Day 71-80: Here comes Aliquippa! Yukon maintains stranglehold in the National League!

Aliquippa goes 7-3 to take over first place in the American League.  Pohdunkville goes 7-3 as well, but still trails National League leader Yukon by 5 games.

Pottersville claims both Player of the Block awards (no home cooking here!), as the "Splendid Splinter", Ted Williams hit a robust .424 this set of games, with 5 HRs and 9 RBIs.  Bullet Joe Rogan is the hottest pitcher in the league, racking up two complete game victories while striking out 13 and only allowed 10 hits and 2 runs.  On the flip side, Backwoods 2B Craig Biggio is mired in a 2 for 29 slump (.069 average)

Bullet Joe Rogan in action

The beautiful swing of Teddy Ballgame!

"What did I get myself into?"
Tough times for Craig Biggio

 

 

 

 

 

Day 71:  Cool Papa Bell's homer in the 8th gave Rollie Fingers the win in Pohdunkville's 6-4 win over Verona Ridge.  Backwoods smashes Mar-a-Lago 10-4, Mule Suttles had a HR, 2 doubles, and 4 RBIs.  Good year for pitchers named Lefty as Lefty Gomez (now 5-1) is rivaling Lefty Grove (9-0) in win percentage.  Lefty's Polar Bears topped Bad Axe 6-1.  Pitchers Tom Glavine and Red Faber teamed up to lift Windy City over Pottersville 4-3.  In a case of role reversal, Aliquippa's Hoyt Wilhelm gets the start and Warren Spahn the save in a 2-0 victory over Vermont. 

 

Day 72:    Aliquippa wins their fourth in a row 6-3 over Veromont.  Mike Schmidt continues his hot streak with 2 hits and 2 RBIs.  Mar-a-Lago's Addie Joss tossed a two-hitter in a 4-2 win over Backwoods.  Whitey Ford picks up the win in relief as Windy City tops Pottersville 5-4.  Tony Gwynn's two run HR was the difference in a 3-2 Bad Axe victory over Yukon, and Smokey Joe Williams picked up his 9th win.  Nice outing by Stecve "Lefty" Carlton, 10 K's and 3 runs allowed, Verona Ridge over Pohdunkville 9-3.   

 

Day 73:  Verona's "Big Train", Walter Johnson, tossed a shutout against the Pounders.  Lansing's own John Smoltz racked up 11 K's as Windy City topped Pottersville 5-3.  Not to be outdone, Dazzy Vance of Bad Axe whiffed 11 Polar Bears, 6-5 win for Bad Axe despite Yukon rallying and scoring 4 in the top of the 9th.  Oscar Charleston hit HR #13 and John Clarkson did enough to lead Backwoods over Mar-a-Lago 6-2.  Vermont's big guns all slugged HRs (Babe Ruth, Eddie Mathews, and Johnny Mize) as they romped over Aliquippa 12-4.  All Socialists got at least one hit. 

 

Day 74:  Break up Windy City!  The Doobies win their 4th in a row, 7-3 over Vermont.  Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto had two hits and drove in 3 runs against Vermont's Pud Galvin.  Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas had a walk-off double for Pohdunkville against Bad Axe, despite controversial slugger Jimmie Foxx's 27th homer of the season.  Bullet Joe Rogan is magnificent for Pottersville, limiting the Bastards to just 1 run and 3 hits.  Big game for Miser slugger Hack Wilson, 4 hits and 4 RBIs.  Christy Mathewson gets his league-leading 11th win as Yukon nips Verona Ridge 3-2.  Control artist Greg Maddux of Aliquippa has another outstanding turn on the mound, holding Mar-a-Lago to 1 run for his own 11th win of the year, Beavers win 4-1.   

 

Day 75:  Windy City gets their fifth in a row, 8-4 over Vermont, Wade Boggs going 5 for 5.  Andre Dawson had two home runs, including the ultra-rare walkoff grand slam!  Nolan Ryan fanned 10 Socialists.  Gaylord Perry's constant doctoring of the ball paid off as he led Aliquippa over Mar-a-Lago 5-3.  Great game in the Yukon as the Roadrunners went into extra innings with the Polar Bears.  Verona put up two in the top of the 10th when Johnny Bench homered, and Goose Gossage gave up one run but held on to earn his 19th save.  Verona's Bill Terry was also 5 for 5 in that game.  Pohdunkville edged Bad Axe 8-7, the big blow being a Roberto Clemente grand slam.  Another close one as Backwoods nipped Pottersville 7-6, Hack Wilson's 2 homers were in vain. 

 

Day 76:   Bad Axe's Joe Morgan has a huge night (4 hits, 3 RBIs) and Smokey Joe Williams got his 10th win, this one ends Lumberjacks 5, Pounders 3.  Lefty Grove suffered his first loss of the season.  Tim Keefe pitched a gem for Vermont, shutting out Windy City while Johnny Mize and Eddie Mathews connected for home runs.  Bobby Doerr's grand slam put Aliquippa over Mar-a-Lago 8-4.  Cy Young had an award-winning outing, holding Verona Ridge to 2 runs as the Polar Bears prevailed 5-2.  Pottersville's George "Highpockets" Kelly belts a homer to put the Misers over the Bastards 6-5. 

 

Day 77:  Huge come-from-behind win for Aliquppa, they trailed Backwoods 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth when Richie Ashburn, Willie Mays, and Mike Schmidt strung together base hits to bring home two runs.   It's another win for the Big Train, Verona Ridge tops Bad Axe 3-2.  Tris Speaker had three base hits.  The Misers beat the Doobies 3-2, Yogi "Hey, Boo Boo" Berra is the hero with a 2 run dinger. Carl Hubbell of Yukon holds the Misogynists to just 1 run and Chuck Klein supplies enough offense for the win with a homer and 2 RBIs.  Pounders pound the Socialists as Arky Vaughn goes nuts (2 HRs, 4 RBIs). 

 

Day 78:  Donald Trump is sure to be hate-tweeting after Mar-a-Lago drops their sixth in a row.  Yukon scores the winning run in the 9th off of a Mickey Welch wild pitch, 2-1 Polar Bears.  Mickey Cochrane singled, doubled, and homered as the Lumberjacks topped the Roadrunners 8-6.  Backwoods beat the Beavers 3-2 when Jackie Robinson doubled, stole third, and came home on an errant throw from Backwoods backstop Gary Carter.   Sandy Koufax tossed a one-hitter in that game.  The Babe hit his 30th homer but the Pounders topped the Socialists 5-4.  Frank Thomas homered and drove in three runs.  Yogi Berra doubled in Ted Williams to give Pottersville the walk-off 4-3 win over Windy City. 

 

Day 79:  Pottersville wins 4-1 over Windy City, Bullet Joe Rogan gets the win and Zack Wheat drills a three run homer.  Bad Axe's Lou Boudreau, looking to avoid criticism from the shortstop-bullying Jimmie Foxx, hit a homer and Tony Gwynn hit a walk-off double, Bad Axe wins 9-8 over Verona Ridge in 11 innings.  Backwoods SS Trravis Jackson put up 4 hits in an 8-5 win over Aliquippa.  Mar-a-Lago gets back on track, Rube Marquard won his 10th as he blanked Yukon on just 5 hits.  Pohdunkville edges Vermont 3-2 when Frank Thomas knocked in Edd Roush in the 9th. 

 

Day 80:   Nap Lajoie gives Pohdunkville a walk-off HR to beat Verona Ridge 6-5.  Lou Gehrig, the Iron Horse, got 4 hits and Bob Gibson held the Polar Bears to 1 run, Lumberjacks win 11-1.  The Misers got 2 hits from Pop Lloyd and a complete game from Eddie Plank to top the Bastards 4-2.  Aliquippa edges Vermont 5-4 as Gaylord Perry earned his 9th win despite giving up two HR's to Willard Brown.  Chief Bender shuts out Windy City on just four hits, Mar-a-Lago wins 5-0.