Classic Baseball Photos

[Vegas Halo Fan]

9 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Wow, how much hitting talent is there on that couch?

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 9/11/2016 at 1:23 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Wow, how much hitting talent is there on that couch?

Yep. Not just that those guys were good, and not just because they're hall of famers. It's that they are sacred cows, guys who are still talked about years and years after they died...guys who everyone since has tried to live up to, whether it's legit or more myth. 

All 3 of those guys are in a class that only guys like Griffey, magic johnson/bird/jordan, Montana, Ali, tyson, etc are in. Not just the best of their time, but were bigger than the game. Non fans were "fans" of those guys, and guys like them

[ten ocho recon scout]

Aaron, williams, musial and mays (plus some guy I don't know...AO probably does).

[ten ocho recon scout]

Imagine if baseball had never desegregated...and these guys "never existed"

the 50s/60s had so many legends it's ridiculous

[ten ocho recon scout]

https://fenwaypark100.org/2014/05/21/when-the-greats-faced-the-greats/

[Angel Oracle]

18 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Aaron, williams, musial and mays (plus some guy I don't know...AO probably does).

It's an LA hat, and looks like #43?

If so, it's Charley Neal, who played in the 1959 and 1960 ASGs as an LA Dogs player.

[fan_since79]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

It's an LA hat, and looks like #43?

If so, it's Charley Neal, who played in the 1959 and 1960 ASGs as an LA Dogs player.

He had a brilliant World Series for the Dodgers in 1959, hitting .370 with two HR and 6 RBI.

He died in 1996 at the age of 65.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

4 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

It's an LA hat, and looks like #43?

If so, it's Charley Neal, who played in the 1959 and 1960 ASGs as an LA Dogs player.

Lol, you don't dissapoint, AO

[fan_since79]

Smoky Joe Wood, Cy Young, Lefty Grove, and Walter Johnson.

An all-time dream rotation.

Total of 462 WAR.

 

[Homebrewer]

On ‎9‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 8:09 AM, Angel Oracle said:

Gibson, Marichal, Drysdale

Three of the most intensely competitive pitchers ever, and in the same decade

It's crazy to remember that Marichal finished his career with the team that he formerly sooo despised (the Dogs).

Saw them all pitch. Gibson several times up close and personal at Wrigley Field. The vocabulary of players in the day was pretty colorful. Met Drysdale when he was an announcer, walking through Dodger Stadium with Harry Caray. 

[Homebrewer]

Tinker

To Evers

 

[Homebrewer]

To Chance. (Check out the old 1st baseman's glove)

[Homebrewer]

There was never a player who loved the game more. I wish he was alive to see the Cubs today.

[Homebrewer]

On ‎8‎/‎27‎/‎2016 at 8:40 PM, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Leroy "Satchel" Paige watches his Cleveland teammates practice in 1948.

I saw Satch pitch in an "Old Timers" game in Cleveland, must have been 1962 or 63.

Nobody could hit him even then. What ever happened to old timers games? Must have gone out with double-headers.

[Angel Oracle]

9 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

There was never a player who loved the game more. I wish he was alive to see the Cubs today.

Jack Tripper's inspiration?    He always did that whenever he met a beautiful woman.

Ron Santo was a type of 3B that the Halos have lacked for quite some time now.   Good fielder, clutch hitter with power

[Homebrewer]

7 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Jack Tripper's inspiration?    He always did that whenever he met a beautiful woman.

Ron Santo was a type of 3B that the Halos have lacked for quite some time now.   Good fielder, clutch hitter with power

Saw him hit a walk off homer against Bob Gibson. Laser shot to left at Wrigley.

[Homebrewer]

This will be a good one to watch again during the playoffs

[Don]

On September 14, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Homebrewer said:

To Chance. (Check out the old 1st baseman's glove)

That's an awesome jersey.

[Kevin]

I know the guy had demons and was no saint  (and not the reason he killed himself) but I can't help but feel for him in this photo. Maybe because I feel it represents more than just him. Gene Autry, Gene Mauch, Brian Downing, Bobby Grich, Don Baylor, Bill Buckner, Houston and Angel Fans, and my dad. I was only a year and a half old in '86 so I didn't experience it like most of you (my '86 came in '95).

I grew up listening to my dad tell stories about this game (and the '82 series) while we were stuck in commute traffic while he took me to school. I didn't quite grasp the emotional let down and never will. But I've watched the game on YouTube and I catch myself thinking maybe that forkball will have just enough snap to it and the outcome will be different this time.

[Angel Oracle]

So many things went wrong besides one Moore pitch.

Lucas decides to hit his only batter faced with his only pitch thrown, first lefty batter hit by him in years.

Wilfong fails to advance to 2B on his tieing single after Evans threw to the plate to try to get Jones.

A red hot DeCinces is unable to drive in the winning run with just a FB in the bottom of the 9th.

Grich hits a loopy liner back to the pitcher to end the 9th.

Rice barely catches Pettis' drive at the LF fence in the 10th, otherwise, the pennant is won.

 

[fan_since79]

Not to mention we lost Wally Joyner with that leg infection (spider bite?) before Game 4.

That was a big blow.

 

 

 

[ELEVEN]

On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 2:55 PM, fan_since79 said:

Smoky Joe Wood, Cy Young, Lefty Grove, and Walter Johnson.

An all-time dream rotation.

Total of 462 WAR.

 

Mike Trout has got this

[fan_since79]

Stan Musial on the right, with Erv Dusak, in September 1941. Both players had just been called up by the Cardinals, and Musial made his major-league debut 75 years ago today in a game against the Braves. He went 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI. Dusak made his ML debut the next day.

 

[Homebrewer]

Harry Caray always called Stan the Man 'The best ballplayer I ever saw"

 

[Homebrewer]

Musial was one of the most underrated great players in the game. If anyone has 20 mins to listen and learn about The Man, Bob Costas's emational eulogy stands out as a lesson in baseball history.