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Athletics Take Commanding Lead in Game 2 as Eddie Plank Hangs On
We’re once again in Philadelphia for Game 2 of the (Simulated) 1902 ALCS. Philadelphia manager Connie Mack will be sending his second...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 18, 20202 min read


Remembering Corporal Charles Sayles, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
Charles Sayles was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky. An eighteen-year-old painter, he was 6’1”, with a light complexion, gray eyes, and...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 18, 20201 min read


Athletics Take Game 1 of Simulated 1902 ALCS as Rube Waddell Dominates
This time, we’re at Philadelphia’s Columbia Park for Game 1 of the (Simulated) 1902 ALCS. Red Donahue is the starter for the St. Louis...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 18, 20202 min read


The Merchant of Venice in Louisville
From The Courier-Journal, April 23, 1864 The Theatres – At Wood’s, Mr. and Miss Couldock close their highly successful engagement, and...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 11, 20201 min read


Remembering Corporal Charles Hamilton Pulliam, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
Corporal Charles Hamilton Pulliam was born in Bridgeport, Kentucky on May 25, 1842, the son of Barnabas Pulliam and Frances Crockett. A...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 10, 20201 min read


Previewing the Simulated 1902 ALCS – The Philadelphia Athletics Take On the St. Louis Browns
So now that we have one of our 1902 Simulated World Series teams, we turn to the American League and the best-of-five ALCS. Connie Mack’s...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 9, 20202 min read


Remembering Corporal William Orchard, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
Corporal William Orchard was a twenty-seven-year old carpenter, born in Hawnesdale, Pennsylvania, the son of William and Emma Orchard....

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 8, 20201 min read


Pirates Close Out Superbas on Sam Leever’s 3-Hit Gem
It’s a must-win Game 4 in Brooklyn as Jay Hughes takes the mound for the Superbas against the Pirates’ Sam Leever. The Pirates got on the...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 7, 20201 min read


Remembering Corporal Michael Moloney, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
Corporal Michael Moloney was born in 1831 in County Limerick, Ireland. A stonecutter, he arrived in the United States on May 4, 1849...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 6, 20201 min read


Pirates Pile It on in Game 3, Take Commanding Lead in (Simulated) 1902 NLCS
For Game 3 of the (Simulated) 1902 NLCS, the scene shifts to Brooklyn’s Washington Park as Jesse Tannehill goes for Pittsburgh while Doc...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 5, 20202 min read


Merry Wives Comes to Paducah
From the Paducah Sun, January 25, 1907 Merry Wives Comes to Paducah Monday Night, Jan. 28 First Time Here Louis James Supported by Nellie...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 4, 20201 min read


Remembering Corporal William Thomas Middleton, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
William Thomas Middleton was born in Shelby County on January 31, 1840, the son of James Scott Middleton and Amanda Storts. A farmer, he...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 2, 20201 min read


Deacon Phillippe takes on Frank Kitson in Game 2 of the (Simulated) 1902 NLCS
Lousy day for a ball game as Game 2 begins in Pittsburgh’s Exposition Park – overcast and damp. Frank Kitson looks to give the Superbas a...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 2, 20202 min read


Remembering Corporal Barnabas McHenry Harwood, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
Barnabas McHenry Harwood was born on February 1, 1839 in Hartford, Kentucky, the son of Pendleton Harwood and Jane McHenry. A farmer, he...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 2, 20201 min read


Brooklyn Visits Pittsburgh for Game 1 of the (Simulated) 1902 National League Championship Series
Today in Game 1 of our Simulated 1902 NLCS, Hall of Famer Jack Chesbro pitches for Pittsburgh while Wild Bill Donovan goes for Brooklyn....

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 2, 20203 min read


Remembering Corporal James Leander Hardin, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
James Leander Hardin was born in Oldham County, Kentucky, on April 16, 1838, the son of Warner Hardin and Catherine Ann Hitt. A lawyer,...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 2, 20201 min read


Previewing the Simulated 1902 National League Championship Series
According to the blog and baseball authority The Bleacher Report, the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates were the seventh best baseball team in...

Kirk Jenkins
Jul 2, 20202 min read


Othello Comes to Lexington
From the Lexington Kentucky Gazette, May 9, 1822 On Friday Evening, April 26, When will be presented Shakespeare’s Tragedy Othello Moor...

Kirk Jenkins
Jun 27, 20201 min read


Remembering Corporal William Harold Hall, Company A of the Fifteenth Kentucky
Harry Hall was born in Boone County, Indiana. He was a twenty-six-year-old farmer. Hall was 5’8 ½”, with a light complexion, gray eyes...

Kirk Jenkins
Jun 27, 20201 min read


Wrapping Up the Simulated 1919 World Series
So our simulated 1919 World Series . . . ended up exactly the same way the real one did, other than having fewer gamblers, with the Reds...

Kirk Jenkins
Jun 27, 20203 min read
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