1908 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901) - Page 5

rpriske · 08-24-2018, 07:57 AM

May 14th, 1908

Three-Finger Brown didn't quite hurl another shut-out, but he did the next best thing as Brooklyn downed the Cardinals 4-1.

Jason Wright went 3 for 5.

WP - Mordecai Brown (1-1)
Save - Ken Davis (1)
LP - Red Ames (5-2)

Record - 13-14

rpriske · 08-26-2018, 03:21 PM

May 15th, 1908

The Brooklyn bats were blazing today as the Superbas beat the Cubs 13-6!

Eugene Brewster went 3 for 4 while Sam Crawford and Francisco Roman each knocked in 3.

WP - Christy Mathewson (5-2)
LP - George Bell (3-4)

Record - 14-14

rpriske · 08-26-2018, 04:00 PM

May 16th, 1908

The game in Chicago was rained out.

Tomorrow is now a double header.

rpriske · 08-26-2018, 04:21 PM

Earl Moore signed a minor league contract.

rpriske · 08-26-2018, 04:22 PM

May 17th, 1908

The first game of the double header went to the Cubs as they beat Brooklyn 4-2.

WP - Cy Falkenberg (2-5)
LP - Bill Burns (3-2)

Record - 14-15

rpriske · 08-26-2018, 04:38 PM

May 17th, 1908

The second game of the double header goes back to Brooklyn, as they edged the Cubbies 2-1.

Bill Bailey went the distance, only allowing a run in the last frame.

WP - Bill Bailey (4-1)
LP - Charlie Bender (4-5)

Record - 15-15

rpriske · 08-28-2018, 04:50 PM

May 18th, 1908

Three-Finger Brown won a tight pitcher's duel, blanking the Cubs 1-0.

WP - Mordecai Brown (2-1)
LP - Doc White (2-7)

Record - 16-15

rpriske · 08-28-2018, 05:04 PM

May 20th, 1908

Brooklyn lost a close one to the NL leading Pirates, falling 3-2.

WP - Jack Chesbro (2-1)
LP - Christy Mathewson (5-3)

Record - 16-16

rpriske · 08-30-2018, 04:05 PM

May 21st, 1908

Joshua Hancock hit a 12th inning, walk-off home run to lead the Pirates over the Superbas 3-2.

Another great outing by Bill Burns wasted.

Antonio Ramos has hit in 15 straight games.

WP - Deacon Phillippe (4-4)
LP - Ken Davis (0-4)

Record - 16-17

rpriske · 09-02-2018, 09:07 AM

May 22nd, 1908

This was an ugly game. Errors. Intentional hit-batsmen. Two Pirate home runs. A blow out.

The Pirates won 10-1.

Antonio Ramos extended his hit streak to 16 games.

WP - Rube Waddell (6-1)
LP - Bill Bailey (4-2)

Record - 16-18

rpriske · 09-03-2018, 05:16 PM

May 23rd, 1908

What looked like a marquee match-up between two pitchers traded for one another lived up to its billings eventually ending with a 13th inning, walk-off squeeze play giving the Pirates a 3-2 win over Brooklyn.

Mike Silver hurt his knee quite badly while running the bases. It looks like six weeks on the D.L.

Antonio Ramos has hit in 17 straight games.

WP - Eddie Plank (5-3)
LP - Ken Davis (0-5)

Record - 16-19

rpriske · 09-03-2018, 05:24 PM

TRADE

To GIANTS

Hollis Stone
Tony Evans
Tony Smith

To SUPERBAS

Ralph Glaze
Brian McGowan
Dan Chappell
Jesus Sanchez
Howard Baker

All go to the minors.

Mike Silver is placed on the D.L.

Jeffrey Brown is called up from AAA.

rpriske · 09-03-2018, 10:40 PM

May 24th, 1908

Not only did Christy Mathewson pitch a great game vs the Reds, but he hit a two-run triple and scored twice. Brooklyn won 6-1.

Antonio Ramos has hit in 18 straight games.

WP - Christy Mathewson (6-3)
LP - George McQuillan (6-4)

Record - 17-19

rpriske · 09-03-2018, 10:41 PM

Christian Coull of Greensboro was named Player of the Week for his AA league.

For the bigs it was Rube Waddell, Pirates & Frank Smith, Naps

Brooklyn fell to #10 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 09-07-2018, 06:53 AM

May 25th, 1908

Goerge Mullin blanked the Superbas as the Reds won 3-0.

WP - George Mullin (7-3)
LP - Bill Burns (3-3)

Record - 17-20

rpriske · 09-07-2018, 06:54 AM

Frank Isbell and Raul Moran signed minor league deals.

rpriske · 09-09-2018, 02:55 PM

May 26th, 1908

Bill Bailey went the distance, striking out seven as the Superbas beat the Reds 6-2.

WP - Bill Bailey (5-2)
LP - Joe Beach (2-7)

Record - 18-20

rpriske · 09-09-2018, 03:08 PM

May 27th, 1908

Three-Finger Brown prevailed in a tight pitcher's duel as the Superbas beat the Reds 2-1.

WP - Mordecai Brown (3-1)
LP - Frank Arellanes (2-9)

Record - 19-20

rpriske · 09-09-2018, 03:27 PM

May 29th, 1908

Boss Schmidt knocked in five runs as Brooklyn beat the Giants 8-2.

WP - Christy Mathewson (7-3)
LP - Andy Coakley (3-6)

Record - 20-20

rpriske · 09-09-2018, 03:53 PM

May 30th, 1908

The first game of a double-header turned into a hitting frenzy as the Superbas lost 9-7 to the Giants in 11 innings.

Sam Crawford collected three hits.

WP - Elijah Jones (1-0)
LP - Mordecai Brown (3-2)

Record - 20-21

08-24-2018, 07:57 AM	#81
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 14th, 1908 Three-Finger Brown didn't quite hurl another shut-out, but he did the next best thing as Brooklyn downed the Cardinals 4-1. Jason Wright went 3 for 5. WP - Mordecai Brown (1-1) Save - Ken Davis (1) LP - Red Ames (5-2) Record - 13-14 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-26-2018, 03:21 PM	#82
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 15th, 1908 The Brooklyn bats were blazing today as the Superbas beat the Cubs 13-6! Eugene Brewster went 3 for 4 while Sam Crawford and Francisco Roman each knocked in 3. WP - Christy Mathewson (5-2) LP - George Bell (3-4) Record - 14-14 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-26-2018, 04:00 PM	#83
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 16th, 1908 The game in Chicago was rained out. Tomorrow is now a double header. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-26-2018, 04:21 PM	#84
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Earl Moore signed a minor league contract. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-26-2018, 04:22 PM	#85
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 17th, 1908 The first game of the double header went to the Cubs as they beat Brooklyn 4-2. WP - Cy Falkenberg (2-5) LP - Bill Burns (3-2) Record - 14-15 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-26-2018, 04:38 PM	#86
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 17th, 1908 The second game of the double header goes back to Brooklyn, as they edged the Cubbies 2-1. Bill Bailey went the distance, only allowing a run in the last frame. WP - Bill Bailey (4-1) LP - Charlie Bender (4-5) Record - 15-15 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-28-2018, 04:50 PM	#87
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 18th, 1908 Three-Finger Brown won a tight pitcher's duel, blanking the Cubs 1-0. WP - Mordecai Brown (2-1) LP - Doc White (2-7) Record - 16-15 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-28-2018, 05:04 PM	#88
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 20th, 1908 Brooklyn lost a close one to the NL leading Pirates, falling 3-2. WP - Jack Chesbro (2-1) LP - Christy Mathewson (5-3) Record - 16-16 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-30-2018, 04:05 PM	#89
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 21st, 1908 Joshua Hancock hit a 12th inning, walk-off home run to lead the Pirates over the Superbas 3-2. Another great outing by Bill Burns wasted. Antonio Ramos has hit in 15 straight games. WP - Deacon Phillippe (4-4) LP - Ken Davis (0-4) Record - 16-17 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-02-2018, 09:07 AM	#90
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 22nd, 1908 This was an ugly game. Errors. Intentional hit-batsmen. Two Pirate home runs. A blow out. The Pirates won 10-1. Antonio Ramos extended his hit streak to 16 games. WP - Rube Waddell (6-1) LP - Bill Bailey (4-2) Record - 16-18 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-03-2018, 05:16 PM	#91
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 23rd, 1908 What looked like a marquee match-up between two pitchers traded for one another lived up to its billings eventually ending with a 13th inning, walk-off squeeze play giving the Pirates a 3-2 win over Brooklyn. Mike Silver hurt his knee quite badly while running the bases. It looks like six weeks on the D.L. Antonio Ramos has hit in 17 straight games. WP - Eddie Plank (5-3) LP - Ken Davis (0-5) Record - 16-19 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-03-2018, 05:24 PM	#92
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	TRADE To GIANTS Hollis Stone Tony Evans Tony Smith To SUPERBAS Ralph Glaze Brian McGowan Dan Chappell Jesus Sanchez Howard Baker All go to the minors. Mike Silver is placed on the D.L. Jeffrey Brown is called up from AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-03-2018, 10:40 PM	#93
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 24th, 1908 Not only did Christy Mathewson pitch a great game vs the Reds, but he hit a two-run triple and scored twice. Brooklyn won 6-1. Antonio Ramos has hit in 18 straight games. WP - Christy Mathewson (6-3) LP - George McQuillan (6-4) Record - 17-19 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 09-07-2018 at 06:46 AM.

09-03-2018, 10:41 PM	#94
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Christian Coull of Greensboro was named Player of the Week for his AA league. For the bigs it was Rube Waddell, Pirates & Frank Smith, Naps Brooklyn fell to #10 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-07-2018, 06:53 AM	#95
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 25th, 1908 Goerge Mullin blanked the Superbas as the Reds won 3-0. WP - George Mullin (7-3) LP - Bill Burns (3-3) Record - 17-20 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-07-2018, 06:54 AM	#96
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	Frank Isbell and Raul Moran signed minor league deals. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-09-2018, 02:55 PM	#97
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 26th, 1908 Bill Bailey went the distance, striking out seven as the Superbas beat the Reds 6-2. WP - Bill Bailey (5-2) LP - Joe Beach (2-7) Record - 18-20 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-09-2018, 03:08 PM	#98
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 27th, 1908 Three-Finger Brown prevailed in a tight pitcher's duel as the Superbas beat the Reds 2-1. WP - Mordecai Brown (3-1) LP - Frank Arellanes (2-9) Record - 19-20 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-09-2018, 03:27 PM	#99
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 29th, 1908 Boss Schmidt knocked in five runs as Brooklyn beat the Giants 8-2. WP - Christy Mathewson (7-3) LP - Andy Coakley (3-6) Record - 20-20 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

09-09-2018, 03:53 PM	#100
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,973 Blog Entries: 1	May 30th, 1908 The first game of a double-header turned into a hitting frenzy as the Superbas lost 9-7 to the Giants in 11 innings. Sam Crawford collected three hits. WP - Elijah Jones (1-0) LP - Mordecai Brown (3-2) Record - 20-21 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````