A Time Machine To 5 Events in Baseball History

[theshowandme]

If you could travel back to 5 events in baseball history, what would they be?

Could be a single game, an entire series, etc.

Mine would be the following:

1. 1909 World Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers
2. Jackie Robinson debut
3. Sandy Koufax's Perfect Game
4. Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech
5. Opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939

[NiceDocter]

1 Far and away ( but I think it would be a major disappointment) with miked up audio and instant replay.. The Babes Called Shot
2 The Shot Heard Round the World Bobby Thompson
3 Merkles “boner” to see what exactly did happen to that ball
4 Nig Clarke and his big multi homer game
5 Any game ( professional) in the 1880s to just soak up the atmosphere

[gonzo]

Jack Chesbro “wild pitch” game
Merkle ”boner” game (and the makeup)
1924 WS game 7 - “McNeely pebble grounder” game
Babe called shot
Enos Slaughter “mad dash” game

[brunswickreeves]

Wow cool thread!

1. Relive the very first MLB game (Blue Jays in Toronto summer 2015) my wife and I took our kids to. True gold
2. Black Sox thrown series, Jackson innocent! 1919 World Series game #1
3. Honus Wagner world champion! 1909 World Series game #7
4. Hank Aaron’s 715 HR game! Beats Babe Ruth’s record on April 8, 1974
5. Any game with the fabulous Satchel Paige pitching!

[Hankphenom]

1) 7th game of the 1924 World Series.
2) August 2, 1907 in D.C. WaJo debut
Etc.
3) Wood vs. Johnson, 1912.

[campyfan39]

Lou's speech

The shot heard round the world in 51

Last game of 55 World Series

Game 7 of the 1960 WS

May 7, 1959 for Campy night in the LA Coliseum

[bnorth]

Wade Boggs 3000th hit
Roger Clemens both 20K games
Eddie Mathews 500th HR
Ted Williams 500th HR

[jacksons]

1905 World Series Game 5
September 6, 1912 Smoky Joe Wood out-pitches Walter Johnson
Yankee Stadium Opening Day April 18, 1923 (Ruth homers)
Mantle hits the YS facade May 22, 1963
Aaron Boone Game 7 ALCS 2003

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by jacksons

1905 World Series Game 5

Time of game = 95 minutes!

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...90510140.shtml

[Eric72]

June 14, 1870: the Atlantics defeat the Red Stockings, ending Cincinnati's 81-game winning streak.

There are others, such as Ruth's "called shot" and the Merkle Boner" game. I suspect I'd meet a bunch of Net54 members there. Make sure to bring a t-shirt in the time machine, so we can all meet up afterwards.

[kmac32]

1: October 5,1921 game 1 of 1921 World Series

2: game 7 of 2016 World Series Cubs/ Cleveland

3: any game of 1908 World Series to watch my Cubbies

4: the game where Ruth called his home run

5: the game with Ernie Banks hit his final Home run

[Swadewade51]

In no particular order

-Satchel Paige's 3 hit shutout in front of 78,382 people in August of 1948. Cleveland forth shutout in a row. It must've been rocking.

-Monte Irvin putting on a show in the 1951 Game 1 of the World Series. 4 for 5 with a triple, steals home and robs Hank Bauer of a home run.

-Randy Johnson's perfect game at 40 years old

-Clemente's 3,000th

-Ichiro hits 258

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[Rhotchkiss]

Only one person listed Larson’s perfect game. To me, that’s probably #1. I am shocked how little it’s mentioned. A close second would be Babe’s called shot

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Only one person listed Larson’s perfect game. To me, that’s probably #1. I am shocked how little it’s mentioned. A close second would be Babe’s called shot

Definitely on my honorable mention list which is about 10 deep!

[michael3322]

First of all, amazing thread. Thanks for kicking off a great discussion.

In addition to the nominations already made, I'll add one more:

- October 2, 1908: Addie Joss out-duels Ed Walsh, throws perfect game
Two of the best pitchers of their era, and the 2 leading ERAs of all-time, battling each other in a game that actually had some playoff importance to Cleveland.

• SABR Write up
• Box score from the game
• John Thorn's take on the perfect game

And now some photos/cards...

[ClementeFanOh]

Definitely a great topic. A few of mine are duplicates, here it goes:

1) A weekend series circa 1887, when overflow fans would stand in fair
play in the outfield as the game happened

2) A 1919 WS game

3) Johny Vander Meer back to back no-hitters

4) Roberto hit 3000

5) a 1930s "Tour of Japan" game

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[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Only one person listed Larson’s perfect game. To me, that’s probably #1. I am shocked how little it’s mentioned. A close second would be Babe’s called shot

I listed that game on my list, sort of.

[GeoPoto]

Like the thread.
I'm going:
-Washington National Club suffers only loss on western trip of 1867 -- late July in Chicago to Forest City (and Albert Spalding, 29-23).
-Opening day in Washington in 1901 as the Kansas City Blues become the Washington Senators and part of the American League.
-Opening day in Washington in 1912 as Clark Griffith takes over as manager.
-Game 7 of the 1924 World Series (hopefully with seats near Hank).
-Game 3 of the 1925 World Series (hopefully with seats near Val).

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[theshowandme]

So much to read up on!

Thanks for the contributions!


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[cgjackson222]

Great thread!

1) Nap Lajoie hitting for the cycle with a grand slam on July 30, 1901 in the inaugural year of American League when he won the triple crown and hit .426
2) Oscar Charleston facing Walter Johnson in an exhibition game (date unknown)
3) Babe Ruth's called shot Oct. 1, 1932 in Game 3 of Wor Series at Wrigley Field.
4) Josh Gibson's legendary 600-foot home run that reached the backyard of the Belmar Post office in Belmar, NJ on July 24, 1936.
5) Mets vs. Red Sox in game 6 of World Series on October 26, 1996.



Honorable Mentions:
1) Christy Mathewson gets 3rd shutout in Game 5 to close out World Series vs. Charles "Chief" Bender and the Philadelphia Athletics on October 14th, 1905.
2) Addie Joss' perfect game on Oct. 2 1908 when he outdueled Ed Walsh.
3) Grover Cleveland Alexander's strikeout of Tony Lazzeri with bases loaded and two outs in 7th game of 1926 World Series.
4) Jackie Robinson's first game with Dodgers
5) Game in which Willie Mays caught a ball off Bobby Morgan at Ebbets Field in Sept. '51 in which he dove parallel in the air, hit the wall and knocked himself out. Upon awakening he saw Leo Durocher (who was checking on Mays' health) and Jackie Robinson who had come all the way from the dugout. Mays said that was his best catch ever.

[Casey2296]

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Great thread. I can think of about 5 for each era, but here's 5 in no particular order.

1. World Series Game 3 10/14/1905- Matty pitches 3rd shutout.

2. Tigers vs Highlanders 5/12/1911- Cobb puts on a base-running clinic.

3. Senators vs Red Sox 9/6/1912 Walter Johnson vs Smoky Joe Wood.

4. Negro League World Series Game 1 9/8/1942- Satchell Paige vs Josh Gibson.

5. World Series Game 1 9/29/1954- Willie Mays "The Catch".

And some cards.
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[Beercan collector]

Nice mention of the Willy Mays catch ,
Would like to have a seat with a nice side angle view .
- being a Cardinal fan The double hitter Stan Musial hit five home runs .
And here’s a crazy fact (new to me) - The next player to hit five home runs in a doubleheader was Nate Colbert - an eight year old Colbert was in attendance at Musials Double hitter

[skil55voy]

1. Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings
2. Roger Maris hitting his 61st
3. Mickey Lolich winning World Series Game 7 in 68.
4. Kirk Gibson hitting the 9th inning homer off Dennis Eckersley
5. First game I ever went to: Friday August 31, 1962 Tigers-White Sox
Jim Bunning defeats John Buzhardt 5-2. Don Mossi in relief.

[packs]

I would have loved to be at:

Lou Gehrig's luckiest man speech
July 4, 1905 to watch Rube Waddell battle Cy Young in dual 20 inning complete games.
Carl Hubbell at the 1934 All Star game
Satchell Paige pitching for the A's in 1965 at 58 years old
Babe Ruth hitting his final three home runs on May 25, 1935

[JollyElm]

It's surprising how so many people mentioned perfect games, no-hitters and pitching duels. Although it would be great to say you were there for a historic accomplishment, to me it means missing out on a huge part of a game, seeing those old time players smashing the ball. Different strokes, I guess.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

In no particular order:

Jackie's debut in '47
Slaughter's Mad Dash in '46
Fisk's homer in '75
Thomson's homer in '51
Owen's passed ball in '41

[refz]

For me:

1) Ruth’s infamous called shot game
2) 55 worlds series Jackie steals home //Yogi “he’s out” game
3) Any 1906-1911 Chicago Cub game
4) Attend the very 1st enshrinement to the baseball HOF
5) 56 worlds series Don Larsen perfect game

[vintagerookies51]

First 2 are no brainer

1. Jackie Robinson debut
2. Babe Ruth called shot
3. Wagner vs Cobb 1909 WS game 7
4. Hank Aaron 715th HR
5. 1919 WS game