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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Jerry Rucker
If you could go back in time and watch one Ballgame which one would it be. For example would it be the Merkle Boner game or the Ruth Called shot game, maybe a Matty vs 3 Finger Brown matchup or The Train vs Smokey Joe Wood. Cobb vs Wagner in 1909 WS wouldn't be bad, where you could load up with Broadleaf cigarettes and maybe get a few Cobb Fan for a Fans. I think any game pitched and won by Matty or Rube Waddell would be fine with me or a 19th century game just to see what it was like back then. What would be your choice? |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Jason Carota
Without a doubt, Smokey Joe vs. The Big Train. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Dan Bretta
I would go back to a professional game circa 1887..wouldn't even have to be a meaningful game...just to take it in. Experience what baseball was like in that era. How fast were the players? How fast was the pitching? How did fans react to certain plays and players? |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Joe D.
my first thought: |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Matthew S. Moore
One not-to-be-missed game would be the one in which Bill "Dummy" Hoy, as the Reds' leadoff man, faced Luther "Dummy" Taylor, starting pitchier for the Giants, on May 26, 1902, at League Park II (a.k.a. " Palace of the Fans"). The Giants were still under Horace Fogel's management, so they weren't yet champs, but that is one game I'd like to see! |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: john/z28jd
I'd go back to a game in the 1880s basically for the reasons said above but id have to see a game i didnt know the result of. Probably a Chicago vs Giants game circa 1884 so i could see Anson,Kelly,Ewing,Connors and Ward and maybe get a Corcoran vs Welch matchup. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Rhys
I would go back to the game in 1896 where Holy Cross University and Louis Sockalexis played a sold out exhibition game against the powerful New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. Amos Rusie was asked a series of questions before the game about how he would pitch to Louis Sockalexis since he was already being billed as the best baseball player in the world while still in College. Rusie's response was that he would "Scalp that Indian". Sockalexis was cheered by a group of Penobscot Indians which made the trip all the way from Bangor Maine in full War Dress. Sockalexis crushed one of the first pitches he saw from Rusie for a Home Run which was billed at the time as the longest ball ever hit at the stadium. True Story. Why a Hollywood movie has not been made about this guy is absolutely beyond me. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Kevin Cummings
Dan: |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Marc S.
Chas. Ferguson's last start of the season. He was a phenomanel 30-9 that year, with a sub-2 ERA. He finished the season with 11 straight wins. I would love to have seen that last game -- to imagine the might of one of the game's first superstars, whose career ended up as "what could have been" |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: peter chao
I would go back to the 1918 World Series and witness all 3 games pitched by Babe Ruth. If he continued pitching he probably would have been one of the best lefties of all time. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Rob
I'd like to see a game pitched by Satchel Paige in his heyday, maybe one of the exhibition games against the MLB All Stars. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
It was in 1887 that a batter could no longer specify a high or low ball from the pitcher. And during that year a pitcher had to record four strikes in order to achieve a K. I believe that in this year Toad Ramsey struck out 17 batters in a game. With four strikes required for each, I think that this level of dominance outshines the accomplishments of modern pitchers, and Id like to watch it. Particularly since most batters were contact hitters. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Ken W.
June 14th, 1870: The day the Cincinnati Red Stockings lost to the Brooklyn Atlantics, ending their 91-game winning streak. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Scot
Satchel Paige as well (1920's). |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Leslie Westbrook
...I'd like to have witnessed Doc Ellis' psychedelic no-hitter--especially with the knowledge that he was under the influence. Watching his actions/reactions with that knowledge could be a real "trip". |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Ed Ivey
Elysian Fields, Hoboken, June 19, 1846. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Rob Ray
No doubt about it...any game Babe Ruth homered in,but especially the fabled 3-HR game in Pittsburgh,the last great game of his life in '35. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Joe D.
If I am back in time.... |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Ken McMillan
October 5, 1921 Game 1 of the 1921 world series and the Yankees first World Series. My great great uncle Got the firsthit of the game and scored the first run of the game for the Yankees. Just to see that andmeet him would have been awesome. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
Great question. Only one real answer, for me: April 15, 1947: Jackie's debut. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Ed Ivey
sorry to double post, but time travel fascinates me. Can you go back knowing what you know now? I'd love to be able to tell Merkle, "don't forget to tag the bag, kid". |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Anyone reading this thread should read Darryl Brock's book, If I Never Get Back. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Joseph
One of the classic pitching duels between Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth...that way I'd get to see Ruth pitch AND hit. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Joe_G.
Many great ones to pick from, I'd be happy with any of them. But here are a couple that would be neat . . . Another interesting game would be Lady Baldwin's 40th win on 9/27/86 against Boston on a two hit performance. Boston managed one unearned run in their 6-1 loss but little else. A mere 1,628 fans would pay to witness this historic event. As such, I feel fortunate to have a surviving score card from that game. Lady would be the first of 3 lefties to hit 40 wins in a season, the other two being from the American Association (Ed Morris & Matt Kilroy). Baldwin's dominance in 1886 was arguably the best ever by a south paw. His 42 wins in 1886 tied him with HOFer Tim Keefe (right hander) who had his best season in 1886 as well. However Lady Baldwin required only 53 games to hit 40 wins while Keefe required 62. Similarly, Ed Morris & Matt Kilroy needed more games still to hit 40 wins. Lady would lead the league in shutouts, fewest walks+hits/9 innings, etc. Note that Getzien was initially slated to pitch that day but Baldwin was given the nod. I was going to list some of the 1887 games as well but I'm over my time quota on this thread. A World Championship game in 1887 sure would be neat. Best Regards, Joe Gonsowski |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Your time is not up, Joe, come on. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Bob Donaldson
Babe Ruth no question. Any game where he hit a home run in New York. I'd set my time machine for early in the morning and take my time walking through Manhattan in the mid 20's, that would be almost as fun as the game, eventually I'd make it to Yankee Stadium (or perhaps the Polo Grounds) for the game. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: boxingbaseballgolf33
I would have liked to have seen the first WS or at least one game. I feel the history of baseball really turned after the first WS. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Danny Grimes
Probably as everyone else stated something 1880's-1890's-ish just to see how things looked and were, and what the talk was about. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: John H.
No doubt about it, Harvey Haddix's 12 inning perfect game in 1959. Unfortunately, the game went 13 innings and Harv lost his perfecto, his no-no and the game. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Scott S
I'm setting the time machine to 1884 and going to Providence, to witness Ol' Hoss Radbourne ring up one of his 59 (or 60 - depending on the source) victories of the year. How his arm didn't fall off after throwing 678 innings, I'll never know! THAT would be the feat I would want to see. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Jerry Rucker
I'd like to catch a Double Hitter where Iron Man Mcginnity pitched both games. Oh, I harken for those glory days, when men were men and pitchers were expected to start and finish a game. |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Sean
a knickerbockers game |
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If you could go back in Time
Posted By: Bob Pomilla
Any game in the bare hand era. Always marvel how they could play the game that way, especially the catchers. Also, considering the shape the fields were in, that, and having no gloves, how did they catch anything? Would love to be in one of those rickety old wooden ballparks, too. |
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