1908 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901) - Page 7

rpriske · 10-12-2018, 03:13 PM

June 13th, 1908

Christy Mathewson has been amazing lately

Today, not so much.

The Superbas fell 8-4 to the Cardinals.

WP - Glenn Liebhardt (6-9)
LP - Christy Mathewson (10-4)

Record - 26-28

rpriske · 10-14-2018, 05:56 PM

June 15th, 1908

Big day for Bill Bailey! He allowed only five hits as the Superbas shut out the Cardinals 2-0!

WP - Bill Bailey (6-5)
LP - Jimmy Dygert (7-7)

Record - 27-28

rpriske · 10-14-2018, 05:57 PM

Players of the Week: Heinie Berger, Phillies & Vic Willis, Senators

The Superbas slipped a spot to #11 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 10-14-2018, 06:26 PM

June 16th, 1908

Mordecai Brown's strong game was betrayed by a couple of unearned runs but Brooklyn came back after he was lifted for a pinch hitter to beat the Cardinals 3-2.

WP - Bugs Raymond (1-1)
Save - Bill Burns (1)
LP - Elmer Stricklett (5-7)

Record - 28-28

rpriske · 10-17-2018, 09:55 PM

June 17th, 1908

Despite committing six errors, the Superbas only allowed one run. Unfortunately it was one more than they scored as Red Ames pitched a 1-0 shut out.

Cale Bernard left the game with a bruised thumb. It is expected that he will be fine after taking a few days off.

WP - Red Ames (9-6)
LP - Christy Mathewson (10-5)

Record - 28-29

rpriske · 10-21-2018, 12:16 AM

June 18th, 1908

Anther strong outing wasted as Brooklyn was shut out by Nick Altrock and the Pirates, 2-0.

WP - Nick Altrock (8-6)
LP - Mordecai Brown (5-4)

Record - 28-30

rpriske · 10-24-2018, 07:59 AM

June 19th, 1908

In what has become the theme of the season, Brooklyn gets a strong performance from their starting pitcher, and no offense.

They lost to the Pirates, 2-0.

WP - Jack Chesbro (6-4)
LP - Bill Bailey (6-6)

Record - 28-31

rpriske · 10-27-2018, 12:05 AM

June 20th, 1908

The Superbas have now failed to score in four straight games.

In all of real history, no team has gone five. And today is a double header so they won't have long to wait to find out.

Today they lost 1-0 to the Pirates.

WP - Rube Waddell (7-7)
LP - Christy Mathewson (10-6)

Record - 28-32

rpriske · 10-28-2018, 08:53 PM

June 20th, 1908

The Superbas end that ignominious streak by beating the Pirates 3-2 on the back of Mordecai Three-Finger Brown!

WP - Mordecai Brown (6-4)
LP - Eddie Plank (9-6)

Record - 29-32

rpriske · 11-06-2018, 11:00 PM

June 22nd, 1908

Bugs Raymond struck out eight as he led the Superbas to a 4-1 win over the Phillies.

WP - Bugs Raymond (2-1)
LP - Bill Grahame (13-4)

Record - 30-32

rpriske · 11-06-2018, 11:22 PM

Jeffery Brown is sent to AAA to make room for Pop Foster, activated from the D.L.

TRADE

To REDS

Harry Davis
Charlie Rhodes
David Smith
Sloan Roe

To SUPERBAS

George Mullin
Sam Buchanan
Jack Phillips
Ken Torres
Steve Banks

Then one was flipped...

TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Sam Buchanan
Duncan Freake
Dan Chappell
Jon Adkins

To SUPERBAS

Nathan Lang
Brian Stokes
Barry Simms
Justin Cross
Tanner Jimenez

Cross joins Brooklyn.

Lang was placed on waivers.

Tom McCarthy and Del Mason are Designated for Assignment.

rpriske · 11-10-2018, 08:22 AM

June 23rd, 1908

Eugene Brewster hit a rare home run to lead the Superbas to a 3-2 win over the Phillies.

WP - Bill Bailey (7-6)
Save - Kurt George (1)
LP - Tully Sparks (5-9)

Record - 31-32

rpriske · 11-13-2018, 07:27 AM

June 24th, 1908

The Superbas were sloppy in all aspects of the game today as they lost to the Phillies 7-1.

WP - Nick Maddox (8-6)
LP - Christy Mathewson (10-7)

Record - 31-33

rpriske · 11-13-2018, 07:28 AM

David Evans signed a minor league deal.

rpriske · 11-16-2018, 06:28 AM

June 25th, 1908

Mordecai Brown got the Superbas back on track as he shut out the Phillies, 6-0!

WP - Mordecai Brown (7-4)
LP - Heinie Berger (7-8)

Record - 32-33

rpriske · 11-18-2018, 08:33 PM

June 27th, 1908

The crosstown Giants were in and they sneaked one out over the Superbas, beating them 2-1.

WP - Barney Pelty (9-9)
LP - Bill Bailey (7-7)

Record - 32-34

rpriske · 11-18-2018, 08:37 PM

The Superbas have held at #13 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

Players of the Week: Red Ames, Cardinals & Bob Wicker, Naps

rpriske · 11-21-2018, 06:29 AM

June 29th, 1908

The Superbas just kept hitting and the Giants didn't.

Brooklyn won 10-0.

A shut out for Christy Mathewson. A three hit day for Antonio Ramos, Jason Wright, and Sam Crawford.

WP - Christy Mathewson (11-7)
LP - Andy Coakley (7-9)

Record - 33-34

rpriske · 11-25-2018, 01:08 AM

June 30th, 1908

The Giants got to Mordecai Brown early and Kurt George late as they beat the Superbas 7-2.

Antonio Ramos left the game after being hit on the knee with a pitch. His prognosis is unknown.

WP - Biff Schlitzer (7-10)
LP - Mordecai Brown (7-5)

Record - 33-35

rpriske · 11-25-2018, 01:46 AM

Joe Cassidy of Vandercook Lake was the MVP of the AAA All-Star Game.

Antonio Ramos is placed on the D.L.

TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Brian Stokes
Doug Powell
Nathan Lang
Howard Wakefield
Frank Isbell

To SUPERBAS

John Terry
Ernesto Villacan
Jon Adkins
Dan Chappell
Fred Moore

Then...

TRADE

To NAPS

Kurt George
Christian Rodgers
Jon Adkins
Pinky Swander

To SUPERBAS

Harris Carpenter
Will Horton
Bob Smith
Damian Jenkins
Floyd Carr

Terry joins Brooklyn.

Joe Cassidy is called up from AAA.

10-12-2018, 03:13 PM	#121
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 13th, 1908 Christy Mathewson has been amazing lately Today, not so much. The Superbas fell 8-4 to the Cardinals. WP - Glenn Liebhardt (6-9) LP - Christy Mathewson (10-4) Record - 26-28 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-14-2018, 05:56 PM	#122
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 15th, 1908 Big day for Bill Bailey! He allowed only five hits as the Superbas shut out the Cardinals 2-0! WP - Bill Bailey (6-5) LP - Jimmy Dygert (7-7) Record - 27-28 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-14-2018, 05:57 PM	#123
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Players of the Week: Heinie Berger, Phillies & Vic Willis, Senators The Superbas slipped a spot to #11 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 11-13-2018 at 07:09 AM.

10-14-2018, 06:26 PM	#124
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 16th, 1908 Mordecai Brown's strong game was betrayed by a couple of unearned runs but Brooklyn came back after he was lifted for a pinch hitter to beat the Cardinals 3-2. WP - Bugs Raymond (1-1) Save - Bill Burns (1) LP - Elmer Stricklett (5-7) Record - 28-28 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-17-2018, 09:55 PM	#125
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 17th, 1908 Despite committing six errors, the Superbas only allowed one run. Unfortunately it was one more than they scored as Red Ames pitched a 1-0 shut out. Cale Bernard left the game with a bruised thumb. It is expected that he will be fine after taking a few days off. WP - Red Ames (9-6) LP - Christy Mathewson (10-5) Record - 28-29 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 10-17-2018 at 09:56 PM.

10-21-2018, 12:16 AM	#126
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 18th, 1908 Anther strong outing wasted as Brooklyn was shut out by Nick Altrock and the Pirates, 2-0. WP - Nick Altrock (8-6) LP - Mordecai Brown (5-4) Record - 28-30 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-24-2018, 07:59 AM	#127
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 19th, 1908 In what has become the theme of the season, Brooklyn gets a strong performance from their starting pitcher, and no offense. They lost to the Pirates, 2-0. WP - Jack Chesbro (6-4) LP - Bill Bailey (6-6) Record - 28-31 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-27-2018, 12:05 AM	#128
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 20th, 1908 The Superbas have now failed to score in four straight games. In all of real history, no team has gone five. And today is a double header so they won't have long to wait to find out. Today they lost 1-0 to the Pirates. WP - Rube Waddell (7-7) LP - Christy Mathewson (10-6) Record - 28-32 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

10-28-2018, 08:53 PM	#129
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 20th, 1908 The Superbas end that ignominious streak by beating the Pirates 3-2 on the back of Mordecai Three-Finger Brown! WP - Mordecai Brown (6-4) LP - Eddie Plank (9-6) Record - 29-32 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-06-2018, 11:00 PM	#130
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 22nd, 1908 Bugs Raymond struck out eight as he led the Superbas to a 4-1 win over the Phillies. WP - Bugs Raymond (2-1) LP - Bill Grahame (13-4) Record - 30-32 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-06-2018, 11:22 PM	#131
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Jeffery Brown is sent to AAA to make room for Pop Foster, activated from the D.L. TRADE To REDS Harry Davis Charlie Rhodes David Smith Sloan Roe To SUPERBAS George Mullin Sam Buchanan Jack Phillips Ken Torres Steve Banks Then one was flipped... TRADE To WHITE SOX Sam Buchanan Duncan Freake Dan Chappell Jon Adkins To SUPERBAS Nathan Lang Brian Stokes Barry Simms Justin Cross Tanner Jimenez Cross joins Brooklyn. Lang was placed on waivers. Tom McCarthy and Del Mason are Designated for Assignment. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-10-2018, 08:22 AM	#132
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 23rd, 1908 Eugene Brewster hit a rare home run to lead the Superbas to a 3-2 win over the Phillies. WP - Bill Bailey (7-6) Save - Kurt George (1) LP - Tully Sparks (5-9) Record - 31-32 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-13-2018, 07:27 AM	#133
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 24th, 1908 The Superbas were sloppy in all aspects of the game today as they lost to the Phillies 7-1. WP - Nick Maddox (8-6) LP - Christy Mathewson (10-7) Record - 31-33 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-13-2018, 07:28 AM	#134
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	David Evans signed a minor league deal. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-16-2018, 06:28 AM	#135
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 25th, 1908 Mordecai Brown got the Superbas back on track as he shut out the Phillies, 6-0! WP - Mordecai Brown (7-4) LP - Heinie Berger (7-8) Record - 32-33 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-18-2018, 08:33 PM	#136
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 27th, 1908 The crosstown Giants were in and they sneaked one out over the Superbas, beating them 2-1. WP - Barney Pelty (9-9) LP - Bill Bailey (7-7) Record - 32-34 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-18-2018, 08:37 PM	#137
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	The Superbas have held at #13 on the Weekly Power Rankings. Players of the Week: Red Ames, Cardinals & Bob Wicker, Naps __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-21-2018, 06:29 AM	#138
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 29th, 1908 The Superbas just kept hitting and the Giants didn't. Brooklyn won 10-0. A shut out for Christy Mathewson. A three hit day for Antonio Ramos, Jason Wright, and Sam Crawford. WP - Christy Mathewson (11-7) LP - Andy Coakley (7-9) Record - 33-34 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-25-2018, 01:08 AM	#139
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	June 30th, 1908 The Giants got to Mordecai Brown early and Kurt George late as they beat the Superbas 7-2. Antonio Ramos left the game after being hit on the knee with a pitch. His prognosis is unknown. WP - Biff Schlitzer (7-10) LP - Mordecai Brown (7-5) Record - 33-35 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

11-25-2018, 01:46 AM	#140
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Joe Cassidy of Vandercook Lake was the MVP of the AAA All-Star Game. Antonio Ramos is placed on the D.L. TRADE To WHITE SOX Brian Stokes Doug Powell Nathan Lang Howard Wakefield Frank Isbell To SUPERBAS John Terry Ernesto Villacan Jon Adkins Dan Chappell Fred Moore Then... TRADE To NAPS Kurt George Christian Rodgers Jon Adkins Pinky Swander To SUPERBAS Harris Carpenter Will Horton Bob Smith Damian Jenkins Floyd Carr Terry joins Brooklyn. Joe Cassidy is called up from AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````