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You recall correctly, @YakyuNightOwl . It was the Pirates. What would you like to hear tomorrow?
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YES!
#1947League
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HAPPY LEON DAY: CARDS HOLD OFF PIRATES
Leon Day went 3-3 with 2 RBI (including the game-winner) and locked down his ninth win. Harry Brecheen got the save.
PIT (36-39) 2 6 1
STLC (37-36) 3 8 1
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @YakyuNightOwl
and the Big Three Trio, keeping that #1947 vibe real....
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In 1942, today's #1947League hero, Leon Day(HOF), was involved in one of the most controversial games in #WorldSeries history...but the team he played for during the season didn't make the Series. What happened?
One guess only.
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#YIAY how Leon Day of the Newark Eagles figured into one of the most controversial #WorldSeries games in #MLB history.
Day was a ringer hired by the 1942 Homestead Grays to defeat the KC Monarchs. League officials threw the win out!
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Interesting to note that even though NNL/NAL officials threw out that creative Day victory against the Monarchs, baseballreference.com includes it in Day's stats, leading Day to a brief career with the Homestead Grays:
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SPAHN, BRAVES TOP INDIANS
The nominal Boston ace picked up his first win in 7 starts, surviving Joe Gordon homers in the 5th and 7th. Monte Irvin went 2-4, stole a base, scored twice.
BOSB (38-36)7 11 1
CLE (30-46) 4 8 0
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by (who else?) #GratefulDead. That's because it's Commisioner's Choice when I stump the room. :-)
CASEY JONES from the legendary #SunshineDaydream concert of August, 1972. #Oregon
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#1947League trivia question:
According to this Hall of Famer, today's hero, Monte Irvin, "was like a father to me."
Name the Giant who said this.
One guess only on this one. (It's pretty easy.)
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Willie Mays is CORRECT! What would you like to hear tomorrow, @RuthODay ?
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Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman (and his orchestra).
PS This would be my walk-in music if I am ever re-incarnated as a relief pitcher.
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Edited to put the TP through 5, not 6.
Due to the lack of a stadium organist during this interlude, here is an interesting (to me, anyway) article on triple plays.
I had searched for station-to-station-to-station triple plays that were not around the horn. So something like 1-2-5-4 or 3-2-5-4.
There should be an asterisk, IMO, on triple plays due to baserunning errors (see Semien, M. and Bichette, B.)
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In negotiations with the organist.
This is very cool. Thanks! Yes, there should surely be a separate category: RITP (ran into triple play).
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RITP: Brilliant!
(The stat, not actually doing it)
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In honor of that very cool SABR article, I offer the coolest triple play clip ten minutes of my time could unearth...
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxqoOK272cdx0T0cEYmHPsN98GRDgDBD4V?si=oyOUud5ZwO97kC1Q
25 seconds · Clipped by Yusuf Toropov · Original video "Best Triple Plays in MLB History!!" by QOTS
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Wow. Animated datagraph showing career K leaders. Gets interesting around 1977. 🙂
My quibble: the headline. We'll never know how many strikeouts Paige et al. logged in official league games. Should say AL/NL, not MLB.
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