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# Date Sender Subject 16408 Jun 17, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Dodgers 16409 Jun 18, 2014   Larry Cupp   Good pitching trumps good hitting, Nats sweep Palehose 16410 Jun 18, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit at Boston (NL) 16411 Jun 19, 2014   Robert Rescigno   CHA @ BOA and CM 16412 Jun 19, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ SLN 16413 Jun 19, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 6 16414 Jun 20, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 5 update 16415 Jun 20, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ A's 16416 Jun 20, 2014   Billy Vanson   NY Yankees comp mgr 16417 Jun 20, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ CIN and CM 16418 Jun 20, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Browns Week 5 16419 Jun 20, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@NYN WK 5 & WK 6 CM 16420 Jun 21, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at DEA 16421 Jun 21, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA CM for weeek 6 16422 Jun 21, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON CM Week 6 attached. 16423 Jun 21, 2014   Alan Boodman   BOA-SLA autoplay 16424 Jun 22, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 6 begins 16425 Jun 22, 2014   Tom Edwards   PITTSBURGH CM WEEK 7 16426 Jun 22, 2014   Tom Edwards   PITTSBURGH AT ST. LOUIS RESULTS WK6 PINSLN36 16427 Jun 22, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ DEA 16428 Jun 22, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 7 16429 Jun 22, 2014   John Storer   Week 6 - Cincinnati at Boston (N) 16430 Jun 24, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at CHA 16431 Jun 24, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@CIN 3 Game Series attached 16432 Jun 24, 2014   John Storer   Week 7 Reds cm 16433 Jun 26, 2014   Billy Vanson   ny yankees comp mgr week 7 16434 Jun 26, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ SENATORS 16435 Jun 26, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ BRN 16436 Jun 27, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 6 update 16437 Jun 27, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Giants 16438 Jun 27, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA CM for week 7 16439 Jun 27, 2014   Larry Cupp   Wash wins one, blows the other two in the final inning vs Athletics. 16440 Jun 27, 2014   Robert Rescigno   CHA @ BOA and CM 16441 Jun 27, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ SLA and CM 16442 Jun 27, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Cubs Week 6 16443 Jun 27, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 7 16444 Jun 27, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit @ New York (AL) 16445 Jun 28, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON Week 7 CM attached 16446 Jun 28, 2014   Alan Boodman   SLN-PIN autoplay 16447 Jun 29, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 7 begins 16448 Jun 29, 2014   Tom Edwards   PINNYN43 16449 Jun 29, 2014   Tom Edwards   Pittsburgh CM Week 8 16450 Jun 29, 2014   John Storer   Week 7 - Cincinnati at Chicago 16451 Jun 29, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ PHA 16452 Jun 29, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ STA 16453 Jun 29, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PBP-PHA_STA 16454 Jun 29, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@PIN 3 Game Series 16455 Jul 1, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ SENATORS 16456 Jul 1, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at CHA + SLA's CM for week 8 16457 Jul 3, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ BON and CM 16458 Jul 3, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Cardinals 16459 Jul 4, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 7 update 16460 Jul 4, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 8 16461 Jul 4, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 8 16462 Jul 4, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit at Boston (AL) 16463 Jul 4, 2014   Larry Cupp   Nats drop two more games in the 9th inning, but manage a split at Crosley Field 16464 Jul 4, 2014   John Storer   Week 8 Reds cm 16465 Jul 5, 2014   Alan Boodman   BOA-DEA autoplay 16466 Jul 5, 2014   Billy Vanson   NY YANKEES computer manager 16467 Jul 5, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@BRN WK 7 & WK 8 CM 16468 Jul 5, 2014   Alan Boodman   CHA-NYA autoplay 16469 Jul 6, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 8 begins 16470 Jul 6, 2014   Robert Rescigno   CHA CM for PIT 16471 Jul 6, 2014   Billy Vanson   looking again for Yankees 16472 Jul 6, 2014   Tom Edwards   PIRATES CM WEEK 9 16473 Jul 6, 2014   Tom Edwards   WEEK 8 RESULTS PIN at CHA 16474 Jul 6, 2014   John Storer   Week 8 - Cincinnati at Boston 16475 Jul 6, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@WAA 3 Game Series 16476 Jul 6, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ BKN 16477 Jul 7, 2014   Larry Cupp   Senators complete perfect week with sweep at the Polo Grounds. 16478 Jul 7, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ A's 16479 Jul 8, 2014   Alan Boodman   1944 autoplay schedule 16480 Jul 8, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ SLA 16481 Jul 8, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at PIN 16482 Jul 10, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ REDS 16483 Jul 10, 2014   Billy Vanson   NY Yankees computer manager auto-play 1 16484 Jul 10, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-Trade PHA to NYA 16485 Jul 10, 2014   Billy Vanson   RE: [PreSmiley] PRE-SMILEY-Trade PHA to NYA 16486 Jul 10, 2014   John Storer   Auto 1 Reds cm 16487 Jul 10, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit @ Chicago (NL) 16488 Jul 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   BOA-BON autoplay 16489 Jul 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 8 update 16490 Jul 11, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] CHA @ SLN 16491 Jul 11, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] BRN @ NYA 16492 Jul 11, 2014   Larry Cupp   Re: [PreSmiley] 1944 autoplay schedule 16493 Jul 11, 2014   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] 1944 autoplay schedule 16494 Jul 11, 2014   Larry Cupp   Re: [PreSmiley] 1944 autoplay schedule 16495 Jul 11, 2014   Larry Cupp   Re: [PreSmiley] 1944 autoplay schedule 16496 Jul 11, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) AP Segment 1 16497 Jul 12, 2014   Jim Pardee   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 8 update 16498 Jul 12, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@DEA WK 8 RESULTS & AUTO 1 CM 16499 Jul 12, 2014   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 8 update 16500 Jul 13, 2014   Alan Boodman   Pre-autoplay 1 files are ready 16501 Jul 13, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM AP1 16502 Jul 15, 2014   Alan Boodman   Pre-autoplay 2 files are ready 16503 Jul 15, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON Week 9.2 Autoplay CM 16504 Jul 15, 2014   John Storer   Auto 2 Reds cm 16505 Jul 16, 2014   Alan Boodman   autoplay 2 CM reminder 16506 Jul 16, 2014   Billy Vanson   autoplay 2 NY YANKEES 16507 Jul 16, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Segment 2 16508 Jul 16, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 2

Previous message                 Next message Message #: 16408 Message from: Alan Boodman Sent: Jun 17, 2014 Subject: Cubs @ Dodgers The Cubs did it again -- played well below our talent level, get no breaks whatsoever (only 98% true, but retribution came swiftly after we accidentally got a couple of decent split cards; see game 3) and lost when we should have won.  In other words, just another typical series for the massively underachieving team from Chicago....     Game 1: When a team makes as many errors as they get hits (the magic number was '3' today), disaster isn't far off.  No sooner had we tied the game 1-1 in the 4th than an error and a triple combined with a couple other hits to give us another deficit.  That was all the action for today.  Final score: 4-1.   The story, as it so often is, was HAL's laser-like performance with the dice, a totally one-sided affair in favor of Brooklyn starter Curt Davis.  Davis faced 32 Cubbie batters and got *24* of them to roll on his card.  That's OK; he isn't exactly Cy Young.   Ah, but he is if you never roll in his 4 column -- and that's exactly what happened.  A full 20 of those 24 batters avoided the 4 column (and 3 of those 4 failed to get hits anyway).  Particularly impressive was HAL's end-of-game surgery: the last ELEVEN batters for the Cubs all rolled either an empty 5 or an empty 6 column.  After the 5th inning, not a single Cub batter was permitted to roll on his own card, as HAL was taking no chances.   ===============================================================   Game 2: This one started lucklessly enough for the Cubs too.  In the space of the first 6 CHN batters, two of them missed 1-16 splits at doubles (we'd add a third miss later), and 2 others missed 1-10 splits at home runs.  We did manage to score one run and then gave it right back on -- what else? -- a surgical split card 2-out RBI.   We eventually racked up a 16-11 advantage in total bases and drew 7 free passes, so of course the contest was a real nailbiter but the Cubs somehow prevailed.  Final score: 4-2.  10 LOB + 3 timely rally-killing GIDPs for the Cubs ensured the closeness of the outcome.   CHN starter Claude Passeau wasn't completely screwed for a change, and Hy Vandenberg closed it out with 2 perfect relief innings.  BRN starter Nate Andrews went the distance, exhausting himself with a 151-pitch effort that featured 17 baserunners but only 4 scored thanks to that legendary Cubbie efficiency.   ===============================================================   Game 3: Things improved today: down to just 9 LOB and only 2 timely tally-killing GIDPs.  Just after we LOBbed the bases loaded in the second inning, CHN starter Paul Derringer allowed 2 early runs in the usual manner (surgical 2-out split card RBI hit) but then shut the door and gave his team a chance to come back.   Which they did.  Chicago scratched out a run in the 4th to halve the deficit but couldn't make any further headway until a most remarkable inning happened.  In the CHN 8th, the Cubs registered 5 hits but scored only twice before LOBbing the bases loaded yet again.  That's hardly the remarkable part, but the fact that 4 of the hits came on split cards of 5 or less was totally unprecedented as HAL apparently wasn't paying attention for a brief moment.   Vengeance came immediately and the lead was gone before even one batter could be retired in the bottom of the inning.   No runs would have scored for the Dodgers at all, except for a critical blown-x play which resulted in 3 unearned runs and one more undeserved loss for the Cubs.  Final score: 5-3.  Jim Russell had a chance to atone for his devastating error half an inning later, therefore he naturally hit into a game-ending GIDP.   Alan

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