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Post by kaybli on May 4, 2023 19:42:30 GMT -5
If this was silver and black, this is my motorcycle. Also, my handle bars were not straight across, more of an artful bend, easy to reach. Bad to the bone. B-B-B-B-B-B-Bad. B-B-B-B-B-Bad.
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Post by inger on May 4, 2023 19:47:39 GMT -5
If this was silver and black, this is my motorcycle. Also, my handle bars were not straight across, more of an artful bend, easy to reach. Oh, boys Just wanna have Fun They wanna have Fun Oh, boys Just wanna have fun… Queue Lou Albano (oh daddy dear)…
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Post by inger on May 5, 2023 13:09:39 GMT -5
Ideally, the umpire should combine the integrity of a Supreme Court judge, the physical agility of an acrobat, the endurance of Job and the imperturbability of Buddha.
— TIME MAGAZINE, 8/25/61
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Post by inger on May 5, 2023 13:23:58 GMT -5
In 1914 Gavvy Cravath lad the NL in HR with 19, all of which were hit at home. For his career Cravath socked 96 of his career HR in his home park in (mostly) Philadelphia. In all, he won 5 HR titles…
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Post by inger on May 5, 2023 13:26:57 GMT -5
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Post by inger on May 5, 2023 14:27:57 GMT -5
GEE WALKER Not very known for a fellow that had just under 2,000 hits, Gee Walker was nicknamed “The Madman of Mississippi” for his base running exploits. Steal totals in his time were not impressive, but Walker finished in the top ten nine times in his 15 year career. Walker once attempted to steal a base during an intentional walk, was once picked off twice in the same game. He was also once picked off while arguing with the opposing team. Even worse tgat was in the 1934 World Series. In one of baseball’s oddities he is the only player ever to hit for an opening day cycle on April 20th, 1937. To top that off his cycle was deemed an unnatural cycle, as he started with a homer and worked his way backward to a single for his final hit… www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkege02.shtml
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 10:52:25 GMT -5
The first Ohtani?:
Guy Hecker had a great season on the mound in 1886 going 26-23. Oh….and Hecker also won the batting title at .341…
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 11:03:43 GMT -5
what Greg Maddux had to say about Tony Gwynn:
“Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different release points or if a curveball starts with an upward hump as it leaves the pitcher’s hand. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision.
“Except for that (expletive) Tony Gwynn.”…
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 15:01:56 GMT -5
A guy most people have never heard of, George Mogridge finished his career at 132-133 pitched the first Yankees no-hitter on April 24, 1917. He beat the Red Sox 2-1 that day…
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 21:04:58 GMT -5
Forgotten Yankee:
Henry Rodriguez signed with the Yanks as a free agent for the 2001 season. He played in 5 games, went 0-8 with 6K’s. Released June 19th after a stint in the minors.
Montreal gave him a shot in 2002, and he was 1 for 20 before they gave up on him…
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 21:19:55 GMT -5
A couple more notes about the recently deceased Dick Groat:
When Groat won his 1960 MVP his 2 homers were the least HR by a MLB infielder winning the award since 1914, when NL MVP Johnny Evers hit only one. By happenstance, they both had 40 RBI in their award winning season.
Groat and Pirate teammate Jerry Lynch designed and built a golf course in Ligonier, PA and ran it for over 50 years...
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 21:23:48 GMT -5
Somehow Rondell White seems to be a more or less forgotten Yankees FA bust. Signed by the Yankees for the 2002 season he posted the puke-worthy line of .240 .288 .378 .666 76 OPS+
This was after his four previous seasons were all over .300. To top that off, after leaving NY, the next three seasons he batted .289-.270-.313..,
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Post by rizzuto on May 6, 2023 21:32:24 GMT -5
Somehow Randell White seems to be a more or less forgotten Yankees FA bust. Signed by the Yankees for the 2002 season he posted the puke-worthy line of .240 .288 .378 .666 76 OPS+ This was after his four previous seasons were all over .300. To top that off, after leaving NY, the next three seasons he batted .289-.270-.313.., Amazingly, Rondell White had identical numbers in his time with the Yankees. Not sure if they were related.
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 21:35:38 GMT -5
Davy Jones wasn’t a special player, but he was involved in some oddities. He was the first batter ever to face Walter Johnson, and he was in base and scored later in the inning when Germany Schaefer famously reverse-stole first base.
His last one (that I have) is his 1909 season during which he hit 0 HR in 245 AB, but led off game 5 of the World Series vs. Babe Adams with a HR over the CF fence. Adams had an ERA of 1.11 and a +232 ERA in the regular season that year…
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Post by inger on May 6, 2023 21:36:38 GMT -5
Somehow Rondell White seems to be a more or less forgotten Yankees FA bust. Signed by the Yankees for the 2002 season he posted the puke-worthy line of .240 .288 .378 .666 76 OPS+ This was after his four previous seasons were all over .300. To top that off, after leaving NY, the next three seasons he batted .289-.270-.313.., Amazingly, Rondell White had identical numbers in his time with the Yankees. Not sure if they were related. Friggin’ spell-checking’… Yes. They had identical careers, too… 🤓
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