GET ME REWRITE! Why the Senators are 3-1(Are you reading, Earl Weaver?)

 In my latest, but still continuing 1961 replay, the Washington Senators are 3-1. They dropped their opener to the White Sox, 5-3, but have reeled off 3 straight wins. The main reason for that? One bit of strategy that a future manager would employ some 10 years later across the road in Baltimore. For the record, said manager was managing in the Orioles' system in Wisconsin, so if a young Earl Weaver is reading this in Fox Cities, here's the strategy:

Three. Run. Homer.

Opening day against CWS, Dale Long, 3-run blast in 1st inning. Sens lose, 5-3.

3rd game of season, Gene Woodling, 3-run blast in 3rd inning. Sens win over CWS, 6-2.

4th game of season, Pete Daley, 3-run blast in 6th inning against CLE. Tribe scalped, 6-4

The victims of this 3-run strategy, Early Wynn (Long), Bob Shaw (Woodling) and Mudcat Grant (Daley). Yet, this dependence on homers with 2 runners on base has helped the expansion Sens to a 3-1 mark so far. The dice rolls will eventually come back down to earth, but still in this "Strat-O-Verse", it's just another example of the dice can create their own outcome. Yet, in Wisconsin, that aspiring MLB manager is still mapping out the strategy that will make the Boys from Birdland an MLB powerhouse a few years down the road. Question is, has he been thumbed by an umpire yet? Strat on!

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