1991 HALFTIME REPORT

We’ve reached the halfway point of the season  and
it’s time to look back at the first three months of the seventh season of
SPBV.

American League East

Maybe this division should be renamed the Q division since
they’ve been so dominant the past few years.  Once more Quigley finds themselves on
top with a comfortable 8 game lead over the perennial bridesmaid Black Swamp
and disappointing Lafayette
at 9 back.  The Q’s are
missing the lights out pitching that they’ve enjoyed the past few seasons
but they are scoring on a pace to reach 800 runs despite low homerun totals(lots of doubles and good onbase
are driving the scoring).  The
Salamanders are held back by a league average team hitting and seem to be
riding a decent pitching staff to a winning record.

Lafayette’s
league worst offense is being dragged down heavily by Wil
Clark and Mel Hall, two guys expected to put more runs on the board.  Greg Maddux
has disappointed everyone on the mound.
Scio, Carolina and Lake Superior have all
hovered around .500 but will play a tougher schedule in the second half going
up against a lot of good AL
teams.  However, Chris Sabo(Farmers), John Kruk(Whitecaps)
and Frank Thomas and Barry Larkin(Red Sox) are all providing much joy in their
cities.

American League West

This race provides and interesting matchup
of three distinctive styles of play.
Three games separate Brooklyn, Baltimore
and Frankfort.  The front running Bridegrooms have the
leagues best pitching staff highlighted by the amazing 16-3 of Tom Glavine and perhaps the leagues best bullpen.  The Redbirds feature a lineup that
thrives on a good mix of onbase and speed with a dash
of power.  The Hot Dogs bludgeon
opponents and have a league leading 130 homers, 49 more than second best Chicago.  Caveats-Brooklyn has one the
league’s worst offenses, Baltimore has
some weak spots in the rotation and Frankfort
has the leagues second worst pitching.
Like the AL East Pitcairn, Chicago and Pandora have feasted on the
weaker NL to all stay near .500.  Here
comes the hard part with AL
games aplenty.

National League East

Although Kitsilano leads Trenton by 4 games they
are statiscally equal teams.  Kitsilano has
scored 3 more runs and given up 7 more than Trenton.
.002 difference in BA, .004 difference in OBA, Trenton has more homers
but Kitilano has more doubles and stolen bases.  They have the best two ERA’s in the league.  This one probably goes to the wire.

Last years NL champ Niskayuna
has fallen 10 games under .500 and will have to start thinking about the 1992
campaign soon.  Cleveland
will do likewise while Rockbridge and Atlantic
City are legitimate candidates for the overall #1 pick(Mike Piazza?) in next year’s draft.

National League West

Red Bluff has banked identical 10-3 seasons by David Cone
and Andy Benes and a solid offense, built around good onbase,
to a 5 game cushion over Kansas.   After solid seasons in 88 and 89,
the Roughriders slipped below .500 in a disappointing 1990 campaign.  They seem to have the elements in place
to capture their first title.  Jack Morris(11-3) and Ken Griffey,
Jr.(16 homers) are driving the Storm in their efforts improve on last years 85
win campaign.  Defending divisional
champ Wabash and Beard are within striking
distance, but, probably don’t have the offensive firepower to play catchup.  New Jersey and Cedar
Rapids now turn their attention next year.

MVP

AL-JOHN KRUK, LSW

NL-tie-JOSE CANSECO, ACV/KENGRIFFEY, JR., KAN

CY YOUNG

AL-TOM GLAVINE, BRK

NL-ROGER CLEMENS, BEA

INTERLEAGUE WINS

AL-337

NL-239----AL
HAS .585 WIN PCT.

A.L. ALLSTARS

C-MICKEY TETTLETON, BAL----17-59-.283

C-MIKE SCIOSIA, BSS----5-20-.273

1B-FRANK THOMAS, CAR----15-53-.337

1B-JACK CLARK,
PAN----17-48-.251

2B-WILLIE RANDOLPH,
LSW----4-30-.359

2B-DELINO DESHIELDS, PIT----7-27-.255

3B-CHRIS SABO, SCI----16-59-.312

3B-BOBBY BONILLA, QUI----4-47-.341

SS-HOWARD JOHNSON, FRA----18-55-.303

SS-BARRY LARKIN, CAR----12-48-.326

LF-CHILI DAVIS,
FRA----15-45-.263

LF-DAVE HENDERSON,
QUI----19-58-.281

CF-RUBIN SIERRA, FRA----9-42-.343

CF-BARRY BONDS, BAL----12-46-.280

RF-JOHN KRUK, LSW----18-76-.373

RF-FELIX JOSE, QUI----2-54-.329

SP-TOM GLAVINE, BRK----16-3, 1.61

SP-TOMMY GREENE, FRA----15-1, 3.02

SP-RANDY JOHNSON, LAF----10-3, 2.49

SP-JACK MCDOWELL, PIT-----10-2, 2.32

SP-PETER HARNISCH, BAL-----11-4, 2.42

RP-CRIS CARPENTER, PAN----2-1, 1.76

RP-MIKE JACKSON,
BAL----6-0,  1.42

RP-JEFF GRAY, BSS----1-0, 2.19

CL-RICK AGUILERA, BRK----3-1, 1.41, 20 SV

CL-STEVE FARR, QUI----4-1, 1.04, 19 SV

N.L. ALL STARS

C-CRAIG BIGGIO, BCV----3-20-.264

C-MATT NOKES, KAN----11-28-.261

1B-HAL MORRIS, NMM----9-44-.305

1B-PAUL MOLITOR, WAB----7-32-.328

2B-RYNE SANDBERG, TTC----12-47-.301

2B-JUAN SAMUEL, ACV----10-33-.293

3B-EDGAR MARTINEZ,
TTC----5-34-.281

3B-WADE BOGGS, RBR----3-39-.298

SS-CAL RIPKEN, NJC----19-70-.293

SS-LUIS RIVERA,
KAN----13-31-.302

LF-LUIS POLONIA, RBR----2-35-.306

LF-LANCE JOHNSON,
KAN----1-23-.338

CF-KEN GRIFFEY, JR., KAN----16-58-.303

CF-BRETT BUTLER,
KIT----2-26-.327

RF-JOSE CANSECO, ACV----17-56-.315

RF-DANNY TARTABULL, NMM----19-60-.285

SP-ROGER CLEMENS, BEA----11-5, 2.06

SP-ANDY BENES, RBR----10-3, 2.65

SP-JACK MORRIS,
KAN----11-3, 2.07

SP-SCOTT SANDERSON, TTC----10-4, 2.83

SP-JIMMY KEY, KIT----10-2,  2.33

RP-JUAN BUERENGER, BEA----2-2, 0.83

RP-MIKE MADDUX, NJC-----1-4, 1.69, 16 SV

RP-JEFF BRANTLEY, KIT-----6-3, 2.98

CL-MARK EICHHORN, RBR----0-0, 1,16,
20 SV

CL-BRYAN HARVEY,
KIT----2-3, 2.87, 18 SV