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Clark Returns to Roots for 09' Season, But for How Long?

Bud Clark has settled into many different places over the past few years, effectively ending his wiffle ball career each time. However, Sunday afternoon at Brown Stadium, Clark found himself once again settling into an old familiar stomping ground: the pitchers mound, as he pitched several innings of a split-squad preseason game. Last year Clark moved from Las Vegas to Traverse City, Michigan, but recently moved back to the Bay City area. Clark was rusty, allowing eight runs in three full innings of work (both halves), but had a better day at the plate hitting three homeruns and driving in four runs.

The hope this year is that the league will see an increase in the number of games played. The return of Clark and an enthusiastic preseason were steps in the right direction, but the league has been here before only to see mid and late season participation drop off.

“We’re going to try hard to accommodate schedules. We saw what it was like last year not playing and it wasn’t a good feeling,” said MLY Commissioner Andy Taylor.

Last year the league played a total of three games, including Opening Day. Last year marked the first time an MLYCS was not completed since 1998 and no Wheeling Series was held since the series began in 2000. The league is hoping to bring in new talent from the ranks of Mott Community College to cover in times when one of several players cannot play. “It’s down to relying on one guy showing up to play. It’s better have more options than that,” said Shawn Brown, Mott CC’s men’s baseball coach.

Discussions are still ongoing within the MLY commission about Opening Day’s location—traditionally held at Bradley Park, which is now closed. The park may be reopened for Opening Day, which will also serve at the farewell game that was not held at the park last year. After Opening Day, all games will be scheduled for Brown Stadium, which was recently updated with improved night lighting. Opening Day is tentative set for the first week of June, a full two months later than previous years.

Hoed Out List

1. Mike Jones

Could not play, had to continue 28-day Wendy's eating streak

2. Benny

Declined free steak.

Mike Jones doubles past Shawn Brown Saturday at Brown Stadium.

Led by Late Inning Charge, Taylor Trumps Clark in Close Game

Andy Taylor settled in nicely Saturday afternoon at Brown Stadium after some early hiccups as his team of Phil Bradley, Shawn Brown and Monu Wickham edged past Bud Clark, Mike Jones and Jake “Vic” Colfari by the score of 3-2. Team Clark started the scoring off with a two-run homerun by Mike Jones in the top of the second inning. The score would remain 2-0 until the bottom of the fourth when Monu Wickham hit a two-run shot of his own to tie the game at 2-2. Later in the bottom of the fifth, Phil Bradley’s solo homerun would put his team ahead for good as Taylor continued to cruise, closing out the sixth inning.

MLY Game #2, May 26, 2008 @ Bradley Park

Team Taylor: Andy Taylor, Bud Clark, Monu Wickham, Phil Bradley

Team Brown: Mike Jones, Jake Bigelow, Shawn Brown

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Taylor 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 8 0

Brown 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 6 8 0

WP: Mike Jones (1-0)

LP: Bud Clark (0-1)

T: 1:25

Temp: 80

HR: P. Bradley (1,2), M. Jones (1), J. Bigelow (1, 2), S. Brown (1)

Game Stats:

Team Taylor:

Batting

Andy Taylor: 7 AB, 2 H, 3 RBI, 1 K

Bud Clark: 6 AB, 1 H, 4 K

Monu Wickham: 4 AB, 1 H, 2 BB, 2 K

Phil Bradley: 6 AB, 4 H, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K

Pitching

Andy Taylor: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 HR, 0 BB, 3 K

Monu Wickham: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 1 K

Bud Clark (L): 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 2 K

Errors: None

Team Brown:

Batting

Mike Jones: 7 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K

Jake Bigelow: 8 AB, 4 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 K

Shawn Brown: 7 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K

Pitching

Mike Jones (W): 7 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 2 HR, 2 BB, 8 K

Errors: None

MLY Opening Day, May 26, 2008 @ Bradley Park

Team Brown: Mike Jones, Jake Bigelow, Shawn Brown

Team Taylor: Andy Taylor, Bud Clark, Monu Wickham, Phil Bradley

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Brown 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0

Taylor 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 6 0

WP: Andy Taylor (1-0)

LP: Shawn Brown (0-1)

T: 1:17

Temp: 81

HR: A. Taylor (1,2), B. Clark (1)

Game Stats:

Team Brown:

Batting

Mike Jones: 10 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI, 6 K

Jake Bigelow: 7 AB, 3 BB, 4 K

Shawn Brown: 9 AB, 2 H, 1 RBI, 5 K

Pitching

Shawn Brown (L): 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 HR, 1 BB, 10 K

Errors: None

Team Taylor:

Batting

Andy Taylor: 7 AB, 2 H, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 K

Bud Clark: 6 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K

Monu Wickham: 6 AB, 1 H, 3 K

Phil Bradley: 6 AB, 1 H, 2 K

Pitching

Bud Clark: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 10 K

Andy Taylor (W): 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 5 K

Errors: None

MLY @ MVWL 2007 Series (MVWL Wins Series 4-1)

Saturday, July 28, 2007 @ Clator Field, Wheeling, WV

Game 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MVWL 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0

MLY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

Brown (LP): 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 7 K

Jones: 3-4, K

Taylor: 1-4, K

Bradley: 0-3, BB, 2 K

Brown: 1-3, 2 K

Game 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MVWL 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 5 0

MLY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

Jones (LP): 1/2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 4 BB, 0 K

Taylor: 4 1/2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 BB, 4 K

Jones: 4-4

Brown: 0-4

Taylor: 0-2, BB

Bradley: 0-3

Monu: 0-3, 2 K

Game 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MVWL 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 0

MLY 0 3 1 1 0 X 5 7 0

Brown (WP): 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 HR, 0 BB, 7 K

Jones: 4-4, HR (1), RBI (1), BB

Brown: 1-5, HR (1), 2 RBI (2,3), K

Taylor: 2-5, HR (2), 2 RBI (2,3), K

Monu: 0-4, 4 K

Game 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MLY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1

MVWL 0 4 0 4 1 X 9 9 0

Taylor (LP): 5 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 5 HR, 4 BB, 4 K

Jones: 1-3, BB

Bradley: 0-4, K

Brown: 1-4, RBI (1)

Taylor: 1-2, 2 BB, K

Monu: 0-2, BB, K

Game 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MLY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0

MVWL 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 2 0

Brown (LP) 5IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 0 BB, 6 K

Jones: 0-3, BB

Bradley: 0-4, 3 K

Brown: 0-3, K

Taylor: 2-3, HR (1), RBI (1), K

Monu: 1-2, BB

Series Statistics:

Mike Jones: 18 AB, 12 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 K, .667 AVG

Andy Taylor: 16 AB, 6 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K, .375 AVG

Shawn Brown: 19 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 4 K, .158 AVG

Monu Wickham: 11 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 7 K, .091 AVG

Phil Bradley: 14 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 6 K, .000 AVG

MLY Game #11, July 22, 2007 @ Brown Stadium

Team Clark: Mike Jones, Bud Clark, Monu Wickham

Team A-Tay: Andy Taylor, Phil Bradley, Shawn Brown

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Clark 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 13 2

A-Tay 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 11 0

WP: Andy Taylor (1-5)

LP: Monu Wickham (0-2)

T: 1:11

Temp: 81

HR: B. Clark (2), P. Bradley (2), S. Brown (1)

Game Stats:

Team Clark:

Batting

Mike Jones: 11 AB, 5 H, RBI, BB, 4 K

Bud Clark: 11 AB, 5 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, 4 K

Monu Wickham: 11 AB, 3 H, 3 K

Pitching

Bud Clark: 5 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 9 K

Mike Jones: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 1 K

Monu Wickham (L): 1/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 HR, 0 BB, 0 K

Team A-Tay:

Batting

Andy Taylor: 12 AB, 3 H, 3 K

Phil Bradley: 12 AB, 3 H, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 4 K

Shawn Brown: 12 AB, 5 H, HR, 3 RBI, 3 K

Pitching

Andy Taylor (W): 7 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 2 HR, 2 BB, 11 K

MLY Game #10, May 20, 2007 @ Brown Stadium

Team A-Tay: Mike Jones, Monu Wickham, Andy Taylor

Team Brown: Phil Bradley, Bud Clark, Shawn Brown

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Brown 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 9 0

A-Tay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

WP: Bud Clark (4-2)

LP: Mike Jones (3-2)

T: 1:16

Temp: 57

HR: B. Clark (1), P. Bradley (1), S. Brown (1)

Game Stats:

Team Brownstains:

Batting

Bud Clark: 10 AB, 4 H, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K

Phil Bradley: 8 AB, 2 H, HR, RBI, 2 BB, K

Shawn Brown: 9 AB, 3 H, HR, 2 RBI, BB, K

Pitching

Bud Clark (W): 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 10 K

Team Sad-sack:

Batting

Mike Jones: 6 AB, 0 H, BB, 3 K

Monu Wickham: 6 AB, 1 H, BB, 4 K

Andy Taylor: 7 AB, 1 H, 3 K

Pitching

Mike Jones (L): 4 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 HR, 4 BB, 3 K

Monu Wickham: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 K

MLY Game #9, May 20, 2007 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

A-Tay 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 6 0

Brown 0 0 2 2 1 X 5 9 0

WP: Shawn Brown (3-0)

LP: Andy Taylor (0-5)

T: 1:06

Temp: 52

HR: A. Taylor (2), M. Wickham (2), S. Brown (2), B. Clark (1)

Game Stats:

Team A-Tay:

Batting

Mike Jones: 9 AB, 1 H, 6 K

Monu Wickham: 7 AB, 3 H, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K

Andy Taylor: 8 AB, 2 H, 2 HR, 2 RBI

Pitching

Andy Taylor (L): 5 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 3 HR, 5 BB, 5 K

Team Brown:

Batting

Phil Bradley: 7 AB, 3 H, 3 BB, 1 K

Bud Clark: 6 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K, SAC

Shawn Brown: 9 AB, 5 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K

Pitching

Shawn Brown (W): 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 HR, 1 BB, 9 K

MLY Game #8, May 13, 2007 @ Bradley Park

Team Yellow: Shawn Brown, Monu Wickham, Andy Taylor

Team Black: Mike Jones, Bud Clark, Phil Bradley

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Yellow 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0

Black 1 0 2 0 0 X 3 7 0

WP: Bud Clark (3-2)

LP: Andy Taylor (0-4)

T: 0:53

Temp: 64

HR: S. Brown (12), M. Wickham (3)

Game Stats:

Team Yellow:

Batting

Shawn Brown: 8 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K

Monu Wickham: 8 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 5 K

Andy Taylor: 7 AB, 3 H, 1 K

Pitching

Andy Taylor (L): 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 3 BB, 4 K

Team Black:

Batting

Mike Jones: 6 AB, 3 H, 2 BB, 1 K

Bud Clark: 4 AB, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K, 3 Sac

Phil Bradley: 8 AB, 3 H, 3 RBI, 2 K, 1 Sac

Pitching

Bud Clark (W): 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 0 BB, 7 K

MLY Game #7, May 13, 2007 @ Bradley Park

Team Clark: Budrick Clark, Andy Taylor, Monu Wickham

Team Brown: Mike Jones, Phil Bradley, Shawn Brown

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Clark 4 3 0 0 0 1 8 12 0

Brown 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 0

WP: Mike Jones (3-1)

LP: Monu Wickham (0-1)

T: 1:18

Temp: 66

HR: A. Taylor (9,10), M. Jones (5), M. Wickham (2)

Game Stats:

Team Clark-Duff:

Batting

Mike Jones: 11 AB, 6 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K

Bud Clark: 8 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 K

Andy Taylor: 10 AB, 5 H, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 K

Pitching

Mike Jones (W): 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 BB, 6 K

Team Brown:

Batting

Phil Bradley: 7 AB, 0 H, 2 BB, 1 K

Monu Wickham: 7 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 5 K

Shawn Brown: 7 AB, 3 H

Pitching

Monu Wickham (L): 6 IP, 12 H, 8 R, 3 HR, 3 BB, 5 K

MLY Game #6, May 6, 2007 @ Brown Stadium

Team Clark: Phil Bradley, Monu Wickham, Bud CLark

Team Brown: Mike Jones, Shawn Brown, Andy Taylor

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Clark 0 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 10 12 0

Brown 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 6 X 14 18 3

WP: Mike Jones (2-1)

LP: Bud Clark (2-2)

T: 1:56

Temp: 64

HR: Bradley (6,7), Monu (1), Clark (5,6,7), Jones (3,4), Brown (10,11), Taylor (6,7,8)

Game Stats:

Team Clark:

Batting

Phil Bradley: 13 AB, 7 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K

Monu Wickham: 15 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 5 K

Bud Clark: 14 AB, 4 H, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K

Pitching

Bud Clark (L): 7 IP, 17 H, 13 R, 6 HR, 2 BB, 10 K

Monu Wickham: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 1 K

Team Brown:

Batting

Mike Jones: 14 AB, 6 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K

Shawn Brown: 14 AB, 5 H, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 0 BB, 6 K

Andy Taylor: 12 AB, 7 H, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K

Pitching

Andy Taylor: 6 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 4 HR, 3 BB, 6 K

Mike Jones (W): 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 0 BB, 6 K

Errors: S. Brown (4), A. Taylor (3,4)

MLY Game #5, April 29, 2007 @ Brown Stadium

Team Clark: Phil Bradley, Bud Clark, Andy Taylor

Team Brown: Mike Jones, Monu Wickham, Shawn Brown

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Clark 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 8 14 1

Brown 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 2

WP: Bud Clark (2-1)

LP: Mike Jones (1-1)

T: 1:51

Temp: 74

HR: A. Taylor (4,5), P. Bradley (5), M. Jones (2), S. Brown (7,8,9)

Game Stats:

Team Clark:

Batting

Phil Bradley: 13 AB, 6 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

Bud Clark: 14 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI, 5 K

Andy Taylor: 14 AB, 5 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 K

Pitching

Bud Clark (W): 9 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 HR, 1 BB, 12 K

Errors: A. Taylor (2)

Team Brown:

Batting

Mike Jones: 12 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 5 K

Monu Wickham: 12 AB, 0 H, 5 K, (Sac Bunt)

Shawn Brown: 10 AB, 5 H, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K

Pitching

Mike Jones (L): 5 2/3 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 2 HR, 1 BB, 7 K

Shawn Brown: 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 3 K

Errors: S. Brown (2,3)

MLY Game #4, April 22, 2007 @ Brown Stadium

Team Clark: Budrick Clark, Andy Taylor, Monu Wickham

Team Brown: Mike Jones, Phil Bradley, Shawn Brown

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Brown 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 9 0

Clark 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 3

WP: Shawn Brown (2-0)

LP: Bud Clark (1-1)

T: 1:17

Temp: 78

HR: P. Bradley (4), B. Clark (4)

Game Stats:

Team Brown:

Batting

Mike Jones: 10 AB, 3 H, 5 K

Phil Bradley: 10 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 4 K

Shawn Brown: 10 AB, 4 H, 2 RBI, 4 K

Pitching

Shawn Brown (W): 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 7 K

Errors: B. Clark (1, 2), J. Taylor (1)

Team Clark:

Batting

Bud Clark: 9 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 4 K

Andy Taylor: 8 AB, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K

Monu Wickham: 8 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI, 2 K

Pitching

Bud Clark (L): 6 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 13 K

Errors: A. Taylor (1), B. Clark (3), M. Wickham (2)

MLY Game #3, April 22, 2007 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Clark 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 8 1

Brown 1 2 1 4 0 X 8 10 1

WP: Mike Jones (1-0)

LP: Andy Taylor (0-3)

T: 1:24

Temp: 81

HR: S. Brown (3,4,5,6), P. Bradley (3), M. Jones (1), B. Clark (3), A. Taylor (3)

Game Stats:

Team Clark:

Batting

Bud Clark: 9 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 2 RBi, 1 BB, 3 K

Andy Taylor: 10 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K

Monu Wickham: 9 AB, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 K

Pitching

Andy Taylor (L): 4 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 6 HR, 0 BB, 3 K

Monu Wickham: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 0 K

Errors: M. Wickham (1)

Team Brown:

Batting

Mike Jones: 9 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Phil Bradley: 8 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 2 RBi, 2 K

Shawn Brown: 9 AB, 4 H, 4 HR, 5 RBI, 1 K

Pitching

Mike Jones (W): 6 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 HR, 2 BB, 8 K

Errors: S. Brown (1)

MLY Game #2, April 15, 2007 @ Bradley Park

Team Clark: Jason Taylor, Bud Clark, Monu Wickham, Shawn Brown

Team Taylor: Andy Taylor, John West, Phil Bradley

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E

Clark 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 9 11 3

Taylor 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 9 0

WP: Bud Clark (1-0)

LP: Andy Taylor (0-2)

T: 1:38

Temp: 48

HR: S. Brown (1,2), B. Clark (1,2), J. Taylor (1), A. Taylor (1,2), P. Bradley (2)

Game Stats:

Team Clark:

Batting

Jason Taylor: 9 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 5 K

Bud Clark: 10 AB, 4 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 5 K

Monu Wickham: 9 AB, 2 H, 1 BB, 7 K

Shawn Brown: 6 AB, 4 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB

Pitching

Bud Clark (W): 8 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 3 HR, 0 BB, 18 K

Errors: B. Clark (1, 2), J. Taylor (1)

Team Taylor:

Batting

Andy Taylor: 12 AB, 2 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 5 K

John West: 12 AB, 2 H, 7 K

Phil Bradley: 12 AB, 5 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 6 K

Pitching

Andy Taylor (L): 8 IP, 11 H, 9 R, 5 HR, 4 BB, 17 K

MLY Opening Day, April 8, 2007 @ Bradley Park

Team Brown: Mike Jones, Shawn Brown, Monu Wickham

Team Taylor: Bud Clark, Phil Bradley, Andy Taylor

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Brown 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0

Taylor 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0

WP: Shawn Brown (1-0)

LP: Andy Taylor (0-1)

T: 1:14

Temp: 29

HR: P. Bradley (1)

Game Stats:

Team Brown:

Batting

Mike Jones: 8 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

Shawn Brown: 8 AB, 3 H, 2 RBI, 1 K

Monu Wickham: 7 AB, 1 H, 1 BB, 4 K

Pitching

Shawn Brown (W): 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 6 K

Team Taylor:

Batting

Bud Clark: 8 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI, 4 K

Phil Bradley: 8 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K

Andy Taylor: 7 AB, 1 H, 1 K, (SAC)

Pitching

Andy Taylor (L): 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 4 K

Bud Clark: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 2 K

More Than Stuffing Served Up in Turkey Day Game

There was no shortage of homeruns Thursday at Brown Stadium as Major League Yardball held its first annual Turkey Day Game. Andy Taylor, James “Perfect Game” Wickham and Clark played to an eight-eight tie with Shawn Brown, Phil Bradley and Mike Jones before an estimated crowd of 40,000 who turned out in droves to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. One fan commented, “Al Gore can eat an ass, global warming is awesome!”

The proceeds of the game went to benefit victims of previous MLY scams, schemes and gimmicks at Brown Stadium, including “Felons Drink Free Night” and “Bag-o-glass Night” in which all fans received a free bag of broken glass.

Since the game was not official each player had to pitch two innings and it was of no issue that the game ended tied. Andy Taylor led the charge at the plate hitting four homeruns and driving in seven runs. Shawn Brown was perfect in his two innings on the hill not allowing a runner to reach base while fanning four, while hitting three homeruns, all off Taylor, including a two run homerun with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, a homerun that Taylor called before the at-bat.

Big Blast at The Brown

Wickham Breaks Game Six Stalemate, Clinches Series With Dramatic Walk-off

James Wickham, more commonly known as Monu, has had a lot of demons to overcome since joining Major League Yardball in 1998. Wickham is regarded by most analysts as being one of league’s weaker hitters and in past seasons his role as pitcher was often reduced to someone who came in to sustain verticality when the game was beyond salvation. However, on a chilly 26 degree Sunday night in the MLY Championship Series, Wickham sent a loud and clear message to those who have doubted his abilities in years past.

With his team bound in a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning in game six and with one out, Wickham hit the first pitch he saw from opposing pitcher Mike Jones deep into the darkness beyond the Brown Stadium left field wall, instantly erasing the previously miserable 0-7 night he had at the plate. Wickham’s two-run walk off homerun was arguably his biggest hit of the year, but Wickham had several other timely homeruns throughout the series along with several impressive and pivotal defensive plays.

The Yellow Fighting Banana Slugs broke a scoreless tie to go up 1-0 on an Andy Taylor solo homerun into the frozen lake in the fourth inning. Behind Shawn Brown’s pitching, the single run looked as thought it may once again hold up. However, in the top of the sixth, Big Black’s Phil Bradley tied the game with a one out solo homerun that just cleared the 8 foot wall in left center. The Blacks, who cruised to an 8-3 win in game five, had the next two batters reach on a single and double to put runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out, but after a fine defensive snag on a line drive by Brown off the bat of Bradley, Brown got Jones to strike out and end the threat, which would turn out to be quite significant in the wake of Wickham’s homerun in the following half inning.

For the Yellows, it was a sweet moment to finally win the Jeff Young Trophy, a prize that many on the team felt was robbed from them in 2005.

“We had lots of problems last year starting on time and they (Big Blacks) hit us with some shady calls in a few big games. It just seemed like we didn’t get a fair shake last year in this thing. I think we knew we could win this last year, but it feels good to win it tonight,” said Yellow Manager Andy Taylor.

Shawn Brown was named as the 2006 MLYCS MVP, retaining the title won last year. Brown was undefeated in the CS allowing just four runs in 18 innings pitched, while tallying 35 strikeouts. In addition, Brown batted a monstrous .391 for his team.

This year’s MLYCS was the first to be played entirely at night under artificial lighting. Moreover, this year’s CS was the longest in league history, concluding almost seven full months after the 2006 season began.

More awards from the 06 CS will be announced in the coming days, along with more pictures and video.

Team Taylor: Andy Taylor, Phil Bradley, Bud Clark

Team Jones: Mike Jones, Shawn Brown, Monu Wickham

Game 1, August 20, 2006 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Taylor 4 1 5 2 X X 12 14 1

Jones 0 0 1 0 X X 1 3 1

WP: Taylor (1-0)

LP: Jones (0-1)

T: 0:51 (4 inning mercy)

Game Stats:

Team Taylor:

Batting

Phil Bradley: 9 AB, 5 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Bud Clark: 9 AB, 3 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI

Andy Taylor: 9 AB, 6 H, 2 HR, 7 RBI

Pitching

Andy Taylor (W): 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 3 BB, 8 K

Team Jones:

Batting

Mike Jones: 5 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

Shawn Brown: 6 AB, 0 H, 3 K

Monu Wickham: 4 AB, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 K

Pitching

Mike Jones (L): 2 2/3 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 3 HR, 0 BB, 0 K

Mongo: 1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 0 K

Game 2, August 20, 2006 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Jones 0 3 0 0 1 4 8 11 0

Taylor 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 7 0

WP: Brown (1-0)

LP: Bradley (0-1)

T: 1:11

Game Stats:

Team Jones:

Batting

Mike Jones: 10 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI, 2 K

Shawn Brown: 9 AB, 6 H, 2 RBI

Monu Wickham: 9 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 K

Pitching

Shawn Brown (W): 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 HR, 1 BB, 9 K

Team Taylor:

Batting

Phil Bradley: 9 AB, 3 H, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 K

Bud Clark: 8 AB, 1 H, 1 BB, 4 K

Andy Taylor: 9 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K

Pitching

Phil Bradley (L): 3 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 4 K

Bud Clark: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 1 K

Andy Taylor: 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 0 K

MLY v. MVWL Series

June 24-25, 2006 - Flint, Michigan

MVWL Batting Statistics

Marc Conaway - 39 AB, 12 Hits (.308 AVG), 4 HR, 8 RBI, 5 BB, 10 K

Mike McNeil - 44 AB, 12 Hits (.273 AVG), 6 HR, 7 RBI, 1 BB, 17 K

Ryan McNeil - 42 AB, 13 Hits (.310 AVG), 9 HR, 15 RBI, 3 BB, 8 K

Eric Belancic - 41 AB, 9 Hits (.220 AVG), 4 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 16 K

Todd Ullom - 26 AB, 9 Hits (.346 AVG), 4 HR, 8 RBI, 6 BB, 10 K

MVWL Pitching Statistics

Eric Belancic - 20 1/3 IP (1-2), 29 H, 15 R, 7 HR, 3 BB, 28 K

Mike McNeil - 18 IP (2-1), 29 H, 27 R, 12 HR, 5 BB, 29 K

Ryan McNeil - 3 2/3 IP (0-1), 8 H, 7 R, 3 HR, 1 BB, 6 K

MLY Batting Statistics

Shawn Brown - 42 AB, 19 H (.452 AVG), 10 HR, 22 RBI, 0 BB, 9 K

Mike Jones - 41 AB, 17 H (.415 AVG), 5 HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB, 13 K

Phil Bradley - 33 AB, 11 H (.333 AVG), 4 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 12 K

Monu Wickham - 39 AB, 7 H (.179 AVG), 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 18 K

Andy Taylor - 23 AB, 9 H (.391 AVG), 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 7 K

Bud Clark - 7 AB, 2 H (.286 AVG), 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 4 K

Brain Sharon - 5 AB, 2 H (.400 AVG), 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K

MLY Pitching Statistics

Andy Taylor - 17 IP (3-0), 21 H, 16 R, 9 HR, 11 BB, 23 K

Shawn Brown - 13 IP (0-1-1), 14 H, 10 R, 7 HR, 2 BB, 20 K

Mike Jones - 7 IP (0-2), 17 H, 16 R, 9 HR, 1 BB, 7 K

Bud Clark - 5 IP (1-0), 3 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 BB, 11 K

Game 1, June 24, 2006 @ Bradley Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MVWL 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 0

MLY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0

WP: Belancic (1-0)

LP: Brown (0-1)

Homeruns

MVWL: Conaway, R. McNeil

MLY: Jones

Game 2, June 24, 2006, @ Bradley Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MVWL 2 0 1 3 2 0 9 11 0

MLY 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 0

WP: M.McNeil (1-0)

LP: Jones (0-1)

Homeruns

MVWL: M.McNeil (2), R.McNeil (2), Belancic

MLY: Bradley (2)

Game 3, June 24, 2006 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MLY 1 2 0 1 1 3 8 10 1

MVWL 2 0 0 0 1 3 6 10 0

WP: Taylor (1-0)

LP: Belancic (1-1)

S: Brown (1)

Homeruns:

MLY: Brown (4)

MVWL: M.McNeil, R.McNeil

Game 4, June 24, 2006 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MLY 2 5 0 1 0 6 14 14 0

MVWL 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1

WP: Clark (1-0)

LP: M.McNeil (1-1)

Homeruns:

MLY: Jones (2), Brown (2), Clark

MVWL: Belancic, Ullom

Game 5, June 25, 2006 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MLY 0 4 0 1 1 0 6 15 0

MVWL 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 9 0

WP: Taylor (2-0)

LP: Belancic (1-2)

Homeruns:

MLY: Brown (4)

MVWL: M.McNeil, R.McNeil

Hangover: Monu Wickham (1)

Game 6, June 25, 2006 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MVWL 4 4 1 3 1 0 13 16 0

MLY 0 3 4 0 0 1 8 14 0

WP: M.McNeil (2-1)

LP: Jones (0-2)

Homeruns

MVWL: R.McNeil (2), M.McNeil (3), Ullom (2), Belancic, Conaway

MLY: Bradley (2), Jones, Brown, Monu

Game 7, June 25, 2006 @ Brown Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

MVWL 2 2 0 2 0 0 6 7 0

MLY 1 6 0 0 1 X 7 8 0

WP: Taylor (3-0)

LP: R.McNeil (0-1)

Homeruns

MVWL: Conaway (2), R. McNeil (2)

MLY: Brown (3)

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