A short week before the All-Star break still gave us plenty of action…The Stars faced both the Salvation Brothers and the Deerborn White Sox in a big week for the Delle team as the league’s top teams positioned themselves for the 2nd half playoff run.
- White Sox LF Bob Hove goes 3 for 4 with 2 HR and 4 RBIs as the White Sox stomp the Stars, 10-1. SP Jacob Hudson once again leaves early for the Sox, his wrist still seems to be causing him pain. C Jon Garcika’s hit streak remains at 10 games as he sits today. The playoff contenders play a rubber match tomorrow in Deerborn. (7/15)
- Guardians 1B Cal Oluoch goes deep twice for 2nd straight game. Northsouth beats Taawa, 5-1. (7/15)
- Rivals 3B Gavin Jones hits 2 HR and ties the UA record with 7 RBIs in the Rivals’ 7-3 win over the Miners. (7/15)
- White Sox take 2 of 3 from Stars as the UA playoff race starts to come into focus. Stars C Jon Garcika’s hit streak ends at 10 games. (7/16)
- The Chargers lose their 10th in a row, 2-1, in Northsouth. (7/16)
- Owls RF Ambroise Forestier has hit a home run in 4 of his last 5 games, but the Owls lose to the Brothers today, 5-4. (7/16)
- Stags RF Albert Pentana hits a pair of home runs to bring his season total to 13, but Roland Falls to Prissley, 9-5. The Stags hold a tenuous 1-game lead in the East over the surging White Sox. (7/16)
- Herders 1B Ralph August hits 2 HR, including a shot to tie the game in the 8th, allowing the Herders to go on to beat the Chargers in extra innings, 6-5. It is Taawa’s 11th straight loss. (7/17)
- Miners LF Jesus Lia Taawa hits 2 home runs while SP Tim Farmer strikes out 7 in 6 innings. The Miners beat the White Sox, 7-2. (7/17)
- Trail Blazers SP Greg Crepin gives up only 2 hits in 8.1 IP. Jeffrey Irvin strikes out 11 in 6 innings for the Rivals, but the Blazers win the pitcher’s duel over their nemeses, 1-0, in Railey. (7/17)
- The Herders sweep the Chargers to hand them their 13th straight loss as they head, reeling, into the All-Star break. (7/19)
- Bob Hove has another 2 HR game for the White Sox as Deerborn cruises into the break with their 4th straight series win, blanking the Miners, 7-0. The White Sox currently hold the lead for the UA wildcard. (7/19)
- The Roland Stags wallop the Bears 15-2, enter All-Star break in 1st place in the East. Jose Lia Tinta goes 4 for 4 with 3 doubles and Ramon Zuniga hits his league-leading 18th and 19th home runs. (7/19)
- Salvation takes 2 of 3 from Delle to solidify their claim to baseball’s best record at 34-12. (7/19)
- The All-Star rosters were revealed today. The Roland Stags lead the way with 4 starters on the East Division roster. (7/19)
- The Chargers mid-season woes got bleaker today, as SP Ricardo Molina learned that he’s torn his rotator cuff after coming on in relief against Cherricaw on Thursday. Molina will miss the rest of the 1929 season. (7/21)
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1929 All-Star Game
Stars Ballpark of Darling, Delle, Medland
The East and West All-Stars met in Delle last night in the 2nd annual UA All-Star Game in front of 27,479 loud baseball fans. It would be difficult to top last year’s action in Tiny Sea with its no-hit pitching performance by the West and political drama at the stadium, but baseball’s best came together again to entertain as only they know how. The pitchers dominated early, but in the 4th, Lia Kompos 3B Hichem Colle smacked a double for the West’s first hit to score Northsouth’s Cal Oluoch from second. In the bottom half of the inning, the East evened the score as Deerborn’s Rygh Ogg sent Roland’s Jose Lia Tinta home on a sacrifice groundout. From there, it was all East as the East Division went on to thump the West, 7-1. Salvation’s Mike Gurr had a tough 5th for the West, giving up 4 hits for 5 earned runs. Prissley’s Juan Tumaini hit a 2-run single and Roland’s Ramon Zuniga, the league’s home run leader, hit an appropriate 3-run blast to left field put the East firmly in command. Representing the hometown Delle Stars, Antonio Teakowa didn’t record a hit, but did find his way on base. Stars pitcher Gurr Gurr threw a no-hit 3rd inning, and Stars closer David Rogers closed out the win by striking out the side in the 9th.
Ramon Zuniga was named MVP for his 2-hit performance, including his 3-run bomb in the 5th.
The Home Run Challenge was cancelled this year due to a poor reception by the players in 1928. Players and coaches complained that the tournament’s timed format altered players’ swings and rushed their routines at the plate. Some fans may have missed it this year, but we may never see another All-Star home run competition. There are rumors that the league may suspend the All-Star game entirely in the future due to injury and wear concerns in the middle of a 100-game season. Some of have suggested moving the game to the fall, or simply naming the teams but not risking the players’ health with an actual exhibition on the field. For now, the UA’s 3rd annual All-Star game is on track to go ahead in 1930 at Sapfoot Stadium in Taawa, Kandelria.
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