AUGUST 18, 1975
IMPERIALS SKID LEADS TO CONGESTION IN THE EAST Only in the Continental East can you lose 10 of the last 12 and still be within shouting distance of first, but even in the East that poor performances will knock you out of first. Now in third, but still less then two games out, the New York Imperials coughed up their division lead, as again Eastern teams struggle with their neighbors in the West. Playing their worst baseball of the season, the Imperials were beaten by three teams with better records on the road. First, the CA leading Kings took three of four, then the Cougars swept them out of town, before the Wranglers finished things off with another three of four.
Just a game over .500, New York's pennant blows took an even bigger blow on the personnel side, more damage then even a brutal stretch of games could do, as their star slugger will hit the IL. Suffering a severe hip strain in the opener against the Cougars, Phil Terry's season is in jeopardy, as recovery is expected to take seven weeks. Theoretically, he'd be back for the playoffs, but without their big bat can New York even get there? Terry's offensive production cannot be understated, as the 31-year-old leads the team with 71 RBIs and his 18 homers are one off the team lead. It's came with a .301/.369/.466 (129 OPS+) batting line, adding 13 doubles, 14 steals, 44 walks, and 65 runs scored. Replacing that will be no easy task, and considering they'll have to run it back with the same three teams that just man handled them, New York's season may be over before August finishes.
If this really is it for New York, it would actually require Cleveland and Milwaukee to start winning games too. By default, the Foresters are in first, as even though they surprisingly took two of three from the Kings before a more expected two of three from the Stars. At 63-59, they're a half game ahead of the Milwaukee Arrows, though both would be behind not only the Chicago Cougars, but now also the Dallas Wranglers were they in the West. That's not Cleveland's fault, as all they can do is win the games on their schedule. They've been pitching well lately, even Roy Rice (12-11, 4.09, 120) has completely imploded after winning eight of nine decisions, putting a lot of pressure on ace Juan Solorzano (10-11, 2.85, 85) and breakout arm Dick Couture (11-6, 3.08, 79), as they won't be able to outhit teams to keep their lead.
Milwaukee meanwhile has came almost all the way back, as after a brutal 9-22 July that saw them blow a large lead, they've crawled their way back. It's come in surprising fashion too, as the reason the Arrows within half a game is that they swept the seemingly unbeatable Kings, who could lose their next 38 games and still finish .500. Seattle is equipped with one of the top offenses in the game but the Arrows rotation kept them in check, as excluding a 4-run 9th in the opener, the Kings looked completely overmatched. Tex Cavanaugh (8-9, 2.97, 102) held them to a single run on 7 innings in the middle match, and even though a rain delay prevented Johnny Hoskinson (8-8, 3.05, 71) from a potential shutout as Milwaukee finished the sweep with a 6-1 win. This is how they can beat teams, keep them off the board while the offense occasionally plates runs, and if Harry Edwards (.253, 14, 62) can tap into that '74 Whitney strength, this Arrows teams is going to erase the disappointment, and return for a repeat division title.
What makes the rest of August most interesting is that no one plays each other, as all three teams face Western opponents for the final four series. Even if the Arrows swept them this week, I don't think they want another go at them, but on the bright side their opponents all face them too. An advantage goes to Cleveland, who gets the 58-65 Sailors twice. while both Milwaukee and New York get a go at the Mavericks. The rest of the series are against teams over .500, meaning all three Eastern teams could run into trouble, leading to a sub .500 division leader entering the final month of the season.
Rookie Bills Nab Player of the Weeks
- It took thirteen starts for Cougar righty Bill Bartlett to look mortal, and then just two more for you to start questioning it again. Sure, he finally failed to reach 7 innings, and the Stars piled on 10 hits and 8 runs on him, but the Imperials and Wolves? Not even close! One of the more dominant weekly performances of the season, he followed up a 130 pitch shutout with a 124 pitch shutout. Bartlett started the Imps slide, a 5-hitter with 7 strikeouts, and then the Wolves got just 4 hits and 2 walks while the 22-year-old struck out 3. Up to 120.2 innings on the season, he's within four innings of qualifying for the league leaders, and his 2.16 ERA (182 ERA+) would be best in either association, and it comes with a 3.14 FIP (79 FIP-), and 1.05 WHIP. From outside the top-100 prospect list to #6 pitcher in FABL, Bartlett's rise has been meteoric, and the Cougars now boast one of the top 1-2 punches in the league.
- Sure there are a thousand active Bills, at least, and sure there aren't that many rookies, but what are the odds that a rookie Bill would win both the Continental and Federal Player of the Week!? I guess when it's Bartlett and Barber, it's really not too surprising, as these are the two most talented rookies in the league. Likely Kellogg winners, Barber has the advantage of starting the year in Minneapolis, and if Player of the Week isn't enough, he's now going for Batter of the Month. Barber went 12-for-24 with 3 doubles, 3 homers, 5 walks, 8 runs, and 10 RBIs. He's now hitting .333/.414/.700 (200 OPS+) in 15 August games, and .312/.377/.529 (145 OPS+) on the season. He's a homer away from 20, his 161 WRC+ is fifth among qualified hitters, and his 34 doubles are tied for second in FABL with teammate Clyde Allen (.284, 8, 57). Minneapolis may not have any pitching, but Barber is one of many talented bats, and there's a reason they've scored the most runs in the league this year.
Exceptional Performances: Mullins, Jones
- When you're a three time Allen winner, you tend to get a lot of shutouts, but it was look like like Bunny Mullins' (9-13, 3.72, 160) streak was in jeopardy. Since his 1965 debut, he's thrown at least one in each season, leading the Fed on seven separate occasions. This includes a 6-shutout season as a rookie and three 5-shutout seasons, but those starts of dominance have slowed in recent years. He had just one last year, and after dismantling the Chiefs on the 15th, he now has one this year. His 26 start of the season, he allowed just 5 hits with no walks, striking out 6 as he crossed the 200 inning mark once again. The ultimate iron man, he's started at least 34 games and thrown at least 250 innings in each of his previous ten seasons, and is well on his way again this year. The first pitcher to 200 innings this season, he could lead the Fed in innings for the 7th time of his career, and in 379 career appearances he's 163-121 with a 2.82 ERA (132 ERA+), 1.1 WHIP, and 2,198 strikeouts. Only first ballot Hall-of-Famer Ed Bowman has more strikeouts (2,606) as a Gotham, and Mullins' next win would enter him into a tie for 4th in franchise history with another Hall-of-Famer, Charlie Wilson, who was recently passed for the 6th most wins in FABL history.
- Half the shutouts of the week went to Bartlett, as Joe Jones finished the week with a 5-hit, 5-strikeout shutout of the Baltimore Clippers. 29 in a few weeks, Jones has been one of the many pleasant surprises on the Dynamos pitching staff, now 13-6 with a 3.55 ERA (109 ERA+), 1.22 WHIP, and 94 strikeouts. Starting the season in the pen, now 23 of his 27 appearances are starts, yet another gem off waivers the Dynamos added. He came in November, as did first time All-Star Pat Fortin (12-5, 2.70, 72), while Pedro Castro (10-8, 2, 3.52, 70) has been excellent since his April claim. At 63-60, the Dynamos are a little out of schedule, and since they're just 9 out there's a slight chance they can jump the four teams ahead of them in the West.
Injury Notes: Lorang, Foresters, Henke, Murphy
- The season has gone from bad to worst for Tom Lorang, as the superstar third basemen's thumb injury was worse then previously believed. Expected to need a minor surgery that would have him back in two weeks, things did not go as planned, as it was botched and he's now out for the season. Needing three months to recover, at least his nightmare is over, as the long-time Eagle appeared in just 96 games and had easily the worst year of his career. A guy who entered the season with nearly 450 career home runs, he hit just 6 in 398 trips to the plate, and his .279/.403/.380 (118 OPS+) is the worst season of his career. He's never slugged below .450 -- let alone .400 -- and he set personal lows in runs (55), hits (91), doubles (15), homes, RBIs (42), and average, tying his worst for OPS+ and going his first season without any triples, previously hitting at least three a season. On the bright side, the recently turned 34-year-old is not the reason the Cougars aren't in first, and if he can return to form next season they can legitimately challenge the Kings in a Western division that has been decided for months.
- No setbacks in Cleveland, as they activated a pair of players from the IL. The longest time away was for 24-year-old Mickey Farr, who was hurt in the spring and came back for his season debut this week. He did fine, 5.1 innings with 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts, and if he can match his performance from last season (2-1, 3, 2.67, 21) he will be a big boost to the pen. The lineup also returned Carlos Jaramillo (.266, 28), which makes up some for Andy Barrington (.292, 5, 37) having to hit the IL himself. Jaramillo can return to third, moving Gus Randall (.326, 2, 29), who played well when Jaramillo was hurt, to the vacant second base position. The first place Foresters can also bring back the oft-injured Orlando Benitez (.238, 1, 5) this week, with Ken McKinney (.292, 1, 21) right behind him.
- Toronto will be again without Joe Henke, who strained his oblique and should miss at least the next two weeks. He dealt with plantar fasciitis earlier in the season too, holding him to 26 AAA games and 23 FABL games. With Toronto it's been bad. Really bad. As his .162/.208/.191 (9 OPS+) batting line looks like something you'd see from a pitcher. If there is a silver lining for the injury, it's that Henke can't be waived, and will collect his FABL paycheck until healthy.
- Houston's pen then took a hit as Bill Murphy left an 11-4 win after just two batters with shoulder inflammation. Potentially keeping him out for the rest of the season, his rehab is expected to last 5-6 weeks, but by time he returns the Comets' season may be done. A one inning type, he has thrown 20 in 19 appearances, working to a nice 3.60 ERA (109 ERA+), 3.51 FIP (89 FIP-), and 1.15 WHIP with 5 walks and 8 strikeouts.
Transaction Notes: Unsigned Picks, White
- FABL's draft deadline has come and gone, with most teams inking a majority, if not all, of their picks to contracts. In the early rounds, all but six of the players taken in the first three rounds were able to reach agreements. Minneapolis was the only team not to agree with a deal for their 1st Rounder, with 18-year-old Chicagoan Sam Mann and 8th pick going to Johnstown State. 2nd Rounder Charlie Lewis will return to Grange College for his senior season while 3rd Rounder Al Fritsche will make his way to Arkansas A&T. Cincinnati let 2nd Rounder Monty Calvert and 3rd Rounder Neal Walker go to campus at Liberty College and Maryland State respectively, while Sailors 3rd Rounder Bob Gray enrolled at Western Iowa. In total, 11 of the 24 teams let at least one player return to the draft.
- Eagles first rounder Gene Peters almost joined that group, but on deadline day him and Washington agreed to a $21,000 bonus for the switch hitting shortstop. Likely to report to rookie ball, the 18-year-old is the son of former FABL outfielder Johnny Peters and the grandson of a former FABL pitcher also named Johnny Peters. "Mene Gene" is expected to surpass them both, even if his dad was taken earlier in the draft, as the Montreal native is a strong athlete with a great contact tool and feel for the strike zone that could end up with him developing into an impact player. He is outside the top 100 at 118, but the club now finally has an eventual replacement for their 37-year-old shortstop Al Marino (.205, 8, 22, 8).
- It was an early 28th birthday gift for Jim White, who signed a 2-year, $85,000 per year extension with the New York Imperials. Locking up one of the most talented pitchers was a priority for the Imps, as their former 5th Rounder has been a key cog in their rotation each of the past three seasons. He's been unlucky this season, as his 3.78 ERA (103 ERA+) is over a run higher then his 2.49 FIP (64 FIP-), which is lower then every qualified FABL pitcher's ERA this season. The average ERA hasn't kept him from winning games, he's 14-8 in his 26 starts, and his 173 strikeouts are best in either circuit. His 1.41 WHIP is elevated despite just 4 homers allowed, let down often by his defense. They rank 12th in zone rating (-39.5) and 11th in errors (136), and if they just played clean baseball they'd likely be running away with the East.
SOME BACKGROUND ON THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONFootball has officially become an online league in the Figment Universe, joining baseball, hockey and basketball. There will be open teams so if you are interested in joining the league either send me a DM and I will connect you with our commissioner or visit
https://legendsport.com/ and fill out an application. I believe there are also two openings at the moment in the baseball league and will also be some in both hockey and basketball as we close in on the start of the 1975-76 season for the two winter sports. You can run a team in just one sport or each of the four should you desire. OOTP is used for baseball and FHM12 for hockey while the football and basketball use Wolverine's Draft Day Sports games.
The American Football Association was formed in 1920 and enters its 56th season in 1975. The first champion was the long defunct Youngstown Reapers while other early era teams included the Chicago Wildcats and the Rollie Barrell owned Detroit Maroons. Around 1940 in Figment baseball time the commissioner began simming the football season in conjunction with FABL and the North American Hockey Confederation as well as college basketball with pro basketball completing the four major team sports with the addition of the Federal Basketball League in 1947. Each of those sports would be documented in these pages prompting a change in name of the league magazine in the early 1940's from "This Week in Figment Baseball" to "This Week in Figment Sports."
In the early days the football was run as a solo league using a game called Second and Ten, which I believe does not support online play but does a much better job of simulating the early era of football. In 1951 the game used to sim the football was switched to the Draft Day Sports Football series from Wolverine, setting the stage for becoming an online league which is happening now for the 1975 campaign. The college version of Draft Day Sports football was also added to the mix at the same time to act as the feeder league. Prior to that point the college seasons had been simmed out using an excel-based college football game from the Table Top Sports website. College football will not have human GM's but will continue to sim alongside the pro game and supply the draft pool each year just as college basketball does for the Federal Basketball League.
Just as FABL, hockey and basketball evolved close to real life, the Figment version of football did the same. In 1946 the Continental Football Conference (figment version of the All-American Football League) was born as a rival to the AFA. It lasted four years, just as its real-life counterpart, before folding but two of the CFC clubs in the Kansas City Cowboys and San Francisco Wings still exist today after joining the AFA. The Cowboys are I suppose the equivalent of the real-life Cleveland Browns and were a powerhouses in the CFC and early '50s in the AFA led by Figment's version of Otto Graham and Coach Paul Brown in the form of QB Pat Chappell and coach Pete Walsh.
The league was stable throughout the 1950s but in 1964 a rival emerged in the National Football Conference. It came a few years later than the real-life American Football League but served the same role. Due to limitations in the DDSPF game, the Figment version of the Super Bowl -dubbed the World Classic- began earlier than the real Super Bowl, making its debut with World Classic I in 1964.
Prior to the 1970 season, just as the NFL-AFL did, the National Football Conference and long-running AFA were merged into a single league with 26 teams which is where we sit today. The most successful team in the World Classic era at this point is the Houston Drillers, a 1961 AFA expansion team that reached the AFA title game in just their second season. Since 1964 and the dawn of the World Classic, the Drillers have played in six of the first 11 title games and won three of them. Houston was runner-up to its 1961 AFA expansion buddy the Buffalo Red Jackets in the 1974 game or World Classic XI. The Buffalo team was coached by Tom Bowens, who had been a star receiver in the 1940s and a long time coach at CC Los Angeles were he won a college national championship before jumping to the Red Jackets in 1972. His son Tom Bowens Jr. is a star receiver for the Red Jackets.
The league has ties to other sports in the Figment universe going back to the 1940s when Del Thomas was quarterback for the Boston Americans after a brief baseball stint as a pitcher for the St Louis Pioneers. Thomas' son Del Jr., is a college quarterback right now and may be in the AFA soon and another AFA quarterback at the moment is Dick Cleaves, who is the son of FABL Hall of Famer George Cleaves. Maybe the biggest star in the AFA at the moment is another son of a baseball Hall of Famer - Bobby Barrell Jr., who is the son of the legendary Philadelphia Keystones slugger of the 30's and 40's. A defensive end, the 31-year-old Barrell is among the all-time sack leaders and has won multiple Defensive MVP awards as the leader of the dominant Houston Drillers defense.
Many of the General Manager's who will run teams in the AFA are new to the Draft Day Sports football games so the league should be perfect for newcomers as well as those with previous experience in DDSPF online leagues. The universe has a rich history, and plenty of crossover between sports to make it feel likes it own universe, and our commissioner does not run a team but always willing to help a new GM get settled.
MAROONS, WILDCATS LEAD AFA IN QB DEPTH
The best quarterback in the American Football Association, at least according to the OSA scouting service, might come as quite a surprise. It is not Denver Mountaineers star Robert Haas, who was named league MVP a year ago nor is it Jason Myers who piloted the Buffalo Red Jackets to their first World Classic victory last January. Myers is 8th on the list of quarterbacks in the scouting service's projections for 1975 while Haas, who is as much a running back as he is a quarterback, did not crack the top 15.
The tope quarterback comes as a surprise with the news the Charles Sonnenberg of the Detroit Maroons heads the list. The 25-year-old is a quality passer but considering he led the Maroons to a 6-8 record a year ago it is hard to phantom that he is considered the best at his position in the game. The Maroons, chronic underachievers that have not won a playoff game since 1947, not only had their starter Sonnenberg top the list but his back-up Jimmy Moore also cracked the top ten.
Detroit was not the only club to have two of their quarterbacks claim a spot on the list of 15 as the Chicago Wildcats also had a pair in Carl Pederson, who was listed second behind only Sonnenberg, and veteran Brian Eagle showed up in the 6th spot despite not starting a game in each of the last two years.
Chicago, like its American Conference Central Division rival Detroit, has not had much success of late. The Wildcats have missed the playoffs each of the past four seasons and finished with a 7-7 record a year ago. Both clubs may have quarterback depth but there are clearly holes in other areas so, despite the fact that trades during the season are rare, perhaps the Maroons or Wildcats will end up moving one of their quarterbacks to address other areas of need.
Below is the complete list of the top 15 quarterbacks as determined by the league scouting service.
AFA UPCOMING GAMES
Preseason Week One
Buffalo at Boston
Pittsburgh at New York Stars
New York Titans at Philadelphia
San Francisco at Chicago
Dallas at Detroit
Miami at Los Angeles Tigers
Atlanta at Minnesota
Seattle at Milwaukee
New Orleans at Kansas City
Houston at Cleveland
San Diego at Denver
Cincinnati at St Louis
Los Angeles Olympians at Washington
PITTSBURGH MAY BE LOSING ANOTHER TEAM — AND IT HURTS MORE THIS TIME Pittsburgh has always been a town that understands hard work, patience, and hanging on through lean years. Lately, though, it feels like patience is the only thing left — and even that is wearing thin.
Word filtering through the basketball back rooms this week suggests the city is on the brink of losing its second major league club in less than two years. Kevin Oliphant, last seen owning the now-defunct Continental Basketball League’s New Jersey Demons, is said to be finalizing the purchase of the Pittsburgh Ironmen, one of the four CBL franchises slated to survive the league’s June collapse and move into the Federal Basketball League this October.
If that were the end of it, Pittsburgh fans might grit their teeth and carry on. But it rarely ends there.
Oliphant is also reportedly deep in negotiations with the FBL’s New York Knights over territorial rights. Should he get the Knights’ blessing — and insiders say that hurdle is closer to cleared than not — the Ironmen will be Ironmen in name only...or that may disappear as well and they become Demons. The franchise would be packed up and shipped east, reborn in New Jersey, leaving Pittsburgh to stare at another empty locker room.
For a city still sore from losing the Miners, this one cuts close to the bone.
Just 20 months ago, the Pittsburgh Miners were sold and moved south after years of pleading with city officials for a new stadium. The refusal wasn’t born of indifference so much as arithmetic. Inflation is biting hard, oil prices are through the roof, and the coal industry — once the backbone of the region — is fighting for air. When the books don’t balance, sentiment rarely wins.
The irony has been cruel. The former Miners, now playing as the Atlanta Copperheads, have turned into a powerhouse, winning three straight division titles and last October’s World Championship Series in their first season away. Every Copperheads highlight feels like a postcard from an ex who’s doing just fine without you.
Now basketball appears ready to follow baseball out of town.
The Ironmen have never been mistaken for a glamour club, but they’ve been steady, professional, and very much part of the city’s sporting fabric. Their potential departure wouldn’t just shrink the sports page; it would shrink the sense that Pittsburgh still matters in the national conversation.
If the move goes through, Pittsburgh would be left with two big-league teams: the Paladins of the American Football Association and the Sentinels of the North American Hockey Confederation. Two proud franchises, to be sure — but for a city of Pittsburgh’s size and history, it feels like a thin portfolio.
This isn’t just about owners chasing better deals or leagues shuffling franchises like cards. It’s about timing. It’s about a city caught in an economic vise, forced to choose between fixing streets, paying workers, and subsidizing stadium dreams. The same financial reality that closed the door on a new ballpark for the Miners now seems to be escorting the Ironmen out.
There’s a sadness in that — not the loud, angry kind, but the quiet realization that sometimes doing the responsible thing still leaves you with less than you had before.
Pittsburgh has survived steel busts, coal downturns, and wars that hollowed out whole neighborhoods. It will survive this, too. But survival isn’t the same as satisfaction. And if the Ironmen do leave, it will be another reminder that in 1975, even a tough town can only take so many body blows before it starts to feel them.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW: GREAT LAKES ALLIANCEThe Great Lakes Alliance has been part of the college football landscape for so long that it’s hard to remember the sport without it. Ten schools make up the conference, and while Detroit City College and Central Ohio have long served as its twin pillars, the Alliance has never been a closed shop. Every few years someone new pushes to the front, and the balance of power shifts just enough to keep everyone honest.
Detroit City College has worn the crown the past two seasons, earning the GLA’s New Year’s Day ticket to Santa Ana and the East-West Classic both times. Last January, the Knights were within a field goal of a third national championship—and their first since 1955—before falling 17–14 to Redwood of the West Coast Athletic Association, a loss that ultimately crowned the Mammoths as the nation’s top team.
For all its tradition and weekly toughness, the Great Lakes Alliance has been light on national titles. Aside from Detroit City College’s two championships, the lone other crown belongs to Indiana A&M, which ran the table at 12–0 in 1968.
That history may matter less this season, as Detroit City College faces a rebuilding year after being hit hard by graduation. A third straight conference title will not come easily. The door appears open for Central Ohio, which looks primed to reclaim the spotlight behind junior quarterback George Stephens and a defense anchored by tackle Franklin Conners and cornerback Willard Thomas. The Aviators have not represented the Alliance in Santa Ana since 1971, but this group looks capable of ending that drought.
As it so often does in the Great Lakes, the championship may come down to Thanksgiving weekend and the annual Detroit City–Central Ohio showdown. The rivals have split their last twenty meetings evenly, ten wins apiece. This year, however, the setting favors the Aviators, with the game scheduled for Columbus—a small edge, perhaps, but in this league, often a decisive one.
WOLVES ROAD WOES CONTINUE The Toronto Wolves, if remembered for anything during 1975, it likely will be for their lack of success on away from Dominion Stadium. Of 63 games in their road greys this team has only been on the right score of the final score 20 times. In the entire FABL only Boston and Kansas City have fared worse on the road. At the current pace Toronto would finish 1975 with a 26-55 record which in no league is a path to postseason play. Dunbar cannot come up with a suitable explanation for this pathetic record, if he could skipper Carl Evans would be first in line to hear or read his theory.
This week followed the season's script with a 2-5 record after being swept in 3 games by the Mavericks in KC before splitting a 4 game series against the Cougars, who occupy 2nd place in the West, in Chicago. The story of the week can be summed in with the game that opened it at Mavericks Stadium. When fans settled in to their seats for an 8:00 PM local start they had no idea the game would not end until just before 2:00 AM the next morning. In a game that went 19 innings in which pitchers threw a total of 551 pitches before the few left of the 7,533 that started in the stands saw Bob Howard single in Tony Keil's triple in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
Two tired teams, especially Hal Street who pitched 7 inning in relief, met 18 hours later with KC running Stan Terry's record to 0-11 in a 4-2 win before completing the sweep 7-2 on Wednesday. After a flight to Chicago the Wolves came from behind with 3 in the 9th thanks to Pat Schmidt's 5th HR to win 9-8 in a wild affair.
The series opening win in Chicago was followed by two more losses. The first, a tight 2-1 loss on Friday, was a game in which Bullock gave the bullpen some much needed rest but the Wolves did not just lose on the scoreboard. Joe Henke was injured in another collision on the bases and will be out until September. Herb Runnels, who can play all over the infield or OF corners, has been added to the 40-man roster to replace Henke. Runnels brings a .322/.386/.483 line from Buffalo to the FABL.
Saturday's loss was particularly one sided with the Cougars blanking the Wolves 7-0. There was good news on Sunday in the form of a win, 8-1 giving Stan Terry his first W of '75 after the 28-year-old had lost 11 consecutive decisions.
Toronto returns home this week to host Dallas for 3 then face the Cougars for 3 more for the second straight weekend.
Dunbar has noticed a strange stat for the Wolves. Although Clyde Bradshaw reached the half century mark for RBI this week to lead the team Bob Reynolds is second on the team with 49 in 157 less times to the plate. Evans is faced with some decisions to make when Les Reid returns to the team this week. Reynolds has to stay in the lineup, but where? Dunbar is hearing rumours that Reynold will man the hot corner to have Reid at first therefore not having to disrupt the outfield.
The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 08/17/1975
- Ford administration launches public campaign to sell Helsinki Accords, with senior officials fanning out across the country to blunt criticism and rally congressional support.
- Senate debate intensifies over U.S. commitments under Helsinki, as resolutions are introduced seeking assurances that American policy toward Eastern Europe has not shifted.
- Canada’s wage and price controls take effect nationwide, marking the formal start of enforcement under Ottawa’s new anti-inflation program.
- Congress advances refugee resettlement funding, approving additional money to support housing, education, and employment programs for Indochinese arrivals.
- Bicentennial organizers unveil national event schedule, giving the public its clearest look yet at how the U.S. will mark its 200th anniversary in 1976.