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Valdés Hit Streak Reaches 20 Games
Friday, July 14th , 2062
Nobody has been able to shut down New Orleans Voodoo third baseman Jorge Valdés in recent days. The Boston Patriots fared no better than the rest.
Today at The Voodoo Lounge, Valdés picked up 1 hit in 4 at-bats en route to a win, 5-2. It stretched his hitting string to 20 consecutive games.
Jorge Valdés grounded out in the 2nd, grounded out in the 4th, singled in the 6th and struck out in the 8th.
This season, Valdés has hit at a .293 clip with 31 RBIs, 7 home runs and 41 runs scored.
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BNN Top 100 Prospects List Updated
Thursday, July 13th , 2062
With the mid-season mark upon us, now is a great time to update the pre-season BNN Top 100 Prospect list with what we have learned to this point. This year, 20 year-old RHP Morie Wada of the Hollywood Shredders is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) RHP Morie Wada, 20, Hollywood Shredders
2) 2B Daniel Tidwell, 22, Toledo Stingers
3) RHP Jacob Wirt, 19, Boston Patriots
4) RHP Jorge Toledo, 21, Buffalo White Walkers
5) 3B José Sánchez, 19, Memphis Mockingbirds
6) CF Keith Bullock, 22, Buffalo White Walkers
7) RHP Anthony Wright, 19, Memphis Mockingbirds
8) 1B Manny Valdés, 17, Buffalo White Walkers
9) 2B Shinji Kokawa, 19, Buffalo White Walkers
10) RHP Vic Halliwell, 18, Toronto Thunder
You can view the full list in the Top Prospects Report from the reports menu. The Top Minor League Systems Report has been updated as well.
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Thompson Hurls No-Hitter
Wednesday, July 12th , 2062
The no-hitter is one of baseball's truly egalitarian achievements. It's done by the great and the not-so-great alike, and for nearly all of them it represents the pinnacle of a career. New Orleans Voodoo pitcher Alex Thompson had his moment at The Voodoo Lounge, holding the Boston Patriots hitless and beating them, 4-0.
"Everything was working for him," Patriots manager Brian Fahie said. "He had a lot of late movement that seemed to cause the guys trouble, especially from the fifth inning on. He was in command."
Thompson rung up 5 strikeouts, issued 3 walks and faced only 28 hitters in his historic outing. After the game, he spoke to BNN reporters in the New Orleans locker room.
"I really got nervous in the last inning," Thompson recalled. "I knew I had a chance at a no-hitter but it was hard to stay calm and concentrate. Thank goodness for my catcher. He told me he would do all the thinking and I could just concentrate on hitting his glove."
This season, Thompson has fanned 89 in 90 innings and collected a 8-1 record with a 1.80 ERA.
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