Vermont gains some ground in the American League, now holding a 2 game lead over the Backwoods Bastards. Backwoods is comfortably in second place, seven games ahead of Pottersville and Aliquippa. Bad Axe goes 7-3 this stretch to move into a first place tie with Yukon in the National League, making up a three game deficit. Windy City had a nice stretch, also going 7-3.
We will award the coveted Players of the Block Awards to Yukon's Turkey Stearnes (12-25, .480), and Mar-a-Lago's Big Ed Delahanty (.348, 9 RBIs). Other fine performances were turned in by the Windy City duo of Carlton Fisk (.333, 4 HRs) and Leon Day (3 saves, 0 earned runs in 8 innings).
Lesser performances were turned in by Backwoods hurler Sandy Koufax, Babe Ruth (.231, 0 HRs), and Joe Morgan (.000) of Bad Axe.
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| Big Ed Delahanty! |
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| Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, pride of the Detroit Stars AND the Yukon Polar Bears |
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| Sandy Koufax icing his arm after a terrible set of games (23 innings, 32 hits, 21 earned runs, and 3 losses) |
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| A distracted Babe Ruth lands on the "Not Hot" list for the first time |
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| Bad Axe's Joe Morgan is 0 for his last 20 at bats! |
Something strange happened to the daily reports, but you can still see the box scores if you click on the Day below and scroll to the bottom.
Day 111: Yukon gets past Pohdunkville 5-3, Cristobel Torriente's three hits helping Cy Young earn his 10th win. Windy City shuts out Verona Ridge 7-0, with Big Ed Walsh getting the shutout. Mel Ott's three hits lead Pottersville over Vermont 5-4. Mar-a-Lago tops Backwoods 8-6, Paul Molitor and Willie Wells each contributed 2 hits. .
Day 112: Another big day by Ken Griffey Jr. whose two homers among four hits pushed Mar-a-Lago over Backwoods 13-4. Pohdunkville over Yukon 7-4, Cool Papa Bell and Nap Lajoie go yard. WIndy City uses two Carlton Fisk HRs to beat Verona Ridge 3-2. Vermont continues to pound the ball as Eddie Mathews, Johnny "Big Cat" Mize, and Al Simmons all homer., Socialists beat the Misers 5-2.
Day 113: Aliquippa's Pedro Martinez blanks Bad Axe on 5 hits. Vermont belts three more homers (Al Simmons, Eddie Mathews, and Joe Cronin) in a 12-6 win over Verona Ridge. It's Windy City 5, Pohdunkville 2 as Bert Blyleven outpitches Lefty Grove. Potterville 12 over Mar-a-Lago 6, big night for Hack Wilson (3-4, 2 HRs, 3 runs, 4 RBIs). The Bastards top the Polar Bears 8-6, Mule Suttles has three hits and drives in five.
Day 114: Smokey Joe Williams earns his league-leading 15th win as he three-hits Aliquippa, final is Bad Axe 3, Aliquippa 1. Verona Ridge beats Vermont 6-2, Billy Williams with a homer and four RBIs. Windy City gets by Pohdunkville 6-5 when Andre Dawson cracked a three-run walk-off homer off of Burleigh Grimes. The Misogynists trounce the Misers 11-5, as the top three Mar-a-Lago batters (Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, and Big Ed Delahanty each had three hits. Earl Averill knocks in the winning run as Backwoods edges Yukon 5-4.
Day 115: Tom Seaver of Bad Axe shuts out Aliquippa on 4 hits, Lou Gehrig hits his 25th homer and brings in three runs. Vermont gets a two run homer from Joe Cronin in the top of the 13th to get past Verona Ridge 4-2, The Doobies' Hank Greenberg has a monster day (3-5, HR, 4 RBis) in their 7-6 win over the Pounders. Pottersville 5-4 over Mar-a-Lago, Eddie Plank and Bob Feller limiting the damage from the powerful Misogynist lineup. Yukon gets 2 hits each from their bottom four hitters (Paul Waner, Cristobel Torriente, Red Schoendienst, and Earle Combs) to get by Backwoods 5-3
Day 116: Bad Axe gets a walkoff homer from Lou Gehrig to beat Windy City 4-2, Backwoods rips the Misers 9-3, Mule Suttles continued his hot streak with 4 more base hits.
Day 117: Big days for Cap Anson and Ted Williams (three hits each) as the Misers turn back the Bastards by a score of 11-4. Bad Axe hangs on for a 6-5 win over Windy City. The Lumberjacks scored all of their six runs in the first inning!
Day 118: Bert Blyleven moves to 10-5 for the season as Windy City edges Bad Axe 3-2. Pottersville's Pop Lloyd has three hits as they beat Backwoods 7-4.
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| A quote from Mike ""King" Kelly's Cooperstown website.... "Kelly, in his day, was as popular a figure as Babe Ruth would later be, and there was hardly a boy in the land who did not follow the daily doings of The King. " |
Day 120: Vermont gets past Pottersville 6-4, Charlie Gehringer has three hits, two HRs, two runs, and two RBIs. Yukon edges Bad Axe 4-3, Ray Dandridge had three hits. Pohdunkville ekes by Aliquippa 7-6 with Arky Vaughn driving in two runs in the top of the 9th. Mar-a-Lago wallops Backwoods 14-4, Harry Heilmann, Ken Griffey Jr, Willie Wells, and Roy Campanella contribute home runs. Verona Ridge squeaks past Windy City 5-4, Steve Carlton earned his 11th victory.
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