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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.

https://youtu.be/8_Lb7imIq7Y?si=dgdox87FqoQLB--2

Bob Seger Turn the page original 1973

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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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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi (lyrics)

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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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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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Waxahatchee - "Ice Cold" (Lyric Video)

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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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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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OK, if you're just tuning in, this thread is part of a 3-years-and-counting #baseball simulation project replaying the 1947 season fully integrated with #NegroLeagues stars of the era. (As opposed to a handful of Black players.)

Details here:

https://toot.community/@YusufToropov/109415869748017386

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Attached: 1 image 1/x This #thread is for #blackmastodon, #MLB, and #baseball at large: You may have heard that a while back, in a long-overdue move, big-league baseball ruled that all official Black Leagues stats were now recognized as MLB statistics. As a (white) fan of the great players of the Black Leagues, I was excited by this move ... but I felt it was just the beginning. #1947League #apba

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To create game results in #1947League, I use good old dice and cards and handwritten scoresheets, via the #APBA #boardgame.

If you're not familiar with #APBA, just think "D&D for #baseball nerds -- but equally viable in solo AND head-to-head play."

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Definitely interesting to see the names that pop up that I had forgotten plus so many that I have learned about from watching the #1947League

Would recommend it.

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By the way, if you've never heard of Red Barrett (I hadn't either, before I started #1947League), you may be interested to learn that he is the author of what may well be the single most badass start in MLB history. Curious? Details here:

https://youtu.be/l4H6CEYzMiQ?si=8IzMW1ANHqmCUgwA

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Braves Red Barrett Throws 58 Pitch GC Shutout! | MLB: This Day In Baseball History | August 10

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3 more teams before we wrap up the team-by-team top players summary for #1947League.

While there's a break in the action, I thought it appropriate to acknowledge, to @RuthODay, Oakland's full responsibility for what happened at the Coliseum last night.

Condolences.

https://youtu.be/3PCORu5Wla4?si=tYptVsImZf3LlvaP

Blue Jays vs. A's Game Highlights (6/7/24) | MLB Highlights

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0 @YusufToropov , you have been posting quite a lot lately—baseball history, incisive political commentary, and even some surprising hubris for a currently-less-than-400 team— so I don’t expect you, 0 Yusuf, to have the time to post another game highlight link.

But please, 0 Yusuf, could you at least share with us the number of runs the A’s scored today?

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Somehow I knew that taunting I did yesterday was going to come back to bite me in the ass.

Sigh.

Zero. Nada. Null set. Absence of runs. Goose egg. Aught, blank, cipher, nadir, naught, nix, nullity, oblivion, scratch, void, zilch, zip.

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I’ve said this before in this space but I think that it bears repeating. It’s just a note to help pass down some baseball lore to the youngsters out there:

Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman threw the baseball for nine full innings (109 times) to achieve what is known as a “complete game”. You youngsters might see the abbreviation “CG” and wonder what that means… well, there you go!

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#1947League team pitching stats. Brooklyn way out front on this one, suggesting a winning strategy from the Flatbush GM. (Brooklyn dealt Dixie Walker to the Indians for alleged spitballer Bill Byrd.)

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(On a separate note, congrats to @RuthODay and their Blue Jays for winning an entertaining and downright crazy game at the Coliseum yesterday against my beloved A's.)

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Blue Jays vs. A's Game Highlights (6/9/24) | MLB Highlights

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That is very gallant of you, Yusuf, to provide the highlights.

My fave (with the batter at about 3:35 of the video) was the Bob-Ucheresque “and the throw was just a liiitle off line” [from CF to 3B]

A's vs. Twins Game Highlights (6/13/24) | MLB Highlights

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Prince - Purple Rain (Official Video)

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A's vs. Twins Game Highlights (6/14/24) | MLB Highlights

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8-2-22
Grays record 13 hits as the salvage the finale 9-3 over the Monarchs!

NA(59-52) 9 13 0
MIS(54-57) 3 7 1

W: Quintana 6-4 6.43 ERA
L: J. Wood 11-8 2.84 ERA

HR: NA- Castilla(6) Votto(19) MIS- A. Smith(6) Allison(6) Sievers(13)

E: MIS- Mueller 1

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7-30-22
Kiner crushes 2 home runs! He pulls into a tie for the league lead as the Diamondbacks beat the Brewers 6-2!

MIL(40-68) 2 6 3
ARI(44-64) 6 6 1

W: Bradish 1-3 6.00 ERA
L: Nichols 5-11 5.29 ERA

HR: ARI- Kiner 2(34,35) Bellinger(21) Stephens(8)

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7-31-21
Garver finishes a single short of the cycle, Kiner stays hot! D’Backs beat the Brewers 5-2!

MIL(40-69) 2 9 0
ARI(45-64) 5 9 1

W: Braden 6-11 6.02 ERA
L: Radke 2-13 4.42 ERA
S: Giles 19 3.67 ERA

HR:ARI- Garver(14) Kiner(36)*1st WLB

SB: MIL- Felsch(9) ARI- Bellinger(4)

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I won’t pain you with any more Twins/A’s highlights Yusuf. I will say that Royce Lewis is a special talent. That kid can hit.