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Post by chiyankee on Jul 16, 2019 19:51:42 GMT -5
Luke is really struggling.
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Post by desousa on Jul 16, 2019 19:52:56 GMT -5
Why is Voit batting third?
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 19:53:02 GMT -5
This pitcher looks like one of The Doobie Brothers. But he keeps Voit's funk going.
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Post by utahyank on Jul 16, 2019 19:57:51 GMT -5
pipps….if I remember correctly, you grew up in Pennsylvania, and a Philadelpjia A's fan....did you ever get to see Barney McCosky play?...or maybe Elmer Valo?... Utah -- my father was the one who fit that description. His parents rented rooms to many of the A's players in the late 20s to the late 30s, so my father got to know people like Jimmie Foxx and Al Simmons and Bob Johnson and Wally Moses. By the time I was following baseball, the A's had moved to Kansas City. I do remember Elmer Valo in his later years. My father reluctantly switched to the Phillies, but his heart was always with the A's. He practically grew up in Shibe Park and Connie Mack lived two blocks away. He had a lot of great stories. wow...I would have loved to talk to your Dad for a week or so....I saw Foxx in 1941 with the Red Sox...big man....he was on a decline then, but still seemed a dangerous hitter when he was in the box....I saw Al Simmons in both '41 and '42, I think....way more open stance than anyone...he was declining also...the guy who was still a force then was Indian Bob Johnson....I really liked him as a quality player...smooth......Wally Moses was a little younger, and still a decent player into the 50's....what stories your Dad must have had of that golden era of baseball... |
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 16, 2019 20:05:05 GMT -5
One run game and Nestor walks the bases loaded.
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Post by utahyank on Jul 16, 2019 20:07:31 GMT -5
David Hale...he has been good...
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 16, 2019 20:07:41 GMT -5
Big time pitch from Hale, he needed him in the 9th inning last night.
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Post by utahyank on Jul 16, 2019 20:08:37 GMT -5
Hale has a big-time sinker it looks like....
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Post by rizzuto on Jul 16, 2019 20:13:26 GMT -5
I’m sure the guys miss Jorge in the locker room restroom. Whistling, peeing gleefully on his hands... Jorge had his ways, but I loved what he brought to the team for so many years. He was one of the few Yankees that MrG was less than enthusiastic about. That was balanced by JWild, who had some incredibly well researched and interesting posts on catchers. He was laudatory regarding Sado. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 16, 2019 20:14:05 GMT -5
Sanchez chases three pitches that were out of the strike zone.
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Post by rizzuto on Jul 16, 2019 20:15:50 GMT -5
Sanchez chases three pitches that were out of the strike zone. That’s what he wasn’t doing early in the season. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:17:16 GMT -5
Utah -- my father was the one who fit that description. His parents rented rooms to many of the A's players in the late 20s to the late 30s, so my father got to know people like Jimmie Foxx and Al Simmons and Bob Johnson and Wally Moses. By the time I was following baseball, the A's had moved to Kansas City. I do remember Elmer Valo in his later years. My father reluctantly switched to the Phillies, but his heart was always with the A's. He practically grew up in Shibe Park and Connie Mack lived two blocks away. He had a lot of great stories. wow...I would have loved to talk to your Dad for a week or so....I saw Foxx in 1941 with the Red Sox...big man....he was on a decline then, but still seemed a dangerous hitter when he was in the box....I saw Al Simmons in both '41 and '42, I think....way more open stance than anyone...he was declining also...the guy who was still a force then was Indian Bob Johnson....I really liked him as a quality player...smooth......Wally Moses was a little younger, and still a decent player into the 50's....what stories your Dad must have had of that golden era of baseball... Thanks Utah. It was a baseball history lesson just growing up. The A's players were always giving him tickets to the games. Many times he played catch with Jimmie Foxx and acted as a gofer for him. He said Foxx was like a big kid, good-natured and generous. Once Jimmie started making some money, he moved out of my grandparents place -- which was right behind the right field line of Shibe Park -- and went to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, which at that time was Philly's version of the Waldorf Astoria. But he always had time for my father and other neighborhood kids. Simmons was a little grouchier, but still good to the kids. Indian Bob Johnson stayed in touch with my grandparents for many years after his career ended. They didn't know the first thing about baseball, but they treated the A's players like family. It was a very different era. Nobody thought it was a big deal to chat with Connie Mack out on the street before or after a game. I never met any of them, but I felt like I knew them. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:21:23 GMT -5
The whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts for the Rays.
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Post by rizzuto on Jul 16, 2019 20:22:12 GMT -5
wow...I would have loved to talk to your Dad for a week or so....I saw Foxx in 1941 with the Red Sox...big man....he was on a decline then, but still seemed a dangerous hitter when he was in the box....I saw Al Simmons in both '41 and '42, I think....way more open stance than anyone...he was declining also...the guy who was still a force then was Indian Bob Johnson....I really liked him as a quality player...smooth......Wally Moses was a little younger, and still a decent player into the 50's....what stories your Dad must have had of that golden era of baseball... Thanks Utah. It was a baseball history lesson just growing up. The A's players were always giving him tickets to the games. Many times he played catch with Jimmie Foxx and acted as a gofer for him. He said Foxx was like a big kid, good-natured and generous. Once Jimmie started making some money, he moved out of my grandparents place -- which was right behind the right field line of Shibe Park -- and went to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, which at that time was Philly's version of the Waldorf Astoria. But he always had time for my father and other neighborhood kids. Simmons was a little grouchier, but still good to the kids. Indian Bob Johnson stayed in touch with my grandparents for many years after his career ended. They didn't know the first thing about baseball, but they treated the A's players like family. It was a very different era. Nobody thought it was a big deal to chat with Connie Mack out on the street before or after a game. I never met any of them, but I felt like I knew them. Fantastic stuff. My father and grandfather were Cardinals’ fans, but my dad’s favorite players were Jimmy Foxx and then Albert Pujols. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jul 16, 2019 20:25:34 GMT -5
Nice work by Hale.
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