Legends League

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 25

Mad Dogs/134/82/52/.612/—/W2

Clippers/129/77/52/.597/2.5/L2

Naturals/131/73/58/.557/7.5/W2

Peaches/128/61/67/.477/18/L4

Terrifics/132/63/69/.477/18/W4

Sultans/137/61/76/.445/22.5/W2

Comets/129/57/72/.442/22.5/L2

Hammers/130/51/79/.392/29/L1

GOING’S ON IN THE LEAGUE

As the season winds down, the Mad Dogs and Clippers were on opposite sides of a blowouts. The Mad Dogs pasted the Comets’, 10-0, with Greg Maddux collecting his third shutout of the season. Meanwhile, the Clippers dropped even further back, by losing, 11-2, to the Naturals. Max Scherzer picked up his 16th victory and is now second in the league in wins.

There is also a tight battle to be the final team in the first division. Both the Peaches and Terrifics are tied for fourth place, each with a winning pct of .477. However, the Peaches, who have held the last spot in the first division for some time, have dropped four straight, whereas the Terrifics have won their last four.

In the individual races, the homerun chase is the tightest race. Babe Ruth and Ken Griffey, Jr. are deadlocked with 47 each. Mark McGwire is in second place with 43. There are currently 7 players with 40 or more homers, along with a couple more who are knocking at the door. Ty Cobb has the batting title locked up. The only question is whether or not he can exceed the .400 mark. He currently sits at .401.

GAME RESULTS:

Sultans 7 Hammers 2

A four run, fifth inning pushed the Sultans past the Hammers, who got homeruns from Tris Speaker, Rogers Hornsby and Pie Traynor. Hank Aaron joined the forty home run club. Dazzy Vance collected the win, his 17th, which leads the league.

Terrifics 9 Peaches 4

The Terrifics built up a huge, 9-0 lead, before the Peaches broke through with a run in the top of the seventh. They then put up three more runs in the top of the ninth, but the game was never in doubt. George Foster and Joe Morgan went deep for the winners, while Frank Baker and Wildfire Schulte, clubbed long balls for the Peaches. Mickey Lolich nabbed the win, Walter Johnson took the loss,

Mad Dogs 10 Comets 0

Sammy Sosa hit a first inning, grand slam and the Mad Dogs never looked back, going on to a 10-0 rout, behind, Greg Maddux, who spun his third whitewash. As part of a six run, eighth inning, Ken Griffey, Jr. hit a home run, tying Babe Ruth for the league with with 47. Robin Roberts was the losing pitcher.

Naturals 11 Clippers 2

While the Mad Dogs were pummeling the Comets; the Nats were destroying the Clippers, with an 11-2 thrashing of the Clippers. Bryce Harper led the sixteen hit attack, going 4-5, with a home run, three rbi’s and a double. Miguel Cabrera joined the 40 homer club. Max Scherzer won, defeating Schoolboy Rowe.

GAMES OF AUGUST 26 AND PROBABLE PITCHERS

Peaches(Plank 5-7) at Sultans(Pennock 10-9)

Hammers(Marichal 10-7) at Terrifics(Seaver 9-14)

Comets(Lemon 10-9) at Naturals(Verlander 11-8)

Clippers(Hubbell 14-3) at Mad Dogs(Wells 14-6) #1

Clippers(TBA) at Mad Dogs(Brown 9-4) #2