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Friday, May 24, 2013

Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-24-2013

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posted 2 days ago by Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) to dugout, ed walsh, history | 19 comment(s)

Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 24, 1913:

Excessive use of the spitball has injured Ed Walsh’s digestion and has thus affected his condition, so that he has not yet reached his best form of this year, according to Dr. James H. Blair, club physician of the Chicago Americans, in a report made today on the pitcher’s condition.
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According to the doctor saliva needed for Walsh’s digestion has been used on the ball, but with care the pitcher may be in his old time form in a month.

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1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on December 31, 2012 at 07:26 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

An awful Birthday Team today. It's the baseball version of King and his court.

C: Al Lakeman
1B: Pete Sweeney
2B: Bobby Byrne
3B: Jerry McCormick
SS/Manager: King Kelly
LF: Donell Nixon
CF: Joe Simpson
RF: Walt Goldsby

SP: Esteban Loaiza
SP: Syl Johnson
SP: Fred Beebe
SP: Brian Moehler
SP: Tommy Byrne
RP: Rick Aguilera

Umpire: Tom Connolly

2. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on December 31, 2012 at 08:59 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Dan - thanks for the daily dugouts and birthday teams. It's been a lot of fun.

As a Red Sox fan 2012 kind of sucked but it was a hell of a baseball season. Great to see Oakland and Baltimore jump back into the playoffs and the emergence of Harper and Trout (who will forever be linked I imagine). As a kid I was fascinated by the Triple Crown so I found it truly exciting to see Cabrera win it and while there were a bunch of no hitters seeing Johan Santana finally break the Mets' streak was my personal favorite.

3. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on December 31, 2012 at 09:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's demise.

4. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on December 31, 2012 at 10:55 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I never knew Loiaza was married to somebody famous until she died. Of course, I'd never heard about her before then, and there are probably a lot of things I don't know about Esteban Loaiza's personal life.

5. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on December 31, 2012 at 12:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Dan - thanks for the daily dugouts and birthday teams. It's been a lot of fun.

Thank you, Edmundo. I never have any idea what's going to happen in any given dugout, but they're always interesting.

Tomorrow (if I can finish up the schedule file in time) the actual Birthday League begins. Greg (U)K, Fernigal McGunnigle, Meatwad, and I have been building 25-man rosters for each date. Each month, I'll run that month's teams through a 154-game season using Strat-O-Matic's career normalized player files, and we'll see what happens. It's not going to be a perfect representation of what such a league would actually be like, but it's a fascinating exercise anyway.

I'll keep everybody updated.

6. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on December 31, 2012 at 02:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Slow news day. Why can't I hold all these baseballs?

7. Arnett Mead (Arjun) posted on December 31, 2012 at 02:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tomorrow (if I can finish up the schedule file in time) the actual Birthday League begins. Greg (U)K, Fernigal McGunnigle, Meatwad, and I have been building 25-man rosters for each date. Each month, I'll run that month's teams through a 154-game season using Strat-O-Matic's career normalized player files, and we'll see what happens.

This should be great. I'm really excited to see what happens!

8. vortex of dissipation posted on December 31, 2012 at 03:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'd also like to add my thanks for the birthday teams. I've enjoyed them very much.

9. Der_K posted on December 31, 2012 at 11:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

the birthday teams are a lot of fun; thanks!

royals signed endy chavez and miguel tejada, the latter to a big league deal.
i don't get it...

10. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama

posted on December 31, 2012 at 11:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Since you've already thanked me, I'll add my thanks for the birthday team, Dan. :)

11. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on January 01, 2013 at 02:04 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Miguel Tejada? Endy Chavez? What year is this?

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