paid to be at the park and that's a total lack of respect on their part. (Not counting players that might get mileage etc)
The Royals won the game 5-0 with Mark Allen smashing two homers on the night. I wonder if he's in Hinton's dog house now cause he denied him the chance to break the record in both at bats.
I guess that means he'll be back next season to break it.
With the lost the Twins finish 6th and will play Barrie starting Thursday night while London will play Kitchener which might start Thursday as well
Game two of the Baycats / Twins might not be untill Sunday or Monday as the Baycats made a formal request to have Friday and Saturday off for pitcher Brad Bissell's wedding in April.
The Royals and Hamilton are playing the waiting game pending the outcome of this evening's game in Brantford .
If the Sox win they claim first and Toronto get 2nd place. If the Baycats win there's a one game playoff between Toronto and Brantford most likely Friday night to determine first place. The loser would get Guelph
Those series won't start till Sunday at earliest in that case as Toronto's normal home date is Sunday afternoon.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Good God its Goddy
Sorry for the pun , that Brantford fan's chant is still emblazoned into my brain.
Jason Gotwalt's two out walk off homer Monday night gave the Red Sox Nation the all important victory over the Leafs 3-2. Brantford with a victory over Barrie Wednesday night will clinch first place. The Leafs need to now hope for a Barrie victory to force a one game playoff to determine 1st place.
In Guelph tonight the Royals downed the Hamilton Thunderbirds 7-4 . Frankie Hare continued to tear the cover off the ball in July going deep once again for his 8th of the season and bumped his average up to a league leading .400 on the season.
Royals longtime DH and Manager Kevin Hinton tied Panthers' great Randy Curran for the league's all time RBI lead narrowly missing a two run homer in the 6th inning and settled for a sac fly.
Playoff Picture if things remain status quo (Guelph wins Tuesday and Brantford wins Wednesday)
#1 Brantford vs. #8 Hamilton
#2 Toronto vs. # 7 Guelph
#3 Barrie vs. #6 Mississauga
#4 Kitchener vs. #5 London
If Barrie Wins Wednesday a one game playoff between Toronto and Brantford in Brantford
Jason Gotwalt's two out walk off homer Monday night gave the Red Sox Nation the all important victory over the Leafs 3-2. Brantford with a victory over Barrie Wednesday night will clinch first place. The Leafs need to now hope for a Barrie victory to force a one game playoff to determine 1st place.
In Guelph tonight the Royals downed the Hamilton Thunderbirds 7-4 . Frankie Hare continued to tear the cover off the ball in July going deep once again for his 8th of the season and bumped his average up to a league leading .400 on the season.
Royals longtime DH and Manager Kevin Hinton tied Panthers' great Randy Curran for the league's all time RBI lead narrowly missing a two run homer in the 6th inning and settled for a sac fly.
Playoff Picture if things remain status quo (Guelph wins Tuesday and Brantford wins Wednesday)
#1 Brantford vs. #8 Hamilton
#2 Toronto vs. # 7 Guelph
#3 Barrie vs. #6 Mississauga
#4 Kitchener vs. #5 London
If Barrie Wins Wednesday a one game playoff between Toronto and Brantford in Brantford
Monday, July 19, 2010
Some clarification
To clear the air. I'm not looking to get rid of the Ottawa Franchise. I happen to really care about them, and hope they are back next season but lets be realistic here
108,000 to Ottawa City for Stadium Rental
75,000 (Ballpark number) Visiting Team Transportation and Accomodations
50,000-75,000 roughly for team costs (based on figures the Guelph Mercury published last year on the ownership of the Royals)
Total Costs (again a ballpark figure) $258,000 roughly
108,000 to Ottawa City for Stadium Rental
75,000 (Ballpark number) Visiting Team Transportation and Accomodations
50,000-75,000 roughly for team costs (based on figures the Guelph Mercury published last year on the ownership of the Royals)
Total Costs (again a ballpark figure) $258,000 roughly
Playoff Picture a little clearer
Well the weekend has come to an end.and so have the playoff dreams for the unofficially defunct Ottawa Fat Cats following Hamilton's victory in game one of their doubleheader against Brantford. Owners in the IBL must be breathing a collective sigh of relief as a playoff schedule against a team 4-6 hours away from the majority of the centers is not good for building excitement or for scheduling.
London and Mississauga might trade places in the final standings while Guelph with back to back losses on Friday (London 7-3) and Brantford (8-5) can't finish any higher than 7th.
Toronto can't finish any lower than 2nd place and Brantford still could finish first if they won both their remaining games.
The Leafs are in Brantford tonight and then the Baycats are in Wednesday night against the Sox as well.
Kitchener locked up 4th place on the weekend and halted their four game tailspin.
Hamilton punched their 8th place finish yesterday and play in Guelph this evening in what is a completely meaningless game so don't expect to see either teams going all at it this evening.
I got to give the Tbirds their props, they played their most consistent baseball during the 2nd half of the season and were rewarded for their play.
Playoff Tree
1st vs. 8th -Hamilton
2nd vs. 7th Guelph
3rd vs. 6th
4th - Kitchener vs. 5th
Time to Rip on the IBL for a bit
Ok for starters whom ever is doing the reporting on the IBL site a few points of reference
1) It's Kyle Langille not Kevin as you reported not once but twice in the past week
Kyle played in Guelph last season. Get your house in order or hire some one compiedent to handle the reporting
2) Absolutely no mention of the Milestones Sean Reilly of the Guelph Royals reached Saturday afternoon. For those of you fans that don't know Reilly hit home run # 76 which tied him for fifth all time in the IBL record books. That homer also put him into third all time in Runs batted In ahead of former Majors great Arden Eddie at 384 .
The League is terrible at drawing attention to these things and pretty much leaves it up to the teams to do anything about it which is TOTAL BUSH LEAGUE. What message does this send to the players in the league? Sorry Sean we don't really care that you are moving up the ranks
Also on this note Kevin Hinton is one Run Batted In behind Randy Curran for the all time league lead and AGAIN NOT A MENTION ANY WHERE ON THE SITE!!!!!!
3) The Website going down twice in the past month ?? The site was hosted in TEXAS? hello last time we were in CANADA what's wrong with a Canadian Hosting Company
Seriously Joe , I know you know jack shit about baseball and this made the league look TERRIBLE. Resign as commish already and fire the promotions and media person while at it. YOU ALL MAKE THE LEAGUE LOOK LIKE A JOKE
London and Mississauga might trade places in the final standings while Guelph with back to back losses on Friday (London 7-3) and Brantford (8-5) can't finish any higher than 7th.
Toronto can't finish any lower than 2nd place and Brantford still could finish first if they won both their remaining games.
The Leafs are in Brantford tonight and then the Baycats are in Wednesday night against the Sox as well.
Kitchener locked up 4th place on the weekend and halted their four game tailspin.
Hamilton punched their 8th place finish yesterday and play in Guelph this evening in what is a completely meaningless game so don't expect to see either teams going all at it this evening.
I got to give the Tbirds their props, they played their most consistent baseball during the 2nd half of the season and were rewarded for their play.
Playoff Tree
1st vs. 8th -Hamilton
2nd vs. 7th Guelph
3rd vs. 6th
4th - Kitchener vs. 5th
Time to Rip on the IBL for a bit
Ok for starters whom ever is doing the reporting on the IBL site a few points of reference
1) It's Kyle Langille not Kevin as you reported not once but twice in the past week
Kyle played in Guelph last season. Get your house in order or hire some one compiedent to handle the reporting
2) Absolutely no mention of the Milestones Sean Reilly of the Guelph Royals reached Saturday afternoon. For those of you fans that don't know Reilly hit home run # 76 which tied him for fifth all time in the IBL record books. That homer also put him into third all time in Runs batted In ahead of former Majors great Arden Eddie at 384 .
The League is terrible at drawing attention to these things and pretty much leaves it up to the teams to do anything about it which is TOTAL BUSH LEAGUE. What message does this send to the players in the league? Sorry Sean we don't really care that you are moving up the ranks
Also on this note Kevin Hinton is one Run Batted In behind Randy Curran for the all time league lead and AGAIN NOT A MENTION ANY WHERE ON THE SITE!!!!!!
3) The Website going down twice in the past month ?? The site was hosted in TEXAS? hello last time we were in CANADA what's wrong with a Canadian Hosting Company
Seriously Joe , I know you know jack shit about baseball and this made the league look TERRIBLE. Resign as commish already and fire the promotions and media person while at it. YOU ALL MAKE THE LEAGUE LOOK LIKE A JOKE
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