Yankee151
Hot Girl Summer
Istanbul Ottomans Baseball Klub
"Bottom of the 9th here in Istanbul's Fatih Halic Stadium, Game 7 of the WBL Shampionship Series. The North League Champion Ottomans are still searching for their first WBL title since the merger, after falling short on home soil last year to Australia. The stadium is silent in awe as the Ottomans could be watching yet another title slip away from their grasp.
The big German, Benjamin Pakula, stands on the mound menacingly. He's saved 92% of his games this year, while the Australian 1B, Phil Thomas stands at the plate, with 2B Zounes Mutahi and CF Roger Kelley on 2nd and 3rd. False Bay lead by one here, with two outs. We can sense the nerves eminating from that Istanbul dugout right now, not the least of which coming from manager Yankee Cane. Here comes the pitch from Pakula. Fastball, and that's strike one. Crowd becoming very anxious. Second pitch coming, it's a slider, but away for a ball. Third pitch in, another slider, this time it's hit well! Going back deep, deep, oh no, it's just past the foul post! That looked to be a game winning home-run, and you can almost feel the heartbreak amongst the Istanbul supporters, to say nothing of Thomas himself.
Pitch four coming in, a fastball that Thomas takes for a ball. 2-2 here now. Pakula winds back, a slider comes in, whips past Thomas who swings and MISSES! False Bay are World Shampions and more heartbreak for Istanbul a second year in a row!"
""Damn it Thomas." I thought yet again. Bringing him back in a trade brought back these memories. It's why I resigned from coaching. The press conference, the pressure from the fans, it was too much to handle. I knew it was a sinking ship, this club. You can only maintain success for so long if you don't build it right, is what I always said. Turns out I was correct. Heck, I'm still not 100% sure why I took this job again, but Mrs. Computarius made me an offer I couldn't refuse. The other manager wasn't working out and I took advantage of that.
Expectations are always high here. What happened in 2033 and 34 were nearly seen as national tragedies. Ask anyone 20 years prior if Baseball would ever be that big here in Turkey, let alone around the world, and they would call you crazy. Now I'm stuck in a coaching job that has the fans calling for my head. Guess it's a good thing I'm persuasive enough to inform them of my long term plan. I don't know how long exactly I have. The North League is a lot tougher than it was 7 years ago. We would probably already be competitive in the South.
But with the right drafting, spending, and managing, perhaps I will be able to finally exorcise the demons of World Shampionships past."
(This story-based dynasty/report inspired by and dedicated to dawg_gone, may he one day come back to the WBL and do 5x a better job than I am)
"Bottom of the 9th here in Istanbul's Fatih Halic Stadium, Game 7 of the WBL Shampionship Series. The North League Champion Ottomans are still searching for their first WBL title since the merger, after falling short on home soil last year to Australia. The stadium is silent in awe as the Ottomans could be watching yet another title slip away from their grasp.
The big German, Benjamin Pakula, stands on the mound menacingly. He's saved 92% of his games this year, while the Australian 1B, Phil Thomas stands at the plate, with 2B Zounes Mutahi and CF Roger Kelley on 2nd and 3rd. False Bay lead by one here, with two outs. We can sense the nerves eminating from that Istanbul dugout right now, not the least of which coming from manager Yankee Cane. Here comes the pitch from Pakula. Fastball, and that's strike one. Crowd becoming very anxious. Second pitch coming, it's a slider, but away for a ball. Third pitch in, another slider, this time it's hit well! Going back deep, deep, oh no, it's just past the foul post! That looked to be a game winning home-run, and you can almost feel the heartbreak amongst the Istanbul supporters, to say nothing of Thomas himself.
Pitch four coming in, a fastball that Thomas takes for a ball. 2-2 here now. Pakula winds back, a slider comes in, whips past Thomas who swings and MISSES! False Bay are World Shampions and more heartbreak for Istanbul a second year in a row!"
""Damn it Thomas." I thought yet again. Bringing him back in a trade brought back these memories. It's why I resigned from coaching. The press conference, the pressure from the fans, it was too much to handle. I knew it was a sinking ship, this club. You can only maintain success for so long if you don't build it right, is what I always said. Turns out I was correct. Heck, I'm still not 100% sure why I took this job again, but Mrs. Computarius made me an offer I couldn't refuse. The other manager wasn't working out and I took advantage of that.
Expectations are always high here. What happened in 2033 and 34 were nearly seen as national tragedies. Ask anyone 20 years prior if Baseball would ever be that big here in Turkey, let alone around the world, and they would call you crazy. Now I'm stuck in a coaching job that has the fans calling for my head. Guess it's a good thing I'm persuasive enough to inform them of my long term plan. I don't know how long exactly I have. The North League is a lot tougher than it was 7 years ago. We would probably already be competitive in the South.
But with the right drafting, spending, and managing, perhaps I will be able to finally exorcise the demons of World Shampionships past."
(This story-based dynasty/report inspired by and dedicated to dawg_gone, may he one day come back to the WBL and do 5x a better job than I am)