Baseball Photo Trivia

[NJHalo]

Looks like a skinny Mike Trout in that picture. 

[fan_since79]

This Hall of Famer turns 94 today. Who is he?

[makepeac]

Red Schoendist

[maximus p]

First thought is Red Shoendiest.  Looks like a younger version of an old Topps manager card I have from '69 or '70.

[fan_since79]

5 minutes ago, maximus p said:

First thought is Red Shoendiest.  Looks like a younger version of an old Topps manager card I have from '69 or '70.

Your first thought is correct, maximus genius!

[fan_since79]

7 minutes ago, makepeac said:

Red Schoendist

Yes. Very good!

He does have a distinctive face.

[fan_since79]

Who, what, and when?

 

[Angel Oracle]

Don't remember which game in Shea Stadium, but that's Tommy Agee diving to make a circus catch in either games 3, 4 or 5 of the 1969 WS.

#24 backing him up should be Art Shamsky.

[fan_since79]

That was the second of two fantastic catches Agee made in Game 3 of the '69 Series. In the 7th inning with two outs and the bases loaded, he saved at least two runs with that grab of a fly ball off the bat of Paul Blair. Nolan Ryan had just come in for the Mets in relief of the starter Gary Gentry.

The earlier catch was in the 4th inning, with runners on first and third and two outs.

Here it is:

[Dick B Back]

18 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

This Hall of Famer turns 94 today. Who is he?

I saw 94 and the Cards jersey before I looked at his face and saw hall of famer... was gonna say Albert.

Edited February 3, 2017 by Dick B Back
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[fan_since79]

Okay, nobody's going to get this one unless they look it up.

He's the only person to appear in a World Series and also play in the Masters. He won six PGA Tour events in his golf career.

[Tank]

ernie els

sergio garcia

tommy aaron

[yk9001]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

That was the second of two fantastic catches Agee made in Game 3 of the '69 Series. In the 7th inning with two outs and the bases loaded, he saved at least two runs with that grab of a fly ball off the bat of Paul Blair. Nolan Ryan had just come in for the Mets in relief of the starter Gary Gentry.

The earlier catch was in the 4th inning, with runners on first and third and two outs.

Here it is:

Look at that gallery of rogues in the stands.  Were they simultaneously doing a casting for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest?

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

Okay, nobody's going to get this one unless they look it up.

He's the only person to appear in a World Series and also play in the Masters. He won six PGA Tour events in his golf career.

Had to look it up.

On the subject, John Smoltz will be attempting to qualify to play in the US Open golf tourney this June.

Of all MLB players since the 1970s, the best golfer in the bunch is likely former Dogs and Pirates pitcher Rick Rhoden.

[fan_since79]

I'll just give the answer and save some time.

Sam Byrd appeared in the 1932 World Series with the Yankees, and later played in the Masters (best finish: 3rd place in 1941). He finished 2nd in the 1945 PGA Championship, losing to Byron Nelson. He won 11 professional events altogether, six on the PGA Tour.

His baseball career spanned the years 1929-36 with the Yankees and Reds. For some time he was Babe Ruth's roommate on the road, and was called "Babe Ruth's Legs" as he would often come in as a pinch-runner at the end of games in the latter part of Ruth's career.

 

[fan_since79]

The only man to be on a winning World Series team and have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Johnny Beradino

With thanks to my mom for being a big soap opera fan, going back to the 1960s

[fan_since79]

General Hospital was the only soap that I ever liked.

Berardino didn't play in the 1948 World Series for Cleveland, as he was left off the series roster. But he did play for the team that year, hence the phrasing of the question.

His best years were with the St. Louis Browns in the early 1940's. 16 home runs and 85 RBI in 1940. He missed the 1943-45 seasons due to WWII.

[Angel Oracle]

31 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

General Hospital was the only soap that I ever liked.

Berardino didn't play in the 1948 World Series for Cleveland, as he was left off the series roster. But he did play for the team that year, hence the phrasing of the question.

His best years were with the St. Louis Browns in the early 1940's. 16 home runs and 85 RBI in 1940. He missed the 1943-45 seasons due to WWII.

Days is actually my mom's favorite soap.  GH was up there though, back in the day.

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Days is actually my mom's favorite soap.  GH was up there though, back in the day.

I did go through an "All My Children" phase for a while.

 

[fan_since79]

He dropped the second "r" in his name when he became an actor.

Ultimate trivia...

 

[Homebrewer]

18 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Look at that gallery of rogues in the stands.  Were they simultaneously doing a casting for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest?

Guessing from the year, they are probably wounded soldiers from Vietnam.

[Redondo]

3 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

Guessing from the year, they are probably wounded soldiers from Vietnam.

I thought the same thing.

[yk9001]

Give the vet a pair of pants so he doesn't have to go to the World Series in his robe!

[fan_since79]

Babe Ruth was born 122 years ago today.

Who's the other guy with him in the photo?