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jianoran · 02-21-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

May 8 - Jockey Ralph Neves is involved in a racing accident at Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California and mistakenly pronounced dead. A while later, he wakes up in the morgue and promptly returns to the racetrack but is not allowed to compete in any of the remaining races because of his 'death.'

Oh my god looks like Ralph Neves will later die in 1995, i hope it will happen.

Jestor · 02-21-2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

1936 Prospect Watch:
VICTOR STARFFIN

This is his actual photo, by the way

After emigrating to Japan as a young child, this young Russian hurler learned the game of baseball. Years later, he jumped at the first chance to travel to the country that created the game and traveled to New York City in February, 1936. Fresh off the plane, he walked into the offices of the three New York clubs and demanded a tryout in broken English. Skeptically, scouts from the Perfectos, Knights and Highlanders gathered at the Polo Grounds expecting nothing. Boy were they surprised when he threw fastball after fastball right down the pipe! The bidding war has begun, and you can be certain it will be a dogfight to land this young hotshot!

Talents (Stuff/Control/Movement): 85/80/60
Current Ratings: 43/40/30

I got really interested in this guy when I did a short paper on Russian baseball. I hope he ends up kicking ass.

metsgeek · 02-21-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jestor

I got really interested in this guy when I did a short paper on Russian baseball. I hope he ends up kicking ass.

He has a good chance to dominate. He received a triple increase in talents this season to 98/80/78

metsgeek · 02-21-2007, 08:26 PM

IN MEMORIAM - 1937

JOHNNY VANDER MEER
JOE KRAKAUSKAS
LOU FETTE
JOE BROWN
JIM TURNER
AL ECKERT
GUS BRITTAIN
HARRY CHOZEN
LINK WASEM
SAM HARSHANY
BERT HAAS
WARREN HUSTON
ACE PARKER
WAYNE AMBLER
BLAS MONACO
JERRY LYNN
JIM GALVIN
BILL SODD
TONY MALINOSKY
NICK POLLY
FRANK TRECHOCK
LOU ROSENBERG
TOM CAFEGO
DOYT MORRIS
HUGH ALEXANDER
DUTCH MELE
JOE O'ROURKE
PINKY JORGENSEN
ARNIE MOSER
DOUBLE JOE DWYER
EDDIE YOUNT
GEORGE CISAR
TOMMY HENRICH
JOHNNIE CHAMBERS
KIRBY HIGBE
ABE WHITE
BOB DAUGHTERS
KEN JUNGELS

metsgeek · 02-21-2007, 09:05 PM

TAKING A DIRT NAP
1937

In addition to the players listed above, the following individuals will never make their mark on the world. They would have been born in 1937, but Haemorrhagic Fever struck them down.

JOSEPH WAMBAUGH
BORIS SPASSKY
GARRETT MORRIS
TOM SMOTHERS
HARALD V OF NORWAY
COLIN POWELL
MERLE HAGGARD
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
SADDAM HUSSEIN
ROGER ZELAZNY
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
GORILLA MONSOON
KEIZO OBUCHI
NED BEATTY
ROD RODDY
BARRY SWITZER
JANE FONDA

jianoran · 02-21-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

TAKING A DIRT NAP

1937

In addition to the players listed above, the following individuals will never make their mark on the world. They would have been born in 1937, but Haemorrhagic Fever struck them down.

JOSEPH WAMBAUGH
BORIS SPASSKY
GARRETT MORRIS
TOM SMOTHERS
HARALD V OF NORWAY
COLIN POWELL
MERLE HAGGARD
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
SADDAM HUSSEIN
ROGER ZELAZNY
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
GORILLA MONSOON
KEIZO OBUCHI
NED BEATTY
ROD RODDY
BARRY SWITZER
JANE FONDA

Rod Roddy we miss him (TPIR Losing Horns play)

And for Richard Petty's He's Still Alive (TPIR $11,000 Showcase Showdown Win Music with Clangs and Whoops play)

beltre13 · 02-22-2007, 05:45 AM

i cant live in a world with out gorilla monsoon. who will announce my wreslting matches as i grow up?

metsgeek · 02-22-2007, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jianoran

Rod Roddy we miss him (TPIR Losing Horns play)

And for Richard Petty's He's Still Alive (TPIR $11,000 Showcase Showdown Win Music with Clangs and Whoops play)

I swear, man. You are getting less and less intelligible with every post. Richard Petty?? Where the hell did that come from?

mirrf · 02-22-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

TAKING A DIRT NAP
1937
JOSEPH WAMBAUGH
BORIS SPASSKY
GARRETT MORRIS
TOM SMOTHERS
HARALD V OF NORWAY
COLIN POWELL
MERLE HAGGARD
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
SADDAM HUSSEIN
ROGER ZELAZNY
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
GORILLA MONSOON
KEIZO OBUCHI
NED BEATTY
ROD RODDY
BARRY SWITZER
JANE FONDA

You can take your Fondas, Switzers, Albrights, Beattys, Powels, and Haggars and I'll won't blink. But dammit man, why take Billy Dee Williams? No Lando!? Who will pitch the smooth flavor of Colt 45?

lewis31lewis52 · 02-22-2007, 12:51 PM

Yay, no Saddam! That's good, right?

jianoran · 02-22-2007, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by lewis31lewis52

Yay, no Saddam! That's good, right?

That's nice lewis31lewis52 all we need is Osama Bin Laden when we reach 1957, if Osama struck haemorhaggic flu down, then we're happy thanks to the United States of America, Iraq and Afghanistan

metsgeek · 02-22-2007, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jianoran

That's nice lewis31lewis52 all we need is Osama Bin Laden when we reach 1957, if Osama struck haemorhaggic flu down, then we're happy thanks to the United States of America, Iraq and Afghanistan

What year were you born? Gotta file it away for a future post

lewis31lewis52 · 02-23-2007, 01:15 AM

I hope he knows I was joking about the "that's good, right?" part.

If not, then

BoilerRocketScientist · 02-23-2007, 01:16 PM

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GARRETT MORRIS

SNL will need a new broadcaster for the "hard of hearing".

Jpotapoff · 02-24-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS - 1936

[*]February 17 - The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in US newspapers

Heh, when I first read that I thought "Hey I don't recall there ever really being superheroes in our world. It took me a bit to realize that you meant the first superhero character to make his appearance and not the first time the newspapers reported the appearance of a superhero.

Jpotapoff · 02-24-2007, 11:27 AM

Sadly (according to Wkipedia) the last Thylacine appeared to have died of neglect even though it was in a zoo and on the protected species list.

ndinardo76 · 02-26-2007, 08:53 PM

A bit late to the game, but that General Kazushige Ugaki looks like a badass

metsgeek · 03-01-2007, 10:35 PM

1937 Prospect Watch:
QUINN MACLEAN

This young man is the picture of consistency. Though not as flashy as many of the prospects we often tout, Maclean has one advantage over them...scouts can not find a flaw in his game. This young lad has already garnered a reputation for obsessive study of his opponents. He may not have a nasty curve or blinding velocity, but he rarely makes mistakes, and his preparedness seems to portend a long and solid career.

Talents (Stuff/Control/Movement): 72/70/70
Current Ratings: 36/35/35

metsgeek · 03-01-2007, 10:39 PM

1937 DRAFT - Round 1

Philadelphia pick: P Leon Day
Cleveland pick: P George Gick
New York (F) pick: 1B Luke Easter
Buffalo pick: P Quinn MacLean
Louisville pick: 2B Bobby Doerr
Cincinnati pick: CF Chet Laabs
Detroit pick: P Dave Barnhill
Boston (C) pick: 3B Ken Keltner
Boston (F) pick: 1B Gene Hasson
Pittsburgh pick: CF Vince Dimaggio
Washington pick: P Verdell Mathis
St. Louis pick: P Eugene Bremmer
Milwaukee pick: CF Goody Rosen
Chicago pick: LF Dom Dallessandro
New York (C) pick: 3B Merv Connors
Brooklyn pick: CF Joe Marty

metsgeek · 03-05-2007, 09:15 PM

1937 FINAL STANDINGS

Code:

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team          W  L  PCT   GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home  Away XInn   1Run M# Streak Last10 

Boston (C)   97 57 .630    - 100-54  -3  49-28 48-29  6-4  22-16  *   L1    8-2 
Cincinnati   84 70 .545 13.0  90-64  -6  44-33 40-37  3-9  21-23  -   W1    5-5 
New York (C) 80 74 .519 17.0  76-78   4  42-35 38-39 12-6  26-19  -   W2    6-4 
Cleveland    78 76 .506 19.0  76-78   2  37-40 41-36  9-7  26-21  -   L4    5-5 
Philadelphia 78 76 .506 19.0  74-80   4  41-36 37-40  8-8  28-23  -   W4    7-3 
Pittsburgh   68 86 .442 29.0  69-85  -1  30-47 38-39  6-10 20-30  -   L1    3-7 
Chicago      67 87 .435 30.0  71-83  -4  33-44 34-43  7-9  14-28  -   L2    3-7 
Brooklyn     64 90 .416 33.0  60-94   4  34-43 30-47  7-5  26-23  -   W1    3-7

After a two year absence, the Shamrocks and Michael Patrick have returned to the top of the heap in the Continental League with the help of his battery-mates Paul Derringer and Lon Warneke to face off against their old crosstown nemesis. This will be a "rubber match" of sorts, being the 5th time in 7 years that these two teams will meet in the World Series. Shawn Kienast and his second place Scarlets were well short of making any headway against the men in kelly green, despite his 38 homers. Last year's pennant winning Highlanders were wallowing in 3rd, and the Brooklyn Perfectos, two years removed from a crown were dead last.

Code:

FEDERAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team          W   L  PCT   GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home  Away XInn  1Run  M# Streak Last10 

Boston (F)  101  53 .656    - 109-45  -8  53-24 48-29 10-8  24-24  *   W4    6-4 
Washington   99  55 .643  2.0  98-56   1  47-30 52-25 14-6  30-15  -   W1    5-5 
Louisville   86  68 .558 15.0  87-67  -1  47-30 39-38 11-5  22-22  -   W1    5-5 
New York (F) 86  68 .558 15.0  78-76   8  45-32 41-36 16-12 34-22  -   W3    8-2 
Detroit      79  75 .513 22.0  79-75   0  39-38 40-37 14-12 29-22  -   L3    4-6 
Buffalo      65  89 .422 36.0  64-90   1  36-41 29-48 10-14 18-32  -   L1    5-5 
St. Louis    55  99 .357 46.0  59-95  -4  31-46 24-53  4-18 18-33  -   L2    5-5 
Milwaukee    45 109 .292 56.0  46-108 -1  27-50 18-59  7-11 16-21  -   L1    2-8

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Despite getting older, the Boston Pilgrims are determined not to roll over and die. They fought off a tenacious Washington Monumentals squad, led by aces Hilton Smith, Willie Underhill and 120 RBI Neil Robinson, to squeak into a 7th straight World Series against the Shamrocks. In this decade, each of the Beantown teams have won 3 crowns, notching 2 apiece against each other from '31 to '34. This matchup may very well settle which squad is the better, and the Pilgrims with the prodigious bats of Jimmie Foxx and Buck Leonard, and the arms of Van Mungo and Satchel Paige, seem to have the experience....and the upper hand.

02-21-2007, 08:26 PM	#1044
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	IN MEMORIAM - 1937 JOHNNY VANDER MEER JOE KRAKAUSKAS LOU FETTE JOE BROWN JIM TURNER AL ECKERT GUS BRITTAIN HARRY CHOZEN LINK WASEM SAM HARSHANY BERT HAAS WARREN HUSTON ACE PARKER WAYNE AMBLER BLAS MONACO JERRY LYNN JIM GALVIN BILL SODD TONY MALINOSKY NICK POLLY FRANK TRECHOCK LOU ROSENBERG TOM CAFEGO DOYT MORRIS HUGH ALEXANDER DUTCH MELE JOE O'ROURKE PINKY JORGENSEN ARNIE MOSER DOUBLE JOE DWYER EDDIE YOUNT GEORGE CISAR TOMMY HENRICH JOHNNIE CHAMBERS KIRBY HIGBE ABE WHITE BOB DAUGHTERS KEN JUNGELS __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!

02-21-2007, 09:05 PM	#1045
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	TAKING A DIRT NAP 1937 In addition to the players listed above, the following individuals will never make their mark on the world. They would have been born in 1937, but Haemorrhagic Fever struck them down. JOSEPH WAMBAUGH BORIS SPASSKY GARRETT MORRIS TOM SMOTHERS HARALD V OF NORWAY COLIN POWELL MERLE HAGGARD BILLY DEE WILLIAMS SADDAM HUSSEIN ROGER ZELAZNY MADELEINE ALBRIGHT GORILLA MONSOON KEIZO OBUCHI NED BEATTY ROD RODDY BARRY SWITZER JANE FONDA __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!

02-22-2007, 12:51 PM	#1050
lewis31lewis52 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Michigan University Posts: 580	Yay, no Saddam! That's good, right? __________________

02-23-2007, 01:15 AM	#1053
lewis31lewis52 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Michigan University Posts: 580	I hope he knows I was joking about the "that's good, right?" part. If not, then __________________

03-01-2007, 10:35 PM	#1058
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	1937 Prospect Watch: QUINN MACLEAN This young man is the picture of consistency. Though not as flashy as many of the prospects we often tout, Maclean has one advantage over them...scouts can not find a flaw in his game. This young lad has already garnered a reputation for obsessive study of his opponents. He may not have a nasty curve or blinding velocity, but he rarely makes mistakes, and his preparedness seems to portend a long and solid career. Talents (Stuff/Control/Movement): 72/70/70 Current Ratings: 36/35/35 __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!

02-22-2007, 05:45 AM	#1047
beltre13 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: newport news virginia Posts: 101	i cant live in a world with out gorilla monsoon. who will announce my wreslting matches as i grow up?

02-24-2007, 11:27 AM	#1056
Jpotapoff Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 182	Sadly (according to Wkipedia) the last Thylacine appeared to have died of neglect even though it was in a zoo and on the protected species list.

02-26-2007, 08:53 PM	#1057
ndinardo76 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 33	A bit late to the game, but that General Kazushige Ugaki looks like a badass

03-01-2007, 10:39 PM	#1059
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	1937 DRAFT - Round 1 Philadelphia pick: P Leon Day Cleveland pick: P George Gick New York (F) pick: 1B Luke Easter Buffalo pick: P Quinn MacLean Louisville pick: 2B Bobby Doerr Cincinnati pick: CF Chet Laabs Detroit pick: P Dave Barnhill Boston (C) pick: 3B Ken Keltner Boston (F) pick: 1B Gene Hasson Pittsburgh pick: CF Vince Dimaggio Washington pick: P Verdell Mathis St. Louis pick: P Eugene Bremmer Milwaukee pick: CF Goody Rosen Chicago pick: LF Dom Dallessandro New York (C) pick: 3B Merv Connors Brooklyn pick: CF Joe Marty __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!

03-05-2007, 09:15 PM	#1060
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	1937 FINAL STANDINGS Code: CONTINENTAL LEAGUE Standings Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Boston (C) 97 57 .630 - 100-54 -3 49-28 48-29 6-4 22-16 * L1 8-2 Cincinnati 84 70 .545 13.0 90-64 -6 44-33 40-37 3-9 21-23 - W1 5-5 New York (C) 80 74 .519 17.0 76-78 4 42-35 38-39 12-6 26-19 - W2 6-4 Cleveland 78 76 .506 19.0 76-78 2 37-40 41-36 9-7 26-21 - L4 5-5 Philadelphia 78 76 .506 19.0 74-80 4 41-36 37-40 8-8 28-23 - W4 7-3 Pittsburgh 68 86 .442 29.0 69-85 -1 30-47 38-39 6-10 20-30 - L1 3-7 Chicago 67 87 .435 30.0 71-83 -4 33-44 34-43 7-9 14-28 - L2 3-7 Brooklyn 64 90 .416 33.0 60-94 4 34-43 30-47 7-5 26-23 - W1 3-7 After a two year absence, the Shamrocks and Michael Patrick have returned to the top of the heap in the Continental League with the help of his battery-mates Paul Derringer and Lon Warneke to face off against their old crosstown nemesis. This will be a "rubber match" of sorts, being the 5th time in 7 years that these two teams will meet in the World Series. Shawn Kienast and his second place Scarlets were well short of making any headway against the men in kelly green, despite his 38 homers. Last year's pennant winning Highlanders were wallowing in 3rd, and the Brooklyn Perfectos, two years removed from a crown were dead last. Code: FEDERAL LEAGUE Standings Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Boston (F) 101 53 .656 - 109-45 -8 53-24 48-29 10-8 24-24 * W4 6-4 Washington 99 55 .643 2.0 98-56 1 47-30 52-25 14-6 30-15 - W1 5-5 Louisville 86 68 .558 15.0 87-67 -1 47-30 39-38 11-5 22-22 - W1 5-5 New York (F) 86 68 .558 15.0 78-76 8 45-32 41-36 16-12 34-22 - W3 8-2 Detroit 79 75 .513 22.0 79-75 0 39-38 40-37 14-12 29-22 - L3 4-6 Buffalo 65 89 .422 36.0 64-90 1 36-41 29-48 10-14 18-32 - L1 5-5 St. Louis 55 99 .357 46.0 59-95 -4 31-46 24-53 4-18 18-33 - L2 5-5 Milwaukee 45 109 .292 56.0 46-108 -1 27-50 18-59 7-11 16-21 - L1 2-8 The more things change, the more they stay the same. Despite getting older, the Boston Pilgrims are determined not to roll over and die. They fought off a tenacious Washington Monumentals squad, led by aces Hilton Smith, Willie Underhill and 120 RBI Neil Robinson, to squeak into a 7th straight World Series against the Shamrocks. In this decade, each of the Beantown teams have won 3 crowns, notching 2 apiece against each other from '31 to '34. This matchup may very well settle which squad is the better, and the Pilgrims with the prodigious bats of Jimmie Foxx and Buck Leonard, and the arms of Van Mungo and Satchel Paige, seem to have the experience....and the upper hand. __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!