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I remember seeing an interview with Mays where he talked about what it was like for the Giants to play the Dodgers in the early '60s. It always seemed to be Drysdale and Koufax. "Don't you guys have anyone else?"
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Commissioner ... and by Band You May Have Forgotten Did Bluegrass This Well.
And Isn't the Grateful Dead.
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(Honor system, no looking stuff up!)
P Joe Black won Rookie of the Year honors in 1952. This was long before WAR, of course.
We could come close, though.
Add his '52 Ws to his SVs.
What's the total?
1 guess. 1st answer within 5 wins.
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SOOO close but not within 5!
Wish I could give it to you but League officials are sticklers, @ted_duffield ...
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I think that we can get this first time through the order.
35?
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Just in under the wire! Joe Black, purportedly a normal human being, somehow became a demigod in 1952, winning 15 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers and saving 15 more.
He also had an era of 2.15, and only missed winning the ERA championship because he was 8 innings short for qualification.
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"Say It LoudโI'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown
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:::tip of the cap to Ted for swinging low and forcing Yusuf to show his location::
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#1947League preview: BRAVES vs. PIRATES
Boston, winner of 7 straight, is the hottest team in the league at the moment; they send Warren Spahn (6-7, 3.52) to the mound to face Luis E. Tiant (8-7, 2.95). Pirates aiming to halt a 4-game losing streak.
2 teams headed in opposite directions.
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SPAHN SHUTS DOWN TIANT, PIRATES
Braves keep right on rolling as Spahn evens his record at 8-8 with a two-hit shutout. Boston has won eight in a row. Tiant's quality start goes to waste.
BOSB(42-36) 350
PIT(36-42) 020
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#Baseball #Trivia for the #fediverse:
Did Luis Tiant ever win a #WorldSeries?
Of course he did.
Your job: Tell me which one.
One guess only, please.
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @RuthODay and #JamesBrown, the one and only Godfather of Soul.
Out of sight!
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By the way -- almost forgot that yesterday was a shutout win for those red-hot Boston Braves. Cue the King and the Beautiful Shufflers.... #1947League