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David Watts · 11-10-2023, 09:40 AM

The New York Giants went on an absolute tear in the month of July, building a 19 game lead in the NL. I'm now up to August 13 and the Giants are 16 games ahead of the second place Brooklyn Dodgers. The Giants are well on their way to a 100+ win season. Willie Mays has been crushing the ball all season and now sits atop the home run race with 40. Eddie Mathews is close behind with 36. In the AL Mickey Mantle has 30 home runs to lead the pack.

The NL race is clearly over, but the AL is still really close with New York and Cleveland trading time at the top. Right now it's the Yankees in the lead by 2 games. Boston has faded some, but could get back in the race with a hot stretch.

One of the big surprises so far in the 55 season is how well Sandy Koufax is doing. Sandy may be on his way to a Rookie of the Year award and may even challenge for a Cy Young. Don Drysdale actually made his debut, though briefly, in 1954. Don somehow ended up on the Cubs to start his career. Drysdale has been in the Cubs starting rotation for all of the 55 season. He's been up and down performance wise. The Cubs are not a good team at this point, so I'm actually impressed with Drysdale's numbers.

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David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,966 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	The New York Giants went on an absolute tear in the month of July, building a 19 game lead in the NL. I'm now up to August 13 and the Giants are 16 games ahead of the second place Brooklyn Dodgers. The Giants are well on their way to a 100+ win season. Willie Mays has been crushing the ball all season and now sits atop the home run race with 40. Eddie Mathews is close behind with 36. In the AL Mickey Mantle has 30 home runs to lead the pack. The NL race is clearly over, but the AL is still really close with New York and Cleveland trading time at the top. Right now it's the Yankees in the lead by 2 games. Boston has faded some, but could get back in the race with a hot stretch. One of the big surprises so far in the 55 season is how well Sandy Koufax is doing. Sandy may be on his way to a Rookie of the Year award and may even challenge for a Cy Young. Don Drysdale actually made his debut, though briefly, in 1954. Don somehow ended up on the Cubs to start his career. Drysdale has been in the Cubs starting rotation for all of the 55 season. He's been up and down performance wise. The Cubs are not a good team at this point, so I'm actually impressed with Drysdale's numbers. Last edited by David Watts; 11-10-2023 at 09:50 AM.