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Post by Admin on Dec 1, 2014 17:15:10 GMT -5
Week 15Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: The cream is rising to the top in both divisions, Denver/Buffalo have built a 4 game gap over 3rd place Toledo/Portland in the North, and Tidewater/Richmond/Phoenix are all in a 1st place tie 5 games ahead of 4th place Louisville. Tidewater continues to get plenty of offense from Frank Robinson, recording a 5 RS game on July 16th against Vancouver and raising his league best RBI total over the 100 mark. Denver's Jim Gentile is at the top the batting tables, now at .366 for the first place Bears. He is 1st in batting, 2nd in HRs and 4th in RBI. His target is set on the MVP award! Elston Howard slugged 3 HRs for the Braves against Montreal on July 15th in a 6-5 win. Howard drove in 5 of the 6 Richmond's runs including the game winner in the 9th on a sacrifice fly. Game of the Week: Elston Howard's big day for Richmond in their victory over MontrealDaily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/week_15.zip
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Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2014 23:44:56 GMT -5
Week 16Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: Montreal's Frank Howard was on fire on July 18th against Tidewater. Howard hit 3 HRs and drove in 9 runs in a 12-9 win for the Royals. Vancouver's Turk Lown has 3 wins in his last 5 relief appearances, allowing 3 ER and 11 hits in 14 innings in the 3 late inning victories for the Mounties In situational hitting, Richmond's Jerry Lynch is an incredible 4-8 with the bases loaded, all GRAND SLAMS! 6 batters are tied with 2. In clutch opportunities (2 outs with a runner in scoring position), Louisville's Zoilo Versalles is 24 for 57 with 26 RBI. The league's top pinch hitter is Charleston's Hank Foiles, who is 18 for 44 with 5 HRs. Game of the Week: North leaders Buffalo and Toledo face off in a pitchers duelDaily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/week_16.zip
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Post by Admin on Dec 3, 2014 22:27:44 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 5, 2014 22:16:31 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 7, 2014 21:08:16 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2014 17:38:12 GMT -5
Week 20Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: Be sure to watch the game of the week/season, a terrific extra inning pitchers duel between Tidewater and Portland! Charleston's Bob Gibson showed signs of what's to come later in the decade, pitching complete game victories in consecutive starts, ringing up 20 Ks (oh, and 15 BBs). Two more milestones on the mound were achieved this week, Tidewater's Camilo Pascual reached 200 Ks, which while impressive, pales in comparison to Louisville's Sandy Koufax who recorded his 300th K of the year. 400 Ks might not be completely out of the question. Denver is bringing the power, with the duo of Mickey Mantle and Jim Gentile pairing up to lead the league in Home Runs with 57 and 50 respectively. The 107 dingers are more than Louisville and Hawaii have as a team! Game of the Week: Tidewater and Portland, two teams fighting for playoff spots in their divisions play the game of the season, a 16 inning 1-0 pitchers duelDaily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/week_20.zip
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2014 19:33:35 GMT -5
Week 21Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: The race for the 2nd playoff spot in the North is heating up. Portland, Buffalo, and Montreal are all separated by a single game. The Denver Bears are 3 games clear of the pack. In the South, Phoenix and Richmond are one game apart at the top, with a 6 game gap back to 3rd place Tidewater. Tidewater's Whitey Ford broke the 200 K mark this week, the 3rd pitcher to do so. With 4 weeks left to go, it has already been a prolific offensive season. 14 hitters have 30 HRs or more, 9 have 100+ RBIs, 13 have 30 or more doubles, and 13 are batting over .300 Game of the Week: Buffalo's Steve Barber spins the 7th one hitter of the season, a 5-1 victory over the Mounties.Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/week_21.zip
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Post by Admin on Dec 10, 2014 21:27:46 GMT -5
Week 22Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: Phoenix and Richmond are running away with this South, but the battle continues to be much closer now in the North with Denver, Portland, Buffalo, and Montreal all within 4 games of each other and only 2 playoff spots to hand out. Buffalo's Luis Aparacio is closing in on 100 SBs. With 22 games left and the Bisons in the middle of the playoff chase, every extra base he can manage will help. Aparacio needs 18 more to reach the century mark. Phoenix's Harmon Killebrew is leading the Giants offense in recent weeks, 10 for his last 28 with 6 HR and 13 RBI over the last 10 games. Portland's Ernie Banks is matching Killebrew's productivity, with 6/13 in his last 34 ABs. Denver's Mickey Mantle looks like he has the HR belt secured, now with a 7 HR lead over his teammate, Jim Gentile. Gentile has been leading the batting race for quite a while now, and has a great chance to claim the top spot for the year. Game of the Week: Montreal pulls out a 6-5 win in Portland to close to 2 games back of the 2nd place Beavers.Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/week_22.zip
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Post by Admin on Dec 11, 2014 16:00:48 GMT -5
Week 23Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: Portland/ Denver/ Montreal/ Buffalo are now separated by just 2 games in the North! Richmond and Phoenix are in a dead heat for 1st in the South. Richmond's Jim Bunning is the first hurler to record 20 wins. Bunning picked up the win against Louisville on September 9th in a 2-1 pitchers duel with Milt Pappas. 4 other pitchers are queued up with 19 wins to break through the 20 win mark. Phoenix's Eddie Mathews is making a late push to catch Tidewater's Frank Robinson in the RBI race. Mathews has 18 hits and 17 RBI in his last 42 ABs. Charleston's Matty Alou is also in the midst of a late season blitz in the batting race trying to close in on Denver's Jim Gentile. Alou is 14 for his last 26 and trails Gentile by .011 . Game of the Week: Montreal takes the 1st 2 games of their series with Denver to knock the Bears out of the division lead. Game 1Game 2Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/week_23.zip
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Post by Admin on Dec 12, 2014 20:59:45 GMT -5
Week 24Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: Richmond takes 2 in a row from Phoenix and opens up a 3 game lead over the Giants in the South. In the North, there's a 4 team log jam with Portland and Denver tied at the top of the division and Montreal and Buffalo still close behind. Tidewater's Norm Cash is dialed in and now in the lead for the batting title. Cash is 16 for 34 and is batting .350. Denver's Jim Gentile (.349) and Charleston's Matty Alou (.345) are within striking distance with 7 games to go. Denver's Frank Lary, Louisville's Sandy Koufax, and Toledo's Curt Simmons have all joined Richmond's Jim Bunning in the 20 win club. Denver's Mickey Mantle added 4 HRs in the last 3 games and is now running away with the HR race, now up by 11 HRs over teammate Jim Gentile. Game of the Week: Denver takes 2 out of 3 from Portland to climb back into a tie for the North lead. Game 1Game 2Game 3Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/week_24.zip
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Post by Admin on Dec 14, 2014 20:49:13 GMT -5
Game 163 - Playoff TiebreakerPortland and Montreal ended the season tied and will be playing a 1 game tie-breaker to determine who advances as the 2nd place team from the North. The Beavers will be the home team due to a +3 run differential in head to head play (9-9 head to head record). Highlights: The tiebreaker featured two southpaws on the mound, Mike McCormick (19-11, 4.46) vs. Warren Spahn (17-13, 3.93). Montreal scored early with runs in the 1st and 3rd, taking a 2-0 lead. The Royals scoring came from a 1st inning single by Frank Howard and a 3rd inning solo HR by Roger Maris. McCormick pitched 6 terrific innings for Montreal before getting tagged for a HR by Ernie Banks in the 7th, bringing Portland to within a run. Luis Arroyo was brought in and closed the Beavers down for the rest of the inning, and was in position for the save. Portland wasn't done battling yet and struck again in the bottom of the 8th. Willie Mays led off with a single, followed by a base on balls for Wally Post. Bill Skowron struck out swinging for the first out, but Del Rice delivered a game tying single driving in Mays and advancing Post to 3rd. Banks followed with a long sacrifice fly, driving in Post and putting the Beavers ahead. Portland closer Tom Morgan entered the game in the top of the 9th to seal the win and delivered with a 1-2-3 inning to send Portland into the playoffs! Game Broadcast: Watch the game here
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2014 9:07:39 GMT -5
Final StandingsStandings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/standings.htmlHighlights: Congratulations to the playoff teams: North (1) Denver (2) Portland (3-2 playoff game victory over Montreal) South (1) Richmond (2) Phoenix Denver will be hosting Portland to open the North Divisional series and Richmond will be hosting Phoenix in the South. Richmond and Phoenix were 6-6 in head to head games through August, the Braves figured out the Giants in September and won 5 of the last 6 match ups. Denver has an 11-7 record against Portland, but the Beavers are carrying momentum from their play in game victory. In individual performances, Tidewater's Norm Cash won the batting title by .003 over Denver's Jim Gentile. Cash also led a group of 6 200+ hits batters ith 213. Denver's Mickey Mantle ran away with the HR race by 10 HRs over Montreal's Roger Maris. Maris matched his actual 1961 total of 61, Mantle over achieved his 1961 numbers with 71. Tidewater's Frank Robinson drove in the most runs (158). The MVP voting should be very close this year. On the mound, Denver's Frank Lary and Richmond's Jim Bunning tied for the most wins with 23, Buffalo's Don Cardwell ended with the lowest ERA (2.74), and Sandy Koufax accumulated a dominating 366 Ks. Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1960kp/1961/leaguefiles/final.zip
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