We are one month into the season and we have another flip-flop in the standings in the Longball League. Some of it is due to a few teams that had some bats come alive and some of it is due to me correcting a few errors that were made in last week's totals. One thing is clear after looking at this week's scores. This pennant race will come down to the last day of the season with several squads in the hunt for the flag.
Three things about week four in the major leagues...
1. I don't believe Jered Weaver had the flu today. I think Angels' skipper Mike Scioscia just pushed Jered's start back a day so he could pitch at Boston Monday night.
2. The Dodgers' Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 26 games on Sunday. Hitting streaks are fun to watch because they rarely happen and they are incredible feats of consistency. Funny thing is that as impressive as Ethier's streak is he's still two games away from being halfway to Joe DiMaggio's epic streak hitting streak of 56 games.
3. It's May 2nd and the best team in baseball is...the Cleveland Indians!?! Yes folks, the Erie Warriors are 19-8 and have a 4 1/2 game lead over the Kansas City Royals in the AL Central. Can they keep this up for the whole year? we'll see.
Trivia: The Cleveland Indians are currently riding a 13-game home winning streak. The longest home winning streak in baseball history belongs to the 1916 New York Giants. From September 7 through September 30 of 1916, the Giants rattled of a 26 game home winning streak. The funny thing is that earlier in the year, the Giants had a 17-game road winning streak. So, how did these streaky giants do in 1916? They finished in fourth place, seven games back of Brooklyn.
Baseball Card of the Week: In honor of those 1916 Giants here the T-311 Turkey Red Cabinet Card of NY outfielder Fred Merkle. He Hit a blistering .237 for the fourth place G-Men.
Until next week folks, remember Vernon Wells is still only hitting .170.
-The Commissioner
