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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 8, 2024 18:10:18 GMT -5
Mercy Rule?
June 15,1902-Corsicana defeats Texarkana, 51-3, in a Texas League game. Jay Clarke of Corsicana takes advantage of the small park and hits 8 home runs. Some telegraph operators, thinking there is a mistake, report the the final game score as 5-3.
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Post by desousa on Jun 8, 2024 18:13:34 GMT -5
Mickey Mantle was not just incredibly strong, but he was also incredibly fast. In 1958, The Mick hit an inside the park home run on May 9, 1958, another on May 20, 1958, and a third on June 5, 1958. Not one Yankee player since Mantle, has hit three inside the park home runs in the same season! … I had to look up what stadiums he hit the inside the park homers. The first was at Yankee Stadium against the Senators. The second was at Comiskey Park against the Pale Hose. The third was also against White Sox, but at home. Lots of real estate in those parks, but he was super fast. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 8, 2024 18:21:10 GMT -5
June 2, 1891- Charles 'Old Hoss' Radbourn of the Cincinnati Reds wins his career 300th game by beating the Boston Beaneaters at South End Grounds, 10-8. Radbourn, who will finish 488 of the 502 games he started, will end his 11-year career this season with 309 victories. You have to love it when Old Hoss makes an appearance on this forum. |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 8, 2024 18:32:31 GMT -5
Mickey Mantle was not just incredibly strong, but he was also incredibly fast. In 1958, The Mick hit an inside the park home run on May 9, 1958, another on May 20, 1958, and a third on June 5, 1958. Not one Yankee player since Mantle, has hit three inside the park home runs in the same season! … I had to look up what stadiums he hit the inside the park homers. The first was at Yankee Stadium against the Senators. The second was at Comiskey Park against the Pale Hose. The third was also against White Sox, but at home. Lots of real estate in those parks, but he was super fast. Yes, Mickey was quick until the leg and knee injuries slowed him down. Especially, when he was batting lefty and bunting.  |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 8, 2024 18:42:05 GMT -5
June 2, 1891- Charles 'Old Hoss' Radbourn of the Cincinnati Reds wins his career 300th game by beating the Boston Beaneaters at South End Grounds, 10-8. Radbourn, who will finish 488 of the 502 games he started, will end his 11-year career this season with 309 victories. You have to love it when Old Hoss makes an appearance on this forum.  |
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Post by inger on Jun 8, 2024 18:43:47 GMT -5
Derailed by WWII:
Washington Senators shortstop…….Cecil Travis…..
3 Time All-Star….1397 hits by age 27 when WW 2 started….Batted .359/218 hits in 1941 last season before enlisting…..327 lifetime batting average….
War injuries derailed him forever.
Whether…. Cecil Travis…..gets to Cooperstown or not……his sacrifices aren’t forgotten...
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 8, 2024 18:47:48 GMT -5
June 10, 1975-The New York Yankees sponsor “Army Day” at their temporary home‚ Shea Stadium (Yankee Stadium is being refurbished). During a ceremonial 21-gun salute‚ glass is splintered‚ the ballpark is filled with smoke‚ as part of the Shea Stadium Outfield fence is blown away and another part is set afire.
Somewhere there is a news clip of this great sporting event., because it was the sports news high light story of 11'clock News that evening across the nation.
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Post by inger on Jun 9, 2024 9:43:10 GMT -5
There have been 152 pitching staffs that have allowed 200 HR in a single season. The Yankees have only allowed that many twice, in 2016 and 2019…
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Post by inger on Jun 10, 2024 7:58:34 GMT -5
April 26, 1948. Lou Boudreau hits 2 doubles and two triples in the same game.
He’s on his way to an MVP that season, the last time that anyone drove in 100 runs (106) with less than 10 strike outs (9)…
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Post by inger on Jun 10, 2024 8:12:35 GMT -5
May 17, 2017, Jose Altuve hit 2 triples and two doubles in the same game.
Altuve’s first MLB HR was an inside the park job off Madison Baumgardner.
Having been an Astro since 2011, he’s the only player on the team that with them when they were in the NL…
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 10, 2024 8:21:52 GMT -5
April 26, 1948. Lou Boudreau hits 2 doubles and two triples in the same game. He’s on his way to an MVP that season, the last time that anyone drove in 100 runs (106) with less than 10 strike outs (9)… 9 strikeouts is one week for a lot of today's players. |
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Post by inger on Jun 10, 2024 13:11:25 GMT -5
On May 24, 1929Heinie Manush hit 2 doubles and 2 triples in the same game. Then he repeated the feat July, 23, 1932.
He compiled seven five-hit games and fifty-two four-hit games in his seventeen-year major league career.
He had a hitting steak of 33 G in 1933, the longest ever for the old Washington Senators franchise.
Heinie’s (much) older brother Frank had a cup of coffee with the A’s in 1908.
The year he won the AL batting title with a .378avg., 1926, Babe Ruth was second with .373.
I suppose if you didn’t know these things about Manush, you could call this “Appreciate Your Heinie Day.”
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Post by inger on Jun 10, 2024 13:12:54 GMT -5
April 26, 1948. Lou Boudreau hits 2 doubles and two triples in the same game. He’s on his way to an MVP that season, the last time that anyone drove in 100 runs (106) with less than 10 strike outs (9)… 9 strikeouts is one week for a lot of today's players. I would say even less than a week for some… |
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Post by inger on Jun 10, 2024 16:26:58 GMT -5
Carl Crawford hit 2 doubles and 2 triples in one game on May 2, 2005.
He had incredible speed when he first became a MLB player, but his game went downhill during what are the prime years for most players.
Crawford was the first man to steal 3 bases on consecutive days this century. On 16- & 17-Aug-2006, Crawford was 3 for 3 each day. Greg Zaun was TOR’s C on the 16th, Benjie Molina in the 17th. Pitchers varied.
At Jefferson Davis High School in Houston, Texas, he was a letterman in football & basketball as well as in baseball.
Crawford is the only player so far this century to steal 4 and score 5 times in one game. On 24-Jun-2006, vs. TOR, Crawford stole 4 bases and scored 5 X…
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 10, 2024 18:31:55 GMT -5
Derailed by WWII: Washington Senators shortstop…….Cecil Travis….. 3 Time All-Star….1397 hits by age 27 when WW 2 started….Batted .359/218 hits in 1941 last season before enlisting…..327 lifetime batting average…. War injuries derailed him forever. Whether…. Cecil Travis…..gets to Cooperstown or not……his sacrifices aren’t forgotten... Unless the Veteran's committee reviews his record, he is left out, there's not Ted Williams type player around to push for him, like Ted did for the "Scooter." |
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