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actionjackson · 01-28-2021, 06:33 PM

The St. Louis Browns' looong and bumpy road to the top in pictures. They had some of the absolute worst teams I've ever seen, but they finally reached the playoffs in 1914, with a 108-54 record, and knocked off the 107 win White Sox to reach the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The 88-74 Phillies pulled off some voodoo magic of their own by knocking out the heavily favoured 111-51 Cardinals to reach the World Series. Fun times in St. Louis these days eh? All three series went seven games.

The Brownies almost blew the ALCS. Up 3-1 in the series, they lost 3-0, and 10-3 to set up a Game 7 at Sportsman's Park. They were down 4-3 after six when John Clarkson came out of the 'pen on two days rest to set down 6 in a row, whiffing five. Jack Clements hit a game tying solo HR off Pat Clements in the bottom of the eighth. Lee Smith got three straight ground outs in the ninth, and Nick Castellanos hit a walkoff sac fly to send them off to the Series.

Then, they faced huge obstacles in the World Series against the Phillies as well, falling behind 3-1 in the series. Not a good idea to fall behind 5-0 after three innings in a potential elimination game either right? No probs. 6.1 innings worth of two hit shutout from the bullpen plus twelve runs over the final six innings created a 12-5 blowout for the Browns. In Game 6, they held on to a 3-0 lead after one inning to win 3-2, and send things to a deciding game 7. Not. Even. Close. 8-1 with John Clarkson going all the way.

But it was a very difficult, extremely slow climb to that moment. 1905 and 1906 were so far away from the ultimate goal:

01-28-2021, 06:33 PM	#32
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,181	The St. Louis Browns' looong and bumpy road to the top in pictures. They had some of the absolute worst teams I've ever seen, but they finally reached the playoffs in 1914, with a 108-54 record, and knocked off the 107 win White Sox to reach the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The 88-74 Phillies pulled off some voodoo magic of their own by knocking out the heavily favoured 111-51 Cardinals to reach the World Series. Fun times in St. Louis these days eh? All three series went seven games. The Brownies almost blew the ALCS. Up 3-1 in the series, they lost 3-0, and 10-3 to set up a Game 7 at Sportsman's Park. They were down 4-3 after six when John Clarkson came out of the 'pen on two days rest to set down 6 in a row, whiffing five. Jack Clements hit a game tying solo HR off Pat Clements in the bottom of the eighth. Lee Smith got three straight ground outs in the ninth, and Nick Castellanos hit a walkoff sac fly to send them off to the Series. Then, they faced huge obstacles in the World Series against the Phillies as well, falling behind 3-1 in the series. Not a good idea to fall behind 5-0 after three innings in a potential elimination game either right? No probs. 6.1 innings worth of two hit shutout from the bullpen plus twelve runs over the final six innings created a 12-5 blowout for the Browns. In Game 6, they held on to a 3-0 lead after one inning to win 3-2, and send things to a deciding game 7. Not. Even. Close. 8-1 with John Clarkson going all the way. But it was a very difficult, extremely slow climb to that moment. 1905 and 1906 were so far away from the ultimate goal: Attached Images Last edited by actionjackson; 01-28-2021 at 08:43 PM.