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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)

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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.

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One of us was going to get a Father's Day gift, and I'm glad it was you :-)

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I am glad that I was able to have seen #WillieMays play (on television, anyway).

I wonder what #MLB will do to honour him.

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A giant in every sense of the word

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In honor of the one and only #WillieMays

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Aaand I'm back. Thanks for the patience in the clubhouse as I handled some self-care issues. #1947League back online soon. HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

My beloved Oakland A's had gone 515 games without a complete game ... and then ... last night ... ESTES! :-)

https://youtu.be/jKiSBzulnNQ?si=US2ULNur83ULhrVl

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::baseball-slaps-on-the-ass for Yusuf as he makes his way back::

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*Nods to bench, keeps running*

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Re: Yusuf being open and honest with the room about the last month

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People in this thread, too, I expect.

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BUCS TOP YANKS

NY gets a quality start from Morris, outhits Pirates 10-5, but can't connect the dots in any inning until the 9th, when a two-out rally delivered too little, too late. Willard Brown's 3 doubles go to waste.

R.T. Walker gets the W for Pittsburgh; Kiner homers.

PIT 4 5 1
NYY2 10 0

#1947League #baseball #blm

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About a million years ago I asked you this question: #baseball #NegroLeagues

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My buddy Cliff, a Baltimore fan who knows all and sees all, correctly answered: "1st off they didn't lose it was stolen. They protested and were told they forfeited for protesting. Grays"

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Here's a contemporary account of the bitterly disputed deciding playoff game.

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So ... today's #1947League game is brought to you by Baltimore Elite Giants superfan Cliff, and by the Steve Miller Band.

https://youtu.be/-WCFUGCOLLU?si=bqs_eph4-O2GTcyQ

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#1947League standings:

#baseball

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#1947League question:

What city did the Baltimore Elite Giants play in before they took up residence in Baltimore?

#baseball #trivia

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D.C.?

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It is in fact the District of Columbia. They were the Washington Elite Giants before they were the Baltimore Elite Giants.

What would you like to hear, Nolan?

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