The Kids Are Alright - A Red Sox Do-Over - Page 18

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LansdowneSt · 05-16-2025, 02:25 AM

Doc Graves: Has no BBR page and no Chadwick ID, plus I didn't see him on statcrew... but I found him here:

https://scholars.fhsu.edu/cgi/viewco...all_monographs

Page 90 in the book and page 12 of the pdf. Those years match the teams in the db associated with him so someone went through some effort to find him and add him to the database at some point.

luckymann · 05-16-2025, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Doc Graves: Has no BBR page and no Chadwick ID, plus I didn't see him on statcrew... but I found him here:

https://scholars.fhsu.edu/cgi/viewco...all_monographs

Page 90 in the book and page 12 of the pdf. Those years match the teams in the db associated with him so someone went through some effort to find him and add him to the database at some point.

You might have missed your calling bud, you'd make a great P.I. Nobody is safe from your sleuthing skills!

Nice going, thanks for clearing that up - I know Lord Byron will be most pleased to have the mystery solved.

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luckymann · 05-20-2025, 05:13 AM

Lord Byron · 05-20-2025, 09:54 PM

Good update, but who are H. Fitzgerald, D. Moore, H. Walker, P. Cash, and J. Lawrence in the trades?

Thanks and waiting for more...

luckymann · 05-21-2025, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord Byron

Good update, but who are H. Fitzgerald, D. Moore, H. Walker, P. Cash, and J. Lawrence in the trades?

Thanks and waiting for more...

Dee Moore and

Hub Walker

each had a few cups of coffee in the bigs.

Harold Fitzgerald

Paul Cash

and

James Lawrence

were career MiLBers.

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Lord Byron · 06-07-2025, 08:01 PM

One question: who are R. Campbell, J. Valenzuela, and O. Robinson?

And six straight titles for the Yankees--that's better than in real life...

George McQuinn will be a decent first baseman for the Yankees if he stays, but he's not The Iron Horse (then again, very few baseball players could compete with the Iron Horse)...

Lou Gehrig, regardless, should make it into the Hall of Fame, being involved in most of the Yankees' championship teams and a very good player in TTL. (And, even for a Red Sox fan, why he retired is one of the saddest things ever, IMO...)

luckymann · 06-07-2025, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Byron

One question: who are R. Campbell, J. Valenzuela, and O. Robinson?

And six straight titles for the Yankees--that's better than in real life...

George McQuinn will be a decent first baseman for the Yankees if he stays, but he's not The Iron Horse (then again, very few baseball players could compete with the Iron Horse)...

Lou Gehrig, regardless, should make it into the Hall of Fame, being involved in most of the Yankees' championship teams and a very good player in TTL. (And, even for a Red Sox fan, why he retired is one of the saddest things ever, IMO...)

Lou is a first-ballot lock, don't worry about that.

The big plus for the Yankees in this timeline is, on top of all their natural talent and financial wherewithal, they have a good AI manager running them who keeps picking up the right players to complement the historical ones they are either getting by default or with my intervention. It's exactly how I wanted this save to do, highlight the Sox-Pinstripes rivalry (or lack thereof).

Ray Campbell and Onnie Robinson.

The third, Jésus Valenzuela, brings up a funny glitch in the game when you have the color bar on. Because the color bar only blocks players designated "African" facial type, some designated "Hispanic" who were barred in real life sneak through. Not sure if that applies to Jésus but he spent almost his entire career playing in the Mexican League.

Lord Byron · 06-07-2025, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by luckymann

Lou is a first-ballot lock, don't worry about that.

The big plus for the Yankees in this timeline is, on top of all their natural talent and financial wherewithal, they have a good AI manager running them who keeps picking up the right players to complement the historical ones they are either getting by default or with my intervention. It's exactly how I wanted this save to do, highlight the Sox-Pinstripes rivalry (or lack thereof).

Yankees fans would be even more thrilled to be in this timeline than in real-life. After Joe DiMaggio, you have Mickey Mantle (and the game doesn't account for his drinking and injuries--without which he likely gets close to Ruth in terms of home runs, IMO)...

Oh, and there's also Whitey Ford and the other players of the 1950s (including Yogi Berra). One player who won't start as a Yankee is Roger Maris (his debut team was the Cleveland Indians), but, given the AI manager you discussed, he likely winds up there at some point...

Oh, and I'm sure Phil Rizzuto will have a lot of reasons to say "Holy cow!" in TTL...

Just hoping the Sox do better than they did in real life during this period...

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Lord Byron Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2023 Posts: 2,857	Good update, but who are H. Fitzgerald, D. Moore, H. Walker, P. Cash, and J. Lawrence in the trades? Thanks and waiting for more...

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Lord Byron Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2023 Posts: 2,857	One question: who are R. Campbell, J. Valenzuela, and O. Robinson? And six straight titles for the Yankees--that's better than in real life... George McQuinn will be a decent first baseman for the Yankees if he stays, but he's not The Iron Horse (then again, very few baseball players could compete with the Iron Horse)... Lou Gehrig, regardless, should make it into the Hall of Fame, being involved in most of the Yankees' championship teams and a very good player in TTL. (And, even for a Red Sox fan, why he retired is one of the saddest things ever, IMO...) Last edited by Lord Byron; 06-07-2025 at 08:02 PM.