{"id":6703,"date":"2024-10-30T09:18:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:18:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:18:19","slug":"twiwbl-68-3-bill-james-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/2024\/10\/30\/twiwbl-68-3-bill-james-division\/","title":{"rendered":"TWIWBL 68.3: Bill James Division"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Team<\/th>W\/L<\/th>Pct<\/th>GB<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
New York Black Yankees<\/td>41-23<\/td>.641<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
Cleveland Spiders<\/td>33-29<\/td>.532<\/td>7<\/td><\/tr>
Memphis Red Sox<\/td>29-34<\/td>.460<\/td>11.5<\/td><\/tr>
Detroit Wolverines<\/td>28-36<\/td>.438<\/td>13<\/td><\/tr>
Baltimore Black Sox<\/td>27-38<\/td>.415<\/td>14.5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Bill James Division | 11 June<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

#Baltimore Black Sox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Black Sox got some good news as Sean Marshall<\/strong> and John Wetteland<\/strong> both began rehab assignments in their journeys back from injury. This was followed by bad news, as John Tudor<\/strong> will miss a couple months with a shoulder issue. Veteran knuckleballer RA Dickey<\/strong> was recalled for his WBL debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Robinson<\/strong> hit his 18th and 19th homeruns of the year, but Baltimore fell to Memphis, 5-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#Cleveland Spiders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bill Steen<\/strong> was called into an emergency start. 8 1\/3 innings, 12 strikeouts, and 139 pitches later, he had only allowed 1 hit. But 139 pitches and 2 walks in the top of the 9th, and the Spiders summoned Terry Adams<\/strong> from the bullpen. 2 pitches later, the Spiders had a 4-0 lead and a joint 1-hitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stan Coveleski<\/strong> will be out into next season. Sergio Romo<\/strong> was added from AAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#Detroit Wolverines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ed Bailey<\/strong> and Ty Cobb<\/strong> had 3 hits each, with Bailey going yard twice and Cobb moving his average back over .400 to .403 in a 7-2 win over Memphis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hank Greenberg<\/strong> went deep twice and Detroit pulled off a come from behind win over Miami, 6-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressed into a spot start, Si Johnson<\/strong> delivered 4 plus innings of 1 hit ball, then exited with an oblique strain. Claude Passeau<\/strong>, Chad Bradford<\/strong>, and Mike Henneman<\/strong> allowed only a single walk over the rest of the game, giving the Wolverines a 1 hitter by committee. Juan Ben\u00edquez<\/strong> and Greenberg went deep in the 6th for the only runs in the 3-0 blanking of Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ed Bailey hit 3 out and Cobb went deep twice as the Wolverines beat Miami, 6-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#Memphis Red Sox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

David Bush<\/strong> and Jameson Taillon<\/strong> have moved into the rotation, taking the spot of the injured Shane Bieber<\/strong> and Bill Doak<\/strong>. Derek Lowe<\/strong> was promoted to take Bieber’s roster spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ted Williams<\/strong> went deep twice and the Red Sox beat Baltimore, 9-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manny Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> hit 3 homeruns, reaching 19 on the year, as the Red Sox beat Baltimore, 10-7. Skel Roach<\/strong> had to come out of the game with a blister, and will miss about a week, warranting a trip to the DL. Tommy De La Cruz<\/strong> was added to the big league bullpen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#New York Black Yankees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mike Schmidt<\/strong> went deep to tie the game in the 8th, and then powered the Black Yankees to a 9-5 win over Los Angeles with a walkoff grand slam in the bottom of the 9th. Schmidt had 6 RBIs on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schmidt did it again the next day, going deep twice in a 10 inning, 8-7 win over the Angels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then it was Babe Ruth<\/strong>‘s turn to hit 2 out, but this time it wasn’t enough as the Angels topped the Black Yankees, 6-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearly annoyed at people questioning his dominance, Ruth took over the WBL lead in homers, hitting another 3 out in a 15-3 shellacking of Cleveland. For the 3rd time this year, Ruth drove in 6, increasing his RBI total to 79. H\u00e9ctor L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, Nick Etten<\/strong>, Lou Gehrig<\/strong>, and Mickey Mantle<\/strong> also went deep, and Dave Righetti<\/strong> improved to 6-3 on the year with a strong showing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team W\/L Pct GB New York Black Yankees 41-23 .641 — Cleveland Spiders 33-29 .532 7 Memphis Red Sox 29-34 .460 11.5 Detroit Wolverines 28-36 .438 13 Baltimore Black Sox 27-38 .415 14.5 Bill James Division | 11 June #Baltimore Black Sox The Black Sox got some good news as Sean Marshall and John Wetteland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[416],"tags":[547,24,927,363,385,470,359,235,880,322,300,473,38,476,1084,1871,1806,33,1860,245,338,315,548,471,564,231,1786,2042,971,818,1745,305,2138,362,625,365,1865,479],"class_list":["post-6703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twiwbl","tag-babe-ruth","tag-baltimore-black-sox","tag-bill-doak","tag-bill-steen","tag-chad-bradford","tag-claude-passeau","tag-cleveland-spiders","tag-dave-righetti","tag-david-bush","tag-derek-lowe","tag-detroit-wolverines","tag-ed-bailey","tag-frank-robinson","tag-hank-greenberg","tag-hector-lopez","tag-jameson-taillon","tag-john-tudor","tag-john-wetteland","tag-juan-beniquez","tag-lou-gehrig","tag-manny-ramirez","tag-memphis-red-sox","tag-mickey-mantle","tag-mike-henneman","tag-mike-schmidt","tag-new-york-black-yankees","tag-nick-etten","tag-ra-dickey","tag-sean-marshall","tag-sergio-romo","tag-shane-bieber","tag-si-johnson","tag-skel-roach","tag-stan-coveleski","tag-ted-williams","tag-terry-adams","tag-tommy-de-la-cruz","tag-ty-cobb"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6818,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions\/6818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}