Hey All!
What a week in baseball! This week saw only the 18th perfect ever thrown in the majors, saw the Angels and Phillies continue to have an incredible July, and saw Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice enter the hallowed halls of Cooperstown. Let's look at the standings.
Things have flipped atop the ladder in the Longball League. The Vacuous Vipers have taken control of first place again. Two words explain this... Justin Morneau. The Twins big first baseman had a 16 point week! He had two homers and seven RBI in one game alone last week. The Vipers are riding high again.
The SoCal Capuchins used the strong bat of Adam Dunn to jump back into second place. Dunn's eight point week sure helped the Caps.
Falling back into third place are the San Pedro Sea Monkeys. In a week that Justin Morneau exploded for 16 points, it really hurt the Monkeys when Albert Pujols turned in a one point week.
The Keen Koalas suffered as well from the Albert Pujols' power outage, but are still holding firm in fourth place.
Sitting in fifth place are the Invisible Hands. Adrian Gonzalez has no protection in the Padres lineup and just is not getting a chance to swing much. He's been walked almost 80 times already this season.
Fading into everyone's rear view mirror are the Sierra Vista Coachwhips. Raul Ibanez continues to hamper the snakes cause.
Baseball Card of the Week: This week's card features Rickey Henderson. Over 3,000 hits and 1,400 steals wrote Rickey's ticket to the hall. We see him here on one of the regional food card issues of the 1980s. You had to eat a lot of potato chips in 1982 to finish this set of cards. Oh, and yes, I do have this set. I just didn't have to eat all those chips to get it.
Trivia: White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle threw the 18th perfect game ever pitched in the major leagues last week, blanking the Tampa Bay Rays , 5-0. Perfect games do happen, but not to just to the great pitchers. In fact, most of the greatest pitchers never threw one. Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, Bob Feller, and Tom Seaver never threw one. However, Tom Browning, Len Barker, Mike Witt, and Dennis Martinez have. Achieving perfection can be had by any pitcher on any given day.
Until next week folks, keep hittin' em where they ain't.
-The Comissioner
Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Week 15
Hey All!
The All Star Game break is over, the AL won the game and will have home field advantage in the World Series again. That means the Angels will be hosting games 1,2,6, and 7 of the fall classic. At least I think they will. It was a short week of play in the majors and race is staying tighter than ever in the Longball League. Let's look at the standings.
On top of the heap this week are the San Pedro Sea Monkeys. The big bat combo of Ryan Howard and Albert "The Machine" Pujols are the reason why the Monkeys are hanging on to the top spot.
In second place this week by a single point are the Vacuous Vipers. Their single point lead is over the SoCal Capuchins. The battle down the stretch between the Vipers' Justin Morneau and the Caps' Adam Dunn could decide the league crown.
Now, not so quietly making noise are the Keen Koalas. They've worked themselves back into the race and are only 9 points out of first place. With 2.5 months left in the season the Koalas have a shot to win it all.
Mired down in a tie for 5th place are the Sierra Vista Coachwhips and the Invisible Hands. Both Robert and Rod Weissler need to make a move if either of their teams is to have a chance down the stretch.
Trivia: Darryl Strawberry was drafted 1st overall by the New York Mets in 1980. By 1983 he was in the bigs playing at Shea Stadium. He won Rookie of The Year honors in 1983 and would become one of the foundation players for the 1986 World Champions. That 1986 Mets team featured such stars as Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Dwight Gooden, and Mookie Wilson.
Baseball Card of the Week: 25 years ago, the 1984 Fleer baseball set hit the shelves of grocery stores all over America. The set turned out to be one of Fleer's best sets with sharp photography and a clean design. One of my favorite cards in the whole set is the #599 Darryl Strawberry pictured here. It's a card of a young guy on top of his game. He looks so happy to be in thr bigs. It's just a great card.
Unitl next week folks, keep hitting em' where they ain't.
-The Commissioner
The All Star Game break is over, the AL won the game and will have home field advantage in the World Series again. That means the Angels will be hosting games 1,2,6, and 7 of the fall classic. At least I think they will. It was a short week of play in the majors and race is staying tighter than ever in the Longball League. Let's look at the standings.
On top of the heap this week are the San Pedro Sea Monkeys. The big bat combo of Ryan Howard and Albert "The Machine" Pujols are the reason why the Monkeys are hanging on to the top spot.
In second place this week by a single point are the Vacuous Vipers. Their single point lead is over the SoCal Capuchins. The battle down the stretch between the Vipers' Justin Morneau and the Caps' Adam Dunn could decide the league crown.
Now, not so quietly making noise are the Keen Koalas. They've worked themselves back into the race and are only 9 points out of first place. With 2.5 months left in the season the Koalas have a shot to win it all.
Mired down in a tie for 5th place are the Sierra Vista Coachwhips and the Invisible Hands. Both Robert and Rod Weissler need to make a move if either of their teams is to have a chance down the stretch.
Trivia: Darryl Strawberry was drafted 1st overall by the New York Mets in 1980. By 1983 he was in the bigs playing at Shea Stadium. He won Rookie of The Year honors in 1983 and would become one of the foundation players for the 1986 World Champions. That 1986 Mets team featured such stars as Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Dwight Gooden, and Mookie Wilson.
Baseball Card of the Week: 25 years ago, the 1984 Fleer baseball set hit the shelves of grocery stores all over America. The set turned out to be one of Fleer's best sets with sharp photography and a clean design. One of my favorite cards in the whole set is the #599 Darryl Strawberry pictured here. It's a card of a young guy on top of his game. He looks so happy to be in thr bigs. It's just a great card.
Unitl next week folks, keep hitting em' where they ain't.
-The Commissioner
Monday, July 13, 2009
Week 14
Hey All! We've reached the traditional halfway point of the baseball season. The 80th All-Star game is upon us. This past week coming into the break was a a wild one around the major leagues. The Angels swept the Yankees, the Phillies unloaded on the Reds, winning a 22-1 laugher, and the Giants' Jonathan Sanchez threw a no-hitter v. the Padres. It was a pretty wild week in the Longball League too. Let's look at the standings.
The San Pedro Sea Monkeys are back in first place this week. The Monkeys' combo of Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols is on fire right now. Pujols is set up nicely to be the star of the All-Star festivities this week in front of the home folks in St. Louis.
The Vacuous Vipers and the SoCal Capuchins are tied for second place at 255 points. Justin Morneau's one point week is what let the Caps catch up to Vipers.
It's no fluke, folks. The Keen Koalas are holding firm onto fourth place and have even widened the gap over the fifth place Invisible Hands. Adrian Gonzalez is continuing to just hurt the Hands with his poor June and July.
Sitting in last place are those Sierra Vista Coachwhips. However, they are now playing with a full team again as they've just gotten Raul Ibanez back from the DL.
Trivia: Since the 80th All-Star game is upon us, I thought I'd look back at the 50th All-Star game, held in 1979 at the Kingdome, in Seattle. The National League won the game, 7-6. Lee Mazilli of the Mets was the late inning hero for the NL with a solo homer to tie the game in the 8th off Jim Kern of the Rangers. Then in the top of the 9th, Mazilli drew a bases loaded walk off Yankee Ron Guidry to put the NL up for good. The game marked the only time the Kingdome would host the midsummer classic.
Baseball Card of the Week: Dave Parker's 1979 Topps issue is this week's pick. Why? Because you can't talk about the 1979 all-star game without mentioning Dave "The Cobra" Parker. He was the MVP of the game and had two of the most memorable assists in all-star history. In the third inning he threw out Boston's Jim Rice with an absolute frozen rope from right field. Then a couple of innings later, he nailed Brian Downing of the Angels at the plate with an even more impressive throw. Oh what an arm, the Cobra had.
Okay folks, until next week, keep hitting 'em where they ain't.
-The Comissioner
The San Pedro Sea Monkeys are back in first place this week. The Monkeys' combo of Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols is on fire right now. Pujols is set up nicely to be the star of the All-Star festivities this week in front of the home folks in St. Louis.
The Vacuous Vipers and the SoCal Capuchins are tied for second place at 255 points. Justin Morneau's one point week is what let the Caps catch up to Vipers.
It's no fluke, folks. The Keen Koalas are holding firm onto fourth place and have even widened the gap over the fifth place Invisible Hands. Adrian Gonzalez is continuing to just hurt the Hands with his poor June and July.
Sitting in last place are those Sierra Vista Coachwhips. However, they are now playing with a full team again as they've just gotten Raul Ibanez back from the DL.
Trivia: Since the 80th All-Star game is upon us, I thought I'd look back at the 50th All-Star game, held in 1979 at the Kingdome, in Seattle. The National League won the game, 7-6. Lee Mazilli of the Mets was the late inning hero for the NL with a solo homer to tie the game in the 8th off Jim Kern of the Rangers. Then in the top of the 9th, Mazilli drew a bases loaded walk off Yankee Ron Guidry to put the NL up for good. The game marked the only time the Kingdome would host the midsummer classic.
Baseball Card of the Week: Dave Parker's 1979 Topps issue is this week's pick. Why? Because you can't talk about the 1979 all-star game without mentioning Dave "The Cobra" Parker. He was the MVP of the game and had two of the most memorable assists in all-star history. In the third inning he threw out Boston's Jim Rice with an absolute frozen rope from right field. Then a couple of innings later, he nailed Brian Downing of the Angels at the plate with an even more impressive throw. Oh what an arm, the Cobra had.
Okay folks, until next week, keep hitting 'em where they ain't.
-The Comissioner
Monday, July 6, 2009
Week 13
Hey All,
We're about a week away from the All-Star break and as the divisional races really heat up in the Major Leagues, the race in the Longball League is getting even tighter.
After spending a brief week out of the top spot, the Vacuous Vipers are once again back on top of the Longball League. Justin Morneau's four homer, eight RBI week is why the Vipers are back on top.
Falling back to second place by one point are the San Pedro Sea Monkeys. As has been the case all season, Albert Pujols is the big man for San Pedro. Pujols finished with the most votes of anyone in all-star balloting and will start at first base for the National League in the midsummer classic.
Even thought their owner is a continent away, the SoCal Capuchins are holding firm onto third place. Adam Dunn's solid season is the main reason why fans of the Nationals actually show up to their stadium.
Yes folks, it may be by just a few points, but the Keen Koalas are in fourth place this week. They haven't been this high up in the standings all season. Their recent pick up of Adam Dunn has really helped the marsupials. Can they keep climbing up the standings? It looks good for them right now.
Down in fifth place sit the Invisible Hands. Adrian Gonzalez's June-July swoon has just hurt this club the last few weeks.
In last place are the Sierra Vista Coachwhips. They held onto Raul Ibanez even though he's been on the DL for a good three weeks, and got poor production out of Evan Longoria last week.
The Whips need some help.
Trivia: On April 22, 1970, Tom Seaver struck out 19 San Diego Padres en route to a 2-1 complete game victory. In fact, Seaver struck out the last 10 batters of the game to set a MLB record for most consecutive strikeouts in a game. The game was played in 2:44.
Baseball Card of the Week: This week's card is 1970 Topps #345- Al Ferrara. Why Al? Well, in the aforementioned great game by Tom Seaver, Ferrara not only accounted for the Padres only run with a third inning homer off Tom Terrific, he was also the 1st and last batter in Seaver's run of 10 consecutive strikeouts to finish the game.
Well Folks, until next week, keep hitting 'em where they ain't.
-The Commissioner
We're about a week away from the All-Star break and as the divisional races really heat up in the Major Leagues, the race in the Longball League is getting even tighter.
After spending a brief week out of the top spot, the Vacuous Vipers are once again back on top of the Longball League. Justin Morneau's four homer, eight RBI week is why the Vipers are back on top.
Falling back to second place by one point are the San Pedro Sea Monkeys. As has been the case all season, Albert Pujols is the big man for San Pedro. Pujols finished with the most votes of anyone in all-star balloting and will start at first base for the National League in the midsummer classic.
Even thought their owner is a continent away, the SoCal Capuchins are holding firm onto third place. Adam Dunn's solid season is the main reason why fans of the Nationals actually show up to their stadium.
Yes folks, it may be by just a few points, but the Keen Koalas are in fourth place this week. They haven't been this high up in the standings all season. Their recent pick up of Adam Dunn has really helped the marsupials. Can they keep climbing up the standings? It looks good for them right now.
Down in fifth place sit the Invisible Hands. Adrian Gonzalez's June-July swoon has just hurt this club the last few weeks.
In last place are the Sierra Vista Coachwhips. They held onto Raul Ibanez even though he's been on the DL for a good three weeks, and got poor production out of Evan Longoria last week.
The Whips need some help.
Trivia: On April 22, 1970, Tom Seaver struck out 19 San Diego Padres en route to a 2-1 complete game victory. In fact, Seaver struck out the last 10 batters of the game to set a MLB record for most consecutive strikeouts in a game. The game was played in 2:44.
Baseball Card of the Week: This week's card is 1970 Topps #345- Al Ferrara. Why Al? Well, in the aforementioned great game by Tom Seaver, Ferrara not only accounted for the Padres only run with a third inning homer off Tom Terrific, he was also the 1st and last batter in Seaver's run of 10 consecutive strikeouts to finish the game.
Well Folks, until next week, keep hitting 'em where they ain't.
-The Commissioner
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