Here Comes The Paragon Baseball League!

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Game 4 in Boston

BOSTON GETS THRILLING WALKOFF WIN TO OPEN SERIES ACCOUNT

WP: Bob Friend (2-0)
LP: Kid Nichols (1-1)


BOST: Yogi Berra 2 2B / 3 RBI. Bobby Doerr HR [1] / 2 RBI.

SEAT: Jim Wynn 2 HR [2] / 3 RBI. Chase Utley 3-5 / RBI.


PotG: Jim Wynn (SEAT)

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Game 5 in Boston

BEACONS RIGHT BACK IN IT WITH STRONG GAME 5 WIN BEHIND WHITE

WP: Doc White (1-1) 7 IP / 7 H / 0 ER / 4 K.
LP: Rick Reuschel (1-1)
SV: Bob Friend (2)


BOST: Turkey Stearnes 2-4 / 2 RBI. Bobby Doerr 3-4 / 2B / RBI. Ed Delahanty 2B / 2 RBI. Ty Cobb 2-5.

SEAT: George Brett 2 2B. Alex Rodriguez 2-3.


PotG: Doc White (BOST)

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Game 6 in Boston

REDDING, SEATTLE HOLD NERVE TO GET WITHIN REACH OF MAIDEN TITLE

WP: DIck Redding (3-1) 7 IP / 6 H / 2 ER / 4 K.
LP: Greg Maddux (2-2)
SV: Kid Nichols (3)


SEAT: Alex Rodriguez 3-run HR [2]. Jim Wynn 2-4 / solo HR [3]. Chase Utley 2-run 2B.

BOST: Ty Cobb 2-4 / 2B / RBI.


PotG: Dick Redding (SEAT)

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Game 7 in Boston

KING FELIX SUPERB AS BEACONS STAY ALIVE WITH GRITTY WIN

WP: Felix Hernandez (1-2) 7 IP / 1 H / 1 ER / 12 K.
LP: Tim Keefe (1-2)
SV: Bob Friend (3)


BOST: Ed Delahanty 2B / solo HR [1].

SEAT: Jim Wynn solo HR [4].


PotG: Felix Hernandez (BOST)

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Game 8 in Seattle

GARVER, BOSTON FORCE DECIDER WITH DOGGED ROAD WIN

WP: Ned Garver (2-0) 7 IP / 4 H / 2 ER / 4 K.
LP: Sandy Koufax (1-1)
SV: Bob Friend (4)


BOST: Ed Delahanty 3-5 / 2B / 2-run HR [2]. Ty Cobb 3-4 / 2 2B.

SEAT: Mike Trout 2-run HR [2].


PotG: Ned Garver (BOST)

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Game 9 in Seattle

MORE RAINIERS HEARTBREAK AS BEACONS TAKE TITLE WITH SHUTOUT WIN

WP: Doc White (2-1) 9 IP / 6 H / 0 ER / K.
LP: Rick Reuschel (1-2)


BOST: Ed Delahanty 2-5 / 2 RBI. Turkey Stearnes 3-4 / 2B / RBI. Arky Vaughan 2-3 / 2B. Fred Clarke 2-5.


PotG: Doc White (BOST)



BOSTON WINS SERIES 5-4
SERIES MVP: Ed Delahanty (BOST)

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Gold Glove

Platinum Stick

Veeck Medal - Manager

NE: Joe McCarthy (Carolina)
SW: Wilbert Robinson (Kansas City)

Another to go from rooster to feather-duster is last year's SW winner Ralph Houk, who gets the chop from Las Vegas and is later replaced by Jimmy Dykes. Portland also fires Walter Alston, leaving just Joe McCarthy and Sparky Anderson still with their original club. The Lizards fill the vacancy with the recently-fired Bill McKechnie.

Chadwick Medal - Best Reliever

The 5th for Tommy, Bobby's third.

Adams Medal - Pitcher of the Year

The second for each.

Rickey Medal - Most Valuable Player

Hard to believe this is Larry's first win. As he did in 1969, Dick takes out the double.

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Same as it ever was with all four playoff participants from 1971 tipped to repeat. 1995 LTMs in place for this year, so the HR should start creeping up.

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One of the highest-scoring PBL games ever sees the Stallions and Colonials light it up to say the very least.

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First-timers

Jack Powell, Chipper Jones, Dustin Pedroia, Gary Sheffield, Bob Feller, Eddie Rommel, Johnny Bench, George Brett.

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Joe Cronin is named MVP as the Southwest gets a hard-fought 4-3 win.

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Another frantic finish looms, with all four races super tight - two games is the biggest lead of any.


Monthly Award Winners

April

Northeast League

• Batter – Larry Walker (Carolina): 365 / 9 HR / 25 RBI
• Pitcher – Nap Rucker (Carolina): 5-1 / 2.12 / 25 K / 51 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Mickey Mantle (Portland): 293 / 7 HR / 17 RBI
• Pitcher – Pete Alexander (Kansas City): 5-0 / 1.90 / 40 K / 52 IP

May

Northeast League

• Batter – Hurley McNair (New Jersey): 364 / 8 HR / 22 RBI
• Pitcher – Greg Maddux (Boston): 5-1 / 1.55 / 35 K / 46.1 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Duke Snider (Kansas City): 319 / 6 HR / 26 RBI
• Pitcher – John Montgomery Ward (Atlanta): 6-0 / 2.45 / 27 K / 47.2 IP

June

Northeast League

• Batter – Ted Williams (Connecticut): 427 / 6 HR / 16 RBI
• Pitcher – Eustaquio Pedroso (Indianapolis): 5-1 / 3.02 / 20 K / 47.2 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Alex Rodriguez (Seattle): 351 / 7 HR / 28 RBI
• Pitcher – Claude Osteen (Kansas City): 4-0 / 0.84 / 36 K / 42.2 IP

Weekly Award Winners

April

• 10th: Charlie Gehringer (Indianapolis) / Henry Aaron (Atlanta)
• 17th: Larry Walker (Carolina) / Ken Boyer (New Orleans)
• 24th: Ed Delahanty (Boston) / Cody Bellinger (Kansas City)

May

• 1st: Larry Walker (Carolina) / Dan Brouthers (Las Vegas)
• 8th: Eddie Mathews (New York) / Miguel Cabrera (Kansas City)
• 15th: Jake Beckley (Indianapolis) / Henry Aaron (Atlanta)
• 22nd: Hurley McNair (New Jersey) / Chase Utley (Seattle)
• 29th: Turkey Stearnes (Boston) / Ernie Banks (New Orleans)

June

• 5th: Greg Maddux (Boston) / Tony Phillips (Kansas City)
• 12th: Tris Speaker (Indianapolis) / Jim Wynn (Seattle)
• 19th: Larry Walker (Carolina) / Jesse Burkett (Las Vegas)
• 26th: Frank Robinson (New Jersey) / Willie McCovey (Kansas City)

Milestones

• 300 HR: Albert Pujols, Mike Trout, Ken Griffey jr, Aaron Judge, Barry Bonds, Willie McCovey

Top 20s by WAR





Standings and Leaders

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New Jersey's Sam McDowell celebrates the nation's 196th birthday with the PBL's first no-no of '72, fanning 20 Gothams along the way to set a new NE mark.

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A huge day for the bats...









At roughly the halfway point, Willie McCovey and Adrian Beltre's season record of 48 HR looks likely to be put under threat.

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Another no-hitter, this time from the man whose name IRL is synonymous with the feat.

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If not for the last week of August seeing the Rainiers - helped by some spotty Stags form - pinch a bit of a break in the West, we'd be entering the stretch as tight as tight can be. All the same, the four divs remain well and truly in play.

Monthly Award Winners

July

Northeast League

• Batter – Mookie Betts (Indianapolis): 340 / 5 HR / 23 RBI
• Pitcher – Curt Simmons (Washington): 6-0 / 1.74 / 26 K / 46.2 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Johnny Mize (New Orleans): 353 / 6 HR / 22 RBI
• Pitcher – Charles Bender (Florida): 4-1 / 1.22 / 32 K / 51.2 IP

August

Northeast League

• Batter – Buck Leonard (Virginia): 365 / 6 HR / 20 RBI
• Pitcher – Sam McDowell (New Jersey): 5-0 / 2.36 / 65 K / 49.2 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Lou Gehrig (Kansas City): 390 / 10 HR / 26 RBI
• Pitcher – Roger Clemens (Los Angeles): 4-1 / 1.74 / 42 K / 41.1 IP

Weekly Award Winners

July

• 3rd: Ted Williams (Connecticut) / Ken Griffey jr (Los Angeles)
• 10th: Mel Ott (Carolina) / Rogers Hornsby (Portland)
• 17th: Adrian Beltre (Indianapolis) / Jeff Kent (Florida)
• 24th: Darrell Evans (Connecticut) / Johnny Mize (New Orleans)
• 31st: Reggie Smith (Carolina) / Craig Biggio (Portland)

August

• 7th: Roberto Alomar (New York) / Billy Hamilton (Atlanta)
• 14th: Hurley McNair (New Jersey) / Heavy Johnson (Florida)
• 21st: Freddie Freeman (Connecticut) / Willie Davis (Florida)
• 28th: Willard Brown (Washington) / Lou Gehrig (Kansas City)

Milestones

• 300 HR: Mickey Mantle

Standings and Leaders