slim jones
Day 24 – May 17
Week 6 wrapped up today.Kansas City beat Newark 1-0. Bill Drake pitched 7-1/3 innings of shutout ball to out duel William Bell. Kansas City scored its only run in the 8th inning, as Buck Leonard’s sacrifice fly drove home Fats Jenkins. Newark only managed to get 4 hits, 2 of […]
Day 16 – May 3
St. Louis beat Birmingham 6-5, overcoming a 5-1 deficit by scoring 3 runs in the top of the 9th. Tank Carr drove home the first run of the 9th, and scored the eventual winning run on a bases loaded single by Joe DiMaggio. Willard Brown homered in the loss for […]
Slim Jones
Stuart “Slim” Jones had one of the best seasons for a pitcher in the Negro Leagues, but arm trouble and a battle with the bottle cut his career short. “Stuart (Slim) Jones, a towering lefthander with a blazing fastball, had a short, but impressive, career in bigtime baseball.” Author Robert […]
Week 3 Wrap Up
Week 3 was a fun one in my Buck O’Neil Project. All 4 series resulted in 2-2 splits. New York remained in first place by 1 game, with an 8-4 record. Washington and St. Louis are in second at 7-5. Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Birmingham are two games back at 6-6. […]
April 26 – Day 12
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 […]