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 12-12 G-Force take on the 7-17 Brew City Barons. Can we get out the broom and sweep these bums?
GAME #1
Extra innings leads to extra grief for this blogger. Wally Bunker and Wayne Granger put up 12 strong innings for the G-Force, allowing just 2 runs, but Rollie Fingers and the consistently aggravating Moe Drabowsky toss batting practice in the 13th inning giving up 5 runs. The offense managed just 9 hits, and never really threatened after the 4th inning. Bobby Murcer walked 3x and drove in 2 with a 4th inning double.
Something’s missing here. He needs something to set him apart from other relievers. I know…..a tattoo…..no glasses…………it’ll come to me….just give me a second……a big black beard. Yeah, that’s it, a beard.
5/1/2013, BCB69-Nor69, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1969 Barons 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1969 G-Force 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 R H E LOB DP
1969 Barons 5 7 14 0 8 2
1969 G-Force 1 3 9 1 11 0
Barons AB R H BI AVG G-Force AB R H BI AVG
Flood cf 6 1 2 0 .295 Pagan 3b 6 0 1 0 .219
Adair 2b 3 0 0 0 .171 Mincher 1b 6 0 1 0 .278
Stewart ph 3 1 2 1 .321 Smith R. lf 3 1 0 0 .330
Pepitone 1b 6 2 2 1 .382 Jackson R. rf 6 1 3 0 .258
Conigliaro,T rf 6 1 2 2 .253 Murcer cf 3 1 1 2 .178
Cater lf 6 1 1 1 .215 Helms ss 5 0 0 0 .245
McCarver c 5 0 0 0 .305 Piniella ph 1 0 1 0 .236
Laboy 3b 6 0 0 0 .245 Alomar 2b 2 0 0 0 .211
Jackson S. ss 5 0 3 1 .328 Thomas ph 3 0 1 1 .222
Hannan p 2 0 1 0 .200 Rodriguez E. c 3 0 0 0 .195
Gabrielson ph 1 1 1 0 .261 Salmon ph 3 0 1 0 .259
Kelley p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bunker p 3 0 0 0 .083
Hart ph 1 0 0 0 .167 Johnson B. ph 1 0 0 0 .250
O’Donoghue p 0 0 0 0 .000 Granger p 0 0 0 0 .000
Brown L ph 1 0 0 0 .125 Didier ph 0 0 0 0 .250
Culver p 1 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 .500
Arrigo p 0 0 0 0 .000 Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 .000
52 7 14 6 45 3 9 3
Barons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hannan 7.0 5 2 2 5 1 102 49 3.64
Kelley 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 28 17 0.59
O’Donoghue 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 31 18 3.97
Culver W 1-0 1.2 0 1 1 2 1 27 11 5.59
Arrigo 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 12 8 5.40
13.0 9 3 3 8 6 200 103
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bunker 9.0 5 2 2 2 5 95 70 3.29
Granger 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 33 23 5.54
Fingers L 2-1 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 8 7 8.03
Drabowsky 1.0 3 2 1 0 1 26 18 3.97
13.0 14 7 6 2 6 162 118
BCB: Gabrielson batted for Hannan in the 8th
Stewart batted for Adair in the 8th
Stewart moved to 2b in the 8th
Hart batted for Kelley in the 10th
Brown L batted for O’Donoghue in the 12th
Nor: Thomas batted for Alomar in the 9th
Salmon batted for Rodriguez E. in the 9th
Johnson B. batted for Bunker in the 9th
Salmon moved to 2b in the 10th
Thomas moved to c in the 10th
Didier batted for Granger in the 12th
Piniella batted for Helms in the 13th
E-Murcer. 2B-Pepitone(3), Gabrielson(2), Stewart(2), Pagan(3), Jackson R.(8),
Murcer(4), Thomas(2). RBI-Pepitone(16), Conigliaro,T 2(9), Cater(19),
Jackson S.(3), Stewart(5), Murcer 2(6), Thomas(1). CS-Stewart.
K-Conigliaro,T, Cater, Laboy 2, Hannan, Culver, Mincher, Jackson R. 2,
Bunker, Salmon 2. BB-McCarver, Jackson S., Smith R. 3, Murcer 3, Alomar,
Didier.
GWRBI: Pepitone
Temperature: 60, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 15 MPH.
GAME #2
Grant Jackson, Joe Grzenda and a beardless Rollie Fingers matched scoreless innings with the always cheerful Bob Gibson. With the game scoreless heading into the last of the 9th, Bob Gibson had allowed just 2 hits, but he had walked 6 pushing up his pitch count. Gibson struck out Jackson and Murcer to start the inning, but the usually unreliable Tommy Helms singled to right to extend the inning. The equally unreliable Sandy Alomar banged a 2-2 pitch inside the 3rd base line for a game winning double.
There is no way, I would want to bat against this guy.
5/2/2013, BCB69-Nor69, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 2
1969 G-Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 7 0
Barons AB R H BI AVG G-Force AB R H BI AVG
Flood cf 5 0 1 0 .291 Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0 .206
Alcaraz 2b 3 0 0 0 .250 Mincher 1b 2 0 1 0 .284
Cater lf 4 0 1 0 .216 Smith R. lf 4 0 0 0 .318
Conigliaro,T rf 3 0 0 0 .245 Jackson R. rf 2 0 1 0 .263
Pepitone 1b 3 0 0 0 .371 Murcer cf 2 0 0 0 .175
Laboy 3b 4 0 0 0 .235 Helms ss 4 1 1 0 .245
Brown L ss 4 0 1 0 .150 Alomar 2b 4 0 1 1 .213
Azcue c 3 0 1 0 .167 Rodriguez E. c 2 0 0 0 .186
Hart ph 1 0 1 0 .231 Salmon ph 1 0 0 0 .250
McCarver c 0 0 0 0 .305 Thomas c 0 0 0 0 .222
Gibson B. p 2 0 1 0 .273 Jackson G. p 2 0 0 0 .000
32 0 6 0 Johnson B. ph 1 0 0 0 .222
Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 .000
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 .500
28 1 4 1
Barons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gibson B. L 0-4 8.2 4 1 1 6 6 141 85 3.50
8.2 4 1 1 6 6 141 85
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jackson G. 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 96 59 4.28
Grzenda 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 22 15 3.75
Fingers W 3-1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 7.62
9.0 6 0 0 2 5 122 77
BCB: Hart batted for Azcue in the 9th
McCarver inserted at c in the 9th
Nor: Salmon batted for Rodriguez E. in the 7th
Johnson B. batted for Jackson G. in the 7th
Thomas inserted at c in the 8th
E-Pagan. 2B-Gibson B.(1), Alomar(5). RBI-Alomar(6). K-Flood, Alcaraz 2,
Conigliaro,T, Laboy, Pagan, Jackson R., Murcer, Helms, Alomar, Johnson B..
BB-Alcaraz, Conigliaro,T, Mincher 2, Jackson R. 2, Murcer 2. SH-Gibson B. 2.
HBP-Pepitone. HB-Grzenda.
GWRBI: Alomar
Joe Grzenda was injured for this game and 18 more days
Temperature: 49, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 3 MPH.
GAME #3
5 hits all game, 3 of them in a 2 run 4th inning. This is not the way to win ball games. Bobby Murcer’s 2 out 2 rbi single in the 4th proved to be the game winner. Dave Leonhard kept the Barons off the board until the 9th, and the G-Force were lucky to win 2 games in this series.
Joe Pepitone is hitting .367 with 8 home runs for the Barons. Could it be the batting glove on the wrong hand?
5/3/2013, BCB69-Nor69, Yankee Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 6 0
1969 G-Force 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 3 5 0 2 1
Barons AB R H BI AVG G-Force AB R H BI AVG
Flood cf 3 1 2 0 .300 Pagan 3b 4 0 1 1 .208
Adair 2b 1 0 1 0 .183 Didier c 4 0 1 0 .250
Stewart ph 2 0 0 0 .300 Smith R. lf 3 1 1 0 .319
Pepitone 1b 4 0 1 0 .367 Jackson R. rf 3 1 1 0 .265
Conigliaro,T rf 3 0 0 0 .238 Murcer cf 3 0 1 2 .179
Cater lf 2 0 0 0 .212 Oliver B. 1b 3 0 0 0 .118
Gabrielson ph 2 0 0 1 .240 Helms ss 3 0 0 0 .238
McCarver c 3 0 0 0 .294 Alomar 2b 2 1 0 0 .208
Laboy 3b 4 0 0 0 .225 Leonhard p 2 0 0 0 .000
Jackson S. ss 3 0 1 0 .329 Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 .000
Veale p 1 0 0 0 .000 Granger p 0 0 0 0 .000
Hart ph 1 0 0 0 .214 27 3 5 3
Washburn R. p 0 0 0 0 .000
29 1 5 1
Barons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Veale L 1-3 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 89 53 4.50
Washburn R. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 6.32
8.0 5 3 3 1 5 97 59
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Leonhard W 3-1 8.1 5 1 1 2 3 115 78 1.21
Drabowsky 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 3.97
Granger S 2 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 14 7 5.27
9.0 5 1 1 4 3 133 85
BCB: Stewart batted for Adair in the 6th
Stewart moved to 2b in the 6th
Gabrielson batted for Cater in the 7th
Gabrielson moved to lf in the 7th
Hart batted for Veale in the 8th
2B-Jackson R.(9). RBI-Gabrielson(3), Pagan(5), Murcer 2(8). SB-Flood(4),
Didier(1). K-Laboy 2, Stewart, Pagan, Jackson R., Murcer, Oliver B.,
Leonhard. BB-Flood, Adair, Conigliaro,T, McCarver, Alomar. SH-Veale,
Leonhard.
GWRBI: Murcer
Temperature: 56, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to left at 11 MPH.
A 3 game series that the G-Force should have won easily. The starting pitching was fantastic, but the offense was anemic, scoring just 7 runs, on 13 hits, without a single home run. Do I look to make a trade to try to find a leadoff hitter that can actually hit, or do I hope that the trio of Jackson, Smith and Murcer can carry this offense?
Next up, the G-Force head to Shea Stadium to face the 16-11 Greenville Catfish.
Great American Pastime League
Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk
Julian Bailey Divis
1969 Minnesota Muskies 17 10 .630 - 7-3 L2
1969 Greenville Catfish 16 11 .593 1 4-6 L3
1969 River City Rhinos 14 13 .519 3 6-4 L1
1969 Northside G-Force 14 13 .519 3 5-5 W2
1969 Mayan Knights 14 13 .519 3 5-5 W3
1969 East Kenosha Lakers 13 14 .481 4 4-6 W1
1969 Walford Wallabies 12 15 .444 5 6-4 W2
1969 Brew City Barons 8 19 .296 9 3-7 L2
Larry Schilling Div
1969 Panama Mad Hatters 20 7 .741 - 6-4 L1
1969 Crosstown Crackers 15 12 .556 5 7-3 L1
1969 Reservoir Dogs 15 12 .556 5 6-4 W2
1969 Gotham City Ghosts 14 13 .519 6 5-5 W1
1969 San Francisco Gold Coast 12 15 .444 8 4-6 L2
1969 Nashville River Cats 12 15 .444 8 4-6 W1
1969 Wapwallopen Wolfpack 10 17 .370 10 3-7 L1
1969 Ottawa Senators 10 17 .370 10 5-5 W1
Bob Gibson’s 0-4? What a difference a year makes.