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GAMES OF APRIL 15. Peaches 9 Clippers 7. Clippers starter, Schoolboy Rowe left after five innings with a 6-4 lead, thanks to a pair of homeruns from Joe DiMaggio and one from Stan Musial. However, Red Ruffing gave up five runs in the bottom of the seventh as the Peaches came back to win, 9-7.…

GAMES OF APRIL 14. Clippers 7 Comets 5. The Clippers battered Bob Lemon for seven runs over the first two innings, then held off a late rally to defeat the Comets, 7-5. WP-Carl Hubbell(1-0) Bob Lemon(0-1) HR-Pee Wee Reese(1). INJURY-Ken Boyer(1 game). Peaches 4 Hammers 2. Homeruns by Honus Wagner and Sherry Magee, plus a…

Welcome to my new Strat-o-matic baseball project. I call it the Legends League. I have made up 8 teams from all the seasons I currently have. Here are the names of the eight teams and their respective captains: Peaches-Ty Cobb; Sultans-Babe Ruth; Clippers-Joe DiMaggio; Comets-Mickey Mantle; Hammers-Hank Aaron; Terrifics – Tom Seaver; Mad Dogs-Greg Maddux…

DICK ALLEN NAMED UNANIMOUS MVP FOR SECOND PLACE WHITE SOX Chicago slugger, Dick Allen, put up some impressive statistics on his way to being named the team’s Most Valuable Player for 1972. Allen led in nearly every offensive category, in a stellar year. He had 176 hits in 549 at bats, for an average of…

SERIES #52. THREE GAMES, WON TWO, LOST ONE. CHICAGO AT MINNESOTA Well, the 1972 Chicago White Sox replay has come to a close. On the good side, the White Sox won their final series of the year against the Minnesota Twins, but the bad news is that their poor September cost them any chance to…

SERIES #51. THREE GAMES, WON TWO, LOST ONE. CHICAGO AT TEXAS The White Sox won two out of three against the Texas Rangers at Arlington. Here are the game recaps: Game one: Chicago 2 Texas 0. Wilbur Wood(14-8) pitched his fourth shutout of the season, tossing a two hitter against the Rangers. He struck out…

SERIES #50. TWO GAMES. WON ONE, LOST ONE. KANSAS CITY VS CHICAGO OAKLAND A’S CLINCH AMERICAN LEAGUE WESTERN DIVISION With their magic number down to 2, heading into their series with the Minnesota Twins, the Oakland A’s defeated Minnesota, 1-0 and 2-1, in a September 27th double header. Chicago split with Kansas City, therefore, Oakland…

SERIES #49. THREE GAMES. WON ONE, LOST TWO. TEXAS VS CHICAGO The White Sox are on life support as far as any pennant hopes are concerned. They dropped two games by one run to the last place Texas Rangers, before finally copping the third and final game of the series. At the same time, the…

SERIES #48. TWO GAMES, LOST BOTH. CHICAGO AT OAKLAND Well, it’s going to take a miracle. If a miracle is too dramatic, how about a long win streak and the Oakland A’s moving to another division? Because that’s what it’s going to take for the Chicago White Sox to have any chance of winning the…

SERIES #47. THREE GAMES, WON ONE, LOST TWO. CHICAGO AT CALIFORNIA The White Sox hopes for the division crown took a hit after their latest series with the California Angels. Chicago was able to win just one game, while Oakland was sweeping the Texas Rangers. The A’s have stretched their lead in the West to…