Baseball Photo Trivia

[Angel Oracle]

On the subject of 1-0 games, one that always sticks in my mind is the 20 inning 1-0 Halos loss in Oakland in 1971.

Where Rudy May, over 12 innings, matched eventual 1971 Cy Young winner and 24 game winner Vida Blue (11 innings).    No one pitches 11 or 12 innings anymore.    Only ONE Halo batter walked, and 26 K'd, in 20 innings.   Tony Conigliaro went 0-8 (as did Billy Cowan and Syd O'Brien), and retired after the game. 

Game time was 5:05.   Nowadays, some 12 inning games may equal that. 

[fan_since79]

August 23, 1989. The night the Expos' mascot drove Tommy Lasorda insane in a 22-inning, 1-0 game.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/that-time-tommy-lasorda-got-the-expos-mascot-tossed-out-of-a-22-inning-1-0-game/

[Stradling]

On 8/21/2017 at 9:15 AM, yk9001 said:

was it the korean dude pitching and tatis had two grand slams?

i think i watched it at the gym.

Two grand slams in the same inning.  

[fan_since79]

I love this photo. Earl Webb of the 1930 Red Sox waiting his turn at bat. Sparse crowd and tired looking players on what may have been a sweltering hot day. Webb was the best hitter on a team with the worst offense in the AL. Boston finished in last place that year with a record of 52-102.

The following year, 1931, Webb set an all-time MLB record with 67 doubles.

[Dick B Back]

The 1930s bat rack kills me!

[fan_since79]

The 1928 Boston Braves were not only a bad team, but they were also plagued by weather problems throughout the season. As a result, in September they played 14 doubleheaders, nine consecutive from September 4-15!

http://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/?p=11936

 

Zach Taylor, Rogers Hornsby, and Charlie Robertson of the 1928 Braves.

[Angel Oracle]

Braves Field was a true pitchers' park.   Not many power hitters ever flourished there until the Braves left Boston after the 1952 season.   

[fan_since79]

That 1928 Braves team had two great hitters in George Sisler and Rogers Hornsby, yet the overall offense was last in the NL, as well as the pitching. Hornsby batted .387. The team lost 103 games and finished 45 games out of first.

[Dick B Back]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

The 1928 Boston Braves were not only a bad team, but they were also plagued by weather problems throughout the season. As a result, in September they played 14 doubleheaders, nine consecutive from September 4-15!

http://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/?p=11936

 

Zach Taylor, Rogers Hornsby, and Charlie Robertson of the 1928 Braves.

Could you imagine Sosh's BP management with 9 consecutive doubleheaders?

[fan_since79]

Who are these guys? The year is 1916.

[Angel Oracle]

John McGraw on the left and Christy Mathewson on the right.

Not sure who is in the middle

[fan_since79]

Buck Herzog. 

By the way, the 1916 Giants went 26 straight games without a loss. I think there was a tie mixed in there too.

[Kevin]

Might as well put into the classics. 

 

 

[fan_since79]

The Angels' current travails are nothing compared to this man's heartache.

On this day in 1908 his life was ruined. Unfairly too.

 

[thebloob]

Why unfairly?  Frank Merkle.  Cost his team the pennant by being an idiot on the bases. 

[fan_since79]

16 minutes ago, thebloob said:

Why unfairly?  Frank Merkle.  Cost his team the pennant by being an idiot on the bases. 

There's a little more to the story. Joe McGinnity had thrown the ball into the stands during the chaos on the field, and Johnny Evers somehow turned up with (probably) another ball that he used to tag Merkle. There was also an umpire who informed Merkle on his way to the dugout that the game was over and the Giants had won. One newspaper account said that Cubs' players physically restrained Merkle from even getting to second. Lots of contradictory accounts of the situation.

And it's Fred Merkle, not Frank.

His manager John McGraw defended him through the years and stressed that it wasn't his fault they lost the pennant, which actually occurred in the make-up game two weeks later.

 

 

[Angel Oracle]

11 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

There's a little more to the story. Joe McGinnity had thrown the ball into the stands during the chaos on the field, and Johnny Evers somehow turned up with (probably) another ball that he used to tag Merkle. There was also an umpire who informed Merkle on his way to the dugout that the game was over and the Giants had won. One newspaper account said that Cubs' players physically restrained Merkle from even getting to second. Lots of contradictory accounts of the situation.

And it's Fred Merkle, not Frank.

His manager John McGraw defended him through the years and stressed that it wasn't his fault they lost the pennant, which actually occurred in the make-up game two weeks later.

 

 

Kind of like with Steve Bartman and Donnie Moore

The Cubs would still have likely won the 2003 NLCS if Gonzales fields that routine DP ball later on that 8th inning.

Moore and Dave Henderson will be linked forever, but can't forget Gary Lucas hitting his first ever MLB hitter right before the Henderson HR, or DeCinces and Grich failing to get the ALCS winning run in from 3B in the bottom of the 9th.

It takes a team to win and to lose.

[fan_since79]

Yep. Mauch had to bring in Moore to face Henderson after that Lucas blunder. That was a no-brainer.

Bad things happen in baseball. It was just one of those things. We still could have taken one of those next two games, but no, we didn't.

[Angel Oracle]

24 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Yep. Mauch had to bring in Moore to face Henderson after that Lucas blunder. That was a no-brainer.

Bad things happen in baseball. It was just one of those things. We still could have taken one of those next two games, but no, we didn't.

Didn't they even take a 3 run lead in the 1st inning in game 6 in Baahston, and only then did the total tank happen.  The pitching sucked in games 6 and 7.  McCaskill was especially terrible in his two starts, after a rock solid season.   He should have built the momentum from the 3 run lead in game 6, but failed.

[fan_since79]

5 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Didn't they even take a 3 run lead in the 1st inning in game 6 in Baahston, and only then did the total tank happen.  The pitching sucked in games 6 and 7.  McCaskill was especially terrible in his two starts, after a rock solid season.   He should have built the momentum from the 3 run lead in game 6, but failed.

I looked it up. A 2-0 lead in the first inning of Game 6, and Boston tied it in the bottom of the inning, then got six hits off McCaskill in the third and took a 7-2 lead before Mauch went to the bullpen.

 

[fan_since79]

70 years ago today. September 28, 1947.

The first Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium.

[Dick B Back]

4 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

70 years ago today. September 28, 1947.

The first Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium.

Where's Albert?

[Angel Oracle]

LOL, isn't Albert too old for Oldtimers Games?

That's a no brainer trivia.    Cobb, Ruth, Speaker 

Saw my first Oldtimers Game at Angel Stadium in 1969.   DiMaggio, Feller, Drysdale, Luke Easter, and Dick Stuart were just 5 of the ones I remembered from that day.

[fan_since79]

Cobb, Ruth, and Speaker. A pretty decent outfield.

 

[fan_since79]

I was reading a story about the two-inning exhibition game they held that day between Yankee oldtimers and former stars from other teams.

Cobb led off the game and warned the infielders that his grip on the bat was shaky and it might fly out of his hands. They played back, and he laid down a nice bunt. But his 61-year old legs couldn't get him to first base before the throw got there. He was fuming after being called out, but a few moments later broke out into a grin, realizing it was all for fun.

Edited September 28, 2017 by fan_since79