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From first to last, and then on to latest

August 24, 2018
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NOTE 1:  Here is an interesting event I’d love to attend with some EFL members.

Vintage Base Ball

Sep 9, 2018 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm 

Cheer on the local McMinnville Gristmillers as they play a good O’l fashioned exhibition vintage Base Ball game.

Free – donations gladly accepted.  

Did you notice they feature a genuine Detroit Wolverine on the flyer?  That’s Deacon White, who played mostly third base for the Wolverines in the last three years of their 8 year existence (1881-88). Those were also the last good three years of White’s Hall of Fame career.  The new Old Detroit Wolverines are in their 15th year of operation. The original Wolverines only won one league championship. The new Old Detroit Wolverines have won 4, and are still in first place (barely) in the race for their 5th.

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I admit I don’t know for sure that the game will be worth watching. But there are root beer floats and hot dogs, so the trip is sure not to be wasted.

 

NOTE 2. From the first to the last:  A quiz!  Deacon White is described on the flyer as being the first batter in the first professional baseball game on May 4, 1871.  Baseball Reference repeats the claim, saying he is the first professional player in major league baseball history.  But wouldn’t there have been 10 players appearing in that game the instant the first pitch was thrown – the batter and all 9 members of the defense?  White couldn’t have played by himself.  What makes the batter the first player?

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But that’s not the quiz!  Here it is:  White was player number 1 to make his major league debut.  The most recent MLB debut was yesterday: Ryan Burr, pitching in relief for the White Sox to finish up their 7 – 2 loss to the Tigers.  Within 500, how many players have now debuted in MLB?

WARNING: DO NOT CHEAT!! Don’t look this up. Don’t get help from anyone.

Your answer:  Ryan Burr is the _________th player to debut in MLB.

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EFL Standings for 2018
EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Old Detroit Wolverines 82 47 .635 — 630.4 469.2
Portland Rosebuds 79 48 .623 1.8 666.0 510.5
Brookland Outs 73 53 .582 7.1 668.2 568.3
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 68 59 .535 12.9 665.2 625.4
Canberra Kangaroos 67 60 .529 13.7 576.0 547.3
Flint Hill Tornadoes 66 63 .513 15.8 581.3 563.9
Cottage Cheese 63 63 .502 17.1 620.7 617.3
Kaline Drive 63 64 .500 17.5 565.9 563.5
Haviland Dragons 63 64 .499 17.5 583.4 580.4
Peshastin Pears 58 69 .456 23 533.4 585.0
D.C. Balk 54 73 .424 27.1 540.9 631.5
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Old Detroit:  W, 8 – 3. (27 PA, .304, .407, .565; 21 ip, 7 er, 3.00 ERA).
Portland: DNP, (-1) – (1). (25 PA, .292, .320, .417; 0.7 ip, 2 er, 27.00 ERA ).
The W’s put 0.6 game back onto the cushion over the Rosebuds with a great day at the plate and some strong pitching from Madison Bumgarner (8 ip, 1 er) and Max Scherzer (7 ip, 2 er) plus a minor bust by Anthony DeSclafani (6 ip, 4 er). Kirby Yates slowed his Rosebuds’ progress with his sextuple chulk.
Brookland: “L”, 7 – 4. (16 PA, .313. .421, .500; no pitching)
Pittsburgh: W 2, L (-1); 8 – (-2). (30 PA .292, .433, .500; 8 ip, 0 er, 0.00 ERA).
Canberra: L, 1 – 4. (32 PA, .188, .188, .281; 6 IP, 2 ER, 3.00 ERA).
Flint Hill: L, 4 – 9. (13 PA, .417. .462, .417; 5 ip, 5 er, 9.00 ERA).
Cottage: L, 1 – 6. (29 PA, .142, .172, .286; 6 ip, 3 er, 4.50 ERA)
Kaline: DNP, (-1) – 0. (18 PA, .214, .333, .857; no pitching).  All three of the Drive’s hits were homers: Ian Desmond, Todd Frazier, and Hunter Renfroe.
Haviland:  W 1, L (-1); 5 – (-6). (16 PA, .063, .063, .o63; 13 ip, 3 er, 2.08 ERA)  Haviland did much better than this miniscule batting line because they suddenly got credit for Jeff McNeil’s work this month.  McNeil had the W’s only hit Thursday – a single single — but he’s hitting .346, .369, .494 over 85 PA this month. But even better was the superb work of Sean Newcomb (6 ip, 0 er), the main ingredient in the Dragons’ good pitching day.
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Peshastin:  DNP, 0 – 0. (16 PA, .267, .313, .533; no pitching).
DC: “W”, 5 – 6. (38 PA, .258, .395, .323; 1.3 ip. 2 er).
Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2018
AL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Boston Red Sox 90 39 .698 —
Old Detroit Wolverines 82 47 .635 8.1
New York Yankees 79 47 .627 9.5
Tampa Bay Rays 67 61 .523 22.5
Flint Hill Tornadoes 66 63 .513 23.8
Toronto Blue Jays 58 69 .457 31
Baltimore Orioles 37 90 .291 52
NL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Atlanta Braves 72 55 .567 —
Philadelphia Phillies 69 58 .543 3
Canberra Kangaroos 67 60 .529 4.8
Washington Nationals 64 64 .500 8.5
New York Mets 56 71 .441 16
D.C. Balk 54 73 .424 18.2
Miami Marlins 51 78 .395 22
AL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Cleveland Indians 73 54 .575 —
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 68 59 .535 5
Minnesota Twins 61 66 .480 12
Detroit Tigers 53 75 .414 20.5
Chicago White Sox 48 79 .378 25
Kansas City Royals 38 90 .297 35.5
NL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Brookland Outs 73 53 .582 —
Chicago Cubs 73 53 .579 0.4
St. Louis Cardinals 71 57 .555 3.4
Milwaukee Brewers 71 58 .550 3.9
Cottage Cheese 63 63 .502 10.1
Pittsburgh Pirates 63 65 .492 11.4
Cincinnati Reds 56 72 .438 18.4
AL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Houston Astros 77 50 .606 —
Oakland A’s 76 52 .594 1.5
Seattle Mariners 72 56 .563 5.5
Kaline Drive 63 64 .500 13.5
Haviland Dragons 63 64 .499 13.6
Los Angeles Angels 63 65 .492 14.5
Texas Rangers 57 72 .442 21
NL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Portland Rosebuds 79 48 .623 —
Arizona Diamondbacks 71 56 .559 8.1
Colorado Rockies 70 57 .551 9.1
Los Angeles Dodgers 67 61 .523 12.6
San Francisco Giants 63 66 .488 17.1
Peshastin Pears 58 69 .456 21.2
San Diego Padres 50 80 .385 30.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Comments

    • showing my work:

      I did a rough estimation of how many players debut every year, got about 26k and that felt low so I added 5k and some random numbers.

      Having looked it up, I feel confident someone can do better.