This is an ongoing series of posts documenting my online baseball simulation team, the Northside G-Force, on their quest to win the 1969 GAPL Championship, along with the successes and struggles of my all-time favorite player, Bobby Murcer.
The 8-7 G-Force take on inter-division rival the 8-7 East Kenosha Lakers. GM Dave L. has challenged for the playoffs each of the last 3 seasons, but has yet to win a championship. His team is named in honor of his daughter Emily who died of cancer several years ago. EKL were her initials, thus the East Kenosha Lakers. For that alone he deserves a playoff spot each season.
GAME #1
The Lakers opened up a can of East Kenosha whoop ass. Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run home run in the 1st, and topped himself in the 2nd with a 3 run shot. Phil Niekro tossed the complete game. Bobby Murcer went 0-4, and has nowhere to go but up.
4/21/2013, EKL69-Nor69, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 Lakers 2 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 12 11 0 6 0
1969 G-Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 0 8 0
Lakers AB R H BI AVG G-Force AB R H BI AVG
White R. lf 4 2 2 2 .313 Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0 .200
Johnson Da. 2b 4 2 1 3 .203 Mincher 1b 4 1 3 1 .357
Petrocelli ss 5 2 2 5 .313 Smith R. lf 4 0 0 0 .348
Scott 3b 3 0 1 0 .283 Jackson R. rf 3 0 1 0 .263
Bailey 1b 5 0 0 0 .231 Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 .108
Unser cf 4 1 1 0 .339 Helms ss 3 0 1 0 .274
Callison rf 3 3 2 1 .328 Lasher p 0 0 0 0 .000
Sanguillen c 5 1 1 0 .155 Didier ph 1 0 0 0 .313
Niekro P. p 5 1 1 1 .231 Alomar 2b 4 0 2 0 .203
38 12 11 12 Rodriguez E. c 2 0 0 0 .179
Thomas ph 2 0 0 0 .267
Jackson G. p 0 0 0 0 .000
Fingers p 2 0 1 0 .500
Salmon ss 2 0 0 0 .267
35 1 8 1
Lakers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Niekro P. W 3-1 9.0 8 1 1 1 3 117 84 2.18
9.0 8 1 1 1 3 117 84
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jackson G. L 1-1 2.0 4 6 6 5 1 65 32 4.84
Fingers 4.0 4 5 5 1 2 62 35 7.11
Lasher 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 40 29 3.00
9.0 11 12 12 6 4 167 96
Nor: Salmon inserted at ss in the 7th
Thomas batted for Rodriguez E. in the 7th
Thomas moved to c in the 8th
Didier batted for Lasher in the 9th
2B-White R.(6), Callison(6), Jackson R.(4), Alomar 2(3). 3B-White R.(2).
HR-Johnson Da.(1), Petrocelli 2(7), Callison(2), Mincher(3).
RBI-White R. 2(6), Johnson Da. 3(8), Petrocelli 5(22), Callison(6),
Niekro P.(2), Mincher(8). K-Petrocelli, Bailey 2, Niekro P., Pagan, Murcer,
Thomas. BB-White R., Johnson Da., Scott 2, Unser, Callison, Jackson R..
HBP-Callison. PB-Sanguillen. HB-Fingers.
GWRBI: Petrocelli
Temperature: 56, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 9 MPH.
GAME #2
Dave Leonhard tossed a nifty shutout allowing just 4 singles to the Lakers, and surprise, surprise, Bobby Murcer cracked a solo home run in the 4th inning that proved to be the game winner.
4/22/2013, EKL69-Nor69, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 Lakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0
1969 G-Force 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 x 4 8 1 4 1
Lakers AB R H BI AVG G-Force AB R H BI AVG
White R. lf 3 0 0 0 .299 Pagan 3b 4 1 1 0 .208
Johnson Da. 2b 3 0 0 0 .194 Mincher 1b 3 0 0 1 .333
Satriano ph 0 0 0 0 .375 Smith R. lf 4 0 1 1 .343
Petrocelli ss 4 0 1 0 .310 Jackson R. rf 3 0 1 0 .267
Scott 3b 2 0 1 0 .291 Murcer cf 4 1 1 1 .116
Briggs ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Helms ss 3 0 2 0 .292
Radatz p 0 0 0 0 .000 Alomar 2b 3 1 1 0 .210
McGinn p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez E. c 2 1 1 1 .200
Comer ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonhard p 2 0 0 0 .000
Callison rf 4 0 1 0 .324 28 4 8 4
Unser cf 4 0 0 0 .317
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0 .262
Sanguillen c 3 0 1 0 .164
Bosman p 1 0 0 0 .000
Sudakis ph 2 0 0 0 .083
31 0 4 0
Lakers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bosman L 0-1 5.0 7 4 4 1 0 62 41 3.18
Radatz 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 21 14 2.25
McGinn 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14 10 5.40
8.0 8 4 4 1 3 97 65
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Leonhard W 2-1 9.0 4 0 0 3 0 111 68 1.23
9.0 4 0 0 3 0 111 68
EKL: Sudakis batted for Bosman in the 6th
Briggs batted for Scott in the 6th
Sudakis moved to 3b in the 6th
Satriano batted for Johnson Da. in the 9th
Comer batted for McGinn in the 9th
E-Alomar. 2B-Smith R.(5), Alomar(4). HR-Murcer(2). RBI-Mincher(9),
Smith R.(16), Murcer(3), Rodriguez E.(3). SB-Scott(1). CS-Murcer, Alomar.
K-Jackson R., Rodriguez E., Leonhard. BB-White R., Satriano, Comer,
Jackson R.. SH-Leonhard. SF-Mincher. HBP-Rodriguez E.. HB-Bosman.
GWRBI: Murcer
Temperature: 54, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 8 MPH.
GAME #3
Gary Gentry took a no hitter into the 7th inning, and Reggie Jackson drove in 5 runs with 2 doubles and a home run as the Mighty Mighty G-Force won easily 9-1 to take the 3 game series from the Lakers. Bobby Murcer banged out 2 singles and a double to raise his average all the way up to .149.
4/23/2013, EKL69-Nor69, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 Lakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
1969 G-Force 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 x 9 16 0 9 1
Lakers AB R H BI AVG G-Force AB R H BI AVG
White R. lf 3 0 0 0 .286 Pagan 3b 5 2 3 1 .276
Johnson Da. 2b 3 0 0 0 .186 Mincher 1b 5 1 2 2 .340
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0 .293 Smith R. lf 5 3 3 1 .360
Scott 3b 2 0 0 0 .281 Jackson R. rf 5 1 3 5 .292
Briggs ph 1 0 0 0 .455 Murcer cf 5 0 3 0 .149
O’Brien 3b 0 0 0 0 .400 Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 .000
Comer ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Helms ss 5 0 0 0 .271
Callison rf 3 1 1 1 .324 Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0 .212
Unser cf 2 0 0 0 .306 Rodriguez E. c 3 0 0 0 .182
Kranepool 1b 2 0 0 0 .250 Gentry p 4 1 1 0 .286
Segui p 0 0 0 0 .000 Piniella cf 0 0 0 0 .226
Satriano c 3 0 0 0 .273 41 9 16 9
Dobson C. p 1 0 0 0 .000
McGinn p 0 0 0 0 .000
Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0 .077
Radatz p 0 0 0 0 .000
Bailey 1b 1 0 0 0 .222
27 1 1 1
Lakers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Dobson C. L 1-3 3.2 10 7 7 0 3 67 48 8.18
McGinn 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 27 16 3.86
Radatz 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 9 1.80
Segui 2.0 4 2 1 0 2 33 20 4.63
8.0 16 9 8 1 8 143 93
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gentry W 3-0 8.0 1 1 1 4 3 109 65 2.95
Drabowsky 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 5.65
9.0 1 1 1 4 4 117 71
EKL: Sudakis batted for McGinn in the 6th
Briggs batted for Scott in the 7th
Bailey inserted at 1b in the 7th
O’Brien inserted at 3b in the 7th
Comer batted for O’Brien in the 9th
Nor: Piniella inserted at cf in the 9th
E-Johnson Da.. 2B-Jackson R. 2(6), Murcer(2). 3B-Smith R.(1). HR-Callison(3),
Mincher(4), Smith R.(4), Jackson R.(5). RBI-Callison(7), Pagan(3),
Mincher 2(11), Smith R.(17), Jackson R. 5(22). K-Johnson Da., Petrocelli,
Scott, Bailey, Mincher 2, Smith R., Murcer 2, Alomar, Gentry 2. BB-White R.,
Johnson Da., Unser, Kranepool, Rodriguez E.. WP-McGinn.
GWRBI: Jackson R.
Temperature: 60, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 7 MPH.
10-8 just 2 games out of 1st. I’ll take that. Free agent pick up 1st baseman Don Mincher has been a very pleasant surprise so far, with a .340 average, and 4 home runs. I’ll take that. Murcer is hitting just .140, but he did get 4 hits in the last 2 games. I guess I can take that.
Next up the always tough 11-7 Minnesota Muskies. Winning this series would really be a big boost for the G-Force.
Great American Pastime League
Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk
Julian Bailey Divis
1969 Greenville Catfish 12 6 .667 - 7-3 L1
1969 Minnesota Muskies 11 7 .611 1 4-6 W2
1969 Northside G-Force 10 8 .556 2 5-5 W2
1969 Mayan Knights 9 9 .500 3 5-5 L2
1969 East Kenosha Lakers 9 9 .500 3 5-5 L2
1969 River City Rhinos 8 10 .444 4 5-5 L2
1969 Walford Wallabies 7 11 .389 5 5-5 W1
1969 Brew City Barons 6 12 .333 6 4-6 W2
Larry Schilling Div
1969 Panama Mad Hatters 14 4 .778 - 6-4 L1
1969 Gotham City Ghosts 10 8 .556 4 6-4 W1
1969 Reservoir Dogs 10 8 .556 4 6-4 W2
1969 Crosstown Crackers 9 9 .500 5 5-5 W1
1969 Nashville River Cats 9 9 .500 5 6-4 W1
1969 San Francisco Gold Coast 8 10 .444 6 4-6 L1
1969 Wapwallopen Wolfpack 7 11 .389 7 5-5 L2
1969 Ottawa Senators 5 13 .278 9 2-8 L1
Separation in the standings between the really good teams and the bad teams seems to be occurring at a rapid pace this year. I suspect some teams will be throwing in the towel on the season long before Memorial Day.
Bill
At least the Dogs are in the hunt early. Hopefully no collapse this year.