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Suicane75 · 07-06-2013, 03:43 AM

1954 Season

April- We went 14-12 in April, 4 games back of the Reds. Herriage & Burdette both missed a couple of weeks.

May- We ended May 26-27, 6 games behind the Reds. Greengrass missed 3 weeks with a balky knee, Herriage also missed a couple of weeks with a bad knee, we just can't stay healthy.

June- June sees us at 42-39, 4 games behind the Cubs. Campanella & Morgan are the latest regulars to go down.

Monte Irvin is having another amazing season, his career has been the coolest thing about this dynasty. But the big 3, Adcock, Greengrass and Wertz are all having subpar years. Our pitching has been magnificent and has really kept us as close as we are, if it weren't for them we'd be god awfull right now.

In the draft, Don Drysdale went 1st overall to Pittsburgh. Harmon Killebrew went to Brooklyn with the 4th pick.

July- Despite Vic Wertz breaking his wrist in early July and missing most of the month, and Campanella and Morgan missing extended time, we still managed to sit at 55-50 and 4 games behind the Cubs in a tight, if underwhelming NL race. Our bats are starting to come around.

August- We got Wertz back in early August and we're looking like we might get hot when Troy Herriage broke his damn finger and missed 3 weeks.

And then on August 28th, down 3 games in the standings, Monte Irvin blew out his knee. Christ. He'll miss almost a year. Damnit. We end the month 73-62 and 6 games out.

September- We end the year 82-72, 10 games behind the pennant winning Cubs. I really think we would have won the pennant if Irvin hadn't gotten hurt.

Adcock had a huge 2nd half for us and Wertz played a lot better too. I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

Irvin had an astounding year, hitting .375 and hitting 28 homers and scoring 107 runs despite missing the final month. Adcock hit 36 homers and drove in 111, placing in the top 10 in both categories. Bud Black led all of baseball in ERA at 2.23 and Burdette was 5th at 2.53

We made enough money this year to get out of debt, so that's something. Still, I need to stop this deal of killing our operating budget every other year, it's really gonna mess up our farm system.

The Cubs and White Sox will rematch in the World Series. The Cubs finished 92-62, while the White Sox finished 101-53.

07-06-2013, 03:43 AM	#113
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	1954 Season April- We went 14-12 in April, 4 games back of the Reds. Herriage & Burdette both missed a couple of weeks. May- We ended May 26-27, 6 games behind the Reds. Greengrass missed 3 weeks with a balky knee, Herriage also missed a couple of weeks with a bad knee, we just can't stay healthy. June- June sees us at 42-39, 4 games behind the Cubs. Campanella & Morgan are the latest regulars to go down. Monte Irvin is having another amazing season, his career has been the coolest thing about this dynasty. But the big 3, Adcock, Greengrass and Wertz are all having subpar years. Our pitching has been magnificent and has really kept us as close as we are, if it weren't for them we'd be god awfull right now. In the draft, Don Drysdale went 1st overall to Pittsburgh. Harmon Killebrew went to Brooklyn with the 4th pick. July- Despite Vic Wertz breaking his wrist in early July and missing most of the month, and Campanella and Morgan missing extended time, we still managed to sit at 55-50 and 4 games behind the Cubs in a tight, if underwhelming NL race. Our bats are starting to come around. August- We got Wertz back in early August and we're looking like we might get hot when Troy Herriage broke his damn finger and missed 3 weeks. And then on August 28th, down 3 games in the standings, Monte Irvin blew out his knee. Christ. He'll miss almost a year. Damnit. We end the month 73-62 and 6 games out. September- We end the year 82-72, 10 games behind the pennant winning Cubs. I really think we would have won the pennant if Irvin hadn't gotten hurt. Adcock had a huge 2nd half for us and Wertz played a lot better too. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Irvin had an astounding year, hitting .375 and hitting 28 homers and scoring 107 runs despite missing the final month. Adcock hit 36 homers and drove in 111, placing in the top 10 in both categories. Bud Black led all of baseball in ERA at 2.23 and Burdette was 5th at 2.53 We made enough money this year to get out of debt, so that's something. Still, I need to stop this deal of killing our operating budget every other year, it's really gonna mess up our farm system. The Cubs and White Sox will rematch in the World Series. The Cubs finished 92-62, while the White Sox finished 101-53.