SABR
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The 1918 baseball season was played against the backdrop of the final year of the Great War, with many major-leaguers absent from the game due to military service (former infielder Eddie Grant would become the first big-leaguer to perish in action in October) and the season was scheduled for an early close due to the […]
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For those of you embarking this trolley along the route, the premise of the exercise can be found HERE. OVERVIEW No franchise moves or changes to the league structure for the 1904 season. OFFSEASON / PRESEASON Three modified NeLers enter the league for 1904: C Regino “Mamelo” Garcia (28); Pirates C Gervasio “Striker” Gonzalez […]
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As some of you know, I conduct Sim Auctions in which we select 5 or 6 great historical teams, make all the players free agents and then from that player pool, we create five new teams via a salary cap auction conducted live on ZOOM. A day or two after the auction we determine the […]
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For those of you embarking this trolley along the route, the premise of the exercise can be found HERE. OVERVIEW No franchise moves or changes to the league structure for the 1903 season. OFFSEASON / PRESEASON Two modified NeLers enter the league for 1903: OF Andrew Payne (22); Cardinals P Walter Ball (25); Red […]
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The 1934 baseball season saw Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run (a club of which he would be the sole member for nearly 40 years; the man who would be next, Henry Aaron, was born this very year), Carl Hubbell whiff Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin in succession at the All-Star Game, and […]
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Please join me as I roll my two-thousandth game of Season Ticket Baseball! In order to make this milestone event something a little extra special, designer Clay Dreslough – knowing that I am both a Red Sox fan and a deadball aficionado – has given me a preview copy of the 1918 season set, so […]
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