So it ain’t the prettiest picture, but it would be equally as hard to try and dress up the mediocrity of the season beginnings for the Mets and Dodgers who both are in 4th place in their respective divisions, each with less than .500 win-loss records. But as true hard luck fans here in bum-town, we work even harder on finding that silver lining and know darn well that there’s always winners at the end of each month no matter the darkness of the storm clouds. In turn, we should all celebrate as the April Pitching Title and Batting Title surely were destined for Ann and Dylan in honor of their recent matrimony. And, really what better wedding gift is there than the first title wins of the 2013 ‘Dem Bums season. For Team Talley, er Parry?, it was the upstart Matt Harvey who not only brought home the April Pitching Title with a 1.56 ERA, a 4-0 record, and 45 strikeouts, but also was named the NL Pitcher of the Month as he became the first pitcher of the modern era to win his first four starts while giving up 10 hits or fewer. Perhaps even more important is that Harvey is the one shining light at the end of a dark tunnel of the present for the Mets who are now drawing some national attention without the caption of “collapse.” On the other side of the plate and in spite of a close battle with teammate Carl Crawford and a career RBI month for Mets’ veteran catcher John Buck, Team Parry’s Adrian Gonzalez knocked home the April Batting Title by hitting for a .333 AVG on 93 ABs and leads the Dodgers with 18 RBIs. The only player to hit for a higher average in April was the undrafted Mark Ellis who hit for a .342 AVG on 73 ABs and might get more consideration for the May ‘Dem Bums draft. But till death do they part, the 2013 April Batting Title is Team Parry’s alone through the health and sickness of the Dodgers’ and Mets’ early seasons. Congratulations to both Team Talley and Team Parry; we will see you in the drafting room for May.
APRIL PITCHING TITLE RESULTS
1) Team Talley – Matt Harvey (1.56 / 6)
2) Team Roberts – Clayton Kershaw (1.73 / 6)
3) Team Parry – Jonathon Niese (3.31 / 6)
4) Team Reid – Hyun-Jin Ryu (3.35 / 6)
5) Team Rybakova – Dillon Gee (5.96 / 5)
APRIL BATTING TITLE RESULTS
1) Team Parry – Adrian Gonzalez (.333 / 93)
2) Team Reid – Carl Crawford (.308 / 91)
3) Team Roberts – David Wright (.291 / 86)
4) Team Rybakova – Daniel Murphy (.290 / 100)
5) Team Talley – A.J. Ellis (.250 / 72)
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