State of the Diamond address
Oakland has begun to blow the rest of the AL West out of the water and have all but wrapped it up with 26 games to play. Nobody stands out among our rookies at the major league level, though Willis Wilson is still a one man rampage in the minors and he is not even added to the big clubs roster on September 1st which I have to think will really piss him off. The Cardinals Joe Torre has overtaken Rod Carew as the league’s leading hitter at .355, with Carew sitting tied with the Yanks Bobby Mercer at .343. Lee May has surged ahead in the home run race with 40, though Hank Aaron (37) is still hot on his heels, while Lou Brock is the king of the base paths with 47 thefts. On the hill Vida Blue is having a Cy Young type season for the A’s at 23-6, 2.14, with both Mike Cuellar (Baltimore) and Bob Gibson (St Louis) also boasting 23 wins. Wilbur Wood still has a sub 2.00 ERA (1.57) and Mickey Lolich retains his lead in the strikeout race with 260. Rollie Fingers looks a cinch to break 50 saves as he leads the league with 46, though the Giants Jim Willoughby may be the most effective reliever with 38 saves and a 1.16 ERA.
Note: With so many players joining next season I will cut down the individual player notes to 2 or 3 bullet points.
Frank Cardoza - Backup RF Washington
• Backing up Larry Biittner in RF
• .195 average for August is a season high
• Hitting just .086 on the road
Willis Wilson - AAA 1B Pittsburgh
• Leading hitter in all of professional baseball at any level
• OPB is a staggering .552
Mathurin Hawkins - Backup LF Montreal
• Only appeared in 6 games in August as either a pinch runner or pinch hitter
• Scoring over 2 runs for every hit he gets
Pedro Gonzales - AAA 2B Chicago White Sox
• Sent back to the minors after starting August 2 for 15
• Top base stealer in the White Sox farm system
TC Crooks - #2 Starter San Diego
• Holds opponents to a .233 average in August
• Goes 7 plus innings in all three August starts only giving up 7 earned runs
Diego Delavega - AAA Chicago Cubs
• Wins first professional game for Iowa in August
• Striking out better than 1 batter an inning.
Jace Hunter - Backup 1B Cleveland
• Only hit in August is a game winning HR against the White Sox
• Hitting .182 with runners in scoring position with 5 of his 7 total RBI
Rick Inman - Starter 2B San Diego
• Leads all of our rookies in at bats with 288
• August is his poorest month of the season, hitting just .106
• .944 Fielding % at 3B and .976 % at 2B
1972 Rookie Crop
Al Mighty SS
Larry McGillicuddy 1B
Ivan Carillo SP
Dan Schoonover 3B
Will Brown 2B
Izulde “First Strike” Jestor 3B
Frank Justice CF
Kuji Chagulia LF
Gus ‘Stud’ Cantrell SP
Otto Sevihn 1B
Eddie Ingram 2B
O’olish Amaneh C
Ray ‘Boo’ Bentley CF
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Originally Posted by bbgunn
Some good stuff here!
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Thanks bbgunn
