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Craig Costello
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1990 All-Star Break

June 22nd 1990

Code:
WL North Sea                 EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Dublin     43  32   -        Hamburg     44  31   -
Glasgow    42  33   1        Berlin      41  34   3
Paris      40  35   3        Helsinki    41  34   3
Amsterdam  31  44  12        Oslo        39  36   5
London     31  44  12        Copenhagen  36  39   8
Brussels   29  46  14        Stockholm   32  43  12

WL Meditteranean             EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Lisbon     50  25   -        Prague      45  30   -
Madrid     45  30   5        Athens      40  35   5
Barcelona  40  35  10        Warsaw      39  36   6
Zurich     35  40  15        Sofia       33  42  12
Milan      34  41  16        Moscow      32  43  13
Vienna     30  45  20        Budapest    28  47  17
Notes -

Reigning champs Berlin started 3-11, but they have recovered quite nicely. Copenhagen started 12-2, but they have fallen away quite badly.
Lisbon started 2-3, but then won 26 out of 29 games.
On April 17th five of the twelve games went to exactly 11 innings.
Milan had 4 consecutive two-out hits as they scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Vienna 6-5 on April 20th.
Barcelona scored 12 runs in the 1st inning on their way to beating London 14-3 on April 25th.
Dublin won 12 games straight in May.
Athens had back-to-back two-out home runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Sofia 6-5.
Sofia and Prague played a game that the Eliminators won 8-7 in 18 innings. Both teams scored twice in the 14th and 3 times in the 16th.

Player Notes -

Brussels pitcher Max Schlotterbeck pitched a one-hitter in the first week of the season against Zurich.
1989's batting champ, Nino Batistuta (Helsinki), was 4/4 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 6 runs scored as his team beat Sofia 24-3.
The Hitters of the Month for April were Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels) and Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen). The Pitchers were rookie Placido Gamboa (Madrid) and Vladimir Karakash (Sofia).
Lage Sahlstein (London) had 7 RBI in the Crocs 12-4 win over Brussels on May 1st. The next day Michael Rodier (Sofia) had 6 RBI thanks to a 3 HR game against Budapest.
Eldwin Richter (Brussels) had a 7 RBI day also. He was 3/5 with a double and triple against Vienna as the Hitmen won 14-7.
In the 18 inning game, Sofia's Hans Eldjar hit for the cycle. Tomislaw Eudzerski (Dublin) hit for the cycle in a 9 inning game against London on June 1st.
The Hitters of the Month for May were Stefan Kowelski (Glasgow) and Aki Lavinen (Helsinki). The Pitchers were Sippo Lahti (Paris) and Jesus Ruiz (Warsaw). It was the 6th PoM award for Ruiz in his storied career.
Kaspar Ahlmann (Berlin) and Nate Laverty (Stockholm) had a great pitchers duel on June 13th, but neither was able to win. Ahlmann gave up just 2 hits in 9 innings and Laverty just 1 over the same distance. Berlin won the game 2-0 in extras.

Significant Injuries -

Salmund Jaerbyn (Vienna) missed 8 weeks with an arm injury. He hit a combined 53 HR in the last two seasons.
Dane Meling (Madrid), who won 18 games in both 88 and 89, missed 6 weeks with a shoulder problem.
Sofia's Rich Scherer was injured on April 27th and will not be back until August. He had 73 HR over the last two years.
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