Category: Shoestring Catches

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 76 Padres at 74 Dodgers

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. The 1976 San Diego Padres will play for the championship of the 1970s […]

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 79 Orioles at 71 Cubs

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Glenn Beckert made sure the 1971 Chicago Cubs had a chance for the […]

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 74 Dodgers at 73 Mets

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Mike Marshall tossed a three-hitter as the 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers blanked the […]

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 72 Indians at 76 Padres

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Doug Rader hit a walk-off single as the 1976 San Diego Padres beat […]

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 78 Yankees at 71 Cubs

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. A solo homer by Johnny Callison provided a boost for the 1971 Chicago […]

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 79 Orioles at 70 Twins

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Pat Kelly did it again. In the opener for the 1979 Baltimore Orioles, […]

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 74 A’s at 74 Dodgers

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Jim Wynn may be known as the Toy Cannon, but he wasn’t playing […]

1970s Cy Young Tournament: 73 Orioles at 73 Mets

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Each of the Cy Young winners will start every game with a maximum of 10 innings. The designated hitter is being used. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Tom Seaver just needed the two runs his teammates produced in the first […]