Days 1-10: The Saga Begins!

Willie Stargell, "Pops", sporting the
Lincoln-esque stovepipe cap, earns
the first 'Player of the Block' Award!

And so it begins!  Have run the first 10 days of games.  For those new to these retro leagues, I will do this every couple of days until we complete the entire 162 games.  You can send computer manager changes to me at any time and I will update them before running the games.

The Yukon Polar Bears had the best start, going 8-2 to start the year. Aliquippa and Backwoods both went 7-3.    Willie Stargell of Aliquippa is hitting a robust .625 with 5 homers already.  Babe Ruth is already making his presence felt, launching 4 dingers and driving in 12 for the Vermont Socialists.   "Big Six" Christy Mathewson has already racked up 3 wins, allowing just 3 earned runs in 27 innings!


On the flip side, Duke Snider is just 2 for 28 for Aliquippa, and Amos Rusie picked up three losses for Verona Ridge with his astronomical 11.40 era!




Breakfast of Champions, the Babe is powered by
yummy Quaker Puffed Wheat

Links on the right side of the league site show you a ton of cool stats, but don't sleep on these daily reports!  You can see your team's box scores, read the game story, and see ridiculous amount of detailed stats.   Just click on the link for each day to see the daily reports! 


Day 1 - Opening Day! Christy Mathewson tossed a 4 hit shutout for Yukon, Big Ed Delahanty racked up 4 hits for Mar-a-Lago.  But the big hero of the day was Pottersville's Stan Musial, who was The Man when he belted a two run walk off homer!

Day 2 - Windy City's Nolan Ryan created more wind with 12 strikeouts in a shutout of Verona Ridge.  Jimmie Foxx cracked two homers and drove in 5 for Bad Axe, while Smokey Joe Williams debuted with 11K's and only 1 run allowed.

Day 3 - Pohdunkville rallies in the 9th with Harmon Killewbrew and Arky Vaughn coming through in the clutch.  VR's Fergie Jenkins racked up 11K's.  Backwoods' Oscar Charleston showed while he was drafted so highly with 4 hits in a narrow Bad Axe win over Pottersville.

Day 4 - Mickey Mantle's grand slam propelled Windy City to a big win, and Jimmie "The Beast" Foxx hits 2 more homers for Bad Axe.  Mar-a-Lago and Backwoods combined for 15 runs and 27 hits in a slugfest.

Day 5 - Two more homers from Oscar Charleston, Joe DiMaggio jolts in 4 runs, and Christy Mathewson shuts down Bad Axe. 

Day 6 - Satchel Paige  goes the distance for Pohdunkville against Vermont, and Cool Papa Bell added two hits and two RBIs.  Aliquippa's 2B Bobby Doerr had a career night with 4 hits, including two HRs.  Three Finger Brown shuts out the Lumberjacks.

Day 7 - Windy City got 2 homers from Hank Greenberg, Yukon racked up 17 hits, and Catfish Hunter goes the distance for Pottersville.

Day 8 - The Bastards drop 12 runs and 21 hits on the Socialists, including four from Jackie Robinson.  Paul "Big Poison" Waner gave Yukon 3 hits and 4 RBIs

Day 9 - Yukon won their fifth in a row, Bad Axe's "Prince Hal" Newhouser shuts down the Misers, Windy City gets a grand slam from Andre Dawson.  The big news came from Mar-a-Lago though, as the Misogynists racked up league leading totals of 20 runs and 29 hits against the Aliquippa Beavers.

Day 10 - Christy Mathewson gave the Polar Bears their sixth win in a row,  Willie Stargell pops two dingers for Aliquippa, and knuckleballer Phil Niekro picked up the win for Verona Ridge in relief.

Yukon's Christy Mathewson
already off to a 3-0 start!