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The 2nd Annual Edward John Coyle Jr. Memorial Tournament is less than a month away. Here is the field and bracket. Seeds are determined my a random number generator.
Here is the field.
1951 Giants
1930 Athletics
1999 Braves
2006 Twins
1959 Braves
1992 Blue Jays
2001 Cubs
2008 Rays
1913 Senators
1948 Cardinals
1951 Dodgers
1980 Phillies
1980 Royals
1987 Tigers
1997 Mariners
1975 Red Sox
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The 1930 Philadelphia Athletics return to defend their title along with the runner-up 1999 Braves and perennial participant 1951 New York Giants.
Any predictions are welcome!?
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Jays in five.
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6-24-22
Kernels score 6 in the 3rd and coast to an 8-1 win over the Meadowlarks!
NEB(25-53) 1 7 1
IOW(28-50) 8 10 0
W: Niggeling 6-6
L: Harder 3-9
HR: NEB - Cerv(9) IOW- Schebler(12) Menke(1)
E: IOW- Niggeling 1
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6-24-22
Walks haunt Clowns! Monarchs take 3 of 4 with a 6-3 win!
IND(41-37) 3 7 0
MIS(36-42) 6 7 0
W: Cone 4-5
L: Trout 6-7
S: Williams 10
HR: IND- Charleston 2(11,12) MIS- Berra(8)
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6-24-22
Hoiles goes 3-4 w/ 2 doubles and 3 RBI to pace the Reds in a 6-4 victory over the Tigers!
CIN(48-30) 6 10 0
DET(36-42) 4 9 0
W: R. Brown 9-4 3.28 ERA
L: Newhouser 3-9 4.22 ERA
S: Montgomery 8 1.53 ERA
HR: CIN- F. Howard(8) DET- Edman(4)
CS: DET- Cuyler(11)
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6-24-22
Cubs complete 4 game sweep over the Brewers with a 4-2 win!
MIL(30-48) 2 8 1
CHC(45-33) 4 7 1
W: F. Peterson 5-4 3.58 ERA
L: Radke 1-10 4.66 ERA
S: Gregorson 16 2.73 ERA
HR: MIL- Simmons(4) CHC- Yount(2)
MIL- Al Simmons finished a single shy of the cycle.
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Cubs 2nd basemen Red Schoendienst fouled a ball off his foot and will miss the next 15 days. Manager Whitey Herzog has called up Dick Bartell.
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6-24-22
Garver’s solo HR in the 8th broke a 1-1 tie as the D’Backs beat the Pioneers 2-1!
ARI(29-49) 2 8 0
WES(31-47) 1 7 1
W: Denny 5-8
L: L. Jackson 4-10
S: Giles 11
HR: ARI- Garver(9)
SB: ARI- Kinsler (23)
E: WES- Agbayani 1
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6-24-22
Drillers can’t take advantage of 14 base runners and fall to the Colt 45’s for the 3rd time in 4 games. FINAL: TEX 3, OKD 1
TEX(49-29) 3 5 0
OKD(44-34) 1 9 1
W: H. Smith 12-2 WLB Leader
L: Blanton 6-4
S: Nathan 12
SB: OKD- Rogan(13)
E: OKD- H. Thompson 1
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6-24-22
Strasburg 3-hits Rockies! Padres earn split with a 5-0 win!
SDP(52-26) 5 9 1
COL(25-52) 0 3 0
W: Strasburg 8-3 3.64 ERA
L: Packard 3-9 4.12 ERA
HR: SDP- Edmonds(15)
E: SDP- Arenado 1
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6-24-22
Mariners pull away with a 4 run 6th to beat the Grays 8-2!
NA(44-34) 2 10 0
SEA(34-44) 8 12 0
W: Lester 4-6
L: Valenzuela 3-5
HR: NA- Walker(21) SEA- Sandberg(7) Sexson(12)
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6-24-22
Scott Williamson walked Glen Myatt with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th and the Travelers get the walkoff 2-1 over the Lightning.
LOU(40-38) 1 6 2
ARK(32-46) 2 6 1
W: Saylor 1-0
L: Williamson 2-1
SB: ARK- Brock(36)
ARK: Paul Dean 10IP ND 4H 3K 1Wk
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Lightning pitcher Aaron Nola left the game in the 9th with arm trouble and will miss 21 days. Manager Ron Washington calls up Frank Bradley.
Travelers 1B George Kell fell in the dugout catching a foul ball and will miss 8 days. Catcher Earl Smith is activated off the IL. Manager Bobby Winkels sent down Glen Myatt and retained Rick Monday.
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6-24-22
Braves hang on and take 3 of 4 from the Barons beating them 8-7 in the finale!
ATL(50-28) 8 13 0
BIR(47-31) 7 10 1
W: K. Brown 9-3
L: Sutton 5-5
S: Broxton 12
HR: ATL- Gibson(20) BIR- McCovey(14)
SB: ATL- Dixon(22) Carr(1) BIR- Steele(17)
E: BIR- Steele(1)
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Nice to see McCovey take it over the fence. At least “a few feet higher”. : )
http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2018/10/31/willie-mccovey-and-charlie-brown/
Excerpts from Bruce Jenkins' San Francisco Chronicle obituary: Willie McCovey was the gentleman superstar, often described as a man without enemies. McCovey, who died at the age of 80 on Wednesday afternoon, was among the classiest athletes ever to grace the Bay Area. Humble and soft-spoken, always clearly grateful of the life he was able
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When I first read it I was too young to know specifically what he was grieving about but I figured it was probably a home run ball at the fence.
It wasn’t until about a year ago that I learned that the hit was when the Giants were behind 1-0 in the bottom of the 9th in game 7 of the World Series with runners on second and third. it was a line drive (with McCovey, a line drive could still clear the fence) caught by the second baseman, giving the victory to the hated New York Yankees.
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-standard-st-catharines/20181102/281925954018732
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6-24-22
White Sox use a 5 run 6th to overcome 3 errors and 6 unearned runs to beat the Mudcats 7-6!
LVW(35-43) 7 12 3
MSP(38-40) 6 9 0
W: Webb 7-6 3.82 ERA
L: Lewis 6-4 3.82 ERA
S: Clippard 7 4.81 ERA
SB: MSP: Bell(56)
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6-24-22
Austin Riley’s 1st inning grand slam was all Red Lucas needed as the Stars cruised to a 7-0 win over the Dodgers!
BKN(26-52) 0 6 1
NSH(39-39) 7 11 0
W: Lucas 5-7 3.88 ERA
L: Newcombe 3-7 5.57 ERA
HR: NSH- Riley(9)GS
E: BKN- Young Sr. 1
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6-24-22
Gentry Jessup tosses 7 quality innings as the Bulls split the series with the Senators, winning 5-4!
WSH(45-33) 4 7 1
DUR(50-28) 5 10 1
W: Jessup 7-6
L: Day 5-7
S: Holland 15
HR: WSH- Teixeira(7)
SB: DUR- Jackson(8)
CS: DUR- Jackson(4)
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6-24-22
Amish Assassins blast 5 HRs, complete sweep of Knights with a 10-3 win.
LAN(51-27) 10 14 1
LON(21-57) 3 5 0
W: Waddell 11-2
L: E. Jackson 2-12
HR: LAN- Griffey Jr. 2(20,21) Sauer(5) Jackson(9) Allen(6)
E: LAN- Allen 1
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Hmph. The sports media elite is obviously out to get us.
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There’s a sports media elite?
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6-24-22
Cochrane comes up clutch with a game-tying home run in the top of the 8th and an RBI double in the 12th as the Red Sox beat the Pirates 4-3!
BOS(35-43) 4 8 0
NUA(43-35) 3 7 0
W: Cishek 2-2
L: Barlow 1-2
HR: BOS- Conigliaro(6) Cochrane(8)
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Was that Mickey Cochrane at DH?
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Nice to see him in the lineup.
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Smart.
About 15 years ago a friend gave me a book on Mickey Cochrane (Mickey Cochrane: The Life of a Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher). Up until then I had never heard of him. So the name caught my eye.
::useless trivia:: Mickey Mantle was named after Mickey Cochrane.
Source: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mickey-cochrane/
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It would be so cool if Mickey Rivers were then named after Mickey Mantle. If that's not true, it should be.
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Good one.
Just offhand: Lolich and Tettleton, too.
I think with a bit of research there could be a decent All-Mickey team.
Of course the national anthem singer would be Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees!
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I started thinking about the “All-Mickey” team (there’s another couple of “All-Whatever” teams that I have in mind, I think they are fun to muse about).
The Mickeys have a pretty potent batting order.
On the field they are very deep at catcher but very weak on the left side.
And some nifty pitching. I had expected Mickey Lolich to be the staff Ace, but Mickey Welch (who pitched in the 1880’s; never heard of the guy before) was a clear choice: carrying a 1.2 WHIP at a 0.593 winning percentage over 500 decisions.
Thanks to free wi-fi on airplanes, the next post has my version of the All-Mickey team.
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The “All-Mickeys” team:
Batting Order (Assigned position, player, reported positions, WAR, slash line, HR)
CF Rivers CF 32.7 .295/.397/.724 61
LF Hatcher OF 1B 3B 2.9 .280/.377/.690 38
C Cochrane C 49.7 .320/.478/.897 119
DH Mantle CF, 1B 110.2 .298/.557/.977 536
1B Vernon 1B 35.4 .286/.359/.787 172
RF Tettleton C RF 1B 29.3 .241/.449/.818 245
2B Morandini 2B 9.8 .268/.359/.697 32
3B Witek 2B 3B SS 7.5 .277/.347/.670 22
SS Doolin SS 2B 13.7 .230/.306/.585 15
Starting Rotation (WAR, W-L, ERA, WHIP)
Welch P 62.3 307-210 2.71 1.226
Lolich P 48.0 217-191 3.44 1.227
Harris P 8.6 59-71 4.18 1.478
Hughes P 1.3 39-28 3.22 1.329
Bullpen:
McDermott P PH (!) 18.2 69-69 3.91 1.518
Bench (guys nicknamed “Mickey” but not commonly known by it):
Willie Randolph 2B 65.9 .277/.351/.724 54
Phil Weintraub 1B OF 8.9 .295/.440/.838
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And for the drummer leading the crowd chants, I nominate the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart.
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"From the start of the Dodgers series (on Aug. 31) through Friday’s first at-bat, #Acuña homered 11 times in 85 at-bats. That is one homer every 7.7 at-bats." -- MLB.com
File Under: Very Dangerous Men
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Are you worried that he’s getting hot a bit early?
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I'm sure hoping he is! And cools down in playoffs. #Dodgers
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6-25-22
Venezuela strikes early against Tom Seaton and cruises to an 8-6 win over Nebraska!
VEN(40-39) 8 11 1
NEB(25-54) 6 9 0
W: Zambrano 8-3 3.40 ERA
L: Seaton 1-8 5.71 ERA
S: F. Rodríguez 17 3.48 ERA
3B:VEN- Abreu(3)
SB: VEN- Vizquel(6) NEB- Bennett(3)
CS:NEB- Crawford(5)
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6-25-22
Red hot Cubs stave off the 9th inning Toro rally to win 10-8!
DOM(48-31) 8 14 3
CHC(46-33) 10 10 0
W: McHugh 10-4 3.96 ERA
L: Rijo 9-6 3.92 ERA
S: Gregorson 17 2.67 ERA
HR: DOM- Ortiz(14) CHC- Gaetti(6)
SB: CHC- Henderson(62)
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6-25-22
McGriff is on both ends of a pair of back to back HR’s as the Marlins pop the Kernels 6-1!
FLA(44-35) 6 10 2
IOW(28-51) 1 4 1
W: Carlton 11-3 2.85 ERA
L: McAndrew 3-6 4.32 ERA
HR: FLA- McGriff 2(10,11) Sheffield(12) Alonso(28) *WLB lead
SB: IOW- Stone(1) Hairston(2)
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Which Hairston Swiped a base?
I was thinking there were two Hairstons (Scott and Jerry-the-Father),
had forgotten about Jerry Junior,
then learned that they (Scott and Jerry Jr) are not the second, but third generation of Hairstons.
It started with Sammy Hairston, who played in the Negro Leagues of the time and broke the Chicago White Sox color line in 1951.
Enquiring minds want to know!
PS More useless baseball trivia: Johnny Hairstons’s wedding at the Hermosillo stadium was the basis for the raised-bats wedding scene in the movie Bull Durham.
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He played for Mexico in a World Baseball Classic. (I think that his mother is from Mexico).
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6-25-22
Frank Howard’s 9th inning grand slam put Braves fans on edge. The Reds couldn’t rally any further and fall 9-8!
ATL(51-28) 9 16 1
CIN(48-31) 8 12 0
W: Manning 10-5
L: Bassitt 6-2
S: Broxton 13
HR: ATL- Dixon(12) CIN- Howard(9)GS
SB: ATL- Cobb(51) Dixon(23)
CS: CIN- Larkin(4)
E: ATL- Terry 1
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6-25-22
Cool Papa set the tone with a leadoff HR as the Mudcats beat the D’Backs 6-3!
MSP(39-40) 6 11 0
ARI(29-50) 3 10 0
W: Passeau 10-3
L: Gentry 3-10
HR: MSP- Bell(3)
ARI: Hank Leiber 3-4 3 doubles R RBI
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Luke Easter collided with Gary Gentry on a play at first in the 5th and absolutely flattened Gentry. Gentry goes on the 21 day IL. The Diamondbacks have called up Tom Wilhelmsen. Easter had a mild ankle sprain and will miss 3 days. The Mudcats have called up Dmitri Young.
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Hit this in training today. Fastest as a 39 year old.
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Do the Gnats have any more games?
I wonder if anyone else in the league throws heat like you can.
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But maybe they are younger?
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6-25-22
Travelers manufacture a run in the 7th to edge the Grays 2-1!
ARK(33-46) 2 7 1
NA(44-35) 1 5 0
W: Warneke 6-6 5.25 ERA
L: Urias 4-3 3.88 ERA
S: McDaniel 15 1.99 ERA
E: ARK- Brock 1
ARK: Vaughn 1-3 GWRBI single in the 7th.
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Oh, and I forgot to ask: can any of those Nuke Lalooshes (sp?) hit like you do?
: )
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So this around the level of A-Ball?
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6-25-22
Drillers do just enough to edge the Lightning 3-2!
LOU(40-39) 2 7 0
OKD(45-34) 3 8 0
W: Barnes 7-3 3.44 ERA
L: Richard 5-6 3.01 ERA
S: Sadler 7 1.82 ERA
SB: LOU- W. Brown(17) OKD- Rogan(14)
Bullet Rogan 3-3 wk R RBI SB .361 avg.
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