Rosters

Linescore

Boxscore

Scorecard

Notes

Other Games

CBA Home

The CBA's Train Day game is played each year in connection with the National Train Day celebration. National Train Day was initiated four years ago essentially as an Amtrak-related marketing device. This year's Train Day game had an additional element because soldiers from the United States found plans outlining a terrorist attack on North American railroads. These plans were discovered in Osama Bin Laden's Pakistan home at the end of April and media sources have indicated there might have been a plan to attack the railroad system on the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 airplane attacks. Does the fact that the Train Accidents beat the Train Trips in this personal cosmic game have any connection or meaning to Al Qaeda's desire to wreak havoc on the railroad transportation system in the United States? A careful analysis of the boxscore and the scorecaard does not reveal anything even close to a connection. Instead, this game suggests that train travel has become increasingly safer as train technology advanced.

Linescore Top

Game Rosters Top

Train Accidents
Eden Train Disaster	3B
Wunthro Train Disaster	LF
Tangua Train Disaster	CF
Bihar Train Disaster	RF
St. Hilaire Train Disaster	2B
Harmelen Train Disaster	1B
Markdorf Train Disaster	SS
Alcafache Train Disaster	C
Dwor Train Disaster	P
Train Trips
Indian Pacific Train	SS
Tren de las Nubes	2B
Vodka Train	1B
Wilhelm Tell Express	RF
Overland Express	CF
Ghan	3B
Shongololo	LF
Deccan Odyssey	C
Capitol Limited	P

Boxscore Top

Scorecard Top

Inn. 1: TrainAccidents [Starter] CapitolLimited Eden 7 . . . Wunthro 6/E-3 . . X X@2:Wunthro CS 2-4 . . . Tangua 1B . . X Bihar 5-3 . X . Inn. 1: TrainTrips [Starter] Dwor IndianPacific 5-3 . . . TrendelasNubes 5-3 . . . VodkaTrain 7 . . . Inn. 2: TrainAccidents StHilaire HBP . . X Harmelen 5 (Foul) . . X X@2:StHilaire CS 2-6 . . . Markdorf 6-3 . . . Inn. 2: TrainTrips WilhelmTell 1B . . X X@2:WilhelmTell CS 2-4 . . . Overland BB . . X *SB:Overland SB . X . Ghan 1B . X . 1 Shongololo 9 . X . DeccanOdyssey 8 . X . Inn. 3: TrainAccidents Alcafache E-1 . . X Dwor 1B . X X Eden 5-4-3 DP X . . Wunthro 3B X . . 1 Tangua 5-3 X . . Inn. 3: TrainTrips CapitolLimited 5 . . . IndianPacific E-8 . X . TrendelasNubes 6-3 . X . VodkaTrain 2B . X . 1 WP X . . WilhelmTell 1B . . X 1 Overland 1B . X X Ghan 7 . X X Inn. 4: TrainAccidents Bihar 5-3 . . . StHilaire 1B . . X X@2:StHilaire CS 2-4 . . . Harmelen 4-3 . . . Inn. 4: TrainTrips Shongololo 3 (Foul) . . . DeccanOdyssey BB . . X CapitolLimited 2-3 SAC . X . IndianPacific 6-3 . X . Inn. 5: TrainAccidents Markdorf 9 . . . Alcafache 1B . . X Dwor 3-1 SAC . X . Eden 1B . . X 1 X@2:Eden CS 2-4 . . . Inn. 5: TrainTrips TrendelasNubes 5-3 . . . VodkaTrain 6-3 . . . WilhelmTell 5-3 . . . Inn. 6: TrainAccidents Wunthro 1B . . X *SB:Wunthro SB . X . Tangua E-5 . . X 1 Bihar 5-4 F . . X *SB:Bihar SB/E-2 X . . StHilaire 5-3 X . . Harmelen 1B . . X 1 Markdorf K . . X Inn. 6: TrainTrips Overland 6 . . . Ghan 5-3 . . . Shongololo 1B . . X DeccanOdyssey 8 . . X Inn. 7: TrainAccidents Alcafache 4-3 . . . Dwor K . . . Eden 7 . . . Inn. 7: TrainTrips CapitolLimited 4-3 . . . IndianPacific 4-3 . . . TrendelasNubes 6-3 . . . Inn. 8: TrainAccidents Wunthro 5-3 . . . Tangua 7 . . . Bihar 2B/E-7 X . . StHilaire 1B . . X 1 *SB:StHilaire SB . X . Harmelen BB . X X Markdorf 3-1 X X . Inn. 8: TrainTrips VodkaTrain HR . . . 1 WilhelmTell 1B . . X Overland 2-3 SAC . X . Ghan 8 . X . Shongololo 9 . X . Inn. 9: TrainAccidents Alcafache 6-3 . . . Dwor 5-3 . . . Eden 1B . . X Wunthro 8 . . X Inn. 9: TrainTrips DeccanOdyssey 4-3 . . . CapitolLimited K . . . IndianPacific E-4 . . X TrendelasNubes BB . X X VodkaTrain BB X X X WilhelmTell 6 X X X

Game Notes Top

Game Date	May 7, 2011
Game Time	2 hours 58 minutes
Weather	Partly Cloudy, 71o
Attendance	Undisclosed
Umpires	Michelle Bachmann Ron Paul Paul Ryan
Official Scorer	Ross B. Capon
Game Most Cosmic Player (MCP)	The Vodka Train
Game Comments This game's umpires were selected from those members of the United States House of Representatives who voted in favor of Amendment No. 43 which would have reduced Amtrak's 2011 capital grant by $446 million. The amendment was defeated, 250-176 (nayes to ayes). Link to 2010 Train Day Game Link to 2008 Train Day Series Link to the National Train Day Website

Season 2011 Main Plate

Top

Link to CBA Home