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Questdog · 08-23-2015, 12:06 AM

Thursday, April 28, 1887 Opening Day in the Liberty League

We open the season at home with a 3 game series against manager/C Deacon Dubin (30-8.8) and his Spiders. This will be Dubin's first season as manager of the team. This will be the team's 9th season overall and they have only once had a winning record and that was in their very first season when they were the Utica Pent Ups of 1879. Dubin's job will be tough as the Spiders seem to be cursed to have poor pitching. Last season, they thought they had solved the problem when they signed Haymaker ace Harry Lamb (32-6.4). In the 4 previous seasons with Troy, he had won 111 games while leading the League in ERA and strikeouts once each. But as soon as he put on a Spider's uniform, his arm went dead and he won only 9 games for Cleveland last year and looked especially poor in doing it. He threw only about 75% as hard as he did with the Haymakers when he was one of the fastest hurlers in the game. He's now in the minor leagues and is one of the softest tossers you'll likely find there.

Cleveland Spiders (54-72 .429 32 GB in 5th place in the Liberty League last season) at
Detroit Wolverines (86-40 .683 Defending Champions)

Ed Pedersen, Clev. (25-5.1) (R 27-31 3.47 10.0-2.1-3.6 H-BB-K/9 last season) vs. Ed Bush, Det. (26-5.3) (R 37-10 2.11 6.3-2.3-5.6 last season)

The Spider's lineup has only one player that has hit over .250 against Bush: CF Jake Howard (28-4.6) at .263 with a home run (the only hitter that has one against him as well) in 19 AB. Their best hitter, LF Joe Coffey (30-5.2) is 4 for 41 (.098) against Bush.

Won - 12 to 2

Of course, since I mentioned it, Coffey hit a 2-out single his first time up. He then stole 2nd and scored when 3B Cowboy Gray (24-7.8) singled just past the diving 2B Jocko Cole (25-6.1). That was his only hit of the day, however.

Bush allowed 6 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2.

We had 13 hits and made 2 errors. Cleveland made 7.

RF Willie Kirby (25-2.1) had 4 hits with a double, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs. 1B Sam Cowan (31-5.1) hit a triple his first time up and then legged out an infield dingle his second time up, but collided with first baseman Charlie Taylor (31-5.2) and ended up with a broken knee cap. The all-time Hit King is done for the season after 2 at bats. And probably won't be the all-time Hit King by the end of the season. Editor's Note: Crap! His replacement, 1B Zenas Woodard (27-4.6) had a hit, stole a base, and had 2 RBIs. SS Al Shaffer (26-5.6) had 2 hits, stole a base and scored 3 runs. 3B Tom Nelson (20-6.6) hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. C Jimmy Babcock (30-6.9) had 3 hits with a home run, a mammoth blast over the newly distant left field fence, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs.

After the game, I sent word to Syracuse to send me C Adam White (27-6.3). He's not much, but he will be useful as a 3rd catcher and an emergency first baseman. I had already made an offer to free agent C Dan Holmes (31-5.7), who is a total scrub, to be a 3rd catcher at Syracuse so I could carry 3 catchers here. But he hasn't signed yet.

Liberty League:
Louisville (5) at Indianapolis (10): Bill Crawford (28-7.2) (1-0) over William McLeod (27-5.6) (0-1). C Fred Smith (31-6.8) hit a 3-run home run. McLeod was horrible in his Bourbon debut: in 7 innings, he allowed 14 hits, 10 runs, walked 3 and struck out 3.

Inclement weather washed out the other 2 Opening Day games.

Grand National Association:
Kansas City (6) at St. Louis (3): Al McClaughry (23-5.6) (4-2) over Ted Ryther (33-4.3) (1-4). McClaughry allowed 5 hits, no walks and struck out 4.

Chicago (9) at Milwaukee (2): Pony Stanley (23-6.2) (2-3) over Wiley Steel (25-5.6) (0-1).

Down in the Eastern League (A), the Scranton Miners were down 10 to 0 going into the bottom of the 7th inning at home against the Springfield Horseman. They scored 11 times in the last 3 innings, capped by 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win. P John Ritch (32-7.8) hit a 2-out single to score the final run. He came into the game in relief and pitched the final 3 innings to earn the victory. At bat, he was 3 for 3 with a triple, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBIs, all in those last 3 innings.

08-23-2015, 12:06 AM	#1387
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, April 28, 1887 Opening Day in the Liberty League We open the season at home with a 3 game series against manager/C Deacon Dubin (30-8.8) and his Spiders. This will be Dubin's first season as manager of the team. This will be the team's 9th season overall and they have only once had a winning record and that was in their very first season when they were the Utica Pent Ups of 1879. Dubin's job will be tough as the Spiders seem to be cursed to have poor pitching. Last season, they thought they had solved the problem when they signed Haymaker ace Harry Lamb (32-6.4). In the 4 previous seasons with Troy, he had won 111 games while leading the League in ERA and strikeouts once each. But as soon as he put on a Spider's uniform, his arm went dead and he won only 9 games for Cleveland last year and looked especially poor in doing it. He threw only about 75% as hard as he did with the Haymakers when he was one of the fastest hurlers in the game. He's now in the minor leagues and is one of the softest tossers you'll likely find there. Cleveland Spiders (54-72 .429 32 GB in 5th place in the Liberty League last season) at Detroit Wolverines (86-40 .683 Defending Champions) Ed Pedersen, Clev. (25-5.1) (R 27-31 3.47 10.0-2.1-3.6 H-BB-K/9 last season) vs. Ed Bush, Det. (26-5.3) (R 37-10 2.11 6.3-2.3-5.6 last season) The Spider's lineup has only one player that has hit over .250 against Bush: CF Jake Howard (28-4.6) at .263 with a home run (the only hitter that has one against him as well) in 19 AB. Their best hitter, LF Joe Coffey (30-5.2) is 4 for 41 (.098) against Bush. Won - 12 to 2 Of course, since I mentioned it, Coffey hit a 2-out single his first time up. He then stole 2nd and scored when 3B Cowboy Gray (24-7.8) singled just past the diving 2B Jocko Cole (25-6.1). That was his only hit of the day, however. Bush allowed 6 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. We had 13 hits and made 2 errors. Cleveland made 7. RF Willie Kirby (25-2.1) had 4 hits with a double, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs. 1B Sam Cowan (31-5.1) hit a triple his first time up and then legged out an infield dingle his second time up, but collided with first baseman Charlie Taylor (31-5.2) and ended up with a broken knee cap. The all-time Hit King is done for the season after 2 at bats. And probably won't be the all-time Hit King by the end of the season. Editor's Note: Crap! His replacement, 1B Zenas Woodard (27-4.6) had a hit, stole a base, and had 2 RBIs. SS Al Shaffer (26-5.6) had 2 hits, stole a base and scored 3 runs. 3B Tom Nelson (20-6.6) hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. C Jimmy Babcock (30-6.9) had 3 hits with a home run, a mammoth blast over the newly distant left field fence, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs. After the game, I sent word to Syracuse to send me C Adam White (27-6.3). He's not much, but he will be useful as a 3rd catcher and an emergency first baseman. I had already made an offer to free agent C Dan Holmes (31-5.7), who is a total scrub, to be a 3rd catcher at Syracuse so I could carry 3 catchers here. But he hasn't signed yet. Liberty League: Louisville (5) at Indianapolis (10): Bill Crawford (28-7.2) (1-0) over William McLeod (27-5.6) (0-1). C Fred Smith (31-6.8) hit a 3-run home run. McLeod was horrible in his Bourbon debut: in 7 innings, he allowed 14 hits, 10 runs, walked 3 and struck out 3. Inclement weather washed out the other 2 Opening Day games. Grand National Association: Kansas City (6) at St. Louis (3): Al McClaughry (23-5.6) (4-2) over Ted Ryther (33-4.3) (1-4). McClaughry allowed 5 hits, no walks and struck out 4. Chicago (9) at Milwaukee (2): Pony Stanley (23-6.2) (2-3) over Wiley Steel (25-5.6) (0-1). Down in the Eastern League (A), the Scranton Miners were down 10 to 0 going into the bottom of the 7th inning at home against the Springfield Horseman. They scored 11 times in the last 3 innings, capped by 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win. P John Ritch (32-7.8) hit a 2-out single to score the final run. He came into the game in relief and pitched the final 3 innings to earn the victory. At bat, he was 3 for 3 with a triple, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBIs, all in those last 3 innings.