Bathtub Baseball

Spurred by the success of my bathtub baseball experiment, I decided to try a short league. After some consideration, I chose to resurrect the Roaring 20s Baseball League.

The Teams

Here are the 8 teams of the league.

• 1929 Chicago Cubs (98 wins, National League champions)
• 1920 Cleveland Indians (98 wins, World Series champions)
• 1923 New York Giants (95 wins, National League champions)
• 1927 New York Yankees (110 wins, World Series champions)
• 1929 Philadelphia Athletics (104 wins, World Series champions)
• 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates (95 wins, World Series champions)
• 1928 St. Louis Cardinals (95 wins, National League champions)
• 1925 Washington Senators (96 wins, American League champions)

The Schedule

Like last year's initial schedule, I plan to play two games (home and away) vs. every other team. However, I plan to keep the American League and National League teams separate. This means each team will play 6 games, 2 against every other team in its league. League champions will meet for a 3-game World Series.

There will be 3 "weeks" of games, with 8 games a week. I'm not sure how long it will take me to play a "week" but once I do I will post the results.

A Sampler

Games are underway. Here is a little taste.

Chicago Cubs 5 - New York Giants 4

Chi    1-0-1-0-1-2

NY    1-1-0-0-1-1

The Giants jumped out to a 2-1 lead but Charlie Grimm ties the score late. The game goes into extra innings. Both sides score a run in the 10th. Then in the 11th, Hack Wilson (Chi) drives in 2 runs. The Giants get a solo home run in the bottom of the inning, but then the Cubs bullpen shuts the door.