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# Date Sender Subject 15709 Jan 6, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Pirates 15710 Jan 7, 2014   Larry Cupp   Senators choke in St. Louie 15711 Jan 7, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Tigers Week 3 15712 Jan 7, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at PHA 15713 Jan 7, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ BOA 15714 Jan 9, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA CM for week 4 15715 Jan 10, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 3 update 15716 Jan 10, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] BRN week 3 15717 Jan 10, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] CHA week 3 15718 Jan 10, 2014   Michael Tomeo   pin@bon 15719 Jan 10, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON CM Week 4 attached 15720 Jan 11, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 4 15721 Jan 11, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ CHICAGO WHITE SOX 15722 Jan 11, 2014   Billy Vanson   yankees comp mgr 15723 Jan 11, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@NYN WK 4 & WK 5 CM 15724 Jan 11, 2014   John Storer   Week 4 Reds cm 15725 Jan 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   DEA-WAA autoplay 15726 Jan 12, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 4 begins 15727 Jan 12, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ DEA 15728 Jan 12, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 5 15729 Jan 12, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Giants 15730 Jan 12, 2014   John Storer   Week 4 - Cincinnati at Brooklyn 15731 Jan 12, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at CHA 15732 Jan 12, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@SLN Split 4 Game Series 15733 Jan 13, 2014   Robert Rescigno   Det selects Goodman CLE up 15734 Jan 13, 2014   Steve Bivens   RE: [PreSmiley] Det selects Goodman CLE up 15735 Jan 13, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] Det selects Goodman CLE up 15736 Jan 13, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Yankees Week 4 15737 Jan 14, 2014   Larry Cupp   Senators take 2 of 3 from the Braves 15738 Jan 14, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ CHN 15739 Jan 14, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 5 15740 Jan 15, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ RED SOX 15741 Jan 15, 2014   Billy Vanson   yankees week 5 manager 15742 Jan 17, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 4 update 15743 Jan 17, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ CIN and CM 15744 Jan 17, 2014   Robert Rescigno   CHA @ WAA and CM 15745 Jan 17, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit @ Philadelphia 15746 Jan 17, 2014   Michael Tomeo   pin@sla 15747 Jan 17, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA CM for week 5 15748 Jan 17, 2014   John Storer   Week 5 Reds cm 15749 Jan 18, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@PIN WK 4 & WK 5 CM 15750 Jan 18, 2014   Alan Boodman   trade announcement 15751 Jan 19, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 5 begins 15752 Jan 19, 2014   Thomas Treece   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 5 begins 15753 Jan 19, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ CHA 15754 Jan 19, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 6 15755 Jan 19, 2014   John Storer   Week 5 - Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 15756 Jan 19, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ DEA 15757 Jan 19, 2014   Michael Tomeo   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 5 - Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 15758 Jan 19, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at NYA 15759 Jan 20, 2014   Alan Boodman   CHA-BRN autoplay 15760 Jan 20, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Braves 15761 Jan 20, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ SLN 15762 Jan 20, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@NYN 3 Game Series Plus CM Week 6 attached.. 15763 Jan 20, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 6 15764 Jan 20, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ SENATORS 15765 Jan 20, 2014   Billy Vanson   NY Yankees comp mgr 15766 Jan 21, 2014   Larry Cupp   Washington takes all 4 from the Bosox 15767 Jan 21, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Athletics 15768 Jan 23, 2014   Alan Boodman   Strat 2014 pre-orders can be made now 15769 Jan 24, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 5 update 15770 Jan 24, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] CHA CM 15771 Jan 24, 2014   Michael Tomeo   pin@cin 15772 Jan 24, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA CM for week 6 15773 Jan 24, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit @ St.Louis 15774 Jan 25, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@CHN WK 5 & WK 6 CM 15775 Jan 26, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 6 begins 15776 Jan 26, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ WAA 15777 Jan 26, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 7 15778 Jan 26, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ A's 15779 Jan 26, 2014   John Storer   Week 6 - Cincinnati at Chicago 15780 Jan 26, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at CHA 15781 Jan 26, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ PIN 15782 Jan 30, 2014   Larry Cupp   Nats drop 2 of 3 to Bosox 15783 Jan 30, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ BROWNS 15784 Jan 30, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit at New York (AL) 15785 Jan 31, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 6 update 15786 Jan 31, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Cardinals Week 6 15787 Jan 31, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] CHA @ DEA 15788 Jan 31, 2014   Michael Tomeo   pin@nyn 15789 Jan 31, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   keeping time-stratomatic 15790 Jan 31, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ BON and CM 15791 Jan 31, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 7 15792 Jan 31, 2014   Billy Vanson   Yankee comp mgr 15793 Feb 1, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA CM for week 7 15794 Feb 1, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@BRN 4 Game Series (Braves managed a split) 15795 Feb 1, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@CIN WK 6 & WK 7 CM 15796 Feb 2, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 7 begins 15797 Feb 2, 2014   John Storer   Week 7 - Cincinnati at St. Louis 15798 Feb 2, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ WAA 15799 Feb 2, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PHA CM Week 8 15800 Feb 2, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at PHA 15801 Feb 3, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Dodgers 15802 Feb 3, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@SLN 3 Game Series 15803 Feb 4, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ CIN 15804 Feb 4, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at White Sox Week 7 15805 Feb 4, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ BROWNS 15806 Feb 4, 2014   Billy Vanson   Yankees computer manager 15807 Feb 5, 2014   Robert Rescigno   CHA @ BOA & CM 15808 Feb 6, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ NYN and CM 15809 Feb 7, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 7 update

Previous message                 Next message Message #: 15709 Message from: Alan Boodman Sent: Jan 6, 2014 Subject: Cubs @ Pirates These are the Cubs so of course we'll find a way to choke eventually, but if the North Siders keep playing like this we may blow away the rest of the 1945 National League by even more than our talent warrants.  After two narrow wins to open the series against a pretty good Bucco squad, Chicago pitching reasserted itself and easily sealed up the sweep....     Game 1: CHN starter Hank Wyse pitched fairly well (6 IP, 1 run) but was in line for a loss rather than a win because the Cubs hasn't scored at all against Pirate ace "Boom Boom" Beck since HAL had us roll almost exclusively on his card throughout the middle innings (and most of the other innings too).   The Cubs loaded the bases with 1 out in the 7th and then a forceout at the plate made it 2 outs with still no scoring, but Phil Cavarretta came through with a 2-run single -- off his own card -- and that took care of the outcome.  Sal Maglie finished up with 3 innings of scoreless albeit eventful relief.  Final score: 2-1.   ============================================================   Game 2: As a reminder that these ARE still the same old Cubs, we still get routinely outplayed whenever split cards are involved, and the inability to suppress the urge to monster-choke is something all Cubs teams simply must live with.  Today nicely illustrated both points.   Start off by scoring 5 times in 2 innings and then ever so politely terminate the offense entirely.  Not that it should have mattered; a 5-0 lead in the 6th is something from which any other team would coast to victory, especially with their #1 pitcher on the mound.   But the Cubs are hardly "any other team" and the Pirates benefitted from a super-surgical sixth inning which featured hitting for the cycle.  A 2-run triple and a 2-run surgical split card gopher came, naturally, after 2 outs and suddenly the Cubs trailed 7-5.  We got squat in the 7th and 8th but Hank Sauer's pinch-single in the 9th brought us to within a run, and with 2 outs up came Jim Russell, batting well over 100 points below where he should be.   He'd had an interesting game: in the first Russell had a 1-12 shot at a solo home run -- and got it!  One frame later he had the same dice roll/split card chance at what would have been a game-ending (for all intents and purposes) Grand Slam.  And of course missed; then got a *third* shot at those same odds a few innings later and failed yet again.   But with the Cubs down to our last out, Russell at last stopped trying for (and missing) easy home runs and settled for a mere single that plated a pair and resulted in an aborted-choke 8-7 win (!).   ============================================================   Games 3 & 4: Jess Flores & Tiny Bonham both went to 4-0, both tossed complete games and each allowed just 1 run (Bonham's was unearned) and the Cubs kept hitting.  Final scores: 6-1 and 10-1.  The top hitters took the day off in Game 3 as the bottom of the lineup did all the damage, and all 9 CHN players had at least one hit in the finale; pitcher Bonham led the way with 2 hits and 2 runs scored.   Alan

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