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There Were Giants
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12-12-2002, 09:13 PM
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Great Job!
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12-12-2002, 11:09 PM
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Nice!
Solid job ... we need more players named "Muddy" and "Nemo" in baseball today.
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12-13-2002, 07:18 AM
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Nice mention of the one-pitch TP. Ken Ash did the same on 7/27/30 and got the win - - one pitch in the entire game and 3 outs and a win! Now, that's economical.
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12-13-2002, 09:13 AM
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Nice essay, FF. My dad recently read a book about John McGraw's team - can't remember what it was called; he really enjoyed it. If you got interested while researching this essay it's probably worth a look. I'll see if I can find out the title.
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12-13-2002, 10:48 AM
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Nice article. Enjoyed the WS references to the Big Train.
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Good job!
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I've always been interested in McGraw and his teams. My first fantasy team was called McGraw's Mirage. This was fun to do. I regret that due to time and research constraints I was barely able to touch the surface of that season. But I guess that's the way with us all; in any of the seasons we've covered in these essays -- in any season -- there is a richness of history that cries for narrative. |
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12-18-2002, 02:22 PM
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Very enjoyable reading. Great job !!!
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12-20-2002, 12:42 PM
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And Gowdy becomes the goat, because of one play in a seven game series.
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nice job, FF! There was even some cross-pollination between our two essays (the jesse haines no-hitter mention)
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12-25-2002, 12:41 AM
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Good job
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