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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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Levitation? Takeoff?

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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?

#1947League #baseball

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Yesterday's #1947League game brought to you by #Waxahatchee because oh my God is this album amazing.

#TigersBlood #Music #nowplaying #KatieCrutchfield

https://youtu.be/PrBHXS0zZqo?si=sstWretTRJxxsMNz

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Hey how bout those Timberwolves! Suffocating defense last night. Up 2-0 on the defending champs!

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Well done, WOLVES!

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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

#1947League #baseball #mlb #blm

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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.

#1947League #baseball

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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.

#baseball #BlackMastodon #NegroLeagues

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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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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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#1947League BROOKLYN DODGERS top players

#baseball

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#1947League BOSTON BRAVES top players

#baseball

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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

#baseball

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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

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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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You forgot “middle of a doughnut”, but pretty good list!

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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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Yes, it is legal! :-)

Congrats on that, Ruth.

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#1947League team batting stats. Posted in the right place this time. :-)

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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.)

https://youtu.be/-yoCAyHrHV4?si=Ia3jsmcBjb8n233Z

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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]

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Going to leave this here.

https://youtu.be/hTttm_Dh6tw?si=4ycZ5U2NKAX5upVo

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I knew this was going to be trouble the minute I saw the post.

Congrats! Well played.

https://youtu.be/TvnYmWpD_T8?si=F3xvUWi17NeZ-h-n

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https://youtu.be/YIGFqJXBJaI?si=4Ll0Sxwu97H55sG0

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Yeah, yeah, I know.

:-)

Seriously though: well played.

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London Knights outfielder Max Kepler had a great game.

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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)