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Old 06-27-2009, 04:12 AM   #1
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SEPTEMBER 1, 1932				THE THRIFTLON TIMES			10 CENTS
		"ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO BE NEWS"

HOOVER EVICTS BONUS ARMY
43,000 Marchers Ordered to Disperse
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A18						Obituaries
Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind In The Willows"
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B1						BUSINESS
First Radio Broadcast From A Moving Train
Okay, We Get It Already. No More First Radio Broadcasts From Here On Out
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C1						ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
New Radio Craze: Jack Benny
Except This One. And Also Other Important Ones
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D1						SPORTS
It's Setting Up To Be A Subway Series
Yankees, Giants Primed To Square Off In Fall Classic For First Time

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American League Standings

Team                      W    L     PCT      GB Pyt.Rec    Diff    Home    Away      M#  Streak
New York Yankees          77   45   0.631      -   79-43       -2  36-24   41-21       28     W3
Chicago White Stockings   69   50   0.580     6.5  65-54        4  38-27   31-23              L1
Boston Red Sox            61   58   0.513    14.5  63-56       -2  26-27   35-31              W1
Philadelphia Athletics    60   59   0.504    15.5  63-56       -3  27-27   33-32              L3
Cleveland Indians         60   60   0.500      16  59-61        1  29-35   31-25              L3
St. Louis Browns          55   63   0.466      20  54-64        1  33-30   22-33              W4
Detroit Tigers            49   69   0.415      26  48-70        1  27-36   22-33              W3
Washington Senators       47   74   0.388    29.5  48-73       -1  25-31   22-43              L8


National League Standings

Team                      W    L     PCT      GB Pyt.Rec    Diff    Home    Away      M#  Streak
New York Giants           86   32   0.729      -   80-38        6  40-12   46-20       18     W5
Cincinnati Reds           67   51   0.568      19  69-49       -2  35-19   32-32              W1
Philadelphia Phillies     62   60   0.508      26  67-55       -5  33-33   29-27              L4
Pittsburgh Pirates        61   62   0.496    27.5  62-61       -1  34-33   27-29              L1
St Louis Cardinals        58   61   0.487    28.5  57-62        1  28-35   30-26              L4
Chicago Cubs              58   66   0.468      31  58-66        0  32-39   26-27              L2
Boston Braves             45   71   0.388      40  47-69       -2  18-36   27-35              W3
Brooklyn Dodgers          42   76   0.356      44  39-79        3  14-38   28-38              W2
The Yankees have taken advantage of the size of their city and stadium and the way the Great Depression has swept the nation to, frankly, purchase their way to the top of the standings. The Yanks, who have to date won just 3 pennants and 2 World Series championships in the history of the league, are trying to make it 4 and 3 behind a few superstars plucked from other teams: SP Bob "Eeyore" Meyers (19-10, 2.60 ERA), formerly of the Brooklyn Dodgers, LF Carter Keeton (.331, 21 HR, 92 RBI), acquired from the St. Louis Browns this offseason, and 3B Quincy Hudson (.340, 16, 76) of the Boston Braves. This triumvate of purchased players joins 7-time 20 game winner Steve Krug (16-6, 2.74), leadoff hitter and CF Nathan Behnke (.327, 3, 50 21 SB), and SS/1B Mike Kennedy (.314, 11, 89) to master the American league.

In the National, the Giants have made a couple of key acquisitions as well but mostly their success is home-grown and therefore sweeter. Their 3-4 punch of CF Erik Conn (.303, 30, 115) and 3B Emory Jefferson (.341, 31, 111) paces an attack that ranks first in the league in runs scored with 792 and threatens to break the NL record of 995 runs scored, set 2 years ago by the hard-hitting Phillies (more on them in a bit). They'll have to average 5.6 runs per game to meet that mark, not an easy metric but quite a bit less than the 6.7 they've tallied so far this year.

But it's not all about hitting for these boys, although it could be. They're lapping the rest of the league because they've got four men who all figure to win 20 games this season: phenom John Burns, 21-7 3.44 in his second season in the bigs, Fred Fleming (21-6, 2.71) who is undefeated at 15-0 since arriving from the Cleveland Indians in midseason, 327 game winner Ryan "Pinto" Rush (19-7, 4.01), and junkballer Li Alport (16-8, 3.87). The National League record of 108 wins (in 1921) and the Giants own record of 107 (in 1911) will be tough to reach but aren't impossible.

State of the Game: HR Mark Falls, Others On The Way?
Records are Made to be Broken, But So Soon?

It was just two years ago that Ray Thompson shocked the world by blasting 33 homeruns in the offensive-filled season of 1930. Now that total is looking positively pedestrian now that no less than four batters have achieved the 30 dinger mark this season. Prior to 1932, only four batters had gone over that previously believed untouchable mark. We've discussed the two New Yorkers on that list. The other two are Philadelphia Phillies 1B Remi Parent (.349, 35, 109) and CF Charles Payne (.336, 32, 106) (and as a brief aside, if you're wondering why the Phillies are so average this year despite all the circuit clouts, you need look no further than their 13-24 record against the Jints and Reds, the true aces of the league). The homerun mark has fallen; the only question is how far will it fall.

With all these homers, you'd expect the RBI record to be assaulted this year as well, and you'd be right. Right now the man in the driver's seat is Cincinnati Reds RF Brad Box (.375, 23, 120), who is on pace to break Chris Gregg's mark of 149, also set in 1930 (familiar refrain?). Unlike the four homerun mashers, Box is the only RBI man on his club and thus gets the benefit of many more opportunities. It doesn't hurt that he hits a maniacal .433 with runners in scoring position.

The record for base hits is the oldest one of the bunch, set by Jay Calvin back in 1922, a time that feels like a century ago, not a decade. The Browns' Lester Archie (.385, 14, 87), who almost certainly will be taken by the highest bidder this offseason due to the cash-strapped situation of the St. Louis AL squad, is on pace to collect 248 base knocks, 5 more than what Calvin accomplished. He's followed closely by Jay Calvin himself, now with Cincinnati (.364, 4, 56, on pace for 240 hits) and teammate Bob Leonhart (.373, 7, 98). Calvin was just 21 years of age when he set that record so it's not surprising to see him on this list.

Finally, there is the matter of the two-base hit. Not the most glamorous of records but it still counts, right? The man who looks like he'll be crowned at the top of this list is Pittsburgh Pirate RF John Giron (.297, 2, 55), who had just 22 2-base hits last year and has passed the 30-double mark just twice in his career prior to this season. He's trailed by Chicago Cub Carson Groth (.323, 3, 58, 46 2Bs) and St. Louis Cardinal CF George Halter (.336, 8. 62, 44 2Bs). The record's only 55. It'll fall for sure.

What Happened To The Pitching?
An Editorial by Resident Curmudgeon Jesse "Rawhide" McLagan

Back in my day, men knew how to pitch. Oh, we didn't have all these fancy pitches like the "nickel curve" or the "forkball" or the "dime change" (you whippersnappers probably didn't even know I made that one up, did you?) but we could get men out all the same. Now, my own accomplishments have been lost to history but let me throw a little statination at ya: 22 years ago, the American League had a collective earned run average of 2.85. So far this year it's at 4.51 and shows no signs of going down. And that's for the weaker league? The NL sits at 4.61 so far. That's more than an earned run every two innings! Take errors into account and you've got a 10-6 ballgame every other day!

Why are these numbers so high? I'll tell you. Today's pitcher has forgotten how to put fear into the heart of a hitter and in doing so simply cannot strike a man out when he needs to. Oh, Rawhide, you say. That's just crazy talk. Maybe today's hitters have learned how not to strike out. Hogwash, I say! With their home run swings and their home run prances, do you really think they'd strike out *less* than they used to if the pitching was all the same? And yet, that's what they do! Look at this top 5 list from 1906:

Turner, STB 189
Cooks, PHA 183
Delaney, STB 175
Martineau, CLE 166
Silva, PHA 161

And here's the same list from 1932:

Hinman, CHA 145
Brewer, PHA 142
Meyers, NYY 112
Boulanger, BOS 103
Castillo, CHA 87

More crazy talk, old Rawhide, you say? The season isn't over yet? Well, you tell me how Jose "Moo" Castillo is going to double his strikeout total in the next month, which is what he'd have to do to get on that aught-six list? I'll tell you how he's not going to do it: by letting hitters make mooing sounds when he comes to the plate. That's just showing a lack of respect. If hitters did that to me, well, let's just say that the hit batsmen record would be broken in the first month. This "Moo" kid, though, he seems to enjoy it. "Lends to his mystique", I've heard him say. Well, let me say this, Moo-Cow Castillo, it's not mystique when the entire crowd sounds like they're booing when they're calling out your name! And it sure as shootin' ain't mystique when your own home crowd bangs on cowbells every game that you pitch!

Ugh. Kids today. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
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Special edition: Sept 23, 1932

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D1						SPORTS
SPECIAL PENNANT RACE EDITION
Sox on the Heels of Yankees, Giants On The Heels of History
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American League Standings

Team                      W    L     PCT      GB    Home    Away      M#  Streak
New York Yankees          88   54    0.62      -   40-29   48-25       12     L1
Chicago White Stockings   85   55   0.607       2  41-30   44-25              W1
Boston Red Sox            70   71   0.496    17.5  32-34   38-37              W1
Philadelphia Athletics    70   71   0.496    17.5  32-32   38-39              L1
Cleveland Indians         68   71   0.489    18.5  34-43   34-28              W1
St. Louis Browns          62   76   0.449      24  35-38   27-38              L1
Detroit Tigers            61   78   0.439    25.5  32-41   29-37              W1
Washington Senators       57   85   0.401      31  32-36   25-49              L1

National League Standings

Team                      W    L     PCT      GB    Home    Away      M#  Streak
New York Giants          102   35   0.745      -   53-14   49-21 Clinched     W8
Cincinnati Reds           79   58   0.577      23  38-22   41-36              W2
St Louis Cardinals        71   70   0.504      33  35-42   36-28              L2
Pittsburgh Pirates        69   73   0.486    35.5  37-38   32-35              W1
Philadelphia Phillies     67   74   0.475      37  35-39   32-35              L5
Chicago Cubs              66   76   0.465    38.5  35-42   31-34              L6
Boston Braves             52   85    0.38      50  22-42   30-43              L1
Brooklyn Dodgers          51   86   0.372      51  21-42   30-44              W3
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Chicago White Stockings 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 15 1 
Philadelphia Athletics  1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4  8 15 2 

Home Runs: PHA: H. Cain (11, 8th Inning off A. LeBron, 0 on, 1 out)

W: M. Bulter (5-0), L: D. Crosby (1-7) SV: S. Mayer SV (16)
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Philadelphia Phillies 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1  7 14 3 
New York Giants       0 2 3 0 3 0 6 0 X 14  9 2 

Home Runs: PHN: C. Payne (36, 9th Inning off G. Stabler, 0 on, 2 outs)
           NYG: E. McCrary 2 (12, 2nd Inning off S. Pease, 1 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off K. Mask, 3                 on, 2 outs)

W: R. Rush (22-9), L: S. Pease (8-13)
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Sept 24 PENNANT RACE EDITION

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AL Race
Team              W    L     PCT      GB
New York Yankees  88   54    .620     -
Chicago White Sox 85   55    .607

All-Time Greatest Teams

Team              W    L     PCT      GB
1921 Pirates	  108  46    .701     -
1925 Red Sox      108  46    .701     -
1911 Giants	  107  47    .695     1
1914 Giants       104  50    .675     4
1932 GIANTS       103  35    .745     5
1924 Red Sox      102  52    .662     6
1921 Indians      102  52    .662     6
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National League

Pittsburgh Pirates  0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0  2  5 2 
New York Giants     2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 X  7 11 1 

Home Runs: NYG: J. Sundberg (12, 8th Inning off D. Brace, 0 on, 0 outs), E. Conn 
           (32, 1st Inning off D. Brace, 0 on, 1 out) M. Taylor (11, 1st
           Inning off D. Brace, 0 on, 1 out) E. McCrary (13, 8th Inning off
           D. Brace, 0 on, 0 outs) 

W: F. Fleming (27-6) L: D. Brace (21-14)

Notes: Fleming is 21-0 (2.18 ERA) since joining the Giants.
Upcoming games:

AL
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9/25 CHA (Hinman 25-10, 2.97) at NYY (Meyers 22-12, 2.66)
9/27 CHA (Gordon 15-14, 3.82) at NYY (Krug 20-11, 2.69)

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9/25 PIT (Fernando 8-14, 4.33) at NYG (Burns 26-7, 3.31)
9/26 PIT (Slocum 3-1, 3.23) at NYG (Alport 18-9, 3.67)
9/27 PIT (Engel 14-12, 3.99) At NYG (Rush 22-9, 4.22)
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AL Race
Team              W    L     PCT      GB
New York Yankees  89   54    .622     -
Chicago White Sox 85   56    .607     3

All-Time Greatest Teams

Team              W    L     PCT      GB
1921 Pirates	  108  46    .701     -
1925 Red Sox      108  46    .701     -
1911 Giants	  107  47    .695     1
1914 Giants       104  50    .675     4
1932 GIANTS       104  35    .748     4
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American League

Chicago White Stockings 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  2 9 1 
New York Yankees        0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 X  4 7 1 

HR: None

W: B. Meyers (23-12) L: B. Hinman (25-11)
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National League

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0  2 6 1 
New York Giants    0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X  4 4 0 

HR: PIT M. Vick (8, 7th Inning off L. Alport, 0 on, 2 outs)

W: Alport (19-9) L: Slocum (3-2)
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Team              W    L     PCT      GB
New York Yankees  89   54    .622     -
Chicago White Sox 85   56    .607     3

All-Time Greatest Teams

Team              W    L     PCT      GB
1921 Pirates	  108  46    .701     -
1925 Red Sox      108  46    .701     -
1911 Giants	  107  47    .695     1
1932 GIANTS       105  35    .750     3
1914 Giants       104  50    .675     4
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National League

Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0  9 11 0 
New York Giants    3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 X 10 16 5 

HR: NYG E. Jefferson (32, 1st Inning off C. Fernando, 1 on, 2 outs),
        E. Conn (33, 7th Inning off H. Jones, 1 on, 2 outs) G. Jenkins
        (1, 7th Inning off H. Jones, 0 on, 1 out) J. Montague (11, 7th
        Inning off H. Jones, 1 on, 1 out)

W: G. Stabler (1-0) L: H. Jones (0-2) Sv: T. Kelley (6)

Notes: The Giants are 19-3 for the month of September.
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Yankees Sap Chicago's Will, Sweep Series
It's all over except for the counting in the American League, as the Yankees broke the hearts of Chicago fans to sweep the final series between the two teams. The Yankees won 16 of 22 games against the Chisox this season.

It looked like a blowout through much of the game. The New York AL entrants posted leads of 8-1 and 11-2. But then in the 9th, the White Sox struck. Steve Krug insisted on staying in this one and for some reason Yankees manager Rich Naughton didn't take him out even though he was practically pitching batting practice out there. "I've won the past two pennants in this league, son," said the grizzled skipper, who was signed by the Yanks after three great seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics. "Don't you think I know what I'm doing? 'Sides, Krug's velocity was still there and believe you me you do not take out Steve Krug before he's ready to be taken out."

The 9 run inning, which came off of 6 singles, a triple, and 2 bases on balls, knotted the score at 11. If this was a Hollywood movie, the Sox would have gotten that one extra run or at least shut down the Yanks in their half of the 9th to win it in extra frames. But such was not to be. Chisox reliever Mark Bulter trotted out to the mound (ace Spencer Mayer having been used the previous inning) and promptly allowed the first two baserunners to reach. A sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk, and a weak pop-out to short by pinch-hitter Steve West later, the bases were loaded but there were two outs on the scoreboard. All Mayer had to do was register the final out. But leadoff man Nathan Benkhe had other plans. He took the first pitch looking, watched three offspeed pitches miss the strike zone, watched a very iffy pitch go by for strike two, and proceeded to foul off four more pitches before he finally managed to push one into the hole between 3B Mike Sheridan and SS Jefferson Davis for the game-winning single.

The loss puts Chicago 4 games back with 8 to play, a near-insurmountable gap. White Sox manager Salvador Lopez was interviewed but no words could be made out between the weeping.

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AL Race
Team              W    L     PCT      GB
New York Yankees  90   54    .625     -
Chicago White Sox 85   57    .599     4

All-Time Greatest Teams

Team              W    L     PCT      GB
1921 Pirates	  108  46    .701     -
1925 Red Sox      108  46    .701     -
1911 Giants	  107  47    .695     1
1932 GIANTS       106  35    .752     2
1914 Giants       104  50    .675     4
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American League

Chicago White Stockings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9  11 13 1 
New York Yankees        2 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1  12 23 0 

HR: CHA M. LaPointe (7, 1st Inning off S. Krug, 0 on, 1 out)
    NYY M. Kennedy (16, 1st Inning off B. Gordon, 1 on, 1 out) 

W: Krug (21-11) L: M. Bulter (5-1)
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St Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0  3  9 0 
New York Giants    0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1  4 12 1 

HR: NYG E. Conn 2 (35, 8th Inning off J. Porter, 0 on, 1 out; 10th Inning
        off R. Carmody, 0 on, 0 outs)

W: R. Rush (23-9) L: Carmody (3-2)
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Team              W    L     PCT      GB  Magic Number
New York Yankees  90   55    .621     -
Chicago White Sox 85   58    .594     4   7

All-Time Greatest Teams

Team              W    L     PCT      GB
1921 Pirates	  108  46    .701     -
1925 Red Sox      108  46    .701     -
1911 Giants	  107  47    .695     1
1932 GIANTS       106  35    .752     2
1914 Giants       104  50    .675     4
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St. Louis Browns 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0  4 7 1 
New York Yankees 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  1 6 0 

HR: None

W: T. Maloy (10-15) L: G. Scurry (9-9)

Notes: Scurry left in the 4th with arm problems.

Chicago White Stockings 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  0 1 1  5  8 2 
Washington Senators     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  0 1 2  6 13 3 

HR: CHA B. Wolf (19, 2nd Inning off T. Davis, 1 on, 0 outs)
        H. Sunday (27, 7th Inning off T. Davis, 0 on, 0 outs) 
    WAS D. Powell (6, 12th Inning off S. Mayer, 1 on, 1 out) 

W: K. Inman (9-5) L: S. Mayer (2-4)
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Giants' Rise Temporarily Arrested
Fleming's Streak Halted At Twenty-One Wins

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AL Race
Team              W    L     PCT      GB  Magic Number
New York Yankees  90   55    .621     -
Chicago White Sox 85   58    .594     4   7

All-Time Greatest Teams

Team              W    L     PCT      GB
1921 Pirates	  108  46    .701     -
1925 Red Sox      108  46    .701     -
1911 Giants	  107  47    .695     1
1932 GIANTS       106  36    .752     2
1914 Giants       104  50    .675     4
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National League
St Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0  10 14 4 
New York Giants    0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0   5 10 1 

HR: STL  A. Rodríguez (15, 6th Inning off F. Fleming, 2 on, 0 outs) 
         G. Halter (14, 1st Inning off F. Fleming, 0 on, 0 outs) 

W: C. Parham (4-1) L: F. Fleming (27-7)

Notes: Fleming's first loss as a Giant.
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He took the first pitch looking, watched three offspeed pitches miss the strike zone, watched a very iffy pitch go by for strike two, and proceeded to foul off four more pitches before he finally managed to push one into the hole between 3B Mike Sheridan and SS Jefferson Davis for the game-winning single.
The Sox might be better off if they weren't starting zombie Confederate Presidents at shortstop. Winning 85 games with one of the undead at a key defensive spot is an impressive accomplishment, though!
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Well, he lines right up next to Sheridan so either they've patched things up or that's where he learned to run! Although Sheridan doesn't get to play on a horse so he's got to resort to some newfangled tactics.
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White Sox Down, But Not Out
Magic Number Still Sits At Seven As October Begins

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American League Standings

Team                            W       L     PCT      GB    Home    Away      M#  Streak
New York Yankees                90      56   0.616      -   42-31   48-25        7     L2
Chicago White Stockings         86      58   0.597       3  41-30   45-28              W1
Boston Red Sox                  73      72   0.503    16.5  35-35   38-37              W3
Philadelphia Athletics          72      73   0.497    17.5  34-34   38-39              W2
Cleveland Indians               70      73   0.490    18.5  34-43   36-30              L2
St. Louis Browns                64      78   0.451      24  35-38   29-40              W2
Detroit Tigers                  62      81   0.434    26.5  32-41   30-40              L3
Washington Senators             60      86   0.411      30  35-37   25-49              L1
National League Standings

Team                            W       L     PCT      GB    Home    Away      M#  Streak
New York Giants                107      36   0.748      -   58-15   49-21 Clinched     W1
Cincinnati Reds                 80      63   0.559      27  39-27   41-36              L4
St Louis Cardinals              74      73   0.503      35  35-42   39-31              L1
Philadelphia Phillies           72      75   0.490      37  35-39   37-36              W5
Pittsburgh Pirates              72      76   0.486    37.5  37-38   35-38              W3
Chicago Cubs                    71      77   0.480    38.5  35-42   36-35              W4
Boston Braves                   53      90   0.371      54  23-47   30-43              L5
Brooklyn Dodgers                52      91   0.364      55  22-47   30-44              L4
All-Time Greatest Teams

Team              W    L     PCT      GB
1921 Pirates	  108  46    .701     -
1925 Red Sox      108  46    .701     -
1911 Giants	  107  47    .695     1
1932 GIANTS       107  36    .748     1
1914 Giants       104  50    .675     4
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American League
St. Louis Browns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1  2 10 0 
New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  1 11 1 

St. Louis                  AB    R     H    RBI    BB    K    LOB   AVG   HR   RBI
S. Rodríguez LF            5     0     2     1     0     0     2   0.261   0    9
B. Coleman 3B              5     0     1     0     0     1     2   0.270   1   37
L. Archie SS               5     0     1     0     0     0     3   0.390  16   105
B. O'Daniel 1B             5     0     1     0     0     3     3   0.307   3   54
C. Austin CF               4     0     0     0     0     2     2   0.304   3   70
B. Pell 2B                 4     0     0     0     0     0     2   0.231   1   17
M. Hagans RF               4     0     1     0     0     1     0   0.239   8   65
E. González C              4     2     3     0     0     1     2   0.310   7   67
R. Cossey P                1     0     0     0     0     0     0   0.212   1    9
** a-D. Fortenberry P      0     0     0     0     0     0     0   0.389   0    1
** b-R. Sutton PH          1     0     1     0     0     0     0   0.305   3   26
** c-C. Haynes P           0     0     0     0     0     0     0   0.150   0    2
Totals                     38    2     10    1     0     8     16

a - D. Fortenberry substituted for R. Cossey in the 7th 
b - R. Sutton pinch hit for D. Fortenberry in the 10th 
c - C. Haynes substituted for R. Sutton in the 10th 

BATTING
Doubles: R. Sutton (12, 10th Inning off L. May, 1 on, 0 outs) 
Total Bases: E. González 3 , M. Hagans , L. Archie , B. O'Daniel , S. Rodríguez 2 , B. Coleman , R. Sutton 2 
2-out RBI: S. Rodríguez 
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. González , L. Archie 2 , B. O'Daniel 
Sac Bunt: R. Cossey 2 
Team LOB: 8 

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Coleman-O'Daniel, Coleman-González-O'Daniel)  


New York                   AB    R     H    RBI    BB    K    LOB   AVG   HR   RBI
N. Behnke CF               5     0     0     0     0     0     1   0.318   3   66
E. Race 2B                 5     0     3     0     0     0     0   0.326   2   68
M. Kennedy SS              4     0     2     0     0     0     1   0.328  16   112
P. Foster C                5     0     1     0     0     0     6   0.325   7   94
M. Taylor 1B               3     1     2     0     2     0     2   0.400   1    9
J. Faber LF                3     0     1     1     1     0     2   0.297   1   41
G. Nelson 3B               4     0     1     0     1     1     3   0.305   0   76
R. Silva RF                5     0     0     0     0     0     7   0.283   1   28
B. Meyers P                3     0     0     0     0     0     2   0.158   0   10
** a-L. May PH, P          1     0     1     0     0     0     0   0.462   0    4
Totals                     38    1     11    1     4     1     24

a - L. May pinch hit for B. Meyers in the 8th 

BATTING
Doubles: E. Race (40, 1st Inning off R. Cossey, 0 on, 1 out) 
Triples: J. Faber (13, 4th Inning off R. Cossey, 1 on, 0 outs) 
Total Bases: M. Taylor 2 , P. Foster , M. Kennedy 2 , J. Faber 3 , E. Race 4 , G. Nelson , L. May 
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Meyers , M. Taylor , P. Foster 2 , R. Silva 2 
GIDP: P. Foster , R. Silva 
Sac Bunt: J. Faber 
Team LOB: 15 

FIELDING
Errors: G. Nelson (34) 

St. Louis              IP   H  R ER BB  K HR PI   PS  ERA 
R. Cossey              6.2  7  1  1  2  1  0 104  59  5.04 
D. Fortenberry W (3-3) 2.1  3  0  0  2  0  0  54  33  3.16 
C. Haynes SV (11)      1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  14  10  3.39 

New York               IP   H  R ER BB  K HR PI   PS  ERA 
B. Meyers              8.0  8  1  1  0  7  0 104  67  2.60 
L. May L (4-5)         2.0  2  1  0  0  1  0  28  20  1.65
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Chicago White Stockings 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2  6  9 1 
Washington Senators     0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4  5 10 1 

Chicago                    AB    R     H    RBI    BB    K    LOB   AVG   HR   RBI
L. McGruder 2B             4     2     2     1     1     0     2   0.262  12   60
M. LaPointe RF             5     1     2     1     0     0     2   0.316   7   62
G. Echols LF               5     1     1     2     0     0     2   0.309   5   70
H. Sunday CF               4     0     0     0     1     0     4   0.302  27   106
B. Wolf 1B                 4     0     2     2     0     0     0   0.357  19   86
M. Sheridan 3B             4     0     0     0     0     0     3   0.316  10   75
J. Davis SS                4     0     0     0     0     0     2   0.298   4   64
S. Akins C                 2     2     1     0     1     1     0   0.300   7   79
B. Hinman P                3     0     1     0     0     2     0   0.176   0    9
Totals                     35    6     9     6     3     3     15

BATTING
Doubles: S. Akins (31, 3rd Inning off T. Watson, 0 on, 0 outs) L. McGruder (33, 3rd Inning off T. Watson, 1 on, 1 out) 
Total Bases: B. Hinman , B. Wolf 2 , S. Akins 2 , G. Echols , M. LaPointe 2 , L. McGruder 3 
2-out RBI: B. Wolf 
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Sheridan , J. Davis , H. Sunday , L. McGruder 
Sac Bunt: B. Hinman 
Team LOB: 7 

FIELDING
Errors: M. LaPointe (8) 

Washington                 AB    R     H    RBI    BB    K    LOB   AVG   HR   RBI
A. Woodhouse 2B            5     1     2     0     0     0     0   0.276   4   48
C. Werts LF                4     0     1     0     0     1     1   0.320   1   12
S. Hunter 3B               4     0     0     0     0     0     3   0.307   3   75
C. Gregg SS                4     1     2     1     0     0     0   0.277  18   98
D. Powell RF               4     1     1     0     0     0     2   0.317   6   62
T. Smith 1B                4     1     2     1     0     0     0   0.244   0    5
R. Whitehead CF            4     1     2     3     0     1     0   0.252  19   58
B. Wardlow C               4     0     0     0     0     1     2   0.289   4   38
T. Watson P                3     0     0     0     0     0     0   0.231   0    8
** a-P. Alexander PH       1     0     0     0     0     0     0   0.291   4   40
Totals                     37    5     10    5     0     3     8

a - P. Alexander pinch hit for T. Watson in the 9th 

BATTING
Home Runs: R. Whitehead (19, 9th Inning off B. Hinman, 2 on, 0 outs) 
Total Bases: D. Powell , A. Woodhouse 2 , C. Gregg 2 , R. Whitehead 5 , C. Werts , T. Smith 2 
2-out RBI: C. Gregg 
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Powell , B. Wardlow 
Team LOB: 5 

FIELDING
Errors: C. Werts (6)  

Chicago                IP   H  R ER BB  K HR PI   PS  ERA 
B. Hinman W (26-11)    9.0 10  5  5  0  3  1 129  84  3.07 

Washington             IP   H  R ER BB  K HR PI   PS  ERA 
T. Watson L (5-9)      9.0  9  6  5  3  3  0 116  77  6.20
With 3 games to make up in the standings and 10 to play, many would not give the Chicago White Sox much grief if they packed it in and went home. But that's not how the Go-Go Sox play baseball. They rode a 17-8 September record to cut the Yankees' lead in half and their fight isn't done yet. Salvador Lopez provided an even hand. "That game [the 12-11 loss to the hated Yankees, chronicled here at the Thriftlon Times] just about did us in," he told us, "but what can you do? You lace 'em up and you go out and play the next day, that's what you do." Chicago sportswriters, leery of Lopez' 2 consecutive 2nd place finishes that look like they're about to be increased to a third, have been calling for his head all season long but the men in the front office didn't make him the manager for nothing.

The Sox have been carried as of late by 1B Bob Wolf, who hit .469 for the month of September and clouted 9 of his 19 homeruns during that time period. As expected, the league named him Player of the Month. It was the 7th time he has been so named but the first time this year for the reigning AL MVP. Bob Hinman paced all Chicago pitchers with 6 victories in 7 decisions, 6 of the team's 10 complete games for the month, and a 3.88 ERA.

The Yankees' lineup, bereft of two of its best hitters, has found its power from some relatively unexpected places. True, Mike Kennedy's hit in the 3 hole for the team all season long, but he's also been a bit maligned by the New York media due to a spate of errors that eventually led the team to move him to first base. Well, he's back at his native shortstop now, and the move seems to have livened up his bat as well: he hit .393 in September with 5 home runs and a team-high 23 RBIs. His replacement at first base is a young native of the Bronx who grew up watching this team constantly fail. Michael Taylor wants to write a new chapter in Yankees history, and he's hitting .400 in 60 September at-bats. It'll be interesting to see what the Yankees do to find this young man a place in the lineup next year when all the injured players come back.

Giants on the Verge of Greatness

So many words have already been spent praising the Giants' awesome might that we're not going to bore you with too many more. We'll bore you with numbers instead. The Jints have won 69 of their last 81 games. They're 25-6 against lefties and let up just a little vs. righties, winning "only" 82 games vs. 30 losses when a starboard-sider takes the mound. They're so good that they've played in very few close games but nonetheless they're 6-2 in extra frames an 23-12 in one-run ballgames. They recorded loss 25 on July 4th and didn't take #30 until August 22nd. In the middle, they won 23 games in a row.

They've scored the most runs in the league (957) and given up the fewest (616). They rank 1st in the NL in every single major offensive category except walks (2nd), strikeouts (3rd), and steals (dead last). The pitching is pretty good, too, ranking #1 in every one of its categories except walks (2nd) and strikeouts (an uncharacteristic last). They even rank #1 in fielding percentage and, even though they've allowed many fewer baserunners than any club, they have 20 more double plays this year than the next best senior circuit entrant.

There is no doubt that this is the greatest team in the history of baseball itself. There is no doubt they will break the wins record. The only question is, how badly will the record be broken, and whether next year's Giants will eclipse it. That's two questions. It's okay. The Giants are so good, one question turns into two.
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October 2, 1932

Giants' Record On Hold For One More Day
White Sox Edge Closer To Yankees

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Team              W  L   PCT  GB Home  Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
New York Yankees  90 57 .612   - 42-32 48-25 7-5 14-17 7 L3     4-6 
Chicago White Sox 87 58 .600 2.0 41-30 46-28 6-5 11-20   W2     6-4
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St. Louis Browns 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2  5 10 0 
New York Yankees 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0  4  4 4 

HR: None

w: P. Alton (6-8) L: T. Bunker (9-6) S: C. Haynes (12)

E: New York M. Taylor (2), M. Kennedy 3 (46)
Notes: Yankees P S. Krug left in the 5th complaining of tightness in his elbow.

Chicago White Stockings 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4  7 11 1 
Washington Senators     0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0  4 10 0

Home Runs: WAS R. Whitehead (20, 2nd Inning off B. Gordon, 1 on, 0 outs) 

W: B. Gordon (16-14) L: F. Geissler (9-15) S: S. Mayer (17)
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National League

Chicago Cubs    0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0  5 9 0 
New York Giants 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1  4 8 0 

Home Runs: CHN C. Groth (5, 3rd Inning off R. Rush, 0 on, 2 outs) 
           NYG E. Conn (36, 9th Inning off L. Marron, 0 on, 2 outs)

W: B. Law (8-19) L: R. Rush (23-10) S: L. Marron (5)
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October 3, 1932

Philadelphia Man Blasts 40th Home Run In Loss
Remi Parent Reaches Plateau Previously Thought Unreachable

The season may be more or less over for the Philadelphia Phillies but the fans still have something to cheer about. Yesterday Remi Parent blasted his league-record 40th home run in a loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers. "Yes, we'd ratheur have zee win, uohohoho", said the giant French-Canadian from Saskatoon, "but I likes to hit zee ball very far anyway." Parent comes from a family of loggers who occasionally have to fend off outsiders who are afraid of their subversive accents. As such, he developed some very strong arm and shoulder muscles, which allow him to propel a baseball much further than previously thought capable.

The fact that the Phillies lost this one in the ninth thanks to another blown save by "closer" Francisco Gomez (his 9th, against 13 saves) almost doesn't matter to Phillies fanatics. They're used to watching this team give up nearly as many runs as they score, then occasionally hammer a ballclub 20-3 in a grand display of hitting talent. The statheads tell us that this team should not be 72-77 given that they've scored 65 runs more than they've given up (935-870) but there is a reason why these people still live with their mother.

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Team              W  L   PCT  GB Home  Away XInn 1Run M# Str Last10 
New York Yankees  91 57 .615   - 43-32 48-25 7-5 14-17 6 W1  5-5 
Chicago White Sox 88 58 .603 2.0 41-30 47-28 6-5 11-20   W3  6-4
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American League

Detroit Tigers   0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1  4  9 1 
New York Yankees 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X  8 12 0 


HR: DET: C. Parson (12, 4th Inning off A. Hack, 1 on, 1 out)
    NYY: M. Kennedy (17, 1st Inning off E. Overcash, 1 on, 0 outs)

w: A. Hack (9-1) L: E. Overcash (14-13) S: None

Chicago White Stockings 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0  10 17 1 
Boston Red Sox          1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0   6 10 2 

Home Runs: None

W: A. LeBron (2-1) L: A. Rees (2-6) S: None
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National League

Chicago Cubs    0 1 2 4 0 0 0 4 1  12 17 1 
New York Giants 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1   4  9 2 

Home Runs: CHN T. Battle (15, 4th Inning off L. Alport, 1 on, 1 out) 
               E. Lantz (12, 8th Inning off W. Morin, 0 on, 0 outs) 
           NYG None

W: D. Smith (10-5) L: L. Alport (19-10) S: None

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 1  10 17 5 
Brooklyn Dodgers      1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4  11 14 1 

Home Runs: PHN O. Moyer (14, 5th Inning off T. Cole, 2 on, 1 out)
               R. Parent (40, 7th Inning off Á. Olivarez, 1 on, 2 outs)
           NYG T. Hardy (9, 7th Inning off G. Hayden, 0 on, 0 outs)

W: C. Mahone (4-10) L: F. Gomez (6-6) Sv: None
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October 15, 1932

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5 CENTS
The Republican Citizens Committee Against National Prohibition Established
We Could Use A Drinky About Now Except That It's Still Illegal
Code:
LIFE
Mars Bar, Zippo Lighter Introduced To Willing Public
Please Do Not Use The One To Light The Other On Fire
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SPORTS
Baseball Season Ends
Heavily Favored Giants To Square Off Against Yankees

It looks like 1932 will feature a "subway series" for the first time this year, a heretofore mythical exhibition between two teams so close together, fans can travel on the subway to get from one place to the other. Do they even have subways in Chicago or St. Louis? Since New York City is the only city that really matters, we're not sure why we even bothered asking.

The Yankees positively limped down the stretch, playing the last month without their closer Phil Williams (1-2, 12 saves, 2.69 ERA) or left fielder and cleanup hitter Carter Keeton (.334, 22 HR, 103 RBI), starters Ken Wilcher (18-7, 3.41 ERA for Cincinnati in 1931) and Gary Scurry (9-9, 4.00 ERA), and only got 3B Quincy Hudson (.324, 14 HR, 72 RBI) back at the very end of things. They still managed to put together a 19-13 record in September and October that proved just enough to edge the Chicago White Sox.

The Giants, meanwhile, wrapped things up around Labor Day and did end up setting a league record for victories, although a poor last week that included 6 consecutive losses meant that they only clinched that mark on the final day of the season. The Jints finished the year with 1,014 runs scored, an amazing and probably unsurpassable 176 home runs, a .309 team batting average, and a 3.69 team ERA that may not sound like much but was nonetheless best in the Senior Circuit. Was that final week just a matter of the team getting cocky or lazy, or is it a harbinger of things to come? This World Series has a chance to be pretty exciting!

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American League Standings

Team                        W    L     PCT      GB    Home    Away  Streak
New York Yankees            96   58   0.623      -   44-33   52-25      W5
Chicago White Stockings     93   61   0.604       3  45-32   48-29      W4
Boston Red Sox              78   76   0.506      18  39-38   39-38      W4
Philadelphia Athletics      76   78   0.494      20  38-39   38-39      L4
Cleveland Indians           74   80   0.481      22  34-43   40-37      L3
St. Louis Browns            70   84   0.455      26  37-40   33-44      W1
Detroit Tigers              67   87   0.435      29  34-43   33-44      L1
Washington Senators         62   92   0.403      34  37-40   25-52      L4

National League Standings

Team                        W    L     PCT      GB    Home    Away  Streak
New York Giants            110   44   0.714      -   60-17   50-27      W1
Cincinnati Reds             89   65   0.578      21  48-29   41-36      L1
St Louis Cardinals          77   77   0.500      33  35-42   42-35      L1
Chicago Cubs                75   79   0.487      35  35-42   40-37      W2
Philadelphia Phillies       75   79   0.487      35  36-41   39-38      L2
Pittsburgh Pirates          73   81   0.474      37  38-39   35-42      W1
Brooklyn Dodgers            60   94   0.390      50  28-49   32-45      W1
Boston Braves               57   97   0.370      53  26-51   31-46      L1
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American League Batting Stats
Team                      R/G    R       G      AB       H      2B      3B      HR      BB      SO      SB     AVG     OBP     SLG     OPS
Philadelphia Athletics     6.1  944     154    5645    1704     316      75      78     668     407      75   0.302   0.374   0.426   0.800
New York Yankees           5.9  916     154    5616    1703     322      80      82     546     431      58   0.303   0.365   0.433   0.798
Chicago White Stockings    5.9  910     154    5588    1654     308      86     117     538     452      42   0.296   0.358   0.445   0.803
Boston Red Sox             5.4  830     154    5616    1609     331      62     121     443     484      43   0.287   0.339   0.432   0.771
Detroit Tigers             5.1  793     154    5625    1581     336      65      99     367     533      47   0.281   0.325   0.417   0.742
Cleveland Indians          5.1  792     154    5570    1547     340      43     104     471     450      24   0.278   0.334   0.410   0.744
St. Louis Browns           5.1  787     154    5630    1634     290      53      67     465     555      24   0.290   0.345   0.396   0.742
Washington Senators        4.9  747     154    5521    1483     292      69      83     515     503      20   0.269   0.331   0.392   0.723
Totals                     5.5 6719    1232   44811   12915    2535     533     751    4013    3815     333   0.288   0.347   0.419   0.766
Average                         840     154    5601    1614     317      67      94     502     477      42

Pitching Stats
Team                        R/G     R    G    CG SHO    SV   ERA      IP     HA   HRA     BB      K   WHIP    OAVG   BABIP
New York Yankees             4.3   657  154    79   9    14  3.37  1388.1   1372    63    457    572   1.32   0.254   0.274
Chicago White Stockings      4.9   753  154    77   8    21  3.93  1376.2   1580    82    366    501   1.41   0.282   0.299
Boston Red Sox               5.1   788  154    61   5    15  4.39  1382.1   1568   119    469    424   1.47   0.282   0.289
Cleveland Indians            5.5   843  154    60   7    15  4.49  1391.1   1615   102    574    464   1.57   0.286   0.298
St. Louis Browns             5.8   889  154    46   3    21  4.71  1384.0   1686    90    476    407   1.56   0.294   0.305
Detroit Tigers               6.0   925  154    35   2    25  5.29  1368.1   1684   123    664    452   1.72   0.301   0.311
Philadelphia Athletics       6.0   930  154    66   5    13  5.16  1366.2   1718    94    417    558   1.56   0.303   0.323
Washington Senators          6.1   934  154    43   4    22  5.24  1369.1   1692    78    590    437   1.67   0.302   0.318
Totals                       5.5  6719 1232   467  43   146  4.57 11027.0  12915   751   4013   3815   1.54   0.288   0.302
Average                            840  154    58   5    18        1378.0   1614    94    502    477


National League Batting Stats
Team                      R/G    R       G      AB       H      2B      3B      HR      BB      SO      SB     AVG     OBP     SLG     OPS
New York Giants            6.6 1014     154    5662    1752     313      45     176     594     477      24   0.309   0.373   0.474   0.847
Cincinnati Reds            6.3  974     154    5650    1743     311      54      99     632     310      39   0.308   0.378   0.435   0.813
Philadelphia Phillies      6.3  964     154    5673    1689     342      89     149     528     488      51   0.298   0.356   0.468   0.824
Chicago Cubs               5.2  804     154    5635    1621     334      70      96     394     501      29   0.288   0.335   0.423   0.758
St Louis Cardinals         5.2  803     154    5573    1620     274      58     116     476     475      77   0.291   0.346   0.423   0.770
Brooklyn Dodgers           5.2  794     154    5571    1578     302      70     102     489     509      65   0.283   0.341   0.418   0.759
Boston Braves              4.8  743     154    5504    1536     312      62      96     387     487      64   0.279   0.327   0.411   0.737
Pittsburgh Pirates         4.7  726     154    5496    1515     297      88      61     475     452      37   0.276   0.333   0.395   0.728
Totals                     5.5 6822    1232   44764   13054    2485     536     895    3975    3699     386   0.292   0.349   0.431   0.780
Average                         853     154    5596    1632     311      67     112     497     462      48

Pitching Stats
Team                        R/G     R    G    CG SHO    SV   ERA      IP     HA   HRA     BB      K   WHIP    OAVG   BABIP
New York Giants              4.4   680  154    96  11     9  3.69  1389.1   1463   102    417    424   1.35   0.268   0.276
Pittsburgh Pirates           4.9   761  154    76   5    10  4.18  1381.1   1571   113    419    434   1.44   0.283   0.291
Cincinnati Reds              5.1   779  154    79   6    12  4.24  1372.0   1637    94    424    514   1.50   0.292   0.309
Chicago Cubs                 5.4   834  154    65   1    16  4.65  1373.2   1577   133    517    439   1.52   0.285   0.290
St Louis Cardinals           5.5   849  154    60   8    19  4.44  1373.1   1621    75    557    553   1.59   0.290   0.311
Philadelphia Phillies        5.8   897  154    60   3    19  4.68  1370.2   1597   140    509    470   1.54   0.285   0.292
Boston Braves                6.1   939  154    43   5    12  5.34  1361.2   1717   103    566    425   1.68   0.305   0.317
Brooklyn Dodgers             7.0  1083  154    36   4    21  5.96  1368.2   1871   135    566    440   1.78   0.323   0.333
Totals                       5.5  6822 1232   515  43   118  4.64 10990.2  13054   895   3975   3699   1.55   0.292   0.303
Average                            853  154    64   5    15        1374.0   1632   112    497    462
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American League Batting Leaderboards
Batting AVG                  On-Base PCT                  Slugging PCT                 On-Base + Slugging
L. Archie     STB     0.385  C. Keeton     NYY     0.458  H. Ramsdell   BOA     0.597  C. Keeton     NYY     1.031
C. Jones      PHA     0.372  L. Archie     STB     0.456  C. Keeton     NYY     0.573  L. Archie     STB     1.007
J. Gonzáles   PHA     0.357  J. Gonzáles   PHA      0.45  B. Wolf       CHA     0.557  B. Wolf       CHA     0.995
B. Wolf       CHA     0.355  B. Wolf       CHA     0.438  L. Archie     STB     0.551  H. Ramsdell   BOA     0.982
C. Penley     DET     0.342  C. Jones      PHA     0.433  M. Hanke      BOA     0.532  C. Jones      PHA     0.957

VORP                         Runs Created                 Runs Created / 27 outs       Isolated Power
L. Archie     STB      86.3  L. Archie     STB     159.5  C. Keeton     NYY     10.39  H. Ramsdell   BOA     0.257
G. Peńa       PHA      71.5  C. Jones      PHA     144.5  L. Archie     STB     10.15  C. Keeton     NYY     0.239
C. Jones      PHA      64.1  J. Gonzáles   PHA     133.9  B. Wolf       CHA      9.48  K. Flake      BOA     0.221
J. Gonzáles   PHA        63  M. Hanke      BOA     133.4  J. Gonzáles   PHA      9.41  C. Gregg      WAS     0.217
C. Keeton     NYY      61.5  G. Peńa       PHA     132.3  C. Jones      PHA       9.4  J. Carbaugh   CLE     0.206

Games                        At-Bats                      Runs                         Hits
L. Archie     STB       154  M. Hanke      BOA       656  J. Gonzáles   PHA       130  L. Archie     STB       249
M. Hanke      BOA       153  E. Race       NYY       648  M. Kennedy    NYY       125  C. Jones      PHA       234
C. Austin     STB       152  L. Archie     STB       646  H. Sunday     CHA       124  M. Hanke      BOA       222
G. Nelson     NYY       152  M. Kennedy    NYY       645  C. Jones      PHA       120  E. Race       NYY       210
W. Carlson    PHA       151  W. Carlson    PHA       641  G. Peńa       PHA       120  W. Carlson    PHA       209

Total Bases                  Singles                      Doubles                      Triples
L. Archie     STB       356  L. Archie     STB       182  C. Penley     DET        57  G. Echols     CHA        17
H. Ramsdell   BOA       355  C. Jones      PHA       174  L. Archie     STB        44  J. Faber      NYY        14
M. Hanke      BOA       349  E. Race       NYY       159  J. Gonzáles   PHA        43  G. Peńa       PHA        13
C. Jones      PHA       330  W. Carlson    PHA       156  E. Race       NYY        43  J. Davis      CHA        12
M. Kennedy    NYY       319  M. Hanke      BOA       156  J. Muńóz      PHA        42  N. Behnke     NYY        11

Home Runs                    Runs Batted In               Stolen Bases                 Bases-On-Balls
H. Ramsdell   BOA        30  C. Jones      PHA       128  N. Behnke     NYY        25  C. Keeton     NYY       103
M. Hanke      BOA        28  H. Ramsdell   BOA       122  G. Peńa       PHA        16  G. Peńa       PHA       103
H. Sunday     CHA        28  J. Carbaugh   CLE       120  C. Penley     DET        15  H. Cain       PHA       101
J. Carbaugh   CLE        27  H. Sunday     CHA       118  W. Carlson    PHA        14  J. Gonzáles   PHA        98
K. Flake      BOA        26  M. Kennedy    NYY       116  G. Echols     CHA        11  S. Hunter     WAS        87

Intentional Walks            Hit-By-Pitch                 Strikeouts                   Sacrifice Hits
N. Behnke     NYY        14  B. Coleman    STB         8  G. Echols     CHA        72  J. Espín      CLE        18
L. Archie     STB        11  C. Keeton     NYY         7  A. Woodhouse  WAS        65  B. Hinman     CHA        14
H. Cain       PHA        10  E. Race       NYY         7  C. Austin     STB        64  S. Krug       NYY        12
B. Wolf       CHA        10  V. Friedrich  CLE         6  C. Parson     DET        61  R. Cossey     STB        11
C. Jones      PHA         9  S. Hunter     WAS         6  W. Carlson    PHA        60  B. East       BOA        11

Sacrifice Flies
G. Nelson     NYY        10
M. Sheridan   CHA        10
W. Carlson    PHA         8
K. Flake      BOA         8
S. Hunter     WAS         8


American League Pitching Leaderboards
ERA                          Wins                         Losses                       Winning PCT
B. Meyers     NYY      2.45  B. Hinman     CHA        28  J. Espín      CLE        21  B. Meyers     NYY     0.724
S. Krug       NYY      2.95  B. East       BOA        22  I. Boulanger  BOA        17  B. Hinman     CHA       0.7
B. Hinman     CHA      3.01  S. Krug       NYY        22  F. Geissler   WAS        16  S. Krug       NYY     0.667
P. Hendrix    BOA      3.51  P. Brewer     PHA        21  T. Maloy      STB        16  B. East       BOA     0.647
T. Maisonet   CLE      3.56  B. Meyers     NYY        21  W. Doe        CLE        15  T. Maisonet   CLE     0.643

Saves                        Games Pitched                Games Started                Complete Games
S. Mayer      CHA        17  C. Haynes     STB        53  B. Hinman     CHA        42  B. Hinman     CHA        32
C. Duffy      DET        16  C. Duffy      DET        50  P. Brewer     PHA        39  S. Krug       NYY        25
B. Cooke      BOA        14  K. Inman      WAS        48  B. East       BOA        39  P. Brewer     PHA        23
L. May        NYY        13  H. Milburn    STB        47  B. Gordon     CHA        38  B. Meyers     NYY        21
C. Haynes     STB        12  B. Cooke      BOA        46  I. Boulanger  BOA        37  B. East       BOA        19

Shutouts                     Innings Pitched              Hits Allowed                 Home Runs Allowed
B. Hinman     CHA         4  B. Hinman     CHA     358.2  P. Brewer     PHA       355  B. East       BOA        35
P. Brewer     PHA         3  P. Brewer     PHA     316.2  B. Hinman     CHA       348  I. Boulanger  BOA        31
J. Castillo   CHA         2  B. East       BOA     316.1  B. Gordon     CHA       342  B. Hinman     CHA        28
B. East       BOA         2  I. Boulanger  BOA       303  I. Boulanger  BOA       333  R. Cossey     STB        24
F. Fleming    CLE         2  S. Krug       NYY     299.1  B. East       BOA       328  P. Brewer     PHA        20

Walks Allowed                Walks per 9 IP               Strikeouts                   Strikeouts per 9 IP
J. Espín      CLE       136  B. Meyers     NYY       0.9  B. Hinman     CHA       186  B. Meyers     NYY         5
F. Geissler   WAS       126  B. Hinman     CHA       1.2  P. Brewer     PHA       172  P. Brewer     PHA       4.9
E. Overcash   DET       124  S. Krug       NYY       1.9  B. Meyers     NYY       150  B. Hinman     CHA       4.7
P. Rogers     CLE       102  T. Maisonet   CLE       1.9  I. Boulanger  BOA       126  G. Scurry     NYY       4.3
T. Bunker     NYY       101  P. Brewer     PHA       1.9  J. Castillo   CHA       102  J. Castillo   CHA       4.1

K/BB                         WHIP                         Hits per 9 IP                Opponents AVG
B. Meyers     NYY      5.77  B. Meyers     NYY      1.07  B. Hinman     CHA       8.7  B. Hinman     CHA     0.249
B. Hinman     CHA      3.88  B. Hinman     CHA       1.1  B. Meyers     NYY       8.8  B. Meyers     NYY      0.25
P. Brewer     PHA      2.53  S. Krug       NYY      1.19  S. Krug       NYY       8.8  S. Krug       NYY      0.25
I. Boulanger  BOA      1.77  B. East       BOA      1.27  B. East       BOA       9.3  B. East       BOA     0.263
E. Jackson    DET      1.59  I. Boulanger  BOA      1.33  I. Boulanger  BOA       9.9  I. Boulanger  BOA     0.274

Opponents OBP                Opponents SLG                Opponents OPS                BABIP
B. Meyers     NYY     0.267  S. Krug       NYY     0.341  B. Meyers     NYY     0.619  B. East       BOA      0.26
B. Hinman     CHA     0.273  B. Meyers     NYY     0.351  S. Krug       NYY      0.63  S. Krug       NYY     0.264
S. Krug       NYY      0.29  B. Hinman     CHA      0.38  B. Hinman     CHA     0.653  B. Hinman     CHA     0.271
B. East       BOA     0.303  T. Maisonet   CLE     0.382  T. Maisonet   CLE     0.702  B. Meyers     NYY     0.284
I. Boulanger  BOA     0.313  M. Fisher     STB     0.385  M. Fisher     STB     0.706  E. Overcash   DET     0.285

VORP
B. Hinman     CHA      94.4
B. Meyers     NYY        87
S. Krug       NYY      79.2
I. Boulanger  BOA      59.8
B. East       BOA      58.8
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National League Batting Leaderboards
Batting AVG                 On-Base PCT                 Slugging PCT                On-Base + Slugging
B. Leonhardt CIN     0.378  B. Box       CIN     0.459  C. Payne     PHN     0.643  C. Payne     PHN     1.095
J. Calvin    BRK     0.375  C. Payne     PHN     0.452  R. Parent    PHN     0.638  B. Box       CIN     1.062
B. Box       CIN     0.366  T. Hardy     NYG     0.445  E. Jefferson NYG     0.613  E. Jefferson NYG     1.038
M. Oliver    STL     0.361  J. Calvin    BRK     0.439  B. Box       CIN     0.603  R. Parent    PHN     1.031
T. Hardy     NYG     0.354  B. Leonhardt CIN     0.434  M. Oliver    STL     0.595  M. Oliver    STL     1.017

VORP                        Runs Created                Runs Created / 27 outs      Isolated Power
B. Box       CIN        92  B. Box       CIN     178.6  C. Payne     PHN     11.94  C. Payne     PHN     0.307
C. Payne     PHN        78  C. Payne     PHN     171.6  B. Box       CIN     11.68  R. Parent    PHN     0.284
E. Jefferson NYG      77.6  R. Parent    PHN       167  E. Jefferson NYG     10.35  E. Jefferson NYG     0.265
B. Wheeler   NYG      68.6  B. Wheeler   NYG     148.2  M. Oliver    STL     10.29  E. Conn      NYG     0.261
M. Oliver    STL      59.3  E. Jefferson NYG     146.9  R. Parent    PHN      9.98  B. Box       CIN     0.237

Games                       At-Bats                     Runs                        Hits
B. Box       CIN       154  B. Wheeler   NYG       677  B. Wheeler   NYG       154  B. Leonhardt CIN       239
A. González  CIN       153  G. Halter    STL       675  C. Payne     PHN       152  B. Wheeler   NYG       237
R. Parent    PHN       153  R. Parent    PHN       668  E. Conn      NYG       150  R. Parent    PHN       236
E. Conn      NYG       152  P. Fults     STL       646  B. Box       CIN       138  G. Halter    STL       228
G. Halter    STL       151  E. Conn      NYG       640  R. Parent    PHN       133  B. Box       CIN       224

Total Bases                 Singles                     Doubles                     Triples
R. Parent    PHN       426  B. Leonhardt CIN       193  G. Halter    STL        56  G. Halter    STL        17
B. Box       CIN       369  B. Wheeler   NYG       171  J. Giron     PIT        55  D. Levin     PHN        16
C. Payne     PHN       364  J. Calvin    BRK       168  C. Groth     CHN        52  P. Fults     STL        15
G. Halter    STL       363  B. Box       CIN       145  C. Payne     PHN        46  J. Giron     PIT        15
E. Conn      NYG       360  P. Fults     STL       142  D. Gravel    PIT        44  D. Gravel    PIT        15

Home Runs                   Runs Batted In              Stolen Bases                Bases-On-Balls
R. Parent    PHN        41  B. Box       CIN       151  G. Halter    STL        24  C. Payne     PHN       122
C. Payne     PHN        38  E. Conn      NYG       138  D. Manning   STL        20  A. González  CIN       120
E. Conn      NYG        37  R. Parent    PHN       137  P. Fults     STL        19  B. Box       CIN       111
E. Jefferson NYG        37  E. Jefferson NYG       133  C. Payne     PHN        19  B. Heath     CIN        93
B. Box       CIN        28  C. Payne     PHN       130  M. Edward    BON        16  F. Domínguez BON        87

Intentional Walks           Hit-By-Pitch                Strikeouts                  Sacrifice Hits
C. Payne     PHN        19  M. Melton    PIT        11  R. Parent    PHN        74  E. Crockett  CIN        14
A. González  CIN        14  F. Domínguez BON         8  E. Conn      NYG        67  R. Rush      NYG        13
P. Fults     STL        13  B. Leonhardt CIN         8  F. Domínguez BON        66  P. Moore     CHN        11
O. Moyer     PHN        12  B. Sorensen  BRK         7  J. Giron     PIT        65  J. Burns     NYG        10
T. Hardy     NYG        11  J. Chastain  CHN         5  J. Chastain  CHN        64  F. Fleming   NYG         9

Sacrifice Flies
M. Vick      PIT        11
B. Box       CIN        10
B. Leonhardt CIN         9
E. Conn      NYG         8
R. Parent    PHN         7


National League Pitching Leaderboards
ERA                         Wins                        Losses                      Winning PCT
F. Fleming   NYG      2.79  J. Burns     NYG        29  K. Stinson   STL        20  F. Fleming   NYG     0.917
E. Crockett  CIN      3.14  E. Crockett  CIN        27  B. Law       CHN        19  J. Burns     NYG     0.784
J. Porter    STL      3.21  R. Rush      NYG        23  A. Buanoroti BON        16  E. Crockett  CIN     0.692
J. Burns     NYG      3.26  D. Brace     PIT        22  A. Cutright  STL        16  J. Porter    STL     0.667
M. Snyder    BON      3.34  F. Fleming   NYG        22  B. Dawkins   BRK        16  R. Rush      NYG     0.657

Saves                       Games Pitched               Games Started               Complete Games
F. Gómez     PHN        14  B. Martínez  BON        53  R. Rush      NYG        42  J. Burns     NYG        30
M. Jacobs    CHN        10  T. Rigsby    BON        51  D. Brace     PIT        40  D. Brace     PIT        29
B. Turner    PIT        10  A. Hein      BRK        50  E. Crockett  CIN        40  P. Moore     CHN        29
A. Hein      BRK         8  F. Gómez     PHN        46  J. Burns     NYG        39  E. Crockett  CIN        26
M. Sheets    BRK         8  H. Clements  PHN        44  T. O'Toole   CIN        39  F. Fleming   NYG        22

Shutouts                    Innings Pitched             Hits Allowed                Home Runs Allowed
J. Porter    STL         4  E. Crockett  CIN       330  T. O'Toole   CIN       362  T. O'Toole   CIN        34
L. Alport    NYG         3  J. Burns     NYG     325.1  R. Rush      NYG       351  P. Moore     CHN        32
J. Burns     NYG         3  R. Rush      NYG     324.1  D. Brace     PIT       343  K. Kim       PHN        31
R. Rush      NYG         3  D. Brace     PIT       322  E. Crockett  CIN       335  D. Brace     PIT        29
E. Crockett  CIN         2  P. Moore     CHN     309.1  J. Burns     NYG       328  B. Pierce    PHN        27

Walks Allowed               Walks per 9 IP              Strikeouts                  Strikeouts per 9 IP
A. Cutright  STL       159  J. Porter    STL       0.5  E. Crockett  CIN       161  F. Fleming   NYG       4.8
S. Pease     PHN       131  D. Brace     PIT       1.5  J. Porter    STL       137  E. Crockett  CIN       4.4
K. Stinson   STL       111  E. Crockett  CIN       1.8  A. Cutright  STL       122  J. Porter    STL       4.4
R. Rush      NYG       102  M. Snyder    BON       1.9  F. Fleming   NYG       121  A. Cutright  STL       4.1
J. Engel     PIT        97  L. Alport    NYG       2.1  D. Brace     PIT       114  C. Rodríguez BRK         4

K/BB                        WHIP                        Hits per 9 IP               Opponents AVG
J. Porter    STL      8.06  J. Porter    STL      1.14  F. Fleming   NYG       8.1  F. Fleming   NYG     0.237
E. Crockett  CIN       2.4  E. Crockett  CIN      1.22  J. Burns     NYG       9.1  J. Burns     NYG     0.258
D. Brace     PIT      2.11  F. Fleming   NYG      1.22  E. Crockett  CIN       9.1  E. Crockett  CIN     0.259
F. Fleming   NYG      1.64  D. Brace     PIT      1.23  J. Engel     PIT       9.5  D. Brace     PIT     0.265
C. Rodríguez BRK      1.61  J. Burns     NYG      1.28  P. Moore     CHN       9.5  K. Kim       PHN     0.267

Opponents OBP               Opponents SLG               Opponents OPS               BABIP
J. Porter    STL      0.28  F. Fleming   NYG     0.357  E. Crockett  CIN     0.657  F. Fleming   NYG     0.258
D. Brace     PIT     0.295  E. Crockett  CIN     0.359  J. Porter    STL     0.657  K. Kim       PHN     0.265
E. Crockett  CIN     0.299  J. Burns     NYG     0.366  F. Fleming   NYG     0.658  P. Moore     CHN     0.266
F. Fleming   NYG     0.301  J. Porter    STL     0.377  J. Burns     NYG     0.673  J. Burns     NYG     0.272
J. Burns     NYG     0.306  A. Cutright  STL     0.387  D. Brace     PIT     0.694  D. Brace     PIT     0.273

VORP
J. Burns     NYG     109.5
E. Crockett  CIN     104.4
B. Pierce    PHN      86.5
F. Fleming   NYG      85.4
P. Moore     CHN      83.7
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1932 World Series Preview

New York Giants (110-44) vs. New York Yankees (96-58)

Overview
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Although the Giants are, obviously, heavily favored, one should not count out the New York Yankees, who battled through a great deal of adversity to win 96 games -a fine total in its own right. The Giants will attempt to bludgeon the Yanks down with long hits and home runs, while the Yanks will attempt to rely on good pitching and situational hitting to win the day.

Ballparks
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These teams' ballparks could not be more different. Yankee Stadium is a pitcher's park that heavily favors left-handed hitters due to a huge left field and a relatively short right field porch. They brought LF Carter Keeton in specifically to take advantage of this, and while he is out of the series with an injury they do have switch-hitting SS/1B Mike Kennedy and left-handed 3rd baseman Quincy Hudson to make life tough for teams visiting their park.

Polo Grounds has a gaping outfield - dead center is more than 500 feet away - but short foul lines (279 to left, 258 to right). The effect is that singles hitters struggle against the Giants' solid outfield defense but everybody hits a lot of homeruns. CF Erik Conn hit 24 of his 37 homeruns at the Grounds and 3B Emory Jefferson had a similarly home-friendly 20 of 37 circuit clouts at home, so expect a lot of power.

History
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The Giants were perhaps the best team in the National League in the teens - 5 pennants in 7 years between 1910 and 1916, although only one World Series title to show for it - but in recent years this franchise fell on hard times. Between 1922 and 1928 they managed a finish higher than 7th just once. Things have really turned around recently, though, culminating in a league-record 110 victory season this year.

The Yankees haven't had the overall franchise success of the Giants in terms of reaching the postseason but they've gotten a lot better lately. Pennants in 1928 and 1929 mean that this year marks the 3rd time in 5 years the Yanks have emerged at the top of the American League. Before this time the team was widely known as the weak sister of the junior circuit, finishing dead last 7 times in the first 22 years of its existence.

[b]Starting Rotation[b]
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Giants
Fred Fleming: Fleming is a fireballing right-hander who was brought in in a midseason trade with the Cleveland Indians, where he won 20 games in 1931. With the Giants this year, he was nothing short of unstoppable, winning 22 of 24 decisions, a percentage that would be the best in major league history if you discounted his 6-6 record with the Indians at the beginning of the year. Even so, only one man since 1913 won more games than Fleming, and that was his teammate this year.

John Burns: Burns had what some proclaim is the greatest season a pitcher ever had. We're not sure about that, but it was a very fine season, especially considering this was only the 2nd major league season for this young man. Burns doesn't have Fleming's heat, but lefties rarely do and besides his plus curveball and change of pace more than make up for it. He won 29 games against 8 losses, completed 30 of the 39 games he started, and had the 2nd lowest opponents' batting average in the league.

Ryan Rush: "Pinto" Rush was, for 1932, the calming veteran influence on this highly talented staff. Although he can still crack the mid-90s at times with his fastball, Rush is at this point in his career a pure pitch-to-contact man. More than two thirds of his outs were groundballs last year, a great quality for a man pitching half his games at the Polo Grounds to have. His career may be nearing an end but we believe this career 331 game winner still has enough left in the tank to gut out a Giants' Series victory.

Yankees
Bob "Eeyore" Meyers: Meyers is Exhibit A in the Yankees' new strategy for victory, which is to buy up all the talent they can get and use that talent as often as possible. The team from the Bronx picked up Eeyore from the crosstown Dodgers, who were frankly not in a position to appreciate a man with his particular gifts. Meyers finished his Yankee season 21-8 and had a K/BB ratio of 150/26. Meyers is a true talent who can throw 5 different pitches for strikes and who gets his opponents to beat the ball into the ground when they aren't whiffing at his pitches.

Steve Krug: The lone holdover from the 1929 champion rotation, Steve Krug has quietly won 20 or more games the last 5 years and 6 of his last 7. He does it by not making mistakes: he's never topped the century mark in strikeouts but walks even fewer men and gave up just 10 home runs last season. Right-handed hitters face Krug at their own risk: they hit just .234 against him this year with a paltry 3 home runs in 663 at-bats.

Alan Hack: Hack missed most of the season this year with a partially torn labrum, an extremely scary injury for a pitcher to have. However, he came back to pitch two games in October and looked like he'd just been on a vacation: 5 runs allowed in 18 innings of work, 11 strikeouts, and a 2-0 record. Hack is a huge wild card in this series: if he's truly at midseason form, it will be like the Yankees have two #1 starters in this Series.

Stars of the Lineup
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Giants
Erik Conn, CF: Not many people have their career seasons at 38 years of age, but Conn has always been one to buck the odds. He debuted in the midst of the dead ball era and did not belt his first home run until his 4th year in the major leagues. Even then, he didn't get to double digits until 1925, when he was 31 years old and an established starter. In the years that followed, Conn started to hit a bit more and, paradoxically, get more and more respect for his fielding. Now he's won 3 of the last 4 NL Gold Gloves for his play in centerfield. The power, though, is something else: the 37 homeruns he hit in 1932 were more than his previous 2 best seasons combined.

Benton Wheeler, SS: Wheeler is such a tremendous hitter that it's easy to forget how awesome a fielder he is as well. The Gold Gloves in 1929 and '31 only scratch the surface as to how great this man is with the glove. If we had a special version of the movies that was able to show highlights every night, rest assured that this man would appear on that movie show all the time. Hitting-wise, Wheeler merely hit for the cycle last month and has had a 20+ game hitting streak each of the last 2 seasons.

Emory Jefferson, 3B: Jefferson's also a reigning Gold Glover. Yes, the Giants may impress with their hitting but really it's their fielding that separates them from the other merely great teams of baseball history. Jefferson's power surge is also slightly easier to explain than Conn's: after all, he did crack the 20-HR mark in 1930. Jefferson set positional records for 3rd basemen this year with homeruns, total bases (340), slugging percentage (.613), and on base + slugging (1.013). Despite only playing the position for a little more than 4 years in the bigs, he is already the career leader among hot corner men in HRs with 96.

Yankees
Mike Kennedy, SS: While so many men fell around him, Kennedy was the rock of the Yankees' lineup, batting 3rd all season long and playing in the field wherever manager Rich Naughton felt he should play that day. When the Yanks needed him the most, he was there: he hit .393 for both August and September, during which time the team battled all kinds of injuries and still managed to triumph over the Chicago White Sox. The future looks cloudy: Naughton has stated publicly that he'd like to move Kennedy off of shortstop but there's nowhere else for him to go at this time. Still, it was a great year.

Nathan Benkhe, CF: At first glance, Benkhe's 1932 looks a lot like his 1931. Then you start to wonder how it is he scored 45 more runs than the previous season. At that point, you see the uptick in walks from 18 to 76 and the concurrent rise in on-base percentage from .346 to .398 and you begin to see why this team thinks they have the best lead-off man in the American League. He's no slouch in the field, either; this might be the year the 25-year-old wins his first Gold Glove.

Phil Foster, C: The slugging backstop played for his 3rd team in 3 years and finally got some of the respect he deserves. Foster has just an average arm, but is renowned throughout the league for his ability to call a game. Additionally, he moved into the cleanup spot the last month of the season and acquitted himself well, driving in 40 men from September 1 through the end of the year and just missing the 100 RBI mark for the season.
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October 15, 1932

Yankees 3, Giants 2

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New York Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  3 7 0 
New York Giants  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  1 7 1

HR: NYY:  P. Foster (1, 8th Inning off F. Fleming, 0 on, 2 outs)

Yankees            IP   H  R ER BB  K HR  PI  PS ERA 
B. Meyers W (1-0)  9.0  7  1  1  0  9  0 123  80 1.00 

Giants             IP   H  R ER BB  K HR  PI  PS ERA 
F. Fleming L (0-1) 9.0  7  3  3  1  6  1 122  83 3.00
Eeyore Meyers gets the Series started with a stunning upset win over 28-game winner Fred Fleming. The Yanks never trailed in this one, getting all the scoring they needed off of a first-inning single by rookie and Bronx native 1B Michael Taylor. Meyers, who last pitched in the Series for the Dodgers in 1927, improved to 3-0 in the postseason with 21 Ks in 25 career WS innings. This was Fleming's first postseason appearance.
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The Giants suddenly found themselves in the hole, a position they hadn't been in all season long. No worry, they thought, for today they'd be using their real ace, 2nd year man John Burns.

Giants 1, Yankees 0

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New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 6 3 
New York Giants  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X  1 5 0 


HR: None

Yankees            IP   H  R ER BB  K HR  PI  PS ERA 
S. Krug L (0-1)    8.0  5  1  0  2  2  0 102  67 0.00 

Giants             IP   H  R ER BB  K HR  PI  PS ERA 
J. Burns W (1-0)   9.0  6  0  0  4  3  0 134  80 0.00
What happened to the high-octane offense? The Giants have now scored just 2 runs in the Series, yet are tied up thanks to a costly error by SS Mike Kennedy. As we, if not the experts, expected, this has turned out to be quite an interesting Series. The Yankees, believe it or not, now have the upper hand going back to their home park. If they can somehow win all their home games, we won't even come back to the Polo Grounds to play again.
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