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Wilmer Fields played for a lot of great Homestead Grays teams ... but he didn't play for the squad that many #baseball historians now argue was the greatest of all time. Bar none. And let's have no grumbling from the also-rans. (Talking to you, '27 Yankees.)
Which Grays team was that?
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Tear that old building down!
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FIELDS OUTDUELS PAIGE
Pirates outscored 18-9 in this series, but they took the rubber game thanks to a superb performance from Wilmer Fields (CG, 8 Ks).
All came down to the last at-bat: McQuinn thrown out at the plate trying to score the tying run!
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Big #1947League matchup today: Wilmer Fields (10-7, 2.92, .267, 11 HR, 20 3B) and his Pirates take on Satchel Paige (9-7, 4.07) and the New York Yankees in the third and deciding game of their series. Let's head out to Yankee Stadium now...
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Answer to #1947League question: Willard Brown was 32 when he played for the St. Louis Browns in July of '47.
In later years, he appears to have fibbed about the year of his birth so as to suggest that his short stay in the AL was due to his age.
It wasn't. It was because humans don't perform well in environments like this:
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How old was Willard Brown (HOF) when he debuted for the St. Louis Browns?
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YANKS STORM BACK, TAKE GAME 2 FROM PIRATES
Willard Brown (HOF) posted a jaw-dropping 5-6 day (3 2B, HR, 3R, 3 RBI) as the Yankees dominated. Starter Spud Chandler picked up his tenth win of the year. And hit a grand slam.
If it had been a fight, they'd've stopped it.
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#1947League question:
What city did the Baltimore Elite Giants play in before they took up residence in Baltimore?
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