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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
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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
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
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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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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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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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
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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)
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The Mariners lost catcher Adley Rutschman for 7 days due to a concussion. Manager Tom Treblehorn has recalled Ryan Doumit.
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7-7-22
Mudcats flip script on Braves, win 10-2!
MSP(44-43) 10 12 1
ATL(56-31) 2 10 1
W: Russell 8-6 3.95 ERA
L: Byrd 7-10 3.65 ERA
HR: ATL- J. Robinson(4)
SB: MSP- Bell(58) ATL- Dixon 2(26,27)
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7-7-22
Willard Brown stole 2 bases(20,21) and scored the game winning run on Albert Belle’s 8th inning single as the Lightning beat the Travelers 2-1!
LOU(44-43) 2 10 0
ARK(36-51) 1 6 0
W: Guidry 7-6 3.46 ERA
L: Lee 9-5 3.39 ERA
S: Paplebon 15 3.38 ERA
HR: LOU- Bonura(4)
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7-7-22
McCovey spoiled Jessup’s shutout bid with 2 outs in the 9th, but Jessup finished the game for Durham’s 11th straight! Final: BIR 2, DUR 4
BIR(50-37) 2 6 2
DUR(59-28) 4 8 0
W: Jessup 9-6 4.85 ERA
L: Veale 10-3 5.36 ERA
HR: BIR- McCovey(16)
E: BIR- S. Davis 1 P. Davis 1
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7-7-22
Senators slump continues! Buhner hit a clutch grand slam in the 8th to deliver a 4-3 White Sox win!
LVW(40-47) 4 7 0
WSH(47-40) 3 5 0
W: Webb 8-7 4.04 ERA
L: Verlander 8-7 4.37 ERA
S: Clippard 10 4.26 ERA
HR: LVW- Buhner(16) WSH- Ripken(4)
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7-7-22
Dodgers get to the Stars pen and prevail with a 5-2 victory!
BKN(29-58) 5 11 3
NSH(45-42) 2 8 1
W: Messersmith 2-8 6.13 ERA
L: Murfee 0-1 0.00 ERA
S: Bailey 6 3.62 ERA
HR: BKN- Trout(17)
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7-7-22
A-Rod drives in 7 as the Giants crush the Red Sox 12-4!
NYG(54-33) 12 15 1
BOS(39-48) 4 12 0
W: Ford 7-5 4.28 ERA
L: Chesbro 9-4 3.34 ERA
HR: NYG- Rodríguez 2(22,23) Colavito(7) BOS- Bagwell(15) Sorrento(10)
E: NYG- E. Collins 1
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Seven ribbies is impressive until one considers the epic performance by Dave Kingman, who drove in eight one time and triggered a Lasorda rant.
: )
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7-7-22
Max Bishop’s rare power surge led the Amish Assassins to a 7-1 win over the Knights!
LON(25-62) 1 5 0
LAN(57-30) 7 10 2
W: Walsh 11-2 2.26 ERA
L: Cox 4-12 4.56 ERA
HR: LAN- Bishop(2) Allen(8)
E: LAN- Griffey Jr. 1 Allen 1
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Yeah but Angel Hernandez
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Yes, blame the official’s!
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7-7-22
Webster McDonald went 7 solid and got plenty of support as the Pirates beat the Sugar Kings 9-3!
NUA(48-39) 9 11 0
HAV(41-46) 3 9 0
W: McDonald 6-7 3.60 ERA
L: Luque 4-7 4.35 ERA
HR: HAV- Grandal(12)
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7-7-22
Marichal goes the distance as the Toros shutout the Águilas 7-0!
DOM(53-34) 7 13 0
VEN(45-42) 0 8 1
W: Marichal 8-7 4.36 ERA
L: Santana 9-9 2.41 ERA
HR: DOM- Beltre(2) Pujols(11)
SB: DOM- Soriano(2)
E: VEN- Acuña 1
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7-7-22
McGriff homers twice to pace the Marlins in a 7-4 win over the Rum Runners!
PR(42-45) 4 8 0
FLA(49-37) 7 13 0
W: Sale 8-6 3.77 ERA
L: Bithorn 7-7 5.49 ERA
S: P. Rodríguez 17 4.41 ERA
HR: FLA- McGriff 2(13,14)
SB: FLA- Turner 2(18,19)
E: FLA- Lundy 1
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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. :-)
Nolan
Ruth O’Day
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