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Post by tyguy on Nov 18, 2011 19:42:04 GMT -4
I just started a replay on the computer. Felt like doing 1941 after watching the Sixth Inning of the old Baseball documentary and the season Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams had.
So I'm going to run the Yankees and Red Sox and for the NL the Brooklyn Dodgers since they won the pennant and my favorite franchise the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Anyone care to see some stuff? I won't post every game like my round robin tournament.
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Post by tax on Nov 18, 2011 22:27:58 GMT -4
I'd read it.
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Post by tyguy on Nov 18, 2011 22:52:40 GMT -4
National League
Born April 14, 1941 - Pete Rose
April 15, 1941 Opening day for the National League and the New York Giants edged the Brookly Dodgers 7-6. Hal Schumacher pitched six innings for the win and had three RBI.
The Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Piragtes 4-2 on opening day. Stan Hack and Bill Nicholson hit home runs.
April 16, 1941 Brooklyn 6, New York 2 Kirby Higbe pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and Dolph Camilli hit two home runs. Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4 Max Butcher went six innings for the win as the Pirates capitalzied on three Chicago errors. Philadelphia 7, Boston 3
Cincinnati 17, St. Louis 2
April 17, 1941 St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 5, Boston 3 Brooklyn 7, New York 2 Curt Davis went the distance and also hit a grand slam. Carl Hubbell allowed five runs in two innings. Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 2 Bill Lee made it to the ninth for the win. Elbie Fletcher homered and had four of the seven hits for the Pirates.
American League
April 14, 1941
A real fun opening day, the only game on the schedule. The Senators almost knock off the Yanks but go down 3-2 in 11 innings. Washington had the winning run thrown out at home plate in the 10th. Phil Rizzuto with two errors and gets hurt at the end of the game. The Yanks intentionally walked Cecil Travis twice and it paid off each time. The Senators turned three double plays but left 13 men on base.
April 15, 1941
Day two of the 1941 season and opening day for the rest of the league. Washington spoiled the season-opener for Boston with a 4-2 win as the Senators shutdown the BoSox.
Elsewhere: Chicago 2, Cleveland 0 Les Thornton threw a five-hit shoutout. St. Louis 9, Detroit 8 (10 inn) Detroit rallied from an 8-4 deficit to tie the game. Back to back doubles by Roy Cullenbine and Chet Laabs won the game for the Browns. New York 14, Philadelphia 2 The Yankees blew this one open late and Red Ruffing pitched a complete game. Joe DiMaggio went 4 for 4 with a HR, three RBI and five runs scored.
April 16, 1941 Boston 13, Washington 1 Ted Williams and Jimmie Foxx hit home runs and Charlie Wagner pitched a complete game. Cleveland 5, Chicago 3 Al Milnar pitched into the ninth as the Tribe collect their first win. St. Louis 10, Detroit 3 Eldon Auker went the distance and Chet Laambs had five RBI for the Browns. New York 4, Philadelphia 2 Spud Chandler worked into the ninth and Johnny Murphy came on for the save. Tommy Henrich homered and the A's left 13 men on base. April 17, 1941 Cleveland 5, Chicago 4 Detroit 6, St. Louis 4 Boston 12, Washington 4 Joe Cronin homered and drove in four runs. Mickey Harris pitched seven innings allowing three runs. New York 7, Philadelphia 6 Lefty Gomez allowed one earned run in seven innings and Johnny Murphy picked up the save. A three-run homer by Pete Suder in the eighth pulled the A's within one.
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Post by tyguy on Nov 18, 2011 23:05:50 GMT -4
Year In Review : 1941
Off the field...
The American decision to impose sanctions on Japan, in response to the Japanese invasion of Indo-China, convinced Japanese leaders that war with the United States was inevitable. While the Japanese government continued to project peace under the disguise of negotiations in Washington, plans went ahead for a surprise military action that would catch the U.S. completely off-guard. One major vulnerability proposed for an attack was the U.S. Fleet's Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii that was reachable by an aircraft carrier force. Taking advantage of this strategic "loop-hole" the Japanese Navy secretly sent a naval battle group across the Pacific with greater aerial striking power than had ever been seen on the World's oceans. After sneaking almost undetected past the military's radar, its planes hit the heart of the shipyard just before 8 a.m. killing over two-thousand four-hundred Americans and destroying five of eight battleships and most of the Hawaii-based combat planes.
The governments of American and Great Britain declared the "Atlantic Charter" in anticipation of the end of World War II. The joint agreement expressed certain common principles in their national policies to be followed in the postwar period. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill signed the announcement aboard a warship in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland. It stated that neither country sought any territorial, or any other, sovereign enhancement from the war. It also proclaimed the right of all people to choose their own form of government and not to have boundary changes imposed on them. In addition, the charter expressed the hope that all countries would be able to feel secure from aggression and recognized the principle of freedom of the seas, expressed the conviction that humanity must renounce the use of force in international relations, and affirmed the need for military disarmament after the anticipated victory by Allied forces.
In the American League...
Taft Wright, an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox, set an American League record on May 20th after driving in at least one run in thirteen consecutive games. During the streak, Wright recorded twenty-two runs batted in although in six of the games he knocked in a run without a hit.
On May 25th, Boston Red Sox icon Ted Williams raised his record-setting batting average to over .400 for the first time. Over the remainder of the season, his quest to outdo Bill Terry (1930) played leapfrog on sports pages around the country with the New York Yankees Joe DiMaggio who was working on a hitting streak of his own.
Joe DiMaggio's fifty-six game hitting streak finally ended on July 17th thanks to solid pitching by Cleveland Indians pitchers Al Smith and Jim Bagby. Despite stopping the "Yankee Clipper", the Tribe was unable to stop the rest of New York and lost 6-5 in front of 60,000 fans.
In the National League...
The Chicago Cubs became the first Major League Baseball franchise to install an organ for fan entertainment. It was one of the only innovations ever to be introduced at Wrigley Field, which later boasted a "backward" reputation as the last ballpark ever to install lights.
The New York Giants became the first team to use plastic batting helmets during a June 6th double header against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Although the batters appeared comfortable in their new headgear at the plate, they still went on to lose both games 5-4 and 4-3.
Frankie Frisch, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was ejected from the second game of an August 19th doubleheader after appearing on the field waving an umbrella to protest the playing conditions at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. American artist Norman Rockwell later transformed the humorous argument into a famous oil painting titled "Bottom of the Sixth".
Around the league...
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Hugh Mulcahy became the first Major Leaguer drafted into the Armed Forces for WW II. An All-Star in 1940, Mulcahy would pitch less than one-hundred innings after he returned from the war. Over the next two years over one-hundred major leaguers were drafted and two (Elmer Gedeon and Harry O'Neill) were killed in action.
In response to the notorious "bean ball wars" of the 1940 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers inserted protective liners into their caps as a safety precaution. The rising aggressions between pitchers and batters had resulted in the serious injury and hospitalization of Joe Medwick, Billy Jurges, and others. Although the thin liners were hardly noticeable, many players around the league criticized them as a distraction.
Thirty-seven year-old New York Yankee Lou Gehrig, also known as "The Iron Horse" died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (later renamed Lou Gehrig's Disease) on June 2nd. His legacy on the field included a lifetime batting average of .340, fifteenth all-time highest, and he amassed more than four-hundred total bases on five occasions. A player with few peers, Gehrig is still one of only seven players with more than one-hundred extra-base hits in one season. During his career he averaged one-hundred forty-seven RBIs a year and his one-hundred eighty-four RBIs in 1931 still remains the second highest single season total in American League history. Always at the top of his game, Gehrig won the Triple Crown in 1934, with a .363 average, forty-nine home runs, and one-hundred sixty-five RBIs, and was chosen Most Valuable player in both 1927 and 1936. Unbelievable for a man of his size, #4 stole home fifteen times, and he batted .361 in thirty-four World Series games with ten home runs, eight doubles, and thirty-five RBIs. He also holds the record for career grand slams with twenty-three. Gehrig hit seventy-three, three-run home runs, as well as one-hundred sixty-six two-run shots, giving him the highest average of RBIs (per homer) of any player with more than three-hundred home runs.
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Post by tyguy on Nov 19, 2011 23:31:05 GMT -4
American League
Still early on just a week into the season. I'll just look at the Yankees and Red Sox for now since I am playing those games.
This season will be interesting. Plenty of players I know but a lot I don't. A lot of bad players, man, no hitting, poor pitching.
The Yanks started off 5-0 before losing for the first time. Joe DiMaggio hit in six straight to open up before taking an 0-for. Joltin' Joe batting .486 with 13 runs, five doubles, one HR and 8 RBI. Red Rolfe with 10 RBI from the #2 spot in the order. Joe Gordon, Charlie Keller and Bill Dickey all with 7 RBI.
The BoSox are 4-3. Ted Williams hitting .480 with 10 runs, 2 HR and 6 RBI.
Recaps
April 18 New York 13, Washington 9 (10 inn) Boston 8, Philadelphia 7 (10 inn)
April 19 Washington 4, New York 3 (14 inn) Philadelphia 5, Boston 3
April 20 New York 11, Philadelphia 8 Boston 6, Washington 2
April 21 New York 5, Philadelphia 2
Standings
New York 7-1 Detroit 4-3 Chicago 4-3 Boston 4-3 St. Louis 3-4 Cleveland 3-4 Washington 3-5 Philadelphia 1-6
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Post by tyguy on Nov 20, 2011 16:14:48 GMT -4
National League
The Brooklyn Dodgers are off to a good start at 6-2. They are getting the pitching and hitting together in the early goings. Pete Reiser doing his job hitting .485 and Joe Medwick has 9 RBI.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are not doing well, batting .215 as a team and are 2-4. Elbie Fletcher is batting .409.
Standings
Brooklyn 6-2 St. Louis 4-2 Philadelphia 4-3 Cincinnati 4-3 New York 3-4 Chicago 3-4 Pittsburgh 2-4 Boston 2-6
April 18 Brooklyn 3, Boston 2 (10 inn) Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2
April 19 Brooklyn 2, Boston 1 Boston 2, Brooklyn 1 Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2
April 20 Brooklyn 11, New York 6 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2
April 21 Brooklyn 5, New York 1
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Post by tax on Nov 20, 2011 16:58:53 GMT -4
Yankees are tearing it up....early but looks like it could be Yankees/Dodgers all over again.
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Post by tyguy on Nov 20, 2011 19:10:24 GMT -4
April 23, 1941
Brooklyn 12, Philadelphia 6
Billy Herman goes 6 for 6 with five RBI in a game that the lead changed hands five times. The Dodgers scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth to create a cushion. The Phils turned a TRIPLE PLAY in this one!
St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2 (11 inn)
Another heartbreaker for the Pirates as they drop their third straight game.
Random Highlights
April 16, 1941
Cincinnati 17, St. Louis 2
Johnny Vander Meer tossed a complete game and Eddie Joost hit 3 doubles and had 4 RBI at Crosley Field as the Cincinnati Reds embarrassed the St. Louis Cardinals by the lopsided score of 17 to 2.
Joost made sure the Cincinnati fans enjoyed themselves. He doubled plating a run in the 2nd inning, doubled plating two runs in the 4th inning and doubled scoring a run in the 6th inning. Cincinnati lit up the scoreboard in the 6th inning when they had 6 runs on 5 hits. Cincinnati dominated offensively as they scored in 6 different innings.
Vander Meer(1-0) finished the game allowing 2 runs in the victory. Ernie White(0-1) was charged with the loss. He allowed 7 hits and 3 walks in 2 and 2/3 innings.
April 18, 1941
Chicago 1, St. Louis 0
Jake Mooty blanked St. Louis in a very well-pitched complete game as the Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 1 to 0 at Sportstman's Park.
Mooty(1-0) gave Chicago a solid outing. He gave up just 7 hits and 5 walks in 9 innings. St. Louis made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.
The losing pitcher was Max Lanier(0-1) in relief. He was a hard-luck loser as he did not allow an earned run in his 5 innings of work.
'Just one or two mistakes were all it took to beat us today' St. Louis' manager said. 'We take these games one day at a time, but this one was hard to take.'
April 20
Brooklyn 11, New York 6
Dixie Walker doubles, homers and drives in five runs as the Dodgers outlast the Giants 11-6.
Philadelphia 1, Boston 0
Johnny Podgajny tossed a complete game shutout at Braves Field as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Braves by the count of 1 to 0.
Podgajny(1-1) was in control of the game from the outset. He gave up just 6 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings lowering his ERA from 2.25 to 1.06. Boston threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short.
The losing pitcher was Jim Tobin(1-1). He was a hard-luck loser as he did not allow an earned run in his 9 innings of work.
'We won because we did the little things right.' Philadelphia's manager said after the game. 'This is why we practice things over and over and over, so when we get in close games we don't make mistakes.'
April 22, 1941
Cincinnati 8, Chicago 1
Center fielder Harry Craft rocketed 2 homeruns and Paul Derringer went 9 strong innings at Wrigley Field as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 8 to 1.
Craft enjoyed a big day at the plate. He emptied the bases with a Grand Slam homerun in the 5th inning and hit a bases-empty home run (his2nd of the season) in the 9th inning. Cincinnati had 7 hits for the afternoon.
Derringer(1-1) got the victory, allowing 1 run for the game. Paul Erickson(0-2) was the losing pitcher. His biggest problem was control as he allowed 7 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.
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