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Suicane75 · 07-17-2013, 11:39 AM

1972 Season

April- 22-5, 3.5 games up on the Mets. Hebners .303 is our lowest BA. McCovey has 10 homers, Simpson has 10. Closer Bill Champion has an ERA over 8 but no loses and 4 saves. John & Durham have ERA's over 4 but Jenkins is 1.36 & 6-0.

May- Grrrr. An amazing 46-11 record is tempered by the fact that Dick Simpson broke his ankle and will miss 3 month. Lou Piniella will take over in right field and rookie Greg Luzinski is called up. Javier is hitting .354. The pitching is spectacular, Jenkins is 10-1 and Klages is 10-0

June- 66-18, 12.5 games up on the Mets. McCoveys production has dropped off a lot but we're ok. Fergie is 14-2.

Andre Dawson goes 1st to the Brewers. Dennis Eckersley 2nd to the Astros. Willie Randolph 3rd to the Pirates. Gary Carter & Ozzie Smith go 4-5 to Montreal and Cleveland.

July- We're 83-25, 15.5 games up on a very good Mets team. McCovey missed a couple of weeks with a broken foot. Tim McCarver is out for a month with an Achilles issue.

August- 106-29. Willie McCovey hurt his ankle and will miss a couple weeks, we call up rookie 1B Joe Staton to get some starts. We lock Johnny Oates up for 7 years at $24K, a real nice deal.

September- Gahh, Julian Javier tweaks his knee and will miss most of September, he should be good for the postseason though.
Rob Carew busts up his knee and is out over a month, probably to miss the postseason. Closer Bill Champion breaks his finger and will miss over a month, maybe the postseason. Bill Zepp takes over as closer. Come on already.

McCoveys 32 homers puts him 9th best in baseball. Al Bumbry collects 210 hits and scores 137 runs, both top 5 in baseball.
Jenkins leads the league in ERA and wins with 1.92 & 25. Mike Caldwell at 2.74, Fred Klages at 2.86 and Tommy John at 2.88 are all top 10 in ERA. Klages 20 wins are good for 10th.

We lost another $500K this year but I'm not panicked.

We'll play the Giants for the 3rd straight year in the NLCS. They won 109 games and won the West by 15 games over the Dodgers, they're very much the same team we've been facing. We'll be a little short as Rod Carew & Closer Bill Champion are out most of the postseason most likely, but our lineup is in tact for the first time since Simpson broke his ankle almost 4 months ago.

In the American League, the 99 win Yankees won the East by 6 games over Boston. They'll take on the Twins, who won an epic AL West race by 1 game over the Rangers, 2 games over the Royals, and 5 games over the Angels and White Sox. The Twins are powered offensively by 3B Graig Nettles and his .320/29/114 line and Jose Tartabull & Felix Millan at the top of the order who combined to score 224 times this year. Insanely, their best starter is Randy Jones who's 4.13/17-11.

07-17-2013, 11:39 AM	#269
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	1972 Season April- 22-5, 3.5 games up on the Mets. Hebners .303 is our lowest BA. McCovey has 10 homers, Simpson has 10. Closer Bill Champion has an ERA over 8 but no loses and 4 saves. John & Durham have ERA's over 4 but Jenkins is 1.36 & 6-0. May- Grrrr. An amazing 46-11 record is tempered by the fact that Dick Simpson broke his ankle and will miss 3 month. Lou Piniella will take over in right field and rookie Greg Luzinski is called up. Javier is hitting .354. The pitching is spectacular, Jenkins is 10-1 and Klages is 10-0 June- 66-18, 12.5 games up on the Mets. McCoveys production has dropped off a lot but we're ok. Fergie is 14-2. Andre Dawson goes 1st to the Brewers. Dennis Eckersley 2nd to the Astros. Willie Randolph 3rd to the Pirates. Gary Carter & Ozzie Smith go 4-5 to Montreal and Cleveland. July- We're 83-25, 15.5 games up on a very good Mets team. McCovey missed a couple of weeks with a broken foot. Tim McCarver is out for a month with an Achilles issue. August- 106-29. Willie McCovey hurt his ankle and will miss a couple weeks, we call up rookie 1B Joe Staton to get some starts. We lock Johnny Oates up for 7 years at $24K, a real nice deal. September- Gahh, Julian Javier tweaks his knee and will miss most of September, he should be good for the postseason though. Rob Carew busts up his knee and is out over a month, probably to miss the postseason. Closer Bill Champion breaks his finger and will miss over a month, maybe the postseason. Bill Zepp takes over as closer. Come on already. McCoveys 32 homers puts him 9th best in baseball. Al Bumbry collects 210 hits and scores 137 runs, both top 5 in baseball. Jenkins leads the league in ERA and wins with 1.92 & 25. Mike Caldwell at 2.74, Fred Klages at 2.86 and Tommy John at 2.88 are all top 10 in ERA. Klages 20 wins are good for 10th. We lost another $500K this year but I'm not panicked. We'll play the Giants for the 3rd straight year in the NLCS. They won 109 games and won the West by 15 games over the Dodgers, they're very much the same team we've been facing. We'll be a little short as Rod Carew & Closer Bill Champion are out most of the postseason most likely, but our lineup is in tact for the first time since Simpson broke his ankle almost 4 months ago. In the American League, the 99 win Yankees won the East by 6 games over Boston. They'll take on the Twins, who won an epic AL West race by 1 game over the Rangers, 2 games over the Royals, and 5 games over the Angels and White Sox. The Twins are powered offensively by 3B Graig Nettles and his .320/29/114 line and Jose Tartabull & Felix Millan at the top of the order who combined to score 224 times this year. Insanely, their best starter is Randy Jones who's 4.13/17-11. Last edited by Suicane75 : 07-17-2013 at 11:39 AM.