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Better yet, with the score tied 9-9 and the bases Steady progress is being they made it effective RetroActive loaded in the bottom of the 9th, Dodger pitcher Alejandro Pena hit made on the data proofing to January 7, 1994, the date of front and we continue to en- our incorporation! Brave pinch-hitter Gary Roenicke on the right hand to force in the appar- joy good relations with some Donations to the organization now ent winning run. The Dodgers left the Major League teams, but it are tax-deductible. Please check field, the Braves came out to cele- appears that the dramatic with your tax advisor for more in- brate, home plate umpire Charlie events have calmed down formation, especially regarding Williams began walking off the field any donations made in the past. and the grounds crew came out. for the time being. The terms of two members However, Dodger manager Tommy Remember that the Retro- of the Board of Directors Lasorda came running out of the sheet annual meeting takes expire on June 30. Nomi- dugout, claiming that Roenicke had place during the SABR con- swung at the pitch and asked Wil- nations close on June 16, liams to appeal to first-base umpire vention. Getting together 2000. Anyone wishing to John Kibler. Charlie finally did mo- with those who donate their be considered for the posi- tion to Kibler, who ruled that Roe- time so selflessly to the Ret- tion of President or Vice nicke had indeed swung, making the roCause is always a high- President should notify pitch a strike, even though it did hit light of my year and I hope him. Roenicke and his manager, to see many of you in West David Vincent at Chuck Tanner, argued to no avail [email protected] and Gary returned to the plate. He Palm took one more pitch for strike three to Beach. The Annual Meeting end the inning. of Retrosheet, Inc. As the Times said about Roenicke: will be held on Fri- "He swore and motioned at Kibler, who ejected him. When he reached day, June 23 at 2:00 the dugout, Roenicke threw his bat at pm at the West the umpire". The Braves scored a Palm Beach Shera- Several new baseball stamps are be- ing issued this year. To the right is a retro-stamp from 1939. -XQH 7KH 5HWUR 6KHHW 5HWURVKHHW :HE 6LWH D )RXU%DJJHU Retrosheet’s official web site [www.retrosheet.org] con- tains many useful items for the baseball researcher. Our One of the records in our game data is a ballpark code. We most important product is the game data that we have have released a list of those codes that can be used to inter- collected. Since the last issue of TRS, we have released pret the data files for park-specific data. the 1979 data files, bringing our public collection to five years. In addition, we have been allowed to release part Related to that is the field location chart for batted balls. of the collection that belongs to Baseball Workshop. Here The official chart that is used by Retrosheet was developed is the current available file list: for Project Scoresheet. A copy of that chart is available for download if you do not have one or have worn your copy Data Files Available out. Retrosheet 1967 AL, 1979-1983 Baseball Workshop 1984-1989 This is the 21st newsletter to be published by Retrosheet since October 1994. All editions have been made available The 1990 BB Workshop data will be released by the All- in various formats through our web site so you can go back Star Game and our 1978 data is close to release. and read issues that you do not have. Also at the site is our Most Wanted Games list, which ap- If you want to know the power of our web site, go to your peared in our last issue. The online copy will be kept up- favorite internet search engine and ask for Retrosheet. On to-date as we acquire new game accounts with an occa- May 31, Yahoo yielded 85 and IWon.com 88 matches. sional mention in the newsletter. There is even a web site devoted to the Seattle Pilots that has box scores and play-by-play accounts of their games Strange plays have been a long-time feature of TRS. The provided (with credit) by Retrosheet. In addition, many sites collection of these unusual events is available at the site. have links to our location. Those are always great for a laugh! On August 23, 1945, the New York Evening Telegram reported that the National League had fined two umpires an undisclosed amount for "haranguing Cincinnati fans". In the game of June 17 between the Giants and Reds in Cincinnati, there were a number of close calls that an- gered the home team. The umpires were Beans Reardon and Ziggy Sears and the event which pushed things to the critical mark was an interfer- ence call against the Reds by Reardon. The result was a "pop-bottle barrage" from the stands, after which the two umpires went to the stands to argue their position with the patrons. Ford Frick, the NL President, made it clear in a telegram to the Cincinnati Enquirer that his decision to fine the two umpires was based entirely on their inappropriate conduct with the fans and had nothing to do with the quality of their decisions on the field. :LOG 3LWFK 6FRUHV 7KUHH While inputting games from the 1945 Dodgers from the scoresheets of a New York sportswriter, Clem Comly came across an unclear inning in which it appeared that the team scored three runs and left the bases loaded. However, the inning summary showed that six runs scored. The following three paragraphs are from the game story in the New York Times, which explains what happened. A crowd of 16,329 was delighted with this Cincinnati scoring splurge, but the joy was dampened in the fourth inning of the second game. Frank Dasso had pitched a three-inning no-hitter when, with one out, Goody Rosen beat out a bunt toward third that started a six-run deluge, the final trio of Dodgers scoring on one wild pitch. Eddie Miller made a costly error when he dropped Al Unser's throw as Rosen was trying to steal second. Clean singles by Luis Olmo and Frenchy Bordagaray followed the second out, then McCormick, Mesner and Unser clustered around Bill Hart's high pop between the plate and mound only to let it fall for a hit. The wild pitch came with Art Herring at bat, two runners scoring on that. Andrews, who had been purposely passed with two strikes on him after Hart had pilfered second, tallied also when Unser made a wild throw to Dasso at the plate. Comment from Dave Smith: This is clearly an exciting inning, but what I like best is the intentional walk with two strikes, just because the runner stole! 3DJH 7KH 5HWUR 6KHHW -XQH On August 26, 1935, the New York Evening Pilgrim's Progress Telegram reported another incident between fans and umpires, this time at the Northern end of Ohio. During a doubleheader between the 70000 Red Sox and Indians on the 25th, umpires Brick 60000 Owens and Lou Kolls made two crucial rulings 50000 against the home team and the "shower of bot- 40000 tles" was followed by about 100 fans walking Games Input 30000 onto the field. After a 15 minute delay and at least one ejection (Eddie Phillips, Cleveland 20000 This chart shows second baseman), order was restored and the 10000 the gradual slow- Indians completed their second loss of the day. 0 ing of our game At the end of the game, umpire Kolls was es- inputting as we corted to the dressing room by three policeman. run out of ac- Oct-94Apr-95Oct-95Apr-96Oct-96Apr-97Oct-97Apr-98Oct-98Apr-99Oct-99Apr-00 counts. 2SHQLQJ WKH 9DXOW 'RRU :H )LQG The annual report of our holdings reveals that we have 60% of all games played from 1901 through 1983. Now take a deep breath, go back and re-read that last sentence. We have 60% of those games. The first time we published a sum- mary of the contents of the vault was in July 1995. That report was about games processed, not the games in hand. How- ever, it is interesting to note that we had 15,704 games input at that time (that total is now 60,746.) The current input total is 53% of the games played and 87% of what we have. The one game in 1979 that is “not done” is a forfeit—Disco Demo- lition Night.