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I don't see Hunter as being in a different stratosphere, and he is in. I am glad I don't have to set or defend the standard, but if I had a vote, hell yes.
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20-win seasons are (were) flashy, and I love 'em, but we know now that they're not all that relevant as an indicator of excellence. More telling, I think, is the fact that Hunter and Blue had virtually identical career ERAs: 3.26 vs. 3.27.
Get him in there.
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @Eilistraee and the #GratefulDead. What a band.
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One more for #VidaBlue. Excellent quality video from the 1971 All-Star Game.
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#1947League answer:
Jackie broke his contract w/the Monarchs.
Max Manning was offered a deal w/the Giants and urged to break his contract w/the Eagles. Although he had a bad relationship with owner Effa Manley, he opted to honor his agreement. Never got another shot.
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Off day for #1947League because....
(🥁 roll)
... we have tickets to see this guy in Dublin.
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Your Commissioner is still in recovery mode after standing in stormy weather for 4 hrs. to see the Boss, but it was worth every raindrop. And the clouds parted just before he came on. Make of that what you will.
Anyway. Hope to post a #1947League game tomorrow. Standings:
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#1947League standings for people who don't like JPGs:
American W L GB
New York A 40 29 -
St Louis A 39 30 1
Detroit 33 36 7
Boston A 31 38 9
Cleveland 28 42 12.5
Washington 19 51 21.5
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#1947League standings for people who don't like JPGs:
National W L GB
Philadelphia 47 23 -
Brooklyn 45 2 2.5
Pittsburgh 35 34 11.5
BOSTONN 34 34 12
St Louis N 32 35 13.5
New York N 32 37 14.5
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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 link to check your guess. Anyone can play.
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Diaz clubs three home runs, Rooker is hitting .317, Ruiz has 17 stolen bases, and we still lost ground on the '62 Mets.
1962 Mets: 12-26
2023 A's 8-30
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#Athletics ERA. = 7.76
#Oakland is a fascinating test of #stoic virtue. It's not so much that our pitching is bad by #MLB standards. It doesn't belong in the majors. If we had a *bad* big-league staff, by any acceptable measure, we would not be competing with the '62 Mets.
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I had a dream last night that the A’s were playing the Cardinals in the World Series. I kept trying to find the game on TV but couldn’t find the right channel.
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See, this is the beauty of APBA -- That COULD be the matchup!
(Also the beauty of Nolan's game)
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You may be sorry you asked that question.... I tend to talk about it too much and make people''s eyes glaze over. Can never tell if I am doing that online. So I'll let a1975-era image and a PDF link do the talking for me.
It's how I produce #1947League results.
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and the 1975-era pdf:
http://apbagames.com/wp-content/uploads/baseball/1975_baseballbrochure.pdf
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GIBSON, BANKHEAD MANHANDLE YANKEES
Josh Gibson (4 RBI) launched his league-leading 27th HR; Dan Bankhead (8-5) held the Yankees to four hits and struck out 7. The Browns regained a first-place tie with New York.
STLB(40-30) 681
NYY (40-30) 241
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @BigEarl, not because he answered a trivia question, but because he gave me a great #Springsteen live performance to listen to...and frankly, not sharing it would be unethical after what I saw on Tuesday.
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In Game 6, Newark kept the series alive, even though KC knocked starter Leon Day out of the box in the first inning. Usually, when that happens, the pitcher heads to the showers. Not this time, though. What did Leon do for the remainder of his team's 9-7 win?
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CARDS MAKE A STATEMENT
St. Louis broke through early with a 3-run 2nd inning that chased knuckleballer Barney Brown. Rufus Lewis K'd 7 and picked up his 8th win; Kimbro homered. Pirates on the skids.
STLC (33-35) 7 3 1
PIT (35-35) 2 7 2
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We come to Game 7 of the epic 1946 World Series between the Eagles and the Monarchs.
The final score of that game was 3-2.
Who was the winning pitcher and what team did he pitch for?
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CORRECT! What would you like to hear, @tabletopmania ?
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DONE! And congratulations to both you and to the Eagles' Rufus Lewis!
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#ATHLETICS GAIN GROUND ON '62 METS
Rooker's 3-run bomb walked off Texas, which means the A's picked up a game on the Mets. A's aiming for 41 wins to avoid worst record in modern #MLB.
W L GB
'62 Mets 12-28 -
'23 A's. 9-31 3
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I thought that I saw a post that said Oakland was fifth in runs scored, and it had images to prove it. So I clicked on the image, and yes Oakland was fifth on the list of runs scored then when I went to click back on the post, it disappeared.
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I couldn’t find the post anywhere. So I searched and found that, “Yes, Virginia, there is an Oakland offence that ranks fifth [if you sort the list in ascending order].”
2/3
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So, I am puzzled as to what happened to that post, but happy to have my attention drawn to the descending list and finding that my AL and NL teams, though they are not in first place in the standings, are both in the top ten in runs scored.
So there’s that.
3/3
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It looks like we were on the same table at the same time. I believe Oakland is 30th in run differential and 25th in runs scored. Which, um, makes sense. From a last-place team standpoint.
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Gnats got embarrassed again today 10-0. I had a good line 3R 0ER over 6. 2H 1wk 5K but took the L. Went 2-4 with 2 singles at the plate.
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Keep on truckin'! Good day at the plate!
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Nolan -- call him "Sandy" -- Coyle, ladies and gentlemen...
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It’s actually 3ER over 11 for a 2.45. My WHIP is 0.64 which shows you the current state of our defense.
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Thank you for the correction.
2.45 is still a nifty ERA.
But with a 0.64 WHIP, I am starting to picture Charlie Brown’s fielders around you.
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It will get better. We have had some guys playing a lot that won’t get time in a week or two. College guys will be coming back and the defense will be much better.
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Hope the college boys come back healthy.
Reflecting a minute on the Charlie Brown nine, I think that Schroeder calls a decent game behind the plate.
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Yes, Virginia, Schroeder really was a catcher.
: )
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I deleted it because I realized I had the teams in ascending order rather than descending order! So my whole post was wrong.
I hereby acknowledge that.
Yes, Virginia, I was totally off base.
:-)
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Yes. That was it. It contained nuclear codes.
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#1947League taking a couple of days to catch up on statistics, but in the meantime, have a listen to Bob Kendrick....
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So when your favorite team is having the kind of year my favorite team is having, it's a moral and psychological imperative to celebrate moments like this:
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOiQMj0aVMP_JcOY8DI11Sso_82ZBxtXW
27 seconds · Clipped by Yusuf Toropov · Original video "D-backs vs. A's Game Highlights (5/15/23) | MLB Highlights" by MLB
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I watched the last two innings and thought of you , Yusuf: trying to put a positive light on it, at least A’s fans get a full nine innings of baseball for home games!
PS you could switch your NL allegiance to the D-Backs ; )
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My son Dylan and I have already plotted our transition--he's currently a White Sox fan but moving to Texas. We are each seeing our respective last-place teams through to the end of this season. Then, spring training 2024, we start following the Red Sox :-).
NL=LAD for me.
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Clearly an underexamined statistic. :-)
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Thank Mitch Webster. : )
He broke in with the Jays then got dealt to the Expos. When he was traded to the Cubs, he said “At least I don’t have to listen to two anthems every game.”
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Or numerology! Which works, Yusuf, I have proof:
My lucky number is 7. So on July 7, 1977 I went to the track and I waited until the 7th race and bet $7 on horse #7. It worked!
Yeah, he finished seventh.
So don’t laugh at my unorthodox metrics. : )
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Merry #@#@ Christmas Ruth -- A's load the bases on sloppy D-Backs fielding in 10th, do not score. ARGH.
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And RUIZ -- Mr. Clutch -- tops the Snakes in the 12th!
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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 link to check your guess. Anyone can play.
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FWIW, they loaded the bases again to get the winning run. After earlier in the game getting their first grand slam of the season.
Merry $&@)! Christmas, indeed.
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Let’s compare two similar opportunities, A’s load the bases in extra innings: in the 10th with Brent Rooker at bat and in the 12th with Esteury Ruiz at bat.
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Start with their astro-numerological slash lines.
Brent Rooker (Born 11/01/1994— Scorpio, Year of the Dog, governed by the number 1).
Esteury Ruiz (Born: 2/15/1999—Aquarius, Year of the Tiger, governed by the number 6)
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It seems that Rooker’s Dog stubbornness got him to swing at an 0-2, resulting in an out to short.
OTOH, the Tiger energy brought by Ruiz was what was needed to convert his bases loaded opportunity into a run.
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The A’s batting order has Ruiz as the leadoff man and Rooker backs him up in the 2 spot.
Rooker should lead off, where he can focus his 1-energy into being the first on base. Then follow with Ruiz, whose supportive 6-energy can help advance Rooker to score.
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Fast forward to today’s game:
AZ. 5
OAK 3
W: Ruiz, S Castro; L Fujinami
You live by Ruiz, you die by Ruiz. : )
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Somehow I knew you would be updating me on that particular score @RuthODay ... :-)
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Awwww, Yusuf, it was the least I could do after you helpfully shared the score from two games previous. : )
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Busy work week; still haven't caught up on #1947League stats. Oh well.
On my list of things I'm grateful for: Game 1 of '79 #WorldSeries, complete w/Howard Cosell, all the glorious ads, and
various fascinating sexist production choices.
#baseball
https://youtu.be/xDkhe8hC5_Q
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#1947League will be back online soon, but in the meantime, who (besides me) had forgotten how good the 1979 #WorldSeries was? Here's the complete Game Two.
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The “We Are Family” Pirates!
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Cool video, with a finding I personally find plausible enough:
What if #Ichiro had played his entire career in MLB?
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Two excellent points, @RuthODay . I suppose we should just consider it a tie for first place in that alternate universe
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There will never be another #RickeyHenderson.
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Thanks for sharing another Blue Jay alumni! But I think that he played for other teams, too.
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Hit leadoff homers for ALL NINE of the teams he played for.
😲
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This is #1947League, a dice/cards replay of '47 #baseball season w/ 13% #Black players from the era, not 0.01%. Back online soon!
#MLB #BLM #Baseball #nowplaying
#GuesstheSong based on lyric below. Click link to check your guess. Anyone can play
Yusuf Toropov
Ruth O’Day
Nolan
