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07-11-2021, 04:16 AM
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Terrific geno
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07-11-2021, 05:00 AM
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Day 6
Day Six is here, and four more cards to add to the list! Bill Stoneman is probably not on the tip of anybody’s tongue, when asked to name pitchers who threw multiple no-hitters, but it can be now. Stoneman also held the record as a batter for most consecutive games striking out, with 37 games in a row of being punched out. The sad thing about that, as we can all attest to, watching today’s batters, is that it was tied a few years ago by...Aaron Judge. The Phillies left Connie Mack Stadium and moved into their new digs in Veterans Stadium in 1971. Other than Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, I think the Vet was the worst park I’ve ever been to. Olympic Stadium, because of the vibe and total lack of interest in the game by the fans...the Vet because it was a dump, but the fans certainly had the vibe. They were usually against both teams when I saw the Phils there. I’m not sure which stadium that team card photo is from, if it’s the 1970 team, or the 1971 team. The 1970 team had a catching problem, that started when Tim McCarver broke his finger on a foul tip by Willie Mays. Two batters later, Mike Ryan, the backup catcher, had his finger broken on a slide by Willie McCovey. Eventually, the Phils had to activate the bullpen coach, Doc Edwards, to finish out the season. And then they released him, prior to the move to the Vet. What?!? I can imagine he’s thinking, I want a do-over! I retire from baseball, because I don’t have it anymore, get this sweet coaching gig, then get released, because you make me play, and then say I’m not good enough anymore? I already knew that...why do you think I was the friggin’ bullpen coach!! Oh well...don’t worry Phillie fans, Mike Schmidt is not far away. He debuted in Reading, while all this was going on. Have an awesome day, N54 pholk...
Last edited by HercDriver; 07-11-2021 at 05:02 AM.
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07-11-2021, 11:22 AM
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Thanks geno how do I subscribe to your newsletter? Oh and the strangest award ever is dick green who got the babe Ruth award as best post season player and almost 74 ws mvp despite going 0-13 in ws!
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Brian "Tony" Levinson Buying or trading for lesser condition Butterfingers Always looking for raw lesser condition vintage baseball and football --small or large lots. Member of Old Baseball Cards
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07-12-2021, 06:53 AM
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Day 7
It’s Day Seven, and I have to fly from San Diego to Seattle, to Tampa today, which is rather grueling. However, I have a few seconds to type with my hotel coffee, so I’ll tell you about Pete Richert’s MLB debut. Richert came up with the Dodgers in 1962, and got his first shot on the bump against the Reds, in Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers were down 4-0 in the 2nd inning, and I guess Walt Alston had seen enough, or just wanted to see this new kid, so he brings Pete in to face Vada Pinson. As we all know, Pinson was no slouch, unlike Judge Schmelz, who was a tremendous slouch. Yes...Caddyshack references are allowed in my auctions. But Pete, fired up on rookie adrenaline, whiffs Vada. And with that, MLB history is about to begin. I would cue a John Bonham drum solo here, but I don’t have 20 minutes, so let’s just say that the next inning, Frank Robinson leads off against ol’ wily Pete, as he’s known by now. Now FRobby was known to be a pretty prolific hitter back then, yet down he goes on strikes, as well. Gordy Coleman is next, and he strikes out, too...but Johnny Roseboro lets the ball go by, and Coleman is safe at first. Wally Post and Johnny Edwards are next, and both go down on strikes. Pete strolls off the hill, thinking this game is pretty easy...four outs, and five strikeouts in my career. When he comes back out for the fourth inning, he K’s Tommy Harper, for his sixth in a row. He would go on to retire the next six, setting an MLB record for retiring the most batters in a row, in a debut, for a reliever. Max Scherzer notched 13 a few years ago, but it stood for about 50 years. He’s also the only pitcher to get four strikeouts in an inning in his debut. Not a bad way to head to the bar with the boys, after the game, I’d say. I’m off to the airport...have an awesome day!
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07-13-2021, 08:26 AM
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Day 8
This proved to be a tough combo to dig up anything about, as the only one that stuck around very long was Jose Pagan. There’s a few interesting tidbits, like that fact that Jim Gosger made the tribute video the Mets did to honor the deceased players of the 1969 championship team. Gosger actually got to see, since he wasn’t dead. Oops. Reminds me of the “bring out your dead” scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I’m guessing the Mets didn’t clonk Gosger on the head, though. I don’t know if they had walk-up music back in the 70’s, but if they did, I’m guessing Dick Such might use something like Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad SIgn,” which features the line “if it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” Such pitched 128 innings for the Double A York White Roses in 1967, throwing eight complete games, giving up 108 hits, and compiling a 2.81 ERA. Oh...and an 0-16 won/loss record. How is that even possible with those numbers? Pagan is probably best remembered for becoming the hero in Game Seven of the 1971 World Series, driving in Willie Stargell to send the Pirates to the crown. Pagan was known to be one of the smarter baseball minds on the bench, and many thought he would be an outstanding manager, but there was no way he was going to get that kind of job, at that period in time, which is a shame. Have an awesome day, and enjoy the All-Start Game tonight!
Last edited by HercDriver; 07-13-2021 at 11:40 AM.
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#7
07-14-2021, 08:22 AM
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Day 9
Happy Day 9 to everybody! Today brings us three more players, and a whole team of south siders. George Culver had a nice career, and even managed to squeeze a no-hitter into his resume. It appears he was also guilty of shaving his eyebrow hair, and applying it to his chops to enhance the Elvis look. The other two guys both had special at-bats for expansion teams, along the way. Jerry McNertney, as you remember from Bouton’s Ball Four, was the catcher on that Seattle Pilots team. On his card, it seems that even as late as 1971, flying machines still left him rather bewildered. McNertney was one of the few guys that didn’t have any problem with the book when it came out, mostly because Bouton saw him as a choir boy, staying out of trouble. As for the special at-bat, it was McNertney who brought a close to the Seattle Pilots short history, striking out on Oct 2, 1969 to make the final Pilots out. The same year the Pilot debuted, so did the Royals. It wasn’t until th fifth game of the season, but Mike Fiore was the first Royal in history to go yard, off of Blue Moon Odom, of the A’s. Being a Cubs fan, I didn’t get to a lot of games at Old Comisky, but occasionally we’d do the Cubs by day, and take the train down to see the Sox that night. Of course, it might be best remembered for Disco Demolition night, where the fans destroyed the field in between games of a double header. Not only did the 50,000 drunks come out of the stands, but another 20,000 broke in through the gates to start the giant bonfire in centerfield. Tickets were 98 cents, and the beer just as cheap, so Bill Veeck had to know that wasn’t going to turn out well. Comisky did have some cool stuff, like that shower out in centerfield, where you always hoped some hottie would go to cool off. Comisky also hosted an NFL Championship Game, in the best year of Chicago Cardinals history, 1947. It also hosted four World Series, including the the famous 1919 Black Sox games. It wasn’t around for the 1906 Series against the Cubs, but the Sox played the 1917 and 1959 Series there, as well. The other one was actually the 1918 Cubs and Red Sox World Series, where Babe Ruth won game one in Comisky Park, because the Cubs thought Wrigley was too small for the event. For as long as Comisky Park was around, you would have thought somebody would have 100 home runs there, but nobody ever did. Carlton Fisk was the all-time leader with 94, which I guess is a testament to a park built to keep Ed Walsh’s pitches in play.
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