Break up the Pirates!!!!

Giants44 · 04-24-2003, 02:14 PM

So inspired by watching disc 4 of Ken Burns Baseball yesterday I decided to go ahead and start a historical replay of my own. I started in 1901 and yesterday made it to 1910.

What was so surprising was the Pittsburgh Pirates. Led my Honus Wagner and a wise trade for Christ Mathewson the Pirates won Nine consecutive world titles from 1902-1910. Nine straight!!!

Gastric ReFlux · 04-24-2003, 02:17 PM

Pirates? 9 straight? Totally unrealistic, should never happen.

Giants44 · 04-24-2003, 02:27 PM

SI Cover Curse?

After posting this - the Pirates were swept in the 1911 series by the Senators

Unfriendlybob · 04-24-2003, 09:09 PM

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What was so surprising was the Pittsburgh Pirates. Led my Honus Wagner and a wise trade for Christ Mathewson the Pirates won Nine consecutive world titles from 1902-1910. Nne straight!!!

How many saves did Christ have?

Giants44 · 04-24-2003, 10:12 PM

wow - I missed that slip - and paid for it in 1914 the league crashed and of course I did not have a backup!

eraddeus · 04-25-2003, 04:17 AM

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Originally posted by Unfriendlybob
How many saves did Christ have?

I dunno, but he pitched 316 innings.

AngelinOF · 04-25-2003, 05:09 AM

Did you have free agency turned off? I have seen instances where the Pirates become a powerhouse in the 1st decade of the 20th century if I don't allow some form of free agency. The reason being in 1901-1903 they were the strongest team in the NL, the NL was weaken by many of their stars jumping over to the new upstart American League. Here is a good article about the 1902 Pirates (http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrar...902pirates.stm)

04-24-2003, 02:14 PM	#1
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	Break up the Pirates!!!! So inspired by watching disc 4 of Ken Burns Baseball yesterday I decided to go ahead and start a historical replay of my own. I started in 1901 and yesterday made it to 1910. What was so surprising was the Pittsburgh Pirates. Led my Honus Wagner and a wise trade for Christ Mathewson the Pirates won Nine consecutive world titles from 1902-1910. Nine straight!!!

04-24-2003, 02:27 PM	#3
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	SI Cover Curse? After posting this - the Pirates were swept in the 1911 series by the Senators __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

04-24-2003, 10:12 PM	#5
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	wow - I missed that slip - and paid for it in 1914 the league crashed and of course I did not have a backup! __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

04-24-2003, 02:17 PM	#2
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Pirates? 9 straight? Totally unrealistic, should never happen.

04-25-2003, 05:09 AM	#7
AngelinOF All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,353	Did you have free agency turned off? I have seen instances where the Pirates become a powerhouse in the 1st decade of the 20th century if I don't allow some form of free agency. The reason being in 1901-1903 they were the strongest team in the NL, the NL was weaken by many of their stars jumping over to the new upstart American League. Here is a good article about the 1902 Pirates (http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrar...902pirates.stm)