A Champion is Crowned After far too long to even explain what happened and who ended up where, the East Grenich Gremlins found themselves Champions of the SSLI for the 2000 season.
The quick version of the series (since I know you're really interested) the Tallywackers took a commanding 2-0 lead in the series defeating both Pedro Martinez and Chan Ho Park in games one and two.
Things were looking bleak for the Gremlins as they headed home for two games. Game three saw Tom Glavine throw a gem and was able to put the Gremlins on the board and put the series at 2-1. Game four saw Pedro take the hill for the second time, and things started out like any other Pedro game (no runs thru 3). But then the wheels came off as Pedro allowed two homers in the fourth putting the Tallywackers up 3-1. After the 2nd homer Pedro beaned the next hitter and was ejected from the game. But by some miracle Jose Jimenez came on in emergency relief and threw four shut-out inings before handing things off to Bobby Howry in the 8th. During that time the Gremlins took the lead and evened the series up at 2 games each.
Game five saw the Gremlin bats come to life a bit, and they had to with the ever-shaky Chan Ho Park on the hill. Led by homers from David Justice (2-run) and Gary Sheffield (3-run) the Gremmlins took the game 6-5 and now lead the series 3-2.
Tom Glavine took the hill for game six, and with the winless Pedro staring down the barrel at the Tallywackers for a potential game seven, the Gremlins were in the Drivers seat. Thru two innings the Gremlins lead 2-1, with both teams missing big opportunities to score. Then in the 3rd the Gremlins busted it open and never looked back as they scored six times (3 after an error by the normally sure handed Scott Rolen that would have been the 3rd out).
The two teams exchanged two-spots in the B5 and T6 before the Gremlins put it out of reach with seven more in the 8th. The Tallywackers put up a fight in the ninth, scoring three, but it was much too little too late as the Gremlins ran away with the game 17-8 and the series 4-2.
SSLI Back After Long Hiatus It's simply been too long since our last update to tell you everything that has happened since the last time we joined you. This time we'll let you take a look at the records and stats to see how things are going.
Next meeting either 1/16 or 1/17.
Triumphant Return for Porcupines Tallywackers Stumble Standings Shift - Porcupines MIA First and foremost, the Palucaville Screaming Porcupines are still missing in action. Various trasportation problems is the official word for their front office, but we think there is more to this story than is being told.
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| Triple Crown Watch Average | ||
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1. Helton 2. Ramirez 3. Kent 4. Garciaparra 5. M Ordonez |
EGG PSP C4 EGG EGG |
.350 .346 .345 .343 .332 |
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1. Ramirez 1. Piazza 3. Ja Giambi 3. C Johnson 5. Hildago |
PSP PSP EGG C4 C4 |
27 27 20 20 19 |
| RBI | ||
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1. Ramirez 2. Piazza 3. Sosa 4. Garciaparra 4. Ja Giambi 4. Hildago |
PSP PSP TW EGG EGG C4 |
80 56 52 50 50 50 |
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1-15 | 1-18 | 1-7 | 1-10 |
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1-10 | 1-8 | 1-14 | 1-18 |
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