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I Doug Brunet was born in Montreal on September 16th, 1961. I love my city and hope I never have to leave. I’ve been working in the printing industry since I was 23. I have a daughter, 29 who gave me a grandson last year in September, and a son, 27. Both have turned out to be decent human beings, as far as I know, and I’m proud of them. I like sports of all kinds, and have played quite a few such as hockey, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, basketball, curling (don’t laugh, J.D. played too), and a few others. I never got good at any of them, but loved it nonetheless. I’ve played Strat-o-matic baseball since I was 11. The ad on the back of a comic book caught my attention, and here I am 42 years later. I’m dabbling with writing. It’s something that I should devote more time to. I joined CBA in 2009 when the league expanded from 20 to 24 teams. This afforded me the chance to build a franchise from its' beginning, which was exactly how I wanted to get back in the game. It didn't take me long to discover how fortunate I was to be invited to play in this league. In only 5 years, I have twice been the winner of my division and made it to the conference final both times. I'm a pitching and defense first kind of manager, and my teams reflect that. It's difficult to sort through all the seasons to find high points, but two no-hitters come to mind readily. As well as managing a team, I am also involved in some of the administrative aspects of league functions and dabble around with some of the graphics on behalf of CBA. Though it can amount to many hours of devoted time, it is for the most part a labour of love.
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	RECORD			RUNS			BAT AVG		HOME RUNS
Team	WON	LST	PCT	TEAM	OPP	DIFF	TEAM	OPP	TEAM	OPP
MCD 2009	56	106	.346	633	893	-260	.247	.287	122	178
MCD 2010	91	71	.562	767	722	45	.268	.264	153	146
MCD 2011	52	110	.321	510	761	-251	.237	.269	93	133
MCD 2012	96	66	.593	702	561	141	.261	.233	135	134
MCD 2013	93	69	.574	624	511	113	.246	.229	143	127
MCD 2014	88	75	.540	617	581	36	.233	.233	164	134
MCD 2015	99	63	.611	635	497	138	.248	.230	149	119
MCD 2016	83	79	.512	628	575	53	.237	.236	182	139
MCD 2017	87	75	.537	730	672	58	.246	.240	232	179
MCD 2018	75	87	.463	782	765	17	.244	.259	221	194
MCD 2019	77	85	.475	644	619	25	.239	.232	167	181
MCD 2020	102	60	.630	747	556	191	.256	.218	218	187
MCD 2021	95	67	.586	821	705	116	.258	.227	202	216
MCD 2022	95	67	.586	722	621	101	.251	.221	198	173
MCD 2023	81	81	.500	680	670	10	.236	.231	144	185
MCD 2024	114	48	.704	795	556	239	.275	.211	183	189
Totals	1384	1209	.534	11037	10265	772	.249	.239	2706	2614

View from the Crows' Nest

Jones, Smolinski Added to Post-Season Roster

Montreal- After missing out on a post-season appearance a year ago by a loss to the Maine Express, now the Pompton Pythons, in a game 163, the Montreal Crows are back in the CBA championship dance. Of course, we all knew this officially a couple of weeks ago when they clinched the Dawson division. But, a top seeding in the Staub conference was unexpected. The door to that opened when San Diego dropped the last three of a four game set against Joliet while the Crows were continuing the torrid pace that began in June. Montreal and San Diego both finished with 99 wins. And, as they split the twelve games they faced each other, it came down to who scored more runs in those twelve games. The Crows edged out the Surf 43-38, and top seeding was capped off last night in Towaco with a 5-3 Crows win over the Wolf Pack.

And so, with the season over and the view of the post-season in full focus, manager Robert Brunet must announce the 25 men who will undertake a run at a championship. Though there has been some time to consider who will be representing the Crows in this challenge, some last minute considerations have produced a few surprises.

The pitching staff finished atop the CBA ledger with a stellar 2.78 ERA, but many of the arms that contributed to that mark must content themselves as biased spectators. The Brunets have settled on a 10 man staff to make room for some extra bats in an attempt to produce more runs. Although 635 runs is an all time high for Montreal, they sit far behind the numbers that the other nine play-off teams put up. The Ottawa Otters scored 874 times this season. That's 239 more than the Crows. All the rest scored over 700. So, the Crows will have to bring their league leading pitching and league best defense to each and every game. If they're to have a chance, they'll need a few more runs considering that most of these run scoring mammoths also finished in the top 8 in pitching.

"You can expect everyone to be shortening up on the pitching," said Crows manager Robert Brunet. "Guys will go on short rest. Bullpen horses will be ridden. We've got to keep pace with that. I'd like to keep more arms, but we need more options on offense, because we'll be going up against the best pitching in the league, make no mistake."

Brunet went on to name his ten pitchers, led by the starters. Jordan Zimmermann and Dallas Keuchel, the most consistent all season, will likely go 1-2. Veterans James Shields and Jered Weaver got off to horrid starts this season, but have been exceptional since the end of May and will be starting in the post-season. These four, according to the plan, are expected to comprise a 4 man rotation that will require short rest starts if series go long. Tom Koehler, who had a fine season in his own right, is not ruled out entirely, but will be preparing to come out of the bullpen.

"I'm good with it," said Koehler when asked if he saw this as a kind of demotion. "Coach sat me down and pretty much said he's counting on my versatility to stay sharp for any situation. I'll do whatever he needs me to do."

Koehler proved very effective in a swing roll a season ago, and that helped in the decision to go in this direction. Another helpful happening was the mid-season addition of Mike Fiers, who has been nothing less than outstanding and is capable of throwing multiple innings when called upon. Zach Putnam and Marc Rzepczynski will remain as specialists that will hopefully lead to the shut down tandem of David Robertson and closer Mark Melancon. Going with ten pitchers means the Crows will have to do without contributions from the likes of Antonio Bastardo, Matt Thornton, Neil Ramirez, Will Smith, and Roman Mendez, after having seasons all worthy of an appearance in the post-season.

That leaves fifteen spots for position players. The unexpected additions include Garrett Jones and Jake Smolinski. The former spent most of the season on the disabled list, and only joined the team in September. Though he's still not 100 percent, his left-handed bat can figure in the mix and become an option as a designated hitter should Montreal manage to go far enough that one is needed. Smolinski is held over for pinch-hitting duties. He only amassed 76 at bats in short stints this season, but hit .329 with 7 doubles and 5 homeruns. Erik Kratz stays in, giving Brunet 3 capable catchers. That means more options in the late innings to go along with all the movable parts in the Crows defensive posture.

Robert Brunet and his Crows must now wait to see who comes out of the clash between Joliet and Essex in the Staub wild card series. Up until the final days of the season, the odds makers were sizing up a match up with Towaco. However, the Wolf Pack have hotel reservations booked in San Diego, where they will begin a conference semi-final series against the Surf.

While the Jackhammers and Escapees have a tilt, the Clemente wild card series will see the Brooklyn Superbas and the Ottawa Otters go at it. This, too, was something unforeseen. For much of the season, the Otters presented themselves in the guise of some elusive thing, a will-o'-the-wisp. But, as the wispy withered, the Phantastics were, well, fantastic. Philly charged to the top of the Clemente overall standings, knocking Ottawa into a wild card and holding up Brooklyn's intentions on the Parker title. Philly will watch for the winner of this series that they have so gracefully arranged. The Newton Bombs have the honour of receiving the defending Champion Ohio Outlawz.

It promises to be an interesting post-season, with some new faces and some familiar ones. Nothing can be taken for granted.

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