Days 51-60- Bill Marx and Getting Jimmy make their moves!

This was an outstanding block for Bill Marx's ballclub as they won 9 in a row before dropping the last game of this set.  Getting Jimmy With It went 7-3, narrowing the distance between them and the Las Vegas Fremonts.  The once-all-powerful Henderson Rickeys have lost the last six in a row.  Damn Law of Averages!

Shawn Green's sweet swing lifts the Fremonts again!

We hereby anoint Shawn Green of Las Vegas as the Player Of This Block.  Green hit .371 with 6 HRs and 16 RBIs.  Green had several very strong seasons for the Dodgers, but not many know that he holds the all-time record for most total bases in a single game!  He once went 6 for 6 in one game, with 4 HRs, a double, and a single!  He also drove in seven runs that day.  The good folks at that bastion of journalistic integrity Bleacher Report, dubbed it the fourth greatest single game stat line of all time! Read more here...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1221020-fantasy-baseballs-12-greatest-single-game-statlines-ever/page/11

Others had strong stats as well.  Tony Gwynn is doing his best to make Chuck the General Manager of the Year (every year!) by hitting .478 with 11 hits in 23 at bats, and surprisingly belting three home runs after his recent pickup.  Manny Ramirez had a nice set of games, with a .382 average and 5 homers.  Some of the 'not so hot' players?  John Wisely would nominate Johnny Damon, whose lowly average of .105 was not quite what was expected.  Andy's Dustin Hermanson was shellacked, giving up 14 hits, 5 HRs, and 12 earned runs in just six innings.

 

Day 51  Todd Helton has 4 hits for Jimmy, Travis Fryman's HR gets Verona past Fort Wayne, and PED-Co's Sammy Sosa had 4 hits, 5 RBIs, and 1 HR!   Backwoods wins on a 9th inning run scored off of a passed ball.

Day 52  Matt Stairs clobbers the ball, with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs for PED-Co, Verona sends Fort Wayne to their 7th consecutive loss, and Bartolo Colon moves to 7-0 for Henderson despite a hefty ERA of 4.30. 

Day 53  Getting Jimmy wins their sixth in a row, Matt Stairs connects again for a homer, Andy Ashby goes the distance for Bill, and Mark McGwire  has a double and a grand slam for Fort Wayne.

Day 54  Fort Wayne gets back on track thanks to a dominant pitching performance by Jason Schmidt.  "Juan Gone" Gonzalez hits 2 HRs for Backwoods, and Bill Marx gets a walk-off hit from Jeff Cirillo.  Game of the day however, was Andy's 14-11 win over Las Vegas.  They tied the season record for most combined hits with 36 (19 for Andy, 17 for Vegas).  Albert Belle clouted two dingers in that game.

Day 55  Roberto Alomar hits a walk-off homer for the Fremonts.  Pedro Martinez tossed a tidy three-hitter at the Rickeys and gave the Goombies a much-needed win.  Barry Bonds (Backwoods), Shawn Green (Vegas) and Tony Clark (Bill Marx) each had two home runs. 

Day 56  Andy's Gabe White only allows 2 hits and Mike Bordick had two hits, Jose Lima only gives up 1 run and 4 hits for the Jimmys, Juicer's Walt Weiss knocks in both runs in a 2-1 win over Verona, and Jeff Cirillo has his second walk-off hit in three days for Bill Marx. 

Day 57  Brooklyn finally gets a win when Bob "Apparently I was Not Known as Bobby This Year" Abreu hit a HR and scored three runs. Greg Vaughn and Will Clark homered for John Wisely, and the greatly named Turk Wendell secured his second save of the year.  Todd Walker's three hits helped PED-Co edge Verona 8-7. 

Day 58  Bill Marx won his 11th straight game, 4-3 over the Midland Goombies.  David Wells and the Backwoods Bastards blank Andy, Verona returns the favor and edges PED-Co 3-2, and Las Vegas sets a new record for most runs in a game by destroying Getting Jimmy 20-1.

Day 59  Vegas gets a three-hit effort from Ismael Valdes, and 2 hits and 3 RBIs from Roberto Alomar, Backwoods Bastards beat brother Andy 4-3, and Chan Ho Park went to 7-1 as the Juicers had their third consecutive one-run game with Verona Ridge.  Game of the day was Henderson Rickeys and John Wisely.  Henderson notched 2 in the top of the 10th inning, but Matt Lawton's three-run homer in the bottom of that inning gave John the win!

Day 60  The Brooklyn Buttheads are the surprising choice to end Bill Marx's reign of terror, final score was 6-5 Brooklyn.  Dean Palmer cracked two homers for the Goombies, and Brian McRae did the same for the Roadrunners.  Paul Byrd (CAW! CAW!) three-hitted the Bastards for Getting Jimmy with It!