1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 26 November 1960

The Rangers and Bruins go back-to-back and the League-pacing Canadiens make a Thanksgiving swing through the Midwest (making some history as they went) . . .

1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay - Adams Semi-Finals, Game 3

10 April 1982: Marco Baron stopped all but one of Buffalo's 33 shots, and Barry Pederson had two goals and an assist to lead the Bruins to a 5-1 victory and a three-game sweep of their Adams Division Semi-Final series.

1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay - Smythe Semi-Finals, Game 1

7 April 1982: Only one team looked ready to play as the 81-82 Smythe Division semi-finals got underway at the Pacific Coliseum. 

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 19 November 1960

It appears as if the cream has started to rise to the top as the season passes its quarter-pole, with the League leaders going on the road and taking care of business convincingly, but Toronto hanging tight near the top with a thrilling win . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 12 November 1960

A home-and-home set between the Wings and Rangers, while the Black Hawks and Toronto tangle twice while looking to gain ground in their chase of the Canadiens . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 5 November 1960

A couple of top-of-the-table matchups highlight the first week of November . . .

1919 NL - Games of Thursday, 3 July

Phillies 4, Braves 3: Philadelphia scored twice in the 9th inning after being down to their last remaining out, and once on the 10th to snatch a victory from the grasp of the Bostons at Braves Field. After the Phillies had scored the opening run in the 2nd on two singles and a passed ball, the home nine built an early 3-1 lead behind RBI singles from Tony Boeckel and Walter Holke, and a run-scoring wild pitch by George Smith. Jack Scott held that lead for the Braves through eight innings, and retired the first two batters in the Philadelphia 9th as the home fans began to celebrate. But Bevo LeBourveau drew a pinch-hit walk to prolong matters, and Leo Callahan and Harry Pearce followed with singles that Philled the sacks with baserunners and the one final out still yet to secure for Boston. Doug Baird (1-for-3 with a walk so far) was next to bat, with the dangerous heart of the Phillies lineup on deck, so Scott was forced to deal directly with the PHI third baseman; Baird poked a blooper into shallow left field which no Brave could reach, and two runners came around to score and tie the ballgame at three. Larry Cheney (0-2) came on in relief of Scott to escape further damage, but he would not be so fortunate in the 10th. Gavy Cravath walked to start the frame, and stole second, but Cheney appeared to have rendered that moot when he put away the next two batters. Late-game catching replacement Hick Cady struck the big blow, however, in his first at-bat of the game when he drove a ball over Ray Powell's head in right field and up against the fence for three bases and a Philadelphia lead. Gene Packard (3-8) set Boston down in order in the home half of the inning and what was left of the crowd departed in stunned silence having been deprived of their anticipated win in shocking fashion by the League's cellar dwellers. [box]

1985 World Series replay

In preparation for the impending delivery of the 1920 season set for Box Seat Baseball, I got out the 1985 cards to shake off some Box Seat cobwebs with a replay of the famous Royals-Cardinals Fall Classic. My re-do of the Series was not nearly the cliffhanger that we experienced in real life . . .

1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay - QUE at BOS (4-1-82)

1 April 1982: In an April Fool's Day tilt that certainly featured more than its share of the bizarre, the Nordiques and Bruins put on display everything that was wild, wacky and wonderful about early-1980s hockey. 

1919 NL - Games of Wednesday, 2 July

Reds 4, Cubs 0: Slim Sallee pitched his second shutout of the season and Heinie Groh and Larry Kopf had three hits each as Cincinnati topped Chicago. Kopf knocked in all four Reds runs of the game, grounding out after Greasy Neale's triple in the 2nd, singling home Groh in the 6th and then lacing a two-run single in the 8th. Sallee, meanwhile, allowed one hit in the first four innings, and was only ever in any difficulty when he allowed two one-out singles in each of the 5th and 9th innings. The Reds' veteran lefty didn't allow a free pass, running his streak of frames without issuing a walk to twenty-one in a row. Lee Magee had four of the seven Cub hits. [box]