The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: Giant Killers

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, we lost the series opener at the Polo Grounds (Carl Morton getting stuck with his second loss) but came back strong in the second and third games. Even without the designated hitter, the Senators beat the devil and the living God out of Mike Corkins and Matt Wilcox for eleven […]

FMJRA 2.0: An Unpromising Start In Kansas City

— compiled by Wombat-socho Started the season against Kansas City and ran into a buzzsaw of quality pitching, getting swept. The first two games at least were close, but Spaceman Lee got shelled in the third game. We’ll see how we do against Pete’s Brewers on New Year’s Eve. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et […]

FMJRA 2.0: A Christmas Break From Baseball

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, the draft is done, and Pete says we’ll start playing after Christmas. I’m fairly happy with my picks, and we’ll see how it works out during the upcoming season. Especially with the DH in effect for the American League teams. Today’s illo is taken from the Korean Playstation 5 game […]

FMJRA 2.0: The Draft Plays On

— compiled by Wombat-socho The draft for the 1973 season continues at Pete’s league, and as the informal draft puttered on through the week, I got some more good players. 7. OF Cito Gaston 8. OF Tommie Agee 9. P Blue Moon Odom 10. 1B Frank Howard 11. 2B Glenn Beckert 12. RP Dave Sells […]

FMJRA 2.0: Finally, It’s Draft Day

— compiled by Wombat-socho First of all, apologies for punting the Friday link dump; I fixed a large bowl of pasta for dinner and fell into a carbohydrate coma after finishing maybe a third of it. The draft for the 1973 season in Pete’s league started today, and since I was the best of the […]

FMJRA 2.0: Roster Like A Hole

— compiled by Wombat-socho Not looking forward to the impending 1973 draft in Pete’s league. After relying on Ken McMullen for so many years as my go-to third baseman, I have to find somebody else to fill in since Ken’s missing most of the season. Also, a bunch of my regulars from last season turned […]

FMJRA 2.0: Not Thinking About Baseball For Once

— compiled by Wombat-socho I spent most of last week grinding on continuing education for the upcoming tax season and then yesterday got the news that my aunt Pat (Dr. Patricia O’Malley) had died peacefully in her sleep Saturday morning. My cousins, for reasons best known to themselves, decided to hold her memorial service and […]

FMJRA 2.0: Franchises In Motion

— compiled by Wombat-socho So the Giants moved to Oakland and Montreal is spoken for, so that leaves San Francisco & Philadelphia up for grabs if any of you in the Commentariat aspire to be GM and manager in Pete’s League. Let him know tomorrow. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. The […]

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