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Post by dyf7 on Jul 31, 2018 11:13:50 GMT -5
Hey, did anyone see Bird Fidrych pitch live?
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Post by yankeeyogi on Jul 31, 2018 11:58:01 GMT -5
Hey, did anyone see Bird Fidrych pitch live? TV saw him beat us..ugh
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Post by Lefteroo on Jul 31, 2018 13:02:33 GMT -5
I also only saw Fidrych on TV - probably same game Eddie referenced.
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Post by yankeeyogi on Jul 31, 2018 19:32:17 GMT -5
I also only saw Fidrych on TV - probably same game Eddie referenced. Announcers were gushing over him like crazy
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Post by Knuckles on Aug 1, 2018 9:49:01 GMT -5
Same here. Monday night baseball on NBC? Do I have that right? Was very popular broadcast at the time.
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Post by Lefteroo on Aug 1, 2018 11:29:57 GMT -5
Definitely right, Dan.
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Post by dyf7 on Aug 10, 2018 12:22:46 GMT -5
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Post by Lefteroo on Aug 10, 2018 14:58:35 GMT -5
I don't think so, Rip.
My first game was in late 1957, and Billy was already in KC. Jerry Coleman started at second, and wa slater replaced by young Bobby Richardson.
I was hoping he might have played for Cleveland in a game I saw in 1959, but I checked retrosheet and it was George Strickland at 2B for the Tribe that day.
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Post by dyf7 on Aug 18, 2018 19:39:38 GMT -5
Did anyone see Denny McClain pitch live the year he rang up 30?
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Post by Lefteroo on Aug 20, 2018 11:47:41 GMT -5
I didn't see McLain in person.
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Post by Knuckles on Aug 21, 2018 21:19:53 GMT -5
Me neither.
Sounds weird, with all the stats, video, analysis, etc., we have today, national broadcasts "felt" more like you were witnessing a game live back then.
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Post by dyf7 on Sept 19, 2018 10:15:58 GMT -5
Anyone ever witness a triple play in person?
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Post by dyf7 on Sept 19, 2018 10:17:54 GMT -5
Me neither. Sounds weird, with all the stats, video, analysis, etc., we have today, national broadcasts "felt" more like you were witnessing a game live back then. Interesting, care to elaborate as to why, if possible?
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Post by Lefteroo on Sept 19, 2018 15:13:52 GMT -5
Anyone ever witness a triple play in person? Yep, and I can give you the date - it was May 31, 1964 at Shea Stadium. A famous doubleheader between the Mets and Giants in which the nightcap went 23 innings. In the 14th inning, Jesus Alou and Willie Mays reached base with none out. Orlando Cepeda was up, and on a 3-2 pitch, the Giants started the runners. Cepeda lined to Roy McMillan at short. McMillan stepped on second to retire Alou and could easily have tagged Mays for an unassisted triple play, of which there have been so few in major league history, but he threw the ball to Kranepool (I believe) for the third out. Met fans cheered like crazy, but I was railing at McMillan for throwing the ball instead of tagging Mays. The Giants, as you may remember, won in 23 innings. Trivia question - who was the winning pitcher with 10 innings of scoreless relief? A big name - may have been a rookie at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2018 20:10:49 GMT -5
Anyone ever witness a triple play in person? At least one. Tulowitzki's unassisted triple play at Coors in May 2007 vs Braves. .
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Post by Lefteroo on Sept 20, 2018 0:38:44 GMT -5
I'm jealous - yours was unassisted!
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Post by yankeeyogi on Sept 20, 2018 6:56:06 GMT -5
Does Single A count?
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Post by dyf7 on Sept 20, 2018 7:35:30 GMT -5
It's Pro ball, go fer it.
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Post by dyf7 on Sept 20, 2018 7:36:00 GMT -5
Anyone ever witness a triple play in person? Yep, and I can give you the date - it was May 31, 1964 at Shea Stadium. A famous doubleheader between the Mets and Giants in which the nightcap went 23 innings. In the 14th inning, Jesus Alou and Willie Mays reached base with none out. Orlando Cepeda was up, and on a 3-2 pitch, the Giants started the runners. Cepeda lined to Roy McMillan at short. McMillan stepped on second to retire Alou and could easily have tagged Mays for an unassisted triple play, of which there have been so few in major league history, but he threw the ball to Kranepool (I believe) for the third out. Met fans cheered like crazy, but I was railing at McMillan for throwing the ball instead of tagging Mays. The Giants, as you may remember, won in 23 innings. Trivia question - who was the winning pitcher with 10 innings of scoreless relief? A big name - may have been a rookie at the time. Gaylord?
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Post by yankeeyogi on Sept 20, 2018 8:25:12 GMT -5
If you saw The Mick live at least a few times, describe the best you saw, at the plate and on D. I saw Mickey blast a bomb off the facade of the upper deck in RF in Tiger Stadium so hard it rolled almost all the way back to the IF dirt. Kaline never moved...just turned and looked up.
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