Wednesday, October 3, 2012

1932 Yankees rattle off 7 straight wins to beat 1922 Giants

1932 Yankees beat the Giants of 1922 8 games to 4.  Tony Lazzeri wins 3 game MVPS.  Bill Dickey had a great series too.


Games:
1. Giants-8 Yankees-3 MVP: George Kelly 4 RBIs
2. Giants-9 Yankees-7 MVP: Casey Stengel 4 RBIS
3. Giants-7 Yankees-0 MVP: Phil Douglas 6 IP for the win
4. Yankees-6 Giants-5 MVP: Tony Lazzeri 1 HR
5. Yankees-10 Giants-9 MVP: Babe Ruth GW RBI
6. Yankees-16 Giants-2 MVP: Bill Dickey 4 RBIs
7. Yankees-5 Giants-1 MVP: Red Ruffing complete game win
8. Yankees-5 Giants-4 MVP: George Pipgras 7 IP for the win
9. Yaankees-7 Giants-6 MVP: Bill Dickey 3 hits
10. Yankees-6 Giants-0 MVP: Tony Lazzeri 3 RBIs
11. Giants-10 Yankees-4 MVP: Irish Meusal 6 RBIs
12. Yankees-3 Giants-2 MVP: Tony Lazzeri GW RBI

Series MVP: Tony Lazzeri 3 game MVPs.

Rd 2: 1909 Cubs oust 1912 Red Sox 8 games to 4




Games:
1. Red Sox-2 Cubs-0 MVP: Joe Wood 3 hit shutout
2. Red Sox-9 Cubs-8 MVP: Tris Speaker 4 RBIs
3. Cubs-5 Red Sox-2 MVP: Ed Reulbach complete game win
4. Cubs-4 Red Sox-1 MVP: Jack Pfister 7 IP 0 ER for the win
5. Cubs-11 Red Sox-2 MVP: Frank Chance 3 Runs
6. Red Sox-4 Cubs-3 MVP: Tris Speaker GW RBI
7. Cubs-2 Red Sox-0 MVP: Orval Overall 6 hit shutout
8. Cubs-5 Red Sox-4 MVP: Joe Tinker 4 hits
9. Cubs -6 Red Sox-4 (15) MVP: Harry Steinfeldt 3 RBIs
10. Cubs-6 Red Sox-5 MVP: hARRY sTEINfeldt GW RBI
11. Red Sox-9 Cubs-1 MVP: Harry Hooper 4 hits
12. Cubs-5 Red Sox - 3 MVP: Frank Chance 3 RBIs

Series MVP: Frank Chance/Harry Steinfeldt - both got 2 game MVPs

1992 Blue Jays roll over 1998 Braves 8 games to 1

1992 Blue Jays give up only 5 runs in the first 7 games as they beat the 1998 Braves 8 games to 1.

Games:
1. Blue Jays-7 Braves-1 MVP: Jack Morris Complete game 1 ER
2. Blue Jays-5 Braves-0 MVP: Jimmy Key 8 hit shutout
3. Blue Jays-4 Braves-0 MVP: Juan guzman 3 hit shutout
4. Blue Jays-4 Braves-0 MVP: Dave Winfield 3 RBIs
5. Blue Jays-6 Braves-2 MVP: John Olerud goes 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs
6. Blue Jays-2 Braves-1 MVP: Joe Carter 2 run HR
7. Blue Jays-2 Braves-1 MVP: Jack Morris 8 IP 1 ER for the win
8. Braves-8 Blue Jays-3 MVP: Denny Neagle 8 IP 11 K for the win
9. Blue Jays-10 Braves-3 MVP: Kelly Gruber 3 RBIs

Series MVP: Jack Morris: pitched 2 games, 17 IP 2 ER for 2 wins.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Round 1 summary

Summary of Round 1


Record of these seeds:
1: 3-1
2: 4-0
3: 3-1
4: 3-0
5: 3-1
6: 2-2
7. 2-2
8. 3-1

Yankees: 7-4
Pirates: 2-0
NY Giants: 2-3
Red Sox: 1-3
Mets: 1-1
WhiteSox-  0-2
Tigers: 3-1
STL Cardinals: 1-3
Dodgers: 1-2
Cubs: 2-0

Overall best looking teams:
1. 1942 Yankees
2. 1986 Mets
3. 1927 Ysankees
4. 1975 Reds
5. 1982 Brewers
6. 1909 Pirates




1986 Miracle NY Mets beats the 2004 RedSox 8 games to 3

T86 Mets beat the 2005 Redsox


Games
1. Mets-4 RedSox-3 MVP:Wally Backman GW RBI
2. Mets-13 RedSox-1 MVP: Darryl Strawberry - 1 HR 4 RBIs
3. Mets-6 RedSox-5 MVP: Sid Fernandez 6 IP for the win
4. Mets-6 RedSox-4 MVP: Darryl Strawberry 3 hits, including 1 HR
5. RedSox-6 Mets-0 MVP: Bronson Arroyo 6 IP for the win
6. Mets-2 RedSox-1 MVP: Ron Darling 7 IP for the win
7. Mets-10 Redsox-3 MVP: Lenny Dykstra 4 SB
8. RedSox-9 Mets-2 MVP: Curt Schilling 8 IP for the win
9. RedSox-8 Mets-3 MVP: Jason Varitek GW RBI
10. Mets-11 RedSox-7 MVP: Keith Hernandez 4 RBIs
11. Mets-13 RedSox-0 MVP: Dwight Gooden 3 hit shutout


Series MVP: Dwight Gooden  pitches 26 IP, gave up 1 ER, went 3 and 0

Monday, July 23, 2012

1961 Yankees come back to win 8 games to 7 over 49 Dodgers

Down 7 games to 5, the 61 Yankees come back and win the last 3 games to win the series.  Mantle and Berra both got 3 game MVPs


Games:
1. Yankees -6 Dodgers-2 MVP-Whitey Ford complete game win
2. Yankees-5 Dodgers-0 MVP-Ralph Terry 8 IP win
3. Dodgers-7 Yankees-1 MVP-Ralph Branca 8 IP for the win
4. Dodgers-4 Yankees-3 MVP-Roy Campanella GW RBI
5. Dodgers-5 Yankees-4 MVP-Gil Hodges 3 RBIs
6. Dodgers-6 Yankees-3 MVP-Don Newcombe 8 IP for the win
7. Yankees-5 Dodgers-1 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR 4 RBIs
8. Dodgers-14 Yankees-5 MVP-Carl Furillo 3 RBIs
9. Yankees-4 Dodgers-2 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR
10. Dodgers-15 Yankees-9 MVP-Roy Campanella 4 RBIs
11. Yankees-11 Dodgers-6 MVP-Yogi Berra 3 RBIs
12. Dodgers-3 Yankees-2 MVP-Joe Hatten 6 IP fo the win
13. Yankees-4 Dodgers-3 MVP-Yogi Berra 1 HR 3 RBIs
14. Yankees-11 Dodgers-5 MVP-Yogi Berra 2 HR 5 RBIs
15. Yankees-5 Dodgers-2 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR 3 RBIs

Series MVP-Mickey Mantle/Yogi Berra both got 3 game MVPs with at least 1 HR in each of those games

Saturday, July 21, 2012

1969 Balt beats the 57 Braves 8 games to 6

The 69 Baltimore Orioles beat the braves from 1957 8 gams to 6.  This series was back and forth but the Balt offense scored 19 and 18 in the final 3 games for a few big wins.

Games
1. Balt-3 Braves-1 MVP-Dave McNally 7 IP for the win
2. Balt-5 Braves-2 MVP-Mike Cueller - 8 IP for the win
3. Balt-8 Braves-3 MVP-Boog Powell 3 RBIs
4. Braves-4 Balt-1 MVP-Frank Torre 3 RBIs
5. Braves-5 Balt-0 MVP-Eddie Mathews 2 HRs
6. Braves-5 Balt-1 MVP-Lew Burdette 7 IP for the win
7. Balt-12 Braves-8 MVP-Brooks Robinson 6 RBIs
8. Braves-7 Balt-5 MVP-Frank Torre 3 hits
9. Balt-6 Braves-5 MVP-Paul Blair GW RBI
10. Braves-7 Balt-4 MVP-Wes Covington 3 RBIs
11. Braves-3 Balt-2 MVP-Frank Torre HR
12. Balt-18 Braves-1 MVP-Davey Johnson 5 RBIs
13. Balt-7 Braves-6 MVP-Ellie Hendricks 3 hits
14. Balt-19 Braves-1 MVP-Boog Powell 6 RBIs

Series MVP-Boog Powell 9 RBIs in 2 games