DECEMBER 13, 2019 I’m Casey Neal. You might already know my story. Or, you might at least know the particulars that are visible to the standard net search, or run on the mind-numbing television churn. There’s more to it than that, though … That’s how my first book started. You might a read it. Or […]
Trade Restrictions Released! Inter-League Trading is a “Go” November 18, 2019: PEBA Headquarters – In simultaneous news releases, league officials of both the PEBA and LRS officially removed all previous restrictions on inter-league trading today. Those constraints were made in the aftermath of the Slimeball Attack that touched upon both leagues and has led to […]
Oct 30, 2019: Toyama – Akira Watanabe came to the Lupin organization as their first draft pick in 2013, the third selection overall. The team was five years out from its last appearance in the post season—a streak that would run to ten straight years with last year’s 5th place finish. This evening at […]
October 21, 2019: Toyama – Last year at playoff time, the Lupin front office hosted a “Crash the Castle” night, which was a fan appreciation event geared to grabbing attention. The Cliff Hangers had finished the season 66-78, 22 games behind the pack, fifth place in the group. A good time was had by all, […]
The first two games of the season, Kuniyoshi Kato registered one hit in eight official at bats, good for a paltry .125 average. LRS pitchers can be forgiven for wishing the Cliff Hanger right fielder had just called it a season right there. He cracked two hits the next game, hasn’t cooled down since, and […]
September 8, 2019 — While Lupin’s ballplayers prepare to complete a home series with Kuwana, and Naha’s try to focus on Edo, fans of the teams are engrossed with only the big Cliff Hanger vs. Shisa match-up scheduled to being this Monday evening and run for three days. Emotions are running high in both fan […]
August 25, 2019: Shimin Byoinmae – When the Lupin Cliff Hanger’s second round draft pick Toyozo Fukuda complained of fatigue in his arm, the team immediately shut him down for a two-week rest. The righthander has been on the Cagliostro Thieves roster (the team’s Ruukii Kyuugi entry) since June, and had registered only 2.2 innings […]
August 25, 2019, Toyama — Team insiders say that Lupin general manager Ron Collins has reached out to the agents of shortstop Shiro Adachi and relief pitcher Tadao Harada in hopes of keeping them happy for the foreseeable future. Adachi continues to be a strange case, a local hero who rarely seems to move the needle […]
August 18, 2019: Toyoma — After suffering a twisted ankle that resulted in a six-week stint on the Disabled List, Cliff Hanger third baseman Dan Stewart is ready to return. One would think this would be heralded as good news–and it is. Stewart was performing well with the bat (7 HR, 33 RBI, .272/.351/.444) and […]
August 18, 2019: Toyama — Earlier this season the Lupin faithful were torn and amazed at the results of the team’s Rule 5 draft behavior. The team’s new GM dug deep into the draft and pulled out four names. Four. Four players that would now need to spend the entire year on the Cliff Hanger’s […]