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Post by inger on Aug 25, 2024 16:36:08 GMT -5
They should have simply removed one spice… Heinz exec said..."I'll be damned if I'm gonna change the name to "Heinz 56 Sauce". 😂😂😂😂 “But sir! It’s DiMaggio!”… |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 25, 2024 16:37:30 GMT -5
Heinz exec said..."I'll be damned if I'm gonna change the name to "Heinz 56 Sauce". 😂😂😂😂 “But sir! It’s DiMaggio!”… Would he have been required to go hitless after getting to 57...or would they have kept changing the name until he did? We'll never know... |
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Post by inger on Aug 25, 2024 17:10:33 GMT -5
😂😂😂😂 “But sir! It’s DiMaggio!”… Would he have been required to go hitless after getting to 57...or would they have kept changing the name until he did? We'll never know... A dash of this. A pinch of that. Dump some of whatever in there… |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 25, 2024 17:18:25 GMT -5
Would he have been required to go hitless after getting to 57...or would they have kept changing the name until he did? We'll never know... A dash of this. A pinch of that. Dump some of whatever in there… How different is a "dash" from a "pinch"? Which is smaller..."teenie weenie" or "itsy bitsy"? |
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Post by inger on Aug 25, 2024 17:19:14 GMT -5
A dash of this. A pinch of that. Dump some of whatever in there… How different is a "dash" from a "pinch"? Which is smaller..."teenie weenie" or "itsy bitsy"? I’ll let you know after I go pee… |
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Post by inger on Aug 25, 2024 18:48:29 GMT -5
WALLY SCHANG
Schang posted a 20-game hit streak in 1916.
He’s not from Europe, but was born in South Wales?Schang was born in South Wales, a hamlet among the towns of Aurora & Wales in Erie County, New York State, essentially an exurb of Buffalo. His first team, the Philadelphia A’s, beat the formidable New York Giants 4-1 in the 1913 WS. With the Red Sox in 1918, he and his famous battery mate subdued the Cubs 4-2. With the Yankees, he helped beat the Giants again in the 1923 Fall Classic. The A’s, for which he played a few G in 1930, also won the WS that year, but he did not play.
Schang was a coach w/CLE 1936, 37 & 38. Feller was a 17-year-old rookie in 1936. He roomed with Schang. Or did Schang room with Feller? Either way, they became close friends.
Wally was the first guy to homer from both sides of the plate. Schang had homered 2X by the 2nd inning on 08-Sep-1916 . Off NYY’s righty Allen Russell in the 1st & off lefty Slim Love in the 2nd. No one has ever found an instance of it being done earlier…
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 25, 2024 19:21:39 GMT -5
WALLY SCHANG Schang posted a 20-game hit streak in 1916. He’s not from Europe, but was born in South Wales?Schang was born in South Wales, a hamlet among the towns of Aurora & Wales in Erie County, New York State, essentially an exurb of Buffalo. His first team, the Philadelphia A’s, beat the formidable New York Giants 4-1 in the 1913 WS. With the Red Sox in 1918, he and his famous battery mate subdued the Cubs 4-2. With the Yankees, he helped beat the Giants again in the 1923 Fall Classic. The A’s, for which he played a few G in 1930, also won the WS that year, but he did not play. Schang was a coach w/CLE 1936, 37 & 38. Feller was a 17-year-old rookie in 1936. He roomed with Schang. Or did Schang room with Feller? Either way, they became close friends. Wally was the first guy to homer from both sides of the plate. Schang had homered 2X by the 2nd inning on 08-Sep-1916 . Off NYY’s righty Allen Russell in the 1st & off lefty Slim Love in the 2nd. No one has ever found an instance of it being done earlier… I know we've discussed previously what an underrated catcher Wally Schang was. A career OBP of .393 and an OPS+ of 117 -- not too shabby for a catcher. Another Connie Mack signing -- what a team you could make from those -- he played in six World Series for three different teams. He only spent five years with the Yankees, but that encompassed their first three pennants. By all accounts he was a graceful athletic catcher. But I don't think he's ever gotten serious HOF consideration. At the very least he's among the top half-dozen Yankee catchers, a position in which they are historically deep. |
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Post by inger on Aug 25, 2024 20:46:11 GMT -5
WALLY SCHANG Schang posted a 20-game hit streak in 1916. He’s not from Europe, but was born in South Wales?Schang was born in South Wales, a hamlet among the towns of Aurora & Wales in Erie County, New York State, essentially an exurb of Buffalo. His first team, the Philadelphia A’s, beat the formidable New York Giants 4-1 in the 1913 WS. With the Red Sox in 1918, he and his famous battery mate subdued the Cubs 4-2. With the Yankees, he helped beat the Giants again in the 1923 Fall Classic. The A’s, for which he played a few G in 1930, also won the WS that year, but he did not play. Schang was a coach w/CLE 1936, 37 & 38. Feller was a 17-year-old rookie in 1936. He roomed with Schang. Or did Schang room with Feller? Either way, they became close friends. Wally was the first guy to homer from both sides of the plate. Schang had homered 2X by the 2nd inning on 08-Sep-1916 . Off NYY’s righty Allen Russell in the 1st & off lefty Slim Love in the 2nd. No one has ever found an instance of it being done earlier… I know we've discussed previously what an underrated catcher Wally Schang was. A career OBP of .393 and an OPS+ of 117 -- not too shabby for a catcher. Another Connie Mack signing -- what a team you could make from those -- he played in six World Series for three different teams. He only spent five years with the Yankees, but that encompassed their first three pennants. By all accounts he was a graceful athletic catcher. But I don't think he's ever gotten serious HOF consideration. At the very least he's among the top half-dozen Yankee catchers, a position in which they are historically deep. Schang is so often mentioned among the best of his times. I think he would be better perceived today if he had been born 20 years later. Babe Ruth and other power hitters had changed the game by then, and Schang would have followed. He could have built a power resume that would have been at least similar to Bill Dickey’s… |
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Post by inger on Aug 25, 2024 23:59:28 GMT -5
GOLDIE RAPP (23 game hitting streak) Played for Peoria in the 1915 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League—B league (AA today) as inaccurately reported in an obituary in The Cincinnati Enquirer in 1966. His league leading stats were more likely with St. Paul in 1920. -In WWI he was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army Air Corps (Today U.S. Airforce). In WWII he served as a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy Seabees. He slipped on the ice while skating when he was 8 & lost one of his front teeth. The dentist replaced it with a gold tooth. Back in school, his mates called him “Goldie” & "Joseph" was no longer needed. Only played for three years and had a weak bat, making his batting streak rather unlikely… www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rappgo01.shtml |
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Post by inger on Aug 26, 2024 9:07:17 GMT -5
RED SCHOENDIENST
Now we’re getting serious- a 28 game streak!
Schoendienst was named International League MVP in 1943, before spending most of 1944 in the US Army, but his injuries and ailments continued to haunt him throughout his career. An eye injury suffered while serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps, a shoulder injury, a broken finger, continuing eye problems, pleurisy, bruised ribs, and even sittting out a year with TB.
In the top of the 14th inning of the 1950 ASG, Schoendienst led off with a solo HR off Ted Gray. Ewell Blackwell got 3 quick outs in the bottom of the inning to seal the NL victory.
After having managed STL for 12 seasons (1,938 G) 1965-1976, including 2 pennants and 1 WS championship, Schoendienst was called back to managed STL for the final 37 G in 1980 & 24 G in the middle of the 1990 Season…
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Post by fwclipper51 on Aug 26, 2024 17:07:00 GMT -5
WALLY SCHANG Schang posted a 20-game hit streak in 1916. He’s not from Europe, but was born in South Wales?Schang was born in South Wales, a hamlet among the towns of Aurora & Wales in Erie County, New York State, essentially an exurb of Buffalo. His first team, the Philadelphia A’s, beat the formidable New York Giants 4-1 in the 1913 WS. With the Red Sox in 1918, he and his famous battery mate subdued the Cubs 4-2. With the Yankees, he helped beat the Giants again in the 1923 Fall Classic. The A’s, for which he played a few G in 1930, also won the WS that year, but he did not play. Schang was a coach w/CLE 1936, 37 & 38. Feller was a 17-year-old rookie in 1936. He roomed with Schang. Or did Schang room with Feller? Either way, they became close friends. Wally was the first guy to homer from both sides of the plate. Schang had homered 2X by the 2nd inning on 08-Sep-1916 . Off NYY’s righty Allen Russell in the 1st & off lefty Slim Love in the 2nd. No one has ever found an instance of it being done earlier… |
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Post by inger on Aug 27, 2024 12:11:55 GMT -5
LUIS CASTILLO
Now we’re at 33 games in a row!
Castillo is the last player to steal 3 bases on each of consecutive days in the twentieth century. . SB X 3 = 17- & 18-May-2000.
Castillo hails from San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic. More than 100 major leaguers are natives of this town of 400,000 people. Similarly-sized cities in the U.S. have produced 51 (Tulsa), 26 (Wichita), 10 (Arlington, TX) & 0 (Aurora, CO)
2000 = 62 SB; 22 CS. Lead the league in both categories.
Here’s a fun one. As a minor leaguer he once set off the team’s hotel fire alarm because he thought it was the shampoo dispenser…
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Post by inger on Aug 27, 2024 12:22:55 GMT -5
GEORGE DAVIS
Davis’ 33 G streak in 1893 for NYG was said to be aided by the new pitching distance of 60’6” that year, but didn’t everyone else have that same “advantage”? It was the record streak, but it only lasted for one season, as CHC’s Bill Dahlen had one of 42 G the very next year.
During his MLB playing days, Davis (BBTR) racked up 163 3B. BBTL HOF Roger Connor finished with 233.
In 1897, for NYG, Davis hit .353, stole 65 bases, had 184 H against only 23 K, was 2nd in HR w/10 & produced a 6.9 WAR. In the field, he led the league in putouts (339) and double plays (67). He drove in 135 runs that season in just 131 G.
He died in 1940, at age 70 from paresis, insanity produced by syphilitic alteration of the brain resulting in dementia & paralysis.
Sadly, he spent almost ½ of his life in an institution. Jim Croce thought he had it bad in his “Five Short Minutes of Loving.”…
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Post by inger on Aug 27, 2024 15:41:23 GMT -5
JIMMY ROLLINS
Wow! 39 straight games with a hit as a switch hitter…
Rollins put up these numbers in 2001-2008 w/PHI.
He led the NL in 3b in 2001 (12), 2002 (11), 2004 (12) & 2007 (20) in 3B; led in R in 2007 (139) & in SB in 2001 (46) & in SB% in2010 (94.4%).
His high schoool produced 4 additional all stars. Additional alumni of Encinal HS in Alameda, CA include Willie Stargell, Chis Speier, Tommy Harper & Dontrelle Willis…
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Post by fwclipper51 on Aug 27, 2024 18:16:30 GMT -5
I know we've discussed previously what an underrated catcher Wally Schang was. A career OBP of .393 and an OPS+ of 117 -- not too shabby for a catcher. Another Connie Mack signing -- what a team you could make from those -- he played in six World Series for three different teams. He only spent five years with the Yankees, but that encompassed their first three pennants. By all accounts he was a graceful athletic catcher. But I don't think he's ever gotten serious HOF consideration. At the very least he's among the top half-dozen Yankee catchers, a position in which they are historically deep. Schang is so often mentioned among the best of his times. I think he would be better perceived today if he had been born 20 years later. Babe Ruth and other power hitters had changed the game by then, and Schang would have followed. He could have built a power resume that would have been at least similar to Bill Dickey’s… Wally Schang had joined the Yankees from the Red Sox at the age of 31 in 1920. Yankees Manager Huggins wanted a more experience catcher behind the plate, giving up a young catcher Muddy Ruel in the trade. Wally would leave the team at the age of 36 in February of 1926, he had lost his starting job to Benny Bengough in 1925, hitting only .240 for the season. Overall, Wally had hit .297 in 5 seasons with the Yankees, With the St. Louis Browns, he would bounce back for the next 3 seasons outhitting his 3 Yankee replacements (Pat Collins, Benny Bengough and Johnny Grabowski). Bill Dickey would appear in 1928 to take over the Yankees starting catcher duties. |
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