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# Date Sender Subject 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 16509 Jul 17, 2014   Alan Boodman   Pre-autoplay 3 files are ready 16510 Jul 17, 2014   Alan Boodman   HAL's 1944 All Stars 16511 Jul 17, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON CM 9.3 attached 16512 Jul 17, 2014   Billy Vanson   NY Yankees week 3 of autoplay....COMP MGR 16513 Jul 17, 2014   John Storer   Cincinnati Auto3 cm 16514 Jul 18, 2014   Alan Boodman   Autoplay 3 CM update 16515 Jul 18, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM AP 3 16516 Jul 18, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 3 16517 Jul 19, 2014   Alan Boodman   Pre-autoplay 4 files are ready 16518 Jul 19, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) AP Segment 4 16519 Jul 19, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON CM Week 9.4 segment attached 16520 Jul 19, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] BRN & CHA CM's 16521 Jul 19, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM AP4 16522 Jul 19, 2014   Alan Boodman   1944 All Star teams 16523 Jul 19, 2014   Billy Vanson   since they failed to honor Tony Gywnn 16524 Jul 21, 2014   Alan Boodman   Pre-autoplay 5 files are ready 16525 Jul 21, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM AP5 16526 Jul 21, 2014   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] Pre-autoplay 5 files are ready 16527 Jul 21, 2014   Rick Field   NYN AP Segment 5 16528 Jul 21, 2014   John Storer   Auto 5 Reds cm 16529 Jul 21, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON Segment 9.5 (Last Autoplay) CM attached 16530 Jul 22, 2014   Alan Boodman   autoplay 5 CM update 16531 Jul 22, 2014   Billy Vanson   NY Yankees segment 5 manager 16532 Jul 23, 2014   Alan Boodman   Pre-Week 10 files are ready 16533 Jul 23, 2014   Alan Boodman   1944 autoplay records 16534 Jul 23, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON Week 10 CM attached 16535 Jul 23, 2014   John Storer   Week 10 Reds cm 16536 Jul 24, 2014   Alan Boodman   trade announcement 16537 Jul 24, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox Week 10 Manager 16538 Jul 25, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 10 16539 Jul 25, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 10 CM update 16540 Jul 25, 2014   Billy Vanson   comp mgr NY YANKEES 16541 Jul 25, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 10 16542 Jul 27, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 10 begins 16543 Jul 27, 2014   Alan Boodman   trade deadline reminder 16544 Jul 27, 2014   Tom Edwards   PINSLA WEEK 10 RESULTS 16545 Jul 27, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN WK 10 CM 16546 Jul 27, 2014   John Storer   Week 10 - Cincinnati at New York 16547 Jul 27, 2014   Larry Cupp   Washington revised CM for New York Giants 16548 Jul 27, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA@ CHN 16549 Jul 27, 2014   Larry Cupp   Washington sweeps 3 at Braves Field 16550 Jul 27, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 11 16551 Jul 28, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ WAA 16552 Jul 28, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox Manager Week 10 16553 Jul 28, 2014   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Reds Week 10 16554 Jul 30, 2014   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Tigers 16555 Aug 1, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 10 update 16556 Aug 1, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ PHA and CM 16557 Aug 1, 2014   Robert Rescigno   CHA @ PIN and CM 16558 Aug 1, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA vs NYN + Week 11 CM 16559 Aug 1, 2014   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 11 16560 Aug 1, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@BOA 3 Game Series results PLUS Week 11 CM attached 16561 Aug 2, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** YANKEES @ BROOKLYN 16562 Aug 2, 2014   Billy Vanson   COMP MGR Yankees week 11 16563 Aug 2, 2014   Thomas Treece   Detroit @ St.Louis (NL) 16564 Aug 2, 2014   Michael Rescigno   SLN@CHA WK 10 & WK 11 CM 16565 Aug 3, 2014   Alan Boodman   Week 11 begins 16566 Aug 3, 2014   Alan Boodman   trade deadline reminder 16567 Aug 3, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ NYN 16568 Aug 3, 2014   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 12 16569 Aug 3, 2014   Tom Edwards   WEEK 12 RESULTS PINBON106 16570 Aug 3, 2014   John Storer   Week 11 - Cincinnati at Washington 16571 Aug 3, 2014   Patrick Carr   SLA at PHA 16572 Aug 4, 2014   Larry Cupp   Hockey league openings: Two leagues in one 16573 Aug 5, 2014   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ SLN 16574 Aug 6, 2014   Billy Vanson   ^^^ RESULTS ^^^ YANKEES @ WHITE SOX 16575 Aug 6, 2014   Billy Vanson   *** COMP MGR *** YANKEES ! 16576 Aug 6, 2014   Patrick Carr   Re: [PreSmiley] Hockey league openings: Two leagues in one [1 Attachment] 16577 Aug 6, 2014   Rick Field   NYN @ PIN 16578 Aug 6, 2014   Jim Pardee   BON@BRN 4 Game Series

Previous message                 Next message Message #: 16478 Message from: Alan Boodman Sent: Jul 7, 2014 Subject: Cubs @ A's A Cubs team which, with any luck at all, would be a very strong challenger in the N.L. ran into a much improved Philadelphia squad.  The home team was aided by one of the sharpest scalpels HAL has ever wielded in a series....     Game 1: HAL is well aware that the Cubs -- what with having the top-ranked offense in the N.L. -- possess batters with very good cards, so he took a two-pronged surgical approach in these three games.  Number 1: don't let the CHN hitters roll on their own cards; number 2: use that laser beam to find outs when they do roll there.  Step 2a: make sure the split cards come up bad almost every time.  Thanks to the Philly defense, this game got away from HAL but that "gift" was made up for later.   PHA's Russ Christopher has had a marvelous season so far and he did nothing to detract from that today, though he did take an unearned loss.  Christopher had the 4-5-6 columns working beautifully, as he and reliever Bob Chipman faced 38 batters, with only 9 AB being registered on the Chicago cards -- where they went 0 for 9.   Hank Wyse had a solid outing for the Cubs and he got all the runs (3) he needed via a pair of PHA errors, and for that reason the Cubs prevailed by the count of 3 to 2 despite the loaded dice, adverse results on 8 of 10 split cards, and 10 LOB.  Wyse also had his best day at the plate, collecting a pair of singles to raise his average to .111.   =======================================================================   Game 2: Today the fans saw a superb pitching duel between CHN's Jesse Flores (7 IP, 0 runs) and PHA's Bobo Newsom (9.1 IP, 1 run).  The contest followed the exact same surgical theme against the Chicago batters as the opener had, but this time without any helpful defensive miscues by the A's.   36 Cubs came to the plate and only 10 at bats came off our own cards -- where we improved by going 1 for 10 instead of 0 for 9!  Perhaps those cards aren't so good after all.   Speaking of bad cards, the split cards were in extremely typical form, with the Cubs going 0 for 11 through 9 innings whenever a split came up, and the game proceeded scoreless into the 10th inning.  Flores' gem of an outing had long ago been wasted when CHN catcher Frankie Hayes broke the mile-long skein of adverse splits and homered leading off the top of the 10th.   Two outs away from overcoming yet another surgical procedure, Cubbie closer Hy Vandenberg and his sub-2.0 ERA imploded in the bottom of the frame, giving the A's a pair of free passes and following those with 3 singles to nail the coffin shut.  Cubs choke again, 2-1, and slump to a damaging 6-9 in 1-run decisions.   =======================================================================   Game 3: No good deed goes unpunished for the Cubs, so just as 3 unearned runs gave us a win in the series opener, 3 unearned runs today separated defeat from victory.  Cubs lose, 5-2.   Perfect Paul Erickson (a valid nickname in prior seasons which has now become derisive) was victimized by 3 errors though he permitted just one run of the earned variety -- and even that one was hardly deserved -- in his 5 innings of work.  Erickson was in serious trouble early though he hadn't even allowed a single hit.  He escaped a walk+error jam in the first, but in the third he donated unearned run #1 on 2 free passes and his own timely error.   The Cubs had just retaken the lead in the 5th when the most underachieving defense in the majors struck again -- a blown-x by a top-quality defensive OF was no routine blown-x, it was a 4-base howler that caused 3 runs to score with one of them laughably being counted as "earned".   Ex-CHN pitcher Monk Dubiel on the mound for the A's took it the rest of the way, as the Cubs managed just 2 baserunners over the final 4 innings.  The Cubs outhit the A's 9-6, but 7 walks and 3 critical errors easily negated that minor advantage, causing us to lose the series and dealing a crushing blow to the Cubs already-microscopic N.L. pennant chances despite a team with well over 90 wins' worth of talent on the roster.   Alan

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