1908 Brooklyn Superbas (est. 1901) - Page 3

rpriske · 06-23-2018, 02:54 PM

OPENING DAY ROSTER

Not only did they trade Cy Young, but Eddie Plank is going to the bullpen! What?!

ROTATION

Christy Mathewson
Sleepy Bill Burns
Bill Bailey
Johnny Lush

BULLPEN

Eddie Plank
Bill Lattimore
Babe Adams
Ken Davis
Doug Powell

LINE-UP

2B - Antonio Ramos
3B - Cale Bernard
CF - Sam Crawford
RF - Pop Foster
SS - Jason Wright
LF - Phil Dunn
1B - Harry Davis
C - George Gibson

BENCH

Boss Schmidt - C
Francisco Roman - IF
Werner Witherup - IF
Joe Barbeau - IF
Mike Silver - IF
Pat Locke - OF
Bill Miller - OF
Antonio Perez - OF

rpriske · 06-23-2018, 03:00 PM

The experts have spoken and they are calling for the NL pennant to come to Brooklyn! They are expecting a 9 game lead over the 2nd place Giants.

For the AL it seems that the Philadelphia Athletics could unseat the Highlanders.

And why are they calling for such a good showing for the Superbas?

The same reason why Eddie Plank has gone to the bullpen.

The top 4 projected pitchers in the NL are:
Christy Mathewson
Bill Bailey
Johnny Lush
Bill Burns

Sherry Magee of the Giants is expected to be the best batter, with Sam Crawford coming in 4th and Cale Bernard in 9th.

For the AL the tops are Orval Overall of the Athletics and Ty Cobb of the Browns. (They have Cy Young as the 5th best pitcher.)

rpriske · 06-23-2018, 03:03 PM

The writers published their top prospect list. We have Mike Thompson, a reliever in A-ball at #3.

Considering the names he is behind (Tris Speaker and Shoeless Joe Jackson) that is quite a compliment!

We have been named the #1 minor league system in baseball.

rpriske · 06-25-2018, 08:07 AM

April 14th, 1908

Cale Bernard had a big day, going 4 for 5, but a couple of Brooklyn errors led to a 5-3 Doves win in the season opener.

WP - Rube Vickers (1-0)
LP - Christy Mathewson (0-1)

Record - 0-1

rpriske · 06-28-2018, 10:30 PM

April 15th, 1908

A 1-1 game that held until the 13th when Eddie Plank, of all people, gave up FIVE runs to lose to the Doves 6-1.

This has people talking... is Eddie angry about his move to the 'pen? Is it affecting his performance?

WP - George Winter (1-0)
LP - Eddie Plank (0-1)

Record - 0-2

rpriske · 07-01-2018, 09:31 AM

April 16th, 1908

The Superbas pick up their first win as Harry Davis hit three doubles and they overcame a 9th inning push by the Doves to win 7-4.

WP - Bill Bailey (1-0)
LP - Scott Williams (0-1)

Record - 1-2

rpriske · 07-03-2018, 06:42 AM

April 17th, 1908

Sam Crawford's 9th inning home run wasn't quite enough and the Superbas fell 3-2 to the Doves.

WP - Tom Fisher (1-0)
LP - Johnny Lush (0-1)

Record - 1-3

rpriske · 07-03-2018, 06:44 AM

April 18th, 1908

The Giants were scheduled to come to town today but it was rained out. The 20th is now a double-header.

rpriske · 07-03-2018, 06:46 AM

Adam Schmidt, Vandercook Lake, was named Player of the Week for his AAA league.

For the bigs it was Birdie Cree, Phillies & Ed Reulbach, White Sox.

Brooklyn fell to #14 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 07-06-2018, 11:54 PM

April 20th, 1908

The first game of the rescheduled double header against the Giants continued Brooklyn's slow start as New York won 5-2.

WP - Biff Schlitzer (1-2)
LP - Christy Mathewson (0-2)

Record - 1-4

rpriske · 07-08-2018, 10:05 PM

April 20th, 1908

In the second game of the double header the Superbas made SIX errors in a 3-2 loss to the Giants.

WP - Barney Pelty (1-1)
LP - Bill Burns (0-1)

Record - 1-5

rpriske · 07-11-2018, 10:59 AM

April 21st, 1908

Bill Bailey did again what nobody else on the Superbas has managed to do this year - get a win.

They beat the Giants 3-2, part in thanks to a Phil Dunn two run triple.

WP - Bill Bailey (2-0)
LP - Andy Coakley (1-1)

Record - 2-5

rpriske · 07-14-2018, 01:19 AM

April 22nd, 1908

The Brooklyn offence fell short again as the team went across town to face the Giants at the Polo Grounds and lost 3-1.

WP - Red Donahue (1-0)
LP - Johnny Lush (0-2)

Record - 2-6

rpriske · 07-15-2018, 10:55 PM

April 23rd, 1908

It took 12 nail-biting innings but the Superbas lost another one, this time 2-1 to the Giants.

WP - Biff Schlitzer (2-2)
LP - Eddie Plank (0-2)

Record - 2-7

rpriske · 07-15-2018, 11:05 PM

TRADE

A disgruntled Eddie Plank helps nobody. It is risky to trade with a rival, but here goes...

To PIRATES

Eddie Plank
Andrew Craig
Fernando Cabrera

To SUPERBAS

Mordecai 'Three-Finger' Brown
Daniel Hurst (PIT retains 15% of salary)
David Smith
Terry Beath
Olve Horten

Brown joins the big club.

Antonio Perez is sent to AAA.

Adam Schmidt is called up.

rpriske · 07-19-2018, 06:23 AM

April 24th, 1908

The early season woes continue as the Superbas tied it up in the 9th only to lose it 3-2 in the 11th to the Giants.

WP - Barney Pelty (2-1)
LP - Ken Davis (0-1)

Record - 2-8

rpriske · 07-22-2018, 08:08 AM

April 25th, 1908

It looked like Brooklyn had blown another game but this time they gutted it out until Antonio Ramos was able to push one across in the 11th for a 5-4 win over the Giants.

Pat Locke went 3 for 4 with an RBI.

WP - Doug Powell (1-0)
Save - Three-Finger Brown (1)
LP - Ralph Glaze (0-1)

Record - 3-8

rpriske · 07-22-2018, 08:10 AM

Players of the Week: Art Devlin, Doves & Mike Donlin, Highlanders

The Superbas have dropped all the way to #16 - out of 16 - on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 07-24-2018, 10:32 PM

April 27th, 1908

The Superbas came from behind to tie it in the 9th but Doc Smoot hit a pinch hit home run for the Phillies in the 11th to grab the 3-2 win.

WP - Nick Maddox (1-1)
LP - Ken Davis (0-2)

Record - 3-9

rpriske · 07-27-2018, 10:33 PM

April 28th, 1908

Brooklyn had a 5-0 lead but still managed to blow it, losing 6-5 to the Phillies.

Despite that Harry Davis hit for the cycle!

WP - Happy Townsend (1-1)
LP - Ken Davis (0-3)

Record - 3-10

06-23-2018, 02:54 PM	#41
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	OPENING DAY ROSTER Not only did they trade Cy Young, but Eddie Plank is going to the bullpen! What?! ROTATION Christy Mathewson Sleepy Bill Burns Bill Bailey Johnny Lush BULLPEN Eddie Plank Bill Lattimore Babe Adams Ken Davis Doug Powell LINE-UP 2B - Antonio Ramos 3B - Cale Bernard CF - Sam Crawford RF - Pop Foster SS - Jason Wright LF - Phil Dunn 1B - Harry Davis C - George Gibson BENCH Boss Schmidt - C Francisco Roman - IF Werner Witherup - IF Joe Barbeau - IF Mike Silver - IF Pat Locke - OF Bill Miller - OF Antonio Perez - OF __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-23-2018, 03:00 PM	#42
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	The experts have spoken and they are calling for the NL pennant to come to Brooklyn! They are expecting a 9 game lead over the 2nd place Giants. For the AL it seems that the Philadelphia Athletics could unseat the Highlanders. And why are they calling for such a good showing for the Superbas? The same reason why Eddie Plank has gone to the bullpen. The top 4 projected pitchers in the NL are: Christy Mathewson Bill Bailey Johnny Lush Bill Burns Sherry Magee of the Giants is expected to be the best batter, with Sam Crawford coming in 4th and Cale Bernard in 9th. For the AL the tops are Orval Overall of the Athletics and Ty Cobb of the Browns. (They have Cy Young as the 5th best pitcher.) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-23-2018, 03:03 PM	#43
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	The writers published their top prospect list. We have Mike Thompson, a reliever in A-ball at #3. Considering the names he is behind (Tris Speaker and Shoeless Joe Jackson) that is quite a compliment! We have been named the #1 minor league system in baseball. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-25-2018, 08:07 AM	#44
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 14th, 1908 Cale Bernard had a big day, going 4 for 5, but a couple of Brooklyn errors led to a 5-3 Doves win in the season opener. WP - Rube Vickers (1-0) LP - Christy Mathewson (0-1) Record - 0-1 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

06-28-2018, 10:30 PM	#45
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 15th, 1908 A 1-1 game that held until the 13th when Eddie Plank, of all people, gave up FIVE runs to lose to the Doves 6-1. This has people talking... is Eddie angry about his move to the 'pen? Is it affecting his performance? WP - George Winter (1-0) LP - Eddie Plank (0-1) Record - 0-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-01-2018, 09:31 AM	#46
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 16th, 1908 The Superbas pick up their first win as Harry Davis hit three doubles and they overcame a 9th inning push by the Doves to win 7-4. WP - Bill Bailey (1-0) LP - Scott Williams (0-1) Record - 1-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-03-2018, 06:42 AM	#47
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 17th, 1908 Sam Crawford's 9th inning home run wasn't quite enough and the Superbas fell 3-2 to the Doves. WP - Tom Fisher (1-0) LP - Johnny Lush (0-1) Record - 1-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-03-2018, 06:44 AM	#48
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 18th, 1908 The Giants were scheduled to come to town today but it was rained out. The 20th is now a double-header. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-03-2018, 06:46 AM	#49
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	Adam Schmidt, Vandercook Lake, was named Player of the Week for his AAA league. For the bigs it was Birdie Cree, Phillies & Ed Reulbach, White Sox. Brooklyn fell to #14 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-06-2018, 11:54 PM	#50
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 20th, 1908 The first game of the rescheduled double header against the Giants continued Brooklyn's slow start as New York won 5-2. WP - Biff Schlitzer (1-2) LP - Christy Mathewson (0-2) Record - 1-4 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-08-2018, 10:05 PM	#51
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 20th, 1908 In the second game of the double header the Superbas made SIX errors in a 3-2 loss to the Giants. WP - Barney Pelty (1-1) LP - Bill Burns (0-1) Record - 1-5 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-11-2018, 10:59 AM	#52
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 21st, 1908 Bill Bailey did again what nobody else on the Superbas has managed to do this year - get a win. They beat the Giants 3-2, part in thanks to a Phil Dunn two run triple. WP - Bill Bailey (2-0) LP - Andy Coakley (1-1) Record - 2-5 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-14-2018 at 12:53 AM.

07-14-2018, 01:19 AM	#53
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 22nd, 1908 The Brooklyn offence fell short again as the team went across town to face the Giants at the Polo Grounds and lost 3-1. WP - Red Donahue (1-0) LP - Johnny Lush (0-2) Record - 2-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-15-2018, 10:55 PM	#54
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 23rd, 1908 It took 12 nail-biting innings but the Superbas lost another one, this time 2-1 to the Giants. WP - Biff Schlitzer (2-2) LP - Eddie Plank (0-2) Record - 2-7 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-15-2018, 11:05 PM	#55
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	TRADE A disgruntled Eddie Plank helps nobody. It is risky to trade with a rival, but here goes... To PIRATES Eddie Plank Andrew Craig Fernando Cabrera To SUPERBAS Mordecai 'Three-Finger' Brown Daniel Hurst (PIT retains 15% of salary) David Smith Terry Beath Olve Horten Brown joins the big club. Antonio Perez is sent to AAA. Adam Schmidt is called up. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-19-2018, 06:23 AM	#56
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 24th, 1908 The early season woes continue as the Superbas tied it up in the 9th only to lose it 3-2 in the 11th to the Giants. WP - Barney Pelty (2-1) LP - Ken Davis (0-1) Record - 2-8 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-19-2018 at 06:25 AM.

07-22-2018, 08:08 AM	#57
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 25th, 1908 It looked like Brooklyn had blown another game but this time they gutted it out until Antonio Ramos was able to push one across in the 11th for a 5-4 win over the Giants. Pat Locke went 3 for 4 with an RBI. WP - Doug Powell (1-0) Save - Three-Finger Brown (1) LP - Ralph Glaze (0-1) Record - 3-8 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-22-2018, 08:10 AM	#58
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	Players of the Week: Art Devlin, Doves & Mike Donlin, Highlanders The Superbas have dropped all the way to #16 - out of 16 - on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-24-2018, 10:32 PM	#59
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 27th, 1908 The Superbas came from behind to tie it in the 9th but Doc Smoot hit a pinch hit home run for the Phillies in the 11th to grab the 3-2 win. WP - Nick Maddox (1-1) LP - Ken Davis (0-2) Record - 3-9 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-27-2018 at 10:17 PM.

07-27-2018, 10:33 PM	#60
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,986 Blog Entries: 1	April 28th, 1908 Brooklyn had a 5-0 lead but still managed to blow it, losing 6-5 to the Phillies. Despite that Harry Davis hit for the cycle! WP - Happy Townsend (1-1) LP - Ken Davis (0-3) Record - 3-10 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````