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Originally Posted by Mark17
Let's parse the question.....
"Game of baseball": Perhaps a more generic term than the assumed "Major League Baseball"
"Most exciting": Drama that lasts for weeks and weeks
"Most demanding": Having to come through every single day for 2 straight months
"Essentially": Signifies a nuance
Answer: DiMaggio hitting ion 56 straight games in the Majors in 1941, and hitting in 61 straight games in the PCL in 1933
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Hey Mark
I'm not going to get in a "nit-picking" debate here. This is meant to be fun. Damn it, it's too late in the day to "quibble" over this kind of stuff.
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Whatever, there have been some great responses so far in this thread. It's been a long day, so here is the answer I was looking for:
Yogi Berra
In the 4th game of the 1947 World Series Bill Bevens was ONE out away from achieving a No-Hitter in the World Series. With 2 outs in the 9th inning and Dodgers on the bases,
Cookie Lavagetto hit a Double off the famous RF wall at Ebbets Field to win the game for the Dodgers. You could say that this experience for Yogi was a "rehearsal" for what was
to be 9 years hence.
Oct 8th 1956, the magical 5th game of the World Series which we all know what occurred, was a game I personally watched on our TV (I played hooky that day).
Don Larsen made two very modest statements to the press......regarding his his success......
"Yogi called all the pitches; and, the Dodgers made it easy for me, as I threw only 97 pitches".
TED Z
T206 Reference
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