UBL November Newsletter


3-Homer games:
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Thome (Beaners), 13-6 loss to Taters on 5/4
Chipper Jones (Tourists), 14-5 win over Falcons on 5/5
Chavez (Tigers), 10-9 win over Jackals in 15 on 5/18


Top RBI game:
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Jones (Tourists) - 4 for 6, 3 homers, 8 RBI (5/5, above) -
Chipper had 2 costly errors the day before, so I guess he came out 
with some fire in his belly.


The Cycle:
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Luis Gonzo (White Sox), in a 14-9 loss to the Hounds:
  
            B  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K 
Gonzalez L  5  3  5  2  1  2  1  0  0 

That's 13 total bases!


The Golden Sombrero:
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McLemore, Tree Frogs - 0 for 4, 4 Ks (4/30)
Belliard, Browns - 0 for 5, 4 Ks (5/1)
Hidalgo, Mashers - 0 for 4, 4 Ks (5/9) - he did draw a walk, though
Sosa, Tourists - 0 for 5, 4 Ks (5/10)
Daubach, Taters - 0 for 4, 4 Ks (5/14)
J Hernandez, Beaners - 0 for 4, 4 Ks (5/14)
Burrell, Giants - 0 for 5, 4 Ks (5/23)
Cordova, Tigers - 0 for 4, 4 Ks (5/23)
Cameron, Taters - 0 for 4, 4 Ks (5/26)
Long, Jackals - 0 for 5, 4 Ks (5/28)
Canseco, Jackals - 0 for 4, 4 Ks (5/30)

But the real hapless games were turned in by:

DeShields, Jackals - 0 for 7, 4 Ks (5/18 - 15 innings)
and
R Sanders, Scum - 1 for 7 (solo HR), FIVE Ks (5/19 - 13 innings)
 That's a Double Golden Sombrero with 2 asterisks, folks! 


Near misses:
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Taters' F.Castillo had a no-hitter through 8, S.Stewart singled 
to lead off the 9th, Taters hang on to beat the Giants 2-0 (5/20)

Canes' Buehrle had a no-no through 8 2/3 against the White Sox, 
but Salmon singled to break it up, Canes win 1-0 (also on 5/20)

Musta been a full moon that night.............

Now here's a silly one - on 5/21, Yanks' Pedro has thrown no-hit ball
for 8 innings against the Tourists, struck out 15, and has a 5-0 lead.
The goofy computer manager pinch-hit for him with one out and no one
on in the 9th, although he had thrown only 118 pitches.  Benitez came
on and walked 2, Percival allowed back-to-back hits, then hit Manny
to bring the winning run to the plate with 1 out.  Meanwhile, Pedro 
can't bear to watch - he draped a towel over his head and buried his 
face in his hands.  Alas for the Tourists, Piazza and Nomar couldn't
get it done, and the Yanks hold on to win 5-2.  


Grab some pine:
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(5/21) Yanks' Pedro fans 15 Tourists (see above).
(5/26) White Sox' Schilling fans 15 more Tourists in 7 1/3, wins 12-6.


Games of Interest:
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(5/28) Browns outlast Beaners, 6-5, in 20, count 'em, 20 innings.
Both teams tossed shutout ball from the 10th to the 19th - from the 
bottom of the 9th through the top of the 20th, that was 11 straight
innings with no runs!

Pitchers Can Too Hit, Part I - (5/23) Kerry Freakin' Ligtenberg hit
a walkoff grand slam off the Tourists' Hoffman to cap a 5-run 9th,
White Sox humble Tourists, 14-13.  Hoffman has since been sent to AAA
to work on his hitting.

Pitchers Can Too Hit, Part II - the very next day, the Tourists'
Clemens, not to be outdone, homered, singled, drove in 2, and tossed
a complete game 3-hitter at the hated White Sox.  He also threw batting
practice, dragged the infield, sold popcorn between innings, and fixed
Piazza's game glove. 


Batter of the Month: (due to a commish-glitch, no award this month)

Pitcher of the Month: (glitch)

Fireman of the Month: (glitch)

Best Record: Overall - Yankees - 21-7, Road - Yanks & Jackals - 11-3

Team Batting: (glitch)

Team Pitching: (glitch)