Days 151-160: Bastards Reign of Terror! Backwoods goes 10-0 and is now on a 14 game winning streak!!!

Break up the Bastards!  They are
riding the longest hot streak seen this year!

As Stan and Kyle said so many times on South Park after Kenny died, "you Bastards!".  Backwoods is now on an epic 14 game winning streak, leapfrogging Rocco's Replica's and enjoying a 4.5 game lead with 12 days left in the season!

Henderson has climbed back atop the Central, and PED-Co remains in first control of the West.  Wild card battle is super close - Rocco leads that battle, with Fort Wayne a half game behind and Monterrey three behind. 

Not sure if that is Juan Gone or
the cowboy from the Village People

On the heels of Backwood's incredible run, it is only fitting for a Bastard to be named Player of the Block.  And Juan Gonzalez is just the Bastard for it!  Juan Gone hit a hefty .405 with 3 HR's and 10 RBIs.  Henderson sluggers Ken Caminiti, Eric Davis, and A-Rod were all close competitors, but the Henderson trio must have split the votes, allowing Gonzalez to win  :-)


Day 151   Fort Wayne and Dublin engaged in the longest contest so far this year, a 17 inning epic!  The Frosted Tips get the duke when Brian S. Giles homered in the top of the 17th. Manny Ramirez collected four hits for the Rickeys, and the Bastards topped Las Vegas 5-3.  Sammy Sosa hit homer #60 in the Juicer's win over Verona.  Rocco wins behind Andres Galarraga's two homers.  Monterrey holds off a game Goombie team 6-5.  Backwoods Juan Gonzalez (he of the Hulk-style ripped up shirt in the picture above) provided the offense and David Wells the pitching in a 3-0 win over Getting Jimmy. 

Day 152  Henderson's Jose Offerman hits a grand slam, Steve Trachsel pitches Dublin over the Frosted Tips, and the Replica's Greg Maddux K's 10 and holds the Fremonts to just 1 run while picking up win #18.  Mike Mussina is lights out for Midland against Monterrey.  The Bastards get another Juan Gone homer and top Jimmy again. 

Day 153  Midland's Tony Womack gets four hits  and Denny Neagle goes the distance in a 10-5 win over the Rickeys.  Backwoods Juan Guzman goes all nine in their 6-2 win.  Verona Ridge gets a walkoff homer in the 11th from Bobby Higginson and turns away Fort Wayne!  PED-Co edges Dublin 6-5.  John Johnstone and Tom Gordon help the Bastards over the Fremonts.  Jeff Kent racks up 2 hits and 2 RBIs in a 5-1 win over Monterry.  Getting Jimmy, happy to be playing anyone other than the Bastards, take down the Replicas 11-3!

Day 154  Larry Walker hits 2 homers and Roberto Kelly's walkoff homer give the Goombies the win over the Replicas.  Fort Wayne tops Verona as Tim Salmon gets 4 hits and 3 RBIs.  Will "The Thrill" Clark has a walk-off hit for Dublin.  "Da Meathook" Dmitri Young has two homers and 4 RBIs for Monterrey.  Backwoods gets 2 Barry Bonds homers and a walkoff hit from The Loftonator, Kenny Lofton!  Rocco held serve by defeating Getting Jimmy, David Cone getting 12 K's and moving his record up to 17-8. 

Day 155  A-Rod hits his 37th homer in a win over Midland, Travis Fryman slugs 2 out of the park for victorious Verona, Sammy's 61st puts the Juicers over Dublin, Scott Erickson (aka The King of Getting a Decision Out of Every Start) moves to 15-19 in Monterrey's 3-1 win over Brooklyn.  More late-inning magic for the Bastards as Brad "McDreamy" Ausmus singles in the winner in the bottom of the ninth!

Day 156  Fort Wayne gets 10 innings from Woody Williams and a walk-off single from Andruw Jones to upset PED-Co, Will Clark ties a league record with 5 hits for Dublin as they crush Verona 15-3.  It's apparently Pitching Endurance Day as Kevin Brown goes all nine in Brooklyn's win, Bartolo Colon does the same for Henderson, Brett TOmko does for Vegas, and Mark Gardner does for those relentless Bastards! 

Day 157  Brooklyn trounces Midland 10-3, Ken Griffey gives Vegas two homers and a victory over Getting Jimmy, Monterrey falls to Henderson's Al Leiter,   Verona edges Dublin 4-2, and The Bastards beat Rocco decisively, 14-8, with Cliff Floyd cracking two home runs.  Game of the Day was certainly PED-CO slipping past Fort Wayne 11-10.  Each team had 13 hits.  Jim Edmonds three-run homer was key for the Juicers.

Day 158  Buttheads beat Goombies with Bret Saberhagen getting the win, Fort Wayne crushed PED-Co 11-6, despite Matt Stairs two homers.  Henderson gets past rival Monterrey again, 4-1 this time.  The Bastards get their usual win, Tom "Flash" Gordon collecting save #32.  Vegas edges Jimmy 2-1, and Verona's Neifi Perez again is the right man at the right time, cracking a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 13th!

Day 159  Bastards keep winning, 4-3 this time against the Fremonts.   Pedro Martinez handcuffed Monterrey's batters and the Goombies win 4-1.  Mike Hampton and Mike Jackson combine for Fort Wayne to shut out Verona.  Eric Davis gets 5 RBIs as Henderson stomps Brooklyn 11-1. 

Day 160   Robert Abreu (his name gets more formal as the season goes on!) had two homers, four hits, and four ribbies for Brooklyn.  Midland's Pedro Martinez claimed his 16th win of the season.  Fort Wayne's Mike Piazza hit his 21st homer in their win over Dublin.  The Unstoppable Bastards topped Vegas 5-3, with Nomar clubbing his 27th home run.