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07/19/2004 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: This Week In JBall! (7/12/04-7/19/04)"

This Week In JBall! by Henry Lu
Your weekly resource for the exciting world of Japanese Baseball
Standings (current through July 19, 2004) Central League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Chunichi 43 32 1 .573 -- Yomiuri 43 39 0 .524 3.5 Hanshin 40 38 0 .513 4.5 Hiroshima 36 41 0 .468 8.0 Yakult 34 39 1 .466 8.0 Yokohama 34 41 2 .453 9.0 Pacific League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Daiei 51 34 2 .600 -- Seibu 50 34 1 .595 0.5 Nippon Ham 40 43 1 .482 10.0 Kintetsu 38 45 2 .458 12.0 Lotte 37 47 2 .440 13.5 Orix 35 48 2 .422 15.0	Home Run Leader Board (current through July 19, 2004) Central League Pacific League Rank Player HR's Rank Player HR's 1st Rhodes (Yomiuri) 30 1st-t Jojima (Daiei) 30 2nd-t Kokubo (Yomiuri) 28 1st-t Matsunaka (Daiei) 30 2nd-t LaRocca (Hiroshima) 28 1st-t Seguignol (Nippon Ham) 30 4th Woods (Yokohama) 26 4th Wada (Seibu) 25 5th Abe (Yomiuri) 25 5th Zuleta (Daiei) 23

This Week's Highlight -- July 19, 2004: Tuffy Reaches 30 Dingers In 4th Consecutive Year
Yomiuri Giants' slugger Tuffy Rhodes went 2-for-4 with a home run and 3 rbi's in a 4-3 Yomiuri loss to the Chunichi Dragons at Nagoya Dome. Rhodes' longball was his 30th of the season (tops in the Central League) and marked his 4th consecutive year with at least 30 homers. (Henry Lu, HLu@BaseballGuru.com)