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Eugene Church · 03-27-2006, 08:20 PM

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Thursday, May 1, 1902

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NY GIANTS WIN 9 IN A ROW...LEAP FROM LAST TO FIRST.

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In the last week and a half, John McGraw's Giants (13-7) really put it together with a 9-game winning streak. New York has literally hit their way to the top of the National League standings. With a team BA of .291 and 24 home runs this season, they are tied for the NL and AAA home run lead with the Dodgers and Braves. Carl Hubbell (4-0 2.14) and Joe McGinnity (3-1 2.03) have been magnificent thus far this season, backed up by some awesome hitting by Bill Terry (.287/3/17), Freddie Lindstrom (.313/4/13), Mel Ott (.316/4/11), Roger Bresnahan (.328/1/10) and Martin Dihigo (.308/4/10). They have a 1.5 game edge over the second place Boston Braves (12-9) and Chicago Cubs (12-9). Look out National League, if Christy Mathewson (2-0 5.46), Juan Marichal (2-1 4.80), Barry Bonds (.247/4/7) and Willie Mays (.288/1/7) and Company start producing like they did last year. McGraw has promised the Giant fans a World Series title this year. Right now he is making good on it.

The Boston Braves (12-9) have won 7 of the last 10 to jump from eighth to second. Bobby Cox's bunch did it with powerball...they have slammed 24 homers this season, best in the AAA. Combined with fine starting pitching by Greg Maddux (3-0 2.66) and Phil Niekro (2-1 3.19) and good hitting by Buck Leonard (.315/5/19), Eddie Mathews (.260/6/14), Chipper Jones (.321/3/13), Hank Aaron (.294/5/9) and rookie catcher Joe Torre (.329/1/10), Boston has done well in the early season. If Warren Spahn (2-1 4.45) and Lew Burdette (1-3 3.69) play up to expectations, the Braves could be a valid contender in the race. Cox could use some bullpen development from Don McMahon (1-0 3.86), Steve Bedrosian (0-0 0.00 2 saves) and Gene Garber (0-3 4.77). John Smoltz (2-0 7.07) drastically needs to to improve, too.

The Chicubs (12-9) have played .500 ball in the last 10 games and fell a spot to second place. They live and die by the longball, too, with some good solid pitching by Ed Reulbach (2-1 2.51), Fergie Jenkins (2-1 3.12) and Moe Brown (3-1 3.63). Larry French (2-2 4.65) and relief ace Bruce Sutter (2-2 6.23 2 saves) have faltered this season. Cholly Jolly Charlie Grimm is slowly breaking in rookie pitchers Joe Pfister (1-0 4.15) and Claude Hendrix (0-1 3.24). Star slugger Turkey Stearnes (.362/6/19) seems to be headed for another great season and is getting help from Ernie Banks (.308/2/14), Hack Wilson (.250/4/13), Mark Grace (.300/1/13) and rookie Cool Papa Bell (.305/2/10). Bell had done a fine job in the leadoff position with 16 runs scored and 10 stolen bases. Grimm is looking for more offense from Gabby Hartnett (.138/0/6) and Billy Herman (.254/0/9), who have both slumped in the early going.

Tommy Lasorda's Brooklyn Dodgers (10-10) have run hot and cold in the first 3 weeks of the year, but have played well enough to be in fourth place, 3 games out. 5-5 in the last week and a half, the Dodgers depend on home runs to win. They are tied for the most in the AAA with 24. Duke Snider (.267/6/17), Zach Wheat (.341/3/11), Cristobel Torriente (.302/3/10), Gil Hodges (.234/4/10) and Jackie Robinson (.289/2/10) have supplied some potent production. On the mound only Don Sutton (3-0 2.90) has stood out. Dazzy Vance (1-0 2.00) has been on the DL since his opening day win. He should be back in a week or so. Sandy Koufax (1-3 4.60) has great potential, but so far has been very inconsistent. Rookie Fernando Valenzuela (1-2 6.28), expected to be a starter, has not delivered. Overall Lasorda's pitching is atrocious...a 4.69 ERA...one of the worst in the AAA. The Dodgers really need some vast improvement here. They are lucky to be fourth with pitching like that.

How a club can hit .284, have a 3.01 ERA and just a so-so 10-10 record is a mystery to Pittsburgh's skipper, Danny Murtaugh. Currently resting in fifth place and trailing by 4 games, his mound corps has been awesome: starters Vic Willis (2-2 1.64), Deacon Phillippe (2-2 2.38), Ray Kremer (2-2 2.81) and relief specialist, Roy Face 9.1-0 0.73). They just don't get a hit at the right time. And they get lots of hits and even lots of home runs, something they lacked last year, from the fantastic Japanese rookie Sadaharu Oh (.337/7/21), Roberto Clemente (.313/1/17), Arky Vaughan (.370/1/8) and Paul Waner (.311/1/6). On the minus side Honus Wagner (.247/3/9) and starting pitcher Bob Veale (1-3 5.52) have struggled. Timely hits are all Murtaugh's team needs to move up in the standings.

The Cincinnati Reds (9-11) were redhot in the opening two weeks of the new season, but have chilled off quite a bit. They have won only 2 of the last 10 and plunged from first to sixth, 4 games behind the NL leaders. As a team they are still hitting a lofty .283 with Ted Kluszewski (.293/4/12), Tony Perez (.338/1/18), Vada Pinson (.333/1/8), Ed Roush (.321/0/12), Pete Rose (.300/0/6) and Davy Conception (.322/0/6) all enjoying a good year. But they suffer from the same thing as the Pirates...they leave too many men on base. Frank Robinson (.231/2/8), their most valuable player last year, is still trying to regain his hitting form. Gary Nolan (3-0 1.32) and Jim Maloney (2-2 2.61) have starred this year, while last year's ace, Eppa Rixey (1-3 7.54), is having a very slow start like he did last year. Japanese rookie, Kazuhisa Inao (2-3 4.15) has had some good performances and looks like he was a good investment. He has been used both as a starter and a closer.

Manager Danny Ozark of the Philadelphia Phillies (9-13) says he has only two problems: poor hitting and poor pitching. That's why the Phils have tumbled from a tremendous second place finish last year into seventh place this year, 5 games out. Absolutely no one on the team is hitting: Mike Schmidt (.198/5/10), Chuck Klein (.202/5/14), Biz Mackey (.267/1/5), Dick Allen (.274/1/6), Richie Ashburn (.230/0/9), Del Ennis (.250/1/8) and Larry Bowa (.254/0/6). And no one is pitching: Pete Alexander (3-2 5.20), Robin Roberts (1-3 5.79), Chris Short (0-3 4.71) and Curt Simmons (2-2 4.82). Only reliever Curt Schilling (1-1 2.31) has been effective. Japanese rookie import, Jiro Noguchi (1-1 6.10) has flopped up to now. None of the new position players have been given a chance yet, but Von Hayes, Bobby Abreu and Juan Samuel may be called on soon to try and turn things around. It looks like Schilling will be headed for the starting rotation as well. He did well last year in relief early in the season, but then failed as a starter and went back to the bullpen, where he did well again.

It has not been a good season for last year's fourth place finishers, the St. Louis Cardinals (8-12). Picked to contend by most AAA scribes analysts, they have not produced to date. With a record of 4 and 6 over the last 10 games, Tony Larussa's Redbirds are still dead last, 5 games behind the NL-leading Giants. Ranked near the bottom in every category, BA (.236), ERA (3.99) and HRs (11), the only way is up for St. Louis. No one on the team is hitting .300. With no run support, Mort Cooper (1-3 2.18) had been outstanding on the hill, but has only one win to show for it. Last year's leading pitchers Bob Gibson (1-1 5.65) and John Tudor (2-2 4.68) are having trouble regaining last year's form. Gibson has been out with an injury for about 10 days and hopes to return to action soon. Larussa says as soon as the club begins to hit the way he knows they can, everything will be fine. He is not giving up on his club just yet. With outstanding talents like Stan Musial (.299/1/8), Rogers Hornsby(.260/2/9), Chick Hafey (.216/2/6) and Johnny Mize (.279/2/10) in the lineup, things could get much better very quickly.

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03-27-2006, 08:20 PM	#411 (permalink)
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 17,079 Thanks: 100 Thanked 100x in 52 posts	ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION Thursday, May 1, 1902 NATIONAL LEAGUE NY GIANTS WIN 9 IN A ROW...LEAP FROM LAST TO FIRST. See League Reports/Standings/Boxscores here: http://aaa.allsimbaseball.com/index....tpage&Itemid=1 In the last week and a half, John McGraw's Giants (13-7) really put it together with a 9-game winning streak. New York has literally hit their way to the top of the National League standings. With a team BA of .291 and 24 home runs this season, they are tied for the NL and AAA home run lead with the Dodgers and Braves. Carl Hubbell (4-0 2.14) and Joe McGinnity (3-1 2.03) have been magnificent thus far this season, backed up by some awesome hitting by Bill Terry (.287/3/17), Freddie Lindstrom (.313/4/13), Mel Ott (.316/4/11), Roger Bresnahan (.328/1/10) and Martin Dihigo (.308/4/10). They have a 1.5 game edge over the second place Boston Braves (12-9) and Chicago Cubs (12-9). Look out National League, if Christy Mathewson (2-0 5.46), Juan Marichal (2-1 4.80), Barry Bonds (.247/4/7) and Willie Mays (.288/1/7) and Company start producing like they did last year. McGraw has promised the Giant fans a World Series title this year. Right now he is making good on it. The Boston Braves (12-9) have won 7 of the last 10 to jump from eighth to second. Bobby Cox's bunch did it with powerball...they have slammed 24 homers this season, best in the AAA. Combined with fine starting pitching by Greg Maddux (3-0 2.66) and Phil Niekro (2-1 3.19) and good hitting by Buck Leonard (.315/5/19), Eddie Mathews (.260/6/14), Chipper Jones (.321/3/13), Hank Aaron (.294/5/9) and rookie catcher Joe Torre (.329/1/10), Boston has done well in the early season. If Warren Spahn (2-1 4.45) and Lew Burdette (1-3 3.69) play up to expectations, the Braves could be a valid contender in the race. Cox could use some bullpen development from Don McMahon (1-0 3.86), Steve Bedrosian (0-0 0.00 2 saves) and Gene Garber (0-3 4.77). John Smoltz (2-0 7.07) drastically needs to to improve, too. The Chicubs (12-9) have played .500 ball in the last 10 games and fell a spot to second place. They live and die by the longball, too, with some good solid pitching by Ed Reulbach (2-1 2.51), Fergie Jenkins (2-1 3.12) and Moe Brown (3-1 3.63). Larry French (2-2 4.65) and relief ace Bruce Sutter (2-2 6.23 2 saves) have faltered this season. Cholly Jolly Charlie Grimm is slowly breaking in rookie pitchers Joe Pfister (1-0 4.15) and Claude Hendrix (0-1 3.24). Star slugger Turkey Stearnes (.362/6/19) seems to be headed for another great season and is getting help from Ernie Banks (.308/2/14), Hack Wilson (.250/4/13), Mark Grace (.300/1/13) and rookie Cool Papa Bell (.305/2/10). Bell had done a fine job in the leadoff position with 16 runs scored and 10 stolen bases. Grimm is looking for more offense from Gabby Hartnett (.138/0/6) and Billy Herman (.254/0/9), who have both slumped in the early going. Tommy Lasorda's Brooklyn Dodgers (10-10) have run hot and cold in the first 3 weeks of the year, but have played well enough to be in fourth place, 3 games out. 5-5 in the last week and a half, the Dodgers depend on home runs to win. They are tied for the most in the AAA with 24. Duke Snider (.267/6/17), Zach Wheat (.341/3/11), Cristobel Torriente (.302/3/10), Gil Hodges (.234/4/10) and Jackie Robinson (.289/2/10) have supplied some potent production. On the mound only Don Sutton (3-0 2.90) has stood out. Dazzy Vance (1-0 2.00) has been on the DL since his opening day win. He should be back in a week or so. Sandy Koufax (1-3 4.60) has great potential, but so far has been very inconsistent. Rookie Fernando Valenzuela (1-2 6.28), expected to be a starter, has not delivered. Overall Lasorda's pitching is atrocious...a 4.69 ERA...one of the worst in the AAA. The Dodgers really need some vast improvement here. They are lucky to be fourth with pitching like that. How a club can hit .284, have a 3.01 ERA and just a so-so 10-10 record is a mystery to Pittsburgh's skipper, Danny Murtaugh. Currently resting in fifth place and trailing by 4 games, his mound corps has been awesome: starters Vic Willis (2-2 1.64), Deacon Phillippe (2-2 2.38), Ray Kremer (2-2 2.81) and relief specialist, Roy Face 9.1-0 0.73). They just don't get a hit at the right time. And they get lots of hits and even lots of home runs, something they lacked last year, from the fantastic Japanese rookie Sadaharu Oh (.337/7/21), Roberto Clemente (.313/1/17), Arky Vaughan (.370/1/8) and Paul Waner (.311/1/6). On the minus side Honus Wagner (.247/3/9) and starting pitcher Bob Veale (1-3 5.52) have struggled. Timely hits are all Murtaugh's team needs to move up in the standings. The Cincinnati Reds (9-11) were redhot in the opening two weeks of the new season, but have chilled off quite a bit. They have won only 2 of the last 10 and plunged from first to sixth, 4 games behind the NL leaders. As a team they are still hitting a lofty .283 with Ted Kluszewski (.293/4/12), Tony Perez (.338/1/18), Vada Pinson (.333/1/8), Ed Roush (.321/0/12), Pete Rose (.300/0/6) and Davy Conception (.322/0/6) all enjoying a good year. But they suffer from the same thing as the Pirates...they leave too many men on base. Frank Robinson (.231/2/8), their most valuable player last year, is still trying to regain his hitting form. Gary Nolan (3-0 1.32) and Jim Maloney (2-2 2.61) have starred this year, while last year's ace, Eppa Rixey (1-3 7.54), is having a very slow start like he did last year. Japanese rookie, Kazuhisa Inao (2-3 4.15) has had some good performances and looks like he was a good investment. He has been used both as a starter and a closer. Manager Danny Ozark of the Philadelphia Phillies (9-13) says he has only two problems: poor hitting and poor pitching. That's why the Phils have tumbled from a tremendous second place finish last year into seventh place this year, 5 games out. Absolutely no one on the team is hitting: Mike Schmidt (.198/5/10), Chuck Klein (.202/5/14), Biz Mackey (.267/1/5), Dick Allen (.274/1/6), Richie Ashburn (.230/0/9), Del Ennis (.250/1/8) and Larry Bowa (.254/0/6). And no one is pitching: Pete Alexander (3-2 5.20), Robin Roberts (1-3 5.79), Chris Short (0-3 4.71) and Curt Simmons (2-2 4.82). Only reliever Curt Schilling (1-1 2.31) has been effective. Japanese rookie import, Jiro Noguchi (1-1 6.10) has flopped up to now. None of the new position players have been given a chance yet, but Von Hayes, Bobby Abreu and Juan Samuel may be called on soon to try and turn things around. It looks like Schilling will be headed for the starting rotation as well. He did well last year in relief early in the season, but then failed as a starter and went back to the bullpen, where he did well again. It has not been a good season for last year's fourth place finishers, the St. Louis Cardinals (8-12). Picked to contend by most AAA scribes analysts, they have not produced to date. With a record of 4 and 6 over the last 10 games, Tony Larussa's Redbirds are still dead last, 5 games behind the NL-leading Giants. Ranked near the bottom in every category, BA (.236), ERA (3.99) and HRs (11), the only way is up for St. Louis. No one on the team is hitting .300. With no run support, Mort Cooper (1-3 2.18) had been outstanding on the hill, but has only one win to show for it. Last year's leading pitchers Bob Gibson (1-1 5.65) and John Tudor (2-2 4.68) are having trouble regaining last year's form. Gibson has been out with an injury for about 10 days and hopes to return to action soon. Larussa says as soon as the club begins to hit the way he knows they can, everything will be fine. He is not giving up on his club just yet. With outstanding talents like Stan Musial (.299/1/8), Rogers Hornsby(.260/2/9), Chick Hafey (.216/2/6) and Johnny Mize (.279/2/10) in the lineup, things could get much better very quickly. See League Reports/Standings/Boxscores here: http://aaa.allsimbaseball.com/index....tpage&Itemid=1 Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-27-2006 at 08:43 PM.