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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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Definitely not RITP: the runner had a decent chance at home.
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I was going to say -- if it had worked, he would have been a hero, and it was close, so... not RITP
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BRAVES ROLL ON
Boston got another quality start from Red Barrett, now 6-2 with an ERA under 2.00. Silvo Garcia keyed the decisive 8th-inning rally. Feller (6-9) took yet another tough loss.
BOSB (39-36)2 6 0
CLE (30-46) 1 70
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @RuthODay and #BennyGoodman and his orchestra. Stand back!
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In what league did today's hero, Silvio Garcia, make his professional debut?
Multiple guesses OK.
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Going outside the hemisphere on this one: the Japanese League?
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Sorry, friends. Looks like the Grateful Dead today. Silvio Garcia made his debut in the Cuban Winter League.
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And here's another cool data graphic....all-time ERA leaders. Fascinating to watch knowing that Koufax had the opposite career trajectory of everyone else. Started out mediocre, got way, way better...
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Kershaw's career ERA is now all the way up to 2.48, by the way.
DAMN. I didn't realize what kind of company he was keeping.
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If memory serves (and I expect someone will tell me if it doesn't), Mr. Koufax led ALL OF BIG-LEAGUE BASEBALL in ERA from 1962-1966. And this in an era when starters who were in the top tier routinely pitched CGs. Unfathomable.
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Fair enougjh. But looking at his IP, he had a light load and gradually grew into his ERA dominance.
Maybe if he had been with another team he would have been given too much of a workload and ruined his arm early.
So credit the Dodgers organization for their methodical approach of bringing up pitchers. I read an article on it but forget where. Essentially they had a “do it right” rather than “do it fast” philosophy.
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Agreed -- though it looks like his arm was close enough to ruined by the time he retired!
#Koufax #baseball #Dodgers #sandykoufax
https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/08/29/sandy-koufax-dodgers-left-arm-god-si-60
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Koufax doesn't even crack the top 20 until 1965 -- quickly zooms up to the top tier! (He would retire the next year, of course.)
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BROWNS TOP PHILS...AGAIN
Josh Gibson clubbed round-trippers #31 and #32 in his team's 76th game. Ford Smith held the high-flying Phils to 6 hits. St. Louis's 3rd straight win from Philly.
PHI(49-27) 160
STLB(44-32)592
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I don't know the outcome of the (fictional?) event below.
Here's a question I do have the answer to, though. Which of these two men has the higher career OPS, according to the best available stats? One guess, please.
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by your Commissioner ... and the one and only #GratefulDead.
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NOT GIBSON! :-)
That leaves it wide open for anyone who wants a song pick tomorrow...
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Current standings. Hot pennant races in both #1947League divisions.
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Vin Scully cannot believe his eyes:
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#Springtraining countdown:
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Last year someone posted numbers to match the days remaining. I haven’t seen that yet
Maybe it was for the start of the season.
Well, this is for the start of the spring training season, brought to you by Cesar Cedeño.
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This many days left until Spring Training, brought to you by Carlton Fisk and The home run.
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This many days left until Spring Training, brought to you by the 1970 AL MVP, Boog Powell.
From the baseball-reference web site:
“In the South they call little kids who are often getting into mischief buggers, and my dad shortened it to Boog.” - Boog Powell, on his nickname's birth
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This many days left (the lowest number in the photo) until Spring Training, brought to you by Devon “Devo” White, centre fielder for the 1992 and 1993 World Champion Toronto Blue Jays, and artiste of the Canadian version of The Catch.
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This one occurred during game 3 of the 1992 WS. Two on, no outs. Justice hits a loud out to the CF wall. Devo’s range enables him to catch the ball, hit the wall, and throw to the cutoff man in time to throw to 1st for the next out.
Roberto Alomar, a guy who might know a thing or two about fielding, said:
“This one was better,” insisted Roberto Alomar. “Mays didn’t hit the wall, but Devo did. He had to catch the ball and hit the wall almost immediately.”
Continuing with the play…
Cutoff man relays to Olerud at 1st for out #2 and then another relay to Gruber to catch Sanders in a rundown thanks to a bad call by the ump.
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https://www.mlb.com/video/92-ws-gm-3-white-s-great-catch-c5352947
10/20/92: In Game 3 of the 1992 World Series, Devon White makes a great leaping catch at the wall and almost turns it into a triple play
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Yep, it's a keeper. I do get the argument behind saying it's better than Mays's was. I suppose it is!
And that near-triple-play....
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Pendleton almost became the first to score an RITP!
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The bigger story might have been the subsequent throw (I understand that it kept a runner from advancing).
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This many days left until Spring Training, brought to you by IMO the. Greatest. Of. All. Time, Willie Mays.
I was going to post about The Catch, but I have a question for the panel about something else.
In 1951, Bobby Thomson hit his famous “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” off of Ralph Branca. (With the Russ Hodges radio call on WMCA, “The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant!”).
What I didn’t learn until a few months ago was that the on-deck hitter was Willie Mays.
One school of thought is that Mays’ presence forced Branca to pitch to Thomson, rather than pitch around him.
Another school of thought says that Mays was “only a rookie”, so wasn’t a concern to Branca.
Thoughts?
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I think Branca knew Willie was dangerous. Perhaps it had an effect. Either way I think he was going to pitch to Bobby.
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Is his biography, if I recall correctly, Mays writes about being terrified in the batting circle and hoping that he didn't have to go up against Branca in that situation.
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That aside, I'm guessing Thomson got a decent pitch to hit because of two factors -- a) Branca was exhausted and b) the kid's reputation preceded him
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This many days left until Spring Training, brought to you by Bobby Thomson! (I couldn’t ignore the obvious segue)
Born in Scotland, he was known as “The Flying Scot” and “The Staten Island Scot”, because of his childhood years.
His ‘Flying’ moniker might be puzzling at first glance. He had a not-exactly-Hendersonian high of 10 SB in one single season and 5 SB or less in each of the 14 others. But the speed was evidently out in the field and not on the base paths. A baseball card blurb said that “The Braves acquired Bobby last season to add speed to the outfield”.
He was known for his “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” that won the NY Giants the Pennant, which was featured on a US postage stamp.
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/images/shot_heard_round_the_world-stamp.jpg
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The shot heard round the world is the same day my dad was born. The ‘51 Giants are an annual entry in the Edward John Coyle Jr. Memorial Tournament.
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This many days left until Spring Training, brought to you by Clayton Kershaw.
Gotta respect a WAR of 80, MVP, Cy Young@3, ERA@5, AS@10, WS, Au Glove, PoY, best live-ball era home ERA (2.21) in a career, third fastest to 2000K.
In the off-season Kershaw had shoulder surgery and is a free agent as of this writing. He won’t be ready to pitch until mid-season.
In the meantime he needs to decide if he will re-sign with the Dodgers, who seem to be happy to take him back.
A Dallasite, he may also sign with Texas.
Depending on how the surgery goes, he may also retire.
Alt text: the back of lefty Kershaw with number 22, during a pitch; left foot on the rubber, right foot about to plant on the ground.
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I love it:
“Hello, operator? I think we’ve been disconnected!”
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Final chance -- #GratefulDead headed your way if no one claims this. Then again, if it were me, I'd welcome that.... :-) #1947League
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World Series preview? Next game = finale of a 7-game series between 1st-place teams, Phillies and Browns. Results so far:
G1: STLB 7, PHI 2
G2: PHI 2, STLB 1
G3: PHI 7, STLB 5
G4: STLB 1, PHI 0
G5: STLB 9, PHI 7
G6: STLB 5, PHI 1
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Yep. If it were the Series, it would be over. Don't quote me on it, but I am inclined to believe the Browns are the only team to dominate Philly this year. Stats to come ... at some point.
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BROWNS TAKE FOURTH STRAIGHT FROM PHILLIES
Bill Ricks picked up his 7th win. Butch Davis homered; Josh Gibson tripled. Browns keep rolling.
Philly's lead down to just one game in National Division.
PHI (49-28) 2 8 1
STLB(45-32)6 8 0
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Answer to yesterday's #1947League trivia question:
Babe Ruth's career OPS: 1.164
Josh Gibson's career OPS: 1.141
Ruth is the all-time leader in a stat that didn't exist during his career. :-)
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by the #GratefulDead -- via the Young Rascals:
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#1947League question:
Josh Gibson, today's hero, was the 2nd-highest-paid player in NAL/NNL. (Satchel Paige was #1.)
If you translated Gibson's 1946 salary into 2024 dollars, what annual figure would you get? (within $10k)
Multiple guesses OK
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$112,358
If that wasn’t his salary, it would have been Fibonacci’s salary.
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::looks in bewilderment at the metaphorical still-empty net :::
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