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We just finished up the 1920 regular season of the No Whining Progressive Random Edition, and the final days of the regular season were incredible.

With 5 games to play, the standings looked like this:
National League Standings
East Owner Wins Losses Win % Runs Scored Runs Allowed
Boston Leopards 06gsp 100 57 0.637 971 674
STL Sprouts (1920) The_Creeper 96 61 0.611 1014 800
Cincinnati Redlegs stroh23 85 72 0.541 806 741
Ebbets Field Dodgers Scott1967 84 73 0.535 857 798
1920 Philadelphia Federalists chargingryno 67 90 0.427 893 1000
Homestead Blue Ribbons just4me 48 109 0.306 642 955

American League Standings
East Owner Wins Losses Win % Runs Scored Runs Allowed
Chicago Wild Sox coachgreat1 109 48 0.694 1075 779
Detroit Wheels trumbull 104 53 0.662 1021 631
St. Louis Stickmen Cheno5 81 76 0.516 869 825
Cleveland Buckeyes fire13 61 96 0.389 831 1117
Haverford Goats XX crazyamos 58 99 0.369 716 1004
Boston Americans contrarian23 49 108 0.312 651 1022

Note Detroit's run differential of +390...rarefied air...in real MLB only the 1939 Yankees have ever exceeded that.

The schedule makers must have been prescient, because the final 5 game series in each league had the contenders going head to head...Boston visiting St. Louis and Detroit in Chicago.

Would you believe that after 3 games, both races we're still in play? The 2nd place teams each swept the first 3 (odd of this happening, assuming the teams were evenly matched: 1 in 64). The standings after G160 were:

National League Standings
East Owner Wins Losses Win % Runs Scored Runs Allowed
Boston Leopards 06gsp 100 60 0.625 981 696
STL Sprouts (1920) The_Creeper 99 61 0.619 1036 810
Ebbets Field Dodgers Scott1967 87 73 0.544 876 812
Cincinnati Redlegs stroh23 86 74 0.538 816 751
1920 Philadelphia Federalists chargingryno 69 91 0.431 903 1010
Homestead Blue Ribbons just4me 48 112 0.300 656 974

American League Standings
East Owner Wins Losses Win % Runs Scored Runs Allowed
Chicago Wild Sox coachgreat1 109 51 0.681 1084 807
Detroit Wheels trumbull 107 53 0.669 1049 640
St. Louis Stickmen Cheno5 84 76 0.525 892 835
Cleveland Buckeyes fire13 63 97 0.394 850 1134
Haverford Goats XX crazyamos 59 101 0.369 733 1023
Boston Americans contrarian23 49 111 0.306 661 1045


Note that Detroit was now +409 in run differential.

In game 161, Chicago finally clinched with a nail-biting 1-0 victory, but St. Louis won AGAIN and the NL was in a flat-footed tie:

National League Standings
East Owner Wins Losses Win % Runs Scored Runs Allowed
STL Sprouts (1920) The_Creeper 100 61 0.621 1040 812
Boston Leopards 06gsp 100 61 0.621 983 700
Ebbets Field Dodgers Scott1967 88 73 0.547 881 814
Cincinnati Redlegs stroh23 87 74 0.540 819 751
1920 Philadelphia Federalists chargingryno 69 92 0.429 903 1013
Homestead Blue Ribbons just4me 48 113 0.298 658 979

American League Standings
East Owner Wins Losses Win % Runs Scored Runs Allowed
Chicago Wild Sox coachgreat1 110 51 0.683 1085 807
Detroit Wheels trumbull 107 54 0.665 1049 641
St. Louis Stickmen Cheno5 85 76 0.528 904 835
Cleveland Buckeyes fire13 64 97 0.398 856 1136
Haverford Goats XX crazyamos 59 102 0.366 735 1029
Boston Americans contrarian23 49 112 0.304 661 1057


2/21/2024 8:20 PM
In game 162 in the NL, St. Louis led 2-1 in the 9th, but Boston tied it up and then finally won the game (and the pennant) in 12 innings. Baby Doll Jacobson's 3-run HR in the 12th was the big hit.

Final standings:
National League Standings
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East W-L PCT GB Division 1-Run G Extra Inn RS RA Exp.% Owner
Boston Leopards 101-61 0.623 - 48-32 25-23 9-8 989 703 0.661 06gsp
STL Sprouts (1920) 100-62 0.617 1 50-30 20-12 4-5 1043 818 0.619 The_Creeper
Ebbets Field Dodgers 89-73 0.549 12 42-38 24-21 8-4 888 814 0.542 Scott1967
Cincinnati Redlegs 87-75 0.537 14 44-36 17-19 4-4 824 758 0.540 stroh23
1920 Philadelphia Federalists 70-92 0.432 31 34-46 14-19 9-8 910 1018 0.443 chargingryno
Homestead Blue Ribbons 48-114 0.296 53 22-58 13-27 1-8 658 986 0.314 just4me

American League Standings
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East W-L PCT GB Division 1-Run G Extra Inn RS RA Exp.% Owner
Chicago Wild Sox 110-52 0.679 - 57-23 27-11 6-5 1085 817 0.639 coachgreat1
Detroit Wheels 108-54 0.667 2 51-29 20-27 5-5 1059 641 0.727 trumbull
St. Louis Stickmen 85-77 0.525 25 41-39 34-27 7-3 910 843 0.538 Cheno5
Cleveland Buckeyes 65-97 0.401 45 33-47 23-21 8-6 871 1143 0.364 fire13
Haverford Goats XX 59-103 0.364 51 29-51 18-23 6-7 742 1044 0.337 crazyamos
Boston Americans 50-112 0.309 60 29-51 16-21 8-12 669 1063 0.287 contrarian23


Detroit finished +418 in RD, with an Exp Pct of .727, but still will sit out the postseason. Believe it, or Don't!
2/21/2024 8:23 PM
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In a 2023 progressive I added Josh Donaldson late as a defensive sub.

41 games into the season he is 9 for 46 and hitting .196 which seems about right.

However 7 of those 9 hits are Home Runs and he is slugging .674.

He has not feasted on tired pitching. Stadiums are all current and nothing major. Home ballpark is Houston where he has hit 4 and 3 on the road at Target Field, Petco and Wrigley.
3/22/2024 10:51 PM
so what yer sayin is, it's a good simulation

it coul happen
3/22/2024 11:22 PM
Hard Luck Commish Award?

Through 70 seasons of "Golden Age" and 25 of "Golden Age 2" I finally won a title in season 21 of GA2!!

1-94

Believe It or Don't
3/23/2024 12:13 AM
Posted by bagchucker3 on 3/22/2024 11:22:00 PM (view original):
so what yer sayin is, it's a good simulation

it coul happen
All that is missing is a blown out calf muscle.
3/23/2024 8:07 AM
From a 1968 prog:



Jim Hickman scores the winning run in the 25th inning after being drilled in the leg to get on base.

Prior to that HBP, he'd gone 0-10!

Believe It or Don't!
3/24/2024 12:23 PM
Lucky man. Even if he'll never walk again...
3/24/2024 5:00 PM
Posted by d_rock97 on 3/8/2024 2:52:00 PM (view original):
Not the most uncommon occurrence, but when’s the last time you’ve seen a DH lead the MVP race? (We’re only 8 games into the season)

In our 2023 league Juan Soto is 2nd in MVP voting at the All Star Break. He has played 408 innings at DH, 104 in LF, 7 in RF and 84 at 1B. So not quite a full time DH and only in 2nd but it is much later in the season.
4/1/2024 8:38 AM
A single-season progressive league game, 1987, my Seattle team holds off an 8-run 9th inning rally by Boston to win by a field goal, 16-13. Believe it, or Don't!

https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=43414201&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10

4/5/2024 4:48 AM
Overperformers Dept.

In real life, RP Tyler Matzek threw 29 innings in the shortened 2020 season, going 4-3 with a 2.79 ERA.

Through 101 games of a single-season prog, these are his stats:

12-0, 0.87 ERA

He's not only #3 in Cy Young voting, he's the ROY leader, too—despite having a previous season in the sim way back in 2014!

Believe It or Don't!

Postscript: Matzek finished the regular season 17-2 with a 2.33 ERA.
4/28/2024 12:06 PM (edited)
I just drafted Greg Goossen for my 1969 prog team. He's a good PH'er that season, but the main reason I took him is because he's the second "fella" in this great Casey Stengel quote from 1966:

"See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30."

Goossen exceeded expectations and lived to be 65!

Believe It or Don't!

UPDATED TO ADD: The first game of this 1969 prog season just simmed. Goossen got player of the game for going 6-for-7 with a double, 3 HR, and 11 RBI!
5/11/2024 8:25 AM (edited)
My progessive league Seattle Whalers won a game 22-11 in the Kingdome in 1987...without hitting a home run! In the Kingdome! Believe it....or don't!

https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=43619353&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10

5/10/2024 1:45 PM
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