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bigdawg2003 · 06-30-2002, 06:48 PM

END OF JULY REPORT:
Record: 67-37, .644 winning %,
Standing: 1st place N.L. West, 13 games ahead of Los Angeles
Best in MLB: Houston
Worst in MLB: Chicago Cubs, 40-64, .385 winning %, 21 games behind St. Louis
Other Division Leaders:
N.L. East: St. Louis, 61-43, .587 winning %, seven games ahead of Philadelphia, eight ahead of Montreal

A.L. East: Baltimore & New York, 66-38, .635 winning %, four ahead of Detroit

A.L. West: California, 59-45, .567 winning %, one game ahead of Kansas City, four ahead of Oakland

Not the best month for the Astros. Baltimore & New York are closing in fast on the standings and starting SS Craig Reynolds will miss five weeks due to a pulled triceps. Rafael Landestoy will take his place in the #8 spot. Art Howe is having a good year, and as a reward is moved ahead of Cesar Cedeno in the batting order to the cleanup spot. Terry Puhl is beginning to fade but is still a quality leadoff man & I see no reason to drop him in the order. Joe Morgan is among the league leaders in steals, but is struggling to stay above .200. I decide to keep Joe Sambito, not risking disrupting a good thing. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Only two deadline trades, and nothing of significance, although Pittsburgh did place Willie Stargell on the trading block. Nobody bit. All signs point towards a Houston-St. Louis NLCS, but the American League is impossible to tell. Baltimore & New York are the two best teams there, but one will not make it. California and Kansas City are still duking it out, but Oakland could jump into it easily with an August hot streak. J.R. Richard & Oscar Gamble continue their dominance of the league leaders board and a World Series matchup is not out of the question. At one point in July, Richard’s ERA slipped below one. This team needs a masher in the worst way. Art Howe leads the team in homers, but only has 13. There are several intriguing names in the potential free agents section, including Cincinnati C Johnny Bench, Montreal C Gary Carter & OF Andre Dawson, Boston OF Jim Rice, and New York (A) 3B Graig Nettles. Attendance has been excellent all year and I anticipate having some money to throw around in the free agent period. Rod Carew is hitting .385 to lead the league and it’s possible he could make a run at .400.

NEXT: End of August report. Can Gamble or Jackson make history?

06-30-2002, 06:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
bigdawg2003 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Austin, Texas, USA, Earth Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	END OF JULY REPORT END OF JULY REPORT: Record: 67-37, .644 winning %, Standing: 1st place N.L. West, 13 games ahead of Los Angeles Best in MLB: Houston Worst in MLB: Chicago Cubs, 40-64, .385 winning %, 21 games behind St. Louis Other Division Leaders: N.L. East: St. Louis, 61-43, .587 winning %, seven games ahead of Philadelphia, eight ahead of Montreal A.L. East: Baltimore & New York, 66-38, .635 winning %, four ahead of Detroit A.L. West: California, 59-45, .567 winning %, one game ahead of Kansas City, four ahead of Oakland Not the best month for the Astros. Baltimore & New York are closing in fast on the standings and starting SS Craig Reynolds will miss five weeks due to a pulled triceps. Rafael Landestoy will take his place in the #8 spot. Art Howe is having a good year, and as a reward is moved ahead of Cesar Cedeno in the batting order to the cleanup spot. Terry Puhl is beginning to fade but is still a quality leadoff man & I see no reason to drop him in the order. Joe Morgan is among the league leaders in steals, but is struggling to stay above .200. I decide to keep Joe Sambito, not risking disrupting a good thing. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Only two deadline trades, and nothing of significance, although Pittsburgh did place Willie Stargell on the trading block. Nobody bit. All signs point towards a Houston-St. Louis NLCS, but the American League is impossible to tell. Baltimore & New York are the two best teams there, but one will not make it. California and Kansas City are still duking it out, but Oakland could jump into it easily with an August hot streak. J.R. Richard & Oscar Gamble continue their dominance of the league leaders board and a World Series matchup is not out of the question. At one point in July, Richard’s ERA slipped below one. This team needs a masher in the worst way. Art Howe leads the team in homers, but only has 13. There are several intriguing names in the potential free agents section, including Cincinnati C Johnny Bench, Montreal C Gary Carter & OF Andre Dawson, Boston OF Jim Rice, and New York (A) 3B Graig Nettles. Attendance has been excellent all year and I anticipate having some money to throw around in the free agent period. Rod Carew is hitting .385 to lead the league and it’s possible he could make a run at .400. NEXT: End of August report. Can Gamble or Jackson make history?