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David Watts · 09-22-2025, 10:02 AM

Down to the final week of the 1969 season. It's the Peoria Chiefs once again in the North. For the 4th season in a row the Chief have run a away with the division. Barring a down final week they will finish 12 games ahead of the second place team. The Southern Division is once again a tight race. Louisville sits in 1st place, 2 1/2 games up on the Arkansas Travelers. The Wild Card race is really interesting. Arkansas is close to having the 1st wild card sewed up, as they have a 4 1/2 game lead. Meanwhile, there are 4 teams tied for the 2nd wild card with 78-75 records. Those teams are the Birmingham Barons, Corpus Christi Hooks, Toledo Mud Hens and the St. Paul Saints. Should be an interesting final week.

Hilton Smith has an amazing 20-1 record for the Memphis Redbirds. Ad Lankford has 383 strikeouts, so 400 isn't out of the realm of possibilities.

Sammy Sosa is the top Home Run hitter with 41 home runs

David Ortiz has come out of nowhere to lead the league in hitting. Ortiz is hitting an impressive .351 on the year. Ortiz has been a solid player over his career so far, but I don't think anyone saw this .351 season coming. Want to say Ortiz is 35 years old. Maybe he's gearing things up for a late career push for the Hall of Fame.

Kind of cool that as soon as Mel Ott returned from his 5 week stint on the IL, the Birmingham Barons managed to claw their way back into the race for the post season. Talk around the league is, should the MVP Trophy be named the Mel Ott Award? Doubt it will happen, but it's cool to hear Ott getting the recognition.

John Beckwith managed to right the ship and now has roughly 23 home runs on the season.

Kind of sad to see a guy I had such high hopes for when he entered the International League struggling so much. Adley Rutschman is currently finishing up his 4th season in the league. Rutschman simply hasn't developed. He's nothing more than a backup at this time. His defensive ratings are an awful 36, Wouldn't be surprised to see him out of baseball in the next year or two. Sad.

Wisconsin and San Antonio are neck and neck in the battle for the 1st pick in the draft. If the season ended today, the pick would go to San Antonio, but their only 2 games worse than Wisconsin, so we will have to see how the final week goes. We already know Greg Maddux will be in the draft, but we don't know if any other future superstars will join him.

The Lansing Lugnuts are the only original member team to have never won a championship. 24 seasons and counting.

Tris Speaker is having another great season for the the Peoria Chiefs. He's hitting .330+ on the season with 20+ home runs and 80+ rbi. Speaker has a career average in the .330's, so far and shows no signs of slowing down.

Johnny Grubb is also hitting in the .330's. Where oh where did this come from? So cool. Love it when my old Tiger pals do well.

09-22-2025, 10:02 AM	#77
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,846 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Down to the final week of the 1969 season. It's the Peoria Chiefs once again in the North. For the 4th season in a row the Chief have run a away with the division. Barring a down final week they will finish 12 games ahead of the second place team. The Southern Division is once again a tight race. Louisville sits in 1st place, 2 1/2 games up on the Arkansas Travelers. The Wild Card race is really interesting. Arkansas is close to having the 1st wild card sewed up, as they have a 4 1/2 game lead. Meanwhile, there are 4 teams tied for the 2nd wild card with 78-75 records. Those teams are the Birmingham Barons, Corpus Christi Hooks, Toledo Mud Hens and the St. Paul Saints. Should be an interesting final week. Hilton Smith has an amazing 20-1 record for the Memphis Redbirds. Ad Lankford has 383 strikeouts, so 400 isn't out of the realm of possibilities. Sammy Sosa is the top Home Run hitter with 41 home runs David Ortiz has come out of nowhere to lead the league in hitting. Ortiz is hitting an impressive .351 on the year. Ortiz has been a solid player over his career so far, but I don't think anyone saw this .351 season coming. Want to say Ortiz is 35 years old. Maybe he's gearing things up for a late career push for the Hall of Fame. Kind of cool that as soon as Mel Ott returned from his 5 week stint on the IL, the Birmingham Barons managed to claw their way back into the race for the post season. Talk around the league is, should the MVP Trophy be named the Mel Ott Award? Doubt it will happen, but it's cool to hear Ott getting the recognition. John Beckwith managed to right the ship and now has roughly 23 home runs on the season. Kind of sad to see a guy I had such high hopes for when he entered the International League struggling so much. Adley Rutschman is currently finishing up his 4th season in the league. Rutschman simply hasn't developed. He's nothing more than a backup at this time. His defensive ratings are an awful 36, Wouldn't be surprised to see him out of baseball in the next year or two. Sad. Wisconsin and San Antonio are neck and neck in the battle for the 1st pick in the draft. If the season ended today, the pick would go to San Antonio, but their only 2 games worse than Wisconsin, so we will have to see how the final week goes. We already know Greg Maddux will be in the draft, but we don't know if any other future superstars will join him. The Lansing Lugnuts are the only original member team to have never won a championship. 24 seasons and counting. Tris Speaker is having another great season for the the Peoria Chiefs. He's hitting .330+ on the season with 20+ home runs and 80+ rbi. Speaker has a career average in the .330's, so far and shows no signs of slowing down. Johnny Grubb is also hitting in the .330's. Where oh where did this come from? So cool. Love it when my old Tiger pals do well. Last edited by David Watts; 09-22-2025 at 12:45 PM.