Sorry for the delay, we had a huge problem with the league crashing which I eventually found to be two pitchers in the Eastern League. Once I retired those guys, everything worked again. Weirdest part? Neither of them had anything seemingly wrong with them.
Back to the business at hand:
No change at the top of the standings, but the Orioles' lead has shrunk to under 10 games for the first time in over a month. The Cleveland Spiders enjoyed a solid fortnight to grab a slim lead in the race for second place over the Louisville Colonels. Both Cleveland and Louisville have opened up a bit of breathing space ahead of the Chicago Colts with Pittsburgh and St. Louis also coming back to the pack a bit.
Perhaps the heavy workload has caught up to
Rick Kushner. The Orioles' ace was seemingly a steam-roller on course for an enormous season, but he seems to have a hit a wall. He's winless (0-5) in his last six starts and has just a 2-7 record in his last ten. In 50 starts, Kusner is 34-11 and his ERA is 3.76. Is the Age of the Ironman over at last?
Ed Burrell has edged ahead again in the race to be batting champion and put at least a little shine on a poor season for the Philadelphia Phillies. Burrell is over .400 again, finishing August at .405 and has a nine-percentage point lead on Brooklyn's
Nathan Joseph for the batting crown. Surprisingly it was not Burrell's team mate
Ed Stevenson who became the first man since 1889 (and just the third ever) to crack the 20-HR plateau. That honor went to Boston's
Harry Ransom. Even more astounding is that Ransom has accomplished this feat in a mere 48 games!
Boston's Amazing Harry Ransom