Steubenhoosier Posted October 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Tim McCarver homering in the '64 World Series v the Yankees. The WS that Bob Gibson starred in. I probably watched this in my grade school class. Would love MLB to bring back a day WS game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 A retired Joe Dimaggio taking a few cuts in an empty Yankee Stadium. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 October 3rd, 1947 World Series ...Cookie Lavagetto breaks up the Yankees Bill Bevens' no hitter with 2 out in the 9th of game 4 to give the Dodgers a win and knot the series at 2-2...The Yankees would go on to win the series in 7 games... The great Red Barber on the call... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted October 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 Eddie Mathews 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 Let's play 2... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 Casey Stengel. Before taking over at the help of the Yankees in 1949, he managed Brooklyn and Boston in the NL for 9 years, never finishing above 5th. In his first 10 years with the Yankees, he won 9 American League pennants and 7 World Series. He won his 10th AL crown in 1960, losing his last game as Yankee manager when Bill Mazeroski hit his game winning home run in Game 7 of the World Series. After being let go by the Yankees, he managed the expansion Mets for 3 and a half years before retiring. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted October 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 Born on this day in 1907 - Hall of Famer, Jimmie Foxx was manager for the Fort Wayne Daisies for one season (1952), but made a lasting impression on the players. He is remembered as a true gentleman and is nothing like the Jimmy Dugan character in the movie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 (edited) Anyone who was alive and followed baseball in 1971 was wowed by this guy...24-8 1.83 301Ks... Edited October 23, 2021 by IUFLA 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Anyone who was alive and followed baseball in 1971 was wowed by this guy...24-8 1.83 301Ks... Should have been a Red in 1978. But, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn vetoed the trade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Should have been a Red in 1978. But, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn vetoed the trade. Bowie Kuhn was an idiot... In my lifetime, MLB has only had 2 good commissioners...Peter Uberroth, and A Bartlett Giamatti... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted October 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 One of the greatest World Series pitching performances of all time. https://fb.watch/8VxpT5ms44/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted October 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Never in my dreams had hair close to this 😁 uh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Steubenhoosier said: Never in my dreams had hair close to this 😁 uh How on the world did he get a helmet on or a hat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted November 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Al Capone getting the autograph of Gabby Hartnett at Comiskey Park, 1931. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 @IU Scottwill love this story. A pitcher finishing a complete game under the toughest of circumstances. I have to admit. It does make it look like today's athletes are soft. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32061845/the-incredible-story-mlb-pitcher-survived-lightning-strike-finish-game Just as he gets set, a flash from the sky explodes down into the middle of the field. Shortstop Ray Chapman feels a surge of electricity go down his leg, and the violence of the lightning strike causes players to dive for the ground. "I took off my mask and threw it as far as I could," Cleveland catcher Steve O'Neill says later of his metal mask. "I didn't want it to attract any bolts toward me." Five seconds after the bolt hits the ground, everybody looks around. The eight Indians position players are OK, but their newest teammate is not. Caldwell is on his back, arms spread wide, out cold on the mound. The lightning strike had hit him directly. Players rush to Caldwell, but the first man who touches him leaps in the air, saying he'd been zapped by Caldwell's prone body. So everybody steps back and just stares. Caldwell's chest is smoldering from where the bolt burned it. They're terrified to touch him, and nobody does. All of them wonder: Is Ray Caldwell dead? RIGHT AROUND THE time everybody on the field is ready to pronounce Caldwell dead, the 31-year-old pitcher starts groaning and crawls back to his knees, then his feet. Teammates rejoice, but still, everybody keeps their distance from the guy whose chest was just on fire. They offer to walk with him off the field as he heads to the hospital. But Caldwell is incredulous. "I have one more out to get," he says. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) Not sure if this is really vintage or not, and the pics don't do it justice but here is about half of our haul last night at a baseball auction. I will update as we sort. I do know we got at least 10 Griffey jr rookie cards, 20 Ohtani rookies and 10 Joe Burrow those were just ones not in sets or boxes or the 800 plus unopened packs. It was a great time and I love sharing a hobby with Ayden that I loved as a kid. Edited November 23, 2021 by Billingsley99 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Not sure if this is really vintage or not, and the pics don't do it justice but here is about half of our haul last night at a baseball auction. I will update as we sort. I do know we got at least 10 Griffey jr rookie cards, 20 Ohtani rookies and 10 Joe Burrow those were just ones not in sets or boxes or the 800 plus unopened packs. It was a great time and I love sharing a hobby with Ayden that I loved as a kid. The value of your haul will be determined by how many Sal Romano's that you get. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, 5fouls said: The value of your haul will be determined by how many Sal Romano's that you get. That's a good one. Hoping for at least 5 of them. The best thing about it in all serious is that it took me back to 1989 and me running to the card shop everyday to try and get the Billy Ripken 89 fleer F Face card. I did get 1 before all the corrections came out. Last night we got 6 boxes of unopened 89 fleer packs. Those will be fun to open. That was also Randy Johnson, junior and Bigio. I really wanted to stay.up last night and open them all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Don Zimmer with a gesture towards Cardinal fans everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 https://www.yahoo.com/sports/5-time-mlb-all-star-pitcher-doug-jones-dies-at-64-013602106.html Former Pitcher Doug Jones dies of complications due to Covid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: Don Zimmer with a gesture towards Cardinal fans everywhere. Here is what I remember Zimmer mostly for, unfortunately. Some language in this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 3 hours ago, 5fouls said: Don Zimmer with a gesture towards Cardinal fans everywhere. Is that what they mean when they talk about "framing" in baseball? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Ran across this beauty today. I'll caption for you. I'm going to eat 2 packs of these lung rockets. Hit 30 HR, 30 Doubles, and drive in 90 each year....while having a flame thrower for an arm in right field. He's also saying if you're lucky....I won't beat you up after I take your wife out. Haha. Legend. Legend. Loved Dave Parker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: Not sure if this is really vintage or not, and the pics don't do it justice but here is about half of our haul last night at a baseball auction. I will update as we sort. I do know we got at least 10 Griffey jr rookie cards, 20 Ohtani rookies and 10 Joe Burrow those were just ones not in sets or boxes or the 800 plus unopened packs. It was a great time and I love sharing a hobby with Ayden that I loved as a kid. Nice haul!!! I've got unopened boxes of cards I just can't bring myself to open from 1979 to 1983...I know what's in there or potentially in there but just can't do it. My Mom would always get me boxes and it was the same rule. One box is for play and trading. The other is for saving. Same with Star Wars characters....I have to be the only dude with all the original Star Wars characters still in their plastic container with $2.99 sticker from Farm and Fleet. Keep those traditions going! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted November 29, 2021 Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 On 11/23/2021 at 9:21 AM, Billingsley99 said: That's a good one. Hoping for at least 5 of them. The best thing about it in all serious is that it took me back to 1989 and me running to the card shop everyday to try and get the Billy Ripken 89 fleer F Face card. I did get 1 before all the corrections came out. Last night we got 6 boxes of unopened 89 fleer packs. Those will be fun to open. That was also Randy Johnson, junior and Bigio. I really wanted to stay.up last night and open them all. Don't forget Sheffield rookies! I had my parents drive me around to the local drug stores/convenience stores in 89 looking for those packs of Ripken FF error. I think I bought like 3 boxes and pulled 4 of them. I set up at a card show and sold 3 of them for $45-$50 a pop and made a nice profit and kept one. I still have one. Did you bust the boxes open yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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