I picked up the “36 Past Seasons” cards, which are reproductions of selected teams from 1962-1976. Thought I would run a tournament using the basic game. The first round will be six divisions of six teams. Each team will play one game against each divisional opponent; that’s five sets of three games in each division. If I make it, there will be 90 games in the first round. No rules yet for what happens after the first round.
STANDINGS
DIVISION A
W L RS RA RD
1969 Twins 3 2 25 16 +9
1973 Mets 3 2 16 16 0
1972 A’s 3 2 19 22 -3
1969 Braves 2 3 19 19 0
1971 Orioles 2 3 22 23 -1
1964 Reds 2 3 14 19 -5
DIVISION B
W L RS RA RD
1964 Phillies 4 1 19 7 +12
1974 Rangers 3 2 23 7 +16
1968 Cardinals 3 2 15 15 0
1966 Dodgers 3 2 10 9 +1
1969 Orioles 2 3 14 21 -7
1976 Royals 0 5 10 32 -22
DIVISION C
W L RS RA RD
1963 Dodgers 4 1 24 13 +11
1966 Orioles 3 2 26 17 +9
1964 White Sox 3 2 24 22 +2
1975 Red Sox 2 3 15 15 0
1969 Mets 2 3 15 22 -7
1962 Angels 1 4 15 30 -15
Division A:
2008-03-16
1971 Orioles 000 000 100 1 7 1 1973 Mets 011 010 00x 3 6 3 W: Seaver (1-0) L: Cuellar (0-1) Seaver pitches well and helps himself with a HR.
1972 A's 000 100 000 1 3 0 1969 Braves 110 220 00x 6 11 0 W: Niekro (1-0) L: Holtzman (0-1) Aaron hits two homers as the Braves pound Ken Holtzman.
1964 Reds 000 000 000 1 1 1 1969 Twins 100 300 00x 4 3 0 W: Boswell (1-0) L: Maloney (0-1) Dave Boswell tosses a one-hitter and retires the last 22 in order! Twins eke out 4 runs on only 3 hits.
1972 A's 000 300 004 7 4 2 1971 Orioles 001 000 004 5 6 1 W: Hunter (1-0) L: Dobson (0-1) Injured: Mangual (1 game) Orioles give up 3 unearned runs in the top of the 9th, and their 4 unearned runs in the bottom of the 9th are not enough.
1973 Mets 000 000 000 0 5 2 1964 Reds 000 000 10x 1 5 3 W: O'Toole (1-0) S: Ellis (1) L: Koosman (0-1) Great outings by both starters--scoreless through 6 1/2. Five errors, but none translate into runs.
1969 Twins 212 300 000 8 15 2 1969 Braves 000 010 010 2 10 1 W: Perry (1-0) L: Jarvis (0-1) Twins score early and often. Uhlaender: 3 RBI, 2 R.
2008-03-17
1971 Orioles 010 000 003 4 13 1 1969 Braves 000 002 010 3 7 1 W: Palmer (1-0) S: Watt (1) L: Upshaw (0-1) Braves up 3-1 in the top of the 9th. Upshaw on the mound trying to finish it off. Orioles load the bases on three straight singles. Upshaw strikes out the next two. Powell hits a ground ball to 3rd... and Clete Boyer boots it! O's down one, Frank Robinson singles in two to take the lead and the win!
2008-03-21
1969 Twins 000 011 030 00 5 8 0 1973 Mets 110 001 020 01 6 13 2 SP: Matlack, Kaat W: Parker (1-0) L: Perranoski (0-1) Mets up 3-2, top of the 8th, Twins batting. Back-to-back errors put two on, and Cesar Tovar makes 'em pay with a homer to make it 5-3. Mets answer with two in the bottom of the inning to tie. Mets load the bases and win with a sac fly in the 11th.
1964 Reds 100 002 100 4 7 1 1972 A's 002 030 01x 6 13 3 SP: Purkey, Odom W: Odom (1-0) S: Knowles L: Purkey (0-1) A's win with a 2-run blast from Rudi, but Reggie is injured and lost for ten games.
At the end of three games, the Mets, A’s, & Twins are 2-1; the Orioles, Braves, & Reds are 1-2.
2008-03-22
1973 Mets 000 010 001 2 5 2 1972 A's 500 000 00x 5 8 0 SP: Seaver, Holtzman (Oops! Wrong guys.) W: Holtzman (1-1) L: Seaver (1-1) A's batted around in the 1st with five hits & 2 errors committed by the Mets.
1969 Braves 100 200 100 4 13 0 1964 Reds 000 010 000 1 5 1 W: Pappas (1-0) L: Tsitouris (0-1) Milt Pappas five-hits the Reds. No homers in this one.
2008-03-23
1971 Orioles 113 100 001 7 10 1 1969 Twins 020 010 000 3 10 2 W: McNally (1-0) L: Hall (0-1) Don Buford hit 3 home runs to lead off the 1st, 3rd, and 9th innings!
1969 Braves 002 000 020 4 7 0 1973 Mets 000 021 20x 5 9 0 W: Stone (1-0) S: Parker L: Stone (0-1) George Stone started for both teams, and Felix Millan led off for both! Cleon Jones hit the deciding 2-run homer in the 7th. Braves came close with two solo shots in the 8th off Aaron & Gonzalez. Sonny Jackson injured--six games.
1972 A's 000 000 000 0 3 0 1969 Twins 012 001 01x 5 8 1 W: Boswell (2-0) L: Blue (0-1) Boswell tossed another gem: a three-hit shutout. Harm Killebrew powered the Twins offense with 3 runs and 3 RBIs on two home runs.
1964 Reds 002 010 000 04 7 13 1 1971 Orioles 000 120 000 02 5 9 0 SP: Cuellar, Maloney W: Ellis (1-0) L: Dukes (0-1) Tied after five, and we go into extra innings. Reds exploded for four in the top of the 11th, and the Orioles were able to get back only half.
Three tied at the top of the division. Playoff or run differential?
W L RS RS RD
1969 Twins 3 2 25 16 +9
1973 Mets 3 2 16 16 0
1972 A’s 3 2 19 22 -3
1969 Braves 2 3 19 19 0
1971 Orioles 2 3 22 23 -1
1964 Reds 2 3 14 19 -5
Division B:
The 1964 Phillies sped to a 4-0 start to take the division. The ’74 Rangers played well also. The 60s pitching is front and center with five shutouts in 15 games. The ’76 Royals were awful and failed to take a single game.
TEX 1 PHI 3 Triple play! Bunning: 3 hitter. STL 4 LAD 5 15 innings BAL 9 KCR 2 O's score 5 in 1st. STL 3 TEX 2 13 inninngs. Both score 1 in the 12th. PHI 7 BAL 1 Phils knock 4 HRs, two by Wes Covington. KCR 0 LAD 1 Drysdale shutout. TEX 2 LAD 1 LA leaves bases loaded in the 9th. KCR 3 PHI 7 BAL 1 STL 2 Carlton one batter short of shutout. PHI 2 STL 2 Mahaffey: four-hit shutout. LAD 2 BAL 3 Palmer: 4-hitter. Powell: HR. TEX 9 KCR 0 Jackie Brown: 5-hit shutout. LAD 2 PHI 0 Koufax: 4 hits, 11 Ks. STL 6 KCR 0 16 innings! Mike Shannon GWRBI. BAL 0 TEX 9 David Clyde shutout. Cesar Tovar grand slam.
Division C:
It came down to the last game, and the ’63 Dodgers edges out the ’64 White Sox to take the division.
NYM 3 BAL 6 All O's runs unearned. LAD 2 BOS 1 Sox get tying run on second bottom 9th no out, but can't do it. LAA 7 CHW 8 Sox rally with 2 out bottom 11th, win on RF Wagner's error. LAD 10 NYM 1 Koufax 12 Ks. Fairly 4 for 4, 3 RBIs. BAL 10 LAA 0 Powell 3 HRs! Palmer 4-hit shutout. CHW 6 BOS 4 NYM 4 BOS 0 Koosman 2-hitter, retired 20 in a row at one point. Kranepool 4 for 4. CHW 5 BAL 3 Horlan retires first 17. Hansen 3-run HR. LAA 1 LAD 3 BAL 6 LAD 4 BOS 5 LAA 2 Come-from-behind win on Evans' 3-run HR. NYM 3 CHW 1 BOS 5 BAL 1 LAD 5 CHW 4 Deciding game. LAA 5 NYM 4 10 inn. Angels left 19 on base. Mets pitchers walked 14.