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Suicane75 · 07-03-2013, 04:02 PM

1949 Season

April- We went 15-10 and are 2.5 games behind the Giants and a half game behind the Cubs. We haven't really hit yet, and two of our starters, Leon Day and Butch Wensloff have been awful.

May- Terrific bounce back month that we finished at 34-18 and 2.5 games up on the Giants. Josh Gibson missed a couple weeks with a back sprain. Irvin and Davis are coming around and Easter is hitting .322 with 10 homers, good to see him putting a good season together. The pitching is coming around as well.

June- We finish June with a 53-26 record and a 5.5 game lead on the Cubs. Hell of an amateur draft. Mantle went 1st to the Browns, Bunning to the Cardinals, Mays to the Senators, Matthews to the Braves and Backs to the Pirates. Our primary setup man, Dick Fowler, has a vertebrae issue that will force him out the entire season, damn. Easter is killing it this year and Curt Simmons is pitching his brains out.

July- Not a great month, we had a losing record and finish it 66-40 with a 1 game lead on the Giants. Curt Simmons missed two weeks with a broken finger. Campanella is having a down year, Jones and Ennis aren't playing that great. The pen is average but the starters are still putting up good numbers.

August- At the end of August we're 84-51 with a 2 game lead on the Giants.

September- On the 16th, with a week left in the season we're tied with the Giants. We call up young stud Tommy Lasorda to be our primary setup man. It doesn't help. We finish the year losing 8 out of 10 and lose the pennant to the Giants by 2 games. Damn.

Well, we put all our eggs in this basket and came up short but I've got to take another run at it next year while there's still time, even though we're $100,000 in the hole. Irvins 174 hits put him in the top 10 and 114 runs put him 3rd, Gibson was 3rd in baseball with 32 homers and Easter was 6th with 30. Burdettes 2.71 ERA and Simmons 2.95 both put them in the top 10 in ERA while Burdettes 19 wins placed him 10th.

07-03-2013, 04:02 PM	#73
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	1949 Season April- We went 15-10 and are 2.5 games behind the Giants and a half game behind the Cubs. We haven't really hit yet, and two of our starters, Leon Day and Butch Wensloff have been awful. May- Terrific bounce back month that we finished at 34-18 and 2.5 games up on the Giants. Josh Gibson missed a couple weeks with a back sprain. Irvin and Davis are coming around and Easter is hitting .322 with 10 homers, good to see him putting a good season together. The pitching is coming around as well. June- We finish June with a 53-26 record and a 5.5 game lead on the Cubs. Hell of an amateur draft. Mantle went 1st to the Browns, Bunning to the Cardinals, Mays to the Senators, Matthews to the Braves and Backs to the Pirates. Our primary setup man, Dick Fowler, has a vertebrae issue that will force him out the entire season, damn. Easter is killing it this year and Curt Simmons is pitching his brains out. July- Not a great month, we had a losing record and finish it 66-40 with a 1 game lead on the Giants. Curt Simmons missed two weeks with a broken finger. Campanella is having a down year, Jones and Ennis aren't playing that great. The pen is average but the starters are still putting up good numbers. August- At the end of August we're 84-51 with a 2 game lead on the Giants. September- On the 16th, with a week left in the season we're tied with the Giants. We call up young stud Tommy Lasorda to be our primary setup man. It doesn't help. We finish the year losing 8 out of 10 and lose the pennant to the Giants by 2 games. Damn. Well, we put all our eggs in this basket and came up short but I've got to take another run at it next year while there's still time, even though we're $100,000 in the hole. Irvins 174 hits put him in the top 10 and 114 runs put him 3rd, Gibson was 3rd in baseball with 32 homers and Easter was 6th with 30. Burdettes 2.71 ERA and Simmons 2.95 both put them in the top 10 in ERA while Burdettes 19 wins placed him 10th.