Here is the report from the first day of Week 4 in the Buck O’Neil Project.Birmingham took the opener from St. Louis 7-4. Babe Ruth hit his first homer, and Christy Matthewson could not get out of the first inning. Josh Gibson’s average dropped to .556 after a 2-4 performance.Detroit […]
In the finale of the 4-game sets, both teams used their B lineups. One game went to extra innings, and one game was a blowout.Birmingham beat Washington 4-3 thanks to a 2-run home run rally in the bottom of the 8th inning. Hurley McNair drove in the two runs with […]
In game 3 of the 4-game sets, the road team B lineup was matched up with the home team A lineup. No extra inning games, but all 4 games were exciting.Washington beat Birmingham 4-3 thanks to a 2-run home run in the 7th inning from Grant “Home Run” Johnson. The […]
In game 2 of the 4-game sets, the road team A lineup was matched up with the home team B lineup.Washington edged Birmingham 3-1 thanks to a 2-run double in the 9th inning from Ray Dandridge.St. Louis rushed out to a 9-0 lead over Detroit, and hung on for an […]
Today the third series of the season began. This week’s match ups are Washington at Birmingham, St. Louis at Detroit, Pittsburgh at Kansas City, and last place Newark at first place New York. (Newark really needs to make up some ground soon.)Washington beat Birmingham 3-2 in 14 innings. Bingo Demoss […]
Today’s match ups featured each team’s B lineup. Three of the four games were blowouts. Newark lost its 7th game, losing 8-7 to Birmingham in a game that was not as close as it sounded. Pop Lloyd went 3-4 with 3 RBI for the Eagles, while Hurley McNair led the […]
Today’s match ups featured the road team’s B lineup versus the home team’s A lineup. Three of the four games were blowouts. Newark lost its 6th game, and league leader New York dropped its second game of the season. Pedro Martinez turned in another gem, throwing a complete game, 2-hit […]
Today’s match ups featured the road team’s A lineup versus the home team’s B lineup. Two of the games were close, exciting contests. New York improved to a 5-1 record after squeaking by the Homestead Grays 2-1, despite Turkey Stearnes’s 3rd home run of the season. My favorite game was […]
Today I played the first game of the second 4-game series. This week’s match ups are Newark at Birmingham, Pittsburgh at Detroit, St. Louis at Kansas City, and Washington at New York. Today’s games are played with each team’s A lineup (Negro League legends starting at catcher, 2b, 3b, and […]
Today’s games included a 2-1 pitchers duel, a 10-6 slug fest, a 5-4 nail biter, and a 8-2 rout which was very competitive until the 6th inning. The game stories are listed below. Bullet Joe Rogan turned in the best pitching performance for the New York Black Yankees, and Mike […]
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