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Our first game at home saw both teams start out slowly. In the first two innings, both pitchers did an excellent job and didn't allow a single hit. Only in the bottom of the 3rd, it was Orator Shafer who was able to break the walls with a nice hit through the middle. A throwing error in a pickoff attempt allowed him to advance to second base from where he was batted in by George Hall with a nice single...

Here we are again, back in the World Series, once again up against our rivals from Cleveland. A quick look at the Cleveland Playoff Roster shows they're in big trouble this time:



While they will surely rely on their batting stars like Jim A Devlin, Jim 'Deathblow' Brooks and Cap Anson, they also got a good contact hitter and a familiar face on the right field position. Carlos Tamayo, who had left Boston in the...

There we go, the regular season is over. At the risk of revealing too much here already, this season had 61 games instead of the usual 60. You'll know why after a look at the final results:



Right, we needed to win 1 game against Cincinnati at the end in order to secure the playoff spot, but we lost em both. When I left the stadium after the final loss, I was sure Chicago had smashed Brooklyn without too many...

I thought I'd post another update out of sequence, because there are some things worth reporting.

51 out of 60 games are played and we've got the most exciting title fight in the NL so far:



When the Chicago White Stockings' pitcher Al Pratt returned from his injury, they were able to close the gap and turned the National League decision into a triple fight this year. Our own pitcher, Yin Xù got a little...

Heyho,

the first half of the season is in the books. We could have done better but we're still in contention. In fact, when I look at the individual stats of some of my most important players, I wonder why I'm not far ahead in the league yet. Many innings with 3 hits and no runs so far, so I'd say tough luck...

But lets look at some of those individuals I've mentioned. The first one worth mentioning is Levy Meyerle. He's having his best season so far, hitting an incredible...