Hey All, There's just one week to go in the regular season in the major leagues. There hasn't been a lot of drama to the divisional races and it looks like the Longball League may have a quiet finish as well.
Sitting in first place, closing in on the pennant are the San Pedro Sea Monkeys. They have a comfortable 26 point lead with seven days to go.
The SoCal Capuchins have a good hold on second place and should finish there with a decent week from their squad. Adam Dunn has been awesome all year for the Caps.
The battle to finish in the upper division of the league will go down to the wire as the Keen Koalas have a scant three point lead over the Invisible Hands. Both teams have Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols, so the battle for third place will come down to the Koala's Chase Utley V. the Hands' Adrian Gonzales.
The Vacuous Vipers have faded into fifth place and are waiting for next year.
The Sierra Vista Coachwhips just never got it going this season despite a huge year from Mark Teixeira.
Trivia: The longest shutout game ever played happened on April 15th, 1968. The Houston Astros beat the New York Mets, 1-0 in 24 innings. The game last 6:06. The fans who stayed sat through the 7th, 14th, and 21st inning stretches.
Baseball Card of the Week: This week we look at the 1968 topps issue of Mets shortstop, Al Weis. Why Weis? It has to do with that 24 inning game I already mentioned. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 24th inning and one out, the Astros' Bob Aspromonte hit a what looked like a double play ball to Weis. It loke like the Mets would get out of the jam and the game would go to the 25th inning. However, Weis booted the ball. The Astros Norm Miller scored on the miscue and the game was over.
Until next week folks, keep hittin' em where they ain't.
-The Commissioner
