| Breaking News |  | Monday, June 29th, 1998: Super Swinger Snags CLAA Player of the Week
Like a battering ram, Charles Phillips hit the baseball with brutal efficiency last week, gaining himself the Cooperstown League Player of the Week title for that stretch.
The Lansing Lugnuts shortstop rapped out a .522 average with 12 hits in 23 at-bats, no home runs, 4 runs batted in and 4 runs scored.
Phillips is hitting at a .350 mark this season. His stats show no home runs, 15 RBIs and 26 runs scored. He has played 49 games for the Lugnuts. |
 | Monday, June 22nd, 1998: Super Week for Lansing's Gibson!
24-year-old Bennie Gibson made a few Lansing headlines during this past week as the rookie catcher proved he could compete at the plate with his high-school idols. He captured the attention of fans, journalists and Cooperstown League officials last week and today took home Player of the Week honors for his effort.
He cracked 10 hits in 21 at-bats to put up a .476 average. Gibson collected 1 home run, 6 RBIs and scored 6 runs.
Gibson is hitting .292 so far this season with 29 RBIs and 30 runs scored. He has 54 hits including 2 home runs, 20 walks and .352 OBP.
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 | Wednesday, June 17th, 1998: League Suspends Lansing's Sanders
The Lansing Lugnuts were not very happy with the home plate umpire in today's loss to Tahoma at Ballpark of Grand Island. One in particular -- Josh Sanders. Upon being called out on strikes, the Lugnuts shortstop gave the ump quite an earful. For that, the man in blue gave him the thumb and sent him to an early shower.
But the disgruntled Sanders lingered on the field for another five minutes berating the umpire. Finally his manager got him off the field and into the clubhouse.
But it got worse after the game, when Sanders told reporters, "He was blind today. They played 'Three Blind Mice' for him. If he doesn't know the words to the song, I'm sure we can get it in braille, so he can follow along."
For all of his escapades and after-the-game oration, the league office suspended Sanders for 2 games.
This season Sanders is batting .194 with no home runs.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Silas Mitchell | tight shoulder muscle | one week | Not on DL | | 2B Alfredo Ruíz | damaged ulnar collateral ligament | one week | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 37-44, .457 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 13.0 GB | | Record at home | 18-21, .462 PCT | | Record on the road | 19-23, .452 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 4-2, .667 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 10-5, .667 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 8-14, .364 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 29-30, .492 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 11-17, .393 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 12-12, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .261 - 7th in CLAA | | On-Base Percentage | .319 - 10th in CLAA | | Slugging Percentage | .362 - 8th in CLAA | | On-Base + Slugging | .681 - 10th in CLAA | | Runs Scored | 365 - 9th in CLAA | | Hits | 735 - 7th in CLAA | | Extra-Base Hits | 205 - 7th in CLAA | | Home Runs | 32 - 9th in CLAA | | Bases-On-Balls | 228 - 10th in CLAA | | Strikeouts | 418 - 3rd in CLAA | | Stolen Bases | 92 - 4th in CLAA |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.99 - 9th in CLAA | | Starters' ERA | 5.01 - 9th in CLAA | | Bullpen ERA | 4.94 - 7th in CLAA | | Runs allowed | 450 - 8th in CLAA | | Hits allowed | 774 - 8th in CLAA | | Opponents AVG | .274 - 8th in CLAA | | BABIP | .321 - 9th in CLAA | | Home Runs allowed | 45 - 8th in CLAA | | Bases-On-Balls | 385 - 10th in CLAA | | Strikeouts | 506 - 1st in CLAA |
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