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1918 WORLD SERIES PREVIEW

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPION: PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (73-54)


Team Batting Average: .257 (8th)
Team ERA: 3.34 (9th)

Top Batters:
Dean Wooster - .275, 2 HR, 60 RBI, 24 SB
Julius Coltrane - .315, 51 RBI, 15 SB
Denholm Stevenson - .300, 61 RBI, 14 SB

Top Pitchers:
Steven Killian - 17-10, 2.56 ERA, 108 K
Jimmy Hardy - 19-10, 2.75 ERA, 137 K
Steve Smoke – 11-8, 3.25 ERA, 68 K


NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPION: CINCINNATI REDS (86-44)



Team Batting Average: .255 (3rd)
Team ERA: 2.89 (1st)

Top Batters:
Henry “Hannibal” Barca - .334, 4 HR, 67 RBI
Eddie Deal - .273, 5 HR, 46 RBI
Harold Zapp – .292, 40 RBI, 41 SB
Eckard Burlingame - .336, 2 HR, 66 RBI

Top Pitchers:
Jurgen Verherrsch – 20-8, 1.89 ERA, 115 K - *injured
Marty Unger - 23-5, 3.05 ERA, 93 K
Alonzo Crockett – 25-5, 2.27 ERA, 111 K
Tim Brightlighter 12-14, 3.37 ERA, 95 K - *injured

A month ago, the betting odds would have been that the defending champion Cincinnati Reds would have defeated any opponent in a sweep. Unfortunately, their ace Jurgen Verherrsch went down for the season on August 5th and doubt swirled among the fans. Management made a last minute deal with the New York Giants for starter Tim Brightlighter. Two weeks later, he went down with an injury as well. He could be back in time for one of the final games of the series, but it isn't guaranteed. This series in entirely up for grabs.

PREDICTION: Cincinnati in 7

[metsgeek]

1918 WORLD SERIES

9/5/1918 – GAME 1 ATHLETICS 3 - REDS 4

At first it appeared that the upstart A's had completely blindsided the defending champs as the held on to a 3-0 lead for 7 innings, but the Reds finally got to Jimmy Hardy in the 8th. Opposing pitcher Alonzo Crockett started the rally with a single, and 3 hits and an error later, the game was tied. That seemed to take the wind out of the A's sails as Henry Barca knocked in the speedy Harold "Zippy" Zapp with a long RBI single in the 9th to take Game 1.

9/6/1918 – GAME 2 ATHLETICS 4 - REDS 3

Yet again, the Athletics got out to an early lead and the Reds rallied back, but this time the boys from Philly managed to hold back the crimson tide in the 9th. Dean Wooster led the way with 2 RBI.

9/8/1918 - GAME 3 REDS 7 - ATHLETICS 4

This time it was the Reds who got out to an early 3-0 and the Athletics who tied it up with a 3 run rally in the 8th. Unfortunately for the young guns, Cincinnati struck back in the top of the 9th with 4 runs to put the game out of reach. Jack Cuddy knocked in 2 with a pinch-hit single, and Tyson Knapp followed up with a 2 run double. Reds lead 2-1.

9/9/1918 - GAME 4 REDS 2 - ATHLETICS 4

Eddie Deal knocked in 2 in the top of 1st with a double off the wall, but that was it for the Reds as Jimmy Hardy closed the door the rest of the way. The Athletics clawed their way bit by bit, eventually pulling ahead on a 2 run double by Denholm Stevenson to tie the series at 2 games apiece.

9/10/1918 - GAME 5 REDS 5 - ATHLETICS 3

In a game that featured a 21 minute rain delay and the ejection of Philly manager Bill Horton for one of his legendary tirades, Marty Unger gets one back against Steven Killian with the help of Federal league import Eckard Burlingame's 2 run shot in the 3rd

9/12/1918 – GAME 6 ATHLETICS 5 - REDS 9

Tim Brightlighter is finally deemed healthy enough to start, and although he was a bit shaky in his performance, the Reds' bats more than provided enough run support with 5 players contributing 2 hits, knocking Jim Pinkus out after 6 innings and leading Cincy to their second consecutive crown. Could this be the makings of a dynasty?

1918 WORLD CHAMPS – CINCINNATI REDS
2nd Championship

SERIES MVP: Eckard Burlingame - .417, 1 3b, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 7 Runs

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1918 AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Chuck Sciarraba (WSH) .333
2 Clyde Rockworth (NYA) .321
3 Larry Abercrombie (WSH) .320
4 Julius Coltrane (PHA) .315
5 Edmund De Groot (SLA) .305

TOP 5 Homers
1 Eli Crutchfield (BOS) 6
1 Clayton Bradley (CLE) 6
3 Carl Swagger (CLE) 5
3 James Fergus (BOS) 5
5 Chub Daughtry (DET) 4

TOP 5 RBI
1 Johnny Buck (BOS) 77
2 Lemuel Paxton (CHA) 71
3 Clayton Bradley (CLE) 66
3 Pavel Zabienko (PHA) 66
5 James Fergus (BOS) 61

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Tom Axelrod (DET) 58
1 Artemas Hane (PHA) 58
3 Frank Barbuto (WSH) 54
4 Chuck Sciarraba (WSH) 49
5 Clyde Rockworth (NYA) 47

TOP 5 Wins
1 Sly Archambault (BOS) 21
1 Charley Bartlett (WSH) 21
3 Jefferson Nance (NYA) 20
4 Jimmy Hardy (PHA) 19
5 Cash Mulroy (SLA) 18

TOP 5 ERA
1 Jefferson Nance (NYA) 2.18
2 David Brent (DET) 2.34
3 Alden Wolfe (SLA) 2.42
4 Mike Gulliver (WSH) 2.45
5 Charley Bartlett (WSH) 2.53

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Sly Archambault (BOS) 204
2 J.immy Hardy (PHA) 137
3 Alden Wolfe (SLA) 135
4 Herman Iburg (WSH) 132
5 Rollyn Radke (DET) 129


1918 NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Simon Goodrich (NY1) .348
2 Eckard Burlingame (CIN) .336
3 Henry Barca (CIN) .334
4 Joel Praetorius (PHI) .334
5 Joey Cola (BRO) .317

TOP 5 Homers
1 Bob Mulcahy (BRO) 7
2 Tyrone Hohimer (PHI) 5
2 Eddie Deal (CIN) 5
2 Gene Lassiter (NY1) 5
5 Joel Praetorius (PHI) 4

TOP 5 RBI
1 Henry Barca (CIN) 67
2 Eckard Burlingame (CIN) 66
2 Lionel Geary (SLN) 66
4 Joey Cola (BRO) 65
5 Rich Gloucester (NY1) 64

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Trevor Sway (SLN) 43
2 Tucker Dimond (CHN) 42
3 Harold Zapp (CIN) 41
4 Joey Hufnagel (PIT) 36
5 Koston Yosim (PIT) 35

TOP 5 Wins
1 Alonzo Crockett (CIN) 25
2 Marty Unger (CIN) 23
3 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 20
3 Bub Copley (SLN) 20
3 Fenton Mulligrew (PIT) 20

TOP 5 ERA
1 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 1.89
2 Bub Copley (SLN) 2.20
3 Alonzo Crockett (CIN) 2.27
4 Byron Pomeroy (NY1) 2.37
5 Sugar Mobley (BRO) 2.42

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Fenton Mulligrew (PIT) 155
2 Sugar Mobley (BRO) 148
3 Alonzo Crockett (CIN) 143
4 Benjamin Sisko (BSN) 142
5 Gabriel Poe (BSN) 141

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AMERICAN LEAGUE GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners:

Pitcher: Jimmy Hardy (PHA)
Catcher: Melvin Suggs (SLA)
First Base: Denholm Stevenson (PHA)
Second Base: Dean Wooster (PHA)
Third Base: Julius Coltrane (PHA)
Shortstop: Artemas Hane (PHA)
Leftfield: Charley Cherry (CLE)
Centerfield: Dick Twitty (NYA)
Rightfield: Johnny Buck (BOS)


NATIONAL LEAGUE GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners:

Pitcher: Ross Nagel (BRO)
Catcher: Eddie Deal (CIN)
First Base: Obie Newton (SLN)
Second Base: Ben Larchmont (SLN)
Third Base: Dan Drachen (SLN)
Shortstop: Tucker Dimond (CHN)
Leftfield: Alfred Reed (PHN)
Centerfield: Trevor Sway (SLN)
Rightfield: Silas Chilton (NY1)

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Bartlett and Crockett nab 1918 POTY honors

Charley Bartlett was named the AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner today. Washington's right-hander put up fabulous numbers this year which earned him the highest award a pitcher can receive. His ERA of 2.53 helped him to a 21-12 record this year. He struck out 122 and walked 82 in 299.1 innings. Charley has pitched 6 shutouts and 27 complete games. He's 5th in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Bartlett wins the award for the 2nd time in his 4-year career.

Alonzo Crockett will never forget this year. His dominating season convinced the NATIONAL LEAGUE to name Cincinnati's right-hander the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner of 1918. In 36 starts this year Alonzo struck out 143 batters in 317 innings of work. His ERA is 2.27, his record 25-5. He has 28 complete games and 5 shutouts. He's 3rd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

BATTERS OF THE YEAR are Coltrane and Barca.

It was a day to remember for Philadelphia (A)'s Julius Coltrane, who won the AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR today. It put the finishing touches on what has been a tremendous season for the slugger. His season features a batting average of .315 (144 hits in 457 AB), 25 doubles, 15 triples and one bomb. Coltrane collected 51 RBI and 75 runs as well. He's 4th in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting!

Cincinnati's first baseman Henry Barca had a fabulous season as well, no doubt about it. The NATIONAL LEAGUE shared this opinion and names the 25 year old the BATTER OF THE YEAR winner! Barca has hit 4 longballs this year while batting .334. He adds 27 doubles, along with 90 runs scored. He's 3rd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting, 5th in homeruns and 1st in RBI! Barca wins the award for the 2nd time in his 5-year career.

Slocum (NYA) and Push (PIT) win ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

The AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner was announced today, with New York (A)'s pitcher Monty Slocum earning the trophy for putting up the best numbers among rookies in his league. Opposing players hit .241 against Monty this season. While posting an ERA of 2.81 he went 13-4 in 21 starts, fanning 86 and walking 29 hitters. Monty has pitched 2 shutouts and 12 complete games.

Joe Push was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner today. Pittsburgh's pitcher put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 24 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Joe has a record of 7-7 this season, with an ERA of 3.03. In 148.2 Innings he was able to strike out 57 batters.

[scprideandms]

The Red Sox SUCK!!!!!

[metsgeek]

1918 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 10 - Acknowledging that Larry Abercrombie, Royal Chesterfield, and Joel Praetorius are all good ball players, Caesar Geist picks his all-time team, leaving the three of them off. In the current issue of TSN, Anson selects, C–Bob Rooney; P–Arch Murtaugh, Jurgen Verherrsch, Caroll Edwards; 1B-Fibber Paine; 2B–Bartholomew Martin; 3B–Hiram Webber; SS–Isaac Flick; OF–himself, Ryan Cawdor, Milton Shifman, and Mick Rooker.
• January 25 - The Ukrainian People declared independence from Bolshevik Russia.
• February 16 - The Council of Lithuania adopts the Act of Independence of Lithuania, declaring Lithuania's independence from the Russian Empire.
  
• February 23 - Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss of the Rules Committee launches a campaign to ban the spitter.
• February 24 - After 7 centuries of foreign rule, Estonia declares its independence from the Russian Empire. The country is occupied by Germany the next day. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia also declare their independence from the Russian Empire as the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
  
• March 2 - Phillies rightfielder John Walters, in Stoney Lynch's doghouse since September, is traded to the Cardinals for veteran Topsy Waddell and highly touted pitching prospect James "Colonel" Gladstone.
• March 6 - Finnish Air Force founded. The blue swastika is adopted as its symbol as a tribute to the Swedish explorer and aviator Eric von Rosen who donated the first plane. Von Rosen had painted the Buddhist symbol on the plane as his personal lucky insignia.
  
• March 20 - Although the leagues optimistically keep the schedules at 154 games, the owners agree to halve the spring training time in an attempt to save money, The Cards open their camp at Hot Wells, Arkansas
• March 23 - The giant German cannon, the so-called Paris Gun, begins to shell Paris from 114 km (75 miles) away.
• April 4 - Determined not to be a wartime casualty, the International League reorganizes. The Richmond, Montreal, and Providence franchises are replaced by Binghamton, Jersey City, and Syracuse. Expenses are slashed, causing the resignation of president Ed Barrow, who will go on to greater glory with the Boston Red Sox. The IL will be the only minor league to play its full schedule this year.
• April 8 - In the a.m. game of a doubleheader in Los Angeles, Lyle Wuehrle's no-hit bid against Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast League) is spoiled with 2 outs in the 9th by Wuehrle's brother Will, but Los Angeles wins 14-0
• May 14 - Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington, DC. District commissioners rescind the ban in view of the large increase in the city's wartime population and the need for recreation and amusement facilities.
• May 15 - Former manager Earl Arnell commits suicide in St. Louis
• May 15 - The Post Office Department (later renamed the USPS) begins the first regular airmail service in the world (between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC)
  
• June 2 - Jake Pettybone of the White Sox no-hits the Washington Senators, allowing only one walk. Amazingly, he recorded no strikeouts.
• July 9 - Great Train Wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
• July 17 - By order of the Bolshevik Party and carried out by Cheka, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his immediate family, and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
  
• July 19 - Washington catcher Tip Reynolds applies for deferment from the draft. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker rules that baseball is not an essential occupation and all players of draft age are subject to the "work-in-essential-industries-or-fight" rule. The ruling sends many players to work in shipyards and other defense industries, where they can play part-time or semipro. Ban Johnson says the AL will close down July 21st, but the next day both leagues vote to continue.
• July 26 - Secretary of War Baker exempts players from the "work-in-essential-industries-or-fight" rule until September 1st. Both leagues vote to cut the season short, and end on Labor Day, September 2nd.
• August - "Spanish Flu" Influenza becomes a pandemic; over twenty-five million people will die in the following six months.
• August 2 - Against the Boston Braves, Cincinnati shortstop Richard Prince slaps 6 hits in 6 at-bats, knocking in 5. The Reds win in a blowout, 17-4.
• August 24 - Secretary Baker grants an extended exemption to players in the World Series; three days later the National Commission gets an official approval to play from General Enoch Crowder, providing that 10 percent of the revenues go to war charities.
• August 30 - Fanya Kaplan tries to shoot Lenin. The Petrograd head of Cheka is assassinated the same day.
  
• September 9 - Stanley Stocker, a St. Louis Browns 3b who last played in 1915, is wounded fighting in a battle at Argonne Wood, France. He loses an eye and his right leg.
• September 10 - Players on both the Athletics and Reds threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. There are no fines, but no World Series rings or mementos will be given out this year.
• September 12 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Philadelphia Athletics in 6 games for the 1918 World Series championship. The Reds will realize $1,102 each, the Athletics $671, the smallest winner's share ever earned. The inning by inning results of the game were relayed to Columbus, via homing nine pigeons.
• October 3 - Kaiser makes Max von Baden German chancellor.
  
• October 5 - Former Phillie 1b Melville Addison is killed in action in the Argonne forest in France.
• October 7 - Former Detroit pitcher Cutty Olsen is killed in Meuse, France
• October 8 - World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, US Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
• October 18 - The city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico was nearly destroyed by an earthquake and a tsunami.
• October 25 - The Princess Sophia sinks on Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau, Alaska, 353 people die in the greatest maritime disaster in the Pacific Northwest.
• October 28 - Czechoslovakia declares its independence on Austria-Hungary
• November 1 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 dead.
• November 4 - World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy
  
• November 9 - Former Braves outfielder Herb Walker, 36, dies of influenza at an army camp.
• November 11 - World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France.
  
• November 15 - Giants pitcher Robert Munch is sentenced to four months in jail after he pleads guilty to violating the Mann Act, which prohibits taking a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. He will be released in time for spring training next year.
• December 4 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

[metsgeek]

Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1919 Draft

Bernie Slovack, 2b/3b/SS/CF - 6/4/5/9: 10/10/5/4/8
Otto Osterburg, LF/RF - 5/7: 8/6/7/8/6
Lyle Liverman, LF/RF - 9/8: 8/8/5/4/5
Hugo Ferenczy, LF/RF - 6/8: 7/7/6/9/7
Anton Gogolak, 2b/CF - 2/7: 7/9/6/5/9


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1919 Draft

Tom Paladin, SP: 9/10/7
Magnus Magnussen, SP: 10/5/5
Rufus Leudenbeck, SP: 7/8/9
Chauncey Gumsack, SP: 8/5/9
Hezekiah Sunday, SP: 3/10/10

[metsgeek]

1919 Draft Log

Round 1:

Chicago (N) pick: 2B Bernie Slovack.
Boston (N) pick: RF Otto Osterburg.
Brooklyn pick: P Tom Paladin.
New York (N) pick: P Rufus Leudenbeck.
Cleveland pick: LF Hugo Ferenczy.
New York (A) pick: P Hezekiah Sunday.
Detroit pick: P Magnus Magnussen.
Philadelphia (N) pick: CF Bull Jakes
St. Louis (A) pick: CF Anton Gogolak.
Washington pick: RF Lyle Liverman.
Pittsburgh pick: P Chauncey Gumsack
Chicago (A) pick: 1B Gerry Railsback.
St. Louis (N) pick: P Jeff Strand.
Boston (A) pick: P Julian Caiaphas
Philadelphia (A) pick: CF Aubrey Billiam.
Cincinnati pick: P King Fisher


Round 2 :

Chicago (N) pick: C Ira Strosberg.
Detroit pick: RF John Blutarsky
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Dagwood Titwhiler
Cleveland pick: P Griff Powers
Brooklyn pick: P Edward Cabot.
St. Louis (A) pick: SS Drexel Spivey.
Boston (N) pick: P Marvin Nash
Chicago (A) pick: P Butch Coolidge
New York (N) pick: 3B Mitch Ransom.
Washington pick: P Dante Dolivarius
Pittsburgh pick: SS Boyce Simple
New York (A) pick: C Elvis Trickle.
St. Louis (N) pick: P Arnold Farley.
Boston (A) pick: P Curtis Spicoli
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Dario Labrazio
Cincinnati pick: 3B Donald Hogue.


Round 3 :

Chicago (N) pick: P Joe Brawley.
Detroit pick: P Jack Fenway
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Bob Dickerson
Cleveland pick: P Boyd Jones
Brooklyn pick: 1B Doc Connors.
St. Louis (A) pick: P Francis Murphy
Boston (N) pick: LF Zack Martin
Chicago (A) pick: 3B Roddy Bumhauer
New York (N) pick: C Fuzzy Braxton
Washington pick: P Jack Ruggles
Pittsburgh pick: P Holden Pumphrey
New York (A) pick: P Stanley Hendricks.
St. Louis (N) pick: P Rodney Boyles
Boston (A) pick: C Homer Bollenbock
Philadelphia (A) pick: 2B Leif Thorssen.
Cincinnati pick: P Henry Sharp


Round 4 :

Chicago (N) pick: SS John Green
Detroit pick: P Wes Filbert
Philadelphia (N) pick: C John Smart
Cleveland pick: P Henry White
Brooklyn pick: P Marshall Sourbuck
St. Louis (A) pick: P Merle Mills
Boston (N) pick: 2B Ray Wilson
Chicago (A) pick: 3B Jerome Toynbee
New York (N) pick: SS Kenneth Osborn
Washington pick: 2B Mac McInnis
Pittsburgh pick: RF Johnny Felix
New York (A) pick: 2B Clement Guthrie.
St. Louis (N) pick: SS James Mullen
Boston (A) pick: P Bill Heimlich
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Kent Tremayne.
Cincinnati pick: LF George Yoder.

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[metsgeek]

1919 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB Streak Last10 

New York (A)     99 41 .707    -   L1    8-2 
Washington       76 64 .543 23.0   W1    5-5 
St. Louis (A)    73 67 .521 26.0   W4    7-3 
Chicago (A)      71 69 .507 28.0   W2    6-4 
Philadelphia (A) 66 74 .471 33.0   L2    3-7 
Detroit          65 75 .464 34.0   L5    3-7 
Cleveland        56 84 .400 43.0   L3    3-7 
Boston (A)       54 86 .386 45.0   W3    4-6

With the war in Europe over, the stadiums once again echoed with the crack of bat against ball and the cheers of the crowd. The New York Yankees turned up the heat in mid-May and never let up, keeping a blistering .750 pace through the end of the 1919 season. The rest of the American League beat up on each other while the Yanks coasted the last month of the season on the backs of Monty Slocum and Eldon Sheldon, each with more than 20 wins in this shortened 140 game season. Last year's champs, the Philadelphia A's, fell all the way to 5th place, leading to cries from the fans to get rid of manager Bill Horton.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB Streak Last10 

Cincinnati       82 59 .582    -   W2    5-5 
St. Louis (N)    81 60 .574  1.0   L3    5-5 
Brooklyn         76 64 .543  5.5   L2    6-4 
Pittsburgh       76 64 .543  5.5   W2    8-2 
Chicago (N)      64 76 .457 17.5   L1    3-7 
New York (N)     64 76 .457 17.5   L1    4-6 
Boston (N)       63 77 .450 18.5   W4    5-5 
Philadelphia (N) 55 85 .393 26.5   W1    3-7

The National League race was an entirely different story. Over the length of the schedule, the lead was traded back and forth between the four top teams. Brooklyn led through most of July and August, but they faltered in the final stretch and the Cardinals and Reds surged past them. With a week to go, St. Louis appeared to have pulled in front for good, but the Reds managed to tie it up and force a playoff on the final day of the regular season. The ball was in Jurgen Verherrsch's hands and, as always, he delivered, shutting out the Cards and sending Cincy to their 4th pennant in 5 years and a chance at their 3rd straight crown. Things couldn't be better in Redtown.

[DamnYankees]

Yanks absolutely CRUSHED us in 1919 - let's just hope they revert to the mean in 1920.

[scprideandms]

Red Sox still SUCK!!!!

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by scprideandms

Red Sox still SUCK!!!!

Feels weird saying that about yourself instead of my BaTTY team, huh?

[scprideandms]

When I say "Red Sox" I mean the team, not the owner/GM, when I mention "that other Boston team" in Batty, I SPECIFICALLY mean "YOU" suck, the teams not bad.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by scprideandms

When I say "Red Sox" I mean the team, not the owner/GM, when I mention "that other Boston team" in Batty, I SPECIFICALLY mean "YOU" suck, the teams not bad.

Dude, I can hand out CEI like candy. Keep it up

[metsgeek]

1919 WORLD SERIES PREVIEW

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPION: NEW YORK YANKEES (99-41)


Team Batting Average: .276 (1st)
Team ERA: 2.92 (1st)

Top Batters:
Henry Wing - .308, 10 HR, 86 RBI, 42 SB
Clyde Rockworth - .315, 57 RBI, 43 SB
Aloysius "Chum Bucket" O'Reilly - .264, 9 HR, 70 RBI

Top Pitchers:
Monty Slocum - 25-7, 1.97 ERA, 187 K
Eldon Sheldon - 22-7, 2.68 ERA, 165 K
Jefferson Nance – 15-8, 2.95 ERA, 80 K


NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPION: CINCINNATI REDS (82-59)



Team Batting Average: .256 (13th)
Team ERA: 3.19 (5th)

Top Batters:
Henry “Hannibal” Barca - .286, 6 HR, 64 RBI, 27 SB
Eddie Deal - .268, 9 HR, 70 RBI
Harold Zapp – .292, 59 RBI, 38 SB
Eckard Burlingame - .281, 69 RBI, 16 SB

Top Pitchers:
Jurgen Verherrsch – 20-11, 2.62 ERA, 155 K
Marty Unger - 20-11, 3.49 ERA, 133 K
Tim Brightlighter 17-8, 2.66 ERA, 83 K

The Reds may be weaker than the Yankees with regards to statistics, but those in the know mark it up to the much higher level of competition in the National League. Don't count out the impact of postseason experience that Cincy has in droves. This series should be quite close, especially since they've changed it to 9 games. If it goes to 9, Verherrsch will get the ball...and you know how he is in clutch situations.

PREDICTION: Cincinnati in 9

[rocknfire7]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

Dude, I can hand out CEI like candy. Keep it up

He means it too!, Just check out the PLAGUE dynasty. ( I've made it to page 27 by the way)

Whole lota killin' going on over there.
Heck this smiley is in jeopardy because Pete killed off one of the stooges.

[scprideandms]

See, just like the "dumb a$$" he is, I never (until NOW!!) quetioned his ability as commish (just pencil puching and key pressing anyways, my cat could do it) only his ability to do a job that required actual thinking, such as managing a team!!!!

[metsgeek]

1919 WORLD SERIES

10/4/1919 – GAME 1 REDS 2 - YANKEES 4

With Jurgen Verherrsch on the shelf until Game 3, Tim Brightlighter got the start, but he just didn't have his best stuff, giving up 11 hits and 4 runs. Yankees ace, Monty Slocum, helped own cause with 2 RBI. Waylon Campbell led all batters with 3 hits. The Reds are just glad that the series now is best of 9.

10/5/1919 – GAME 2 REDS 2 - YANKEES 3

Dick Twitty started things off for the Yankees with a 2 run bomb in the 1st on a hanging curve off of Alonzo Crockett. The Reds scored onre in the 6th and one more in the 9th to tie it up, but it didn't last as Lawrence Kauffman gave up the game-winning run to Aloysius "Chum Bucket" O'Reilly, putting New York 2 game to zip.

10/7/1919 - GAME 3 YANKEES 2 - REDS 5

Leave it up to Jurgen Verherrsch to stop the bleeding. He didn't have his best stuff, giving up 10 hits, but he spread it out enough to allow the defending champs to score 5 runs, knocking in 2 himself. No help was to be found from Eddie Deal or Henry Barca, who have yet to notch a hit in the first 3 games.

10/8/1919 - GAME 4 YANKEES 7 - REDS 1

Brightlighter and Slocum faced off again, and the Reds starter was ineffective for the second straight start. He gave up 4 runs in the 3rd and a 3 run moonshot to Yankees backstop Dan Curtin to put the game completely out of reach. On the other mound, Slocum was his usual stellar self, allowing only 5 hits.

10/9/1919 - GAME 5 REDS 1 - YANKEES 4

Dick Twitty got on base 5 times in 5 at-bats and Jefferson Nance knocked in 2 runs to put the Yankees up 4 games to 1. Cincy fans are apoplectic.

10/11/1919 – GAME 6 REDS 12 - YANKEES 4

Henry Barca led the way with 4 hits and 3 RBI as the Reds' bats woke up with a vengeance for 17 hits off of Eldon Sheldon. Verherrsch was a bit off his game, giving up 4 runs, but it was more than enough to pull Cincy back to 4 games to 2.

10/12/1919 – GAME 7 YANKEES 8 - REDS 2, 16 innings

In the best game of the series, the Yanks and Reds locked horns in an epic battle. Brightlighter and Slocum met for the 3rd time and both were on their game. Cincy pulled ahead 1-0, but Clyde Rockworth squeaked a single through the infield and, after getting knocked over to 2nd by Thomas Griffin, legged out a long hit by Dick Twitty to send the game to extras. The game remained knotted for the next 4 innings until Henry Wing knocked in a run in the top of the 14th. Eddie Deal got his 1st RBI of the series with a sac fly in the bottom half of the inning to tie it up yet again. Matt Kidder came in for the Reds in the top of 15 for the first time in the postseason, but he couldn't shake the rust off as he gave up 3 quick runs. "Chum Bucket" O'Reilly put all doubt out of the fans' minds as he capped off the series with a 3 run shot, putting New York up by 6 and clinching their first crown.

1919 WORLD CHAMPS – NEW YORK YANKEES
1st Championship

SERIES MVP: Monty Slocum - 2-0, 0.69 ERA, 26 IP, 12 Hits, 2 BB, 14 K

[metsgeek]

Ugh....looks like every league on allsimbaseball.com is down for some reason, including PBRL

Good time for me to update the dynasties