The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

FMJRA 2.0: Sudno

— compiled by Wombat-socho Another week of .500 baseball for the Senators, losing two out of three games to the A’s and winning two of three from the Expos. One of the losses to the A’s was truly infuriating, an eighteen-inning ordeal in which he A’s closer Darold Knowles pitched nine innings in relief with […]

FMJRA 2.0: Out of The Blue & Into The Black

— compiled by Wombat-socho A decent week for the Senators. True, we lost two out of three to the Twins, who have a disgusting number of left-handed hitters and pitchers, but we began the week with two wins against the Yankees. So we’re .500 for the week. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. ‘Climate […]

FMJRA 2.0: I Was Dreaming I Was Awake

— compiled by Wombat-socho Things started badly this week for my Senators as they wiped out against the Pirates in three games at Three Rivers, but ended well when we came home to RFK and beat the A’s in two games straight. Jim Kaat outdueled Sonny Siebert in game one for a 1-0 win, the […]

FMJRA 2.0: Shadows Of The Night

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Senators traded starting pitcher Larry Dierker and newly acquired center fielder Pat Kelly to the Phillies for center fielder Willie Mays and starter Pat Dobson, mainly with an eye toward next season (1973) when Dierker is going to be chopped liver (along with Mays) but we’ll have two decent center […]

FMJRA 2.0: Joy In Mudville

— compiled by Wombat-socho It was a rare and pleasant week to be a Senators fan, for the Nats went 5-3 against the Orioles. We split a two-game series at home, then went to Baltimore and took two out of three. Jim Kaat got two of the three wins, Moe Drabowsky blew two saves to […]

FMJRA 2.0: Call Of The West

— compiled by Wombat-socho As I said last week that I would, I let the robot make the calls this week, and the robot did about as well as I would have, taking one from the Reds and another from the Red Sox. So the Senators were 2-4 this week, but I felt better about […]

FMJRA 2.0: Let The Robot Do The Suffering

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, it’s been another miserable week at RFK; we took one out of three from Pete’s Pilots and another one of three from the Red Sox, both behind Juan Marichal. The other four games were the usual frustrating combination of blowouts and games that looked close on paper but really weren’t. […]

FMJRA 2.0: Blessed Silence

— compiled by Wombat-socho No SOTD today. Just settling for the ambient noise in the apartment today. This is one of those weeks that makes me think I ought to quit Pete’s continual draft league and just stick with wargames. Senators went 2-4 this week against the Yankees and Red Sox, with both wins being […]

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