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ericnease84 · 02-04-2023, 02:37 AM

The 1929 season started off with a very competitive ABC East race between the Knights (of course), the Destroyers and the Captains. As late as early June, Buffalo was in first place. Meanwhile in the ABC West, the Prowlers got off to a hot start and ran away with the division; by the middle of the season it was clear that they would win it. The Knights did pull ahead and won their division yet again, finishing with an 11-game lead. So that makes it now seven years in a row with the Prowlers and Knights meeting in the ABC Championship Series.

Things looked different in the NBC. The Colonels once again got off to a good start, and once again they had a challenger: the defending champion Chicago Cardinals. The Colonels built up a big lead but, as in the previous two seasons, it began to shrink in mid August. Meanwhile, in what turned out to be a very weak NBC East, the Bears sunk to the bottom of the division. It was soon clear that their 5-year run of first place finishes was over. The Washington Eagles, Hartford Lions and Philadelphia Yellow Jackets were all competing for the top spot in the division, while simultaneously fighting to keep their records above .500. In the end, the Lions and Eagles finished the season tied with records of 71-69, while the Yellow Jackets finished third at 70-70. The Eagles and Lions played a one-game playoff to decide the division, and the Eagles won the game. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Colonels finally did not collapse in the end, winning the NBC West to become the first of the four expansion teams to make the playoffs, in their fourth season of existence.

In the playoffs, the Colonels did as was expected and beat the barely-over-.500 Washington Eagles to win their first ever pennant. In their fourth year of existence, the Colonels have now achieved something that two of the original teams--the Kentucky Kings and Dover Green Sox--have never done in now 29 years.

In the yearly Prowlers/Knights series, that probably everyone outside of New York or Pittsburgh was tired of hearing about, the Knights took the series in five games and went on to face the 4-year old Atlanta Colonels in the World Series. The Colonels put up a fight, but in the end they were no match for the Knights, who defeated them in six games to win their 7th championship in team history.

There had been talk of expanding each league to 12 teams during the 1929 season, but after the stock market crashed at the end of the season, those talks were quickly put on the back burner.

02-04-2023, 02:37 AM	#42
ericnease84 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 144	1929: Change is coming? The 1929 season started off with a very competitive ABC East race between the Knights (of course), the Destroyers and the Captains. As late as early June, Buffalo was in first place. Meanwhile in the ABC West, the Prowlers got off to a hot start and ran away with the division; by the middle of the season it was clear that they would win it. The Knights did pull ahead and won their division yet again, finishing with an 11-game lead. So that makes it now seven years in a row with the Prowlers and Knights meeting in the ABC Championship Series. Things looked different in the NBC. The Colonels once again got off to a good start, and once again they had a challenger: the defending champion Chicago Cardinals. The Colonels built up a big lead but, as in the previous two seasons, it began to shrink in mid August. Meanwhile, in what turned out to be a very weak NBC East, the Bears sunk to the bottom of the division. It was soon clear that their 5-year run of first place finishes was over. The Washington Eagles, Hartford Lions and Philadelphia Yellow Jackets were all competing for the top spot in the division, while simultaneously fighting to keep their records above .500. In the end, the Lions and Eagles finished the season tied with records of 71-69, while the Yellow Jackets finished third at 70-70. The Eagles and Lions played a one-game playoff to decide the division, and the Eagles won the game. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Colonels finally did not collapse in the end, winning the NBC West to become the first of the four expansion teams to make the playoffs, in their fourth season of existence. In the playoffs, the Colonels did as was expected and beat the barely-over-.500 Washington Eagles to win their first ever pennant. In their fourth year of existence, the Colonels have now achieved something that two of the original teams--the Kentucky Kings and Dover Green Sox--have never done in now 29 years. In the yearly Prowlers/Knights series, that probably everyone outside of New York or Pittsburgh was tired of hearing about, the Knights took the series in five games and went on to face the 4-year old Atlanta Colonels in the World Series. The Colonels put up a fight, but in the end they were no match for the Knights, who defeated them in six games to win their 7th championship in team history. There had been talk of expanding each league to 12 teams during the 1929 season, but after the stock market crashed at the end of the season, those talks were quickly put on the back burner.