EOBHR

Entirety of Baseball History Replayed!

Love baseball.... but sick of the 3+ hour games  and all the pampered $10+ MILLION/YEAR players...while you now have to skip lunch every other day plus have also completely stopped changing the oil in, or servicing,  your family car just so you can pay for your MLB cable package?!?  Then you may need to use a healthy supplement to reduce or even replace the current 25% of your waking hours watching draggy baseball games, plus the unhealthy brain-warping diet of erectile dysfunction, gout water, automobile, beer, and insurance ads that accompanies them: YES YOU NEED to experience  the efficient, , never-boring, digest-sized baseball world  of EOBHR (The "Entirety of Baseball History Replayed" project)....Wherein a unique possible but not actual history of baseball unfolds in an unpredictable but totally plausible,  entertaining, fascinating, relaxing, mind-blowing, time-efficient way.  EOBHR is now replaying the 1906 season.  Each season consists of a 16 game per team regular season, followed by an NCAA-like tournament among teams that finish in the top half of their organizational unit's standings.   The tournament games count in team win-loss and also in player statistics.   Really, would you rather spend a year plowing  through the HARD-COPY, HERNIA/SLEEP-INDUCING,  NO-HOT-PHOTOS, HARD-COPY 500,000 word  TOME of Tolstoy's War & Peace -- or see a 2-3 hour movie of the same story, loaded with plenty of hot , blouse-ripping actresses -- hunky, ripped actors -- and colorful, head-banging violence??  EOBHR began the project on July 11, 2006 and has now replayed 1903, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1928, 1933, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1955,  1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,  2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 MLB seasons.  EOBHR staff hands-on manage both sides and records game details real-time as each contest progresses.  You can relive each game by reading the entertaining, succinct, picture-assisted, irreverent game writeups...  A few hours of occasional reading will enable you to relive an entire season in a plausible way that actually ADDS to your appreciation of real baseball by its presentation of surprising what-ifs.... AND IF YOU ENJOY EOBHR, YOU'LL  LIKELY BE IN NIRVANA  WHEN YOU  CUDDLE UP WITH THE SKUNKVILLE SAGA!!! The world's longest (well over 1,500,000+ words), most pictorial (5,000+ photos), with more than 1,000 archived episodes to enjoy...  funniest novel ever written in English or any other language, including Swahilian!.. Kirkus Reviews compares The Skunkville Saga to the works of James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon, & John Barth.  FONT>

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2/27/15

DAY 2 OF EOBHR 1906 REPLAY#38 N.L.

The great Joe Kelley near end of career
'sher-er-er-ree Sherry bay-yay-bee!'
'Sure I'll come out...but not tonight...no lights yet, pals!'
Mordecai's pitching hand
Harry: 'Yes, I was fairly pleasd with my performance today...'

DAY 2 EOBHR '06 REPLAY#38 N.L.

16  PH 2-0 (T1st) 5-10-2  SC (1-1) 3-6-2

When outstanding hitting 1B of this ancient 1900-09 era, Redbird Jake Beckley, scorches a 2-run go-ahead double down the RF line with no one out B1st, many of the Cardinal fans rise to their feet, patting each other on the back in joy and camaraderie.... And start to head to the exits, recognizing the awesome size of that probably insurmontable lead, figuring they've seen the best this game will have to offer, the critical moments, and so now they might as well head home to mow the lawn, especially consider they have to use a man-powered push mower... if they're lucky to have that rather than a scythe.

'Besides,' one early-departer consoles another: 'With that Lush on the mound for the hated Fiddies, what chance can they really have had?'

But if these folks did leave before the T5th, they came away BIG winners, having time to finish more of their work around the house as well as not suffering through the piddling away of their gigantic 2-0 lead with poor fielding and inept pitching, the two of course interacting with and feeding upon each other.

In said Tophat of the 5th, road Phillies' pitcher Johnny Lush begins to make amends for his wayward earlier  delieveries by smashing a hard double into the RCF gap.  Then leadoff man 'Silent' John Titus quietly goes about his business by grounding out to the right side, enabling Lush to safely rush third base.  Then the Phils' 'Rascally' Roy Thomas extends Lush's advance to the penultimate base, i.e., 3rd sack when Roy drills a single through the hoel by Cardinal 3B Art Hoelskoetter....

This brings up Sherwood ('Sherry') Magee, the Phillies' Big Slugger of this era, who managed to lead the real N.L. in RBI in '07, then also put up 62 extra base hits and a league best 123 RBI in '10, while also being the real N.L. ribbie king with 39*-11-15-103* in '14 and leading in ribbies a final time in '18 for the Cincy Reds.... Said Magee rips a double down the LF line, which is followed by Phillies' cleanup man and 1B Kitty Bransfield's game-knotting sac fly.  2-2 tie T5th.  Kitty, shyly. after the game:  'Ahhhh... it was knotting, knotting that's all...'

But you might say at this juncture....'Mr. Nerdley, thanks for all this info.....But what about the Phils' fine backstop.... the redhead....you know... How's he dooin' in this game?

Funny you should ask right then and with that choice of improper wording...  But, in replay, in fact Red Dooin follows Kitty's sac fly with a 2-out single lined down the RF line to put the Phils ahead for good in this official, authorized EOBHR (Entirety of Baseball History Replayed) Replay #38!

And the Phils' outstanding athletic CF Sherry Magee also has a big day with two doubles and a homer, while Phillie P Johnny turns in a Lush, pleasing, aesthetically superb performance... a six hitter, no more!.... And one of the three runs the Lush allows is actually the responsibility of 1B Bransfield, a bungle which cuts the Phillie lead from 5-2 to 5-3, where it will stand forever in Perpetuity.....AND YOU ARE/WERE THERE.... As there was no more scoring thereafter.

The Phils T7th rally features Sherry Magee taking a triple into the RF corner -- Sherry's 4th extra base hit in jest 8 plate appearances in this 1906 replay -- scoring the fine Roy Thomas, expert outfielder, speedster, and base-hitter. 

Sher-er-er-ry, Sherry Ba- A-Bee you sure did come out tonight!! (today, really, since its the pre-lights era)

 

 

15  BB (1-1) 0-3-3  CN (1-1) 3-7-0

How about this lame triple-combo:  3 hits, 3 errors, 3-0 loss?  Well, that's the story for the Boston Braves on this day in EOBHR history... What kind of a day was it??  A day like any other day.....EXCEPT YOU ARE HERE WHETHER YOU'RE ENJOYING YOURSELF OR NOT...  Please, anyone who visits... Always feel free to depart at any time.  We don't keep roll here, nor, people comment, are we 'on any kind of roll'.... except maybe backwards down the steep hill and then off that huge cliff!!

Now this game can be described in much simpler terms than #14, the last, long-winded one.  Of course, the expansion of the game #14 writeup may have been more due to a rambling mind than a rambling game.

This game is as simple as the #3.

The Bravos, pre-Skip-Carey

Collected 3 hits including one doubloon against CG winner Chick Fraser, who saved his arm and pitched to contact (2 punchouts, 3 free passes: 32 batters faced) 

Made 3 errors

Lost 3-0

Now, the Reds explosive leadoff man and LFJoe Kelley (.556) by his ownsome had a single, a triple, a steal, and two runs scored.  Now, as some of you may remember from when you were younger, this Kelley was an amazing offensive machine back in the 1890's. 

How about BAs 1894-97 of .393, .365, .364, and .362....Yes, I know there's a consistent downward trend but still......!! 

Power numbers to go with those four seasons?

1894  .393 48D-20T-6HR-111RBI (107BB/46SB)

1895  .365 26-19-10-134  (77bb/54sb)

1896   .364  31-19-8-100 (91bb/87**SB, i.e., led MLB)

1897    .362  31-9-5-118  (70bb, 44sb)

Now this here 1906 we're replaying is 35-year-old Joe's last full season, and his next-to-last MLB season overall.

 

 

 

 

 

14  PT (0-2) 0-3-0  BK (1-1) 6-11-0

Dodger RF Harry 'Judge' Lumley (18 triples & 9 homers both led the real N.L. in 1904) piles into his replay-leading 2nd homer in just 6 at bats in this super-easy Brooklyn victory ....

As the Dodgers score in four different innings, twice posting a deuce (B3rd, B6th) as well as two singletons (B1st, B8th).  Harry Lumley delivers an unusual (for anybody) 4-ply whack B3rd... And it is Lumley's (.375) 2-out single B1st that ignites the go-ahead/game-winning rally.

Slugging Brooklyn 1B Tim Jordan and LF Johnny McCarthy then add their own base hits to the B1st scoring party to produce the game's only needed run in the form of Lumley crossing the platter. (in 20/20 retrospect). 

The explosive Harry Lumley led the actual N.L. in both triples (18) and homers (9) in his rookie 1904 season.  And Harry was in fact the N.L. slugging average leader (.477) in the realworld  version of this 1906 season.

As noted above, it is Trolley Dodger LF Johnny McCarthy's 2-out B1st line shot single deep into LCF that actually produces the game's 1st run by scoring Lumley...Then Brooklyn 2B Whitey Alperman adds another 2-out RBI hit, scoring 1B Tim Jordan (single) to make it 2-0, and Lumley piles on with his dingler, making it 3-0:  a discouragingly large lead in this pitching-dominated era.

But one could easily argue that the most outstanding hero in this game is the Dodger's starting P Doc Scanlan, who faces only 29 batters (3 hits, no walks) while fanning 7 (a lot in this era of just-make-contact baseball!).

The Dodger outburst is all the more exceptional since it was executed despite the presence of Bucco ace Sam Leever on the mound... Sam posted a lifetime ERA in real MLB of 2.47, and his W-L slates from real 1901 to real 1909 were an unreal 14-5, 15-7, 25-7, 18-11, 20-5, 22-7 ('06), 14-9, 15-7, and 8-1....  This for the Buc hurler known as 'Deacon' or 'The Goshen Schoolmaster')!

Judge helps decide game outcome!!

 

 

   

 

13  CC (1-1) 3-12-1  NG (0-2) 2-5-0

John McGraws' Giants are almost certainly hearing an earful from their hot-headed manager about this game right about now, their egos certainly no-longer Giant-sized, probably now no bigger than a ballpark peanut you might accidentally squash on your way home from the game, after McGraw's post-game commentary on his team's play.

Christy Mathewson....probably mordefied, after being defeated by rival Mordecai Brown.

 

Following drawn from the wonderful, superior on-line Baseball Almanac, I quote Cindy Thomson's excellent article on Brown 

'Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, best known today for his unusual name and his more or less descriptive nickname of "Three Finger," was the ace right-hander of the great Chicago Cub teams of the first decade or so of the twentieth century. With Brown leading an extraordinary pitching staff, the Cubs from 1906 through 1910 put together the greatest five-year record of any team in baseball history. His battles with the Giants' Christy Mathewson epitomized the bitter rivalry between two teams that just about matched each other man for man.

'Mordecai's most familiar nickname was Three Finger, although he actually had four and a half fingers on his pitching hand. Because of childhood curiosity, Mordecai lost most of his right index finger in a piece of farming equipment. Not long after, he fell while chasing a rabbit and broke his other fingers. The result was a bent middle finger, a paralyzed little finger, and a stump where the index finger used to be. Brown's deformed hand enabled him to throw a bewildering pitch with lots of movement.'

Above drawn from the wonderful, superior on-line Baseball Almanac, I quote Cindy Thomson's excellent article on Brown 

 

In today's classic battle of HOFers, the great Christy Mathewson was defeated by the equally great Mordecai (Three Fingered) Brown.  While the Giants understandably managed only five hits in total off Brown's baffling pitches, the Cubs were able to knock Christy around for 12 safeties. 

In actual realworld head to head combat, Mordecai's fans were able to give Matty's fans the Three-Fingered sign in 13 encounters, while Christy's followers had a nearly equal 11 times when they could give Mordecai's followers a sign of their choice which hopefully would at least recognize or respect Mathewson's religious devoutness and all-around goodness as a person! 

#2 batting Cub RF Frank 'Wildfire' Schulte cartainly was on fire in this hotly contested battle, with he and leadoff man Jimmy Sheckard opening things up with a total of seven safeties across nine innings off the great Matty!  In fact, Sheckard drove in the game's 1st run T4th, while a leadoff single by Schulte opened the Cubs' game-tying rally T7th....and Wildfire's 4th hit off Matty T8th was the game's  deciding blow.

Both of the great Turn-of-the-Century pitchers struggled with their control, Mordy walking 5 plus hitting a batter, and Matty issuing 4 free ducats to 1st.  But Matty himself tied the game 1-1 with a 2-out bingler B4th , then his great batterymate and deadball slugger Roger Bresnahan whacked a long go-ahead single in the same stanza.

With the red-light flashing, indicating that the bases were at full capacity T7th, it was a sac fly by HOF DP combination (Tinker to Evers to Chance) member Johnny Evers up T7th, it was Johnny's  sac fly that tied the game, rather than leaving it to Chance.... and as we mentioned, Wildfire scorched the Polo Grounds fans with his game-winning RBI T8th.     

Johnny Evers on his late-inning game-tying sac fly off Christy Mathewson:  Well, I mcouldn't just leave it up to Chance, for garsh sake!!'



 

 

 
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