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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania and the one, the only, #GunsNRoses ....
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The East-West All-Star Game was the contest of the year, usually held in Chicago. Debuted in 1933.
Somewhat less structured, and less profitable, was the North-South All-Star Game, which debuted in 1939.
What city was THAT held in?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_All-Star_Game
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1st, Anyone else here buying the Timberwolves? I’m pretty pumped after we thrashed the Suns in 4. I expect some believers if we can knock off the Nuggets.
2nd, Twins are on a 8 game win streak.
3rd, Ruth, you’re Blue Jays are mlb.com’s free game of the day.
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Idk if you guys have heard the rumors. Michael Jordan might just be Anthony Edwards dad.
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The annual North-South game, inaugurated in 1933, was held in New Orleans. (I would have guessed Kansas City or Washington, DC, too.)
Cliff got it right. Of course. :-)
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SOX AVOID SWEEP, TOP PHILS
Boston took the fourth and final game of their Fenway series against Philly.
Ted Williams's 11th HR, a two-run shot, provided the winning margin ... and ended his 0-14 batting slump.
PHI 000002030 561
BOSR00040020x 683
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By the time Ted Williams faced Satchel Paige in a regular-season MLB game, Paige was 41 years old.
Ted's lifetime batting average: .344.
Song pick tomorrow goes to the first person to tell me, within 10 points, Teddy Ballgame's lifetime batting average against Satch.
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... and the (perhaps predictable) outcome of our #1947League trivia contest today....
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So this exists, and I think that's actually going to be a problem for me...
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Predictably hilarious breakdown of the Rays/Brewers brawl from #Jomboy
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SCANTLEBURY, GIANTS TOP BROWNS IN 10TH
P Pat Scantlebury helped his own cause with a 10th-inning RBI single, then shut down the Browns for the CG win. Browns lead over NYY now just 1 game.
NYG (43-40) 0020010001 471
STLB(50-36)0100010100 393
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by my buddy Cliff and #BobSeger.
The version of this song that became a hit for Seger was a remake of this original track... I think I prefer his first effort.
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#1947League question:
In what year did Pat Scantlebury make the East All Star Team?
One guess.
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Got hit with a nasty bug. On the mend. #1947League back atcha tomorrow
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A's/Marlins = free game on MLB app today :-)
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BANKHEAD SHUTS DOWN NY; GIBSON LAUNCHES 33RD HR
Giants have the 2nd-most-productive offense in #1947league, behind only Brooklyn. You wouldn't have guessed that today, though: Dan Bankhead K'd 11 and held them to 2 hits. Josh Gibson went long.
NYG (43-41) 120
STLB(51-36) 350
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The other day, I asked you to name the year Pat Scantlebury made the East All-Star Team.
It was 1946; Cliff got it right, which means today's #1947League game is brought to you by Cliff and by #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #CCR.
"Lookin' for a pot of gold"
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Based on the latest Seamheads statistics, in what year did Josh Gibson post his highest regular-season batting average?
One guess.
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I chose Seamheads (the one that updates records more regularly, via research of old sources) bcs the top Josh Gibson batting average seemed unreal. I thought surely I'd have heard about this, that it must have been a recent discovery.
Nope. Multiple sources. He hit .466 in 1943!
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Consider the terror and despair opposing pitchers must have felt in attempting to develop some strategy for dealing with Josh Gibson in 1943.
Whatever it was, it didn't work.
BA: .466
OBP: .560
SLG: .867
OPS: 1.427
-> OPS+: 283<-
Yes, this was all against NNL teams.
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5 innings in relief today. 0R 0ER 7K 2H 3WK. Earned the W.
Hitting needs work. Went 1-5. R 2K stole home on a double steal. Had some very healthy hacks that I just missed.
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DAYUM SON!
WELL DONE!
Congratulations🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉!
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#1947League made a trip to IKEA today. Back on duty tomorrow...
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Okay. You have seen a lot of plays at the plate. But I bet you have never seen a play at the plate quite like this:
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxSlAWBT2Lxq5fg4Z0rwG2vftj2izUu9dR?si=dKeAytxfRK6b2f9y
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Josh Gibson's .466 season average in 1943 is mind-blowing...but he doesn't hold the record for highest #MLB season batting average.
WHO DOES?
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Yesterday's #1947League game brought to you by #Waxahatchee because oh my God is this album amazing.
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Hey how bout those Timberwolves! Suffocating defense last night. Up 2-0 on the defending champs!
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ESPN.com apparently didn't get the memo about Black Leagues stats being MLB stats (not sure what's up with that) -- but if you zoom over to baseball-reference.com you'll see that the single-season batting average record belongs to #1947League's very own Tetelo Vargas.
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GIANTS TAKE THREE OF FOUR FROM BROWNS
Bob Romby got the win; Bill Rigney's solo homer proved the GWRBI. Ford Smith took the loss.
NYG (45-41) 200100010 491
STLB(51-38)000020000 262
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Ouch. Bad day at work in two dimensions.
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To what team did Bob Romby's Elite Giants lose the NNL Championship Series in 1948?
One guess.
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Cliff got the answer to this, which is entertaining and which I will share as soon as possible. #1947League will return when the deadline fever passes... Say a prayer if you're so inclined! 🙂
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Yakyu -- big showdown tonight. You ready? 🙂
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