United League of American Base B

Romano Leads Monuments' Title Defense
1963 FOUNDER'S CUP
CLEVELAND (July 8) -- Washington catcher Johnny Romano hit five homers in three days, sparking the Monuments offense and leading the defending Founder's Cup champions to the top of Group A. The 28-year-old backstopper from Hoboken, N.J. hit two homers in a 14-2 win over Manhattan, and followed up with a homer hat-trick and 6 RBIs in Washington's 11-0 drubbing of Detroit in Day 4 of Founder's Cup action. The Mons lost their opening game 2-0 to Brooklyn, but rattled off four straight wins against Manhattan, Cleveland, Detroit, and Los Angeles to top Group A, setting up a quarterfinal meeting with San Francisco. Romano is hitting .500-5-12 in four Founder's Cup games.
   Romano, Washington's first round draft pick in 1960, hit 27 home runs last year, driving in 77 runs, but has improved his eye and is hitting for more power this year (.380 OBP, .538 SLG).
   Other Monuments heroes from the group stage include Willie Mays, who has homered three times, Ron Santo, who is hitting .318 and hit the game-winning homer in the 1-0 win over Los Angeles in game five, and the starting trio of Art Houttman, Don Larsen, and Bob Shaw, who all have ERAs under 1.20.

Outlaws Land Aaron
LOS ANGELES (July 8) -- Los Angeles Outlaws GM Peter Vays acquired all-star right fielder Henry Aaron for a package of prospects and draft picks today. Louisville got first baseman Willie McCovey, shortstop Dick McAuliffe, and four draft picks, including #1 picks in the next two drafts.

In a packed press conference at Arroyo Seco Stadium, Vays shared his thoughts about the trade, which he called a "make or break" deal:

McCovey - I think will be better then his numbers show right now but I can place Frank Robinson or Willie Stargell at first and probably not miss a step so in case he does not get better I took a chance trading him.

McAuliffe - I am happy with Maz and Tresh up the middle so I made him available. If Tresh does not come back from injury then this could leave me with a hole at SS but hey I had to put something in the deal.

2nd and 3rd rounder - I have not found a lot of value in these picks but again I would have loved to keep these but I had to match other offers.

2 first rounders - this hurt a lot as I still need pitching and now I can't draft it. The only thing that helped me with this decision is seeing that the bottom few picks in the next few drafts don't look to be great. Guys like Tony Perez and Oliva will be coming out but I am not sure what I can grab with a late pick which hopefully my team will have.

Aaron - a top 10 hitter in the game, in his prime, good contract. I can't get this in FA, it is hard to draft and gives me a lineup that could help make up for my lack of pitching. His defense may also help my pitchers.

Overall, this could be a make or break move for my team. I see two scenarios.

1 - Lineup of Pinson, Maz, Stargell, Aaron and Robinson (maybe Tresh if he returns to form) club many other teams which allows my starters to give up 4-6 runs a game and still compete.

2 - I score many runs but can't stop anyone and end up as a .500 team with no AAA system and no picks so basically no hope for 3 years. The good news in this ugly scenario is that some of the heart of the organization will still be around in 3 years:
    Pinson will be 27
    Mahaffey will be 28
    Aaron will be 31
    Stargell will be 26
    Robinson will be 30
    Maz will be 29
    Tresh will be 28

GROUP A

GROUP B

DAY 1

Brooklyn 2, Washington 0
Conley anchors 2-hit shutout
Detroit 5, Cleveland 0
Joe Nuxhall anchors 5-hit shutout
Los Angeles 3, Manhattan 2
Hector Lopez game-winning home run in 9th

Chicago 12, San Francisco 4
Lenny Green grand slam in 1st; Demeter 4 RBI
Louisville 9, Dallas 1
Bernie Allen 4 RBI, Dick Stuart HR, 3 RBI
Boston 6, St. Louis 5
Tony Tayler game-winning squeeze bunt in 9th

DAY 2

Brooklyn 3, Detroit 0
Burdette 3-hit shutout, 10 K
Los Angeles 4, Cleveland 3
Bill Sarni game-winning RBI in 9th, McCovey 3-4
Washington 14, Manhattan 2
Johnny Romano 2 HR, 5 RBI; Mays 2 HR

Dallas 4, St. Louis 3
Boog Powell 3-5, 2 RBI
Chicago 4, Louisville 3, 12 inn.
Spangler game-tying RBI in 9th, WP in 12th
San Francisco 4, Boston 3
Colativo, Killebrew HRs in 9th

DAY 3

Manhattan 4, Brooklyn 3
Willie Tasby game-winning PH RBI in 8th
Washington 5, Cleveland 1
Bob Shaw 8.0, 5 H, 1 R, 2-3, 3 RBI
Los Angeles 7, Detroit 1
Bill Mazeroski 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI

Louisville 7, St. Louis 3
Vic Davalillo 3-4, RBI; Rocky Bridges 2 RBI
Chicago 1, Boston 0
Tom Sturdivant 5-hit shutout
Dallas 10, San Francisco 3
Frank Thomas 3-5, 2 2B; Gene Green 3-5

DAY 4

DAY 5

Brooklyn 11, Los Angeles 0
Whitey Ford 5-hit SHO, 14 K; Hamner HR, 4 RBI
Manhattan 6, Cleveland 0
Johnny Podres 8.0, 0 R; Alou, Orsino 2 RBI
Washington 11, Detroit 0
Johnny Romano 3 HR, 6 RBI

St. Louis 5, Chicago 2
Harry Simpson grand slam in 1st
Boston 5, Dallas 4
Eddie Bressoud 3B, HR, 2 RBI
San Francisco 3, Louisville 2
Harmon Killebrew 3-4, HR; Eddie Kasko 3-3

DAY 6

Cleveland 3, Brooklyn 1
John Tsitouris 3-hit CG, 1 R, 7 K
Washington 1, Los Angeles 0
Houtteman 8.0, 4 H, 0 R, 10 K; Santo HR in 1st
Manhattan 5, Detroit 1
Bobby Anderson 7.0, 3 H, 1 R; Umphlett 3-5

Dallas 9, Chicago 3
Bill Virdon 3-5, 2 HR, 4 R; Bilko 3 RBI; Groat 3-5
Boston 7, Louisville 0
Antonelli 4-hit shutout; B. Brown 4-4, 4 RBI
San Francisco 7, St. Louis 4
Killebrew 2-2, 2 RBI; Williams, C Boyer 2 RBI

Group A	W	L	Run Diff
Washington	4	1	+26
Brooklyn	3	2	+13
Manhattan	3	2	-2
Los Angeles	3	2	-4
Cleveland	1	4	-14
Detroit	1	4	-19

Group B	W	L	Run Diff
Boston	3	2	+7
Dallas	3	2	+5
Chicago	3	2	+1
San Francisco	3	2	-10
Louisville	2	3	+3
St. Louis	1	4	-6

QUARTERFINALS

Washington

San Francisco

Brooklyn

Chicago

Boston

Los Angeles

Dallas

Manhattan