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BYU 14 · 06-13-2006, 12:20 AM

Pre-Season
The defection of Lajoie from the Phillies is just the beginning as scores of NL Players jump ship to the fledging American League with the Owners powerless to stop them. Cy Young, John McGraw, Jimmy Collins, Wid Conroy, Nig Cuppy and Clark Griffith head the list of “turncoats” as the American League achieves instant legitimacy in the eyes of the Baseball adoring public. DW Griffith holds his owners to his moratorium of not pursuing National League Stars for the 1901 Season, yet nonetheless has a bombshell of his own. In a bold action Griffith declares that the PCL will not draw the Color line and encourages his owners to sign black Players. The only Team to follow this directive however, is the Portland Beavers. Owned by Pacific Lumber, the forward thinking Beavers immediately sign Rube Foster, William Malone, George Stovey, Frank Grant, Sol White and Clarenc Williams. Despite being based in probably the most tolerant part of the country the Players will take savage verbal abuse on the Road, and on occasion, even their Home Park. Remaining grimly determined the six take it out on the rest of the League.

Note: I did not assign all these players to the team, I let them import as free agents and Portland truly signed them all on the same day no less. (I know the game is deep but could Markus have programmed the racial intolerance of the time in as well?)

Regular Season
Portland, buoyed by the Six Negro Leaguers runs away with the PCL by an astounding 41 games over second place Salt Lake. Malone 31-3 1.26, Foster 28-8 1.05 and Stovey 26-7 1.15 dominate PCL hitters. The Beavers are led on offense by Grant Johnson .337 5 88. Frank Grant .311 6 48, Williams .305 7 83 and White .284 2 58 are also solid. Ron Quinn .244 10 43 supplied the power for the Bees who also got a great effort on the Mound from Randy Bayles 20-10 1.80.

In the NL a strong Pittsburgh squad rode the arms of Jesse Tannehill 30-9 2.51, Rube Waddell 16-13 2.66 (League best 227 K’s) and Sam Leever 12-9 3.84 to pull away from Al Reach’s Phillies in the last Month of the Season. The Pirates hit an NL best .280 as a team, led by Ginger Beaumont.364 10 84, Honus Wagner .315 5 81, 76 Steals and Fred Clarke .314 9 76, 77 Steals. Philadelphia got a huge Season from Ed Delahanty .338 8 95 and Third place Chicago boasted Topsy Hartsel .313 8 80, 74 Steals and the arm of Jack Taylor 25-14 3.43.

In the AL the Boston Americans led by Rookie Win Kellum 22-7 2.27 and NL defectors Nig Cuppy 23-14 3.60 , Cy Young 18-16 3.76, Chick Stahl .323 5 62 and Jimmy Collins .312 3 95 held off Nap Lajoie’s Athletics to take the first AL pennant. The best story on Boston’s roster though belonged to journeyman Catcher Ossie Schreckengost. Cast off by Von Der Ahe in St Louis after the 1899 Season, Schreck came back after a year away from the game to hit .352 for the Americans. Lajoie, as expected paced the A’s at .345 11 77, with a big assist on Offense from Socks Seybold, a career minor Leaguer who also hit .345 to go with an AL best 16 Homers and 121 RBI’s..

At the end of the campaign Pirate owner Barney Dreyfuss challenged the Kennedy’s to a best of 7 series between his team and Boston to “establish National League superiority” Joseph Kennedy accepted, promising his Americans would prove equal to any NL Team. Gifford Pinchot, head of forestry in Oregon and a major investor in the Beavers Baseball club demanded inclusion as well however; Dreyfuss, refused to meet a team fielding black players and the PCL winner was left out in the cold. Angered, Pinchot instead arranged a series between his team and the second place Bee’s for the inaugural PCL Temple Cup.

Note
Milwaukee AL Franchise moves to St Louis after the Season

06-13-2006, 12:20 AM	#7
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	1901 Summary Pre-Season The defection of Lajoie from the Phillies is just the beginning as scores of NL Players jump ship to the fledging American League with the Owners powerless to stop them. Cy Young, John McGraw, Jimmy Collins, Wid Conroy, Nig Cuppy and Clark Griffith head the list of “turncoats” as the American League achieves instant legitimacy in the eyes of the Baseball adoring public. DW Griffith holds his owners to his moratorium of not pursuing National League Stars for the 1901 Season, yet nonetheless has a bombshell of his own. In a bold action Griffith declares that the PCL will not draw the Color line and encourages his owners to sign black Players. The only Team to follow this directive however, is the Portland Beavers. Owned by Pacific Lumber, the forward thinking Beavers immediately sign Rube Foster, William Malone, George Stovey, Frank Grant, Sol White and Clarenc Williams. Despite being based in probably the most tolerant part of the country the Players will take savage verbal abuse on the Road, and on occasion, even their Home Park. Remaining grimly determined the six take it out on the rest of the League. Note: I did not assign all these players to the team, I let them import as free agents and Portland truly signed them all on the same day no less. (I know the game is deep but could Markus have programmed the racial intolerance of the time in as well?) Regular Season Portland, buoyed by the Six Negro Leaguers runs away with the PCL by an astounding 41 games over second place Salt Lake. Malone 31-3 1.26, Foster 28-8 1.05 and Stovey 26-7 1.15 dominate PCL hitters. The Beavers are led on offense by Grant Johnson .337 5 88. Frank Grant .311 6 48, Williams .305 7 83 and White .284 2 58 are also solid. Ron Quinn .244 10 43 supplied the power for the Bees who also got a great effort on the Mound from Randy Bayles 20-10 1.80. In the NL a strong Pittsburgh squad rode the arms of Jesse Tannehill 30-9 2.51, Rube Waddell 16-13 2.66 (League best 227 K’s) and Sam Leever 12-9 3.84 to pull away from Al Reach’s Phillies in the last Month of the Season. The Pirates hit an NL best .280 as a team, led by Ginger Beaumont.364 10 84, Honus Wagner .315 5 81, 76 Steals and Fred Clarke .314 9 76, 77 Steals. Philadelphia got a huge Season from Ed Delahanty .338 8 95 and Third place Chicago boasted Topsy Hartsel .313 8 80, 74 Steals and the arm of Jack Taylor 25-14 3.43. In the AL the Boston Americans led by Rookie Win Kellum 22-7 2.27 and NL defectors Nig Cuppy 23-14 3.60 , Cy Young 18-16 3.76, Chick Stahl .323 5 62 and Jimmy Collins .312 3 95 held off Nap Lajoie’s Athletics to take the first AL pennant. The best story on Boston’s roster though belonged to journeyman Catcher Ossie Schreckengost. Cast off by Von Der Ahe in St Louis after the 1899 Season, Schreck came back after a year away from the game to hit .352 for the Americans. Lajoie, as expected paced the A’s at .345 11 77, with a big assist on Offense from Socks Seybold, a career minor Leaguer who also hit .345 to go with an AL best 16 Homers and 121 RBI’s.. At the end of the campaign Pirate owner Barney Dreyfuss challenged the Kennedy’s to a best of 7 series between his team and Boston to “establish National League superiority” Joseph Kennedy accepted, promising his Americans would prove equal to any NL Team. Gifford Pinchot, head of forestry in Oregon and a major investor in the Beavers Baseball club demanded inclusion as well however; Dreyfuss, refused to meet a team fielding black players and the PCL winner was left out in the cold. Angered, Pinchot instead arranged a series between his team and the second place Bee’s for the inaugural PCL Temple Cup. Note Milwaukee AL Franchise moves to St Louis after the Season Last edited by BYU 14 : 06-13-2006 at 01:20 AM.