WEEKLY VIDEO

Our weekly feature, Baseball Videos! These are from YouTube or other sources and may have advertisements in them but they are usually worth it. Each week or so we will feature a different video. YouTube or other similar websites are the host for these video's and I assume the videos are not copyright protected if they are on the YouTube website. If a video is taken down it is done by YouTube. Enjoy!!

7-26-26 We move on to 1965. This All-Star game featured more legendary stars. Willie Mays, Juan Marichal, Joe Torre, Willie Stargell, Harmon Killebrew, and Bob Gibson were some of the featured stars. Take a few minutes and recall the glory of the times with the "1965 MLB All Star Game Highlight Film".

Click here to play this weeks video clip...

If you would like to replay an old video check out the Video Archive on the left side of the website.

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LEAGUE NOTES:

Here is the 2026 FBN League computer file. Download the file and install it on your computer. There are instructions for installing the file in the computer section on the left menu. If you find a problem with the file please let Bob Figella know about any issues. You must use this file for all league games.

Click here for the 2026 FBN computer file...

This is the only file that will be issued by the league unless we find a problem. Each member must do all their own transactions. Please do not move or trade players until the trade becomes effective. An example is if you make a trade that is effective the next block DO NOT MOVE THE PLAYERS UNTIL YOU HAVE PLAYED ALL GAMES IN THAT BLOCK. Moving players early is one major cause of problems. It can duplicate players or delete players. If you are creating a computer manager for the next block the same logic applies. Do not adjust your roster and create the computer manager until all your games are played for games involved before the trade become official. If you have a computer issue and need a new computer file during the season and do not have a file in your backups then email Bob Figella and he will supply the latest file with all transactions to that date but it will not include your stats.

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TEAM NOTES:

DEVIL DOODLES - 7-15

After losing the first game in a recent series vs. the Klub, Connecticut dropped to 7 games under .500 continuing their season long floundering. They were then losing by a run in the 9th inning of the next game when Bobby Witt Jr. blasted a solo HR to tie the game and the Blue Devils managed to win the game in extra innings. Since that game, Connecticut put together a 9 game winning streak getting the remaining 3 games from Klees, surprisingly sweeping 4 games from the Chiefs and winning the first two games against Southboro to move above .500 for the first time all season. During that winning streak, the Blue Devils scored 71 runs over the 9 games - averaging basically 8 runs/game. . . far and away better than the 3.9 runs/game they were averaging all year.

Bobby Witt Jr increased his batting average from under .270 up to .291 during the recent hot streak and leads the team with 61 Runs scored. Unfortunately, his power production still is lacking with only 8 HR's and 34 RBI in 100 games. Freddie Freeman continues to be solid batting .271 with 15 HR's and 62 RBI. Corey Seager is batting .288 and leads the team with 20 HR's. Off season acquisitions Lawrence Butler and Josh Smith have been the biggest disappointments batting .168 and .197 respectively with each having less than 30 RBI's. Miguel Andujar continues to lead the team with a .314 BA.

On the pitching side, rookie Hurston Waldrep has been sensational going 5-0 in 8 starts with a 0.66 ERA. Unfortunately, he has been limited with various injuries and hasn't been able to pitch as much as management would like. Drew Rasmussen and Merrill Kelly have been the most reliable starters with 3.41 and 3.10 ERA's respectively. Each have 7 wins. Closer Raisel Iglesias has gotten better as the season progressed. After 5 losses early in the year - he now has a 2.53 ERA going 8-5 with 19 saves. Biggest problem for the pitching staff is finding a reliable 5th starter. Andrew Heaney has struggled with a 6.37 ERA going 1-7 and Brandon Young is 1-4 6.95.

With the recent hot streak and improved play, the Blue Devils have put themselves in a more realistic position to battle for a Wild Card spot. Can they keep it up and stay above .500 as they head into play vs the AL? . . . .

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DEVIL DOODLES - 5-13

After starting the season 0-4 -getting swept by Manatee County, the Blue Devils have simply tread water over the next 52 games going 26-26 and now stand at 26-30. The team hasn't been under .500 at this point in a season since 2022 when they were 27-29. Management had thought the team would be a strong contender for at least a wild card spot if not the division but haven't seen any signs yet of being a contending team. If you can't at least get to .500 - hard to think playoffs.

The offense continues to be disappointing. Although the Team BA has improved from under .200 up to .233 - that certainly is nothing to be proud of. The Blue Devils are scoring just 3.8 runs/game. Bobby Witt Jr is struggling mightily with just a .251 BA with only 14 RBI in 56 games - on pace for about 40 RBI's for the year . . . pitiful. Freddie Freeman and Corey Seager have been solid but nothing special. Freeman is hitting .274 with 28 runs and 29 RBI while Seager is at .273 with 10 HR's and 32 RBI. Miguel Andujar leads the team with a .312 BA - the only player over .300. He's also chipped in 10 HR's and 20 RBI.

The pitching has hit some rough spots lately as the Team ERA has risen from 3.33 to 4.02 over the last couple blocks. Giving up 15 runs to California and 14 runs to Burlington certainly didn't help. 3 starting pitchers (Civale, Heaney, Young) have ERA's over 6.00 and are a combined 4-12. The other 3 main starters (Kelly, Holmes, Rasmussen) have been pretty good keeping the team in most games. They only have a combined record of 10-11 due to lack of run support. The bullpen has been the strong point so far this year with Phil Maton (3-3 1.07) and Raisel Iglesias (2.45 11 saves) leading the way.

Connecticut has two series left in Block 3 against Yorktown and Zanti as the team must continue to grind away trying to get back to .500.

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Older team articles can be found in the Team Article Archive on the left side menu.

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2026 INSIDE THE FLY BY NIGHT
Written by Ed Griffin
March 2026

Hey guys,
Here you go. Another exciting FBN season about to roll. I have two prohibitive favorites. We’ll see how they do. Good luck to everyone and have fun playing the lowly but frisky FIGHTING KOI!

Ed