Henderson slugs its way through the first set of ten games!

Manny being Manny, showboating
with yet another home run!

The first set of 10 days of action is now complete and wow, the steroids are already in the air as balls fly out of ballparks at a record pace already!  With 59 games in the books now, there have been 176 home runs already, just about three a game!!!!

The Henderson Rickeys smacked 29 homers in just the first 10 games!  Andy has the second most, with 19.  Henderson has Manny Ramirez with 6 HRs already, and Tino Martinez and Ken Caminiti with 5 each. 

Manny and Caminiti and Tino are far and away the hottest batters in the whole league so far.  But how about Fort Wayne's Sterling Hitchcock?  9 innings of shutout ball with 15 K's!  As for who's not hot, Damon Buford's .174 average will place him firmly in Bill Vanaman's doghouse, and Chuck Finley and Scott Erickson won't last long with ERA's over 9.00.  A special place on the hotseat is reserved for Andy's Mike Bordick, with just 1 hit in 35 at bats for a woeful .029 average. 

For those new to this, there are a ton of stats on the right hand side of the screen, but these daily reports are the heart and soul of this exercise.  Just click where it says "Day 1" or "Day whatever".  You can check every day to see your boxscores, little newspaper-likes stories (now with a condensed play log for each inning!), who's hot, who's not, who's injured, etc.  I'll try to put the highlights here, but click away on the full reports and enjoy!

Day 1  Pedro Martinez throws a three-hit shutout at the Buttheads, Albert Belle and Tino Martinez each crack two HRs, Travis Fryman's two-run HR lifts Verona over the Juicers

Day 2 Carlos Delgado with 5 RBIs for the Buttheads, Fort Wayne gets a 13th inning walk-off HR from Andruw Jones to top John Wisely, Kerry Wood whiffs 10

Day 3 Steve Willnus and the Henderson Rickeys remain unbeated, with their third straight wins.  Dramatic walkoff HR for Goombies' Dean Palmer, former Tiger Justin Thompson goes the distance for Verona Ridge

Day 4  Chan Ho Park provides outstanding pitching for the Juicers, "The Big Hurt" Frank Thomas is a walk-off hero for Verona, Goombies get three in the top of the 12th to beat the Rickeys

Day 5  Orlando Hernandez gives manager Steve Willnus a one-hit shutout, Sterling Hitchcock tosses a three-hit shutout for Fort Wayne, Albert Belle and Rafael Palmeiro each hit 2 HR's

Day 6  Jim Thome homers late for the Juicers, Rusty Greer goes 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs, Roger Clemens (15 K's) and Derek Jeter (4 hits) get Jimmy for Jimmy's team, Randy Johnson K's 13 and goes the distance for Fort Wayne

Day 7 Homer Bush (really, Homer Bush???) walks off for John Wisely, Bill Marx and Brooklyn go 15 innings of non-steroid ball with a combined ZERO runs until Barry Larkin cracks the walk-off for Bill , David Cone tosses a nifty two-hit shutout for Andy, and Barry Bonds gets 2 HRs and 5 RBIs for Steve

Day 8  Henderson continues to pound the ball, this time its catcher Gregg Zaun with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs.  Other games seem dominated by pitching, with Brooklyn's Carlos Perez, Bill's Tom Glavine, Henderson's Al Leiter, and John Wisely's Brian Moehler each turning in outstanding performances

Day 9 Chan Ho Park blanks Steve Willnus' team on just three hits, giving PED-Co another win.  Most unlikely player to crank two HR's in a single game?  How about Jimmy's Eddie Taubensee?  He does the trick against Verona Ridge.  Rusty Greer had another 4 hit game for Brooklyn, Jeff Bagwell gets a grand slam and "Da Meathook" Dmitri Young rack up 5 RBIs. 

Day 10 Chuck's Kenny Rogers and Jeff Shaw combine to shut out the Buttheads, Tony Clark has 2 HRs for Bill, Brian Giles provides offense for Fort Wayne