Apalachin Attack 2020 Season - League Champions

K. Fields
2018-12-17T19:27:25-05:00
Baseball

For the 2020 season, the Apalachin Attack was assigned to the National Conference West Division of the Sigma Eta League. As with 2019, Apalachin was going to compete in a Bronze Level league. After last season’s struggles, I knew we needed to address our pitching staff. I signed a new starter, Larry Dierker, at the beginning of the season. He went 15-10 with a 2.98 ERA and 198 strikeouts, which made him one of the best in the league. Late in the season, I added Gaylord Perry to replace Randy Jones in the rotation. Perry’s contribution was certainly an upgrade over Jones: 5-2, 3.84 ERA, 40 K. Our offense continued to deliver the goods as we led the league in scoring. Thanks to our powerful hitting and an improved pitching staff, we easily made the playoffs with a record of 99-63.

In the division series, we defeated the Budget Gangsters three games to one. In the sub-league series, we played the #1 seeded Youngstown Penguins (105-57). We finished that series in five games, defeating the Penguins four games to one. Finally, we played the American Conference champions, the Vancouver Volcanos. We defeated them to win the Sigma Eta League Championship!

Active Roster (Initial)
SP Zack Wheeler, NYM, 2018
SP RP Roenis Elias, SEA, 2018
SP Randy Jones, SD, 1975
SP Herb Pennock, NYY, 1927
SP Vern Bickford, BSN, 1950
RP Joe A Berry, PHA, 1944
RP Archie Bradley, ARI, 2018
RP Doug Corbett, MIN, 1980
RP Jeremy Jeffress, MIL, 2018
RP Adam Kolarek, TB, 2018
CL Roberto Osuna, HOU, 2018
CL Sean Doolittle, WAS, 2018
C Wellington Castillo, CWS, 2018
C Jody Davis, CHC, 1984
1B Gil Hodges, BRO, 1950
1B Anthony Rizzo, CHC, 2018
2B Javier Baez, CHC, 2018
3B David Freese, STL, 2011
3B Ryan Zimmerman, WAS, 2009
SS Willy Adames, TB, 2018
LF Eddie Rosario, MIN, 2018
LF Giancarlo Stanton, NYY, 2018
CF Torii Hunter, MIN, 2007
RF Nicholas Castellanos, DET, 2018
RF Paul Waner, PIT, PEAK (1927)

Reserve Roster (Initial)
SP Charlie Robertson, CWS, 1922
RP James Pazos, SEA, 2018
SS Addison Russell, CHI, 2018
RF Nick Markakis, ATL, 2018

Acquisitions
SP Larry Dierker, HOU, 1969
Standard Pack
• RP D.J. Johnson, COL, 2018
• RP Jake Newberry, KC, 2018
• RP Brad Wieck, SD, 2018
• 1B Chris Davis, BAL, 2018
• 1B Mark Reynolds, WAS, 2018
• LF Derek Dietrich, MIA, 2018
SP Gaylord Perry, CLE, 1972