Ruth O’Day@tabletopmania @YusufToropov @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7
My new bucket list entry is to see a round robin tournament of Cuba, PR, and DR.
::still processing how the winning hit in HAV vs. PR is by a guy named ‘Mike’::
Nolan@RuthODay @YusufToropov @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7
lol born in Puerto Rico.
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He was assigned Michael at birth, I was wondering if he was Miguel.
I would have preferred Clemente (or even Alomar or Delgado).
Redeeming factor: Mike did it from the bottom of the order.
The wasp-y name reminded me of seeing an image of an early-career baseball card of “Bob” Clemente and starting to realize how easy it is to whitewash a situation. My memory—back to about 1970—was always of Roberto Clemente.
Then in the 1980’s I read a story about Willie Hernandez. He was teaching his son to be proud of his Latino heritage.
Out the mouths of babes, wisdom: the son replied, “then how come you go by ‘Willie’?”
Kid has a point.
So from then on, Willie became Guillermo Hernandez.
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7-3-22
David Segui’s RBI single in the 9th lifts the Royals to a hard fought 3-2 win and split the series with the Monarchs!
KCR(44-42) 3 7 1
MIS(41-45) 2 7 0
W: Zeigler 6-3 4.36 ERA
L: D. Williams 2-3 3.15 ERA
S: Treinen 16 4.29 ERA
HR: KCR- Webster(3)
SB: KCR- H. Johnson(6)
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7-3-22
“Death Valley” Jim Scott tossed a 5-hit shutout as the Twins completed their sweep of the Kernels with a 5-0 victory!
IOW(29-57) 0 5 1
MIN(44-42) 5 11 0
W: Scott 5-4 3.59 ERA
L: Feller 4-11 3.82 ERA
E: IOW- Feller 1
MIN: Hafner 2-4 2B wk R 2RBI .268 avg.
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Lots of Twins victories lately!
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7-3-22
BrewCrew erupts for 7 over the last 2 frames to beat Nebraska 7-3!
MIL(32-54) 7 14 1
NEB(29-57) 3 9 0
W: Fairbanks 2-2 4.00 ERA
L: Adam 4-4 3.63 ERA
SB: MIL- Beaumont(11) NEB- Crawford(22)
E: MIL- Grimes 1
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Plains Division standings at the All-Star break.
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7-3-22
Tigers defeat the Clowns in an epic 13-10 slugfest!
DET(40-46) 13 15 0
IND(46-40) 10 16 1
W: Lowe 1-2 3.21 ERA
L: McCool 0-1 5.50 ERA
S: Putz 22 1.83 ERA
HR: DET- Mayberry(1) K. Young 2(2,3) Gehringer(3) IND- Charleston(14)
SB: DET- LeFlore(17) IND- Carey(21)
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7-3-22 Cubs take 3 of 4 from slumping Reds and pull into a 1st place tie. Final CHC 4, CIN 2
CHC(49-37) 4 10 0
CIN(49-37) 2 9 0
W: Roberts 6-7 3.80 ERA
L: Young 8-5 3.00 ERA
S: Gregorson 18 2.70 ERA
HR: CHC- Thome(21) Lynn(13) CIN- Justice(17)
SB: CHC- Henderson 2(67,68)
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Great Lakes Division standings at the All-Star break!
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7-3-22
Down 7-0 to Pioneers, the Rockies score 4 and load the bases for Gallo who grounded into a 3-6-3 DP to end the game!
WES(35-51) 7 8 1
COL(27-59) 4 10 0
W:Schilling 8-5 3.77 ERA
L:Halladay 6-10 4.27 ERA
HR:WES- Sims(1) Killebrew(23) COL- Houston(2)
SB:WES- Victorino(16)
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7-3-22
Jesse Petty tossed 7 quality innings as the Drillers coasted to an 8-1 win over the D’Backs!
OKD(48-38) 8 12 0
ARI(33-53) 1 10 1
W: Petty 4-7 3.21 ERA
L: B. Hunter 3-9 4.21 ERA
HR: OKD- Realmuto(7)
SB: ARI- Hatcher(4)
E: ARI- Stephens 1
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7-3-22
Colt 45’s rock Senga! Cruise to an 11-4 win over the Kookaburras!
SYD(33-53) 4 9 1
TEX(55-31) 11 15 2
W: Kershaw 10-3 1.75 ERA
L: Senga 0-2 14.04 ERA
HR: TEX- Hornsby 2(9,10)
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Southwest Division standings at the All-Star break. Texas is the class of the division. Their offense is coming around and pitching is the best in WLB. Oklahoma probably gets in the playoffs as a wildcard. The rest of the teams in this division will allow the top 2 to pull away.
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7-3-22
Mariners take 3 of 4 from Padres! Snell goes the distance in a 4-1 win!
SEA(38-48) 4 5 0
SDP(55-31) 1 5 1
W: Snell 5-5 4.05 ERA
L: Burnes 7-5 2.82 ERA
HR: SDP- Stanton(18)
SEA: Sandberg 1-3 wk R RBI
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7-3-22
Joey Votto led off the bottom of the 12th with a solo HR as the Grays walkoff the Miners 6-5!
SFM(53-33) 5 14 1
NA(47-39) 6 14 1
W: Soria 3-2 1.59 ERA
L: Quisenberry 1-1 2.08 ERA
HR: SFM- T. Williams(18) Lazzeri(3) NA-Votto(16)
SB: SFM- Bonds 2(11,12)
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West Coast division standings at the All-Star break. Top 3 should make the playoffs. I anticipate that the Miners will overtake the Padres at some point.
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7-3-22
Howard Easterling finished a HR shy of the cycle to pace the Mudcats in a 5-3 win over the Travelers!
ARK(36-50) 3 9 0
MSP(43-43) 5 13 2
W: Woodruff 4-9 4.94 ERA
L: D. Dean 5-7 3.71 ERA
SB: MSP- Armour(10)
E: MSP- Myer 1 Easter 1
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Shame about not hitting for the cycle.
HFC is probably my most favourite baseball event (apart from Blue Jays and D-Backs World Series victories).
The perfect game and the no hitter rely on the pitcher being in a groove. But the batter has to do four different things under different circumstances.
So for comparison…
Perfect games: 24
No hitters: 298 (322NH - 24PG)
HFC: 344
But some HFC trivia…
In Natural Order: 18
In Reverse Order: 11
With a Grand Slam: 9
With Walk-Off HR: 6
Smallest Interval Between: 7 days (twice)
Largest Interval Between: 11 years 58 days
Youngest Cycler: Mel Ott 20.075
Oldest Cycler: Dave Winfield 39.264
Like any baseball trivia the ratio of entertainment value to utility approaches infinity. Of course dividing by near zero will juice the numbers of even the least entertaining stat.
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It's like Halley's Comet or something. Incredibly rare.
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I thought that I had posted but left the page and my reply disappeared. : /
I edited to include the walk-off HFC (6).
The HFC event is about as rare as the no hitter but the subsets are more rare than a perfect game. So there’s that.
I don’t know much about Halley’s Comet, but I do know about Bill Haley and His Comets!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m7o9g7QOjIo&pp=ygUZYmlsbCBoYWxleSBhbmQgdGhlIGNvbWV0cw%3D%3D
BILL HALEY & THE COMETS - Razzle Dazzle
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7-3-22
Barons take advantage of free passes as they beat the Lightning 9-5!
BIR(50-36) 9 10 0
LOU(43-43) 5 11 0
W: Kluber 10-6 3.32 ERA
L: Wright 9-8 4.46 ERA
HR: BIR- McCovey(15)
SB: LOU- Brown(19)
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7-3-22
Dobie Moore’s 3-run triple broke a 4-4 tie in the 8th as the Braves go on to beat the Senators 7-4!
WSH(47-39) 4 10 0
ATL(56-30) 7 10 2
W: Calhoun 3-1 3.21 ERA
L: Jeffress 1-2 8.31 ERA
S: Broxton 15 1.38 ERA
HR: ATL- Robinson(3) Thomas(29) *2nd WLB
SB: ATL- Cobb(57)
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7-3-22
Don Gullett tossed 7 dominant innings as the White Sox beat the Stars 6-1!
NSH(45-41) 1 3 0
LVW(39-47) 6 10 1
W: Gullett 8-4 4.53 ERA
L: Beazley 4-9 5.54 ERA
HR: LVW- Buhner(15)
SB: LVW- Blackwell(18)
E: LVW- Greenwell 1
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The Louisville White Sox lost OF Earl Combs and SS Pythias Russ for 12 and 6 days respectively. Manager Frank Warfield has called up Stan Spence and Pee Wee Reese.
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7-3-22
Ernie White shuts out the Dodgers on 4 hits! Bulls sweep the series with a 5-0 win!
DUR(58-28) 5 10 0
BKN(28-58) 0 4 0
W: White 6-4 2.91 ERA
L: Morton 4-10 5.28 ERA
HR: DUR- Clarkson(6) Leonard(16)
SB: DUR- Smith(28) BKN- Jeter(16)
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Appalachian Division standings at the All-Star break. The Bulls (best record in WLB) have won 10 straight and have a stranglehold on the division. The Senators are in a major funk and Nashville is on the fringe of the playoff picture.
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7-3-22
Koufax settled in after a rough 1st but the damage was done. Amish Assassins go on the road and take 3 of 4 from the Giants with a 4-1 win!
LAN(56-30) 4 7 0
NYG(53-33) 1 6 0
W: Pennock 8-3 3.56 ERA
L: Koufax 10-5 2.18 ERA
S: Sutter 13 4.45 ERA
HR: LAN- R. Collins(9)
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7-3-22
Jack Quinn fired an absolute gem as the Knights take 3 of 4 from the Pirates with a 3-2 win!
NUA(47-39) 2 2 0
LON(25-61) 3 6 0
W: Quinn 7-9 3.41 ERA
L: Carpenter 8-7 4.59 ERA
LON- Jeff Baker 2-3 R RBI
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All the Knights have to do now is go 60-16 the rest of the way and they might make the playoffs. 😂
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7-3-22
Red Sox overcome 3 early errors to beat the Marlins 5-4!
FLA(48-38) 4 6 1
BOS(39-47) 5 9 3
W: Wohlers 4-4 3.77 ERA
L: Allen 1-3 3.03 ERA
S: Reardon 11 3.31 ERA
HR: FLA- Tucker(1)
BOS- Bagwell 3-4 2B 2R RBI
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Northeast Divison standings at the All-Star break. Lancaster got the upperhand on the Giants in the last series but I anticipate this being a great race between those 2 teams. Nashua is currently tied with the Washington Senators for the 8th seed in the wild card standings.
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7-3-22
Carlos Delgado’s solo HR in the bottom of the 11th gives the Rum Runners a 4-3 win over the Sugar Kings!
HAV(41-45) 3 7 1
PR(42-44) 4 7 1
W: Calero 2-4 4.72 ERA
L: Rojas 0-2 10.66 ERA
HR: HAV- Alvarez(22) PR- J. Lopez 2(4,5) Delgado(10)
SB: PR- Alomar(30)
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7-3-22
Pedro and King Felix were deadlocked at 1 through 9. The Dominican struck for 5 in the 11th and went on to beat Venezuela 6-3!
DOM(52-34) 6 7 2
VEN(45-30) 3 5 0
W: Clase 3-3 0.73 ERA
L: F. Rodríguez 4-5 4.34 ERA
HR: VEN- Abreu(4)
SB: DOM- Soriano(1)
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That concludes 7/3, 86 games! Check out stats, standings, and box scores in the link below. Up next is the All-Star break! #WLB #BaseballByBirthplace
https://www.mystatsonline.com/ballsports/visitor/league/home/home.aspx?IDLeague=63958
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The potential WLB postseason bracket through 86 games.
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Tomorrow I will play the WLB All-Star game. Rather than live-tweet, I will do a live play-by-play in a google doc. so anyone that wants to see can. Of course I'll post results as the game is completed.
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In Pre-All-Star game festivities, Ralph Kiner defeated Ken Griffey Jr. in the finals to win the first ever WLB home run derby!
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Here is the google doc. for the live feed. I will pin this to my profile and begin the WLB All-Star game at 11 CST.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cVs2XfwYvMMFtV1PfLJqHH5JJ1u-CH1z0HkkDSnYzdQ/edit
WLB All-Star Game
July 5th, 2022 Welcome everybody to tonight’s main event. It’s a match where the best of the best to ever play the game go head to head. First let’s meet the starting lineup for the Pacific League, who will be the away team for tonight’s matchup. Pacific League 2B Bullet Rogan, Oklahoma Dr...
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WLB All-star game starts now!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cVs2XfwYvMMFtV1PfLJqHH5JJ1u-CH1z0HkkDSnYzdQ/edit
WLB All-Star Game
July 5th, 2022 Welcome everybody to tonight’s main event. It’s a match where the best of the best to ever play the game go head to head. First let’s meet the starting lineup for the Pacific League, who will be the away team for tonight’s matchup. Pacific League 2B Bullet Rogan, Oklahoma Dr...
Brian Ritchie@tabletopmania Congrats to the Atlantic on their All-Star victory!!
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7-5-22
The Atlantic struck for 5 in the first and it was mostly downhill for the Pacific from there. The Atlantic League wins in a dominant showing 10-1!
PAC 1 5 1
ATL 10 18 0
W: Waddell 1-0
L: Smith 0-1
HR: ATL- Stearnes 1 Ruth 1 Lundy 1 PAC- Freeman 1
SB: PAC- Bonds 1
E: PAC- Horner 1
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Here is the final copy of the link to the play-by-play.
Turkey Stearnes and Babe Ruth were named Co-MVPs each going 2-3 with a 2-Run HR.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cVs2XfwYvMMFtV1PfLJqHH5JJ1u-CH1z0HkkDSnYzdQ/edit
WLB All-Star Game
July 5th, 2022 Welcome everybody to tonight’s main event. It’s a match where the best of the best to ever play the game go head to head. First let’s meet the starting lineup for the Pacific League, who will be the away team for tonight’s matchup. Pacific League 2B Bullet Rogan, Oklahoma Dr...
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Yeah, I do think the Atlantic had the better squad but I wasn’t expecting a blowout.
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7-7-22
Gibson spread out 10 base runners as the Meadowlarks shut out the Monarchs 2-0!
MIS(41-46) 0 7 0
NEB(30-57) 2 2 1
W: Gibson 11-5 2.00 ERA
L: S. Wood 11-5 2.13 ERA
HR: NEB- Cerv(11)
E: NEB- Hopp 1
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7-7-22
In a battle for 1st place the Twins pen tossed 4.1 shutout innings to preserve a 6-5 win over the Royals!
MIN(45-42) 6 14 1
KCR(44-43) 5 12 1
W: Thielbar 3-2 5.60 ERA
L: Crow 0-1 3.80 ERA
S: Anderson 23 1.22 ERA
HR: MIN- Hafner(11) KCR- Damon(4)
SB: MIN- Molitor(28)
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7-7-22
Cubs offense hits the ground running, opening the 2nd half with a 15-2 win over the Kernels!
IOW(29-58) 2 7 0
CHC(50-37) 15 22 0
W: Saberhagen 8-3 2.34 ERA
L: Vance 4-7 4.43 ERA
HR: CHC- Thome(22) Lynn(14)
SB: IOW- Clarke(51) CHC- Henderson(69)
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Rickey is stealing bases at a 92% clip compared to his expected average of about 81%.
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7-7-22
Clowns beat the Brewers in a laugher! Final: 15-6
IND(47-40) 15 25 0
MIL(32-55) 6 10 0
W: M. Brown 9-4 2.85 ERA
L: Nichols 3-10 5.98 ERA
HR: IND- Strong(4) MIL- Hauser(8) Lux(1)
SB: IND- Lofton(32)
CS: IND- Lofton(9)
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7-7-22
Reds open a can on the Tigers pen scoring 9 over the last 3 frames to win 12-3!
CIN(50-37) 12 19 0
DET(40-47) 3 8 0
W: Marquard 4-2 3.49
L: Cicotte 9-7 4.66 ERA
HR: CIN- O’Neill(6) Youkillis(5)
SB: CIN- Sisler(19)
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I was hoping someone might respond in that way. 😂
I was hoping someone might respond in that way. 😂
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7-7-22
Colt 45’s get 8 in the 4th and coast to a 10-3 win over the Rockies!
COL(27-60) 3 9 1
TEX(56-31) 10 12 0
W: Maddux 9-7 3.51 ERA
L: T. Hughes 4-11 4.38 ERA
HR: TEX- F. Robinson(14)
E: COL- Headley 1
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7-7-22
D’Backs homer 3 times in their way to a 6-4 win over the Pioneers!
ARI(34-53) 6 10 2
WES(35-52) 4 10 0
W: F. Smith 9-8 2.88 ERA
L: Schmidt 7-7 3.84 ERA
S: Giles 14 3.98 ERA
HR: ARI- Bellinger(17) Verdugo(6) Garver(10)
SB: ARI- Bellinger(3)
E: ARI- Bregman 2
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7-7-22
Walks haunt Drillers, Miners win 4-1!
OKD(48-39) 1 6 1
SFM(54-33) 4 7 0
W: R. Johnson 10-4 3.07 ERA 161 K’s *WLB leader
L: Brecheen 9-6 3.71 ERA
E: OKD- Wells 1
SFM: McGwire 1-3 R 2RBI Wk
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After this one, I am officially out of songs about mines.
That’s okay, I have a better idea for next time.
For now, though:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S1980WfKC0o&pp=ygUcMTYgdG9ucyB0ZW5uZXNzZWUgZXJuaWUgZm9yZA%3D%3D
Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Oct 18, 1956
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That's a solid tune!
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7-7-22
The wheels came off for the Kookaburras when Stanton hit a grand slam in the 6th. The Padres go on to win 9-2!
SDP(56-31) 9 8 0
SYD(33-54) 2 6 2
W: Bieber 9-4 2.75 ERA
L: Ohtani 4-9 3.06 ERA
HR: SDP- Stanton(19)
SB: SYD- Iguchi(6)
E: SYD- Iguchi 1 Oh 1
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7-7-22
Randy Myers allowed 3, 9th inning runs but the Mariners hung on to beat the Grays 6-5!
NA(47-40) 5 11 0
SEA(39-48) 6 11 0
W: Lolich 7-6 3.20 ERA
L: Urias 5-4 4.35 ERA
HR: NA- Walker(22) SEA- Averill(4)
@RuthODay @tabletopmania @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 I can think of a couple, but I will save them for the next Miners win.
@YusufToropov @tabletopmania @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7
I wonder if your mining songs will be in the same vein.
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This is why I dig Mastodon. The Shakespearean-level wordplay. :-)
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Is it a dice roll thing that makes that happen?
PS Always nice to see a former Blue Jay do well.
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Thanks for posting here and livestream.