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DD Martin · 10-28-2020, 07:00 PM

What a Week!!! 7-0

For the first time in a couple of months the Foresters put together what was truly an amazing week.

It started with the Forester finishing off taking 3 out of 4 at home against the NY Stars 8-6.

Then the team (72-61) headed off to Brooklyn (66-69) for a 4-game series against the Kings. The Foresters had done pretty well against the Kings this season with a 13-5 lead in the season series. The first two games of the series were shutout wins for the Foresters 4-0 and then 7-0. Ben Turner pitched a 6-hit shutout in the first game and George Coleman made his major league debut in pitching a 6-hit shutout in the 2nd game of the series.

The 3rd game of the series was a game the Foresters were losing 5-3 after a Kings 4 run spot in the 7th. But not to be outdone, Cleveland plated 4 in the top of the 9th and then hung on (Barely) in the bottom half to win 7-6. The win improved our record (at one time it was 16-5) to 26-16 on the season in 1-run games.

The 4th and last game of the series was won by the Foresters 8-5 with CF Dan Fowler going 4-5 and scoring 3 runs while driving in 2. We ended the season series against Brooklyn at 17-5 on the season. While Chicago had our number this season, we certainly had Brooklyn's for a change.

Next was a visit for 4-games to Baltimore (57-80) to take on the struggling Cannons. At one time it looked like the Toronto Wolves had a lock on the #1 overall pick in the draft, but the Cannons are trying to giving them a run for their money. Our week will end with games on Saturday and Sunday in Baltimore (the last 2 will be Monday and Tuesday of next week).

The first game was a 9-5 decision that wasn't as close as the final score indicated. Manager Jim Wilson likely forgot that SP Bert Henggler hadn't started too many games this season, but he was up 9-2 and had pitched well. Unfortunately it was an inning too long when he came out for the 9th, but Frank Phillips at least finished off the win.

The Sunday game saw the Foresters complete the perfect week with SP Carl Bragg continuing his really surprisingly good 1933 season upping his record to 10-2 with a 3.56 ERA. Bragg didn't make his Forester debut until June, so he has been really effective and produced his best season for the Foresters. Bragg started the year as the #8 guy in the spring rotation, but with injuries to Heinie Bretz in spring and another to Dean Astle in early June, he found his way to the big league team.

With the win the Foresters are now 78-61 on the season and trailing the Cougars by 11.5 games with 15 to go. Chicago who we figured would have wrapped up the CA by now reduced its magic number to just 4.

Summary - What a week for 1B Max Morris and CF Dan Fowler. For Morris it was another player of the week award, the 52nd time in his career he has been given such an honor. Morris hit 500 (16-32) with 5 more home runs (38) and driving in 9 (109) and scoring 9. With his home runs this week Morris set the all-time Forester record for home runs in a season with 38 and counting. The old record was 35 that were hit in 1925 by retired 2B Carl Martin. CF Dan Fowler was likely 2nd in the weekly award voting with a 485 2-12 line for the week.

SS George Dawson hit a nice 423 for the week and ended up with his 17th stolen base of the season. Swiping bases has not been a strength of the Foresters and still isn't, but Dawson and Fowler will make a nice full time addition next season together.

P George Coleman who in spring was fighting for a bullpen job with the Foresters before the moves were made in an attempt to strengthen the bullpen. Looking back at it, maybe he should have gotten the chance. He spent the year in AAA Cincinnati going 3-5 with 4 saves. He started (11 games) some in the 2nd half of the season a 3-4 record with a 3.26 ERA. Still he wasn't really someone we were looking at for the back of the rotation for next season. But with his debut performance in Brooklyn (9 inning 6-hit shutout), he is going to get 2-3 more starts this season to see how he does. I think he odds of emerging as the #5 SP next season are long, it doesn't hurt to have depth, which we have been lacking. But with him and Bert Henggler (3-1 2.55 ERA in 7 starts) maybe thinks aren't so dire as we had thought.

After the last 2 games next week with the Cannons (we are 17-3 against the Cannons this season), we move onto Montreal to face the Saints for the last time this year in a 4-game set. This season we are even with the Saints at 9-9 on the season series.

We will end the week next week on the road for a single game against the Sailors in Philadelphia.

Interesting note - The Foresters all time best regular season record is 87-68 back in 1917 when they had a 1 game playoff against the Montreal Saints for the CA title. The 2nd of only 3 that the Foresters have ever won. If the Foresters can manage to go 9-6 they would match that mark of 87 wins but in 1 less fewer games. 10-5 would put them as the all time best Forester regular season team, record wise. It is a goal that I gave Jim Wilson back in early August when we completed the Goins and the Fowler trades.

10-28-2020, 07:00 PM	#100
DD Martin All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Seattle area Posts: 1,022	What a Week!!! 7-0 For the first time in a couple of months the Foresters put together what was truly an amazing week. It started with the Forester finishing off taking 3 out of 4 at home against the NY Stars 8-6. Then the team (72-61) headed off to Brooklyn (66-69) for a 4-game series against the Kings. The Foresters had done pretty well against the Kings this season with a 13-5 lead in the season series. The first two games of the series were shutout wins for the Foresters 4-0 and then 7-0. Ben Turner pitched a 6-hit shutout in the first game and George Coleman made his major league debut in pitching a 6-hit shutout in the 2nd game of the series. The 3rd game of the series was a game the Foresters were losing 5-3 after a Kings 4 run spot in the 7th. But not to be outdone, Cleveland plated 4 in the top of the 9th and then hung on (Barely) in the bottom half to win 7-6. The win improved our record (at one time it was 16-5) to 26-16 on the season in 1-run games. The 4th and last game of the series was won by the Foresters 8-5 with CF Dan Fowler going 4-5 and scoring 3 runs while driving in 2. We ended the season series against Brooklyn at 17-5 on the season. While Chicago had our number this season, we certainly had Brooklyn's for a change. Next was a visit for 4-games to Baltimore (57-80) to take on the struggling Cannons. At one time it looked like the Toronto Wolves had a lock on the #1 overall pick in the draft, but the Cannons are trying to giving them a run for their money. Our week will end with games on Saturday and Sunday in Baltimore (the last 2 will be Monday and Tuesday of next week). The first game was a 9-5 decision that wasn't as close as the final score indicated. Manager Jim Wilson likely forgot that SP Bert Henggler hadn't started too many games this season, but he was up 9-2 and had pitched well. Unfortunately it was an inning too long when he came out for the 9th, but Frank Phillips at least finished off the win. The Sunday game saw the Foresters complete the perfect week with SP Carl Bragg continuing his really surprisingly good 1933 season upping his record to 10-2 with a 3.56 ERA. Bragg didn't make his Forester debut until June, so he has been really effective and produced his best season for the Foresters. Bragg started the year as the #8 guy in the spring rotation, but with injuries to Heinie Bretz in spring and another to Dean Astle in early June, he found his way to the big league team. With the win the Foresters are now 78-61 on the season and trailing the Cougars by 11.5 games with 15 to go. Chicago who we figured would have wrapped up the CA by now reduced its magic number to just 4. Summary - What a week for 1B Max Morris and CF Dan Fowler. For Morris it was another player of the week award, the 52nd time in his career he has been given such an honor. Morris hit 500 (16-32) with 5 more home runs (38) and driving in 9 (109) and scoring 9. With his home runs this week Morris set the all-time Forester record for home runs in a season with 38 and counting. The old record was 35 that were hit in 1925 by retired 2B Carl Martin. CF Dan Fowler was likely 2nd in the weekly award voting with a 485 2-12 line for the week. SS George Dawson hit a nice 423 for the week and ended up with his 17th stolen base of the season. Swiping bases has not been a strength of the Foresters and still isn't, but Dawson and Fowler will make a nice full time addition next season together. P George Coleman who in spring was fighting for a bullpen job with the Foresters before the moves were made in an attempt to strengthen the bullpen. Looking back at it, maybe he should have gotten the chance. He spent the year in AAA Cincinnati going 3-5 with 4 saves. He started (11 games) some in the 2nd half of the season a 3-4 record with a 3.26 ERA. Still he wasn't really someone we were looking at for the back of the rotation for next season. But with his debut performance in Brooklyn (9 inning 6-hit shutout), he is going to get 2-3 more starts this season to see how he does. I think he odds of emerging as the #5 SP next season are long, it doesn't hurt to have depth, which we have been lacking. But with him and Bert Henggler (3-1 2.55 ERA in 7 starts) maybe thinks aren't so dire as we had thought. After the last 2 games next week with the Cannons (we are 17-3 against the Cannons this season), we move onto Montreal to face the Saints for the last time this year in a 4-game set. This season we are even with the Saints at 9-9 on the season series. We will end the week next week on the road for a single game against the Sailors in Philadelphia. Interesting note - The Foresters all time best regular season record is 87-68 back in 1917 when they had a 1 game playoff against the Montreal Saints for the CA title. The 2nd of only 3 that the Foresters have ever won. If the Foresters can manage to go 9-6 they would match that mark of 87 wins but in 1 less fewer games. 10-5 would put them as the all time best Forester regular season team, record wise. It is a goal that I gave Jim Wilson back in early August when we completed the Goins and the Fowler trades.