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SENATORS UPSET PHILS, 2-1
Injury-replacement callup Bobo Newsom ended PHI's hope of a sweep with a CG victory over "Groundhog" Thompson. Each pitcher went the distance.
Newsom retired Etten with men on first and third in the 9th to seal the win. Tatum: HR.
PHI 161
WAS 283
#1947League
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Dodgers close to within a single game of first-place Philly... (cue danger music for Alex)
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Today's #1947league game brought to you by the #GratefulDead ... because everyone's a Deadhead when I stump the room with a trivia question....
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#SpotTheConnection -- for a No-Prize, what is the SONGWRITING connection between these two songs?
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#1947League trivia question -- open to all.
Today's hero, Goose Tatum, is famous for something besides #baseball What is it?
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CORRECT! What song would you like to hear tomorrow, sir?
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DONE!
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#1947League #SpotTheConnection answer:
The driving riff of Lou Reed's "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" inspired the driving riff of the #GratefulDead's "Franklin's Tower" (sez Wikipedia, source of ALL definitive knowledge). See if you agree:
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Next #1947League game:
Josh Gibson and the first-place St. Louis Browns (33-24) ...
vs. Cool Papa Bell and the third-place Detroit Tigers (28-29).
Be there!
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You're tuned to #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season w/13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%.
Anyone can chime in. #MLB #BLM #apba #MastodonBaseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on the lyric below. Click the link to check your guess.
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#1947League American Division Standings 338
TEAM W L GB
St. Louis 33 24 -
New York 31 23 0.5
Detroit 28 29 5
Boston 24 33 9
Cleveland 20 37 13
Washington 11 44 21
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#1947League National Division Standings 338
TEAM W L GB
Philadelphia 38 20 -
Brooklyn 37 21 1
Pittsburgh 33 25 5
Boston 29 25 7
St. Louis 28 26 8
New York 26 31 11.5
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Why follow a #tabletop #baseball replay?
'47 #MLB (in "real life") had >1% Black players; this has 13%
#BLM #BlackHistory matters
We geek out about #BlackLeagues and music we love
#Trivia contest
Music = #EddieVedder #TempleoftheDog
APBA > real thing
This is #1947League!
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TIGERS TOP BROWNS
Detroit's Hal Newhouser pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the 9th; he held the Browns to 4 hits. His best outing of the year. Minoso: 2-4, 2 RBI.
Browns 33-25, drop into a first-place tie with the Yankees. Tigers: 29-29.
STLB 140
DET 381
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Today's #1947League hero, Minnie Minoso (HOF), actually bore the legal name Saturnino Orestes Arrieta. "Minnie" wasn't his first name and "Minoso" wasn't his family name.
How did he come to be called Minnie Minoso?
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So @ted_duffield is the first with a correct answer to the #1947League trivia question. (The family name belonged to his half brother; back in Cuba, people thought it was his last name and he never corrected them.) What song would you like to hear tomorrow, sir?
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You're tuned to #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season w/13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%.
Anyone can chime in. #MLB #BLM #apba #MastodonBaseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on the lyric below. Click the link to check your guess.
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About #1947League:
* Beat the daily trivia question, pick the next day's song
* My song choice if I stump you or don't hear back from you
* Wanna be a GM? As of now the lowly Senators (11-44) are only team available; more may open up Feb 1
* Trade deadline extended to Game 80
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Yesterday's #SpotTheConnection answer: #EddieVedder was a vocalist on both tracks.
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Why follow a tabletop #baseball replay?
'47 #MLB (in "real life") had >1% Black players; this has 13%.
#BLM #BlackHistory matters.
We geek out about #BlackLeagues and music we love.
#Trivia contest
Music = #GratefulDead #CSN #SpotTheConnection
APBA > real thing
This is #1947League!
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Next #1947League game:
Willard Brown (.355, 26 2B*, 6 SB) Yogi Berra (.292, 47 RBI) and the first-place New York Yankees (31-23)...
vs.
Warren Spahn (5-4, 3.93), Silvio Garcia, (.373, 36 SB) and the fourth-place Boston Braves (29-25)
* = Leads league
Be there!
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#1947League American Division Standings, v. 339
TEAM W L GB
New York 31 23 -
St. Louis 33 25 -
Detroit 29 29 4
Boston 24 33 8.5
Cleveland 20 37 12.5
Washington 11 44 20.5
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#1947League National Division Standings, v. 339
TEAM W L GB
Philadelphia 38 20 -
Brooklyn 37 21 1
Pittsburgh 33 25 5
BOSTON 29 25 7
St. Louis 28 26 8
New York 26 31 11.5
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MORRIS TOPS SPAHN IN TOUGH PITCHERS' DUEL, 2-1; YANKEES RECLAIM SOLE POSSESSION OF FIRST PLACE
Barney Morris delivered his strongest outing yet, going the distance against Warren Spahn. Morris yielded just 4 hits, fanned 4, and retired the final 17 batters he faced.
NYY 290
BOSB140
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Why @samsilverstein's '#Yankees aren't going away anytime soon ... they hit hard and they've got a strong bullpen. Team slugging leaders on left, team saves leaders on right
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While we're doing team stats... Dodgers lead in runs scored, edging Phillies.
Giants well ahead of the pack in home runs. but somehow 50 runs behind Brooklyn in runs scored. #1947league
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How bad was the Senators offense over the first 50-some games? This bad. #1947League
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If I had to pick one team right now to win it all at this stage .... (drum roll) ... it's the Dodgers. That impeccable offensive machine, combined with the third-best team ERA in the league.
Sorry, Alex.
But the year is still young. 57 games into a 154-game season...
#1947league
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Today's #1947league game brought to you by a mini-#GratefulDead documentary about the making of one of their most iconic numbers...
"We left some smoking craters at some Holiday Inns, I'll say that." -- Bob Weir
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... and by a classic #CrosbyStillsandNash track. #CSN
What PERSONNEL factor connects these two songs?
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#1947league trivia question:
Today's hero, knuckleballer Barney Morris, posted a microscopic 1.73 ERA in 1945. For what NNL team was he playing? (Hint: Check the photo.)
Yusuf Toropov
Nolan