Hey All!
It's the last day of August and the final month of baseball season is upon us. It's the home stretch for the major leagues and the Longball League. Let's look at the standings.
The San Pedro Sea Monkeys are still on top of the league. Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols are carrying the squad. The Monkeys might make one final move for the stretch run. It looks like Joe Mauer may be on the way out.
Sitting in second place a mere six points back are the SoCal Capuchins. Chase Utley needs to get hot in September for the Caps to win the whole thing.
The Vacuous Vipers are sitting in third place. However, their lead is slim. Only four total points separate third through fifth place. It will be exciting to see who has an upper division finish.
The Invisible Hands have gotten up off the deck and now sit in fourth place. The Hands have Ryan Howard to thank for this. He only had a five homer, 12 RBI week.
Those Keen Koalas are back in fifth place this week. They were a force in the league a month ago, now they are falling back in the race.
Right now, the Sierra Vista Coachwhips are looking forward to the 2010 season. Wait 'til next year, 'Whips fans.
Trivia: I ran across a little fact that is hard to believe, but true. On June 25th, 1976 Toby Harrah of the Texas Rangers played an entire double header without a fielding chance. He was the Shortstop!!!! He didn't get a ball hit to him in 18 innings of baseball. Then, a year later, Harrah and teammate Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside the park home runs vs. the Yankees. That's the only time that has ever happened in a major league game.
Baseball Card of the Week: For being a part of two of baseball oddest I salute Toby Harrah with a look at his 1975 Topps card. Baseball is a funny game.
Until next week folks, keep hitting 'em where they ain't.
-The Commissioner
