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Post by sader1970 on Jan 10, 2019 10:55:35 GMT -5
Mea culpa. You took my joke seriously. Didn't put a smiley face. And here I thought you knew me better. [see? I remembered this time!]
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Post by Tom on Jan 10, 2019 11:51:16 GMT -5
The Rose in the hall issue is kind of a pet peeve for me and the fact that lots of people think he should be inducted because
1) He apologized 2) There is no evidence he ever bet against his team or - and this one is my favorite 3) His record number of hits should override his admitted violation of the rules
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 10, 2019 11:55:56 GMT -5
Sorry, I hit a sore spot with you. Ty Cobb was before my time but I remember Rose well. P.S. "Field of Dreams" doesn't count.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 19, 2019 19:30:56 GMT -5
Rather than start a new thread, I thought it might be appropriate to tag onto the Gil Hodges thread to note the passing of his long-time teammate Don Newcombe who passed away today, age 92. As a starting pitcher he had a half dozen good seasons for the Dodgers, particularly 1955, when the Dodgers finally won the World Series, and 1956 when he was MVP and won the Cy Young Award. He was among the best hitting pitchers of all time. R.I.P.
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Post by hchoops on Feb 19, 2019 21:14:37 GMT -5
And a long time employee of the Dodgers, (la version) Highly respected throughout baseball generations
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Post by timholycross on Feb 20, 2019 10:53:16 GMT -5
Newk missed 2 years because of military service, started pitching in the bigs at age 23 and effectively was washed up after age 31.
My way of saying as much as pitchers are probably babied today, they were incredibly abused in those days.
If you read the book The Echoing Green, about the 1951 pennant race; it's not unreasonable to come to the conclusion that the reason the Brooklyns lost the pennant was because they kept putting the same guys on the mound day after day after day. And Branca's arm was the real reason he was never the same after that year, not the gopher ball.
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Post by hchoops on Feb 20, 2019 10:55:46 GMT -5
Newk missed 2 years because of military service, started pitching in the bigs at age 23 and effectively was washed up after age 31. My way of saying as much as pitchers are probably babied today, they were incredibly abused in those days. If you read the book The Echoing Green, about the 1951 pennant race; it's not unreasonable to come to the conclusion that the reason the Brooklyns lost the pennant was because they kept putting the same guys on the mound day after day after day. And Branca's arm was the real reason he was never the same after that year, not the gopher ball. totally agree
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 20, 2019 11:13:16 GMT -5
I got a note from a friend regarding his encounter with Newk:
"Remember sitting next to him on a flight once. Couldn't get over the enormous size of his hands and length/girth of his fingers. Oh, and he was wearing his World Series ring that was so big I'd have had to use two hands to hold it - not that he'd let me nor would I have had the nerve to ask!!"
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Gil Hodges
Feb 20, 2019 11:55:37 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Feb 20, 2019 11:55:37 GMT -5
Being a 9YEAR OLD Brooklyn fan.then I WOULD HAVE ASKED
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