EC's South Island League - Page 66

Eugene Church · 04-20-2023, 10:22 PM

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Monday, June 12, 1960

NY YANKS CLOSE IN ON SUPREME LEAGUE CROWN... ONE WIN AWAY
In spite of losing their second game in a row, the New Yerby Yankees got closer to winning their second straight South Island Supreme League crown and their third straight pennant...
the Yanks also captured the Secondary League title in 1958... one more victory by New Yerby or one more loss by the Delta Stars and the Zebulon Zips will insure they cop the pennant...
the Supreme League has three more weekends of play.

This past Sunday Mystic shot down the Yankees 6-5... Jackson sneaked past the Delta Stars in a thriller 2-1... Zebulon battered the Bar Harbor Acadians 10-3 and Braxton butchered
the Meraux Tigers 16-9.
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Eugene Church · 04-20-2023, 10:26 PM

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jg2977 · 04-21-2023, 02:05 PM

Yankees are in mini slump. It's all right, they'll bounce back. It would take a minor miracle for them to lose the pennant at this point

Eugene Church · 04-21-2023, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jg2977

Yankees are in mini slump. It's all right, they'll bounce back. It would take a minor miracle for them to lose the pennant at this point

Law of averages caught up with them... OOTP won't let a team go unbeaten that long... it's not programmed for a semi-pro league where one team can dominate... it uses the MLB model I'm sure... about .700 is the best a team will play over 154 games or so.

Semi-pro league in my experience will have .800 or .900... even 1.000 winning percentages for the best teams... bad teams don't beat good teams in semi-pro baseball much.

jg2977 · 04-21-2023, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Law of averages caught up with them... OOTP won't let a team go unbeaten that long... it's not programmed for a semi-pro league where one team can dominate... it uses the MLB model I'm sure... about .700 is the best a team will play over 154 games or so.

Semi-pro league in my experience will have .800 or .900... even 1.000 winning percentages for the best teams... bad teams don't beat good teams in semi-pro baseball much.

That’s interesting, I hadn’t thought of that. There should be an option to use semi-pro or amateur law of averages, if that’s the league type you choose to play.

In my IPA I have had a couple teams with near-20 game winning or losing streaks.

Eugene Church · 04-22-2023, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jg2977

That’s interesting, I hadn’t thought of that. There should be an option to use semi-pro or amateur law of averages, if that’s the league type you choose to play.

In my IPA I have had a couple teams with near-20 game winning or losing streaks.

I don't think we will ever get an option to set up a semi-pro league.
I may be the only gamer that plays a 14-game season.

Those winning streaks and losing streaks are realistic in MLB, just as long as they are rare events... you wouldn't want it to happen every year..

Markus and OOTP are pretty darn realistic.

jg2977 · 04-22-2023, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I don't think we will ever get an option to set up a semi-pro league.
I may be the only gamer that plays a 14-game season.

Those winning streaks and losing streaks are realistic in MLB, just as long as they are rare events... you wouldn't want it to happen every year..

Markus and OOTP are pretty darn realistic.

Yeah, they are rare. They didn't reach 20, they got to 17 or 18 at most.

Eugene Church · 04-22-2023, 02:02 PM

MY LIFE IN 2023
EC's Life's Is Filled with Glee in '23

"Wit, Quips and Quotes from the Diamond Minds"

Stan "The Man" Musial was my favorite ballplayer... fell in love with him in the early 1950s listening to the St. Louis Cardinals on KMOX with Harry Caray doing the broadcast.

Did you know Stan was never thrown out of a ballgame... nope, not single solitary time... Stan was a man on the field and off the field, too.

Here an excerpt from Joe Posnanski's fine book "The Baseball 100" - it's a book about his choice of the top 100 players in MLB history... yep, EC is becoming a renaissance man... even reading books now.

"It is true that Stan Musial was never thrown out of a game. There was a game in 1954 that best tell that story. In the seventh inning, the Cubs are up by run. Wally Moon is on first base. Stan is at the plate. Musial promptly doubles, scoring Moon and putting himself in scoring position.

One he didn't. The first base umpire Lee Ballanfant called it foul. Everybody at Wrigley Field knew it was fair, but Ballanfant. The appreciative Cubs fans cheered wildly in support of Ballantine's view.

The Cardinals on the bench were not so supportive, as one might imagine. Shortstop Solly Hemus was the first to charge the field and get ejected. Manager Eddie Stanky soon followed him and was colorfully thrown out of the game. Other Cardinal players came on the field, too. Peanuts Lowery charged after home plate umpire Augie Donatelli and was about to get thrown out, too. Stan The Man can in from second base and asked Donatelli what had happened.

"Lee called it foul," Donatelli said.

Instead of arguing, Stan stepped back in the batter's box and promptly rifled another double to almost the exact spot."

That was my Man Stan.
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Eugene Church · 04-25-2023, 07:21 PM

MY LIFE IN 2023
EC's Life's Is Filled with Glee in '23

Just thought I would share a little bit more trivia about my favorite ballplayer, Stan "The Man" Musial, the Duke of Donora.

"Wit, Quips and Quotes from the Diamond Minds"
One of my biggest supporters Dark Horse shared this with me.
Stan Musial had 3630 hits in his career... 1815 at home and 1815 on the road.

Eugene Church · 04-28-2023, 08:37 PM

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Monday, June 20, 1960

NY YANKS SNARE 2ND STRAIGHT PENNANT ON SHOOTOUT SUNDAY IN SUPREME LEAGUE
For the second successive season the champion of the South Island Supreme League is the New Yerby Yankees... they clinched the
pennant by socking it to the Zebulon Zips 11-2... nobody can catch the Yanks now... they are 4 games ahead with just 2 more
weekends on the schedule... in other high-scoring action Braxton blistered the Jackson Jackalopes 19-9... Meraux mopped up
on the Mystic Mariners 14-5 and Bar Harbor blasted the Delta Stars 12-5... 77 runs were scored in the 4 games this weekend.

This is the third straight year New Yerby won the league title... the Yankees were also victorious in the South Island Secondary
League in 1958... New Yerby won promotion to the South Island Supreme League that season.

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Eugene Church · 04-28-2023, 08:41 PM

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Eugene Church · 04-28-2023, 08:42 PM

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Eugene Church · 04-28-2023, 08:47 PM

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Eugene Church · 04-28-2023, 08:52 PM

Special thanks to txranger for the great South Island Supreme League primary logo.

He really makes my enjoyment of playing the game something very special.

If you have never installed custom logos, jerseys and caps, you are really missing out... graphics help the leagues and players come alive.

txranger, low and Lawn Loaf, along with one of the greatest graphics guys, knuckler, really make the South Island Supreme League and Secondary League special... txranger and knuckler had a lot to do with the fine graphics in my Islandian Pro Alliance, too.

Eugene Church · 05-01-2023, 01:05 PM

MY LIFE IN 1960
EC's Life's Not So Nifty in '60

Actually life is not so bad high on the mountaintop in Turkey... EC is working at the radio station KDET... for "detachment"... the base was a detachment, not a base in USAF terminology... we were tiny with about 100 men... nope, no ladies... no WAFs... I'm in all my glory playing intramural fast-pitch softball on the base... Charlie Trick is my team... we are the best team in the league... I'm just a pretty good third basemen... not much of a hitter... but solid with the glove... I also made the base team... we played other military bases occasionally... we would have week-long tournaments... nope, EC was not good enough to play for the base team... we had a crackerjack third basemen from Housatonic, Massachusetts that hammered the horsehide... occasionally they would let me go in a mope-up role... on just to let me play in late innings in a game we were going to lose.

Also spent a lot of time listening to music... all of the airmen had a Grundig tape recorder and we would tape our favorite songs... I also listen to stations in England and Europe that played the American pop hits... even listen to the Top 10 songs on Radio Ceylon every Sunday night.

The Everly Brothers are still on top of the pop charts with "Cathy's Clown" in the middle of June, 1960... they have been #1 for 5 weeks now... and have one more week to go at the #1 spot... but I have already spotlighted that song in a previous post.

Currently in my music library EC has 7853 songs in perfect condition... one of my many favorite artists is the great Roy Orbision from Wink, Texas... remember, my roommate Jesse in Turkey was from Wink and led the Wink Wildcats to the state football title in the late 50s... Jesse went to school with Roy Orbison... anyway, 1960 was the year Orbison first charted high on the Billboard Hot 100... he went all the way to #2 with "Only the Lonely"... Orbison was a great songwriter with a strong, beautiful voice... his other classics were "Crying", "Blue Bayou" and "Pretty Women".

Are all you cats and frats ready, willing and able to hit the dance floor?
Let's swing and sway, rock and bop to Roy Orbison and "Only the Lonely".

https://www.google.com/search?q=only...id:aMShwAnph8k

You might note that this song has been played at least 17 MILLION TIMES on youtube.

04-20-2023, 10:22 PM	#1301
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,183	Monday, June 12, 1960 NY YANKS CLOSE IN ON SUPREME LEAGUE CROWN... ONE WIN AWAY In spite of losing their second game in a row, the New Yerby Yankees got closer to winning their second straight South Island Supreme League crown and their third straight pennant... the Yanks also captured the Secondary League title in 1958... one more victory by New Yerby or one more loss by the Delta Stars and the Zebulon Zips will insure they cop the pennant... the Supreme League has three more weekends of play. This past Sunday Mystic shot down the Yankees 6-5... Jackson sneaked past the Delta Stars in a thriller 2-1... Zebulon battered the Bar Harbor Acadians 10-3 and Braxton butchered the Meraux Tigers 16-9. Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-20-2023 at 10:43 PM.

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jg2977 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 25,959	Yankees are in mini slump. It's all right, they'll bounce back. It would take a minor miracle for them to lose the pennant at this point Last edited by jg2977; 04-21-2023 at 02:06 PM.

04-22-2023, 02:02 PM	#1311
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,183	MY LIFE IN 2023 EC's Life's Is Filled with Glee in '23 "Wit, Quips and Quotes from the Diamond Minds" Stan "The Man" Musial was my favorite ballplayer... fell in love with him in the early 1950s listening to the St. Louis Cardinals on KMOX with Harry Caray doing the broadcast. Did you know Stan was never thrown out of a ballgame... nope, not single solitary time... Stan was a man on the field and off the field, too. Here an excerpt from Joe Posnanski's fine book "The Baseball 100" - it's a book about his choice of the top 100 players in MLB history... yep, EC is becoming a renaissance man... even reading books now. "It is true that Stan Musial was never thrown out of a game. There was a game in 1954 that best tell that story. In the seventh inning, the Cubs are up by run. Wally Moon is on first base. Stan is at the plate. Musial promptly doubles, scoring Moon and putting himself in scoring position. One he didn't. The first base umpire Lee Ballanfant called it foul. Everybody at Wrigley Field knew it was fair, but Ballanfant. The appreciative Cubs fans cheered wildly in support of Ballantine's view. The Cardinals on the bench were not so supportive, as one might imagine. Shortstop Solly Hemus was the first to charge the field and get ejected. Manager Eddie Stanky soon followed him and was colorfully thrown out of the game. Other Cardinal players came on the field, too. Peanuts Lowery charged after home plate umpire Augie Donatelli and was about to get thrown out, too. Stan The Man can in from second base and asked Donatelli what had happened. "Lee called it foul," Donatelli said. Instead of arguing, Stan stepped back in the batter's box and promptly rifled another double to almost the exact spot." That was my Man Stan. Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-06-2023 at 04:00 PM.

04-28-2023, 08:37 PM	#1313
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,183	Monday, June 20, 1960 NY YANKS SNARE 2ND STRAIGHT PENNANT ON SHOOTOUT SUNDAY IN SUPREME LEAGUE For the second successive season the champion of the South Island Supreme League is the New Yerby Yankees... they clinched the pennant by socking it to the Zebulon Zips 11-2... nobody can catch the Yanks now... they are 4 games ahead with just 2 more weekends on the schedule... in other high-scoring action Braxton blistered the Jackson Jackalopes 19-9... Meraux mopped up on the Mystic Mariners 14-5 and Bar Harbor blasted the Delta Stars 12-5... 77 runs were scored in the 4 games this weekend. This is the third straight year New Yerby won the league title... the Yankees were also victorious in the South Island Secondary League in 1958... New Yerby won promotion to the South Island Supreme League that season. Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-28-2023 at 08:39 PM.

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04-25-2023, 07:21 PM	#1312
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,183	MY LIFE IN 2023 EC's Life's Is Filled with Glee in '23 Just thought I would share a little bit more trivia about my favorite ballplayer, Stan "The Man" Musial, the Duke of Donora. "Wit, Quips and Quotes from the Diamond Minds" One of my biggest supporters Dark Horse shared this with me. Stan Musial had 3630 hits in his career... 1815 at home and 1815 on the road.

04-28-2023, 08:41 PM	#1314
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04-28-2023, 08:52 PM	#1319
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,183	Special thanks to txranger for the great South Island Supreme League primary logo. He really makes my enjoyment of playing the game something very special. If you have never installed custom logos, jerseys and caps, you are really missing out... graphics help the leagues and players come alive. txranger, low and Lawn Loaf, along with one of the greatest graphics guys, knuckler, really make the South Island Supreme League and Secondary League special... txranger and knuckler had a lot to do with the fine graphics in my Islandian Pro Alliance, too.

05-01-2023, 01:05 PM	#1320
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,183	MY LIFE IN 1960 EC's Life's Not So Nifty in '60 Actually life is not so bad high on the mountaintop in Turkey... EC is working at the radio station KDET... for "detachment"... the base was a detachment, not a base in USAF terminology... we were tiny with about 100 men... nope, no ladies... no WAFs... I'm in all my glory playing intramural fast-pitch softball on the base... Charlie Trick is my team... we are the best team in the league... I'm just a pretty good third basemen... not much of a hitter... but solid with the glove... I also made the base team... we played other military bases occasionally... we would have week-long tournaments... nope, EC was not good enough to play for the base team... we had a crackerjack third basemen from Housatonic, Massachusetts that hammered the horsehide... occasionally they would let me go in a mope-up role... on just to let me play in late innings in a game we were going to lose. Also spent a lot of time listening to music... all of the airmen had a Grundig tape recorder and we would tape our favorite songs... I also listen to stations in England and Europe that played the American pop hits... even listen to the Top 10 songs on Radio Ceylon every Sunday night. The Everly Brothers are still on top of the pop charts with "Cathy's Clown" in the middle of June, 1960... they have been #1 for 5 weeks now... and have one more week to go at the #1 spot... but I have already spotlighted that song in a previous post. Currently in my music library EC has 7853 songs in perfect condition... one of my many favorite artists is the great Roy Orbision from Wink, Texas... remember, my roommate Jesse in Turkey was from Wink and led the Wink Wildcats to the state football title in the late 50s... Jesse went to school with Roy Orbison... anyway, 1960 was the year Orbison first charted high on the Billboard Hot 100... he went all the way to #2 with "Only the Lonely"... Orbison was a great songwriter with a strong, beautiful voice... his other classics were "Crying", "Blue Bayou" and "Pretty Women". Are all you cats and frats ready, willing and able to hit the dance floor? Let's swing and sway, rock and bop to Roy Orbison and "Only the Lonely". https://www.google.com/search?q=only...id:aMShwAnph8k You might note that this song has been played at least 17 MILLION TIMES on youtube. Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-02-2023 at 11:01 AM.