Author: david bancroft

GM# 120. AT 1956 PITTSBURGH PIRATES. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (3-5) OVERALL (82-38) FERNANDEZ AIDED BY PIRATE ERRORS IN 6-4 PHENOMS WIN PHENOMS 6 PIRATES 4 WP- JOSE FERNANDEZ (14-5) LP-LUIS ARROYO HR- BILL VIRDON, FRANK THOMAS After a fifteen-inning marathon in game 119, several bench players gave several starters a…

GM# 119. AT 1956 BALTIMORE ORIOLES. MUNICIPAL STADIUM. BALTIMORE, MD. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (2-5) OVERALL (81-38) PHENOMS BEST ’56 ORIOLES IN FIFTEEN INNINGS PHENOMS 3 ORIOLES 2 15 INNINGS WP- MARK EICHHORN (6-6) LP-BILLY LOES HR-DICK WILLIAMS In the second longest game of the tour, thus far, the Phenoms came away with a 3-2…

GM# 118. AT 1956 WASHINGTON SENATORS. GRIFFITH STADIUM. WASH, D.C. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (1-5) OVERALL (80-38) NOMO’S 3 HIT SHUTOUT GIVES PHENOMS 1ST WIN IN ’56 PHASE PHENOMS 4 SENATORS 0 WP- HIDEO NOMO (12-5) LP- CHUCK STOBBS The Phenoms ended a five-game losing skid, thanks to a stellar performance by Hideo Nomo. The…

GM# 117. AT 1956 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. CONNIE MACK STADIUM. PHILA, PA. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (0-5) OVERALL (79-38) LOSING SKID CONTINUES AS PHENOMS LOSE, 6-2, TO ’56 PHILLIES PHENOMS 2 PHILLIES 6 WP- CURT SIMMONS LP-VEAN GREGG (13-6) HR- WILLIE JONES 2 The Phenoms losing streak extends to five games, as the 1956 Philadelphia Phillies…

GM# 116. AT 1956 N.Y. GIANTS. POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, N.Y. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (0-4) OVERALL (79-37) PHENOMS DROP 4 IN A ROW FOR FIRST TIME PHENOMS 2 GIANTS 7 WP- JOHNNY ANTONELLI LP- PETE ALEXANDER (13-2) HR- WILLIE MAYS 2, DARRYL SPENCER; TROY TULOWITZKI (14) It might be, kind of, sort of, officially…

GM# 115. AT 1956 N.Y. YANKEES. YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, N.Y. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (0-3) OVERALL (79-36) MICKEY MANTLE HOMERS TWICE, THE SECOND IS GAME WINNER IN 11 INN. PHENOMS 10 YANKEES 12 WP- TOM MORGAN LP-MARK EICHHORN (5-6) HR- MICKEY MANTLE 2, GIL MCDOUGALD The Phenoms came up short in a wild slugfest…

GM# 114. AT 1956 BROOKLYN DODGERS. EBBETS FIELD, BROOKLYN, N.Y. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (0-2) OVERALL (79-35) HODGES’ 3 RUN BLAST IN 8TH SINKS PHENOMS PHENOMS 3 DODGERS 6 WP- DON BESSERT LP-KERRY WOOD (14-4) HR-JOE JACKSON (8), ORLANDO CEPEDA (13); GIL HODGES Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges hit a three-run clout in the bottom of the…

GM# 113. AT 1956 BOSTON RED SOX. FENWAY PARK, BOSTON, MA. TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (1-0) OVERALL (79-34) TED WILLIAMS CRASHES 3 RUN HR, AS RED SOX TAKE ’56 PHASE OPENER PHENOMS 2 RED SOX 5 WP- FRANK SULLIVAN LP-VEAN GREGG (13-5) HR- TED WILLIAMS The Boston Red Sox opened the 1956 phase of the…

1956 PHASE PREVIEW There are three geographical shifts in this phase. The Braves have left Boston and have relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they will be known as the Milwaukee Braves. The Phenoms will play the Milwaukee Braves right after the Detroit Tigers. The Browns have left St. Louis and are now in Baltimore, where…

1951 PHASE REVIEW This was by far, the toughest phase for the Phenoms thus far. They had seven losses out of sixteen games and only a five-game winning streak at the end, allowed them to finish with a winning, 9-7 record. It was the second phase with no extra inning games, the first being the…