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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania and the #Cranberries ...
The Cranberries - Ode To My Family (Official Music Video)
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
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There were two #WorldSeries champions in 1947. One was the New York #Yankees. Can you name the other one?
#1947League #Baseball #trivia #blackhistory #mastodonbaseball
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I'm going to go ... 1947 ... color barrier broken. Hmm.
The St. Louis Stars?
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The New York Cubans.
If I ever could redo the tournament of champions I’d put all those teams in
The New York Cubans.
If I ever could redo the tournament of champions I’d put all those teams in
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Song connection yesterday was that Joni Mitchell made direct ref to W.C. Handy in FURRY SINGS THE BLUES; @YakyuNightOwl chose Handy's ST. LOUIS BLUES.
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Song connection yesterday: Both songs were by Irish bands, and about Ireland
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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%
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#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click link to check your guess.
Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer
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It's #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season w/13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
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#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click link to check your guess. https://youtu.be/55TOIJxKc74
Franklin's Tower (2013 Remaster)
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BUMS MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW OVER PIRATES
The Dodgers once again pulled within 1/2-game of first, thanks to Johnny Wright's complete-game, 0ER domination of the Pirates. Pittsburgh has scored just 2 ER in 36 innings.
BKN 482
PIT 241
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania and #JimmyFontana ...
Jimmy Fontana - Il Mondo
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... and by #EnnioMorricone. Besides both guys being Italian, can you #SpotTheConnection ? There's a No-Prize at stake.
The good the bad and the ugly - Theme
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#1947League trivia
There were 2 #WorldSeries champions in 1948. One was the #ClevelandIndians, whose roster included Satchel Paige.
The other: The #HomesteadGrays, who beat a franchise that signed Paige as a rookie in 1927. Name that #baseball team.
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Gotta be Birmingham being from Alabama yeah?
Gotta be Birmingham being from Alabama yeah?
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Indeed it does! The Birmingham Black Barons signed the young Satchel Paige. What song would you like to hear tomorrow, @tabletopmania ?
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Let’s change up the vibe and go Paul Revere- Beastie Boys
Let’s change up the vibe and go Paul Revere- Beastie Boys
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Prediction: You, like me, will know the outcome of every single one of these plays. And you, like me, will sit spellbound as the cannon throws unspool, one after the other after the other. #baseball #MastodonBaseball
MLB - Most Insane Cannon Throws
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Wish they’d have gone with some more old school clips.
Wish they’d have gone with some more old school clips.
Cardboard Pastor@tabletopmania @YusufToropov @nlarson830 @andrew @stlcolorbaseball @scottdaniel @YakyuNightOwl @malinkey @BigEarl @MiLBAnalysis @adamlordosurety @FaultyJon @ted_duffield @uncle6 @AlexanderRaine7 @OhhJim @sullybaseball @samsilverstein @MarioERoc I'm okay with them not using this one lol
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Frank 2.0 made this article hard to find on Google, but here you go everybody:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/sports/baseball/frank-thomas-dead.html
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It's #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season w/13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
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#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click link to check your guess. https://youtu.be/8aCUDbpvakA
ELO(2/15) - Do Ya w/lyrics
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PHILLIES DISPATCH SENATORS
Not as close as it looked. And it didn't look close.
Both WAS runs unearned; Philly's ace Garnett Blair had a no-hitter through 4 1/3. Phils now a game in front of Brooklyn.
PHI 7 13 3
WAS 2 3 0
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania and the #BeastieBoys...
Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
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... and today's #1947League game also brought to you by a band that figures prominently on the ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD soundtrack... #SpotTheConnection
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Full disclosure -- I will be messing with you all tonight
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Top 10 Creepiest Songs When Played in Reverse
Top 10 Creepiest Songs When Played in Reverse
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#1947League trivia question
The Cleveland Buckeyes won it in 1945.
The Newark Eagles won it in 1946.
The New York Cubans won it in 1947.
The Homestead Grays won it in 1948.
Who won it in 1949?
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It's #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season w/13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
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#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click link to check your guess. https://youtu.be/f0bdLdTJdKI
Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter #23 1977
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TIGERS TOP BROWNS
Jimmie Newberry, just moved to the starting rotation, went the distance.
Gibson hit his league-leading 21st HR in a losing effort. Ford Smith took the loss. Browns now 1 back of NYY.
#1947League
STLB 4 11 1
DET 8 15 2
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#1947league trivia question:
What was Josh Gibson's uniform number?
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How about Johnny Cash’s version of Big Iron
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It's #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season w/13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
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#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click link to check your guess.
