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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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Not baseball, but...
Francis Ford Coppola and Ali McGraw prepare to give out an Oscar in 1979. One of these people wolfed down rock promoter Bill Graham's magic cookie, unaware that its most notable ingredient was #cannabis. Can you guess which one?
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxJL8l5oTu2Rte64Sel-DJNLrNCsZH6LRZ?si=UUGlnNh9rEuvQtim
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I nominate Bill “Spaceman” Lee as the plot twist
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Yeah, so this happened. 😊
#MLB catches up with #1947League and, um, reality -- acknowledges that #JoshGibson is the all-time batting average and OPS leader.
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I stumbled upon the 1991 World Series replay my dad and I played about 32 years ago. I’m going to share here over the next couple days starting with Games 1 & 2 tonight.
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Game 1
Oct. 19, 1991
Twins erupt early with 3 Home Runs. They hang on to take Game 1, 10-9!
ATL(0-1) 9 10 1
MIN(1-0) 10 16 2
W: Morris 1-0
L: Liebrandt 0-1
S: Aguilera 1
HR: MIN- Puckett 1, Mack 1 HrBek 1
SB: MIN- Gagne 1
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Game 2
October 20, 1991
Tapani outduels Glavine as the Twins win Game 2, 3-1!
ATL(0-2) 1 8 0
MIN(2-0) 3 10 0
W: Tapani 1-0
L: Glavine 0-1
S: Aguilera 2
SB: MIN- Gagne(2) Mack(1)
CS: MIN- Gladden 1
ATL: Justice 2-3 2B WK RBI
MIN: Harper 2-4 2R, Mack 2-2 2B 2WK SB
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Game 3
October 22, 1991
Braves strike back at home with 4 in the first. Steve Avery goes the distance! They beat the Twins 5-2!
MIN(2-1) 2 4 0
ATL(1-2) 5 6 0
W: Avery 1-0
L: Erickson 0-1
HR: MIN- Gagne(1) ATL- Justice(1)
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Game 4
October 23, 1991
Sid Bream paces Braves as they even the series at 2 with a 4-2 win over the Twins!
MIN(2-2) 2 6 0
ATL(2-2) 4 10 1
W: Smoltz 1-0
L: Morris 1-1
S: Peña 1
SB: ATL- Gant(1)
E: ATL- Gant 1
ATL: Bream 3-3 2 doubles, R, 2RBI, WK
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Game 5
October 24, 1991
Glavine leaves with arm troubles, Tap outstanding, Twins edge Braves on the road 2-1!
MIN(3-2) 2 7 0
ATL(2-3) 1 4 1
W: Tapani 2-0
L: Clancy 0-1
S: Aguilera 3
HR: MIN- Hrbek(2) ATL- Gant(1)
SB: ATL- Pendleton 1
E: ATL- Belliard 1
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Game 6
October 26, 1991
Avery turns in another big time performance! Braves force Game 7, winning 3-2 in the dome!
ATL(3-3) 3 6 0
MIN(3-3) 2 7 2
W: Avery 2-0
L: Erickson 0-2
HR: MIN- Leius(1)
E: MIN- Gagne 1 Knoblauch 1
MIN: Puckett 3-4 3 singles
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Morris and Smoltz. Game 7 is an absolute classic. Stay tuned.
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I’ll post it in a few posts because it’s that good. Probably in the morning.
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Game 7
October 27, 1991
Morris and Smoltz go toe-to-toe for 9 apiece and leave Game 7 to the bullpens!
Gagne had an RBI single for the Twins and Chili Davis hit his first HR.
The Braves got 2 in the 5th highlighted by a Belliard triple and RBI singles by Pendleton & Justice.
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Bobby Cox and Tom Kelly extend their best relievers Alejandro Peña and Rick Aguilera 3 innings each and we remain tied 2-2 into the 13th.
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Tom Kelly rolled out his best starter of the series Kevin Tapani for the 13th.
Terry Pendleton blasts a 2-Run HR over the CF fence with 2 outs to give the Braves a 4-2 lead.
Braves are 3 outs away from their first championship in Atlanta.
Wohlers in to finish.
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Wohlers walked Davis, induced a fly ball from Harper and struck out Shane Mack.
Down to their last out Mike Pagliarulo lines one over the baggy to tie it at 4 and they head to the 14th.
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Terry Leach and Mike Stanton each tossed a scoreless 14th inning.
Jeff Blauser homers off Leach in the 15th to make it 5-4 Atlanta. Braves are 3 outs away again.
Mack and Pagliarulo hit back to back doubles in the bottom half to tie it at 5.
We head to the 16th.
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Leach gets the first 2 outs and Mark Guthrie gets Bream and Justice to finish the 16th.
Clancy gets Puckett to ground out to Pendleton to lead off the bottom half but walks Hrbek. Jarvis Brown pinch runs and steals second…
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Chili Davis singles to right. Justice comes up throwing but it’s not in time and the Twins win game 7 of the World Series 6-5 in 16 innings!
ATL(3-4) 5 14 2
MIN(4-3) 6 14 2
W: Guthrie 1-0
L: Clancy 0-1
HR: ATL- Pendleton(2) Blauser(1) MIN- Davis(1) Pagliarulo(1)
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My dad and I played this series together when I was a kid. I had a friend over who was a Braves fan for Game 7. I think I was almost as excited to win the tabletop series as I was the actual series.
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