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
