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In my last post, I said I wouldn't start getting excited about the race in the Northern Division unless Dayton's lead shrunk to 3 or 4 games. Well, it's done that and then some. The once invincible Dayton Dragons lost their final game in the month of July and have lost all 13 of their games played so far in the month of August. 14 straight losses and their lead is now just a 1/2 game over the Toledo Mud Hens.
Meanwhile the Birmingham Barons have pulled to within 6 games of the Memphis Redbirds in the Southern division. Hank Aaron and Mel Ott continue to knock the cover off the ball. Ott has been on fire and now sits only a home run shy of catching his his teammate for Aaron for leagues home run lead(42). Ott leads the league with 120 RBI, while Aaron just passed the century mark. The Barons have an amazing 154 home runs as a team. Jay Buhner has 20+, Al Oliver is approaching 20 and Bobby Doerr is approaching 15. They are leading the pack in runs scored by a huge margin. Aaron is 39 years old, but so far has shown no signs of slowing his roll. Memphis of course, just keeps pitching. They did suffer a scare this past week when Mark Prior had to leave a start due to an injury. Luckily it was minor and it doesn't look like he will miss any starts.
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