Author: david bancroft

TWINBILL TALES MAY 2. Sultans 13, Peaches 3; Sultans 1, Peaches 0. (10 inn_ The Sultans took two games from the Peaches and they couldn’t have been more different. The opener was a straight up blowout, with the Sultans winning by ten runs, 13-3. Rogers Hornsby, who had three hits and a homerun, along with…

TWINBILL TALES MAY 2. Comets 3 Naturals 2; Naturals 2 Comets 1 These two clubs split their most recent doubleheader, each team winning a close, one run ball game. The Comets, 3-2 victory in game one ended a six game win streak for the Naturals. Robin Roberts worked seven innings to earn the win. He…

TWINBILL TALES MAY 2. Mad Dogs 2, Clippers 1; Mad Dogs 5 Clippers 3 Another doubleheader, another sweep. The Mad Dogs took both games against the Clippers. Roger Clemens improves to 4-0, with his complete game, five hitter in the opener, while Mel Parnell took the hard luck loss. Barry Bonds homered for the Mad…

TWINBILL TALES As each team in the league plays a double header on May 2sd, I decided I would give the game recaps after each two game set, rather than waiting until all games have been rolled. May 2. Hammers 7, Terrifics 2; Hammers 6 Terrifics 5 (12 inn) The last place Hammers were the…

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, MAY 1ST. Terrifics/18/12/6/.667/—/L1 Comets/17/10/7/.588/1.5/W1 Peaches/17/9/8/.529/2.5/W2 Mad Dogs/17/9/8/.529/2.5/L2 Naturals/16/8/8/.500/3/W6 Sultans/18/8/10/.444/4/L1 Clippers/16/7/9/.438/4/W1 Hammers/13/3/10/.230/6.5/L4 MAY 1 HEADLINES CLIPPERS GET PAST SULTANS, 7-3 MANTLE HOMERS TO BAIL OUT FORD MAD DOG BULLPEN COLLAPSE LEADS TO 8 RUNS IN 9TH PUIG HITS 3 RUN WALKOFF HR TO STUN HAMMERS RECAPS: Clippers 7 Sultans 3 Jackie Robinson,…

4-30 HEADLINES SULTANS BEAT CLIPPERS ON RUTH’S WALKOFF HR JACKSON DOUBLES TWICE IN TERRIFICS, 5-4 WIN OVER COMETS NATURALS GET FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN BEHIND UNBEATEN SCHERZER WAGNER SWATS TWO, MATTY GOES DISTANCE IN PEACHES WIN Sultans 8 Clippers 7. Babe Ruth’s two run clout in the bottom of the ninth turned defeat into victory for…

APRIL 30 SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Clippers at Sultans(Hubbell 2-0 vs L. Williams(0-2) Comets at Terrifics(Lemon 1-1 vs. Carlton 2-0) Hammers at Naturals(Drysdale 1-1 vs. Scherzer 2-0) Peaches at Mad Dogs(Mathewson 1-1 vs. Maddox 0-1)

4-29 HEADLINES HORNSBY HR SPARKS 5 RUN, 8TH INNING FOR SULTANS FOXX BLASTS 3 HOME RUNS, AS CLIPPERS END SKID PEACHES STUMBLE LATE, TO LOSE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME Sultans 5 Comets 3. Trailing 3-0 after seven innings, the Sultans exploded for five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Roger Hornsby’s big, three run…

COMMISSION APPROVES TWO TRANSACTIONS The Legends League Commission has approved the following transactions: David Ortiz of the Naturals was released. Elvis Andrus was assigned to the Naturals. Duffy Lewis of the Peaches was released. Heinie Zimmerman was assigned to the Peaches.

GAME RESULTS APRIL 28. Comets 6 Sultans 4. Babe Ruth wore the goat horns in this one, as he committed two big errors in right field. Three of the Comets’ six runs were unearned. Mickey Mantle and Norm Siebern each went deep for the Comets. WP-Robin Roberts(1-2) LP-Herb Pennock(1-2). HR-Mickey Mantle(8), Norm Siebern(2). Terrifics 11…