Take Your Pick
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 9:05 AM MST
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Have you ever watched a baseball game where something so amazing happened that it made you say "man I wish I was there"? Well in this fanpost we will try to uncover as many of those games as possible.
So here's the question.
If you could attend any game in baseball history, which one would it be?
Before you answer there are a few rules we need to go over.
1) It can't be a Rockies game. I know we all would have liked to be at the play in game in 2007 but if we all have the same response this fanpost would be boring so we have to look at the other 29 teams.
2) Time doesn't matter. Don't worry about how old you are or when the game occured. For this exercise we are assuming you can go to a game during any time period you want.
3) Location doesn't matter. Just because a game occured in a different part of the country from where you are (or in another country in Biondino's case :-)) doesn't mean you can't attend it.
4) Ticket price doesn't matter. This is your free ticket to any (non Rockies) game in MLB histroy.
OK. It's time to pick your game.
Eat. Drink. Be Merry. But the above FanPost does not necessarily reflect the attitudes, opinions, or views of Purple Row's staff (unless, of course, it's written by the staff [and even then, it still might not]).
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I'd want to go to game three of the three game playoff between the Dodgers and Giants in 1951 to decide the NL (The Bobby Thomson HR game)
Not only was this an all time classic game, but it was an all time classic game at the height of the Giant/Dodger rivalry. Adding to the excitment was the fact the Giants came from 12.5 games back on August 11th before finishing the season 43-7 in their last 50 games to force the playoff. Since both of these teams were in New York at the time and the third New York team was already in the World Series, the atmonphere in that city would have been nothing short of incredable.
On top of everything else, I would get to see a game at the Polo Grounds that included Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, and that season’s MVP Roy Campanella.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 9:19 AM MST reply actions
Poor Campy..
what a way for such a great player to go.
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Excellent thread
my vote would probably be 1960 World Series Game 7 between Pittsburgh and the Yankees. Not only do I get to see the Mazeroski walkoff HR, but I get to see Maris, Berra, Mantle, Clemente…
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
I almost picked this game
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 9:32 AM MST up reply actions
This one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14
Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No.
But seriously, I’d love to have been at “The Death of Disco” White Sox game of 1979. Do not like the white sox, mind you, it’d only be for the massive event in music history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night
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Disco Demolition Night almost demolished Michale Veeck . . . .
Bill Veeck’s son, and the White Sox staffer behind the promo.
But after some time out of baseball he’s come back as co-owner of six minor league teams, including the St. Paul Saints, an indy team.
I’m guessing that many of the readers here aren’t old enough to actually remember Disco Demolition Night. I am. Lived in Detroit then (missed my dream Series, Tigers and Rox, by a year) and the Tigers were the benefactors of the forfeit after the umps called the second game of the scheduled double header at Comiskey. My favorite station then, WRIF, had an ongoing “Disco Sucks” campaign. That, and the Tigers gettin the victory, though not necessarily in that order, made it a big deal.
Veeck was also behind a more recent promotion: the Michael Vick Doggie Chew Toy Night in St. Paul. As a dog person, I’m thinking I might have to look on eBay to find one of the chew toys.
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My top five:
1. the one that RIRF picked, game 3 of the 1951 playoff between the Dodgers and Giants
2. Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth’s “called shot” off of the Cubs Charlie Root. Lou Gehrig hit a pair of home runs, FDR was in the stands.
3. White Sox vs. Tigers at Comiskey, July 12, 1979, fantasy fencing mentions
4. Sandy Koufax’s perfect game, but I’d also want a radio to listen to Vin Scully’s call. This one was close to a double no-hitter.
5. April 15, 1947, Dodgers vs Braves. Jackie Robinson’s debut.
Rox Girl and I will be throwing our BeeGees records into the fire
Get down, get down, get down, get down tonight
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by fantasyfencing on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 AM MST up reply actions
And I'd attempt to stop
everyone from burning anything by the BeeGees.
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Use my iPod, shuffle the songs,
and there’s a good chance a BeeGees song will come up.
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I actually like the BeeGees
but I’d let em burn
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by fantasyfencing on Mar 4, 2010 11:20 AM MST up reply actions
I have no Beegees in my vinyl collection either.
What’s your favorite vinyl you own?
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that'd be tough to pick
my most valuable would most likely be my first pressing of Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (it’s really hard to find a first pressing)
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
but my favorite?
I guarantee my neighbors are sick of hearing me get home at 2am from the bar and playing My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless on repeat every weekend.
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
Excellent choice, Matt!
My favourite vinyl should be my signed, original LP of Belle and Sebastian’s “Tigermilk” – it’s certainly the most valuable record I own – but there are so many 7"s and 12"s from my teenage years which gave me so much pleasure that the records are almost unplayable now (well, my last record player broke so they’re all unplayable, for the moment at least – I’m going to buy one of these modern ones which allows you to record them to mp3). Primal Scream’s “Loaded”, “It’s Gonna Rain” by the Violent Femmes, “Get Me” by Dinosaur Jr, my beloved collection of early Stereolab singles, Huggy Bear’s “Her Jazz” – all wonderful and beloved.
Oh - on an MBV tip
Do you have the song “Slow”, which is the b-side of, god I can’t remember, “Feed Me with your Kiss” maybe? I lo-o-o-ove that song – it has the dirtiest bassline ever, and is all about oral sex.
it's on the "You Made me Realise" single
oh, and also on the “Soft as Snow” single.
Unfortunately, they are hard to find (and therefore out of my price range)
But listening to the track on youtube, yeah this is nice and dirty.
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
DINOSAUR JR
eeeeeeeeeee! One of my all time favorite bands! I am still working on my Jr. collection (their recent one, Farm, is incredible!)
I am actually going to SXSW in Austin and the ONE show I have to attend is a Thurston Moore/J.Mascis collaboration. Hopefully it’s just them noodling on guitar pedals for two hours.
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
Hey - if I have time this weekend - shall I make you a compilation CD?
I know traditionally this is supposed to be something you only do for that girl you like, but since we’ve got a bit of a transatlantic bromance going on right now…
we are already sending care packages across the ocean
why not? this bromance has legs
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
Any fan of MBV should check out Pains of Being Pure at Heart
(if you haven’t already). Their debut is delicious shoegazey noise pop.
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Countdown 2010:
Opening Day @ Milwaukee | Home Opener vs San Diego
oh..very nice!
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I read a book about Sandy Koufax
That focuses a lot on that perfect game. It was quite a game, and the one hit that was given up by Hendley, the Cubs pitcher, didn’t figure in the scoring. That would have been a fun game to watch.
by controlled_slide on Mar 4, 2010 9:50 AM MST up reply actions
People forget how well Hendley pitched in that game..
it was so unexpected for him. Although the Dodgers weren’t much of an offensive team in those days. Unless you count Don Drysdale’s inside fastball offensive!
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For me
I’ve always said that I’ve wanted to see Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game. I can’t imagine the tension that would build throughout that game.
by controlled_slide on Mar 4, 2010 9:45 AM MST reply actions
took the words right out of my mouth
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
Couldn't agree more...
I don’t think it’s possible to have a better individual performance in ANY sport… (back off Tiger Woods, you don’t count)
Here's the question
Would you rather see Todd Helton hit a walk-off, come-from-behind home run in game 7 of the World Series
or
Ubaldo Jimenez (or maybe Jeff Francis) pitch a perfect game to win game 7 of the World Series (possibly ended by a home run stealing catch by Dexter Fowler) – ideally a 1-0 game so there’s plenty of tension throughout the whole game even outside of the fact that it’s a perfect game.
by controlled_slide on Mar 7, 2010 7:34 PM MST up reply actions
But in the walk off HR scenario you are losing in the 9th inning
That sounds like tourture too. Although I’d gladly take either. :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 7, 2010 10:44 PM MST up reply actions
I thought these exact two things
There might not be all that much cheering in Denver after either of these scenarios, as half of the fans would have fainted from asphyxiation or blood loss from biting their fingernails too deeply.
by controlled_slide on Mar 8, 2010 9:20 AM MST up reply actions
can we
add the walk off to the perfect game scenario? That would be cool
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It would be hard to hit a come from behind home run when our pitcher is pitching a perfect game
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 8, 2010 12:38 AM MST up reply actions
Walk off
does not require come from behind though. Bottom 9 tied 0-0, with the perfect game going?
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In controlled_slide's scenario it does
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 8, 2010 3:19 PM MST up reply actions
On my list too. . . .
. . . since time doesn’t matter. If it did, couldn’t make it. I was busy being born then.
Harvey Haddix’s 12-inning perfect game would be another, even though he lost the perfect game and the game in the 13th. Don’t remember the year, but I believe it was late 50s.
And Game 7 of the 68 World Series, Tigers beating the Cards.
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Three words
Bucky Effin’ Dent. That’s what I want to see.
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A front row seat to Red Sox fans misery
hehe
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 9:53 AM MST up reply actions
On that note
I’d also like to be at Game 6 of the 1986 World Series
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I think I would pick this game over 1978
Being one out away from the World Series trumps the misery of blowing a 14.5 game lead (or at least I think it does). Then again I’d rather be in Fenway to watch Red Sox fans lose than in New York to watch Met fan celebrate.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 10:03 AM MST up reply actions
If it's sheer misery we're after
Why not the Bartman game in ’03? Or, the Aaron Boone game in the same post-season?
I think 1986 still wins as far as sheer misery goes
I mean nobody has ever been that close to a championship in any sport and not won. I mean they were one out away from winning for 17 straight pitches.
Not to mention they were up by three runs in game 7 and blew that too.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 5:45 PM MST up reply actions
Oh I got another one
The April 5th, 2010 Opening Day Perfect Game by Ubaldo Jimenez.
We can go into the future too, right?
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I hope not if rule #1 still applies
If U-ball pitches a perfect game for another team on opening day, I would cry.
Absolutely no question about it
The one played on Sept. 23, 1908, at the Polo Grounds, the most controversial game in the history of baseball, if not American sports. The Merkle game. I’d find out once and for all if he touched second base and if the ball ever got there to put him out.
if we can bring HD video cameras with us into the past, I would pick this one as well
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
Wouldn’t you want to get on the field and get him back to touch second before Evers (total BS) tagged second?
Oh no
I wouldn’t want to CHANGE anything, I just want to see it all unfold. That would be really awful, if the poor Cubs didn’t have their 1908 world championship to glory in and keep them warm at night. They’d have to go all the way back to 1907.
I would want to see where that ball came from..
reports say that it was the game ball, but others say that a stray ball was grabbed and thrown into the field. Merkle was out of the basepaths either way.
I would have liked to have attended a different 1908 game involving the great Christy Mathewson between the Giants and Cubs. The Giants were leading 4-1 when Mathewson decides the game is in hand and hits the showers, it’s his off day and there are only 2 showers in the clubhouse so he beats the rush. The Cubs end up loading the bases and McGraw pulls the rookie starter and calls for Christy. There was a mad rush to find the pitcher until he is finally dragged out of the showers, sopping wet in his street shoes to record the save.
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Cal Ripken Jr's 2,131 streat game.
Not that I am a huge Ripken or Baltimore fan, but I think that record will stand longer than any other out there. I am not saying it will never be broken because forever is a really long time, but I sure do not think it will fall anytime in the next 50 years.
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
I actually saw Ripken twice during the streak
I think they were games 2,236 and 2,238, if memory serves.
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Me too
But I couldn’t tell you which games they were. I’m sure I have the ticket somewhere at my parents’ house. It was definitely after he broke the record.
by controlled_slide on Mar 4, 2010 10:02 AM MST up reply actions
June 15, 1938 Johnny Vander Meer vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers
Second no-hitter, just four days after his first.
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That is a good pick
What an amazing accomplishment.
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
For recent games
Because, again, I like perfect games, I’d like to see Buehrle’s game from last year. Or, more specifically, Dewayne Wise’s catch.
by controlled_slide on Mar 4, 2010 10:15 AM MST reply actions
Game 6, 1977 World Series
Reggie Jackson’s three consecutive home runs (4, including the night before).
But mostly, it’d be awesome to see what the city looked like in the height of crime, bankruptcy drugs, sex, discos, and Billy Martin.
All Red Sox bashing aside
The game I’d want to see: April 15, 1947, Braves @ Dodgers. Jackie Robinson’s first game.
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Any game from 9/7-9/10/1895
between the NL Orioles and the Cleveland Spiders, to see Willie Keeler bat against Cy Young.
Has anyone read “Where They Ain’t” by Burt Solomon? It’s a great read about the original Baltimore Orioles (who were a stacked team) and the evolution of the Players League, American Association, American League and the NL.
Nolan Ryan's 7th No Hitter
He averaged a ninety-three mile per hour fastball during this game with his fastest being clocked at ninety-six miles per hour…Struck out 16 batters – one every inning…all of this at age 44!
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And yet
somehow his name never gets mentioned when people talk about steroid-tainted accomplishments.
That's pretty low
They guy was a freak, and he was over 40 by the time steroids really rolled into MLB. He had the same build from the 70s on, and was a great pitcher late into his career because of his control.
Through ‘82, his K/BB was 1.82 (5.2 BB/9). From ’83 on, his K/BB was 2.54 (3.8 BB/9). He didn’t take steroids, he learned how to pitch.
exactly!
He only had two season when he didn’t strike out more than 100 batters – rookie year in 66 when he only played in two games, and his final season in 93 when he played in 13. The guy was a freak of nature…great control…amazing athlete.
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Great control?
I love Nolan Ryan, he was one of the best pitchers ever, but control he did not have. It’s one of my favorite “what-ifs”. He had 9.5 K/9 (4th all-time), and .5 HR/9 in his career. Mix in 6.6 H/9 career (#1 all-time), and he was pretty much the most unhittable pitcher ever. However, he had 4.7 BB/9 in his career, 158 HBP (15th all-time) and 277 WP (2nd all-time), which made him “only” a great pitcher instead of the greatest of all time. Of course, if he had tried to improve his control, he wouldn’t have been Nolan Ryan. Oh well.
by controlled_slide on Mar 4, 2010 12:00 PM MST up reply actions
Control
It’s a pretty interesting hypothetical, although I’m not sure what MM had in mind, but the general gist of what I was saying is that his control significantly improved, from Brian Bruney to Ubaldo-esque levels. If Ryan’s control had been at Ubaldo 2009 level for his whole career, that would have been something. If he’d been lower, you’re talking about changing the name of the Cy Young award.
Actually if you compare IP timelines..
Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax and Ubaldo have similar career patterns.
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The interesting thing ...
… is that Ryan is the guy who helped Randy Johnson with his control. Johnson was Ryan-esque wild in his early days.
I ran a comparison of Ryan vs. Blyleven on The Casual Observer a while ago → http://www.observingcasually.com/the-case-for-bert-blyleven/
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Okay, fine
But I remain suspicious. His aging/performance pattern looks even more suspicious than Roger Clemens. His K/9 rate was over 10 several times in his 20s, then slowly declined through his 30s… until age 39, when it jumped, then jumped again to career highs at AGE 40 AND 42. I mean, nobody does that. He topped 10 K’s/9 innings again at 43 and 44, levels he previously hadn’t hit since he was in his 20s.
No, there’s no real evidence on Ryan, but there sure are some red flags.
Not really
The 11.5 k/9 does stand out, but the rest of the numbers relative to historic production aren’t that far out of line. You’re talking about a strikeout pitcher improving from 9 k/9 to 10 or 11 k/9, not a groundball pitcher going from 5.5 k/9 to 10 k/7, like Aaron Cook morphing into Felix Hernandez. So, you’re talking about an increase of 1 or 2 k/9, not 4 or 5.
Plus, the positive effects that steroids would bestow on a pitcher – quicker bounce back time, maybe greater muscle density – but Ryan already clearly had the ability to bounce back. He threw 942 2/3, from 25-27, and then proceeded to throw no fewer than 222 IP in 5 of the next 6 years, from 28 to 33. As his body type never really changed, and since some pitchers have said that greater muscle density can actually hinder pitching motions, it seems highly unlikely that Ryan used steroids.
Just a ton of Bayer.
Hitters
If might also be worth looking at the context. ’87 was the big homer year (well, for the 80s, it was). Were strikeouts up across the league, in general, as hitters abandoned contact hitting in favor of trying to hit the three run homer every time?
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I am not going to get in a sat war with a stat junkie...
For a while in the 80’s NR fell in love with his curveball. He was pitching half of his games in the dome and had a decent defense behind him. He was pitching better than his team was performing. While he wasn’t exactly mailing it in; he didn’t seem to have that edge as often.
I love baseball because you don’t have to be the best athelete to make a difference. You guys know my love of pests in the line up. Watching Nelson Liriono break up more than one NR no no’s would be a treat for anyone who roots for the underdogs.
Here is what Reggie Jackson had to say about him:
“(Nolan) Ryan’s the only guy who puts fear in me. Not because he could get me out, but because he could kill me. You just hoped to mix in a walk so you could have a good night and go 0-for-3.” – Reggie Jackson
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When Nolan came up...
Nolan clocked over 100 mph and did not have much control. He was overstrideing to get that velocity and it was spoiling his finish. He also had severe blister problems. That’s why the Mets had him relugated to the bullpen for the WS. When the Mets gave up on him and traded him to the Angels; his new coaches shortened his stride and changed his grip on the ball. Nolan was not above useing th brush back pitch at chin level when batters crowded the plate on him. At the time Reggie came up; Nolan’s command was improveing but still a little unpredictable. He had dropped his velocity to 98/97mph to improve his command’ but cranked up about six times a game to keep the hitters honest. A career pattern.
How about Nolan beating the piss out of Robin Ventura
That would be a classic Nolan game to be at. Don’t know the outcome, but the circumstances being at Nolan’s age and Ventura’s visibility as a young star, made me have a lot of respect for Ryan. That incident kind of grew his legend in my mind as much as his accomplishments, since I only caught the tail end of his career
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by PurplePassion on Mar 4, 2010 11:22 PM MST up reply actions
October 17, 1989
It was actally a non-game, but an incredibly vivid baseball memory.
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This is a good point
Shows how much people respect the history of the game on this site.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 5:51 PM MST up reply actions
I was thinking the same thing
Who care’s about the Cards vs. Cubs game with Sosa and McLiar! Pretty soon most of the players who did roids will be out of the game. Woohoo!
Is it Opening Day yet??? See you at Coors.
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I couldn't watch that fake crap Sosa pulled at home plate with McGwire
without rolling my eyes out of the socket.
The longest game...
A 33 inning AAA game between Pawtucket and Rochester in April of 1981. At 4 a.m. there were 19 heartly souls left in the stands and all received lifetime passes to Pawtucket. I was there plenty of times that season, but not for that particular game.
One of many interesting notes of the game…the opposing 3rd basemen were Ripken & Boggs.
Funny story about this game from baseball reference
At 2:00 AM Pawtucket reliever Luis Aponte, who had pitched the seventh through tenth innings, received permission to go home from his manager. However, his wife did not greet him with open arms. Upon his arrival, Xiomara Aponte asked angrily, “Where have you been?” to which the pitcher responded “At the ballpark,” to which his wife snapped “Like hell you have.” 2 Aponte reasoned that the news of the game would be in the Sunday papers, but its length meant that the game was still ongoing at press time and news of the game was not published until Monday. Aponte reportedly spent both nights on the couch.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 6:47 PM MST up reply actions
OMG.
I SHOULD HAVE SO BEEN AT THAT GAME.
Unfortunately, I was -4 at the time.
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Oh Russ
I so want to see you as baseball commissioner. Your first move would to make games have 20 innings.
Saved by the buoyancy of citrus.
All playoff games.
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All games would be playoff games or all playoff games would have 20 innings?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 5, 2010 8:10 AM MST up reply actions
All playoff games
would have 20 innings. Extra innings would be a standard nine innings.
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and
none of those damned ties in the All Star game.
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Google this game,
there are some very funny and interesting stories along with some incredible one game stats.
well crap...I should have received at least 1 ticket
to another Rockies Padres game after making it through 18 of the 22 innings!!!
BOOOOOOO!!!
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4 more innings SDCat
4 more innings :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 7, 2010 10:45 PM MST up reply actions
yeah and even then they wouldn't have given anything away
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
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PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
it was mentioned somewhere up there
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
Well, RIRF won't like this one...
I’d like to have been at Lou Gehrig day at Yankee Stadium. Not for the game, but to see the Iron Horse say goodbye.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
I can tolerate the historic Yankee stuff more
It’s the more recent Yankee garbage that I have a falming hatred for.
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona." - George F. Will
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 8, 2010 3:23 PM MST up reply actions
Dollar Dog Day
Would you have enjoyed the Yankees-Twins game where Twins fans pelted Knoblauch with dollar dogs in left field?
I didn't agree with what the Twins fans did but I certainly found it amusing
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona." - George F. Will
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 8, 2010 5:58 PM MST up reply actions
It certainly beats batteries.
And when your team is on the brink of contraction, the opportunity to rage at the economic system of the game, while simultaneously pelting a turncoat former star, is probably too good to pass up.
everything
is better with Dollar dogs…
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. ~Red Smith
The truth.
Camden Yards is the only park that I’ve been to that has a dollar dog every night. They call them kiddie size, but they’re what you’d use for a cookout. Tasty.
Great thread. Thanks for starting it. Some games I would like to have seen in no particular order...
Don Larsen’s perfecto on Oct. 8, 1956
Mickey Mantle’s 530’ + blast off of Chuck Stobbs at Griffin Stadium in 1953
Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech
Bobby Thomson’s shot heard round the world
Babe Ruth’s 60th HR in 1927
Enos Slaughter’s dash from first to home to win the 1946 WS for the Cards
Ted Williams’ final at bat in 1960 that resulted in a homerun
I’m sure there are many more if I give it enough thought.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
If I were picking a game from each decade here's what I'd see
-The 1908 Merkle game (That was a great call Perry)
-1912: The Snodgrass muff in the 10th inning of game 8 of the World Series
-1924: Giant vs. Senators game 7. Walter Johnson finally gets his World Series in an amazing 12 inning game
-1932: World Series game 3 (Ruth’s “called shot”)
-1947: Jackie Robinson’s first game
-1951: The Bobby Thompson HR game as I mentioned above
-1960: Game 7 of the World Series (10-9 classic)
-1975: World Series game 6 (Fisk waves it fair)
-1986: World Series game 6 (The Buckner game)
-1991: The pitcher’s duel in game 7 that turned into a 1-0 10 inning Twins win. (Both teams has the bases loaded in the 8th inning with one out and didn’t score)
-I can’t decide between game 7 of the 2001 World Series and game 7 of the 2004 ALCS. As great as the 2001 World Series was, it would be hard for me to pass up an opportunity to a game where Yankee fans were evacuating thier own stadium like it was on fire to avoid watching the conclusion of the biggest postseason collapse in baseball history.
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona." - George F. Will
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 8, 2010 10:54 PM MST reply actions
I'm really a sucker for World Series games :-)
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona." - George F. Will
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 8, 2010 10:55 PM MST up reply actions
For me
It would have to be game 7 of the ’04 ALCS, as I am a fan of the Sox as well as a hater of the Yankees. And seeing how I was at the ’07 play in game, nothing really seems as exciting to me ;)
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