Author: david bancroft

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 18 Clippers/92/59/33/.641/—/W2 Mad Dogs/94/54/40/.574/6/L2 Naturals/91/50/41/.549/8.5/W4 Peaches/90/46/44/.511/12/L5 Terrifics/96/47/49/.490/14/L2 Sultans/98/42/56/.429/20/W3 Comets/91/38/53/.418/20.5/L6 Hammers/92/36/56/.391/23/W2 JULY 19 SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Hammers(Drysdale 3-10) at Terrifics(Lolich 6-4) Comets(Spahn 3-13) at Naturals(Lester 4-11) Peaches(Plank 4-4) at Sultans(Williams 1-10) #1 Peaches(Gregg 3-4) at Sultans(Shocker 2-7) #2

TWIN BILL TALES JULY 18, CON’T CLIPPERS BEAT MAD DOGS TWICE TO PUSH LEAD BACK TO 6 GAMES Clippers 5 Mad Dogs 4 In the A game, the Mad Dogs bullpen collapsed in the top of the ninth as Billy Wagner and Al Leiter gave up three runs. Clippers starter, Carl Hubbell went a full…

TWIN BILL TALES JUNE 18, CON’T HAMMERS COMPLETE THIRD DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP TODAY Hammers 5 Terrifics 2 Hank Aaron led the offense for the Hammers, with a three hit day, including his 24th homerun and Willie Mays and Brooks Robinson chipped in with two hits each, as the Hammers took the A game, 5-2, over the…

TWIN BILL TALES JULY 18, CON’T COMETS DROP PAIR TO NATURALS , HAVE NOW LOST 6 STRAIGHT Naturals 5 Comets 2 Troy Tulowitzki was a double shy of hitting for the cycle, as he led the Naturals to a 5-3 win over the Comets in the first of two games. Tulo homered in the bottom…

TWINBILL TALES JULY 18 SULTANS WIN TWICE, HANDING SLUMPING PEACHES 5TH STRAIGHT LOSS Game one: Sultans 7 Peaches 5 The Sultans got to Peaches’ starter, Christy Mathewson for five runs in the bottom of the second inning, highlighted by a three run, homerun by George Sisler. The Sultan’s first sacker added a pair of singles…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 17 Clippers/90/57/33/.633/—/L2 Mad Dogs/92/54/38/.587/4/W3 Naturals/89/48/41/.539/8.5/W2 Peaches/88/46/42/.523/10/L3 Terrifics/94/47/47/.500/12/W3 Comets/89/38/51//427/18.5/L4 Sultans/96/40/56/.417/20/W1 Hammers/90/34/56//378/23/L1 GAME RECAPS: Mad Dogs 4 Comets 0 MAD DOGS GAIN GROUND WITH GLAVINE SHUTOUT The Mad Dogs have cut the Clippers lead to four games, thanks to a, 4-0, Tom Glavine shutout and the Naturals topping the Clippers in an…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 16 Clippers/89/57/32/.640/—/L1 Mad Dogs/91/53/38//582/5/W2 Naturals/88/47/41/.534/9.5/W1 Peaches/87/46/41/.529/10/L2 Terrifics/93/46/47/.495/13/W2 Comets/88/38/50/.432/18.5/L3 Sultans/95/39/56/.411/21/L2 Hammers/89/34/55/.382/23/W2 GAME RECAPS: MAD DOGS END BANKS’ HIT STREAK WITH 10-2 ROUT OF COMETS Mad Dogs 10 Comets 2. Roger Clemens and the Mad Dogs put an end to Ernie Banks’ consecutive game hitting streak, as they held the Comets’ shortstop…

Second half of season begins. Two team streaks end, an individual streak continues. It’s July 15th and the league has finished its All Star break and is back in action. The Naturals and Peaches both lost, ending a 6 and 5 game win streak, respectively. Despite the Comets losing, Ernie Banks was able to go…

B TEAM WIN ALL STAR GAME IN 9-7 COMEBACK THRILLER A 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 B 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 X 9 14 1 The B team All Stars defeated a supposedly more talented A team, by keeping the A squad’s potent bats…

“A” TEAM ALL STARS STARTERS: CF- Ty Cobb, Peaches SS-Ernie Banks, Comets 3B-Jimmie Foxx, Clippers RF-Babe Ruth, Sultans 2B-Rogers Hornsby, Sultans LF-Ted Williams, Clippers 1B- Lou Gehrig, Clippers C-Ivan Rodriguez, Mad Dogs P-Carl Hubbell, Clippers BENCH Jackie Robinson, Clippers; Chief Meyers, Sherry Magee, Peaches; George Sisler, Sultans; Alex Rodriguez, Chipper Jones, Mad Dogs; Miguel Cabrera,…