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 15-15 G-Force take on the 16-14 River City Rhinos for a 3 game series at Comiskey Park.
GAME #1
Denny McLain tosses a CG 5 hitter and improves his record to a perfect 7-0. I never was a fan of McLain and I am even less a fan now. Bobby Murcer’s sweet 4 game hitting streak comes to an end.
Denny McLain is the last 30 game winner to spend time in prison.
5/8/2013, Nor69-Riv69, Comiskey Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 G-Force 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 1
1969 Rhinos 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 x 8 15 1 5 0
G-Force AB R H BI AVG Rhinos AB R H BI AVG
Pagan 3b 4 0 1 0 .225 Alou M. lf 5 2 2 0 .366
Mincher 1b 3 1 1 1 .282 Johnstone cf 3 0 1 0 .357
Smith R. lf 4 0 1 0 .313 Pinson rf 4 1 2 2 .340
Jackson R. rf 4 0 1 0 .288 Robinson,F 1b 4 2 2 2 .301
Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 .180 Perez T. 3b 4 3 3 2 .296
Helms ss 4 0 0 0 .225 Hundley c 4 0 1 0 .321
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0 .222 Beckert 2b 4 0 2 0 .261
Rodriguez E. c 2 0 1 0 .204 Patek ss 4 0 2 2 .228
Salmon ph 1 0 0 0 .281 McLain p 3 0 0 0 .000
Thomas c 0 0 0 0 .200 35 8 15 8
Jackson G. p 2 0 0 0 .000
Johnson B. ph 1 0 0 0 .167
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 .333
Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 .000
33 1 5 1
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jackson G. L 1-3 6.0 10 4 4 0 2 80 51 4.54
Fingers 0.2 4 4 4 0 1 21 14 7.64
Drabowsky 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 20 12 3.42
8.0 15 8 8 0 3 121 77
Rhinos INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
McLain W 7-0 9.0 5 1 1 1 3 117 81 1.86
9.0 5 1 1 1 3 117 81
Nor: Salmon batted for Rodriguez E. in the 7th
Johnson B. batted for Jackson G. in the 7th
Thomas inserted at c in the 7th
E-Patek. 2B-Pagan(4), Alou M.(7), Robinson,F(3). 3B-Pinson(5). HR-Mincher(6),
Robinson,F(6), Perez T.(8). RBI-Mincher(15), Pinson 2(13), Robinson,F 2(18),
Perez T. 2(28), Patek 2(15). CS-Beckert. K-Helms, Jackson G., Salmon,
Johnstone, McLain 2. BB-Mincher. SH-Johnstone, McLain.
GWRBI: Patek
Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 15 MPH.
GAME #2
Reggie Smith hits 2 home runs and drives in 5 for the G-Force. Rollie Fingers continues to impress, giving up a 2 run home run to Randy Hundley in the 9th to raise his ERA to over 8.00.
Reggie Smith has not spent time in prison.
5/9/2013, Nor69-Riv69, Comiskey Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 G-Force 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 8 0 4 0
1969 Rhinos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1 4 1
G-Force AB R H BI AVG Rhinos AB R H BI AVG
Pagan 3b 5 2 2 0 .234 Pinson rf 4 0 2 0 .347
Didier c 3 2 1 1 .237 Johnstone cf 4 1 0 0 .345
Smith R. lf 4 2 3 5 .326 Robinson,F lf 4 0 1 0 .299
Jackson R. rf 3 0 2 0 .298 Perez T. 3b 1 0 1 1 .302
Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 .175 Duncan pr 2 0 0 0 .000
Oliver B. 1b 4 0 0 0 .119 Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0 .361
Helms ss 4 0 0 0 .218 Reese 1b 3 1 1 0 .287
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0 .214 Hundley c 4 1 1 2 .318
Leonhard p 3 0 0 0 .000 Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0 .252
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 .333 Arcia ss 3 0 0 0 .290
Granger p 0 0 0 0 .000 McGraw p 1 0 0 0 .000
34 6 8 6 Giusti p 1 0 0 0 .125
May R. p 0 0 0 0 .000
McCraw ph 1 0 0 0 .231
Colborn p 0 0 0 0 .000
33 3 6 3
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Leonhard W 4-1 8.2 5 2 2 1 5 112 74 1.37
Fingers 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 8.15
Granger 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5.40
9.0 6 3 3 1 5 121 78
Rhinos INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
McGraw L 2-2 2.0 5 5 5 2 0 57 31 6.97
Giusti 5.0 1 0 0 0 2 46 29 3.89
May R. 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 14 11 7.64
Colborn 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14 10 4.91
9.0 8 6 6 2 4 131 81
Riv: Duncan ran for Perez T. in the 1st
Duncan moved to 3b in the 2nd
McCraw batted for May R. in the 8th
Alou M. batted for Duncan in the 9th
E-Giusti. 2B-Didier(1), Smith R.(8), Jackson R.(10), Robinson,F(4),
Perez T.(8). 3B-Pagan(2), Reese(2). HR-Smith R. 2(10), Hundley(4).
RBI-Didier(3), Smith R. 5(27), Perez T.(29), Hundley 2(19). K-Pagan 2,
Oliver B., Leonhard, Johnstone, Robinson,F, Hundley, Duncan, Giusti.
BB-Didier, Jackson R., Reese. SH-Leonhard. WP-McGraw.
GWRBI: Smith R.
Tony Perez was injured for this game only
Temperature: 64, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 10 MPH.
GAME #3
This was a close one. Despite taking a 7-1 lead into the bottom of the 5th, the G-Force needed extra innings to pull this one out. Vada Pinson banged a 2 out 2 run double in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game at 8-8. The double by Pinson completed a cycle which also included his 1st home run of the season and 2 triples.
Pinson kind of rhymes with prison.
5/10/2013, Nor69-Riv69, Comiskey Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1969 G-Force 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 10 17 0 10 0
1969 Rhinos 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 8 17 0 14 1
G-Force AB R H BI AVG Rhinos AB R H BI AVG
Pagan 3b 6 2 3 2 .250 Pinson rf 5 3 5 5 .377
Didier c 4 1 1 0 .238 Johnstone cf 6 0 0 1 .328
Smith R. lf 6 2 2 2 .326 Robinson,F lf 5 0 2 1 .303
Jackson R. rf 4 1 3 3 .312 Perez T. 3b 4 1 2 0 .308
Murcer cf 3 0 1 0 .178 Reese 1b 5 0 1 1 .283
Piniella lf 1 0 0 0 .228 Hundley c 6 0 3 0 .330
Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 .000 Beckert 2b 6 1 1 0 .248
Granger p 1 0 0 0 .000 Arcia ss 5 2 2 0 .306
Fingers p 1 0 0 0 .250 Kekich p 2 1 1 0 .250
Oliver B. 1b 5 0 1 0 .128 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 .125
Helms ss 5 1 4 1 .240 Murrell ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Alomar 2b 5 1 0 0 .205 Ray p 0 0 0 0 .000
Gentry p 3 1 2 1 .273 McCraw ph 1 0 0 0 .214
Thomas lf 1 1 0 0 .194 Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0 .000
45 10 17 9 Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0 .357
Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 .000
Regan p 0 0 0 0 .000
47 8 17 8
G-Force INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gentry 5.2 10 5 4 3 3 111 66 3.67
Drabowsky H 5 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 26 17 3.54
Granger BS 5 1.1 3 2 2 2 0 30 15 6.00
Fingers W 4-1 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 9 7 7.58
10.0 17 8 7 5 4 176 105
Rhinos INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Kekich 4.0 7 7 7 2 3 70 42 10.45
Giusti 2.0 4 0 0 1 1 39 22 3.69
Ray 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 30 25 6.00
Mikkelsen 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.04
Perranoski L 0-1 0.0 1 2 2 2 0 13 5 3.38
Regan 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 11 0.93
10.0 17 10 10 5 6 179 116
Nor: Piniella inserted at lf in the 5th
Smith R. moved to cf in the 5th
Thomas inserted at lf in the 6th
Riv: Murrell batted for Giusti in the 6th
McCraw batted for Ray in the 8th
Alou M. batted for Mikkelsen in the 9th
2B-Jackson R.(11), Gentry(2), Pinson(8), Perez T.(9), Hundley(5).
3B-Smith R.(2), Pinson 2(7), Arcia(1). HR-Pinson(1). RBI-Pagan 2(10),
Smith R. 2(29), Jackson R. 3(34), Helms(8), Gentry(3), Pinson 5(18),
Johnstone(11), Robinson,F(19), Reese(13). SB-Robinson,F(5). K-Pagan 3,
Murcer, Oliver B., Gentry, Perez T., Reese, Kekich, Murrell. BB-Didier 2,
Jackson R. 2, Thomas, Pinson, Robinson,F, Perez T. 2, Reese. PB-Didier.
WP-Gentry, Ray, Regan.
Bobby Murcer was injured for this game and 7 more days
Temperature: 65, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 3 MPH.
Winning 2 out of 3 is always is a good thing. My relievers are inconsistent, and Murcer went 1-11. In the Diamond Mind game you can auto play an entire season in about 2 minutes. I just simmed the remainder of the season and Murcer actually ended up hitting .255 with 25 home runs. That’s a monstrous improvement over .178 and 2 home runs. Oh, and he actually got injured running out a groundball. In the GAPL the injuries are usually reset after each series, but occasionally the Commissioner forgets to do this. Maybe I won’t remind the Commissioner, and let Murcer sit out the next 6 games, a little reminder of how much he’s hurting me right now.
Next up the 17-16 G-Force head back to Yankee Stadium for a 3 game series against the 15-18 Walford Wallabies.
Great American Pastime League
Year Team W L Pct GB L10 Strk Julian Bailey Divis
1969 Greenville Catfish 20 13 .606 - 5-5 L1
1969 Minnesota Muskies 19 14 .576 1 3-7 W1
1969 Mayan Knights 18 15 .545 2 7-3 W1
1969 River City Rhinos 17 16 .515 3 6-4 L2
1969 Northside G-Force 17 16 .515 3 6-4 W2
1969 East Kenosha Lakers 17 16 .515 3 6-4 L1
1969 Walford Wallabies 15 18 .455 5 5-5 L1
1969 Brew City Barons 9 24 .273 11 2-8 W1
Larry Schilling Div
1969 Panama Mad Hatters 22 11 .667 - 4-6 L2
1969 Reservoir Dogs 20 13 .606 2 8-2 L1
1969 Crosstown Crackers 19 14 .576 3 6-4 W2
1969 Gotham City Ghosts 16 17 .485 6 4-6 W1
1969 San Francisco Gold Coast 15 18 .455 7 4-6 W1
1969 Nashville River Cats 15 18 .455 7 4-6 W1
1969 Wapwallopen Wolfpack 13 20 .394 9 6-4 L1
1969 Ottawa Senators 12 21 .364 10 4-6 L1
Pinson 5-5 with 5 RBI and a .377 batting average. Someone’s gotta be happy with that performance.
It doesn’t make me happy, this is suppossed to be about me being happy. That’s what counts….me….me…me.
I see the Dogs have the 2nd best record in the league. At least you’re happy.