With one swing of his bat, Justin Maxwell gave the Royals hope, clinched a division title for the Oakland A’s and sent the Rangers reeling. His 10th inning, walk off grand slam sealed a 4-0 triumph for the Royals that eliminated the Rangers from the AL West race and kept KC in the Wild Card hunt.

The late inning heroics in Kansas City were set up by the brilliant 8 inning shutout performance by James Shields. He kept the Rangers off the board and gave the Royals a chance. He may not of received the decision in the 4-0 KC win, but he made it possible. 

Billy Hamilton continues to be everything advertised and then some. He went 3-6 with a double and two more stolen bases. Now batting lead off and being a spark plug, the Reds clobbered the Pirates in a critical playoff match up, 11-3.

Yusmeiro Petit was not intimidated by the Yankee Stadium ceremonies. He was terrific into the 7th inning, matching zeros and letting up a single solo homer. He did not get the decision, but he set up the Giants 2-1 victory over the Yankees.

They all owned baseball on September 22, 2013.

My explanation for “Who Owns Baseball” can be found here.

At the end of the year, we will tally up who owned baseball the most individual days and see how it compares to the final MVP and Cy Young vote.

To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN.

So let’s update the tally taking into account their heroics last night.

Players with Multiple Votes:

Leaders for the National League Hitter

Paul Goldschmidt– 9

Yasiel Puig – 7

Bryce Harper – 5 1/2

Brandon Belt – 5

Andrew McCutchen – 5

Buster Posey – 5

Shin-Soo Choo – 4

Carlos Gonzalez – 4

Brandon Phillips – 4

Justin Upton – 4

Freddie Freeman – 3

Hanley Ramirez – 3

Wilin Rosario – 3

Andrelton Simmons – 3

Neil Walker – 3

Matt Adams – 2

Carlos Beltran – 2

Gregor Blanco – 2

Domonic Brown – 2

Jay Bruce – 2

Marlon Byrd – 2

Zack Cozart – 2

Michael Cuddyer – 2

Adam Eaton – 2

Todd Frazier – 2

Adrian Gonzalez – 2

Billy Hamilton – 2

Jonathan Lucroy – 2

Justin Morneau – 2 (1 NL, 1 AL)

Daniel Murphy – 2

Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2

Angel Pagan – 2

Gerardo Parra – 2

Hunter Pence – 2

Martin Prado – 2

Nate Schierholtz – 2

Giancarlo Stanton – 2

Jose Tabata – 2

Troy Tulowitzki – 2

Joey Votto – 2

Rickie Weeks – 2

Leaders for the National League Pitcher

Clayton Kershaw – 11

Adam Wainwright – 10

Matt Harvey– 9

Francisco Liriano – 9

Zack Greinke – 7

Jose Fernandez – 6

Jordan Zimmermann– 6

Dillon Gee –5

Homer Bailey – 4

A.J. Burnett – 4

Patrick Corbin – 4

Yovani Gallardo– 4

Mat Latos – 4

Cliff Lee – 4 (3 as pitcher, 1 as hitter)

Shelby Miller – 4

Stephen Strasburg – 4

Bronson Arroyo – 3

Gerrit Cole – 3

Ricky Nolasco – 3

Madison Bumgarner – 2

Matt Cain – 2

Andrew Cashner – 2

Jorge De La Rosa – 2

Jaime Garcia– 2

Gio Gonzalez – 2

Cole Hamels – 2

Tim Lincecum – 2

Mike Minor – 2

Wily Peralta – 2

Yusmeiro Petit – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 2

Eric Stults – 2

Travis Wood – 2

Barry Zito – 2

Leaders for American League Hitter

Miguel Cabrera – 8

Chris Davis – 7

Robinson Cano – 5

Jacoby Ellsbury – 5

Torii Hunter – 5

Alfonso Soriano – 5 (4 AL and 1 NL)

Josh Donaldson – 4

Prince Fielder – 4

Adam Jones – 4

Mike Trout – 4

Jose Bautista – 3

Yoenis Cespedes – 3

Coco Crisp – 3

Stephen Drew – 3

Alex Gordon – 3

Evan Longoria – 3

Victor Martinez – 3

Justin Maxwell – 3

Brandon Moss – 3

A. J. Pierzynski – 3

Shane Victorino – 3

Adrian Beltre – 2

Billy Butler – 2

Alberto Callaspo – 2

Lonnie Chisenhall – 2

Edwin Encarnacion – 2

Travis Hafner – 2

J. J. Hardy – 2

Raul Ibanez – 2

Austin Jackson – 2

Desmond Jennings – 2

Howie Kendrick – 2

James Loney – 2

Mitch Moreland– 2

Mike Napoli – 2

Daniel Nava – 2

David Ortiz – 2

Josh Reddick – 2

Alex Rios – 2

Adam Rosales – 2

Jarrod Saltalamacchia – 2

Nick Swisher – 2

Leaders for American League Pitcher

R.A. Dickey – 7

Matt Moore– 7

Yu Darvish – 6

Jon Lester –6

Max Scherzer – 6

Alex Cobb– 5

Bartolo Colon –5

Felix Hernandez – 5

Chris Sale – 5

James Shields –5

Clay Buchholz – 4

Derek Holland – 4

John Lackey – 4

Justin Masterson – 4

Jarrod Parker – 4

David Price – 4

Anibal Sanchez – 4

Justin Verlander -4

Chris Archer – 3

Mark Buehrle – 3

Jarred Cosart – 3

A.J. Griffin – 3

Jeremy Guthrie – 3

David Phelps – 3

C. J. Wilson – 3

Joe Blanton – 2

Bruce Chen – 2

Wei-Yin Chen – 2

Kevin Correia-2

John Danks – 2

Scott Feldman – 2

Doug Fister – 2

Hisashi Iwakuma – 2

Ubaldo Jimenez – 2

Corey Kluber – 2

Ivan Nova – 2

Brett Oberholtzer – 2

Andy Pettitte – 2

Jake Peavy – 2

CC Sabathia – 2

Ervin Santana – 2

Dan Straily – 2

Jason Vargas – 2

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:

Dustin Ackley, Andrew Albers, Pedro Alvarez, Alexi Amarista, Brett Anderson, J. P. Arencibia, Jake Arrieta, Alex Avila, Erick Aybar, Brandon Barnes, Scott Barnes, Brandon Beachy, Erik Bedard, Kyle Blanks, Jeremy Bonderman, Michael Brantley, Trevor Cahill, Lorenzo Cain, Matt Carpenter, Welington Castillo, Eric Chavez, Josh Collmenter, Tyler Colvin, Carlos Corporan, Allen Craig, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, Brandon Cumpton, Khris Davis, Wade Davis, Sam Deduno, Ryan Dempster, Chris Denorfria, Scott Diamond, Chris Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Felix Doubront, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Mark Ellis, Nathan Eovaldi, Andre Ethier, Wilmer Flores, Dexter Fowler, David Freese, Freddy Galvis, Freddy Garcia, Matt Garza, Chad Gaudin, Yan Gomes, Miguel Gonzalez, Curtis Granderson, Didi Gregorius, Jason Grilli, Josh Hamilton, Aaron Harang, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeremy Hellickson, Todd Helton, Chris Herrmann, Jason Heyward, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Hill, Matt Holliday, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Tim Hudson, Omar Infante, Edwin Jackson, Josh Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Scott Kazmir, Matt Kemp, Kyle Kendrick, Ian Kennedy, Ian Kinsler, Jason Kipnis, Pete Kozma, Hiroki Kuroda, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, David Lough, Jed Lowrie, Lance Lynn, Manny Machado, Paul Maholm, Starling Marte, Russell Martin, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Michael McKenry, Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wade Miley, Kendrys Morales, Mike Moustakas, Dioner Navarro, Chris Nelson, Jonathon Niese, Wil Nieves, Bud Norris, Eduardo Nunez, Lyle Overbay, Dustin Pedroia, Josmil Pinto, Rick Porcello, Albert Pujols, Jose Quintana, Ryan Raburn, Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Rendon, Ben Revere, Mariano Rivera, Tanner Roark, Alex Rodriguez, Wandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo, Cody Ross, Justin Ruggiano, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Héctor Santiago, Josh Satin, Jordan Schafer, Marco Scutaro, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, J. B. Shuck, Kevin Slowey, Burch Smith, Drew Smyly, Travis Snider, Drew Stubbs, Julio Teherán, Nick Tepesch, Chris Tillman, Matt Tuiasosopo, Juan Uribe, Luis Valbuena, Jordany Valdespin, Will Venable, Ryan Vogelsong, Edinson Volquez, Michael Wacha, Chien-Ming Wang, Adam Warren, Jake Westbrook, Zack Wheeler, Matt Wieters, David Wright, Chris Young, Delmon Young, Brad Ziegler, Ryan Zimmerman, Ben Zobrist

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