Giants, Austrians Lead Out of the Gate
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America/Asia Standings
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
New York Giants 11 7 .611 - 10-8 1 5-1 6-6 2-0 3-3 138 W2 7-3
Shanghai Dragons 10 6 .625 - 9-7 1 2-3 8-3 0-0 4-3 139 L1 5-5
RCMB 9 7 .563 1.0 8-8 1 5-6 4-1 1-0 5-1 W1 7-3
Tokyo Rising Sun 10 8 .556 1.0 10-8 0 5-5 5-3 0-1 1-1 L1 5-5
Mexico City Aztecs 9 9 .500 2.0 9-9 0 7-5 2-4 0-0 4-3 L2 4-6
Chicago Defenders 8 9 .471 2.5 9-8 -1 4-4 4-5 0-1 2-3 W2 4-6
USA Baseball Engineers 6 11 .353 4.5 8-9 -2 3-6 3-5 0-0 1-5 L3 4-6
Cincinnati Reds 6 12 .333 5.0 8-10 -2 2-6 4-6 0-1 2-3 W1 4-6
European League Standings
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
Vienna Meisterflauten 12 6 .667 - 12-6 0 5-2 7-4 1-2 5-3 137 L1 6-4
Paris Revolutions 10 6 .625 1.0 9-7 1 8-3 2-3 2-0 4-2 L1 6-4
London Monarchs 10 8 .556 2.0 9-9 1 6-5 4-3 1-1 2-3 W1 5-5
Moscow Proletariat 9 7 .563 2.0 9-7 0 2-3 7-4 1-0 3-0 L1 5-5
Berlin Teutonic Knights 7 9 .438 4.0 9-7 -2 3-4 4-5 0-2 0-4 W1 5-5
Madrid Matadors 8 10 .444 4.0 7-11 1 4-8 4-2 1-1 3-2 W1 7-3
Amsterdam Admirals 6 10 .375 5.0 5-11 1 4-5 2-5 0-1 1-2 W1 4-6
Rome Cardinals 6 12 .333 6.0 9-9 -3 1-5 5-7 1-0 1-3 L1 2-8
John Baird, Sergei Lenyashin Share Player of the Month Honors
John Baird
Sergei Lenyashin
The League of Nations looks like a hitters' league, and early on big boppers from America and communist Russia lead the way. Baird, a 25 year old third baseman out of South Carolina, has tattooed the league to the tune of a .417 average, 16 runs, and 17 RBIs in 17 games. He also leads all third basemen with 6 double plays.
Lenyashin had never played the game before this year but you wouldn't know it to watch him play. The Moscow native has combined a blistering average (.417), incredible power (10 extra base hits so far), and solid play in center field. There was really no choice but to award him this way.
Pitchers of the Month Also Named
Joel Lemoine
Kung Fu Huan
Four great outings by Paris's Joel Lemoine earned him Pitcher of the Month honors for April. The right handed ace of the Revolutions' staff relies on changing speed and so far that strategy has baffled European hitting. He is tied for the Euro League in strikeouts with 12 and owns the 2nd best K/W ratio in the league as well. As a result, opponents are hitting just .221 against him and his stinginess with the runs has earned him 4 victories against no losses.
His American/Asian counterpart goes by the nickname "Kung Fu" because of his ability to throw a variety of pitches with the controlled fury of an ancient Chinese martial arts master. To date he has 10 strikeouts vs. 6 walks and has not allowed a man to enter in relief of him. His record of 3-1 belies the fact that he only got his one loss due to 4 unearned runs charged to him.