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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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#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 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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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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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.
3/n
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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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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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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
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GIANTS TOP SENATORS 10-9 AT THE COYLE
Ed Steele got the GWRBI in the top of the 9th in a see-saw game that sent Washington further into the American Division cellar. Hartung got the win in relief.
NYG (33-37) 10 16 2
WAS (19-52) 9 10 0
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That they have!
I propose that the Powers That Be rename the Oakland Coliseum accordingly.
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania and the one and only Vicki Sue Robinson. Lower the disco ball, please...
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#1947League question:
Ed Steele played right field on a Black Barons squad that reached, but did not win, the final World Series played between NAL and NNL champions.
Who was playing next to him in center field?
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Willie Mays is CORRECT!
What would you like to hear, @tabletopmania ?
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Yesterday the last-place Giants roared back to defeat the last-place Senators, 10-9. Thrilling game!
Another pair of 2nd-division teams delivered another barn-burner today. Fourth-place Braves can tie with the third-place Pirates with a win over CLE.
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TRIBE HANGS ON
Sain hit a man in the 2nd after having been warned, bumped an umpire on his way out: suspended 10 games.
Manning nearly blew a 7-run lead, but the big Boston comeback fell short. Larry Doby homered.
CLE 250000010 8 12 2
BOSB000000223 7 8 0
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania and the one and only #BobSeger
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#1947League question:
With Don Newcombe, Larry Doby was the first former major leaguer to play for a Japanese baseball team. Name the team they played for.
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YANKEES' LATE RALLY TAMES DODGERS
Brooklyn's woes continued; their Renfroe-free, Wright-free offense managed only 4 hits against Yankees hurlers Wensloff and Chandler.
Willard Brown had the key hit in the 9th for the Bombers.
NYY 771
BKN 440
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @YakyuNightOwl and Yasushi Akutagawa, who composed "Trinità Sinfonica" in 1948, the same year Larry Doby won his World Series ring.
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#1947League question: Who are we talking about below?
Hint: It's not Josh Gibson.
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#1947League back on duty soon, I promise. #Work keeps ignoring the necessity of me updating my stats.
In the meantime, how about this walk off win from #Oakland against the #Braves!
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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.
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"Kent Tekulve never pulled a muscle. He didn't have one." -- Phil Garner
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Thanks for your patience, everyone, as I play KEEP THE CLIENTS HAPPY before we go on vacation next week. This has been such a long break that I am considering doing the #1947League All-Star Game before I jump back in. What think? We are at game 70 out of 154.
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I am just continually amazed at depth and power of this artist's discography. #GuessTheSong #1947League
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Halfway through the season and the #AL East looks like this. Damn. Tough division.
EAST W L PCT GB L10 STRK
TB 53 27 .663 - 5-5 L1
BAL 46 29 613 4.5 5-5 W1
NYY 42 35 545 9.5 4-6 W1
TOR 42 36 .538 10.0 5-5 W1
BOS 40 38 .513 12.0 7-3 L1
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#1947League returns July 4!
Browns @ Phillies
Dodgers @ Yankees
Am.
W L GB
STLB 40 30 -
NYY 40 31 0.5
DET 33 36 6.5
BOS 31 38 8.5
CLE 28 42 12
WAS 19 52 21.5
Nat.
W L GB
PHI 47 23 -
BKN 46 26 2
PIT 35 35 12
BOSB 34 34 12
STLC 33 35 13
NYG 33 37 14
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#Vintage Classic #BASEBALL on the #Radio marathon now in process on #youtube
#NowPlaying: Aug 5 1979, Phillies @ Pirates
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Something special about the way baseball used to sound on the radio.
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I'm listening while I roll the Travelers/Knights game. Seems like good juju for you.
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Listening now too.
Recently I rewatched the '79 Series on YouTube. What a great team that Pirates squad was.
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Even more special was at night when you could get more distant broadcasts and pull in someone like Ernie Harwell* from Detroit.
This is a good asterisk: he was the only broadcaster ever traded for a player (Cliff Dapper in 1948).
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This is a generational experience now lost -- what out of town radio signal could you pick up?
Harwell was AMAZING.
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1974: Yusuf clutches AM radio, holds it next to ear late at night so as not to get in trouble for staying up on a school night to listen to an A's game
2023: Yusuf clutches Android phone, holds MLB app next to ear late at night so as to avoid waking up the house to listen to an A's game
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Here's Gordon's call of Puckett's Game 6 HR in 1991. I'm sure most of you are familiar with Jack Buck's "We'll see you tomorrow night" call.
Yusuf Toropov
Ruth O’Day
Nolan
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