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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.
1/2
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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)
2/n
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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.
4/4
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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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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
Yusuf Toropov
Ruth O’Day
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