| Breaking News |  | Thursday, October 2nd, 1969: Rumor: Cash Wants Out
Chicago's Norm Cash has mixed feelings about a possible trade. The 34-year-old first baseman, when reached for comment on recent trade rumors, replied, "I've made some good friends here. I'm not sure I'm ready to leave."
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 | Thursday, September 11th, 1969: O'Dell Bewilders Spiders
Billy O'Dell of the Chicago Colts spun his magic on the San Francisco Spiders today. He blanked them 5-0 on 4 hits, registering 5 strikeouts and 4 walks.
"The bottom line was I just kept the ball down," O'Dell said. "My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down."
Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, the Chicago skipper said, "We got solid pitching, good defense and we took great team at-bats in a lot of different situations. This was just a solid performance by everyone."
O'Dell has a 7-13 season record so far. In 29 starts, he has fanned 104 batters in 189 innings with a 3.95 ERA.
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 | Saturday, September 6th, 1969: Conley Shackles Chicago
"Good pitching beats good hitting" is an old baseball adage.
Well, good pitching also beats bad batting.
In his postgame interview the Chicago manager said, "Gene Conley made us look real bad today. He was outstanding. He was down in the zone with all his pitches. Everything was sinking."
Conley had 4 strikeouts, 2 walks and allowed only 5 hits as the Dallas Texans whitewashed the Chicago Colts 9-0.
This year Conley has a 12-4 record with a 2.04 ERA in 26 starts.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Billy O'Dell | damaged meniscus (knee) | 2 days | Not on DL | | 2B Davey Johnson | fractured wrist | 2-3 weeks | Not on DL | | P Bill Singer | fractured elbow | 8-9 weeks | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) | | P Eddie Watt | torn tricep muscle | 6-7 months | 34 day(s) left (60-day DL) | | P Chuck Estrada | ruptured ulnar collateral ligament (elbow) | 4 weeks | 34 day(s) left (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 67-93, .419 PCT | | Position in Division | 6th, 26.0 GB | | Record at home | 37-43, .463 PCT | | Record on the road | 30-50, .375 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-11, .313 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 22-29, .431 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 24-33, .421 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 43-60, .417 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 2-8, .200 PCT | | Record in April | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in May | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in June | 9-14, .391 PCT | | Record in July | 11-14, .440 PCT | | Record in August | 9-21, .300 PCT | | Record in September | 12-15, .444 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .249 - 10th in UL | | On-Base Percentage | .317 - 9th in UL | | Slugging Percentage | .373 - 9th in UL | | On-Base + Slugging | .690 - 10th in UL | | Runs Scored | 660 - 8th in UL | | Hits | 1352 - 10th in UL | | Extra-Base Hits | 400 - tied for 9th in UL | | Home Runs | 119 - 9th in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 533 - 5th in UL | | Strikeouts | 854 - 6th in UL | | Stolen Bases | 42 - 10th in UL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.29 - 11th in UL | | Starters' ERA | 4.25 - 11th in UL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.36 - 10th in UL | | Runs allowed | 776 - 11th in UL | | Hits allowed | 1512 - 11th in UL | | Opponents AVG | .273 - 11th in UL | | BABIP | .293 - 9th in UL | | Home Runs allowed | 129 - 6th in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 551 - 10th in UL | | Strikeouts | 699 - 12th in UL |
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