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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Monday, February 27, 2017Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-27-2017Washington Times, February 27, 1917:
Caldwell was a good pitcher; in both 1914 and 1915 he finished in the top ten in the league in WAR. BBRef’s similarity scores have him as similar to Dock Ellis and Joaquin Andujar, which is true both on and off the field. Ray Caldwell’s career was equal parts good pitching and erratic behavior. The Yankees suspended him for the last two months of the 1916 season for “failing to keep in condition”, among other things, and Caldwell didn’t bother showing up for the start of Spring Training in 1917. Eventually he arrived and gave the team almost exactly what you’d expect from a talented but out of control addict: Frustrating play and off-the-field headaches. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee)
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: February 27, 2017 at 10:44 AM (#5409312)C: Ron Hassey (14.74 WAR)
1B: John Wockenfuss (7.17 WAR)
2B: Joe Ardner (-1.47 WAR)
3B: Connie Ryan (16.94 WAR)
SS/Manager: Johnny Pesky (31.84 WAR)
LF: Matt Stairs (14.26 WAR)
CF: Denard Span (25.0 WAR)
RF: Craig Monroe (3.63 WAR)
SP: Hilton Smith (0 WAR)
SP: Yovani Gallardo (23.4 WAR)
SP: Anibal Sanchez (21.4 WAR)
SP: Greg Cadaret (6.69 WAR)
SP: Rube Melton (5.69 WAR)
RP: Cliff Politte (3.78 WAR)
Fun name: Bud Teachout, Jumbo Diaz
Anyone who wants to can look up these as-old-as items for themselves here
For instance, in 1927 the Robins played 74 home games and 80 road games. One home game was a tie, so they had only 153 decisions. Somebody'd bust a gasket if that happened today, but despite the complexities of 21st-century schedules, jet travel means that nearly every game is properly made up in the right place. In 1927, it was a long way by train from Boston to St. Louis, and being able to get two far-flung clubs together in a given city was not a given.
Since his enshrinement, I've been tempted to check out the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame. But the only time I would be in Fredericton would be partway through an 11-hour drive, so the desire to press on is greater.
What about bowling?
I laughed. Thanks, GGC
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