rico Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Seemed like they had the Yankees and Red Sox on a lot Definitely seemed like the A.L. East was on a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, rico said: Definitely seemed like the A.L. East was on a lot. I remember an NBC "Game of the Week" in 1969 between the defending World Series champion Tigers against the expansion Seattle Pilots. The Tigers pitched a washed up guy named Joe Sparma, who won 3-2. I think Sparma was out of baseball the next year... The Pilots uniforms were cool though... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, IUFLA said: I remember an NBC "Game of the Week" in 1969 between the defending World Series champion Tigers against the expansion Seattle Pilots. The Tigers pitched a washed up guy named Joe Sparma, who won 3-2. I think Sparma was out of baseball the next year... The Pilots uniforms were cool though... I was pooping mustard in 1969... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, IUFLA said: I remember an NBC "Game of the Week" in 1969 between the defending World Series champion Tigers against the expansion Seattle Pilots. The Tigers pitched a washed up guy named Joe Sparma, who won 3-2. I think Sparma was out of baseball the next year... The Pilots uniforms were cool though... I thought NBC did a great job with their baseball coverage and before the game I loved This Week IN Baseball. To me that show had one of the best theme music of any sports network. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Just now, rico said: I was pooping mustard in 1969... That was even before my time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, IU Scott said: That was even before my time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, rico said: I was pooping mustard in 1969... 4 minutes ago, IU Scott said: That was even before my time That summer was one of the highs of my fandom as a kid... Didn't turn out so well for us Cub fans, but a great summer, none the less... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 And I think we got cable in 73. Cubs were on pretty much every day and White Sox were on a lot too. The Dick Allen/Bill Melton teams. Very entertaining. Later the Braves were on pretty much every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) Max Scherzer, fresh of the IL, is dealing tonight. 1 hitter through 6. Dominant pitchers in their late 30's have always been a favorite of mine. Verlander is another favorite of mine. And, to think the Tigers used to have both. Edited July 12, 2022 by 5fouls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Max Scherzer, fresh of the IL, is dealing tonight. 1 hitter through 6. Dominant pitchers in their late 30's have always been a favorite of mine. Verlancer is another favorite of mine. And, to think the Tigers used to have both. Last week Scherzer pitched against the Reds and had 6 shutout innings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Just now, IU Scott said: Last week Scherzer pitched against the Reds and had 6 shutout innings That was the game in the series the Reds won. In extra innings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Dick Allen was the epitome of cool... The mutton chop sideburns, stirrups. Always wore long sleeves, even on the hottest days...and used a 40 oz bat... And how about the red White Sox unis? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Dick Allen was the epitome of cool... The mutton chop sideburns, stirrups. Always wore long sleeves, even on the hottest days...and used a 40 oz bat... And how about the red White Sox unis? Thise were some nice uniforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Whitt Merrifield's consecutive games played streak ends at 553. The new leader is Matt Olson at 221. https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/34228099/kansas-city-royals-infielder-whit-merrifield-games-played-streak-ends-553 I've always been interested in non-standard stats like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 2 other things I'd do if I was the baseball Czar... Make the players wear their regular uniforms in the all star game. Those all star unis are gaudy horse crap... Make the Astros go back to the NL and the Brewers go back to the AL. Screw Bud Selig... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 11 hours ago, 5fouls said: Whitt Merrifield's consecutive games played streak ends at 553. The new leader is Matt Olson at 221. https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/34228099/kansas-city-royals-infielder-whit-merrifield-games-played-streak-ends-553 I've always been interested in non-standard stats like this. The Royals should have traded him a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 12 hours ago, IUFLA said: Dick Allen was the epitome of cool... The mutton chop sideburns, stirrups. Always wore long sleeves, even on the hottest days...and used a 40 oz bat... And how about the red White Sox unis? I remember him as a rookie for the Phillies playing in old Connie Mack Stadium. He was Ritchie Allen then...and he was one scary hitter for National League pitchers to face. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 13 hours ago, IUFLA said: Dick Allen was the epitome of cool... The mutton chop sideburns, stirrups. Always wore long sleeves, even on the hottest days...and used a 40 oz bat... And how about the red White Sox unis? https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/the-short-pants-craze-of-1976/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: I remember him as a rookie for the Phillies playing in old Connie Mack Stadium. He was Ritchie Allen then...and he was one scary hitter for National League pitchers to face. That 1964 epic Phillies collapse was really my first memory of baseball. 6 1/2 game lead with 12 to play. Older Phillie fans (and I know a few) hate the Reds Chico Ruiz to this day over it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, rico said: https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/the-short-pants-craze-of-1976/ One of the guys mentioned in that article has a brother in the Pro Football HoF 🙂 Edited July 12, 2022 by IUFLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: That 1964 epic Phillies collapse was really my first memory of baseball. 6 1/2 game lead with 12 to play. Older Phillie fans (and I know a few) hate the Reds Chico Ruiz to this day over it... Hey, everyone knows that stealing home in the 6th inning with two outs and Frank Robinson batting with two strikes makes complete sense. 😂 LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Best news of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 hours ago, 5fouls said: Thise were some nice uniforms. I think they're absolutely hideous 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 30 minutes ago, btownqb said: I think they're absolutely hideous 🤣🤣🤣 You like the road unis better? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 30 minutes ago, btownqb said: I think they're absolutely hideous 🤣🤣🤣 You like these White Sox unis instead? 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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