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The New Yorkers won the ALCS in a tough seven game battle and went on to lose to the upstart Chicago Cubs, the NL wild card entry with a 44-37 record who beat the NL regular season champions, Pittsburgh Gunslingers to set up a wild card world series.
This season the Toronto team returned almost all of his star studded cast as do the New York Mess. The third place Chicago Meat Cleavers who were just five games off the pace strongly feel they can close that gap and win as well.
On Opening Day Toronto sent the 1951 Cy young Award Winner, George Twombly (12-1 2.26) to the mound to oppose Tampa Bay ace Britt Carroll, 6-6 2.97, in 1950.
The capacity crowd of 46,550 sat pensively through the opening day ceremonies and when the call ''play ball'' was sounded let out a roar that shed the creaks and groans of a long off season of ifs and buts that no longer made any difference.
Twombly was in top form and went eight strong innings allowing one run on five hits. He walked five and struck out five, a total that seem more indicative of some off season rust than inept pitching.
Carroll pitched well as well going eight innings allowing eight hits and four runs (three earned). Carroll alked two and fanned four. he took the loss.
Toronto scored the game's first run in the bottom of the second inning to the delight of the now relaxed and boisterous crowd. Chris Spencer tripled and scored on an error by first baseman Dick Wingard.
George White's one out single in the bottom of the fourth inning set things in motion for Toronto's second run.
Johnny Swindell forced White at second. Pitcher George Twombly singled softly to left field sending Swindell scampering around to third base. Steve Cratcher singled past the desperate dive of second baseman Lee Brand and Swindell scored.
Tampa cut the lead in half in the sixth on a one-out run scoring single by Mike Alexander.
Johnny Swindell hit ten homeruns in 1950 and he hit his first of the '51 season in the bottom half of that inning restoring Toronto original two run lead at 3-1.
The power hitting shortstop was not done. He crushed number two in the eight inning to make it 4-1 and Myron Cascarant finished off the game with a scoreless ninth inning for his first save of the new Campaign.
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New York 7 Chicago 6
The ALCS Champions also won taking it to Chicago 7-6Tim Lind picked up the win in relief of hard luck ace Craig Escobar (4-8 in 1950). Ross Doerr's two run homerun in the first inning got the Mess rolling.
Chicago tied the game 2-2 in the 4th inning on a two run single by Chad Finley.
New York reassumed a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 4th on a ground out by Elmer Stuart.
Randy Files grand slam homerun n the 6th put Chicago on top 6-3.
A three run 6th got it tied for new York. Luis Sheridan, and Harry Mangus had run scoring singles and Stuart a RBI double.
New York kept the momentum going in the seventh when Sheridan's single put them ahead again 7-6.
Fred Goosen (8th) and Raul Veres (9th) put it on ice for New York. Lind got the win and Veres his first save.
[Edited on 6-19-2017 by jbnimble20]
Opening Day 1951
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The 1950 season was a banner season for the Bob Boone League. The Toronto Blue Jays edged the new York Mess for the regular season league title by one game with a impressive 52-29 record, a .642 winning percentage.
The New Yorkers won the ALCS in a tough seven game battle and went on to lose to the upstart Chicago Cubs, the NL wild card entry with a 44-37 record who beat the NL regular season champions, Pittsburgh Gunslingers to set up a wild card world series.
This season the Toronto team returned almost all of his star studded cast as do the New York Mess. The third place Chicago Meat Cleavers who were just five games off the pace strongly feel they can close that gap and win as well.
On Opening Day Toronto sent the 1951 Cy young Award Winner, George Twombly (12-1 2.26) to the mound to oppose Tampa Bay ace Britt Carroll, 6-6 2.97, in 1950.
The capacity crowd of 46,550 sat pensively through the opening day ceremonies and when the call ''play ball'' was sounded let out a roar that shed the creaks and groans of a long off season of ifs and buts that no longer made any difference.
Twombly was in top form and went eight strong innings allowing one run on five hits. He walked five and struck out five, a total that seem more indicative of some off season rust than inept pitching.
Carroll pitched well as well going eight innings allowing eight hits and four runs (three earned). Carroll alked two and fanned four. he took the loss.
Toronto scored the game's first run in the bottom of the second inning to the delight of the now relaxed and boisterous crowd. Chris Spencer tripled and scored on an error by first baseman Dick Wingard.
George White's one out single in the bottom of the fourth inning set things in motion for Toronto's second run.
Johnny Swindell forced White at second. Pitcher George Twombly singled softly to left field sending Swindell scampering around to third base. Steve Cratcher singled past the desperate dive of second baseman Lee Brand and Swindell scored.
Tampa cut the lead in half in the sixth on a one-out run scoring single by Mike Alexander.
Johnny Swindell hit ten homeruns in 1950 and he hit his first of the '51 season in the bottom half of that inning restoring Toronto original two run lead at 3-1.
The power hitting shortstop was not done. He crushed number two in the eight inning to make it 4-1 and Myron Cascarant finished off the game with a scoreless ninth inning for his first save of the new Campaign.
=================================
New York 7 Chicago 6
The ALCS Champions also won taking it to Chicago 7-6Tim Lind picked up the win in relief of hard luck ace Craig Escobar (4-8 in 1950). Ross Doerr's two run homerun in the first inning got the Mess rolling.
Chicago tied the game 2-2 in the 4th inning on a two run single by Chad Finley.
New York reassumed a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 4th on a ground out by Elmer Stuart.
Randy Files grand slam homerun n the 6th put Chicago on top 6-3.
A three run 6th got it tied for new York. Luis Sheridan, and Harry Mangus had run scoring singles and Stuart a RBI double.
New York kept the momentum going in the seventh when Sheridan's single put them ahead again 7-6.
Fred Goosen (8th) and Raul Veres (9th) put it on ice for New York. Lind got the win and Veres his first save.
[Edited on 6-19-2017 by jbnimble20]
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