Mark Weinert’s dad passed away this weekend. Mark and his family have been much on my mind. As well as Gib Rickey, Jeff’s dad, who died this morning. We are being deforested.
EFL Standings for 2019
| EFL | ||||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 11 | 3 | .760 | — | 88.0 | 49.5 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 11 | 5 | .716 | 0.2 | 127.6 | 80.4 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 8 | 4 | .634 | 2 | 75.0 | 57.0 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 10 | 7 | .597 | 2 | 94.1 | 77.2 |
| Kaline Drive | 9 | 9 | .525 | 3.2 | 60.1 | 57.2 |
| Peshastin Pears | 8 | 9 | .475 | 4.1 | 84.6 | 89.0 |
| Bellingham Cascades | 6 | 6 | .460 | 4.1 | 60.0 | 65.0 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 7 | 9 | .446 | 4.5 | 81.1 | 90.5 |
| Cottage Cheese | 7 | 9 | .440 | 4.6 | 79.9 | 90.1 |
| Brookland Outs | 6 | 10 | .383 | 5.5 | 68.0 | 86.3 |
| Haviland Dragons | 7 | 11 | .386 | 5.7 | 89.7 | 113.2 |
| D.C. Balk | 4 | 10 | .285 | 6.6 | 49.9 | 78.9 |
Canberra: “W”, (-3) – 2.
Flint Hill: W 1, L 1; 9 – 10.
Pittsburgh: W 0, L (-1); (-7) – (-4).
Portland: W 2, L 0; 9 – (-1).
Kaline: W 1, L 1; 7 – 4.
Peshastin: W 1, L 1; 13 – 7.
Bellingham: W 0, L (-1); (-4) – (-9).
Old Detroit: W 0, L 2; 1 – 9.
Cottage: W 0, L 2; 1 – 13.
Brookland: W 1, L 1; 13 – 7.
Haviland: W 1, L 1; 14 – 11.
DC: L, 6 – 9.
Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2019
| AL East | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 12 | 4 | .750 | — |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 11 | 5 | .716 | 0.5 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 7 | 9 | .446 | 4.9 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.5 |
| New York Yankees | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.5 |
| Boston Red Sox | 6 | 11 | .353 | 6.5 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 5 | 11 | .313 | 7 |
| NL East | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 11 | 3 | .760 | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.6 |
| Atlanta Braves | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.1 |
| New York Mets | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.1 |
| Washington Nationals | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.6 |
| D.C. Balk | 4 | 10 | .285 | 6.6 |
| Miami Marlins | 4 | 12 | .250 | 7.6 |
| AL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Minnesota Twins | 8 | 4 | .667 | — |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 8 | 4 | .634 | 0.4 |
| Detroit Tigers | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1.5 |
| Cleveland Indians | 8 | 7 | .533 | 1.5 |
| Bellingham Cascades | 6 | 6 | .460 | 2.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4 |
| Kansas City Royals | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.5 |
| NL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 10 | 6 | .625 | — |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 6 | .600 | 0.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1 |
| Cottage Cheese | 7 | 9 | .440 | 3 |
| Brookland Outs | 6 | 10 | .383 | 3.9 |
| Chicago Cubs | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4 |
| AL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Seattle Mariners | 13 | 5 | .722 | — |
| Houston Astros | 11 | 5 | .688 | 1 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.5 |
| Oakland A’s | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.5 |
| Kaline Drive | 9 | 9 | .525 | 3.6 |
| Texas Rangers | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 |
| Haviland Dragons | 7 | 11 | .386 | 6.1 |
| NL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| San Diego Padres | 11 | 6 | .647 | — |
| Portland Rosebuds | 10 | 7 | .597 | 0.8 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2 |
| Peshastin Pears | 8 | 9 | .475 | 2.9 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.5 |
| San Francisco Giants | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4 |
| Colorado Rockies | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.5 |
Thanks, Ron, for your kind mention. I’ll post a little note that you all are the best audience for. Dad was a lifelong Cardinals fan. He grew up in rural Nebraska, in reach of the mighty radio network of the Cardinals. He was a teenager in the ’40s, a decade of several Cardinals World Series. He loved Stan Musial and Bob Gibson. I remember him telling me at quite a young age about Enos Slaughter scoring from first base on a hit to the outfield to win game 7 of the 1946 World Series.
He was unquestionably responsible for me being a baseball fan. And more specifically, I well remember the day I came home from school at age 8 in 1960, and him telling me about the fantastic game 7 of the World Series, won by a ninth-inning homer by Bill Mazeroski. Living in rural Kansas, he turned me into a lifelong Pirates fan that day even though I never was in the state of Pennsylvania until my 50s.
He was a great Dad in far more important ways, too.
Thanks, Mark. I wonder if he regretted making you go to school that day.
The single event in baseball I would have liked most to see was Kirk Gibson’s home run against Dennis Eckersley in game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Even so, I don’t regret it. My daughter Melissa has a master’s degree in drama, and a teaching career a large part of which has been directing plays. When my time comes, maybe Melissa will write a brief tribute citing the evening when she was 8 when her dad took her to a community theater presentation of Peter Pan, and missed watching Gibson’s homer.