60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

This season has become a 2 man race between Alex Rodriquez and Prince Fielder.
Alex will most probily hit 30 homers by the All Stare break and stay on pace for 60 homers. In most cases HR leading hitters slow down thier pace in the second half of the season, so I now put Rodriguez odds of hitting 60 at 40%.

Alex Rodriguez has 28 homers in 74 games for a PHR of 61. Prince Fielder has 27 homers in 77 games for a PHR of 56. No other player has a PHR over 50 in the Majors and only 2 players have PHR's of 50.

Now I would like to show you the 1956/57 Class B SouthWestern Leauge. League President in 1956 was W.J. Green. The last two years of the S.W.L. were 1956 and 1957. It was in this Leauge that Frosty Kennedy hit 60 homers at his last at bat in 1956. The Plainview Ponies played 144 games that year.

Here are the citis represented, the team name, year(s) played and where they moved from:

* Ballinger, TX: Ballinger Westerners 1956-1957
*Carlsbad, NM: Carlsbad Potashers 1956-1957, Moved from Longhorn League
*Clovis, NM: Clovis Pioneers 1956, moved from West Texas-New Mexico League 1938- 1955; Clovis Redlegs 1957
*El Paso, TX: El Paso Texans 1956-1957, moved from W.T.N.M. League 1955
*Hobbs, NM: Hobbs Sports 1956-1957, moved from Longhorn League 1955
*Lamesa, TX: Lamesa Indians 1957
*Midland, TX: Midland Indians 1956-1957, moved from Longhorn League 1947-1955
*Pampa, TX: Pampa Oilers 1956-1957, moved from W.T.N.M. League 1939-1955
*Plainview, TX: Plainview Ponies 1956-1957, moved from W.T.N.M. League 1953-1955
*Roswell, NM: Roswell Rockets 1956, moved from Longhorn League 1949-1955
*San Angelo, TX: San Angelo Colts 1956, moved from Longhorn League 1948-1955, San Angelo Colts 1957

1956 finial team standings:

TEAM NAME-------------W----L----PCT----GB----MANAGERS--------HOME ATTEND.
Hobbs Sports---------90---52----.634----0---Pat Stasey--------44,206
El Paso Texans-------85---59----.590----6---Art Lilly---------51,386
Pampa Oilers---------80---60----.571....9...G. Seitz/A. Cross-42,150
San Angelo Colts-----78---65----.545---12---Art Bowland-------47,296
Plainview Ponies-----76---68----.528---15---J.Beeler/F.Tornay-43,892
Ballinger Westerners-73---69----.514---17---Tony York---------24,614
Carlsbad Potashers---70---74----.486---21---Thurman Tucker----51,165
Midland Indians------63---81----.438---28---Robinson/Briner---77,601
Rockwell Rockets-----53---90----.371---37---T.Jordan/H.Simpson18,367
kClovis Pioneers-----45---95----.321---44---Benites/Roy Parker41,125

BEST OF 7 PLAY OFFS: San Angelo 4 games vs. Hobbs 3 games
El Paso 4 games vs. Pampa 0 games

Finals: El Paso 4 games vs. San Angelo 1

Leauge leading stats:

Batting Avg. Len Tucker, Pampa-- .404
Runs: Len Tucker, Pampa-- 181
Hits: Chico Fernandez, Roswell-- 231
Home Runs: Frosty Kennedy, Plainview-- 60
Wins: Bill Bagwell, San Angelo-- 23
S.O.: Jodie Phipps, San Angelo-- 242
ERA: James Grimm, Hobbs-- 3.11
RBI: Frosty Kennedy, Plainview-- 184

Beside hitting 60 homers in 1956 he also lead the leauge in RBI's.