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
