June 2063.

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1st (1st) Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers
120 40-24 .625
2nd (2nd) Tokyo Pearls
115 41-21 .661
3rd (3rd) Johannesburg Gold
107 37-29 .561
4th (4th) London Monarchs
96 33-31 .516
5th (5th) Sao Paulo Pilots
95 34-31 .523
6th (6th) Sydney Sharks
89 33-30 .524
7th (7th) Cairo Pharaohs
84 29-34 .460
8th (8th) Athens Fighting Centaurs
67 25-38 .397
9th (9th) Buenos Aires Brisas
66 25-39 .391
10th (10th) Moscow Thunder Bears
64 23-43 .348

Coming up to the mid way point of the season if fans had said the Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers and Tokyo Pearls would be stop of the standings, it would have been a case of no surprise. If I'm the same breath they had mentioned the Johannesburg Gold, now that would have been a surprise. They were predicted to win 74 they are already have way there even though they have played only 66 games, never having played play off baseball before or even a .500 season the Gold may well be stepping into the unknown.

Friday, June 1st , 2063.

RF Ted Benson Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers
GBC GBC EA Batter of the Month Award.

3B Sachdev Vajpeyi Buenos Aires Brisas GBC ASAO Batter of the Month Award.

SP Barry Short Tokyo Pearls
GBC EA Pitcher of the Month Award.

SP Jeff Bannon Johannesburg Gold
GBC ASAO Pitcher of the Month Award.

RF Andrés Soto Athens Fighting Centaurs
GBC EA Rookie of the Month Award.

2B Kang-xi Kong Cairo Pharaohs
GBC ASAO Rookie of the Month Award.

Monday, June 4th , 2063

CF Kevin Lambert Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers
GBC EA Player of the Week Award.

LF Lúcio Rodríguez Sydney Sharks
GBC ASAO Player of the Week Award.


1st (1st) Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers
120 o 40-24 .625
2nd (2nd) Tokyo Pearls
115 o 41-21 .661
3rd (3rd) Johannesburg Gold
107 o 37-29 .561
4th (4th) London Monarchs
96 33-31 .516
5th (5th) Sao Paulo Pilots
95 34-31 .523
6th (6th) Sydney Sharks
89 33-30 .524
7th (7th) Cairo Pharaohs
84 29-34 .460
8th (8th) Athens Fighting Centaurs
67 25-38 .397
9th (9th) Buenos Aires Brisas
66 25-39 .391
10th (10th) Moscow Thunder Bears
64 23-43 .348

Next year will be the 75th Anniversary of the Field of Dreams movie, rated recently as the second best baseball movie behind the comedy Flyball in my Torshina, a comedy based on Vinnie Bonin's years with the Baghdad Kings. In the Field of Dreams film the character Terrence Mann played by James Earl Jones gives a speech in which he talks about the [URL=http://www.destinationhollywood[.com/movies/fieldofdreams/feature_baseballspeech.shtmla constant[/URL ] of baseball, fast forward 74 years and the one constant today are the London Monarchs. Whilst other teams have fallen away (Athens Fighting Centaurs) and others have climbed the rankings (Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers) the London Monarchs have had a steady season, rarely moving from 4th in the power rankings only falling below 4th four times in the 13 weeks the seasons been going, 2059 was there last play off appearance, 2058 there last championship. Whisper it softly the Monarchs maybe making another charge for a title.

Monday, June 11th , 2063.

RF Michael Buckley Tokyo Pearls
GBC EA Player of the Week Award.

CF Blair Peyton Cairo Pharaohs
GBC ASAO Player of the Week Award.


1st (1st) Tokyo Pearls
119 45-24 .652
2nd (2nd) Johannesburg Gold
115 42-30 .583
3rd (3rd) Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers
112 44-27 .620
4th (4th) London Monarchs
111 39-32 .549
5th (5th) Sydney Sharks
101 37-31 .544
6th (6th) Sao Paulo Pilots
94 37-35 .514
7th (7th) Buenos Aires Brisas
76 29-41 .414
8th (8th) Cairo Pharaohs
67 30-40 .429
9th (9th) Athens Fighting Centaurs
55 26-44 .371
10th (10th) Moscow Thunder Bears
53 24-49 .329

It was a week of full houses, a week also in which if you went watching the Johannesburg Gold you got your monies worth. On the Friday Dima Rozinov of the Cairo Pharaohs went 5-5, thankfully for the Gold and there charge to the top of the top of the GBC AfSAmOc Rozinov didn't do much damage and the Gold won 6-5 in extras (11).

Were as Rozinov despite is 5-5 didn't help Cairo, Fareed bin Sa'eed did help his team in a win against the Moscow Thunder Bears (14-6) with 2 2B, 1 RBI and 3 R in his 5-5 on Sunday.

Monday, June 18th , 2063.

CF Aleksander Rakowski London Monarchs.
GBC EA Player of the Week Award.

C Simão Hayagawa Johannesburg Gold GBC ASAO Player of the Week Award.


1st (1st) Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers
122 49-28 .636
2nd (2nd) Tokyo Pearls
119 49-26 .653
3rd (3rd) Johannesburg Gold
110 45-32 .584
4th (4th) London Monarchs
103 42-35 .545
5th (5th) Sydney Sharks
93 39-36 .520
6th (6th) Sao Paulo Pilots
86 39-39 .500
7th (7th) Buenos Aires Brisas
86 34-43 .442
8th (8th) Cairo Pharaohs
79 34-42 .447
9th (9th) Moscow Thunder Bears
59 27-52 .342
10th (10th) Athens Fighting Centaurs
38 26-51 .338

The Athens Fighting Centaurs have slumped to the bottom of the power rankings, the Centaurs fall from grace out a smile on the face of the Thunder Bears who have been at the bottom of the standings since the 2nd week of April.

Whilst Athens have been slipping down the rankings the Johannesburg Gold have been climbing the heights of the power rankings. In fact so much so the bottom spot in the first week of the season was being warmed by the Johannesburg Gold, the same Johannesburg Gold who now sit in the lofty position of 33rd in the power rankings.

Monday, June 25th , 2063.

2B Rubén Santiago London Monarchs GBC EA Player of the Week Award.

LF Adam MacDonald Johannesburg Gold
GBC ASAO Player of the Week Award.