Jewish Fantasy Baseball
Chosen People bop Bombers
[Editor's note: Last week, NJJN Sports talked with Harvey Frommer about Five O'clock Lightning, his new book on the 1927 New York Yankees.
This week, Jewish Fantasy Baseball pits the Chosen People against the team considered by many the best in the game.]
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The Chosen People scored five runs in the fifth inning to stun the Bronx Bombers, 7-5 at Yankee Stadium.
After the teams traded first-inning tallies, the Yankees took the lead in the fourth as Mark Koenig's single drove home Lou Gehrig. In the top of the fifth, New York native Richie Scheinblum led off with a hard hit single to left. Following a ground out by Andy Cohen, Waite Hoyt committed the pitcher's ultimate sin, walking his opposite number, Ken Holtzman. Buddy Myer followed with a single, a line drive so hard that Scheinblum couldn't score from second.
Kevin Youkilis sliced a two-run single to right. Hoyt issued his second walk of the inning to Mike Epstein to re-load the bases and after Hank Greenberg drove home two more, Yankee skipper Miller Huggins called on Myles Thomas to stop the bleeding.
The strategy almost worked when Thomas retired Cal Abrams on a shallow fly to center. But Harry Danning provided a clutch single to right-center to push Epstein across the plate. Danning also crushed a solo home run to deep centerfield for the People's final run in the eighth.
True to their reputation, the mighty Yankees fought back, scoring single runs in the final three frames, — including a Tony Lazzeri homer — before Alan Levine earned the save by inducing the Bambino, representing the tying run, to line out to short with a runner at first.
| Chosen People | 1 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 0 0 | 7 12 1 | ||||
| 1927 NY Yankees | 1 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 1 1 | 5 10 0 | ||||
| Chosen People | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | ||
| Buddy Myer, SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Youkilis, 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Epstein, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hank Greenberg, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal Abrams, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Danning, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richie Scheinblum, LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Cohen, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Holtzman, P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harry Feldman, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Sington, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Sherry, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Levine, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1927 NY Yankees | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | ||
| Bob Meusel, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Earle Combs, CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Babe Ruth, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lou Gehrig, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tony Lazzeri, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Collins, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Koenig, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dugan, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Waite Hoyt, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Myles Thomas, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Paschal, PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilcy Moore, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gazella, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2B—CP: Myer, Epstein; NYY: Meusel, Gehrig, Dugan | ||||||||
| HR—CP: Danning; NYY: Lazzeri. 2-Out RBI: CP: Danning; | ||||||||
| NYY: Combs, Koenig. SF: Ruth | ||||||||
| Error—Myer | ||||||||
| Chosen People | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | NP |
| Holtzman, W | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 98 |
| Feldman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Sherry | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Levine (S) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| NY Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | NP |
| Hoyt (L) | 4.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 |
| Thomas | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Moore | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Totals | 9 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 124 |
The Chosen People was created — and this simulated game was played — on WhatifSports.com. Do you have a suggestion for an opponent for the Chosen People? Email the team name and year to Ron Kaplan.
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