--The next series will take us past the trade deadline. You've got a little over 48 hours (midnight EST Thursday) to make any moves you might wish to get done for the strech drive.
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--The next series will take us past the trade deadline. You've got a little over 48 hours (midnight EST Thursday) to make any moves you might wish to get done for the strech drive.
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Man..did I miss an 18 inning shutout?Originally Posted by catcher24
Joe - Mark sends the guys who have the DM game the league file after every six games. Don't know if you were aware of that or not. FYI.
That 18 inning shutout might help that team ERA some....
"I want all of you rookies to line up in alphabetical order by height." Casey Stengel
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We'll see what happens when Dick Allen tries to play 3rd. New lineups with several changes ...
Lineup vs. RHP
1 Andrews 2B (B Allen DR)
2 Gabrielson RF (Callison DR)
3 Robinson LF (Callison)
4 D Allen 3B (Charles DR)
5 Cash 1B (Hiatt)
6 Haller C (Hiatt)
7 Callison CF (Agee)
8 L Brown SS (Andrews)
PH vs RHP: G Brown
PH vs LHP: G Brown, Hiatt
Lineup vs. LHP
1 Andrews 2B (B Allen DR)
2 Charles 3B (D Allen)
3 Robinson LF (Callison)
4 Allen RF (Callison DR)
5 Cash 1B (G Brown)
6 Haller C (Hiatt 20%)
7 Callison CF (Agee)
8 L Brown SS (Andews)
PH vs RHP: G Brown, Gabrielson
PH vs LHP: G Brown, Hiatt
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Speaking of 18-inning shutouts, Bahnsen and Blass just tossed back-to-back scoreless games.
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--It was the other Joe. The Legends and Shoeless Joes traded goose eggs for 17 innings before Lew scored 2 in the 18th to win it.
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Yep, it was Shoeless that lost the heartbreaker. It's been a frustrating season!
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Congrats to Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale, the 5th and 6th members of the 100-win club, joining Sandy Koufax, Camilo Pascual, Jim Bunning, and Juan Marichal!
In the consolidated DMCKL, it is harder to accumulate wins despite the six extra regular season games. In fact, Gibson and Drysdale have gotten theirs simply by pitching a lot... they are both still below .500 pitchers. The difference in environment has completely wiped away Bob Gibson's historic 1968 season, begging the question, was it really the greatest season ever pitched? He continues to be the program's least favorite pitcher.
Also of note, Pascual has passed Koufax for the all-time wins record with his recent 113th win. Special congrats to the Knights and to Pascual, an almost certain member of their ring of honor.
In real life (1961-1968), Pascual went 113-79 with a modest 3.23 ERA (roughly a 115 ERA+).
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Two Skipjacks pitchers linked at the hip, Dean Chance and Joe Horlen, are each approching their coveted 100th win.
Chance needs five more victories and though he's been a hard luck .500 pitcher, he should be a able to make it. Horlen is having a harder time this season and longer to go; he notched his 90th victory before the All-Star break and needs ten more. He will likely join the club late spring or early summer of 1969.
Milt Pappas has perhaps been the biggest surprise this season, taking a lackluster 1968 in the majors (12-13, 88 ERA+) and transforming it into the DMCKL ERA leader. He will likely pass the 100-win mark at the end of the season, or breeze by it early next year.
Gary Peters is struggling worse than Horlen and is still 18 wins from reaching the club. Peters is at the end of the road as a top-flight pitcher and will have to scratch out wins from here on.
After next season, we close out the decade! Time flies, doesn't it?Anyways, it'll be interesting to compare stats between MLB and the DMCKL when the decade is over (between our all-time leaders and the "MLB leaders of the 1960s").
September 16, 2012: The Losing Streak Ends
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Congrats to another Knight, Willie Mays, who I believe became both the first DMCKL player to reach 1000 runs scored and the first to reach 1000 RBIs earlier this season. It's another good year in Mark-land as his team yet again outperforms his expectations.
Oh yeah, and I think he became the first to top 1500 hits, but I'm less sure of that. And you know what, 300 HRs too. Dude is just having a good decade.
Needing some recognition, Hank Aaron should have topped the 300 doubles list, becoming the first to accomplish that feat.
Maury Wills, with 430, is closing in on the 500 SB mark, and has stolen more than TWICE any other player in DMCKL history. He would be 30th all time in MLB history already... and 6th all-time since the caught stealing stat began (Cobb, Collins, Carey, Milan, Speaker).
September 16, 2012: The Losing Streak Ends
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--Mays is still short of 1500 hits (1420), Three players have cracked the 1500 hit mark this seaosn though; Hank Aaron 1571, Roberto Clemente 1541 and Maury Wills 1503.
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--Just a little over a hour to go til the trade deadline and it looks like it will pass with no activity for the first time in CKL history. Actually I don't think there have been any trades since the season got underway.
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--The Legends have their 2nd 10 game winning streak of the season, sweeping the Skipjacks to open a 17 game lead in the Hulbert. JW has stumbled a bit, going 2-8 in their last 10 to allow the Gold Sox to ctach them in the WC race - with the Hornets just a game back (and the Shoeless Joes and Diablos still in the hunt at 4 back).
--The Gold Sox backed their way into the WC lead, dropping 2 of 3 to the Knights to fall 9 back. The Hornets stay 4 back of the Hard Cider in the league's best divisional race.
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At the beginning of the season, Rusty Staub and Ron Perranoski were Gold Sox and Mickey Mantle and Moe Drabowsky were not.
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It looks like the minor changes I made have somehow really hurt the team. Can we go back in time so I can stop myself from doing it?
September 16, 2012: The Losing Streak Ends
Sunday, May 14, 1978
Ed Kranepool is sent to the minors.
Willie Smith is recalled
The Angels lineup will now be as follows
VS RHP
Ron Swoboda RF (R)
Willie Crawford LF (L)
Roger Repoz CF (L)
Willie Smith 1B (L)
Don Wert 3B (R)
Bob Tillman C (R)
Cookie Rojas 2B (R)
Hal Lanier SS (R)
PH vs RHP
PH vs LHP Max Alvis, Brant Alyea
VS LHP
Willie Smith 1B (L)
Randy Hundley C (R)
Tommy Davis CF (R)
Brant Alyea LF (R)
Max Alvis 3B (R)
Norm Miller RF (L)
Cookie Rojas 2B (R)
Hal Lanier SS (R)
PH vs LHP Don Wert
PH vs RHP Willie Crawford, Roger Repoz
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"A ballplayer has to just go out and be mean. You can't play half-heartedly. If you do, there's someone right over your shoulder that'll take your job away. If you don't do your job, what they're paying you for, why should they pay you? You just can't put in eight hours, that's what a lot of people don't realize about athletes. Very few people realize the pressure." Dave Kingman
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Joe - Not against your team. Sorry, I thought it might be a bit confusing when I put that in below my note to you, but didn't think about it until after. The shutout was against the Shoeless Joes on 7/24. Don't know yet who all was involved, but I know Jenkins started for me. Haven't downloaded the files yet, just back and working on that now.
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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And it looks like a couple minor tweaks I made to the Legends have helped the team. Maybe this is the 20 game streak?It looks like the minor changes I made have somehow really hurt the team. Can we go back in time so I can stop myself from doing it?
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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Got back from vacation late last night (Thursday) amid a March snow storm - and was ready to turn around and go right back to North Carolina. Had to shovel out the driveway this morning, but am now working on updating the web site. Hope to have it done by late afternoon (have to catch up on everything else, too - wife's priorities!).
Incidentally, for those of you NOT in snow country, the 2" last night (and I don't know and don't care what came down while I was away) brings the season total at my house to 136" of white CRAP from the sky!
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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OK, everything should be updated on the web site. Any problems, let me know.
Don't know if anyone reads the Notes, but the batter of the week for Week 16 was Lou Brock and an odd thing occurred. His BA was .538 and his OBP was .536, even though he had one walk - a strange quirk caused by an at bat that resulted in a sac fly. The sac fly of course didn't count against his BA, but it did count against his OBP.
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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WOWGot back from vacation late last night (Thursday) amid a March snow storm - and was ready to turn around and go right back to North Carolina. Had to shovel out the driveway this morning, but am now working on updating the web site. Hope to have it done by late afternoon (have to catch up on everything else, too - wife's priorities!
Incidentally, for those of you NOT in snow country, the 2" last night (and I don't know and don't care what came down while I was away) brings the season total at my house to 136" of white CRAP from the sky!Are you way north? Like half canada?
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Farmed: Millan, Higgins, Wyatt
Promoted: Granger, Farrell and Popovich
"I want all of you rookies to line up in alphabetical order by height." Casey Stengel
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--The Legends run their win streak to 13. The Gold Sox slip past the Skipjacks in the WD race.
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Nope, just live in the "rain shadow" (also snow shadow) of Lake Erie. We get lake effect snow all the time when no one else nearby gets anything. If I travel 50 miles south or east, they get about half the snow we do each winter. North and west also get the lake effect "bonus".WOW
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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I almost sent you some minor adjustments, then decided not to touch anything until the streak ends. At that point I'll have to do something with Monday and Buford to cut down on their playing time just a bit. But I ain't touching a thing yet!
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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McMahon is headed for the usage limit. I'll limit him to backup closer..
Pitching
SP1: Jarvis
SP2: Drysdale
SP3: Hardin
SP4: Selma
SP5: Moose (skip)
Spot: Stange, Fisher, Holtzman
Mop up: Fisher, Stange
Long man: Holtzman, Stange, Fisher
LH set up: Walker, Holtzman
RH set up: Hughes, Fisher
LH closer: Hamilton, Walker
RH closer: Hamilton, McMahon
Mark, can you confirm that my closer usage is at "standard" and not "more?"
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--Its as above now. I must have missed an adjustment somewhere though. Not only were you set more closers more, but McMahon was both was in not just as primary RH closer, but also in a RH setup role.
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