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7-2-22
Senators leave the yard 4 times in their way to an 8-4 win over the Braves!

WSH(47-38) 8 13 0
ATL(55-30) 4 9 0

W: Grove 6-7 3.64 ERA
L: Wainwright 10-4 3.03 ERA

HR: WSH- Ruth(22) Keller(5) Brett(10) Hundley(8) ATL- Carr(4) Thomas(28) *2nd WLB

SB: ATL- Dixon(25)

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7-2-22
Carl Mays outduels David Price in a 1-0 White Sox win over the Stars!

NSH(45-40) 0 7 1
LVW(38-47) 1 4 0

W: Mays 5-4 4.15 ERA
L: Price 8-5 4.40 ERA

HR: LVW- Beckwith(12)

E: NSH- Riley 1

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7-2-22
Bulls jump on Gallen for 2 in the 1st and never look back, beating the Dodgers 4-1.

DUR(57-28) 4 12 0
BKN(28-57) 1 4 0

W: Perry 7-4 3.74 ERA
L: Gallen 3-4 2.60 ERA
S: Holland 19 3.86 ERA

HR: DUR- C. Smith(15) BKN- Goslin(4)

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7-2-22
Red Ryan goes the distance as the Giants get back in the series with a 9-3 win over the Amish Assassins!

LAN(55-30) 3 6 1
NYG(53-32) 9 12 0

W: Ryan 4-4 4.31 ERA
L: Mussina 5-8 5.63 ERA

HR: LAN- R. Collins(8) NYG- Greenberg(15)

SB: LAN- Griffey Sr.(1) NYG- Rodríguez(7)

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7-2-22
Blyleven goes the distance! Knights beat the Pirates for the 2nd day in a row, winning 4-1!

NUA(47-38) 1 9 0
LON(24-61) 4 9 0

W: Blyleven 3-9 4.18 ERA
L: Wilson 6-4 4.46 ERA

SB: LON- Kepler(2)

Brendan Donovan- ph 2-run single in the 8th.

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7-2-22
Marlins hang on to win a wild 8-7 game over the Red Sox!

FLA(48-37) 8 11 0
BOS(38-47) 7 14 1

W: Bleier 2-0 4.00 ERA
L: Cishek 2-4 4.91 ERA
S: P. Rodríguez 16 4.55 ERA

HR: FLA- McGriff(12) Alonso(30) *1st in WLB to 30 HR.

SB: FLA- Turner(17) Raines(19)

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7-2-22
Mike Lowell’s 2-run HR in the 6th is the difference as the Rum Runners beat the Sugar Kings 7-6!

HAV(41-44) 6 11 0
PR(41-44) 7 11 0

W: DeLeon 3-1
L: Tiant Sr. 1-3
S: E. Díaz 16

HR: HAV- Dihigo(15) Oliva(9) PR- Beltran(5) J. Gonzalez(11) Lowell(4)

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My new bucket list entry is to see a round robin tournament of Cuba, PR, and DR.

::still processing how the winning hit in HAV vs. PR is by a guy named ‘Mike’::

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lol born in Puerto Rico.

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He was assigned Michael at birth, I was wondering if he was Miguel.

I would have preferred Clemente (or even Alomar or Delgado).

Redeeming factor: Mike did it from the bottom of the order.

The wasp-y name reminded me of seeing an image of an early-career baseball card of “Bob” Clemente and starting to realize how easy it is to whitewash a situation. My memory—back to about 1970—was always of Roberto Clemente.

Then in the 1980’s I read a story about Willie Hernandez. He was teaching his son to be proud of his Latino heritage.

Out the mouths of babes, wisdom: the son replied, “then how come you go by ‘Willie’?”

Kid has a point.

So from then on, Willie became Guillermo Hernandez.

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7-3-22
David Segui’s RBI single in the 9th lifts the Royals to a hard fought 3-2 win and split the series with the Monarchs!

KCR(44-42) 3 7 1
MIS(41-45) 2 7 0

W: Zeigler 6-3 4.36 ERA
L: D. Williams 2-3 3.15 ERA
S: Treinen 16 4.29 ERA

HR: KCR- Webster(3)

SB: KCR- H. Johnson(6)

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7-3-22
“Death Valley” Jim Scott tossed a 5-hit shutout as the Twins completed their sweep of the Kernels with a 5-0 victory!

IOW(29-57) 0 5 1
MIN(44-42) 5 11 0

W: Scott 5-4 3.59 ERA
L: Feller 4-11 3.82 ERA

E: IOW- Feller 1

MIN: Hafner 2-4 2B wk R 2RBI .268 avg.

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Lots of Twins victories lately!

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7-3-22
BrewCrew erupts for 7 over the last 2 frames to beat Nebraska 7-3!

MIL(32-54) 7 14 1
NEB(29-57) 3 9 0

W: Fairbanks 2-2 4.00 ERA
L: Adam 4-4 3.63 ERA

SB: MIL- Beaumont(11) NEB- Crawford(22)

E: MIL- Grimes 1

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Plains Division standings at the All-Star break.

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7-3-22
Tigers defeat the Clowns in an epic 13-10 slugfest!

DET(40-46) 13 15 0
IND(46-40) 10 16 1

W: Lowe 1-2 3.21 ERA
L: McCool 0-1 5.50 ERA
S: Putz 22 1.83 ERA

HR: DET- Mayberry(1) K. Young 2(2,3) Gehringer(3) IND- Charleston(14)

SB: DET- LeFlore(17) IND- Carey(21)

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7-3-22 Cubs take 3 of 4 from slumping Reds and pull into a 1st place tie. Final CHC 4, CIN 2

CHC(49-37) 4 10 0
CIN(49-37) 2 9 0

W: Roberts 6-7 3.80 ERA
L: Young 8-5 3.00 ERA
S: Gregorson 18 2.70 ERA

HR: CHC- Thome(21) Lynn(13) CIN- Justice(17)

SB: CHC- Henderson 2(67,68)

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Great Lakes Division standings at the All-Star break!

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7-3-22
Down 7-0 to Pioneers, the Rockies score 4 and load the bases for Gallo who grounded into a 3-6-3 DP to end the game!

WES(35-51) 7 8 1
COL(27-59) 4 10 0

W:Schilling 8-5 3.77 ERA
L:Halladay 6-10 4.27 ERA

HR:WES- Sims(1) Killebrew(23) COL- Houston(2)

SB:WES- Victorino(16)

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7-3-22
Jesse Petty tossed 7 quality innings as the Drillers coasted to an 8-1 win over the D’Backs!

OKD(48-38) 8 12 0
ARI(33-53) 1 10 1

W: Petty 4-7 3.21 ERA
L: B. Hunter 3-9 4.21 ERA

HR: OKD- Realmuto(7)

SB: ARI- Hatcher(4)

E: ARI- Stephens 1

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7-3-22
Colt 45’s rock Senga! Cruise to an 11-4 win over the Kookaburras!

SYD(33-53) 4 9 1
TEX(55-31) 11 15 2

W: Kershaw 10-3 1.75 ERA
L: Senga 0-2 14.04 ERA

HR: TEX- Hornsby 2(9,10)

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Southwest Division standings at the All-Star break. Texas is the class of the division. Their offense is coming around and pitching is the best in WLB. Oklahoma probably gets in the playoffs as a wildcard. The rest of the teams in this division will allow the top 2 to pull away.

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7-3-22
Mariners take 3 of 4 from Padres! Snell goes the distance in a 4-1 win!

SEA(38-48) 4 5 0
SDP(55-31) 1 5 1

W: Snell 5-5 4.05 ERA
L: Burnes 7-5 2.82 ERA

HR: SDP- Stanton(18)

SEA: Sandberg 1-3 wk R RBI

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7-3-22
Joey Votto led off the bottom of the 12th with a solo HR as the Grays walkoff the Miners 6-5!

SFM(53-33) 5 14 1
NA(47-39) 6 14 1

W: Soria 3-2 1.59 ERA
L: Quisenberry 1-1 2.08 ERA

HR: SFM- T. Williams(18) Lazzeri(3) NA-Votto(16)

SB: SFM- Bonds 2(11,12)

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West Coast division standings at the All-Star break. Top 3 should make the playoffs. I anticipate that the Miners will overtake the Padres at some point.

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7-3-22
Howard Easterling finished a HR shy of the cycle to pace the Mudcats in a 5-3 win over the Travelers!

ARK(36-50) 3 9 0
MSP(43-43) 5 13 2

W: Woodruff 4-9 4.94 ERA
L: D. Dean 5-7 3.71 ERA

SB: MSP- Armour(10)

E: MSP- Myer 1 Easter 1

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Shame about not hitting for the cycle.

HFC is probably my most favourite baseball event (apart from Blue Jays and D-Backs World Series victories).

The perfect game and the no hitter rely on the pitcher being in a groove. But the batter has to do four different things under different circumstances.

So for comparison…
Perfect games: 24
No hitters: 298 (322NH - 24PG)
HFC: 344

But some HFC trivia…

In Natural Order: 18
In Reverse Order: 11
With a Grand Slam: 9
With Walk-Off HR: 6
Smallest Interval Between: 7 days (twice)
Largest Interval Between: 11 years 58 days
Youngest Cycler: Mel Ott 20.075
Oldest Cycler: Dave Winfield 39.264

Like any baseball trivia the ratio of entertainment value to utility approaches infinity. Of course dividing by near zero will juice the numbers of even the least entertaining stat.

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It's like Halley's Comet or something. Incredibly rare.

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I thought that I had posted but left the page and my reply disappeared. : /

I edited to include the walk-off HFC (6).

The HFC event is about as rare as the no hitter but the subsets are more rare than a perfect game. So there’s that.

I don’t know much about Halley’s Comet, but I do know about Bill Haley and His Comets!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m7o9g7QOjIo&pp=ygUZYmlsbCBoYWxleSBhbmQgdGhlIGNvbWV0cw%3D%3D

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7-3-22
Barons take advantage of free passes as they beat the Lightning 9-5!

BIR(50-36) 9 10 0
LOU(43-43) 5 11 0

W: Kluber 10-6 3.32 ERA
L: Wright 9-8 4.46 ERA

HR: BIR- McCovey(15)

SB: LOU- Brown(19)

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7-3-22
Dobie Moore’s 3-run triple broke a 4-4 tie in the 8th as the Braves go on to beat the Senators 7-4!

WSH(47-39) 4 10 0
ATL(56-30) 7 10 2

W: Calhoun 3-1 3.21 ERA
L: Jeffress 1-2 8.31 ERA
S: Broxton 15 1.38 ERA

HR: ATL- Robinson(3) Thomas(29) *2nd WLB

SB: ATL- Cobb(57)

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7-3-22
Don Gullett tossed 7 dominant innings as the White Sox beat the Stars 6-1!

NSH(45-41) 1 3 0
LVW(39-47) 6 10 1

W: Gullett 8-4 4.53 ERA
L: Beazley 4-9 5.54 ERA

HR: LVW- Buhner(15)

SB: LVW- Blackwell(18)

E: LVW- Greenwell 1

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The Louisville White Sox lost OF Earl Combs and SS Pythias Russ for 12 and 6 days respectively. Manager Frank Warfield has called up Stan Spence and Pee Wee Reese.

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7-3-22
Ernie White shuts out the Dodgers on 4 hits! Bulls sweep the series with a 5-0 win!

DUR(58-28) 5 10 0
BKN(28-58) 0 4 0

W: White 6-4 2.91 ERA
L: Morton 4-10 5.28 ERA

HR: DUR- Clarkson(6) Leonard(16)

SB: DUR- Smith(28) BKN- Jeter(16)

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Appalachian Division standings at the All-Star break. The Bulls (best record in WLB) have won 10 straight and have a stranglehold on the division. The Senators are in a major funk and Nashville is on the fringe of the playoff picture.

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7-3-22
Koufax settled in after a rough 1st but the damage was done. Amish Assassins go on the road and take 3 of 4 from the Giants with a 4-1 win!

LAN(56-30) 4 7 0
NYG(53-33) 1 6 0

W: Pennock 8-3 3.56 ERA
L: Koufax 10-5 2.18 ERA
S: Sutter 13 4.45 ERA

HR: LAN- R. Collins(9)

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7-3-22
Jack Quinn fired an absolute gem as the Knights take 3 of 4 from the Pirates with a 3-2 win!

NUA(47-39) 2 2 0
LON(25-61) 3 6 0

W: Quinn 7-9 3.41 ERA
L: Carpenter 8-7 4.59 ERA

LON- Jeff Baker 2-3 R RBI

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All the Knights have to do now is go 60-16 the rest of the way and they might make the playoffs. 😂

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YA GOTTA BELIEVE!

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7-3-22
Red Sox overcome 3 early errors to beat the Marlins 5-4!

FLA(48-38) 4 6 1
BOS(39-47) 5 9 3

W: Wohlers 4-4 3.77 ERA
L: Allen 1-3 3.03 ERA
S: Reardon 11 3.31 ERA

HR: FLA- Tucker(1)

BOS- Bagwell 3-4 2B 2R RBI