A's Greatest Team Sim Tournament Finals

[Providence A's]

#05. 1930 World Series Champion A's 102-52 (.662) / 12-5 (.706)
vs.
#02. 1929 World Series Champion A's 104-46 (.693) / 12-5 (.706)

Pitching Matchups:
Game 1 1930 Lefty Grove (2.54) @ 1929 Lefty Grove (2.81)
Game 2 1930 Bill Shores (4.19) @ 1929 George Earnshaw (3.29)
Game 3 1929 Howard Ehmke (3.29) @ 1930 George Earnshaw (4.44)
Game 4 1929 Rube Walberg (3.60)@ 1930 Rube Walberg (4.69)
Game 5 1929 Lefty Grove (2.81) @ 1930 Lefty Grove (2.54) (if necessary)
Game 6 1930 Bill Shores (4.19) @ 1929 George Earnshaw (3.29) (if necessary)
Game 7 1930 George Earnshaw (4.44) @ 1929 Howard Ehmke (3.29) (if necessary)

[Providence A's]

1929 Starting Pitchers:
Lefty Grove
George Earnshaw
Howard Ehmke
Rube Walberg

1930 Starting Pitchers
Lefty Grove
Bill Shores
George Earnshaw
Rube Walberg

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[Providence A's]

Game 1 lineups:

1930 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 LF Al Simmons
4 1B Jimmie Foxx
5 C Mickey Cochrane
6 3B Jimmy Dykes
7 CF Mule Haas
8 SS Joe Boley
9 P Lefty Grove

1929 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 C Mickey Cochrane
3 1B Jimmie Foxx
4 LF Al Simmons
5 CF Mule Haas
6 SS Joe Boley
7 3B Sammy Hale
8 2B Max Bishop
9 P Lefty Grove

[Providence A's]

1929 takes game 1 by a score of 5 - 3. 1929 Lefty Grove defeated 1930 Lefty Grove and was player of the game.

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1929 leads the series 1 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 2 lineups:

1930 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 LF Al Simmons
4 1B Jimmie Foxx
5 C Mickey Cochrane
6 3B Jimmy Dykes
7 CF Mule Haas
8 SS Joe Boley
9 P Bill Shores

1929 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 C Mickey Cochrane
3 1B Jimmie Foxx
4 LF Al Simmons
5 CF Mule Haas
6 SS Joe Boley
7 3B Sammy Hale
8 2B Max Bishop
9 P George Earnshaw

[Providence A's]

1929 comes back after being behind 6 - 1 to win game 2 by a score of 10 - 7. Jimmie Foxx homered in a losing effort for 1930. 1929 Jimmie Foxx was the player of the game going 2 for 2 (1 double) with 2 runs, 2 RBIs, and 4 walks.

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1929 leads the series 2 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 3 lineups:

1929 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 C Mickey Cochrane
3 1B Jimmie Foxx
4 LF Al Simmons
5 CF Mule Haas
6 SS Joe Boley
7 3B Sammy Hale
8 2B Max Bishop
9 P Howard Ehmke

1930 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 LF Al Simmons
4 1B Jimmie Foxx
5 C Mickey Cochrane
6 3B Jimmy Dykes
7 CF Mule Haas
8 SS Joe Boley
9 P George Earnshaw

[Providence A's]

1929 wins game 3 by a score of 10 - 3 with 7 runs in the top of the 9th. 1929 is going for the sweep I guess. Bing Miller was the player of the game for 1929 going 2 for 6 with 4 RBIs.

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1929 leads the series 3 - 0.

[realmofotalk]

Younger is better.

[Providence A's]

And 1929 wins the the battle of the Rube Walbergs and finishes off the sweep with a 7 - 3 victory in game 4. 1929 Rube Walberg was the player of the game.

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1929 wins the series 4 - 0!

[realmofotalk]

I can't say I thought it'd be over this quickly. Moving Foxx down to cleanup must have blew the series for 1930.