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Weekly Record: 2-4
Seasonal Record: 97-57 (1st, 8 GA)
Stars of the Week
Rich Langton : 13 AB, 4 H, 1 HR, 8 RBI, .308 AVG, 1.130 OPS
Leo Mitchell : 13 AB, 5 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .385 AVG, .742 OPS
Jim Lonardo : 1 Win, 9.0 IP, 1 BB, 2 K, 2.00 ERA

Schedule
9-22: Loss at Stars (4-5)
9-23: Win at Kings (5-4)
9-24: Win at Kings (10-2)
9-25: Loss at Kings (1-7)
9-27: Loss vs Stars (6-1)
9-28: Loss vs Stars (15-6)

Recap
The results of the last week weren't ideal, but it didn't matter, we were already a playoff team! We tied our single season record for wins with 97, which I set in 1932 and matched in 1933. We scored the most runs (792) in the league and allowed the fewest (625), and set the FABL record for attendance with 2,058,766 fans in attendance. We'll take on the Boston Minutemen (90-64), who like us, led most of the season. Of course, they did lose first for a little, but the Minutemen survived a really tough pennant race and they will play in the postseason for the first time since 1915. The Minutemen scored the most runs in the Fed (776), and we'll face a lineup that contains Skipper's brother Buddy (.336, 62, 11). They have a very deep lineup, with reliable bats such as Art Spencer (.342, 6, 52), Chick Donnelly (.293, 15, 92), Bill Burkett (.265, 15, 91, 30), Lew McClendon (.281, 10, 80), and Pete Day (.296, 2, 70, 17). They also picked up Bill Moore (.303, 11, 83) and Joe Watson (.320, 6, 54) at the deadline while they have starter quality sluggers on the bench in Bob Donoghue (.242, 5, 23) and Mack Sutton (.240, 15, 64) and the lineup is loaded with quality players. The pitching is just as deep, as they got big seasons for young hurlers Ray Dalpman (19-6, 3.43, 121) and Duke Hendricks (11-11, 3.57, 115) paired with veteran ace Ed Wood (20-7, 3.11, 68) and deadline pickups Walt Wells (17-10, 3.24, 75) and Dean Astle (10-16, 4.13, 69), who we are very familiar with. They have depth in their pen too with John Edwards (9-13, 2, 5.12, 81), Dick Higgins (2-2, 2, 5.33, 41), and Art Myers (9-9, 4.35, 24), and I'm expecting a very tough and hard fought series. I like our chances against anyone, and I think we'll pull away in six, but regardless of the outcome, it will be considered a very successful season.

Jim Lonardo finished his week off strong, picking up one of our two wins with yet another complete game. He allowed 10 hits, 2 runs, and a walk with two strikeouts to finish an inconsistent year. Milt Fritz had a rough final start, charged with 9 hits, 6 runs, and 3 walks with 2 strikeouts in 8. Same for Dick Lyons, who went just 6 with 9 hits, 7 runs (4 earned), and a walk. The Jones brothers made a pair of appearances, with Johnnie making two starts and Donnie making a start and relief outing. Johnnie was roughed up and lost both games, allowing 10 hits and 13 runs (12 earned) with 22 walks and 7 strikeouts in 13.1 innings pitched. Donnie didn't fair much better, but he did win his start. He went all nine against the Kings, allowing 8 hits, 4 runs, and 5 walks with 3 strikeouts. He then relieved his brother in a 15-6 loss to the Stars, going just two and a third with 8 hits, 7 runs, a walk, and 3 strikeouts. Obviously, these aren't great numbers for our talented youngsters, but I kept my expectations low as their future is more then exciting.

I used a lot of different players this week, so I shouldn't have been too surprised most people didn't do too well. Rich Langton had a nice final week of the season, going 4-for-13 with a triple, homer, steal, and 8 RBIs. Johnny McDowell went 3-for-6 with a walk. Leo Mitchell went 5-for-13 with 3 runs and 2 RBIs, but fell just two points short of Bill Barrett (.348) for the batting title. Tip Harrison was 1-for-4 with a double, walk, and run. Skipper had a tough week, 4-for-17 to drop his OPS+ below 100 to 99. John Lawson went just 5-for-20 with 3 walks and 3 runs.