1952 The Rebirth of Baseball

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 04:48 PM

Premise
In this alternate timeline World War II is far more devastating to the US then in our timeline. By 1942 travel is limited and all major sports leagues, including the National and American Leagues, susspend operations. Without the major leagues baseball returns to the era of local teams playing against other local teams. During the war the US ecomony falters and the war does not end till 1948. Finally...some men decide to give major league baseball and rebirth.

New Owners Promise the Birth of a New Baseball League.
February 12, 1950--Baseball News.

Today at a meeting held in New York Tim Gignac, Matt Miller, Matt Provencher, and Bob McMullin announced the founding of a new baseball league that will cover the United States. The yet unnamed league is projected to have teams in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. The owners stated that they are looking at adding more teams and plan to have their first season in 1952.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 04:53 PM

12 Team Franchises for Major League Baseball.
September 8, 1950--Baseball News.

Today in New York the unnamed league got a name, Major League Baseball. Tim Gignac, speaking for the new league ownsers, stated that though they had no affiliation with the owners and leagues that folded prior to the war they decided on the name to "show the world that we will have the best players and best ball parks."

It was also announced that the league will have two seperate divisions of 6 teams each. The Atlantic division will contain the clubs: Philadelphi Flyers, Washington Chiefs, Baltimore Clippers, Pittsburgh Spiders, New York Knights, and Boston Bulldogs. The West division willl contain the clubs: Detroit Bombers, San Francicso Gold, Los Angeles Bruins, St. Louis Steamsers, Cleveland Blackhawks, and the Chicago Rockets. The two division winners will, according to Tim Gignac, "meet in the World Series best of 7."

The group also announced that an inaugural player draft will be held in June 1951 where players from all across the nation will be eligible. Exact times and dates have yet to be decided.

There have also been reports of several ownership groups across the nation that are disappointed that the leaugue is only allowing the twelve already identified teams in the league. Legal action has been suggested, but nothing concrete has occured so far. An unnamed source stated, "We could field a club just as easily as anyone of the clubs they have now and we know it could be profitable for all involved, but they seem steadfast in not going over 12 teams."

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 04:55 PM

Peek behind the curtain.
So, when I started thinking I wanted teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco. I also wanted two teams in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and Philadelphi just like there was IRL. However, as I started to add up the teams I was going well over 16 teams and even 16 teams seemed a little excessive for a "new" league. I decided to get rid of the two team cities (the owners wouldn't want competition) and ended up with a twelve team league. Now can the other owners force expansion or will the result to forming a new second league?

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 04:55 PM

Major League Baseball Inaugural Draft.
June 28, 1951--Baseball News.

Today the new Major League Baseball held its first official function and completed the first rounds of its inaugural draft. The San Francisco Gold had the first pick and took 33 year old war veteran Ted Williams, LF. The second pick was by the Philadelphia Flyers who took 30 year old Starting Pitcher Dave Pope. The draft is scheduled to be completed in the next couple of days and the players are scheduled to report to spring training early in 1952.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 05:15 PM

Opening Day Major League Baseball and the Rebirth of Big League Baseball.
April 7th, 1952--Baseball News.

Today the new Major League Baseball kicked off its inaugural season in Boston, Cleveland and San Francisco as the Baltimore Clippers took on the Boston Bulldogs, the Chicago Rockets played the Cleveland Blackhawks, and the Los Angeles Bruins took on the San Francisco Gold.

Baltimore and Boston played a close match as Eddie Robinson hit a bottom of the 8th HR to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 win.

In Cleveland the Blackhawks Curt Simmons held the Chicago Rockets to just 4 hits as the Blackhawks won 8-1.

San Francisco, at home, scored 2 in their first inning, but Los Angeles battled back to tie the game 4-4 with 2 runs in the top of the 9th. But the Gold would not be denied as they got a run in the bottom of the ninth to win 5-4.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 05:24 PM

Major League's All Star Game
July 7th, 1952--Baseball News.

Major League Baseball held baseball's first All Star game in over a decade when the West All-Stars beat the Atlantic All-Stars 10-2.

Larry Dolby, CF for the Chicago Rockets, was named player of the game after going 2 for 3, 1 HR, and 4 RBIs.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 05:36 PM

World Series Teams Set
October 2nd, 1952--Baseball News

Major League Baseball's first season is over the the World Series teams are the Detroit Bombers and the Philadelphia Flyers.

Philadelphia controlled the Atlantic Division for most of the year had little challenge on its way to the championship series. Detroit held of early charges from Los Angeles and San Francisco, but took control of the West Division in early august and never looked back.

The two teams met 14 times in the regular season with Detroit winning 8. They are scheduled to meet October 4th in Detroit. Philadelphia's 19 game winner Dave Pope, leading the league in K's, will take on the Bombers 20 game winner Allie Reynolds who tied for most wins in the league.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 05:37 PM

1952 World Series.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 06:40 PM

Game #1 in Detroit
Philadelphia pitcher Dave Pope gave up a first inning HR to Detroit's Bobby Avila, then held Detroit to just 4 more hits as the Flyers won 2-0.

Game #2 in Detroit
Whitey Ford, pitching for Detroit, dominated the Flyers getting 7 K's and giving up 7 hits as Detroit evened the series with a 2-0 win.

Game #3 in Phildadelphia
Philadelphia pitcher Preacher Roe gave 7 strong innings but Detroit's George Kell hit a 2 run HR in a 4 run 9th inning to give Detroit a 5-3 win and a 2-1 game lead in the series.

Game #4 in Philadelphia
Detroit took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the 5th inning when Duke Snider and Hank Sauer hit solo HRs before Luke Easter hit a triple and later scored. The 3 run inning helped Dizzy Trout, who pitched 7 innings for Philadelphia, as they won 4-2 win to even the series.

Game #5 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia pitcher Dave Pope got 14 K's and pitched 8 innings giving up just 4 hits and with the Detroit up 1-0 in the bottom of the 5th, men on 2nd and 3rd, Dave Pope hit a 2 run triple, he would later score, to give Philadelphia a 3-1 lead. Philadelphia would add a run in the bottom of the 8th and after Eddie Joost hit a solo HR in the top of the 9th for Detroit, but that was all as Philadelphia won 4-3 to take a 3-2 game lead.

Game #6 in Detroit.
Needing a win Detroit sent Game 2 winner Whitey Ford to the mound and he pitched 8 innings of 5 hit ball as Detroit scored the only runs in the bottom of the first to win 3-0 and force a game 7.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 06:45 PM

Game #7 in Detroit
Game 7 saw a rematch of Game #3 as Philadelphia's Preacher Roe faced Detroits Virgil Trucks.

In the bottom of the 1st inning Detroit's George Kell and Roy Campenlla got singles to put men on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. It was all Preacher Roe would allow the Bombers as he shut them down and dominated them for a complete game giving up just 4 hits. Trucks was not far behind Roe though as the score remained 0-0 until the top of the 5th.

Leading off the top of the 5th Roe reached on an error by 3B George Kell and Duke Snider would drive him in with an RBI single. That 1 run would hold until the top of the 9th when Roe would hit a sacrifice fly to score Luke Easter and give Philadelphia the 2-0 lead. Roe would send the Bombers down in order in the bottom of the 9th.

Philadelphia Wins Game 7 to be first World Series Champs.
October 12th, 1952 Detroit, Michigan--Baseball News.

The Philadelphia Flyers became the world reigning baseball champions after winning game 7 in Detroit over the Bombers 2-1.

Philadelphia's pitcher Preacher Roe was named the series MVP after pitching 16 innings with a 0.56 ERA. He also batted for a .333 Avg and scored a run and got a sacrifice fly for the two runs of Philadelphia's 2-0 game 7 win.

Herolover12 · 10-15-2022, 07:00 PM

$#$%@#$#@$@#%$@#% OOTP 23

So, after the end of the World Series I told the game to sim to Jan 1st, 1953.

Erased my teams. Put in 8 MLB teams. I have no way of going back. I am giving up on the idea of this fictional league.

Great idea. Maybe someone else can figure out how to get OOTP 23 to do it.

RMc · 11-02-2022, 05:30 PM

Next time, uncheck "Enable automatic evolution of the league". If you don't, it'll wipe your fictional world and re-install the real world. (I found this out the hard way, too!)

Pelican · 11-27-2022, 10:26 AM

Did you save your league after the season? (I am an obsessive saver, because I am prone to the same kind of catastrophe you experienced.) If you have a save, you ought to be able to simply restore the sim at that point, and uncheck to “automatic evolution” box. I hope so. It was a great idea, and, for once, Philly won!

10-15-2022, 05:37 PM	#8
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	1952 World Series. Attached Images

10-15-2022, 06:45 PM	#10
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	Game #7 in Detroit Game 7 saw a rematch of Game #3 as Philadelphia's Preacher Roe faced Detroits Virgil Trucks. In the bottom of the 1st inning Detroit's George Kell and Roy Campenlla got singles to put men on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. It was all Preacher Roe would allow the Bombers as he shut them down and dominated them for a complete game giving up just 4 hits. Trucks was not far behind Roe though as the score remained 0-0 until the top of the 5th. Leading off the top of the 5th Roe reached on an error by 3B George Kell and Duke Snider would drive him in with an RBI single. That 1 run would hold until the top of the 9th when Roe would hit a sacrifice fly to score Luke Easter and give Philadelphia the 2-0 lead. Roe would send the Bombers down in order in the bottom of the 9th. Philadelphia Wins Game 7 to be first World Series Champs. October 12th, 1952 Detroit, Michigan--Baseball News. The Philadelphia Flyers became the world reigning baseball champions after winning game 7 in Detroit over the Bombers 2-1. Philadelphia's pitcher Preacher Roe was named the series MVP after pitching 16 innings with a 0.56 ERA. He also batted for a .333 Avg and scored a run and got a sacrifice fly for the two runs of Philadelphia's 2-0 game 7 win. Attached Images

11-02-2022, 05:30 PM	#12
RMc All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,438	Ouch. Next time, uncheck "Enable automatic evolution of the league". If you don't, it'll wipe your fictional world and re-install the real world. (I found this out the hard way, too!) __________________ "We're all behind our baseball team..."

11-27-2022, 10:26 AM	#13
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,612 Blog Entries: 1	Did you save your league after the season? (I am an obsessive saver, because I am prone to the same kind of catastrophe you experienced.) If you have a save, you ought to be able to simply restore the sim at that point, and uncheck to “automatic evolution” box. I hope so. It was a great idea, and, for once, Philly won! __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”

10-15-2022, 04:48 PM	#1
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	1952 The Rebirth of Baseball Premise In this alternate timeline World War II is far more devastating to the US then in our timeline. By 1942 travel is limited and all major sports leagues, including the National and American Leagues, susspend operations. Without the major leagues baseball returns to the era of local teams playing against other local teams. During the war the US ecomony falters and the war does not end till 1948. Finally...some men decide to give major league baseball and rebirth. New Owners Promise the Birth of a New Baseball League. February 12, 1950--Baseball News. Today at a meeting held in New York Tim Gignac, Matt Miller, Matt Provencher, and Bob McMullin announced the founding of a new baseball league that will cover the United States. The yet unnamed league is projected to have teams in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. The owners stated that they are looking at adding more teams and plan to have their first season in 1952.

10-15-2022, 04:53 PM	#2
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	12 Team Franchises for Major League Baseball. September 8, 1950--Baseball News. Today in New York the unnamed league got a name, Major League Baseball. Tim Gignac, speaking for the new league ownsers, stated that though they had no affiliation with the owners and leagues that folded prior to the war they decided on the name to "show the world that we will have the best players and best ball parks." It was also announced that the league will have two seperate divisions of 6 teams each. The Atlantic division will contain the clubs: Philadelphi Flyers, Washington Chiefs, Baltimore Clippers, Pittsburgh Spiders, New York Knights, and Boston Bulldogs. The West division willl contain the clubs: Detroit Bombers, San Francicso Gold, Los Angeles Bruins, St. Louis Steamsers, Cleveland Blackhawks, and the Chicago Rockets. The two division winners will, according to Tim Gignac, "meet in the World Series best of 7." The group also announced that an inaugural player draft will be held in June 1951 where players from all across the nation will be eligible. Exact times and dates have yet to be decided. There have also been reports of several ownership groups across the nation that are disappointed that the leaugue is only allowing the twelve already identified teams in the league. Legal action has been suggested, but nothing concrete has occured so far. An unnamed source stated, "We could field a club just as easily as anyone of the clubs they have now and we know it could be profitable for all involved, but they seem steadfast in not going over 12 teams." Attached Images Last edited by Herolover12; 10-15-2022 at 04:54 PM.

10-15-2022, 04:55 PM	#3
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	*Peek behind the curtain.* So, when I started thinking I wanted teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco. I also wanted two teams in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and Philadelphi just like there was IRL. However, as I started to add up the teams I was going well over 16 teams and even 16 teams seemed a little excessive for a "new" league. I decided to get rid of the two team cities (the owners wouldn't want competition) and ended up with a twelve team league. Now can the other owners force expansion or will the result to forming a new second league?

10-15-2022, 05:15 PM	#5
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	Opening Day Major League Baseball and the Rebirth of Big League Baseball. April 7th, 1952--Baseball News. Today the new Major League Baseball kicked off its inaugural season in Boston, Cleveland and San Francisco as the Baltimore Clippers took on the Boston Bulldogs, the Chicago Rockets played the Cleveland Blackhawks, and the Los Angeles Bruins took on the San Francisco Gold. Baltimore and Boston played a close match as Eddie Robinson hit a bottom of the 8th HR to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 win. In Cleveland the Blackhawks Curt Simmons held the Chicago Rockets to just 4 hits as the Blackhawks won 8-1. San Francisco, at home, scored 2 in their first inning, but Los Angeles battled back to tie the game 4-4 with 2 runs in the top of the 9th. But the Gold would not be denied as they got a run in the bottom of the ninth to win 5-4. Attached Images Last edited by Herolover12; 10-15-2022 at 05:19 PM.

10-15-2022, 05:24 PM	#6
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	Major League's All Star Game July 7th, 1952--Baseball News. Major League Baseball held baseball's first All Star game in over a decade when the West All-Stars beat the Atlantic All-Stars 10-2. Larry Dolby, CF for the Chicago Rockets, was named player of the game after going 2 for 3, 1 HR, and 4 RBIs. Attached Images

10-15-2022, 05:36 PM	#7
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	World Series Teams Set October 2nd, 1952--Baseball News Major League Baseball's first season is over the the World Series teams are the Detroit Bombers and the Philadelphia Flyers. Philadelphia controlled the Atlantic Division for most of the year had little challenge on its way to the championship series. Detroit held of early charges from Los Angeles and San Francisco, but took control of the West Division in early august and never looked back. The two teams met 14 times in the regular season with Detroit winning 8. They are scheduled to meet October 4th in Detroit. Philadelphia's 19 game winner Dave Pope, leading the league in K's, will take on the Bombers 20 game winner Allie Reynolds who tied for most wins in the league. Attached Images

10-15-2022, 06:40 PM	#9
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	Game #1 in Detroit Philadelphia pitcher Dave Pope gave up a first inning HR to Detroit's Bobby Avila, then held Detroit to just 4 more hits as the Flyers won 2-0. Game #2 in Detroit Whitey Ford, pitching for Detroit, dominated the Flyers getting 7 K's and giving up 7 hits as Detroit evened the series with a 2-0 win. Game #3 in Phildadelphia Philadelphia pitcher Preacher Roe gave 7 strong innings but Detroit's George Kell hit a 2 run HR in a 4 run 9th inning to give Detroit a 5-3 win and a 2-1 game lead in the series. Game #4 in Philadelphia Detroit took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the 5th inning when Duke Snider and Hank Sauer hit solo HRs before Luke Easter hit a triple and later scored. The 3 run inning helped Dizzy Trout, who pitched 7 innings for Philadelphia, as they won 4-2 win to even the series. Game #5 in Philadelphia Philadelphia pitcher Dave Pope got 14 K's and pitched 8 innings giving up just 4 hits and with the Detroit up 1-0 in the bottom of the 5th, men on 2nd and 3rd, Dave Pope hit a 2 run triple, he would later score, to give Philadelphia a 3-1 lead. Philadelphia would add a run in the bottom of the 8th and after Eddie Joost hit a solo HR in the top of the 9th for Detroit, but that was all as Philadelphia won 4-3 to take a 3-2 game lead. Game #6 in Detroit. Needing a win Detroit sent Game 2 winner Whitey Ford to the mound and he pitched 8 innings of 5 hit ball as Detroit scored the only runs in the bottom of the first to win 3-0 and force a game 7.

10-15-2022, 07:00 PM	#11
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	$#$%@#$#@$@#%$@#% OOTP 23 So, after the end of the World Series I told the game to sim to Jan 1st, 1953. Erased my teams. Put in 8 MLB teams. I have no way of going back. I am giving up on the idea of this fictional league. Great idea. Maybe someone else can figure out how to get OOTP 23 to do it.