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WEEK 11 AL POTW-Shane Mack (A's) 11-28 3 HR's 8 RBI's 7 Runs
WEEK 11 NL POTW-Lance Parrish (CARDS) 13-27 6 HR's 12 RBI's 12 Runs

MLB Leading Slg% amongst Rookies
Joe Haque (PHI) .617
Bob Horner (BRAVES) .559
Cy Williams (WAS) .556
Brian McCann (PIT) .550
Jimmy Bannon (BOS) .498


TRADE NEWS
7/10 Cardinals dealt OF Mike D Young to the New York Giants for 28 year old reliever Jeff Reardon and 19 year old OF Sam Bradshaw. Young was hitting 242-12-37 in 70 games for St Louis and has hit .351-3-10 in 17 games since the deal. Reardon was 5-1 3.18 in 23 games with NY and has gone 1-1 7.56 in 5 games since. Bradshaw is a fringe OF prospect who can defend well on teh corners.

7/14 The Giants then sent NL SB leader Scott Podsednik to the Boston Braves while getting 28 year old RP Joe McClain and 22 year old minor league P Jeff White in return. Podsednik was hitting .309-3-35 with 17-28 SB with NY and has hit .309-1-5 since the deal, with Boston. White was a blue chip 5 star relief prospect for the Braves and McClain is being used in the middle of the Giants pen now.

INJURY NEWS
Washington Senators-Will be without 21 year old Jhoulys Chacin for the next 11-12 months after he underwent Tommy John surgery. He was 5-7 4.14 in 21 games (15 starts).

WEEK 12 AL POTW-Frank Motz (BOS) 8-13 8 RBI's 5 Runs
WEEK 12 NL POTW-Brian McCann (PIT) 9-20 3 HR's 7 RBI's 4 Runs

INJURY NEWS
7/23 Pittsburgh lost backup OF and Pinch hitter Bill Boyd (21) for the season with a broken arm. Boyd was hitting .350-7-31 in 53 games.

WEEK 13 AL POTW-Craig Biggio (DET) 13-35 3 HR's 6 RBI's 11 Runs
WEEK 13 NL POTW-Willie Greene (NYG) 10-23 5 HR's 13 RBI's 7 Runs

MLB RBI Leaders
Jimmy Walsh (CIN) 84
Hank Aaron (CLE) 78
Ian Kinsler (SLB) 78
Lance Parrish (SLC) 78
Carlton Fisk (BRO) 74

TRADE NEWS
The New York Giants dealt 30 year old SP Omar Daal to the A's for 36 year old 1B Bob Boyd. A deal confusing many folks around New York.

INJURY NEWS
7/25 Washington lost 22 year old SP Pete Meegan for the season with shoulder problems. Meegan was 7-9 in 22 starts with a 3.98 ERA. This marked the 2nd season ender for a Senator SP in the past weeks.

BIG GAMES
7/27 Jimmy Bannon (BOS) went 5-6 with 2 RBI's in a 13-4 win over Detroit.

TRADE NEWS
7/27 The Yankees sent 28 year old SP Bob Tewksbury to the Browns for 4 star prospect 1B Vincent Perez. Tewksbury was 8-10 4.38 for New York in 23 starts and is 0-0 0.00 in 2 relief appearances for St Louis where he is being used to setup Closer Robby Nen.

INJURY NEWS
7/28 Pittsburgh lost the services of 24 year old Pedro Martinez for the next 8-9 weeks. Pedro was 12-7 3.56 in 23 starts.

(I rolled Pedro's age back a decade too, want him to deal in this league)

WEEK 14 AL POTW-Shane Mack (A's) 11-22 7 RBI's 3 Runs (307-11-59)
WEEK 14 NL POTW-Brian McCann (PIT) .500 4 HR's 11 RBI's 4 Runs (.351-26-82)

MLB Power Rankings on the final day of July
1) Cincy
2) Chicago Cubs
3) Detroit

Bottom 3
14) St Louis Browns
15) Brooklyn Dodgers
16) Philadelphia A's

JULY AL POTM-Hank Aaron (CLE) .333-6-32 27 Runs (.288-22-82)
JULY NL POTM-Bob Horner (BRAVES) .289-13-38 25 Runs (.285-32-77)
JULY AL PITCHER-Billy Campbell (A's) 6-0 3.00 (16-5 3.09)
JULY NL PITCHER-Bill Wise (CHI) 6-2 2.84 (17-6 3.00)
JULY AL ROOKIE-Billy Campbell (A's)
JULY NL ROOKIE-Brian McCann (PIT) .362-11-28 (.351-26-82)