A Time Machine To 5 Events in Baseball History

[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

Trent King

[stlcardsfan]

Maz walk off 1960 WS
Larsen's perfect game
Morris / Smoltz Game 7
Stan the Man 5 HR in DH (can two games in one day count
Slaughter's Mad Dash

[MantleMarisFordBerra]

1 - Ruth's called shot in the '32 Series. The most speculated about moment in baseball history. I NEED TO KNOW!
2 - Larson's Perfecto in the '56 Series.
3 - May 26, 1959 Braves vs. Pirates. Harvey Haddix pitches a 12 inning Perfect Game and somehow loses. The tension building throughout that game must have been unbearable!
4 - Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. I'd sit near the Yankee dugout and SCREAM to Joe Torre not to move his infield in.
5 - My son's MLB debut. No, this hasn't happened yet but I'm bending the rules just a bit

[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.