I had thought that I would not be able to unlock Oscar Charleston (100 SE) until sometime next week at best, but I hadn't really taken stock on how much PP I had tied up in failed Live Spec. It wasn't until I lucked into a Live Perfect (Cody Bellinger) on Tuesday courtesy of a Twitch Pack that I thought to even look.
The Bellinger pull coincided with a couple of Sam Jethroes (NLS 91) on the AH, and so I QS'd and then looked into all that failed Live Spec: Matt Chapmans, Arenados, etc. I QS'd what I needed, feeling like I was peeling off twenties from a hefty stack, and got that Jethroe. I proceeded to do the same when a Heavy came on the AH. I thought that was going to be up but I saw that I had a ton of failed Gold Live Spec. Lots of Gleyber's that I don't know what I paid for them. I took the loss on that but gained a Heavy Johnson (NLS 89) and finally a Hurley McNair (NLS 73) to unlock Oscar Charleston.
I really only learned about Oscar Charleston last year because of this game, and because I packed him. That led to me reading Jeremy Beer's excellent biography of the man, "Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player."
I immediately slotted Charleston at CF and moved Cool Papa Bell (NLS 99) to right field. Left field is still a platoon: Sam Jethroe and Rico Carty (SE 92).
Near the end of Wednesday's games, we lead the division by 1 game with a 44-35 record. Part of the impetus of getting Charleston was that this division is going to be a bear:
I demoted Satchel Paige (NLS 100) to the bullpen and promoted Robin Roberts (SE 100) to the rotation. Paige went 6-9 over 17 starts, posting a 4.99 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, 3.69 FIP and loser of his last 3 starts.
Sights turn toward the Negro League Infielders mission, of which I've only got 65 out of the 270 points needed. It's going to be a long haul.