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Post by fwclipper51 on Jul 11, 2024 13:54:05 GMT -5
RENNIE STENNETT . Pittsburgh’s Max Carey helped his team toward their 1st WS championship by, in the game on 22‑Jun‑1925, getting 2 H in the 1st & 8th innings as they overwhelmed STL 24-6. Then on 16‑Sep-1975, PIT’s Stennett did the same against CHC at Wrigley Field, this time in the 1st & 5th innings. This of course in addition to his beeter known 7/7 game… Part of Pittsburgh’s famous Lumber Company when reached free agency he signed what was considered a mega contract at the time. In December 1979, Stennett signed a $3,000,000 5-year contract with SFG. He would only play 2 of those 5 years… Rennie Stennett was the reason, why the Pirates were able to traded rookie 2B Willie Randolph to the Yankees in the Doc Medich trade. |
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Post by inger on Jul 12, 2024 8:50:07 GMT -5
On 6/9/2024 our old buddy Ben Heller plunked three men in the 10th inning while pitching for the Pirates to tie the MLB record. He also hit a batter the inning before, so he also tied the record for most hit batters in an appearance… he was sent back to MiLB afterwards…with a 4-figure ERA…
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jul 12, 2024 8:53:52 GMT -5
On 6/9/2024 our old buddy Ben Heller plunked three men in the 10th inning while pitching for the Pirates to tie the MLB record. He also hit a batter the inning before, so he also tied the record for most hit batters in an appearance… he was sent back to MiLB afterwards…with a 4-figure ERA… When he pitched for us I remember thinking he looked the part. Big kid who threw hard. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 12, 2024 9:02:42 GMT -5
On 6/9/2024 our old buddy Ben Heller plunked three men in the 10th inning while pitching for the Pirates to tie the MLB record. He also hit a batter the inning before, so he also tied the record for most hit batters in an appearance… he was sent back to MiLB afterwards…with a 4-figure ERA… When he pitched for us I remember thinking he looked the part. Big kid who threw hard. Unfortunately injuries derailed his career. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 12, 2024 20:53:12 GMT -5
I'm going to guess that we probably don't see this again.
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Post by rizzuto on Jul 12, 2024 21:30:13 GMT -5
I'm going to guess that we probably don't see this again. And, Cecil Cooper could hit. Nolan Ryan once answered about his longevity and said he learned early to put in lots of leg work, something starting pitchers do not do much of anymore. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jul 12, 2024 22:13:03 GMT -5
Not trivia maybe minutiae, but a question I've always had is why each time a pitcher throws one in the dirt the ball is taken out of play but a batted ball can take 6 or 10 hops to an infielder, be thrown in the dirt and scooped by the firstbasemen and left in play?
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Post by Max on Jul 13, 2024 12:21:57 GMT -5
Nolan Ryan once answered about his longevity and said he learned early to put in lots of leg work, something starting pitchers do not do much of anymore. I've heard Tom Seaver say the same thing. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 13, 2024 12:55:34 GMT -5
I'm going to guess that we probably don't see this again. That big pitch count really set him back. Nineteen years later he had to retire. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 13, 2024 13:10:59 GMT -5
Remember Bat Day at the Stadium?
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Post by Max on Jul 13, 2024 13:32:52 GMT -5
Remember Bat Day at the Stadium? Yep, bat day was very popular. I also remember a game when I sat close to one of those annoying support beams that blocked part of my view of the field at the old stadium. Never sat in that section again. After that buying seats in front of the support beams was a must. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jul 13, 2024 13:36:28 GMT -5
Remember Bat Day at the Stadium? I was at the 1st one...early 60's. I think I got a Bobby Richardson bat... |
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Post by azbob643 on Jul 13, 2024 13:39:53 GMT -5
Remember Bat Day at the Stadium? Yep, bat day was very popular. I also remember a game when I sat close to one of those annoying support beams that blocked part of my view of the field at the old stadium. Never sat in that section again. After that buying seats in front of the support beams was a must. First time my dad got "reserved" seats ($2.50) I straddled one of those posts. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jul 13, 2024 13:47:26 GMT -5
Remember Bat Day at the Stadium? Yep, bat day was very popular. I also remember a game when I sat close to one of those annoying support beams that blocked part of my view of the field at the old stadium. Never sat in that section again. After that buying seats in front of the support beams was a must. Not quite the same, but as a ute we used to go to Pony League games and the local team would give is cracked bats. We'd take them home and put a couple screws in them and tape them up. That was my Bat Day, I guess. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jul 13, 2024 13:53:23 GMT -5
Yep, bat day was very popular. I also remember a game when I sat close to one of those annoying support beams that blocked part of my view of the field at the old stadium. Never sat in that section again. After that buying seats in front of the support beams was a must. Not quite the same, but as a ute we used to go to Pony League games and the local team would give is cracked bats. We'd take them home and put a couple screws in them and tape them up. That was my Bat Day, I guess. Amazing how we were able to make do with nailed/taped bats and balls wrapped with electrical tape. I had a pair of spikes held together by tape. |
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