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STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 24 Mad Dogs/133/81/52/.609/—/W1 Clippers/128/77/51/.602/1.5/L1 Naturals/130/72/58/.554/7.5/W1 Peaches/127/61/66/.480/17/L3 Terrifics/131/62/69/.473/18/W3 Comets/128/57/71/.445/21.5/L1 Sultans/136/60/76/.441/22.5/W1 Hammers/129/51/78/.395/23/W2 HEADLINES: MAD DOGS GAINS A FULL GAME ON CLIPPERS, WITH 9-2 WIN OVER COMETS MOLINA SMACKS TWO HOMERS AS NATURALS DROP CLIPPERS, 5-2 TERRIFICS BEAT PEACHES ON REGGIE JACKSON, TWO RUN WALKOFF HR BABE RUTH STAYS ONE AHEAD OF GRIFFEY,…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 23 Mad Dogs/132/80/52/.606/—/L1 Clippers/127/77/50/.606/.5/W1 Naturals/129/71/58/.550/7.5/L1 Peaches/126/61/65/.484/16/L2 Terrifics/130/61/69/.469/18/W2 Comets/127/57/70/.449/20.5/W2 Sultans/135/59/76/.437/22.5/L2 Hammers/128/51/77/.398/27/L1 HEADLINES: STANDINGS STAY THE SAME; MAD DOGS/NATS SPLIT; CLIPPERS IDLE Mad Dogs 1 Naturals 0 The Mad Dogs’ and Naturals double header were the only games on the slate. The Mad Dogs won the A game, 1-0, thanks to a…

As the season winds down, here are the homerun leaders through August 22 Babe Ruth 46 Ken Griffey 45 Mickey Mantle 41 Mark McGwire 41 Hank Aaron 39 Jimmie Foxx 39 Lou Gehrig 39 Willie Mays 39 M. Cabrera 37 G. Foster 36 S. Musial 36

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 22 Mad Dogs/130/79/51/.608/—/W1 Clippers/127/77/50/.606/.5/W1 Naturals/127/70/57/.551/7.5/L1 Peaches/126/61/65/.484/16/L2 Terrifics/130/61/69/.469/18/W2 Comets/127/57/70/.449/20.5/W2 Sultans/135/59/76/.437/22.5/L2 Hammers/128/51/77/.398/27/L1 HEADLINES: CLIPPERS ROUT HAMMERS/MAD DOGS SPLIT TWINBILL WITH NATS DOGS’ LEAD DOWN TO A HALF GAME GAME RECAPS: Clippers 13 Hammers 4. The Clippers demolished the Hammers, 13-4, getting a pair of homeruns from Lou Gehrig(39), along with clouts from…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 21 Mad Dogs/128/78/50/.609/—/W1 Clippers/126/76/50/.603/1/L3 Naturals/125/69/56/.552/7.5/L1 Peaches/125/61/64/.488/15.5/L1 Terrifics/129/60/69/.461/18.5/W1 Comets/126/56/70/.444/21/W1 Sultans/134/59/75/.440/22/L1 Hammers/127/51/76/.402/26.5/W2 HEADLINES: HAMMERS CONTINUE TO PLAY SPOILER AS THEY BEAT CLIPPERS, 7-3 The last place Hammers handed the Clippers their third straight loss, by a 7-3 margin. The Mad Dogs were idle, so the loss increases their lead over the Clippers…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 20 Mad Dogs/128/78/50/.609/—/W1 Clippers/125/76/49/.608/.5/L2 Naturals/125/69/56/.552/7.5/L1 Peaches/124/61/63/.492/15/W2 Terrifics/128/59/69/.461/19/L1 Sultans/133/59/74/.444/21/5/W1 Comets/125/55/70/.440/21.5/L1 Hammers/126/50/76/.397/27 HEADLINES: MAD DOGS CLIMB INTO FIRST PLACE BY EDGING NATURALS, 3-2 The Mad Dogs have knocked the Clippers out of the top spot in the league by nipping the Naturals, 3-2. Greg Maddux(12-8) got the best of Max Scherzer(15-7) in…

SPECIAL NOTICE The Legends League commissioner has decreed that the season will end on August 31.(The reasons are that, the commissioner(me) has made mistakes in the scheduling of this season. The eight teams in the league were using the actual schedules of the American League in 1954, however, I errored in using both Retrosheet for…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 19 Clippers/124/76/48/.618/—/L1 Mad Dogs/127/77/50/.606/.5/L1 Naturals/124/69/55/.556/7/W1 Peaches/123/60/63/.488/15/5/W1 Terrifics/127/59/68/.465/18/5/W1 Comets/124/55/69/.444/21/W1 Sultans/132/58/74/.439/22/L1 Hammers/125/49/76/.392/27.5/L1 HEADLINES CLIPPERS AND MAD DOGS EACH LOSE; CLIPS LEAD REMAINS .5 The Peaches used a five run, seventh inning, to defeat the Clippers, 7-1. Sherry Magee(21) had the game’s only homerun. Winning pitcher, Rube Waddell(7-12) limited the Clippers to just…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 18 Clippers/123/76/47/.618/—/W2 Mad Dogs/126/77/49/.611/.5/W2 Naturals/123/68/55/.553/7/L1 Peaches/122/59/63/.484/16.5/L2 Terrifics/126/58/68/.460/19.5/L8 Comets/122/54/68/.443/21.5/W3 Sultans/131/58/73/.443/22/W1 Hammers/123/48/75/.390/28/L3 GAME RECAPS: GEHRIG AND FOXX POWER CLIPPERS PAST PEACHES Lou Gehrig(37) and Jimmie Foxx(39), each homered, Gehrig adding a single and a double, to lead the Clippers past the Peaches, 7-3. Wildfire Schulte(21) clubbed one out for the losing squad.…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 17 Clippers/122/75/47/.615/—/W1 Mad Dogs/125/76/49/.608/.5/W2 Naturals/122/68/54/.557/7/W1 Peaches/121/59/62/.488/15.5/L1 Terrifics/125/58/67/.464/18.5/L7 Comets/121/53/68/.438/21.5/W2 Sultans/130/57/73/.438/22/L1 Hammers/122/48/74/.393/27/L2 GAME RECAPS: CLIPPERS/PEACHES SPLIT TWINBILL The Clippers split a doubleheader with the Peaches, losing the A game, 4-3, on a Mickey Cochrane passed ball in the bottom of the eleventh inning, but coming back to capture the B contest, 7-6.…