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Post by azbob643 on Mar 21, 2024 14:56:30 GMT -5
Back in the days when the Cardinals were the farthest south team in MLB. Had a huge fan base...I believe the Mantles were Cards fans. That was definitely one of the reasons - perhaps the main one. It always struck me curiously that my father's side of the family would not have pulled for the Yankees with all the Italian surnames in their vaunted history. The word vaunted was used for Inger. St. Louis had a large Italian population, including Yogi. I know the Cards had interest in signing him, but instead went with Garagiola. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 21, 2024 15:22:57 GMT -5
And that was the year before Stan Musial became a regular. Also the year before Whitey Kurowski, an outstanding short career third baseman who got MVP votes in five of his six full seasons, became a regular. Those were great Cardinal teams who were the result of Branch Rickey's genius for establishing the minor league farm system. Quickly followed by the Ed Barrow/George Weiss tandem with the Yankees. My father's and grandfather's beloved St. Louis Cardinals - the two of them would have been 16 and 49 years old in 1941. Somewhere floating in the universe are the radio waves of the games they listened to while gathered around the family radio. Yep, KMOX 1120 in St. Louis was and still is a 50,000 watt clear channel blowtorch which has carried Cardinals' games for ages. They always used to note that they reached 38 states and not only were they the furthest south of the original 16 cities, they were the furthest west. So they had fans from an enormous geographical area. |
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Post by desousa on Mar 21, 2024 16:16:22 GMT -5
That was definitely one of the reasons - perhaps the main one. It always struck me curiously that my father's side of the family would not have pulled for the Yankees with all the Italian surnames in their vaunted history. The word vaunted was used for Inger. St. Louis had a large Italian population, including Yogi. I know the Cards had interest in signing him, but instead went with Garagiola. I heard that St Louis GM Branch Rickey knew he was leaving the Cards to go Brooklyn and wanted to sign Yogi with the Dodgers. Don't know if it's true, but it's a good story. |
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Post by azbob643 on Mar 21, 2024 16:30:07 GMT -5
St. Louis had a large Italian population, including Yogi. I know the Cards had interest in signing him, but instead went with Garagiola. I heard that St Louis GM Branch Rickey knew he was leaving the Cards to go Brooklyn and wanted to sign Yogi with the Dodgers. Don't know if it's true, but it's a good story. I've heard the same story...believe it to be true. If you haven't seen it and it's still available, check out the documentary "It Ain't Over". |
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Post by inger on Mar 21, 2024 19:11:56 GMT -5
Back in the days when the Cardinals were the farthest south team in MLB. Had a huge fan base...I believe the Mantles were Cards fans. That was definitely one of the reasons - perhaps the main one. It always struck me curiously that my father's side of the family would not have pulled for the Yankees with all the Italian surnames in their vaunted history. The word vaunted was used for Inger. Only the young Die good… That was for young inger. Old inger doesn’t get vaunted… |
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Post by inger on Mar 23, 2024 9:55:54 GMT -5
Alex Rodriguez holds the record for the most times striking out with the bases loaded with 58…
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Post by inger on Mar 23, 2024 10:13:23 GMT -5
Speaking of loaded bases:
When Fernando Tatis hit two grand slams in a single inning he was only the ninth player in MLB history to have two at bats with the bases loaded in baseball history.
The odds of it happening again are approximately 12 million to one…
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Post by inger on Mar 23, 2024 10:16:15 GMT -5
“Greg Maddux faced 20,421 batters during his career and only issued 293 four-pitch walks. 153 were intentional.”…
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Post by inger on Mar 23, 2024 10:33:13 GMT -5
After Norm Cash’s improbable batting title-winning .361 season in 1961, his 1962 BA was .243, a drop of .118.
Batting title winner Julio Franco’s 1991 .341 average was followed the season with an injury-marred .234, a drop off .107.
At the age of 36 Chipper Jones produced his only batting title with a .364 batting average in 2008. The following season he hit .264, a drop off .100.
In the shortened 2020 season batting title winner DJ LeMahieu hit .364. In 2021, DJLM hit .268, a drop of .096…
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Post by inger on Mar 23, 2024 10:38:10 GMT -5
Former MLB players to win World Series titles as a GM:
1942, Branch Rickey, St. Louis Cardinals
1967, Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinals
1969, Johnny Murphy, New York Mets
1979, Harding Peterson, Pittsburgh Pirates
1981, Al Campanis, Los Angeles Dodgers
2002, Bill Stoneman, Anaheim Angels
2005, Ken Williams, Chicago White Sox
2023, Chris Young, Texas Rangers…
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 23, 2024 11:25:15 GMT -5
Alex Rodriguez holds the record for the most times striking out with the bases loaded with 58… Part of his pre-2009 history of choking in the clutch. |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 23, 2024 11:27:16 GMT -5
Former MLB players to win World Series titles as a GM: 1942, Branch Rickey, St. Louis Cardinals 1967, Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinals 1969, Johnny Murphy, New York Mets 1979, Harding Peterson, Pittsburgh Pirates 1981, Al Campanis, Los Angeles Dodgers 2002, Bill Stoneman, Anaheim Angels 2005, Ken Williams, Chicago White Sox 2023, Chris Young, Texas Rangers… I guess Gene Michaels was technically never the GM of those 96-00 Yankee teams. |
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Post by inger on Mar 23, 2024 12:17:39 GMT -5
Former MLB players to win World Series titles as a GM: 1942, Branch Rickey, St. Louis Cardinals 1967, Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinals 1969, Johnny Murphy, New York Mets 1979, Harding Peterson, Pittsburgh Pirates 1981, Al Campanis, Los Angeles Dodgers 2002, Bill Stoneman, Anaheim Angels 2005, Ken Williams, Chicago White Sox 2023, Chris Young, Texas Rangers… I guess Gene Michaels was technically never the GM of those 96-00 Yankee teams. Or I missed him… 🫥 |
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Post by Max on Mar 23, 2024 13:21:34 GMT -5
I guess Gene Michaels was technically never the GM of those 96-00 Yankee teams. Or I missed him… 🫥 Michael wasn't the GM when the Yankees won the world series. But former MLB player Bob Watson was. |
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Post by inger on Mar 23, 2024 13:31:32 GMT -5
Michael wasn't the GM when the Yankees won the world series. But former MLB player Bob Watson was. So, that’s who I missed….🫥 |
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