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Ragtime Willie · 06-20-2007, 06:37 PM

5-01-45 This April has certainly been one that might prove that baseball writers are completely superfluous. After being expected to dominate the Caprock League soundly, the El Paso Sun Kings have gotten off to a 9-16 start. Jose Silva, hyped as a huge talent pre-season, has turned in a lackluster .250//.371/.344 split this year, not the numbers El Paso was looking for. Meanwhile tiny little Del Rio is tied for the league with Lubbock. Arlen THompson is currently batting .440. Here are the standings in the Caprock League through 25 games.

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Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
Del Rio Eagles 15 9 .625 - 15-9 0 6-3 9-6 0-1 4-4 117 W1 8-2
Lubbock Red Raiders 15 9 .625 - 13-11 2 9-5 6-4 0-1 3-4 117 L1 6-4
Fort Stockton Rangers 13 11 .542 2.0 13-11 0 6-6 7-5 2-1 6-4 W2 5-5
Odessa Truckers 12 12 .500 3.0 12-12 0 3-7 9-5 1-0 5-3 W1 5-5
Midland Drillers 12 13 .480 3.5 12-13 0 9-7 3-6 1-1 5-8 L2 4-6
Amarillo Cattlemen 11 13 .458 4.0 12-12 -1 4-8 7-5 1-1 3-4 W2 5-5
San Angelo Colts 10 14 .417 5.0 10-14 0 6-8 4-6 1-2 5-3 L2 5-5
El Paso Sun Kings 9 16 .360 6.5 10-15 -1 4-6 5-10 1-0 5-6 L1 2-8

CL Batter of the Month: RF Bob Clifton of the Amarillo Cattlemen got off to a hot start. Here is his line for the first month of this league: .425/.500/.701, 3 HR, 17 RsBI

CL Pitcher of the Month: Teammate Chump Daniels got all the preseason ink, but Tim "Gold Mine" MacNeil just might be the leader of this team. Named Gold Mine by the press impressed by his never-ending barrage of quotable quotes, MacNeil is 5-0 with a .295 ERA. When asked if he was bothered by his lack of pre-season coverage, Macneil was his usual self: "Not a bit, son. See, there are some things that are just easier to do when no one's looking. Ask my wife for the lurid details on that." MacNeil is a character who should make the Lubbock press box a place of revelry for years to come.

CL Rookie of the Month: One of the reasons Gold Mine MacNeil might have gotten overlooked: this is the 26 year old's first year of professional baseball. As a young boy in La Mesa, California, he dreamed of being a stand-up comic, but was black-balled from the history after what he describes as "a complete misunderstanding. You see, I thought Bob Hope wasn't an asshole. And as it turns out, I was mistaken. Totally my fault." Thank goodness that Mr. Hope is so disagreeable, for the LSBF's sake.