Hey Hey All!
The dog days of summer are almost over. It's almost time for school and football to start again. It's also the coolest time of the year as both the major league pennant races and the Longball League race is heading down the stretch. Let's look at this week's standings.
For the first time in about two months the standings remain the same as they did the week before. The San Pedro Sea Monkeys are still on top thanks to Ryan Howard's good week.
Sitting in second place a full 10 points behind are the SoCal Capuchins. Like I've said many times this season, Adam Dunn is just a great hitter to watch.
The Vacuous Vipers are in third, but starting to really fall behind in the race. The Vipers had a horrible five point week. Evan Longoria put a big zero up for the week. His production has fallen off drastically in the last few weeks. However, what really did the Vipers in this week was Justin Morneau missing the whole week with an ear infection. He suppposed to be back in the lineup Monday night.
Hot on the Vipers' heels with an eye on the upper division are the Keen Koalas. They also took advantage of the Vipers' bad week.
Meanwhile, the Invisible Hands and the Sierra Vista Coachwhips remain in the 5th and 6th spots respectively. Things just haven't come together for those two talented squads this year.
Baseball Card of the Week: With the guy making an unassisted triple play, could the card of the week be anyone but the Phillies' Eric Bruntlett? This card from 2006 finds Bruntlett on his former squad the Houston Astros.
Trivia: Just how rare is an unassisted triple play? Well, there have been 18 perfect games thrown, and 15 times a man has hit four homers in a game. This was only the 14th UTP in major league history. It's also only the second UTP ever turned that ended a ballgame. Bruntlett's UTP eneded the game, preserving a 9-7 win for the Phightin' Phils over the New York Mets. The only other game-ending UTP occured way back in 1927 when Johnny Nuen of the Detroit Tigers accomplished the feat against the Cleveland Indians. So, that was a pretty darn rare play that happened yesterday, huh?
Until next week folks, keep hittin' em where they ain't.
-The Commissioner
