SAHARA REMAINS A HALF GAME BACK
The Sahara Jihad (36-29) remain a half-game back of the Harlem Knights, who at 37-29 are tied with Hattiesburg for the best record in the league. The Jihad have been bolstered by the outstanding pitching of Lefty Gomez and George Blaeholder, who is 7-2 in relief after coming over to the Jihad in a pre-season deal with the hapless North Dallas 40. Fremont (32-36) has stumbled, and Pawtucket (31-36) has almost passed them and gone out of the cellar of the NorthEastern division.Hattiesburg has been slumping, but have not fallen to Montgomery (35-31), who have also been slumping. Good news of late for the Burns is that last year's Cy Young winner Wes Ferrell is returning to form. St Louis (28-38) is languishing in last place, as North Dallas upped their record to 30-38.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ben Chapman
Player of the week for (June 5th � June 11th) is OF Ben Chapman of the Sahara Jihad. For the month Ben batted .433 (13-30) with three home runs, three doubles, knocked in twelve runs and scored six times himself with two stolen bases. In three consecutive games Ben hit a home run and had at least one RBI and one run in six of seven games this week. Currently Ben is on a twelve game hitting streak and had an extra bases hit in six consecutive games.POWER POLL
The Hair Band Version1 HARLEM Slayer
2 SAHARA Quiet Riot
3 HATTIESBURG Hardline
4 MONTGOMERY Triumph
5 FREMONT Frehley's Comet
6 PAWTUCKET Cry Wolf
7 NORTH DALLAS Slaughter
8 ST LOUIS Twisted Sister
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