Arcade Watch Season

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2-1 Yanks, but if the Cubs win that one, they probably will have the run diff tie breaker.  The Reds have a 1 game lead but will likely lose tiebreaker to either.

[erhajj]

OAKLAND WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

[Attezz]

How many games left?

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7

[Big Hath]

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---Week 30   
SL 13 Oak 12   
The A's blow their lead they built against ATL last week by squandering a late lead of 10-5 to the Cardinals which saw Simmons and McGee hit back to back HRs in a 5 run 8th taking a 13-11 lead.   
HRs:   Musial, Jackson(2), McGwire, Hornsby(2), Bando, Simmons, McGee

Atl 10 Hou 0 (7 inn)    
Atlanta moves back into a tie for 1st   
HRs:   Aaron, Johnson, Torre(2), Horner

Chc 16 Bos 9   
The Cubs came back from an early 7-1 deficit hitting 6 HRs off Clemens in 2 2/3 inn after Tiant had held them in check   
HRs:   Foxx, Yaz, Dawson(2), B. Williams(2), Santo(2), Trillo

Cin 16 LA 5 (7 inn)    
It looks like the Dodgers have packed it in.   
HRs:   Campanella, Bench, Snider, Foster

NYY 12 SF 1 (3 inn)   
The Yanks aren't playing around anymore and the Giants postseason hopes are fading fast.   
HRs:   Mantle, McCovey, Lazzeri

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Breaking news, I have mostly finished up with some software that will allow me to easily keep complete stats for the games.  I'll be testing it with the rest of the regular season and it should be ready to use for the post season.  The only thing I haven't done yet is an export to save the stats to keep season long stats.  In future season (and for this post season) I'll be able to maintain all stats for every player (batters and pitchers).

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---Week 31   
Oak 24 Chc 17   
11-9 A's after 2, the Cubs had a 13-11 until the A's got 11 in the 6th to pull away.   
HRs:   Santo, Canseco, Banks, Dawson, McGwire(3), Green, Wilson, Jackson, Campaneris, Williams

SL 15 Hou 6   
Hornsby went 5-6 with 6 RBIs in the rare blowout for the Cards   
HRs:   Hornsby(2), Musial(2), J. Clark, Boyer, G. Davis, Thon

Atl 11 NYY 1 (3 inn)   
The Braves are gonna fight for the Regular Season Championship and Davey Johnson hasn't conceded the HR title yet.   
HRs:   Johnson(2)

Bos 8 LA 7    
Tied at 7 going to the 9th the RedSox loaded the bases with no one out and only got a 2 out RBI single from Speaker, but that was enough as the Dodgers couldn't score off Radatz in the bottom of the 9th.   
HRs:   Snider, Rice

Cin 15 SF 5 (2 inn)   
The Reds hit 5 HRs in the 2nd inning to end this one early and open up a 2 game cushion on a playoff spot.   
HRs:   Ott, Bench(2), Foster, Perez, Pinson

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       W   L   Pct   RS   RA   Diff   Avg RS   Avg RA   HRs
Atl   21   10   0.677   458   349   109   14.77   11.26   165
Oak   21   10   0.677   435   352   83   14.03   11.35   122
Cin   19   12   0.613   400   374   26   12.90   12.06   102
ChC   17   14   0.548   450   387   63   14.52   12.48   135
NYY   17   14   0.548   421   392   29   13.58   12.65   150
SF    15   16   0.484   344   362   -18   11.10   11.68   86
LA    14   17   0.452   390   429   -39   12.58   13.84   101
Bos   13   18   0.419   357   382   -25   11.52   12.32   94
Hou   11   20   0.355   266   378   -112   8.58   12.19   52
SL    7   24   0.226   330   446   -116   10.65   14.39   75


HR   Player
37   McGwire
36   D. Johnson
35   H. Wilson
33   Foster
30   Canseco
30   Ruth
29   Dawson
29   DiMaggio
28   Aaron
27   Hornsby
27   Perez
26   Banks
26   Mathews
25   Gehrig
25   Mantle
25   Torre
24   Bench
23   Foxx
23   Snider

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---Week 32   
LA 22 Oak 16   
The Dodger were all over Vida Blue and Catfish Hunter jumping out to leads of 13-7 and 20-9 and holding on.   
HRs:   Reese, Snider, Cey, Campanella, Guerrero Jackson, Tennace, Canseco, Cochrane

Hou 9 Chc 8   
In a game the Cubs had to have, they played like the Cubs.  They did score 4 in the top of the 9th to tie the game, but stranded the go ahead run on 3rd with one out.  Then in the bottom of the 9th, Billy Williams BOPed a fly to left field with one out and one on to aid the scoring of the winnng run, being the 2nd game the Cubs lost due to their 9th inning defense, the only 2 for the entire league.   
HRs:   Wilson,Williams, Sandberg

SL 15 Atl 5 (7 inn)   
The week of upsets continues as the Cards somehow find some offense and Gibson holds the Brave offense in check.   
HRs:   Aaron, J. Clark(2), Musial(2), Brock, Adcock

SF 17 Bos 16   
The Giants held off a late RedSox rally   
HRs:   Ott(3), Mays, Bonds(2), Foxx(3), Williams

NYY 16 Cin 9   
Mantle's 2 out 3 run shot in the 6th opened up a 12-7 lead for the Yanks who coasted from there and pull within a game of a playoff spot.   
HRs:   Gehrig(2), Ruth, Foster(2), DiMaggio, Lazzeri, Perez, Mantle

[Gantry]

HUGE win for the Yanks, especially over the 3rd place team.  1 behind Cincy for 3rd, 1 ahead of Chicago for 4th...

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---Week 33   
Oak 10 SF 9    
The A's trailed 9-3 in the 8th when Reggie and McGwire hit back to back HRs to cut it to 9-5, then in the 9th, Jackson hit a 3 run shot to tie and McGwire followed him up again with the game winner.   
HRs:   McCovey, Dark, Canseco, Jackson(2), McGwire(2), Green

Hou 19 LA 16   
The Astros hit 10 double and 4 triples racking up 19 runs.   
HRs:   Garvey, Cedeno, Cruz, G. Davis, Campanella(2), Reese

Atl 28 Chc 22   
A must win for the Cubs and they jumped out to 11-1 lead in the 2nd and a 17-7 lead in the 5th before the Braves got 10 in the 5th to tie it.  And score 4 in the 6th to take a 21-19 lead they wouldn't relinquish.  Each team hit 10 HRs.   
HRs:   Sandberg, Dawson(2), Santo, Banks(2), Wilson(2), Torre(3), Johnson(2), Williams(2), Mathews(3), Aaron, Horner

NY 22 SL 20    
The Cards fought back from plenty of deficits, scored 4 in the bottom of the 8th to tie it at 16, but gave up 6 in the 9th and could only get 4 back.   
HRs:   Ruth(4), Mantle, J. Clark, Musial, Gehrig, DiMaggio(2), Nettles, Medwick, Hornsby

Bos 21 Cin 9 (7 inn)   
The Reds led 7-4 after 4 but Bucky Walters got rocked for 17 runs in 3 innings and the Reds no longer control their own fate to the postseason.   
HRs:   T. Williams(3), Yaz, Foxx(2), Doerr(2)

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       W   L   Pct   RS   RA   Diff   Avg RS   Avg RA   HRs
Atl   22   11   0.667   491   386   105   14.88   11.70   177
Oak   22   11   0.667   461   383   78   13.97   11.61   132
NYY   19   14   0.576   459   421   38   13.91   12.76   165
Cin   19   14   0.576   418   411   7   12.67   12.45   105
ChC   17   16   0.515   480   424   56   14.55   12.85   148
SF    16   17   0.485   370   388   -18   11.21   11.76   94
LA    15   18   0.455   428   464   -36   12.97   14.06   110
Bos   14   19   0.424   394   408   -14   11.94   12.36   106
Hou   13   20   0.394   294   402   -108   8.91   12.18   55
SL    8   25   0.242   365   473   -108   11.06   14.33   84


HR   Player
39   McGwire
38   D. Johnson
38   H. Wilson
35   Foster
35   Ruth
32   Canseco
32   DiMaggio
31   Dawson
30   Aaron
29   Mathews
28   Banks
28   Foxx
28   Gehrig
28   Hornsby
28   Perez
28   Torre
27   Mantle
24   Bench
24   Snider
23   Horner
23   R. Jackson
23   T. Williams

[Gantry]

Yankees WHAT!

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---Week 34   
Oak 12 Cin 9   
The Reds hopes are slipping fast thanks to Walters 2nd straight loss, he came in in the 5th with a 3-0 lead and gave up 9 runs over 3 innings.   
HRs:   Perez(3), Jackson(2), McGwire, Tennace

SF 22 Hou 9      
Marichal pitched a CG and the Giants had 26 extra base hits   
HRs:   G. Davis(3), Mays(2), Dark, McCovey(2), Cedeno, Watson

Atl 15 LA 11    
The Braves rallied from an early 7-3 deficit to keep pace with the A's   
HRs:   Horner, Garvey, Robinson, Snider, Aaron(2), Torre(2), Murphy

Chc 11 SL 8    
Sutcliffe pitched 8 2/3 innings and the Cubs got a win to stay alive for a postseason birth.   
HRs:   Dawson(2), Santo(2), Simmons, J. Clark

Bos 19 NYY 10   
With a lot of teams with rooting interest against the Yankees, it wasn't looking good as the Yanks took an 8-3 lead in the 5th.  But after getting hit hard in the 5th Clemens gave up only 2 more runs to the Yanks the rest of the game and the Sox offense finally turned it on.   
HRs:   DiMaggio, Foxx

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          W   L   Pct   RS   RA   Diff   Avg RS   Avg RA   HRs
y   Atl   23   11   0.676   506   397   109   14.88   11.68   183
y   Oak   23   11   0.676   473   392   81   13.91   11.53   136
   NYY   19   15   0.559   469   440   29   13.79   12.94   166
   Cin   19   15   0.559   427   423   4   12.56   12.44   108
   ChC   18   16   0.529   491   432   59   14.44   12.71   152
   SF    17   17   0.500   392   397   -5   11.53   11.68   99
   Bos   15   19   0.441   413   418   -5   12.15   12.29   107
   LA    15   19   0.441   439   479   -40   12.91   14.09   113
   Hou   13   21   0.382   303   424   -121   8.91   12.47   60
   SL    8   26   0.235   373   484   -111   10.97   14.24   86

   x - clinched 1st place, y- clinched playoff spot                           



HR   Player
40   McGwire
38   D. Johnson
38   H. Wilson
35   Foster
35   Ruth
33   Dawson
33   DiMaggio
32   Aaron
32   Canseco
31   Perez
30   Torre
29   Foxx
29   Mathews
28   Banks
28   Gehrig
28   Hornsby
27   Mantle
25   R. Jackson
25   Snider

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HR leaders (I wonder what will win the HR crown 30 in 36 games?)

A lot more HRs than I thought, with 2 games to go 11 guys have already hit 30 HRs and 3 are on pace for over 40

[Gantry]

Down to the wire....   What is the remaining schedule for the 3/4/5 teams?

[Big Hath]

Atl 15 LA 11    
The Braves rallied from an early 15-11 deficit to keep pace with the A's   

how did the Braves rally from a 15-11 deficit and win 15-11

was LA cheating and had runs taken away?

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Puhl added Here are quick approx odds IMO

Oakland 8-1
Atlanta 5-1
Houston 60-1
St. Louis 25-1
Chicago 10-1
Dodgers 25-1
Giants   4-1
Reds    12-1
RedSox 10-1
Yankees 6-1

Revised Odds (actual odds without house profit) based on what I know now, I was pretty close on every team but the Giants (and the Cards) who I gave too much credit to their pitching and bench.

Oakland 7-1
Atlanta 5-2
Houston 125-1
St. Louis 90-1
Chicago 8-1
Dodgers 15-1
Giants   10-1
Reds    10-1
RedSox 10-1
Yankees 6-1