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32695 May 19, 2015   Alan Boodman   Reds @ Mets
32696 May 19, 2015   Rick Field   ATN @ SFN
32697 May 19, 2015   Patrick Carr   SFN at MON
32698 May 19, 2015   Alan Boodman   autoplays
32699 May 19, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners 2, Tigers 1
32700 May 20, 2015   Michael Tomeo   sdn@chn
32701 May 20, 2015   Mike Mashanic   DEAOAA7
32702 May 20, 2015   Mike Mashanic   DEA CM week 3
32703 May 21, 2015   Rob Rife   TOA@MLA7
32704 May 21, 2015   Jonathan Fellows   Mets sweep Dodgers
32705 May 21, 2015   Herb Wilson   CON at PIN
32706 May 22, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 2 update
32707 May 22, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   Re: [SmileyList] Week 3 CM OAA
32708 May 22, 2015   Darren Dawson   SMILEY -- Week 2 -- Boston 2 Minnesota 1
32709 May 22, 2015   Rick Field   ATN (CM) Week 3
32710 May 23, 2015   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** Los Angeles @ Cincinnati
32711 May 23, 2015   Billy Vanson   Los Angeles COMP MGR
32712 May 23, 2015   Thomas Treece   Florida at Colorado
32713 May 23, 2015   Mike Mashanic   PINSDN07
32714 May 23, 2015   Mike Mashanic   PIN CM week 3
32715 May 23, 2015   Shane Parendo   CHA @ BAA Results
32716 May 23, 2015   Michael Rescigno   tex & sln wk 2 results & wk 3 cm's
32717 May 23, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   1995 ALCS games 1 and 2: Seattle at Chicago
32718 May 23, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners CM week 3
32719 May 23, 2015   Mark Simons   Milwaukee @ New York
32720 May 24, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 3 begins
32721 May 24, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-OAA @ TOA
32722 May 24, 2015   Dennis Schimmel   Cubs (2) @ LAD (1) week 3
32723 May 24, 2015   Dennis Schimmel   CHN04 CM's
32724 May 24, 2015   Dennis Schimmel   name change of series ChnLad3
32725 May 24, 2015   Rick Field   ATN @ CON
32726 May 25, 2015   Alan Boodman   1995 NLCS, game 1
32727 May 25, 2015   Patrick Carr   SFN at FLN + SFN's CM for week 4
32728 May 25, 2015   Thomas Treece   Florida at St. Louis
32729 May 25, 2015   Darren Dawson   SMILEY -- Week 3 -- Minnesota 2 Texas 1
32730 May 25, 2015   Dennis Schimmel   cm's/resent to be uniform
32731 May 25, 2015   James Pardee   KCA@CHA 3 Gamer
32732 May 27, 2015   Thomas Treece   Cincinnati @ Florida NLCS G2
32733 May 28, 2015   Michael Tomeo   boa@mna
32734 May 28, 2015   Alan Boodman   1995 NLCS, game 3
32735 May 28, 2015   Mike Mashanic   DEABOA16
32736 May 28, 2015   Mike Mashanic   PINNYN16
32737 May 28, 2015   Herb Wilson   CON @ ATN
32738 May 28, 2015   Mark Simons   Milwaukee @ Oakland
32739 May 29, 2015   Billy Vanson   *** RESULTS *** Los Angeles @ Chicago
32740 May 29, 2015   Billy Vanson   COMP MGR Los Angeles Dodgers
32741 May 29, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   SMILY-OAA CM Week 4
32742 May 29, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 3 update
32743 May 29, 2015   Robert Rescigno   RE: [SmileyList] NYA @ MLA and CM
32744 May 29, 2015   Alan Boodman   TOA-DEA autoplay
32745 May 29, 2015   Alan Boodman   Reds @ Giants
32746 May 29, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   1995 ALCS games 3 and 4: Chicago at Seattle
32747 May 29, 2015   Michael Tomeo   sdn@mon
32748 May 29, 2015   Jonathan Fellows   Reds take 2 of 3 from Mets
32749 May 30, 2015   Rick Field   ATN (CM) Week 4
32750 May 30, 2015   Mike Mashanic   DEA CM week 4
32751 May 30, 2015   James Pardee   Re: [SmileyList] KCA CM week 4
32752 May 30, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners 2, Orioles 1
32753 May 30, 2015   Shane Parendo   CHA@KCA results
32754 May 30, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   1995 ALCS game 5: Chicago at Seattle
32755 May 30, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   1995 ALCS files
32756 May 30, 2015   Michael Rescigno   sln & tex wk 3 reuslts & wk 4 cm
32757 May 30, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 3 autoplays
32758 May 31, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 4 begins
32759 May 31, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   SMILEY-OAA @ DEA
32760 May 31, 2015   Dennis Schimmel   chn (2) @ Fln (1) 22,23,24(04)
32761 May 31, 2015   Dennis Schimmel   Chn(05),gms25-30,CM's
32762 May 31, 2015   Patrick Carr   SFN at NYN
32763 Jun 1, 2015   Billy Vanson   +++ RESULTS +++ Dodgers @ Braves
32764 Jun 1, 2015   Billy Vanson   ^^^ COMP MGR ^^^ Los Angeles week 5
32765 Jun 1, 2015   Alan Boodman   1995 World Series files
32766 Jun 1, 2015   Alan Boodman   autoplays
32767 Jun 1, 2015   Robert Rescigno   NYA @ MNA and CM
32768 Jun 1, 2015   Herb Wilson   CON @ CHN
32769 Jun 1, 2015   Darren Dawson   SMILEY -- Week 4 -- Minnesota 3 Oakland 0
32770 Jun 2, 2015   Michael Tomeo   sdn@pin
32771 Jun 2, 2015   James Pardee   KCA@BAA 3 Games
32772 Jun 2, 2015   James Pardee   Re: KCA@BAA 3 Games Files attached..:)
32773 Jun 3, 2015   Alan Boodman   Reds @ Padres
32774 Jun 3, 2015   Rick Field   ATN @ SLN
32775 Jun 3, 2015   Rick Field   ATN (CM) Week 5
32776 Jun 4, 2015   Michael Tomeo   boa@tea
32777 Jun 4, 2015   Mike Mashanic   DEASEA22
32778 Jun 4, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   White Sox 2, Mariners 1
32779 Jun 4, 2015   Jeff Tripodi   Mariners CM
32780 Jun 5, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 4 update
32781 Jun 5, 2015   Rob Rife   OAA and TOA trade
32782 Jun 5, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   Re: [SmileyList] OAA and TOA trade
32783 Jun 5, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   OAA CM WEEK 5
32784 Jun 5, 2015   Steve Bivens   Expos at Dodgers Week 4
32785 Jun 5, 2015   Steve Bivens   Expos Manager Week 5
32786 Jun 5, 2015   Mike Mashanic   PINCON22
32787 Jun 5, 2015   Mark Simons   Milwaukee @ Toronto
32788 Jun 6, 2015   Thomas Treece   Florida at Cincinnati
32789 Jun 6, 2015   Rob Rife   TOA @ KCA
32790 Jun 6, 2015   Rob Rife   TOA Week 5 CM
32791 Jun 6, 2015   Shane Parendo   CHA@NYA results
32792 Jun 6, 2015   Patrick Carr   SFN CM for week 5
32793 Jun 6, 2015   Charlie Steinhice   BAA @ MLA Week 4 (plus Week 5 CM)
32794 Jun 6, 2015   Jonathan Fellows   Mets drop 2 of 3 to Giants
32795 Jun 6, 2015   Mike Mashanic   DEA/PIN CMs week 5


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Message #: 32695
Message from: Alan Boodman
Sent: May 19, 2015
Subject: Reds @ Mets

After a Week 1 aberration (5-1) the Reds get back to playing our kind of ball, with both hands clasped fully around the throat area....
 
 
Game 1: New York got 5 early runs but the Reds fought back and held a 7-5 lead going into the bottom of the 8th.  Three singles and a walk made the score 7-6 before Cincy reliever Hector Carrasco loaded the bases for the Mets with 2 outs but got Mike Piazza to miss a split card chance (quite a rarity in this series for the Mets) and he LOBbed the bases full.
 
No matter.  Carrasco and Jeff Brantley burnished their Arson Squad credentials nicely when it counted the most -- but they had a lot of help.
 
Carrasco walked Fred McGriff leading off the dreaded bottom of the ninth and when the lumbering speedster attempted to swipe second base he was not only safe but Eddie Taubensee helpfully rifled the ball into center field (error #1) to put the tying run at third base with 0 out.
 
And 2 pitches later a Bernard Gilkey single (found that gb(A)+ with the infield in, natch) tied it, but the choke was hardly complete yet.  Edgardo Alfonzo hit an easy tapper back to Carrasco, who flubbed it for error #2 of the inning.  Jeff "Blown Save" Brantley took over and loaded the bases with a 5 pitch free pass.  The next batter hit a routine grounder to Barry '1' Larkin.
 
Who, as you surely guessed, booted it for error #3 of the inning.  Game over, nobody-chokes-like-the-Reds for the ten millionth time in league history, 8-7.  In the 9th there were 2 walks, 3 errors, 1 undeserved single, and we're still looking for that first out.
 
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Game 2: No split card chance is too small for a Cincy opponent to hit, and John Smiley found that out today the hard way when he allowed 3 gophers on 3 chances, none of which even remotely approached a 50% chance of success.  He also allowed a 4th gopher which was automatic.
 
That surgery caused a 7-run hole from which the Reds didn't even try to escape until an insufficient 3-run rally in the 8th which made the final score 7-4.
 
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Game 3: CIN starter Dave Burba caught HAL napping and was headed for the game of his life until the roof caved in during the 7th inning.
 
New York's Mark Clark had an outstanding outing and permitted just 2 hits in 6 innings, but both of those singles came in the fourth and when added to a walk and an HBP resulted in 3 runs scoring.
 
Meanwhile Burba merely had a PERFECT GAME going through six innings but the noise from the 7th inning stretch woke HAL up and he got right down to business.
 
A pair of, what else, surgical split cards leading off the inning turned two shoula-been-easy-outs into two singles and a rattled Burba followed that up with a walk to load the bases and invite disaster.  Sure enough, a sac fly and a single turned the 3-0 lead into a 3-2 nailbiter just that quick.  Buddy Groom saved the day -- for the moment -- by getting the final 2 outs of the frame without further devastation.
 
Groom left after a leadoff single in the NYN 8th and Jeff Shaw wasted little time in loading the bases yet again for the home team.  But poor Mike Piazza (who had a very good series otherwise) somehow missed a split card again and failed to deliver any runs, then McGriff grounded out to end the threat.
 
After 2 very eventful frames, Shaw refrained from the Arson Squad's usual dramatics in the bottom of the 9th and actually retired the side in order to save the 3-2 win and avert the sweep!
 
While the Reds bumbled around in the field, the Mets -- particularly 4's such as Piazza behind the plate and Derrick May in right field -- made numerous spectacular plays and converted nearly 90% of their x-chances.
 
Alan
 

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