Days 21-30 Close races starting to emerge!

After 30 days, we have a logjam in the East, with each team within 2.5 games of each other.  Henderson has cooled off a bit this block, and Bill Marx has ridden a hot streak to get up to 16-11.  PED-Co is riding high with their steroid infested lineup right now, but only 4.5 games separate them from all of their competition. 

Ken Griffey's 'medicine' helped him this block!

Some highs and lows from this block.  Vlad Guerrero has the most HR's over the last 10 days with 8, but Ken Griffey is right behind with 7, and Mark McGwire has hit 5 lately.   Griffey wins the coveted 'Player Of The Block" with a .432 average, 7 HRs, and 12 RBIs.  The Big Hurt is hitting .458 this block for Verona.  On the flip side, Robin Ventura is a shocking O for 26 streak.    Mike Mussina has been roughed up lately, giving up 16 runs and 22 hits in 12 innings. 

Today's historic video is the full Robin Ventura - Nolan Ryan brawl.  Lesson as always - don't mess with Texas!  This kind of beating will put you in an 0 for 26 funk.

Day 21  PED-Co Park edges Fort Wayne 6-5, Brooklyn tattoos Francisco Cordova,  Andy Ashby shuts down Henderson's offense, Todd Helton gets jimmy with it and gets 3 hits and 3 RBIs

Day 22  Verona Ridge wins on a Brian McRae HR, Jimmy has a big 9th to top Andy, Bill Marx puts another loss on Henderson, Mark McGwire cranks 2 HRs, Fremonts get a walkoff from Pudge

Day 23  Jimmy wins fifth in a row as John Smoltz outduels Randy Johnson, David Cone tosses shutout with 12 K's for Andy, little Andy Fox blasts a walk-off HR in the bottom of the 12th for Bill Marx

Day 24  McGwire is heating up, he belts 2 HRs and 6 RBIs to allow Fort Wayne to barely squeak by Jimmy 7-6, Gombies fall to Rickeys as Jim Leyritz cranks 2 HRs, Vladdie's HR puts Juicers over John Wisely's team

Day 25  Pete Harnisch moves to 4-0 for Henderson, Brooklyn's Kevin Brown blanks Bill Marx despite giving up 10 hits, Andy tattoos Vegas 12-0 as Greg Maddux spins a 4-hit shutout with 0 walks, and Mark McGwire homers again, this one an 11th inning one to give the Frosted tips the 3-2 win over Jimmy, Jose Lima goes 9 and 2/3 innings and only gives up 2 hits!

Day 26  Vegas gets 2 dingers from Mike Stanley, Pedro K's 10 and gives Midland the victory, Jim Edmonds cracks 2 HRs and gets 4 RBIs for the Juicers as they defeat Henderson, and the Big Hurt, Frank Thomas, gets two taters of his own for Verona in their win over the Wisely team. 

Day 27  Sammy Sosa has been quiet so far this season, but he racks 4 hits to get PED-Co over Henderson 11-10, Mo Vaughn gets 4 hits for Midland, Ken Griffey hits HRs #10 and #11, David Wells goes to 4-0 for the Bastards as they smash Andy 12-8. 

Day 28  Two more dingers for Ken Griffey, John Valentin with a walk-off Goombie HR, Will "The Thrill" cracks two HRs and gets 5 RBIs for John Wisely, "Survivor" contestant Jeff Kent goes 3-5 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs for the Buttheads, and Mark Gardner with a super solid 9 innings for the Bastards, who edged arch-rival Andy 2-1. 

Day 29  Las Vegas wins their 4th in a row with a thrilling 8-7 win over Henderson, highlighted by Shawn Green's walk-off HR, Matt Stairs gives the Juicers a coupe of HRs, John Smoltz shuts out Jimmy, and Verona Ridge sets new single game records for hits in a game (24) and runs (14). Javy Lopez gets 2 HRs and 6 RBIs, and both Craig Biggio and Frank Thomas get 5 hits!!! 

Day 30  Verona Ridge scores 3 in the 9th to stun the Buttheads, Johnny Damon gets 3 extra base hits,
Paul Byrd (CAW!) pitches Getting Jimmy With It past Fort Wayne , Sammy Sosa with a walk-off for PED-Co, and Bartolo Colon goes to 4-0 for the Rickeys.