Rod Caborn has completed another replay! This time, he’s finished the 1955 American League season with a few changes.
Here’s his quick recap:
Southsiders rejoice. The Chicago White Sox won the 1955 American League replay!
Third-place finishers in real-life, the White Sox upended the Yankees and Indians, who finished ahead of them in 1955, clinching the AL crown with more than a week to go in this replay.
Unlike a straight replay, this one featured some interesting “What if?” scenarios, including the use of the DH, the employment of the three-batter pitching rule, and the ghost runner in extra-inning games.
Adding some spice to the replay, Ted Williams (who didn’t start play until late May) and Harry Agganis (who passed away) were incorporated into the Red Sox for the entire season, which helped them springboard into third place in the replay.
You can Rod’s well-documented recap of his 1955 AL replay here. As always, it was a great read! Thanks for the update!
Great stuff, Rod!
I always enjoy reading your Personal Notes. I hope your health is well!!
Tom
Wow – amazing writeup. So many details – loved it. A question for anyone doing replays using MG – any suggestion on when to have players try to steal. Knowing the ratings ahead of time, can influence me and not sure if I do too little or too much. Thinking the A, B, C etc rating which limit when can helps but if eligible do you use any guidelines, etc.
A Super Narrative!
Noticed too the accuracy was remarkable ex sacrifice hits which are discretionary.
If using excel for stat tabulation, could program some checks to ensure the batting and pitching totals zero out. Until I did this, my totals never zeroed out exactly.
Best of Health and Happy Rollin’!
Rod,
Love reading your summaries. Having Carole open the season and close it out is awesome. Looking forward to the next ten or twenty replays.
Bob