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SMITH, YANKEES TOP SOX AT FENWAY
Al "Fuzzy" Smith stroked an 8th-inning double and scored the go-ahead run as the Yankees broke open a tie game and beat Boston.
NYY 480
BOSR 131
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @ted_duffield and #EmmyLouHarris ....
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... and by @tabletopmania and #GunsNRoses!
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Today's #1947League hero, Al "Fuzzy" Smith, made his AL debut in 1953 with the Indians.
With what team did he make his NAL debut?
(Anyone can answer, not just people I've tagged.)
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@tabletopmania got it! Al Smith broke in with the Cleveland Buckeyes. What would you like to hear tomorrow?
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Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg
One of the best hype songs.
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PHILS STOP THE BLEEDING
What's an ace supposed to do? Among other things, stop 5-game losing streaks. Philly's Garnett Blair did that in taming the Giants today. He's now 12-1.
PHI 361
NYG 242
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and @tabletopmania . This one has 1.3 billion views. That's "billion," with a B.
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#Black #Baseball (1920-1949) had not one, not two, but at least three "Meccas": Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. Which was the home town of today's #1947League hero, Garnett Blair?
One guess
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TRIBE TOPS BROWNS IN 11
Mel Harder (2-4, 4.24) turned into Cy Young, besting Sam Bankhead (8-5, 1.77 going in). Dixie Walker knocked in Tetelo Vargas for the walkoff GWRBI in the 11th.
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STLB(46-32) 141
CLE(30-48) 2 10 0
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Cleveland's walkoff win means #1947League gets a visit from the Beautiful Shufflers and #DireStrats.
#Music #nowplaying
https://youtu.be/ynmpFJJmshQ?si=TRN4nTwIUyEPIPOj
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Nobody got the #1947League trivia question last time around, which means it's the Commissioner's Song Choice ...
Drum roll please....
It's THAT BAND I SAW AT THE AGE OF FIVE IN GOLDEN GATE PARK! #GratefulDead #music #NowPlaying
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Tetelo Vargas, today's #1947League hero, won batting championships in 3 different leagues. Name them. (One guess only.)
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Hmm. I see have phrased this in a deeply bad way. I'm going to count Ruth's answer as a practice swing and rephrase here and in the original post:
Tetelo Vargas, today's #1947League hero, won batting championships in 3 different leagues. Name them.
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::looks at ump, steps back in the batter’s box::
Liga Elite de Beisbol de Cuba
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
Negro National League
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There was an (unintentional) clue embedded in all that back-and-forth -- Yusuf screwed something up, then fixed it in the edit. Thank God we're not on X-Twitter. :-) Anyway. Ruth, I'm afraid that's not the answer we're looking for.
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If we can (please) set aside my ham-handed first draft of the question, the answer to yesterday's #1947League #history quiz is below. The incomparable Tetelo Vargas won 3 batting titles in these 3 systems.
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#OAKLAND A'S MINUTE
This pitcher,who wore #13, played another on-field role for the '72 World Champs. What was it?
60 seconds of time-machine magic on the 1st pro #baseball team I saw in person.
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx1MrgcDfexR6milTrCaNnBptSzaTCqYp3?si=13PthHykXFA63qJc
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From the audio: “in 25 games, he completed only three”
Wow, that would get him into the HOF these days.
::goes back to shaking fist at clouds::
Pinch runner?
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Pinch runner = CORRECT!
@RuthODay -- which song would you like to hear? I'll add it to the daily playlist today!
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In keeping with the theme,
Runaway by Del Shannon
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RUFUS ROLLS 0N
Rufus "Mississippi" Lewis (14 Ks) led the Cards to their 3rd straight victory. He won a memorable duel with #1947League ERA leader Chet Brewer of Brooklyn.
BKN (49-30) 000000000 040
STLC(39-36)100000000 160
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @RuthODay and Del Shannon, with a #1 song covered memorably by Bonnie Raitt, Small Faces, Elvis Presley, the Traveling Wilburys, and, um, Lawrence Welk.
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No, really. Lawrence Welk. It made the Billboard Hot 100.
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Think I need a palate cleanser after that.
Fortunately, every #shutout in #1947League results in a visit from the Beautiful Shufflers -- and, in this case, the #Monkees, with an assist from the #Muppets.
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What’ch’you talking about?
That one does start to approach (but comes nowhere near) the zenith of performance on the Lawrence Welk show:
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With what team did today's #1947League hero, Rufus Lewis, break in in 1936?
One guess only.
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Not KC, sorry.
(Makes mental note to come up with a question whose correct answer is "Kansas City")
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::counters with changing the default guess::
Yusuf Toropov
Nolan
Ruth O’Day