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Big signing news
One of the most fascinating elements this year will be the way clubs handle the fist batch of Legacy Players, all of whose contracts expire at the end of this season.
We have already re-signed Honus but will be letting Jack Chesbro walk, I'm afraid. Our third foundation Legacy, Deacon Phillippe, has as you might remember retired. A reminder of the rules in this regard. While I am not allowed to trade for any Legacy Players, even if the trade is instigated by the other side, once they enter the FA market they are fair game. The Cubs are the first of the other clubs to take decisive action. https://i.imgur.com/OVJwzXT.png?1 |
Impossible to replace a guy who can play CF and hit too.
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Ahhh the (over)exuberance of youth...
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One for my fellow math nerds...
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Yea, lousy loser, take THAT!
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Double quality on the hill...
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McCarver or Smoltz apparently writing the recaps in this save
From a career that looks like this:
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The View from the Gangplank: June 1, 1910
Six weeks in and things are going pretty well for us as we sit atop the NL by a half-game from our old friends the Cubs. An excellent 20-8 May turned us around nicely after our 8-9 April, leaving us at 28-17.
https://i.imgur.com/NZLpF4n.png?1 Over in the AL, the Browns have cooled off after their torrid start to the season, and the A's now lead a really tight field, with just 1 1/2 games from them to the fifth-placed Naps. The White Sox are the real surprise so far, deep in the AL cellar at 15-28 and swirling in rumours of clubhouse strife. https://i.imgur.com/NsfyaqZ.png?1 To this point it has been our offence doing most of the heavy lifting, compensating for our young rotation's inconsistency. Vin Campbell has taken the opportunity presented him by Max Carey's injury with both hands and then some, currently leading in all three Triple Crown categories with a 381 BA, 5 HR and 31 RBI, and rightfully snagging the monthly award. But he hasn't been alone, with every one of our starters in good nick. Our 204 runs scored leads the NL, but our comparatively low +35 run diff backs up what I said about our rotation, which - with the exception of Louis Drucke - has given up way too many runs and hits. https://i.imgur.com/nHnMXRO.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/wOenyR4.png?1 Here are the Awards and some news from around the league, back with another recap at the end of July. https://i.imgur.com/F742A69.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/kRB56HG.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/yWPMo9r.png?1https://i.imgur.com/lyqqyOb.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
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Surely Vin is doing well enough at the plate to compensate for his defensive deficiency.
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The View from the Gangplank: July 1, 1910
Any thoughts we might have had about trying to steal a pinch on the division prove to be the folly of a delusional mindset as we regress heavily, with the mid-month section seeing us lose 8 of 9 including 6 straight at one point and falling out of first place. We keep losing and keep falling and when the dust settles from our 9-17 June, we sit in equal 4th place, 5 GB the Cubs, who have reasserted their dominance for now.
https://i.imgur.com/thYLqUR.png?1 It’s fair to say the wheels have fallen off. But why? Well we knew our early form was almost certainly unsustainable, but our form in pretty much every facet of the game has deserted us. Bats went very cold with the exception of Harvey, Wagner and the redoubtable Murphy, while our rotation remains far too unreliably inconsistent. This latter point was OK when the bats were going off, but now we’re just getting beat up pretty bad on almost a daily basis. We need to regroup and get things back on track post haste. The AL remains tight, with the Tigers parlaying a 17-7 sectional into a 2 1/2 game lead. https://i.imgur.com/YCZbp9F.png?1 Another Legacy player re-signs, with the Cubs locking down Danny Green until 1914. Pretty astute move on their part, he is a bit of an unheralded gun. Here are the awards and some other news. https://i.imgur.com/C18yKx7.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/ov8WzLr.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
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The View from the Gangplank: August 1, 1910
Our stuttering form carries over into the new month as we fall further off the pace and inexorably slide back to 500 ball. This from at one stage being 33-18. Which is 10-25 since that peak of June 7, or a .286 winning record.
Unfathomable, really. Have a look at these monthly stats and see if you can spot something. https://i.imgur.com/2MciosE.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/rxkXaFq.png?1 I mean, sure, I'll be the first to admit our pitching isn't doing as well as hoped. But it is a young rotation and we expected that. It's not as if they are experiencing a blowout or anything. And look at those huge offensive numbers. It doesn’t stop there. No surprise, when Carey finally comes off the IL we rush him straight in. I resolve the OF logjam in a totally unsatisfactory way, by moving Murphy to 1B. As I say, it is totally unsatisfactory, especially given we are already last in the NL with -45 Fielding Runs. But for now it will simply have to do, I can’t see any other options. I also move Cole into the rotation at the expense of a struggling Drucke. Things are going so bad I nearly move Chesbro in there as well for one final hurrah, and haven’t completely ruled the move out yet. I do rule it out when, in the final game of a horrendous 10-16 month, Chesbro gives up 5 runs in an inning of relief as we lose a walkoff 11-10 heartbreaker to Cincy in 10 innings. Yeah, that ain’t happening. More likely he’s going to finish his long and storied stint with us just like Phillippe did, on the Reserve Roster. At 47-50 and 13 games off the pace, this season is pretty much done for us, so I need to look toward the future. https://i.imgur.com/9e67mei.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/MRuBOas.png?1 To say I'm exasperated is putting it ever so mildly. Perhaps the greatest shame of it is that we are wasting another exceptional season by Dutchie, as well as the coming-of-age of Vin Campbell. The AL looks like it is going to be one heck of a race, with plenty of teams right in it. The Red Sox have come good at last, with Speaker leading the way. Noodles Hahn finally gets to 200 wins after his long injury layoff, while Nap Lajoie becomes the first player in league history with 2000 career hits. Rube Waddell’s season ends early after he suffers a torn elbow tendon. And in an almost inexplicable trade, Sam Crawford is traded by the Reds for two fairly ordinary players, Billy Purtell and Doc Johnson. He is a FA at season end, which is the only reason I can think they’d make such a lopsided deal. This is the first trade involving a Legacy Player. Here are the awards, news, and leaders. https://i.imgur.com/pvV2Ik9.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/LAGFZdD.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/Jj9mvJa.png?1https://i.imgur.com/918Atku.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
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The View from the Gangplank: September 1, 1910
More of the same from us in August: the occasional blinding flash of brilliance that merely teases with a glimpse of how good this team could and should be, interspersed with an utter lack of cohesion resulting in more losses than wins in this overwhelmingly disappointing campaign.
And if there is one three-game window into just why this season is such a wasted one, it is our utter demolition job on the division-leading (at that time) Phillies in a 3-gamer. Get a load of these line scores: https://i.imgur.com/mgiSzcL.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/SobFH0O.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/hqAP8xi.png?1 And how about the numbers our bats have put up thru end August: https://i.imgur.com/pJDQxVi.png?1 And yet, for all our firepower, we post yet another losing sectional, going 12-13 to now sit 4 games under 500. https://i.imgur.com/8azI0dT.png?1 Another costly implosion by Chesbro to make it three straight losses against the 7th-placed Doves is the final straw and he’s off to the RR, with Lou Fiene called up in his place. In the final days of the month, with Dismukes looking fatigued, I call up Barney Pelty, move Dizzy into the pen and Fiene back to the RR. But it is all just shifting deckchairs on the Titanic, really. This ship looks to be going down without a trace. https://i.imgur.com/ynARt69.png?1 Onto more pertinent news. Both the Superbas and Giants enjoy an excellent month and move into contention, although this race in all reality looks down to the Cubs and Phils, who enter the stretch tied at 72-49. Over in the AL, it again looks to be a race in two, with the Sens and Red Sox now double-digits clear of their rivals. https://i.imgur.com/x6a6Cp2.png?1 Awards (note Max Carey's prominence here), news, leaders. Only key updates from here to the end of the regular season. https://i.imgur.com/E482zRW.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/PpXVFM1.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/xLpwXYD.png?1https://i.imgur.com/tXa8Ti5.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
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A quick update: October 1, 1910
Little to report, both races still alive.
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The View from the Gangplank: end of regular season, 1910
We finish the season in an entirely appropriate manner for the worst campaign in franchise history, going 12-20 to come out in 5th place at 71-83.
https://i.imgur.com/Pjpp9or.png?1 While the offence has been outstanding all year, the pitching is just in terrible shape, and it is telling that we had just 4 shutouts all season, by far the lowest of any team. Our team ERA is 15th of 16 in the entire league, with only the Doves’ 3.61 worse than our 3.25 The defence is even worse, ranking dead last with an abhorrent minus 54 Fielding Runs. After beginning the year 6-0, Rube Vickers went an ugly 3-17 for the remainder and is a real concern going forward. Louis Drucke is not a starter, and will take on a key reliever role from this point on. https://i.imgur.com/wDzBw4c.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/nYliHI0.png?1 Redeeming features? Campbell and Carey. Herzog confirming his star status. The time-defiant Wagner. Adams and Dismukes also looked OK. That is about it. Is it enough to build on? Perhaps, but the offseason will be key. The Cubs and Sens clinch in relatively comfortable fashion to set up a World Series rematch. The Red Sox try hard and, despite coming up short, should be proud of their turnaround. https://i.imgur.com/CGQsCRW.png?1 Ty Cobb wins his fourth AL batting crown in four tries with a 372 BA, while Brooklyn rookie Jake Daubert is the NL Champion, hitting 339. Vin Campbell finishes second in the NL with 12 home runs (behind Chicago outfielder Wildfire Schulte’s 17), while Honus’s 99 ribbies put him as runner-up to Philadelphia’s Jack Barry, who had 103. https://i.imgur.com/s5tqxUF.png?1https://i.imgur.com/XYeM43l.png?1 Onto the World Series! S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
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1910 World Series Preview
Chicago Cubs (95-59) v Washington Senators (96-58)
Best-of-seven, Cubs with the home-field advantage. CHICAGO CUBS S+ PAGE WASHINGTON SENATORS S+ PAGE I firmly believe this is the Sens Series to lose, especially with no Waddell for the Baby Bears. It just looks like their time, with Johnson and Jackson both in their prime, and the experienced gleaned from last year’s disappointing loss cannot be underestimated. Still, the Cubs are an amazing club and didn’t lose a step when their ace went down. They won’t go down and hand the title over without a huge fight, especially with the key home-field advantage on their side. Will Cy Young finally win that elusive ring? I believe so. Sens in six for mine. https://i.imgur.com/CnKQmcV.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/buDEpzv.png?1 |
1910 World Series Recap
Game 1 in Chicago, October 18th 1910
Mordecai Brown (25-17, 2.33) v Walter Johnson (26-17, 2.01) Big shoes to fill, Waddell’s, but the Cubs don’t lose much with Brown stepping into them. Train had a poor ’09 Series and will be keen to atone. And atone he does, limiting the potent Chicago bats to just 2 hits while fanning 8 in a dominant performance. After conceding an early run, the Sens take control and never look in danger, as catcher George Gibson and left-fielder Jimmy Walsh each drive in 2. Four errors by the hosts do not help their cause. Senators 7, Cubs 2 BOX SCORE Game 2 in Chicago, October 19th 1910 Hippo Vaughn (15-11, 2.47) v Jack Pfiester (24-12, 2.42) Senators lead series 1-0 The pitchers hold sway before this game comes alive late. The Sens go ahead with a run in both the 4th and 6th, but the home side returns serve with a 3-spot in the 7th, chasing Pfiester. Jimmy Dygert gives the visitors 3 scoreless innings in relief and the bats do the rest, rallying with 4 in the 8th, with a 2-run double by Chick Gandil the key hit. Jackson drives in 3 as the Sens go home well and truly in control of their own destiny. Hippo Vaughn is valiant in defeat, but his defence lets the side down again with 7 errors, meaning all 6 of the Senators’ runs are unearned. Senators 6, Cubs 3 BOX SCORE Game 3 in Washington, October 21st 1910 Norwood Gibson (17-11, 2.39) v Jack Cronin (14-6, 2.33) Senators lead series 2-0 The Cubs show all the gumption you’d expect of a successful club like theirs, never giving up in this one to earn a huge road win and drag themselves back into the Series. Things look grim for a good portion of the game for the visitors, with Washington leading 3-2 after 7. But Gibson flags and the Cubs pounce with 4 in the top 8th on a Jim Doyle pinch-hit grand slam, and Sam Frock closes it out. Cubs 6, Senators 3 BOX SCORE Game 4 in Washington, October 22nd 1910 Walter Johnson (1-0, 1.74) v Mordecai Brown (0-1, 6.23) Senators lead series 2-1 An absolute classic here as Johnson and Brown fight to a no-decision and the Cubs win it in spares. The teams swap early runs but then the pitchers regain the ascendancy, with it still tied 1-1 after regulation. The Cubs always look the more likely to score, and eventually go ahead in the 10th on an RBI single by Wildfire Schulte. Frock is magnificent once again in relief, earning the win with 3 scoreless as this Series is tied at 2 and guaranteed of a return to the Windy City. Cubs 2, Senators 1 (10 innings) BOX SCORE Game 5 in Washington, October 23rd 1910 Jack Pfiester (1-0, 1.29) v Hippo Vaughn (0-1, 0.00) Series tied 2-2 Undoubtedly the key game in this contest, although it ends up being a no-contest as the Cubs stun the home side with a clinical win. Once again Chicago scores early with a run in the 1st, and they pad their lead with 2 more in the 3rd. The Sens creep closer with one in the 5th but the Cubs put them away with a deuce in the 7th and one more just to be sure in the 9th. Tinker is huge for the Cubs with 4 RBI, while Zimmerman goes 5-for-5 and Vaughn is superb, and you’d have to like your chances now if you are a Cubs fan. Cubs 6, Senators 1 BOX SCORE Game 6 in Chicago, October 25th 1910 Ed Reulbach (16-7, 2.11) v Norwood Gibson (0-1, 7.04) Cubs lead series 3-2 No more tomorrows for the Senators, and the Cubs make a late change by bringing Reulbach in to start this crucial game. It doesn’t prove the masterstroke Chicago were undoubtedly looking for, but it matters not as the Cubs reign supreme again, winning the franchise’s fourth Championship with a dogged 4-3 victory in front of 16000 adoring Chicagoans. All the action happens early in this one, with the home side answering Washington’s pair of runs in the top 5th with three of their own in the bottom half to take a 4-3 lead they never surrender. Zimmerman stars again, and is rightfully named MVP, and you have to wonder how the Senators are going to bounce back from this setback, when they looked in complete control after the first couple games, only to be unable to get it done. Cubs 4, Senators 3 BOX SCORE CHICAGO CUBS WIN SERIES 4-2. SERIES MVP: Heinie Zimmerman (Chicago) https://i.imgur.com/DbAxWW5.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/ak0A7vn.png?1https://i.imgur.com/z0hwBeW.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/8624MSk.png?1https://i.imgur.com/W33lKPi.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
1910 Awards & Leaders
AL 1910 HISTORY INDEX
NL 1910 HISTORY INDEX AWARDS HISTORY It takes an injury, but for the first time in league history, Rube Waddell doesn't win the NL CYA. It doesn't go far, though, with teammate Mordecai Brown snagging the award. Honus Wagner wins his 7th NL MVP Award. Here are the others: https://i.imgur.com/AHbOvWW.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/jxmH3bO.png?1 And another strong simulation result: https://i.imgur.com/V7ZOO8r.png?1 |
No more messing about
He might be 36 and past his absolute best, but Nap Lajoie is still a premier player in this league. And now, I am overjoyed to announce, he is a Pirate. Signed to a 4-year, $18000 deal, we'll be looking to Larry not only for his production on the field, but his guidance and leadership on some of our younger players off it. HE will be our everyday 2B.
This is the first domino, and forms part of a broader plan I have formulated to bring our club back into contention, where it should be. https://i.imgur.com/OtKN7by.png?1 |
1910/11 Rookie Draft
Held on 12/20/10.
A fascinating Draft for the 1911 season, as a few of the NeL players who missed out because they were rookies prior to the integration of the league are being added retrospectively. This, along with the first group of Legacies becoming Free Agents, has certainly made for a lot of buzz and activity around the traps, ourselves very much included as you have already seen. If I get my way – I was actually hoping to have him signed, sealed and delivered before the Draft but it hasn’t worked out that way – there’ll be another huge signing announced fairly soon. Nine Legacy Players this year, with Pete Alexander the clear pick of the bunch. I think I speak for the rest of the league in expressing my relief that, thanks to a quirk of the IRL 1910 standings, he goes to the Phillies rather than the Cubs, for whom he was also eligible. These are the Legacy Players for the 1911 season: Brooklyn Dodgers: Jeff Pfeffer (38.1; 226) Chicago Cubs: Vic Saier (15.2; 807 (93.3%)) Chicago White Sox: Joe Benz (16.5; 251) Cincinnati Reds: Ivey Wingo (17.9; 1010) Cleveland Naps: Steve O’Neill (26.3; 1365) New York Giants: George Burns (39.4; 1362) Philadelphia Phillies: Pete Alexander (119.0; 338) St. Louis Browns: Earl Hamilton (24.3; 233) Washington Senators: Ray Morgan (13.3; 741 (100%)) Hank Severeid (18.6; 1182) was also eligible for the Browns, but Hamilton’s higher WAR makes him the selection. Sherry Smith (27.1; 229) was also eligible for the Dodgers, but Pfeffer’s higher WAR makes him the selection. Jimmy Johnston (16.6; 1266) was also eligible for the Dodgers, but Pfeffer’s higher WAR makes him the selection. Pete Alexander was also eligible for the Chicago Cubs, but the Phillies’ higher Draft Pick gets him. There are 216 rookies for this season, and the Draft will consist of 8 rounds. The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1910 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round): Round 1 1. Philadelphia Phillies (510) 2. New York Giants (591) 3. Brooklyn Dodgers (416) 4. Cleveland Naps (467) 5. St. Louis Browns (305) 6. Cincinnati Reds (487) 7. Chicago White Sox (444) 8. Chicago Cubs (675) 9. Washington Senators (437) 10. Boston Rustlers (346) 11. St. Louis Cardinals (412) 12. Boston Red Sox (529) 13. Detroit Tigers (558) 14. Pittsburgh Pirates (562) 15. New York Highlanders (583) 16. Philadelphia Athletics (680) Rounds 2 thru 10 1. St. Louis Browns (305) 2. Boston Rustlers (346) 3. St. Louis Cardinals (412) 4. Brooklyn Dodgers (416) 5. Washington Senators (437) 6. Chicago White Sox (444) 7. Cleveland Naps (467) 8. Cincinnati Reds (487) 9. Philadelphia Phillies (510) 10. Boston Red Sox (529) 11. Detroit Tigers (558) 12. Pittsburgh Pirates (562) 13. New York Highlanders (583) 14. New York Giants (591) 15. Chicago Cubs (675) 16. Philadelphia Athletics (680) No Legacy for us and I go into this Draft with a pretty clear plan of attack, as long as one of the other GMs doesn’t mess it up for me. Fortunately we get the main guy we were interested in and a couple other solid guys as well. Here’s who we end up selecting: 1. SS John Henry Lloyd, 22
8. LHP Curly Brown, 22
A pretty good Draft for us, here's hoping it comes to fruition. FULL DRAFT LOG |
The next domino falls
This took way longer than expected, not being finalised until the early new year after some pretty fraught negotiations that looked set to break down any number of times.
Finally, we got our man. https://i.imgur.com/ULQ41lC.png?1 Big Six may not be the pitcher he once was (we've got a theme going here), but if all goes well he gives us the spine and leadership our rotation needs for the next few years as the others develop. |
1911 The First Time Around
Not much by way of pennant race excitement again as the A’s and Giants (despite the polo Grounds burning down) get home relatively comfortably. The A’s then knock off the New Yorkers in the World Series in which Frank “Home Run” Baker makes his name.
AL CHAMPIONS: Philadelphia Athletics (101-50) NL CHAMPIONS: New York Giants (99-54) WORLD SERIES: Athletics 4, Giants 2 Top Ten Lists (courtesy of thisgreatgame.com) NL Hitters 1. WILDFIRE SCHULTE, CHICAGO
AL Hitters 1. TY COBB, DETROIT
NL Pitchers 1. PETE ALEXANDER, PHILADELPHIA
AL Pitchers 1. ED WALSH, CHICAGO
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1911 Preseason / Spring Training
Not long after the Matty signing, the other Matty – McIntyre – gets his wish of a new home, swapped for another reportedly disgruntled player.
TRADE 1 OF 5 (01/11/11) OF Matty McIntyre and OF Marcelino Guerra traded to Boston (NL) for P Russ Ford This is a huge score for us, as in tandem with Big Six it gives us the 1-2 punch we’ve not had since Phillippe and Chesbro were in their prime. Russ is a quality pitcher and a real workhorse and, at just 27, hopefully continues to be a force for some years to come. Some more offseason shakeups at the managerial level, with Detroit’s patience running out with George Stallings (he is later replaced by Frank Decker) and Cincinnati showing the door to Jimmy Bertolette, with Bill Echols his replacement. The Giants also changed skippers, with Bill Stith out and Red Woodhead in. Our pitching coach Yepthet Coleman retires, and we replace him with Herminio Tamm. Major retirees among the playing ranks at the end of the 1910 campaign include George Davis, Harry Bemis, Gene DeMontreville, one-time Pirate Doc McJames and Jake Weimer. The Doves are now to be called the Rustlers, and the Superbas have changed their nickname to the Dodgers. As I mentioned earlier, plenty of excitement in the FA market. In addition to our big acquisitions, here are the major signings:
Our two exiting free-agents are both snapped up – Jack Chesbro by Brooklyn and Harry Steinfeldt by Cleveland. We are 10-8 in ST, with the biggest news the absolute undoing of Dizzy Dismukes, who has completely lost his stuff and will start the season on the Reserve Roster. Those offseason moves make even more sense now. And, finally, we are the experts’ tip in the NL by 2 games from the Cubs with a big gap to third, while they see the Sens as making it three AL pennants in a row, with the Red Sox 5 GB them. FULL PRESEASON PREDICTIONS |
1911 Opening Day
As always, HERE is our team page for those inclined to fully immerse. For the rest, a summary.
A lot of new faces, so one of the keys here will be how quickly and how well they gel. Catchers
In the end, Les just looks more ready to compete at this level than Mike Gonzalez does. Infielders
We will have to see if the defensive liability outweighs the offensive asset for Murph; he’ll definitely be getting yanked out late in close games. Outfielders
Armando will man CF v LHP. Killefer can also play all three OF slots, and Ingerton LF. Rotation
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Club 250 - Population Rube
The big guy becomes the league's first 250-game winner.
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Tigers All the Rage
Just a quick snapshot at end April, with the Tigers flying out of the blocks and the White Sox again in disarray being the main points of note.
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Slight setback
We'll have to do without our big offseason signing for a spell...
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I can't tell you how much I am loving...
... seeing these NeL legends strutting their stuff and mixing it with the big boys.
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The View from the Gangplank: June 1, 1911
After a relatively promising start to the new season, May sees old issues bubble up yet again. We kick off the month in a positive fashion with a 5-win streak taking us to 16-8, but it is all downhill from there as we lose 3 of 4 at Boston and then 4 straight at the Giants. In the end, we finish with a 14-15 sectional to put us at 24-21 and second in the division. By no means panic stations, but the Giants have got off to a flyer and already lead us by 8 ½ games, leaving little margin for error from here.
https://i.imgur.com/p0Sx74z.png?1 Despite the offseason moves, our pitching continues to be the main source of concern. More specifically, the inconsistent performance of our starters. Too many hits being conceded which has led to an inordinate amount of high-scoring affairs. Our offence looks great once again but can only do so much, so it is up to our pitchers to tighten things up. https://i.imgur.com/VPP25ip.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/Iexb9gk.png?1 The Tigers have cooled off a tad, allowing Boston to close within 3 1/2. The White Sox finally seem to have put the tumult of last season behind them and a 17-9 May sees them well within reach. They will, however, have to improve upon their 1-11 road record if they want to figure in the pennant race this year. https://i.imgur.com/kpIBTi1.png?1 Awards, news and leaders. https://i.imgur.com/rC7ASlV.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/pUvzdPk.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/PToTgd1.png?1https://i.imgur.com/NM6gIl8.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
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That's some kinda leaderboard...
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Youth wins out this time...
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The View from the Gangplank: July 1, 1911
Just a quick update, with June being kind of a good news / bad news month for us in which we ride a much more consistent performance from our rotation to post a 17-10 record, only for it to gain us no ground on the Giants, who are having one heck of a season so far.
https://i.imgur.com/5DV3Wbg.png?1 Approaching the halfway mark of the season, they still lead us by 8 games, with the Cubs hot on our tails. The AL remains tight at the top, with the Tigers still holding sway by 2 games from the Red Sox, with the A's also right in the thick of things. https://i.imgur.com/X4mX4dI.png?1 Awards and some news, with a more comprehensive update in a month. https://i.imgur.com/27ftg0J.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/ZTQ6Uy7.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/v7G8oEd.png?1https://i.imgur.com/xAxYGXN.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
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A blow for the Cards
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The View from the Gangplank: August 1, 1911
I shall keep this brief, brief.
We suck. Again. Another horrendous month, 10-18, and at 51-49 after 100 games we are among the also-rans. Again. https://i.imgur.com/P2x8qNI.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/pZJ7Ia4.png?1 I am bewildered, bamboozled, and beside myself with frustration. Still, we must continue to fight the good fight. Go onward, up toward the light. Refuse to sink into the everlasting night. The Giants slip a bit, but nobody makes a run at them and they extend their NL lead to 10 1/2 games in front of the Cubs. The Tigers are still just ahead of the Red Sox in the AL, although their task has been made harder by the loss of pitcher Ray Collins for the year. The A's and Sens are also still loitering with intent. https://i.imgur.com/9od3E3o.png?1 Awards / news / leaders. https://i.imgur.com/UGkAG3l.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/8ku9R3o.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/Qr2vQjL.png?1https://i.imgur.com/dCckii7.png?1 S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME |
Not sure it'll hold up for long, but still...
Not Dutchie's best season by a long stretch, and with Wildfire Schulte banging out 15 or so per and in just his age-28 season I think he'll set the new high-water mark pretty soon (perhaps even this year) and hold it until the ball livens up for good, but he adds this fleeting honour to his storied career.
https://i.imgur.com/Pp35GPb.png?1 Here's how the Top 20 in this category currently stands: https://i.imgur.com/AWLx6At.png?1 |
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