The NL Team of the Week (new!) is the Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters. At 11-3 they had the best record of the sim and an incredible +40 run differential to go along side it.
Leesburg took the brunt of the beating, losing 6 games to the Beaters by a combined score of 47-22. Spanish Harlem also took two series from the Blackbirds but did lose a 3 game set to Otherton.
Oscar Charleston was again a monster, batting .404 / .493 / .825 with 6 homers, 19 runs, and 19 RBI. He's in the running for player of the week again. The team as a whole sported an .831 OPS, with Cupid Childs, Ozzie Smith, and John Olerud playing well.
The pen was key for Spanish Harlem, giving up just 11 earned runs in 43 innings (2.30 ERA). Ed Siever (25 IP, 4 ER) and John Tudor (21 IP, 6 ER) were anchors in the rotation winning 5 games (with no losses) in 6 starts.
The AL Team of the Week are the Green Sox of Colorado. They ultimately finished 1/2 game worse than Sparta for the week's best record but almost doubled their Run Differential so they get the nod.
Babe Ruth, tired of playing second fiddle to Charleston, had a great week banging 6 home runs and recorded a 1.054 OPS. Jason Giambi and Brett Boone combined for an .860 OPS and 18 RBI.
The Colorado pitchers were they key to the Green Sox success however. Starters Harvey Haddix, Al Orth, and Bill McCall were a strong 1-2-3 punch, averaging a combined ERA under 3.00.
En route to the 10 wins, Colorado pummeled the Red Lectroids, taking a 4 game sweep to open the sim, scoring 41 in 4 games (the actually scored 13, 17, and 12 runs in consecutive games between sims). They also swept the Burnt Ends, split with Manetheren (two 12 innings wins), but lost 3 of 4 to Ball Four.
Otherton may be stuck in neutral with a 21-21 record but at least we are doing well against our division rivals, the Pinata Beaters, going 4-1 so far on the season. And 4 of the 5 games have been 1 run affairs.
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