Days 167-169: Tie in the Central, Backwoods two up on Rocco with three to go!

Pennant races continue to thrill!  Henderson and Monterrey are deadlocked after 159 games.  Backwoods moves their lead over Rocco to 2 games after this three-game set, but the two brothers face each other in the final three games!  The wild card looks likely to go to the loser of the East Division as Fort Wayne slipped a game down and the Monterrey/Henderson loser likely won't have enough wins to claim the wild card. 

The beefy McGwire has
exceeded even his real life
totals (.310 average, .455 OBP,
and 1.252 OBPS!!!)

Plenty of individual awards and records are still worth following.  Mark McGwire has made a mockery of the Home Run and RBI chases (78 HR's and 162 RBIs so far!), will be watching to see where he ends up.  He even comes in 4th in the league in average, although Larry Walker of Midland is way ahead in that category.  There are four pitchers tied for most wins right now (Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Greg Maddux, and David Cone), each with 18 'W's.  Randy Johnson has a lock on the Strikeout title, he is at 333 so far!  Kenny Rogers of Las Vegas and Greg Maddux of Rocco are battling for the ERA crown, at 3.16 and 3.20 respectively.  Trevor Hoffman is up by two for most saves, but Mike Jackson could make it interesting if the Frosted Tips can upend the Juicers a few times in the final series. 

The Bastard's Barry Bonds
will endorse anything

Day 167  Jimmy's Jose Lima goes the distance and holds the Rickeys to just 1 run, Barry Bonds hits push the Bastards pass the Fremonts. Verona tops Fort Wayne 8-5, scoring 5 runs in the top of the ninth to demoralize the Frosted Tips.  The Dubliners stop Rocco's Replicas in a 6-3 game.  The Juicers beat the Goombies 9-4, Mark Loretta tallied 4 hits.  Monterrey takes back the lead in the Central, edging the Buttheads 6-5.  David Justice's 9th inning homer was the difference there. 


Day 168  Rocco gains a game on the Bastards, still trailing them by 1 full game.  The Replicas took apart the Dubliners 13-4.  The Fremonts knocked off the Bastards 8-6, with Brett Tomko picking up the win.  The Rickeys beat Jimmy 7-3, but Monterrey stayed atop the Central thanks to a dramatic 6-run rally in the top of the ninth inning.  Verona again played spoiler to Fort Wayne, beating them 5-4 in 11 innings.  The Juicers aren't resting on their laurels after clinching their division, they blast Dublin 10-5, with Sammy Sosa cracking HR's #66 and #67. 


Day 169   Henderson battered Jimmy 8-3, and moved into a first place tie with idle Monterrey.  Fort Wayne stayed alive as Woody "The Woodman" Williams two-hitted Verona.  Rocco's Replicas suffered a 6-5 defeat to Dublin, the men from Ireland rallying for two runs in the bottom of the ninth. The Juicers powered past Midland 8-4.