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FMJRA 2.0: World Series ’73 Week Two

— compiled by Wombat-socho As I write this the Cincinnati Reds & Baltimore Orioles are tied at two games apiece for the World Championship in Pete’s Dynasty League Baseball League. We’re still looking for managers for next season’s Cubs and Expos. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. RussiaGate: ‘But I Didn’t Know […]

FMJRA 2.0: 1973 World Series

— compiled by Wombat-socho While I’m sorting through my roster trying to figure out which ten -I think it’s ten- players I want to keep*, the Cincinnati Reds are playing the Baltimore Orioles for all the marbles in Pete’s league. The Chicago Cubs (79-83) and Montreal Expos (66-96) are looking for new managers, so if […]

FMJRA 2.0: Wait Until Next Year

— compiled by Wombat-socho Ironically, though both Pittsburgh and I wanted to play our last series hands-on, the Dynasty League computers had other ideas, and we logged in Thursday night to find the games had already been played. I dasn’t complain too loudly; while we lost the opening game 4-3 when Dave Sells coughed up […]

FMJRA 2.0: Not Long Before The End

— compiled by Wombat-socho After a week like this, I’m tempted to let the robot run the team for our last series on Thursday in Pittsburgh, but that would be dishonorable. We lost two out of three to the Red Sox. the sole win coming as Dave Sells vultured a win off Jim Kaat by […]

FMJRA 2.0: Kiss .500 Goodbye

— compiled by Wombat-socho Even though we ended up 2-4 on the week, it actually went better than expected, since with our records against the A’s and Dodgers, I fully expected to go 0-6 on the week, Still, Blue Moon Odom vultured his fifth win in relief of David Clyde against Jim Palmer & the […]

FMJRA 2.0: Before The Deluge

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, it could have been worse. We lost two out of three to the Cardinals in St. Louis and then came home to take two of three from the Tribe. Spaceman Lee picked up the lone win against the Cards, going the distance in a 5-0 shutout, and then gave up […]

FMJRA 2.0: September in Washington

— compiled by Wombat-socho Ah, September…the month when the rosters expand, the kids go back to school, the miserable sweaty heat lingers over the Anacostia, and the crowds at RFK dwindle as the Senators get beaten like a rented mule. We were hoping for a .500 week, but we got swept by the Hated Yankees […]

FMJRA 2.0: Marginal Victory

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, that week turned out very differently than I expected. First, we swept the two-game series against the Angels against whom we were 3-5, with Blue Moon Odom notching his second win in relief (vice Jim Kaat) and Spaceman Lee taking Game Two for his fourteenth win. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage […]

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