SJL:
Lazaro Lowndes, the Houston Cavaliers' big free agency signing in the off-season, is thought by many the most likely candidate to be the first WPK player to reach 3,000 hits in his career. He is on pace to rack up a WPK single season record 244 base knocks this season (more on that in another post soon) and most WPK insiders figure that the 30-year old superstar, who was the 1972 SJL MVP, is a 7-time All-Star, and has 2 championship rings from his time as a member of the Washington Night Train, is a lock for the WPK Hall of Fame. And he helped to propel the expansion Houston club into potential contention in the first half of this season. While the Cavaliers have wilted in the second half the feeling is that if they are to develop into a contending ball club in the next five years or so, it will be Lowndes leading them on the offensive side. (The one chink in his armor, other than the fact that he doesn't hit for power, is that his 3rd best in WPK history stolen base total of 434 is also accompanied by the number total of times caught stealing in league history at 295.)
MGL:
And speaking of future inductees to the WPK Hall of Fame in Dubuque, Iowa, how about 38-year old slugger Nate Bennett? Bennett not only is the all-time leader in home runs in the WPK at 421 but he continues to be one of the most consistent hitters in the game at his advanced age. And just this past month Bennett slugged 12 more bombs and though he is very slow and a poor fielder he remains one of the finest hitters in the game and is having a season that will likely end up being his best since his 1969 age 29 7.8 WAR campaign. Long live the HR king!