Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1929 Discussion

The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cubs 4 games to 1 in the World Series.

The Kansas City Monarchs were the best team in the Negro National League winning both halves of the schedule. The Baltimore Black Sox did the same in the one season of the American Negro League.

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Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Rogers Hornsby		40.6		10.4
Babe Ruth		32.6		8.0
Al Simmons		33.7		7.9
Jimmie Foxx		34.1		7.9
Tony Lazzeri		30.4		7.8
Lou Gehrig		32.0		7.6
Mel Ott			30.1		7.4
Lefty ...

Sox Therapy: The Perfect Schedule - Games 91-100

The Sox hit triple digits here at they run their record to 100-0!  This series includes arguably the most iconic regular season game in club history which is a shame in some way because that punted Nomar’s 3 homer birthday party against Tampa off the list.

Game 91 - 2014 - Other Sox 4 at Sox 5 - It’s weird the things you remember.  White Sox starter Chris Sale shut down the Good Sox for 7 innings.  In the 8th down 4-0 rookie Mookie Betts singled to shortstop but was hustling all the way ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1928 Results

Congratulations to our 1928 Most Meritorious Player: Babe Ruth!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Babe Ruth	103	7	5
Dazzy Vance	96	7	2
Lou Gehrig	91	7	0
Rogers Hornsby	81	7	0
Willie Wells	59	6	0
Paul Waner	49	5	0
Goose Goslin	45	5	0
Lefty Grove	39	4	0
Heinie Manush	31	3	0
Burleigh Grimes	27	3	0
Larry Benton	24	4	0
Freddie Lindstrom	17	2	0
Ted Trent	15	2	0
Jim Bottomley	14	2	0
Satchel Paige	9	1	0
Martin Dihigo	8	1	0
Jud Wilson	8	1	0
Tommy Thomas	7	1	0
Rap Dixon	6	1	0
Gabby Hartnett	6	1	0

Sox Therapy: Warning: Actual Baseball Content

With the Sox supposedly and hopefully getting spring training going on Wednesday I suppose some random thoughts on the coming season are appropriate.  Like many of you I find myself befuddled by quite a bit.  Who is healthy, how do the rosters (especially the taxi squads) work, is this a good idea, is the full 60 game season going to be played?  There is just a lot I don’t know and from what I’ve seen on the various interweb searches I’ve done uncertainty is the name of the game.  So ...

Sox Therapy: The Perfect Schedule - Games 81-90

The perfect schedule continues apace with the Sox running their record to 90-0.

Game 81 - 2008 - Sox 5 at Diamondbacks 0 - One of the reasons I love baseball is that there are so many ways to play the game.  This is a classic matchup, Tim Wakefield the ultimate soft tosser against Randy Johnson the classic fireballer.  Timmeh got the better of this matchup thanks in part to a three run tater by Kevin Cash.
Game 82 - 1998 - Expos 0 at Sox 15 - The Expos got a dose of what they had been serving ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1928 Ballot

For 1928 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 1 July 2020. Please let me know if you want your preliminary ballot counted as your final ballot.

Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If you have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 30 June 2020.
For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Sox Therapy: The Perfect Schedule - Games 71-80

Onto games 71 through 80 of the perfect schedule.  The Sox go to 80-0 but it was close as game 77 was the game where Pokey Reese made a spectacular catch while crashing into the wall at Yankee stadium and former Red Sox John Flaherty had a walk off double but I decided the Mariner victory was better.

Game 71 - 1994 - Sox 10 at Brewers 8 - What started as a pitchers’ duel exploded into life.  The Brewers scored 4 in the 6th to go up 5-2 but the Sox got a run in the 7th and 5 in the 8th with ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1928 Discussion

The Yankees swept the Cardinals in the World Series. The St. Louis Stars won the Negro National League Championship Series over the Chicago American Giants.

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Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Babe Ruth		44.8		10.1
Lou Gehrig		41.6		9.4
Rogers Hornsby		29.1		8.8
Paul Waner		33.4		6.8
Freddie Lindstrom	31.8		6.4
Goose Goslin		25.6		7.5
Heinie Manush		34.0		7.3
Gabby Hartnett		24.5		5.2
Joe Sewell		23.6		5.4
Jim Bottomley		28.5		5.3
Max Bishop		23.4		5.0
Jimmie Foxx		21.3		4.8
Willie ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1927 Results

Congratulations to our 1927 Most Meritorious Player, Babe Ruth!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Babe Ruth	90	6	6
Lou Gehrig	83	6	0
Rogers Hornsby	76	6	0
Frankie Frisch	69	6	0
Paul Waner	59	6	0
Willie Wells	36	4	0
Dazzy Vance	34	4	0
Tommy Thomas	33	4	0
Ted Lyons	33	4	0
Harry Heilmann	31	3	0
Roy Parnell	17	2	0
Jud Wilson	15	2	0
Earle Combs	12	2	0
Oscar Charleston	11	1	0
Ed Rile	10	1	0
Turkey Stearnes	8	1	0
Al Simmons	7	1	0
Jesse Haines	6	1	0

Sox Therapy: The Perfect Schedule - Games 61-70

On we go with our next set of ten games in the perfect schedule.  The Sox run their record to 70-0 with this set of ten games.  This set includes a mix of thrillers and routs so get the duck boats ready, get the duck boats ready!

Game 61 - 1995 - Tigers 11 at Sox 12 - Roger put the Sox in a 5-0 hole in the top of the 3rd but the Sox rallied for 8 in the bottom of the frame with Valentin, Naehring, O’Leary and Stairs driving in runs.  Up 11-6 in the ninth Ken Ryan and Stan Belinda couldn’t ...