Alright! No more booze in the clubhouse!

Westheim · 09-25-2015, 10:01 PM

This is why I never endure managing the early years of baseball for long.

Bob McKinney made eight errors alone at short. Truth be told, the Elephants don't really have a proper shortstop...

Honorable_Pawn · 09-25-2015, 10:32 PM

Same here.

isles4ever11 · 09-25-2015, 11:58 PM

Ha, after playing multiple 1901 Philly A's dynasties over the years, I can only say to get used to McKinney being.... bad.

craftdr · 09-26-2015, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westheim

This is why I never endure managing the early years of baseball for long.

Bob McKinney made eight errors alone at short. Truth be told, the Elephants don't really have a proper shortstop...

Makes you appreciate those Raccoons a little more doesn't it?

Westheim · 09-26-2015, 04:50 AM

Lave Cross isn't any better at third base, either.

I've started that a few times over the years, but never got far, because I wanted to write about it and there's only so many hours in the day, and so on. This time I intend to NOT write about it and just enter-spam my way through the season(s).

Those A's might have some serious offense with Nap, Socks, Lave, and that Davis guy, but they could use a shortstop and a catcher...

Quote:

Originally Posted by craftdr

Makes you appreciate those Raccoons a little more doesn't it?

Those A's might be legally drunk by game time, but they're a half game out of first place. One certain hairy team stops being a half game out of first usually by the second day of the season...

Honorable_Pawn · 09-26-2015, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westheim

Those A's might be legally drunk by game time, but they're a half game out of first place. One certain hairy team stops being a half game out of first usually by the second day of the season...

I remember when furry critters were contenders.

Westheim · 09-26-2015, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honorable_Pawn

I remember when furry critters were contenders.

Memories

Gotta undo the changes to my signature. It doesn't help my mood to commemorate the good days.

Westheim · 09-26-2015, 02:49 PM

Turns out I can even manage the A's into last place.

NYYANKS98 · 09-26-2015, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westheim

Turns out I can even manage the A's into last place.

So..... You're Billy Beane?

Westheim · 09-26-2015, 06:38 PM

I named myself Erasmus Honeybottoms, but the results speak for themselves...

Le Grande Orange · 09-26-2015, 07:14 PM

I wanted to look for examples of error-filled games from the real 1901 MLB season for comparison purposes, but alas, there are no box scores as yet on Retrosheet for the season.

Westheim · 10-03-2015, 09:06 PM

In the middle of May the Reds put Tommy Corcoran on the trading block. Not a great defensive shortstop by any stretch of imagination. But at least a shortstop. Not hitting a lick. But Bob McKinney's 1.2 E/G are making me visibly angry.

So I flip Fred Ketcham, an overflow outfielder, the the Reds for Corcoran. Corcoran does a bit better defensively, perhaps making an error every other game. Batting .240, too.

Two weeks later, Corcoran gets hurt on a play. And we're in Detroit, and it seems to take all week for our medicine man and his donkey, with all kinds of pots and flasks clanging on the sides, to arrive from Philadelphia.

Hellllooo, Bob McKinney. The tool makes three errors the next day, somehow running up eight unearned runs on Eddie Plank's ledger.

Wow. When does the era of sure-handed .190, 1 HR, 23 RBI in 550 AB shortstops start?

Westheim · 10-03-2015, 09:24 PM

But McKinney and the Tigers' Fritz Buelow into a game, and watch the total errors outpace the total hits.

09-25-2015, 10:01 PM	#1
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,958	Alright! No more booze in the clubhouse! This is why I never endure managing the early years of baseball for long. Bob McKinney made eight errors alone at short. Truth be told, the Elephants don't really have a proper shortstop... Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 94 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here. Last edited by Westheim; 09-25-2015 at 10:04 PM.

09-25-2015, 10:32 PM	#2
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407	Same here. __________________ PBA Quickstart for OOTP Background Images Collection All PBA games broadcast live on Steam.

09-26-2015, 02:49 PM	#8
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,958	Turns out I can even manage the A's into last place. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 94 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

09-26-2015, 06:38 PM	#10
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,958	I named myself Erasmus Honeybottoms, but the results speak for themselves... __________________ Portland Raccoons, 94 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

10-03-2015, 09:06 PM	#12
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,958	In the middle of May the Reds put Tommy Corcoran on the trading block. Not a great defensive shortstop by any stretch of imagination. But at least a shortstop. Not hitting a lick. But Bob McKinney's 1.2 E/G are making me visibly angry. So I flip Fred Ketcham, an overflow outfielder, the the Reds for Corcoran. Corcoran does a bit better defensively, perhaps making an error every other game. Batting .240, too. Two weeks later, Corcoran gets hurt on a play. And we're in Detroit, and it seems to take all week for our medicine man and his donkey, with all kinds of pots and flasks clanging on the sides, to arrive from Philadelphia. Hellllooo, Bob McKinney. The tool makes three errors the next day, somehow running up eight unearned runs on Eddie Plank's ledger. Wow. When does the era of sure-handed .190, 1 HR, 23 RBI in 550 AB shortstops start? __________________ Portland Raccoons, 94 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

09-25-2015, 11:58 PM	#3
isles4ever11 Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 5	Ha, after playing multiple 1901 Philly A's dynasties over the years, I can only say to get used to McKinney being.... bad.

09-26-2015, 07:14 PM	#11
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	I wanted to look for examples of error-filled games from the real 1901 MLB season for comparison purposes, but alas, there are no box scores as yet on Retrosheet for the season.

10-03-2015, 09:24 PM	#13
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,958	But McKinney and the Tigers' Fritz Buelow into a game, and watch the total errors outpace the total hits. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 94 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.