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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.

#baseball #nlbm

a-ha - Take On Me ♫ Shuffle Dance Video

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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!

#banthedh

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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.

#baseball #1947League

https://youtu.be/UGFNgGhFiB8

Baseball in the 1970s

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Shambala - YouTube Music

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Shambala · Three Dog Night Cyan ℗ A Geffen Records Release; ℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 2011-01...

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✂️ I'm with Tommy

17 seconds · Clipped by Yusuf Toropov · Original video "Baseball in the 1970s" by Classic MLB1

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Roll Over Beethoven Jeff Lynne's ELO Live with Rosie Langley and Amy Langley, Glastonbury 2016

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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

Rock 'N' Roll Soldiers - Funny Little Feeling

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The Beatles - I've Got A Feeling (Official Video)

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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?

#1947League

Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (Official Video)

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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.

#1947League

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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

Reverend Horton Heat - Where in the Hell Did You Go with My Toothbrush?

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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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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 "

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Here Comes My Girl

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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)

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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.

https://youtu.be/ZjQcCNUva6Y

The Grateful Dead - The Golden Road (Live Whicker's World 1967)

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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.)

#baseball

ELVIS COSTELLO - Watching The Detectives (1978)

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GIBSON, RICKS TOP YANKS IN SECOND GAME, EVEN SERIES

Browns regained first place on back-to-back-to-back HRs, a #1947League first. (Lehner, Gibson, Heath.) Gibson homered again in 3rd!

Ricks: CG, 4H, 4K, W.

NYY (37-28) 341
STLB(38-27)580

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Gibson's two long flies not only put his team in sole possession of first place, but also put him ahead of Brooklyn's Johnny Mize in the #1947League home-run race, 25 to 24. The Beautiful Shufflers took note of that...

https://youtu.be/pGmbN43NtEs

Earth, Wind & Fire ★ ★ September ★ ★ (Shuffle Dance)

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Taken For A Ride

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Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)

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