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batted balls · 12-02-2004, 08:48 AM

NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE GLORY OF MY TIMES . . .

The White Sox may be well out of the pennant chase, but here are the contenders as we head into the final month of the 1975 season . . .

AL East--Boston leads Baltimore by 9
AL West--Kansas City leads Minnesota by 4
NL East--baseball's most competitive division . . . Pittsburgh leads Montreal by one game, the defending World Champion Mets are two back, Chicago and Philadelphia are four out and St. Louis is last but only eight out
NL West--Cincinnati is two games ahead of Houston and San Diego while Los Angeles lurks at six games back

Notes . . . While not on last year's home-run record pace, Johnny Bench of the Reds has 39 home runs and 106 RBIs . . . San Diego's Nate Colbert is tied with Bench for NL long ball leadership . . . Gary Gentry, traded earlier this season from the Mets to the Texas Rangers, hurled a no-hitter vs. Detroit on August 15 . . . Gentry lost a perfect game with two outs in the eighth when he walked Ollie Brown.

12-02-2004, 08:48 AM	#40
batted balls All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: White Sox Country Posts: 1,323	'75 Pennant Race Update NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE GLORY OF MY TIMES . . . The White Sox may be well out of the pennant chase, but here are the contenders as we head into the final month of the 1975 season . . . AL East--Boston leads Baltimore by 9 AL West--Kansas City leads Minnesota by 4 NL East--baseball's most competitive division . . . Pittsburgh leads Montreal by one game, the defending World Champion Mets are two back, Chicago and Philadelphia are four out and St. Louis is last but only eight out NL West--Cincinnati is two games ahead of Houston and San Diego while Los Angeles lurks at six games back Notes . . . While not on last year's home-run record pace, Johnny Bench of the Reds has 39 home runs and 106 RBIs . . . San Diego's Nate Colbert is tied with Bench for NL long ball leadership . . . Gary Gentry, traded earlier this season from the Mets to the Texas Rangers, hurled a no-hitter vs. Detroit on August 15 . . . Gentry lost a perfect game with two outs in the eighth when he walked Ollie Brown.