Foxx became the second player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs, after Babe Ruth. Attaining that plateau at age 32 years 336 days, he held the record for youngest to reach 500 for sixty-eight years, until superseded by Alex Rodriguez in 2007. His three career Most Valuable Player awards are tied for second all-time
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| Bad Axe's Jimmie Foxx chatting with fellow 2017 Carr Hall of Fame Player of the Block, Pottersville's Rogers Hornsby |
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| Some of the best players in the league gather for a selfie - Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mickey Cochrane. That's 1860 home runs all together! |
Day 41 - Joy at the Pohdunkville Slophouse as the Pounders wallop Verona Ridge 8-3. Juan Marichal goes the distance and is now 4-4 for the year, and Harmon Killebrew and Josh Gibson each hit their 9th homers of the season. Pottersville tops Yukon 7-6, Hack Wilson homered and drove in three runs. Mar-a-Lago's Mickey Welch outdueld Vermont's Tim Keefe in a 8-5 Misogynist win. Bob Gibson limits Windy City to 1 run and 4 hits while striking out 10 as the Lumberjacks win 8-1. Aliquppa puts together 19 hits and 15 runs to trounce Backwoods 15-4. Willie Mays clubbed two homers and drove in 5. Pedro Martinez continues to impress since moving into Alquippa's starting rotation, he is now 4-1 on the year.
Day 42 - Yukon's Jack Chesbro remained undefeated as the Polar Bears pounded the Pounders 9-5. Pud Galvin outduels Greg Maddux in a 9-2 win for Vermont over Aliquippa. Al Simmons had 4 hits for the Socialists. Mar-a-Lago's Chief Bender throws a 5 hit shutout of Pottersville. Verona Ridge's Dave Winfield provided the power in a 5-3 win over Windy City. Classic game in Bad Axe as floppy elbowed Joe Morgan hit a walkoff single, 5-4 Lumberjacks win!
Day 43 - Windy City got the bats moving and walloped Verona Ridge 11-5. Pohdunkville's Lefty Grove is now 6-0 after leading the Pounders to an 8-5 win over Yukon. Super old-timer Addie Joss gives Mar-a-Lago their third win in a row, holding the Misers to just 1 run. Old Hoss Radbourn gets another win for the Socialists, 9-5 over Aliquippa. An epic in Bad Axe, the Bastards and the Lumberjacks battled evenly for 11 innings before Backwoods exploded for 3 runs in the top of the 12th. Jackie Robinson had 4 hits.
Day 44 - Lumberjacks swing the lumber to rack up 25 hits and 16 runs against Backwoods. Aliquippa used two Duke Snider homers to beat Vermont 5-1. Catfish Hunter blanks Mar-a-Lago on 5 hits. The Pounders beat the Polar Bears 9-3, with Satchel Paige keeping the Yukon batters off clear all day. Verona Ridge's Steve Carlton stops the Doobies, final is 7-2 Roadrunners.
Day 45 - Windy City's Bert Blyleven continued to roll and the Doobies come from behind to win 6-5 over the Pounders. The Big Unit, Randy Johnson, holds off the Socialists as the Bastards win 7-1. Two Dead-Ball Era players, Christy Mathewson and George Davis, put the Polar Bears over the Misogynists 5-4. Verona's Ron Santo gets 4 hits in a 6-3 win over Bad Axe. Aliquippa put 9 runs across the plate in the very first inning, and tops the Misers 9-3. Not Eppa Rixey's greatest start :-(
Day 46 - Catcher Carlton "Pudge" Fisk belts two homers to give Red Faber a win as the Doobies top the Pounders 8-5. Three Finger Brown shuts out Mar-a-Lago, 6-0 Yukon wins. Bob "Rapid Robert" Feller gets the 'W' in a 6-4 win for Pottersville over Aliquippa. Goose Gossage's dominance out of the bullpen gives Verona another win, 3-2 over Bad Axe. Mismatch of the day? The Backwoods Bastards dominate the Vermont Socialists 15-0. John Clarkson throws a shutout, and Wee Willie Keeper collects 3 hits and 4 RBIs.
Day 47 - Veromont's Babe Ruth hits his league leading 20th homer but it wasn't enough to stop Earl Averill (3 hits, including a walk off single) and the Backwoods Bastards, 8-7 Backwoods. Aliquippa gets a shutout from Grover Cleveland Alexander. High-kicking Juan Marichal slows down the Doobies and Pohdunkville wins 6-4. Roy Campanella hits two homers and Mar-a-lago tops Yukon 10-3. Jimmie Foxx hit 2 homers and Smokey Joe Williams went the distance for Bad Axe, winners over Verona Ridge by a score of 6-3.
Day 48 - Verona Ridge tops Windy City 7-4, Billy Williams slugged two homers for the Roadrunners. Backwoods wins their fourth in a row, 5-4 over Yukon, when Cy Young's wild pitch brought home Craig Biggio with the deciding run. Another fine outing from the Dazzling one, Dazzy Vance, leads to a 6-2 Bad Axe win over Pohdunkville. Aliquippa outslugs Mar-a-Lago 10-6, Mike Schmidt and Robin Yount each contributing two hits. George Brett's grand slam helped Pottersville to a 12-2 win over Vermont.
Day 49 - Good managing from Sparky Anderson, his call to do a squeeze play in the bottom of the 9th had Jimmy Collins bring home Cool Papa Bell, 4-3 Pounders walk off with the victory! Backwoods had 11 hits but could only bring home 2 runs against Yukon's Christy Mathewson, Polar Bears win 6-2. Windy City rocked Verona Ridge 13-5, Cal Ripken brought home 4 runs. Vermont's Joe Cronin hit 2 HRs in a 10-2 win over Pottersville. The biggest surprise in this hard-hitting league was a 12 inning battle that was tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the 12th. Aliquippa's Jim Bunning and Mar-a-Lago's Gaylord Perry each allowed 1 run through 11, but this one was decided by a Roy Campanella walk-off HR.
Day 50 - Backwood's Sandy Koufax goes to 5-1 after shutting down Yukon's heavy hitters in a 4-2 Bastard win. Pohdunkville's Don Drysdale dacked up 10 Ks and the Pounders took down the Lumberjacks 5-2. More late inning drama as Verona Ridge's Orlando Cepeda hits a two run walkoff home run against Windy City. Mar-a-Lago whomped Aliquippa 9-4, Willie Wells blasted his 10th homer of the year. Big Day for the Rajah, Rogers Hornsby gets 4 hits and 4 RBIs as Pottersville tops Vermont 11-5
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