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8-9-22
Monarchs take over 2nd in the Plains Division with a 6-2 win over the Twins!

MIN(58-59) 2 9 2
MIS(59-58) 6 11 0

W: Scherzer 7-8 3.24 ERA
L: Bender 9-12 4.55 ERA
S: Henneman 2 4.54 ERA

SB: MIN- Molitor 2(36,37)

MIS: Wheat 3-4 3B WK 3RBI .301 avg.

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8-10-22
Freddy Leach’s 1st HR of the year is a 3-R walkoff home run! Monarchs beat the Twins 8-6!

MIN(58-60) 6 13 0
MIS(60-58) 8 10 0

W: Coloumbe 1-0 0.90 ERA
L: Anderson 7-4 1.86 ERA

HR: MIN- Molitor(6) Kubel(2) MIS- Berra 2(13,14) R. Howard(24) Leach(1)

CS: MIS- Wheat(1)

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8-11-22
Hrbek’s solo HR in the 8th leads the Twins to a 4-3 win over the Monarchs!

MIN(59-60) 4 9 0
MIS(60-59) 3 6 0

W: Scott 8-7 4.05 ERA
L: Henke 3-6 3.97 ERA
S: Anderson 26 1.82 ERA

HR: MIN- Hafner(18) Hrbek(14)

SB: MIN- Erstad(12)

CS: MIN- Mauer(2)

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8-8-22
Charlie Maxwell tied it with a solo in the 9th and won it with a SF in the 11th as the Tigers beat the Kernels 3-2!

DET(57-59) 3 8 0
IOW(41-75) 2 6 0

W: Radatz 2-0 3.60 ERA
L: Locker 2-10 3.43 ERA
S: Assenmacher 1 2.53 ERA

HR: DET- Maxwell(15)

SB: DET- Cuyler 2(38,39) IOW- Clarke 3(69,70,71)

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8-9-22
Walks, errors haunt Feller as the Kernels fall 5-4 to the Tigers!

DET(58-59) 5 7 3
IOW(41-76) 4 8 1

W: Cicotte 13-9 4.26 ERA
L: Feller 7-13 3.16 ERA
S: Putz 31 1.50 ERA

IOW: Trosky 3-5 2 2B R RBI

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Putz was lights out again!

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8-10-22
Bing Miller’s huge day carries the Kernels to a 6-5 walkoff win over the Tigers!

Miller: 5-5 2 2B 3B R 5RBI

DET(58-60) 5 7 0
IOW(42-76) 6 10 1

W: Locker 3-10 3.35 ERA
L: Radatz 2-1 3.63 ERA

HR: DET- K. Young 2(4,5)

SB: DET- Cuyler(40) IOW- Hairston(6)

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8-11-22
Tigers rally in the 9th to walkoff the Kernels 2-1!

IOW(42-77) 1 8 0
DET(59-60) 2 6 0

W: Putz 4-4 1.47 ERA
L: Wacha 3-5 4.92 ERA CG(2) 10K 2WK

CS: IOW- Bancroft(3)

DET: Ted Simmons 2-4 2B R GWRBI

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8-8-22
Clemens tosses 8 strong as the Reds beat the Brewers 8-1!

MIL(42-74) 1 5 2
CIN(64-52) 8 13 0

W: Clemens 12-9 4.30 ERA
L: Joss 8-12 3.57 ERA

HR: MIL- A. Simmons(7) CIN- Schmidt(27)

SB: CIN- Larkin(27)

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8-9-22
BrewCrew does just enough, they edge the Reds 3-2!

MIL(43-74) 3 7 1
CIN(64-53) 2 4 0

W: Grimes 7-10 4.10 ERA
L: Young 11-8 3.26 ERA

SB: MIL- Beaumont(18)

E: MIL- Hauser 1

MIL: McCurdy 1-3 SF

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8-10-22
Rose goes 3-4 to pace the Reds in a 4-2 win over the Brewers.

MIL(43-75) 2 8 0
CIN(65-53) 4 9 0

W: Chance 5-6 4.90 ERA
L: Nichols 5-13 5.21 ERA
S: Fingers 9 3.49 ERA

SB: CIN- Singer(45) Larkin(28)

CS: MIL- Beaumont(1)

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8-11-22
Reds get to Radke for 4 in the 1st and never look back. They beat the Brewers 6-1!

MIL(43-76) 1 5 2
CIN(66-53) 6 9 1

W: R. Brown 11-7 3.87 ERA
L: Radke 2-15 4.46 ERA

HR: MIL- Hauser(12) CIN- Rose(2)

SB: MIL- Grudzielanek(9) CIN- Singer(46)

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Intermittent reminder for the youngsters out there who see a scorecard or even a box score showing a pitcher throwing for 9 innings. This is what is known as a complete game.

Nowadays a thing to be celebrated but in the olden days it was the expectation for the pitcher, just another day at the office.

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8-8-22
Cubs take game 1 of a huge divisional series 6-2 over the Clowns!

IND(67-49) 2 6 0
CHC(66-50) 6 10 0

W: Saberhagen 9-6 2.81 ERA
L: M. Brown 14-5 3.07 ERA
S: Gerralts 1 7.28 ERA

HR: CHC- Thome(28)

SB: IND- Roush(8)

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8-9-22
Cubs outslug Clowns 12-8, pull into 1st place tie in the Great Lakes Division!

IND(67-50) 8 13 1
CHC(67-50) 12 12 1

W: Isringhausen 3-4 2.41 ERA
L: Trout 11-8 4.10 ERA

HR: CHC- Thome(29)

SB: IND- Roush(9) Charleston(64) CHC- Henderson(94)

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Cubs starter Rick Rueschel was struck by a line drive and will be out for 60 days. He could return for the playoffs. The Cubs have called up Dutch Leonard.

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Wishing Reuschel a speedy and healthy recovery.

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8-11-22
Boudreau’s RBI double gives the Cubs a 3-2 walkoff win over the Clowns! Cubs take 3 of 4.

IND(68-51) 2 8 3
CHC(68-51) 3 9 0

W: Gregorson 3-3 2.76 ERA
L: Pleasac 2-5 3.04 ERA

HR: IND- Hodges(14)

SB: IND-Carey(24) CHC- Henderson(95)

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8-8-22
Mantle homers twice as the Drillers coast to an 8-3 win over the Rockies!

OKD(60-56) 8 11 0
COL(38-78) 3 3 1

W: Blanton 9-6 3.15 ERA
L: T. Hughes 6-15 5.00 ERA

HR: OKD- Mantle 2(18,19) COL- Bryant(11)

SB: OKD- Rogan(18)

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8-9-22
Drillers pen falters 3 times! Bryant walks it off in a 9-7 Rockies win!

OKD(60-57) 7 11 1
COL(39-78) 9 13 0

W: Melancon 3-4 1.41 ERA
L: Sadler 2-3 2.08 ERA

HR: COL- Pham(8) Harper(20) Snyder(3) Headley(1) Bryant(12)

SB: OKD- Wells(17)

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8-10-22
Rogan hits a wall in the 8th, Rockies win 6-3 over the Drillers!

OKD(60-58) 3 10 0
COL(40-78) 6 6 2

W: Gossage 1-2 4.30 ERA
L: Rogan 9-10 3.38 ERA
S: Melancon 22 1.37 ERA

HR: COL- Gallo(22)

SB: OKD- Realmuto(3)

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8-11-22
Drillers blast 4HR! Earn split, beating the Rockies 12-2!

OKD(61-58) 12 14 1
COL(40-79) 2 9 1

W: Brecheen 12-7 3.48 ERA
L: Gausman 7-14 4.98 ERA

HR: OKD- Rogan(5) Wells(14) Thompson(8) Stargell(20)

SB: OKD- Rogan(19)

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Wellsie had a good series, IMO.

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Willie Wells was 9-17 w/ a 2B, a HR, a SB and 6RBI. Very productive.

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I was thinking that it was former Blue Jay great, Vernon Wells.

Still, he got a lot of good ink.

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Vernon Wells is Louisiana born and has been up and down with the Lightning.

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8-9-22
Bellinger’s 9th inning grand slam put the game on ice as the D’Backs beat the Colt 45’s 7-2!

ARI(49-68) 7 10 1
TEX(73-44) 2 7 0

W: Ward 4-2 2.08 ERA
L: Maddux 13-8 3.49 ERA

HR: ARI- Garver(15) Bellinger(23)

E: ARI- Garver 1

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8-10-22
Kershaw outduels Bradish as the Colt 45’s beat the D’Backs 3-1!

ARI(49-69) 1 7 0
TEX(74-44) 3 4 0

W: Kershaw 14-6 1.92 ERA
L: Bradish 2-4 4.59 ERA
S: Nathan 17 3.77 ERA

HR: TEX- Mathews(13) Wesley(9)

SB: TEX- Speaker(22) Youngs(1)

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8-11-22
Foster, Hornsby lead Colt 45’s to a 3-0 win over the Diamondbacks!

ARI(49-70) 0 6 0
TEX(75-44) 3 8 0

W: Foster 9-9 3.71 ERA CG(4)
L: Braden 7-12 5.83 ERA

HR: TEX- Hornsby(14)

Hornsby 4-4 3 2B HR R 2RBI

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8-8-22
Cronin caps a 6 run 9th with a game tying 2R HR. Eddie Murray walked it off 2 innings later with a 2R HR of his own giving the Miners an 8-6 win!

WES(47-69) 8 10 0
SFM(72-44) 10 16 1

W: Nen 5-2 2.81 ERA
L: Lindstrom 1-9 4.91 ERA

HR: WES- Wong(6) SFM-Cronin(5) Murray(10)

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8-9-22
McGwire’s 3R HR in the 1st set the tone and the Miners coast to a 10-2 win over the Pioneers!

WES(47-70) 2 7 1
SFM(73-44) 10 11 0

W: Seaver 10-9 4.45 ERA
L: Schilling 11-8 3.27 ERA

HR: WES- Wong(6) SFM- McGwire(35) T. Williams(25)

SB: SFM- Bonds 2(17,18)

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8-10-22
Pioneers rally for 3 in the 9th to walkoff the Miners 6-5!

SFM(73-45) 5 11 0
WES(48-70) 6 13 1

W: Barnette 1-2 6.93 ERA
L: Nen 5-3 3.33 ERA

SB: SFM- Heilmann(4)

CS: WES- Victorino(3)

WES: Phelps 3-5 3RBI

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It’s a 3 dice system my dad designed, loosely based off a couple other games. Not sure what. He passed in 2020 so I can’t ask him. I’ve made some further modifications to enhance the gameplay and accuracy.

@scooter @RuthODay @olliethewobbly @AlexanderRaine7 @cardboardkarl @APBAreplay @YusufToropov
Very cool. What year are you operating this simulation in? I’d love to follow it when you start.

I actually own the 1987 version of Pursue the Pennant. I’ve only played it a few times.

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I’m also curious how you would organize your rosters? Fun project idea. I’m having a lot of fun with this historical project. I’m considering bringing it back for a “year 2” or replaying an actual season. 2002 has been on my mind lately. I’ve got about a year to figure it out before I finish this one.

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Using current players is cool and maybe you could draft historical players or even historical teams to fill out the rosters? You’d definitely need a way to keep from making teams too powerful or just providing some balance. How many teams are you looking at?