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Darknight Smith · 03-08-2004, 10:11 PM

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The top player taken in the first amateur draft by the sad-sack New York Knickerbockers was a hulking, bearded, 20-year-old first baseman named Alexander Cartwright. His enthusiasm, say scouts, is infectious, and he’s got tremendous potential as a power hitter.

The defending champion Mutuals lost a couple of key players to free agency, as first baseman Abe Tucker went to Philadelphia and left fielder James Lee absconded to the cross-town Knicks.

Demoralized, the Mutuals stumbled out of the gate and never really recovered, finishing last with a 72-84 record despite their 1-2 pitching punch (Corwin and Stebbins). The other three teams were all still in it through the middle of September, when the Quakers began to fall back. Going into the last day of the season, the Knicks trailed Brooklyn by a single game. Brooklyn lost in a four-hit shutout by the Mutuals’ Stebbins, but the Knicks also lost 3-to-1 to the Quakers, who thus played last-day spoiler for the second season in a row.

Nobody was quite sure how manager Robin Carver brought home the pennant for the Bachelors, as they didn’t feature many stars outside shortstop Doc Adams (.317). The Knicks were led by an All-Star outfield, including the league MVP, Nathaniel McNames, who hit .361 with 16 homers and 50 steals. Quinton Corwine (24-8, 2.12) took home his second Outstanding Pitcher Award.

On May 3, John Stebbins had a no-hitter going into the ninth, but Mutuals' manager Thurlow Weed inexplicably pulled him. On July 16, his teammate Jonathan Thornton tossed the first complete-game no-hitter in Republic history (and within two weeks he was traded to the Knicks).

Meanwhile, the Mutuals’ youngster Abner Doubleday won the regular job in center field, batting .263 with 9 homers and 64 r.b.i. The Knicks’ number one draft pick, Cartwright, hit .275 with 13 homers in Class B ball.
Note: I’m calling the three minor league levels A, B, and C, instead of AAA, AA, and A.

ALL-STAR TEAM
c Potter Palmer, BKN
1b Abe Tucker, PHI .290, 23, 80; 97 walks
2b Adam Karn, NYM .279, 17, 66
ss Daniel Adams, BKN .317, 99 walks
3b Edgar Delafield, NYM .309, 21, 82
lf James Lee, NYK .309, 15, 86; 16 triples, 64 steals
cf Nathaniel NcNames, NYK .361, 16, 91; 15 triples
rf George Rogers, NYK .332, 21, 111
sp Quinton Corwine, NYM
sp John Stebbins, NYM 19-8, 2.64
sp Hunter Edelson*, PHI 17-9, 3.06
sp Corliss Wadleigh, BKN 18-12, 3.31
rp Walter Peak, BKN 35 saves, 2.31 e.r.a.

Note: I indicate fictional players—that is, those whose names don’t come from baseball history, but get generated by the game—with asterisks after their last names.

03-08-2004, 10:11 PM	#5
Darknight Smith Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 66	1840 The top player taken in the first amateur draft by the sad-sack New York Knickerbockers was a hulking, bearded, 20-year-old first baseman named Alexander Cartwright. His enthusiasm, say scouts, is infectious, and he’s got tremendous potential as a power hitter. The defending champion Mutuals lost a couple of key players to free agency, as first baseman Abe Tucker went to Philadelphia and left fielder James Lee absconded to the cross-town Knicks. Demoralized, the Mutuals stumbled out of the gate and never really recovered, finishing last with a 72-84 record despite their 1-2 pitching punch (Corwin and Stebbins). The other three teams were all still in it through the middle of September, when the Quakers began to fall back. Going into the last day of the season, the Knicks trailed Brooklyn by a single game. Brooklyn lost in a four-hit shutout by the Mutuals’ Stebbins, but the Knicks also lost 3-to-1 to the Quakers, who thus played last-day spoiler for the second season in a row. Nobody was quite sure how manager Robin Carver brought home the pennant for the Bachelors, as they didn’t feature many stars outside shortstop Doc Adams (.317). The Knicks were led by an All-Star outfield, including the league MVP, Nathaniel McNames, who hit .361 with 16 homers and 50 steals. Quinton Corwine (24-8, 2.12) took home his second Outstanding Pitcher Award. On May 3, John Stebbins had a no-hitter going into the ninth, but Mutuals' manager Thurlow Weed inexplicably pulled him. On July 16, his teammate Jonathan Thornton tossed the first complete-game no-hitter in Republic history (and within two weeks he was traded to the Knicks). Meanwhile, the Mutuals’ youngster Abner Doubleday won the regular job in center field, batting .263 with 9 homers and 64 r.b.i. The Knicks’ number one draft pick, Cartwright, hit .275 with 13 homers in Class B ball. Note: I’m calling the three minor league levels A, B, and C, instead of AAA, AA, and A. ALL-STAR TEAM c Potter Palmer, BKN 1b Abe Tucker, PHI .290, 23, 80; 97 walks 2b Adam Karn, NYM .279, 17, 66 ss Daniel Adams, BKN .317, 99 walks 3b Edgar Delafield, NYM .309, 21, 82 lf James Lee, NYK .309, 15, 86; 16 triples, 64 steals cf Nathaniel NcNames, NYK .361, 16, 91; 15 triples rf George Rogers, NYK .332, 21, 111 sp Quinton Corwine, NYM sp John Stebbins, NYM 19-8, 2.64 sp Hunter Edelson, PHI 17-9, 3.06 sp Corliss Wadleigh, BKN 18-12, 3.31 rp Walter Peak, BKN 35 saves, 2.31 e.r.a. Note: I indicate fictional players—that is, those whose names don’t come from baseball history, but get generated by the game—with asterisks after their last names.*