Tuesday Nite TRIVIA.....

[tedzan]

There is one guy who it can be said has had the most exciting and demanding experience in the game of Baseball.

And, what's even more incredible, he essentially has experienced this event TWICE in his career.

So, who is he ? ?


TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[Casey2296]

Johnny Vander Meer back to back no hitters.

[mark evans]

Bob Gibson

[vthobby]

Tony Cloninger

[marzoumanian]

The way this question is worded I'm thinking it's not a player but instead an umpire or an announcer at a World Series. So I will go with Vince Scully.

[sycks22]

Ozzie Smith career hr

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Johnny Vander Meer back to back no hitters.

Phil

Vander Meer is a great answer....but, not the ballplayer I'm looking for.

However, your thinking is on the right track.




Both Reynolds and Vander Meer have pitched two No-Hitters in a single season.


TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[Mark17]

Joe DiMaggio.


Monster hitting streaks.

[bnorth]

double post

[bnorth]

Roger Clemens with two 20 strikeout games.

Ted Williams leading the league in batting average for 2 consecutive decades.

[Jason19th]

Is there a catcher who caught two perfect games?

[smellthegum]

Ron Hassey caught 2 perfect games.

[robw1959]

If the most exciting and demanding MLB task is to pitch a 9-inning World Series shutout, Christy Mathewson did it three times in the 1905 Series. But obviously it's something else, right, Ted?

[pitchernut]

Addie Joss?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Joe DiMaggio.


Monster hitting streaks.

Mark

Another great answer. Joe D ran a 66-game hitting streak playing for San Fran. in the PCL.

And, of course his famous 56-game streak in 1941. Which I think will never be broken.

However, Joe D is not the answer I'm looking for.








TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[Mark17]

[QUOTE=tedzan;2084822]There is one guy who it can be said has had the most exciting and demanding experience in the game of Baseball.

And, what's even more incredible, he essentially has experienced this event TWICE in his career.

So, who is he ? ?


TED Z

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

[DanP]

Ed Walsh....2 complete game victories of double header twice

[Peter_Spaeth]

Someone on the field for two unassisted triple plays. Nobody himself made two (only 15 in history) but some were close together so the same player might have "experienced" two.

[tedzan]

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

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.
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _____________

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
.

[Peter_Spaeth]

How about Stengel's quote?

Allegedly, someone incredibly asked him after the game if it was the best game Larsen had ever pitched, and he said, so far.

[Casey2296]

Thanks for posting this weeks trivia question Ted. That card reminds me of the time I got shithouse drunk with Mr Larsen at a bar one night.

[ASF123]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Thanks for posting this weeks trivia question Ted. That card reminds me of the time I got shithouse drunk with Mr Larsen at a bar one night.

Oh, come on, now you have to tell the story.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by tedzan

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.

I'm sorry Ted, I was typing my post right as you were saying it wasn't Joe. I wasn't trying to quibble. I thought the key to the answer was in the wording of the question, that's all.

I didn't mean to annoy you (or anyone.)

[DanP]

Ed Walsh....2 complete game victories of double header twice

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I'm sorry Ted, I was typing my post right as you were saying it wasn't Joe. I wasn't trying to quibble. I thought the key to the answer was in the wording of the question, that's all.

I didn't mean to annoy you (or anyone.)

Mark

I am sorry, too.....I very tired last night by 10 PM. I did not mean to get "nasty".

Your answer of Joe DiMaggio was as good (if not better) than mine of Yogi Berra.

I was really thinking in terms of individual game achievements.

IMO, DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak will never be broken. His style of playing
the game isn't played anymore.

Take care,


TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Thanks for posting this weeks trivia question Ted. That card reminds me of the time I got shithouse drunk with Mr Larsen at a bar one night.

Hi Phil

Circa 2004.....I met Don Larsen in Cooperstown on HOF weekend. He was set-up at a store front on Main Street signing things. We talked for quite a while
about the events of that magic day in October of 1956. While he signed a few items for me, we reminisced about the two great defensive plays that saved
the no-hitter. There was a sparkle in Don's blue eyes when he recalled the heads-up play by Gil McDougald at Shortstop retrieving the ball off Andy Carey's
mis-Q of a line drive off the bat of Jackie Robinson. Gil rifled it to 1st base to get Jackie out by a step. We talked about Mickey Mantle's great running catch
of Gil Hodges 440-foot drive into "death valley" (left-center field). I found Don to be a very humble guy. He said "the Dodgers made it easy for me, I threw
only 97 pitches".

I told Don..."I watched the entire game on our TV. It was the only day I played hooky from school back in the 1950's ?"

When I was leaving, Don said...."I don't believe you ?"

I stopped and asked him about what ?

Don said...."I don't believe that Oct 8th 1956 was the only day you played hooky from school". We parted laughing.


TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by tedzan

We talked about Mickey Mantle's great running catch
of Gil Hodges 440-foot drive into "death valley" (left-center field).

There was a third Yankee who helped save that perfecto. The oldest man in uniform that day. Listen carefully right after Hodges is announced, at about the 28 second mark:

http://vendiamo.com/Miley/Stengel_Mantle.mp3

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Mark17

There was a third Yankee who helped save that perfecto. The oldest man in uniform that day. Listen carefully right after Hodges is announced, at about the 28 second mark:

http://vendiamo.com/Miley/Stengel_Mantle.mp3

Thanks Mark for the audio.....gee, does it bring back memories.

Also, I do recall in my conversation with Don Larsen that he mentioned Casey Stengel telling Mantle to move over from CF a little towards Left Field when Gil Hodges came to bat.

It doesn't get any better in BB than that Perfect game.

Incidentally, have you read the book "PERFECT", by Lew Paper. It is excellently written, in that he devotes 18 chapters to the history of each ballplayer in this game (Dodgers and Yankees).

One story I especially like is regarding Duke Snider, who was a great all-around athlete in Compton (CA) High School. The Duke almost chose an NFL career. A great commentary
by Pete Rozelle (Snider's classmate).


TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It's great to hear audio from those days. There's nothing better in baseball, IMO, than Russ Hodges' call of the Thompson home run.