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Big showdown coming up at Cliff Park: The two prime contenders for the American Division pennant face off. Browns (37-26) go with Ford Smith (8-2, 2.70)
Yankees (36-27, losers of 3 in a row) send Spud Chandler to the mound (5-4, 3.19)
#1947League
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by the immortal Louis Jordan, via @YakyuNightOwl -- "Bring her right down front!"
What a great record. Tell 'em everything!
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OK. Serious about this No-Prize thing? Want to win one tonight?Tell me what Louis "Beware" Jordan has in common with this guy.
#SpotTheConnection. Beyond obvious facts like they're both musicians, both Black, etc. #music
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#1947League question:
How many historic (1920-1948) Black leagues have now been officially recognized by MLB as major leagues?
One guess only.
Win TWO song choices tomorrow if you can name five or more of them.
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Today Spud Chandler shut out the Browns and led the Yankees back into a tie for first. The Beautiful Shufflers are happy about that.... #aha #1947League
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Off day for #1947League. Catch you tomorrow!
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This is #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season with 13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
#MLB #BLM #Baseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click the link to check your guess.
https://youtu.be/Fy_jSSJOAjQ
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Feeling a bit under the weather, catch up with #1947League soon
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Trout vs. Ohtani for the win! Wow. Great tournament! Tip of the cap to Japan.
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Magnificent game with a great finish. What a tournament.
Side note: Not everyone is Ohtani ... but he proves that SOME PITCHERS CAN HIT. Him going to the outfield, then returning to the mound for the final inning, was pure #1947League!
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Got a nasty bug. While I am on the IL, here is a cool video from MLB Productions: Baseball in the 70s!
Variable image quality, but definitely worth a watch if you are Into That Kind of Thing. I am.
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This is #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season with 13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
#MLB #BLM #Baseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click the link to check your guess.
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10-second documentary.
#WorldSeries umpire tells Tommy Lasorda but the National League will inevitably have to adopt the #designatedhitter rule. Lasorda isn't buying it. I'm with Tommy.
#baseball #banthedh #1947League
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxI-qFg0JcXTFZLXV5xToACsfWZJtOyDDM
17 seconds · Clipped by Yusuf Toropov · Original video "Baseball in the 1970s" by Classic MLB1
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This is #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season with 13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
#MLB #BLM #Baseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click the link to check your guess.
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#1947League gets back in gear as...
BUMS TROUNCE BRAVES
Brooklyn erupted for 9 runs in 3 innings and never looked back, closing once again to within half-a-game of first-place Philly. WP: Bill Byrd, via his "mystery pitch."
BOSB 261
BKN 9 12 0
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania and #RockNRollSoldiers. Ten-HUT!
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Today's #1947league game also brought to you by THOSE GUYS UP ON THE ROOF BUSY PISSING OFF THE NEIGHBORS
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I am supposed to write a #SABR article about one of the great forgotten #baseball stars, #BillByrd. Using the next few trivia questions to develop material for that piece.
Byrd was never penalized for throwing the #spitball. Why not?
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This is #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season with 13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
#MLB #BLM #Baseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click the link to check your guess.
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#1947league standings: American Division (Volume 386)
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#1947league standings: National Division (Volume 386)
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ACES HIGH IN ST. LOUIS
Dutch Leonard (7-5, 3.81) gets the call for first-place Philly.
Harry "The Cat" Brecheen (7-3, 2.47) tries to put St. Louis (31-31) over the .500 mark for the first time of the year.
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PHILS RESTORE ONE-GAME LEAD OVER BUMS
Philly's Piper Davis robbed Kimbro of a HR in the third; in the eighth, he threw Kimbro out at the plate. Johnny Davis homered (GWRBI) in the top of the ninth.
PHI (44-22) 241
STLC (31-32) 160
#1947League
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @swampudlian and Rev. Horton Heat.
Yes, this song really exists. Thank goodness.
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#1947League question:
Which of these pitches was Bill Byrd, according to #NLBM, not famous for throwing?
Spitball
Change-up
Slow knuckler
Fast knuckler
Slider
Roundhouse curve
Fastball
Sinker
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Nope on fastball, nope on Mays. Keep guessing if you want. Up to three on each.
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Grateful Dead sponsor next -- always a good time.
Correct answers to #1947League questions:
* Bill Byrd threw all those pitches I listed with intimidating mastery.... EXCEPT the change-up.
* He mentored Roy Campanella, who called him "Daddy "
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This is #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season with 13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%
#MLB #BLM #Baseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click the link to check your guess.
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INDIANS POST BIGGEST #1947League WIN MARGIN
Pennant race, shmennant race. Tribe batted around TWICE en route to the record-breaking win. Feller: CG, 9K, 1 ER. Vargas: 3-4. 3 RBI (.380)
WAS (16-49) 010000000 1 3 1
CLE (26-39) 00029206X 19 20 0
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Today's #1947league game brought to you by #GratefulDead, c. 1967, whom I saw during this period.
See this light show?
I remember my dad taking me to a bunch of shows where this was the (cutting-edge) performance tech.
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#1947League question:
Only two men made more pitching appearances in the East-West All Star Game than Bill Byrd. Both are in the Hall of Fame. Name them.
One guess!
(Hint: Neither is named Paige.)
Yusuf Toropov
Ruth O’Day
Nolan
Half-Lawyer Half-Godfather