“I’m not even sure what happened,” Leo McKenzie told the Boeselager brothers. “We were celebrating the victory, and then they were there.” “Who was there?” Karl Boeselager asked the team captain. “We need to know if we ever ask the league for investigations.” Along with Leo McKenzie, Karl, and Walther Boeselager, Martin Pitsch, the GM…
Well hello all, Harry Musgrave back with you to give you a season preview for the St. Louis Reds! It is exciting times – finally – for Red fans. A team that came within 1 game in 1911 of winning the championship has now created high expectations for themselves this season. Several experts are picking…
As winter begins to make way for spring, most baseball fan’s hopes begin to rise as the baseball season begins to slowly get underway. “Why not us this year” is commonly heard in various cities as they look forward to a new year and hopes that the local team will win it all. In Minneapolis,…
In 1911, the Pittsburgh Oilers had finished in 1st place yet again under the manangership of GM Tyler Saylor, bringing the Oilers to what is now a Back-to-Back Playoff appearence in a stunning turnabout of events for a team that had a history of medorcity. Despite their Playoff loss against the St. Louis Reds, the…
So…how did we get here? Boston GM Michael Carroll has now been given about half a season to evaluate the club, and make moves that were deemed necessary to take Boston to a higher level. Some big moves were made. The biggest of them being the move that brought starting pitchers Pierce Adney and Albert…
Richmond Rifles 1912 Season Preview On the heels of a first-place finish followed by a disappointing sweep by Brooklyn, the Rifles head into 1912 with basically the same roster as last September. There’s no real getting around the fact that Richmond hasn’t improved in 1912, showing signs of decline in some of their aging veteran…
The winning Doves teams of a few years ago were driven by players in their 30s, so it was perhaps inevitable that the team would then face a major rebuilding period. Management has tried filling in the gaps with marginal free agents and trade acquisitions, trying to appease owner Jack Vaughn, but with very limited…
If you are walking the streets of St. Louis and a stranger walks up to you and says pinch me, don’t be alarmed, this will most definitely be a Reds fan. Can you blame fans for being in complete disbelief at the recent happenings with their beloved Ball club? When people in St. Louis tell…
