Baseball Photo Trivia

[T.G.]

"Clete" what an awesome name for a baseball player.

[Angel Oracle]

48 minutes ago, True Grich said:

"Clete" what an awesome name for a baseball player.

And was part of one of the few ever brother duos who were on opposing teams in a WS (3B Ken for the Cardinals).

[fan_since79]

I think that's Mantle but maybe you guys know better?

[Blarg]

Whoever it is he isn't digging into the box in his next at bat.

[Roy Hobbs]

It could Mantle, he did homer in that game. White guys all look alike

[NJHalo]

The end of the Yankees dynasty

[fan_since79]

It's Mantle. His 18th and final World Series home run in Game 7 of the '64 series.

Gibson was running on fumes but his manager left him in there until the end, and the Cardinals won the game 7-5 and the Series.

 

[Blarg]

In today's game Gibson would have been pulled in the 6th and there would be a parade of relief pitchers for 4 innings. Giving no historical value to the game. 

Mantle's home run was crushed to left field for an oppo-taco.

 

[Jay]

Mantle has 18 World Series HR, crazy.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Let this sink in.

Gibson between that game and 3 each in 1967 and 1968, pitched SEVEN straight WS complete games.

[NJHalo]

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Let this sink in.

Gibson between that game and 3 each in 1967 and 1968, pitched SEVEN straight WS complete games.

Only because they had no Gary Lucas to put in against the lefties

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, NJHalo said:

Only because they had no Gary Lucas to put in against the lefties

That was Mauch over thinking.

What manager brings in someone to finish the ALCS, who had never, eeever finished a game before? 

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

Only because they had no Gary Lucas to put in against the lefties

Remember that moment like it was yesterday. Shocking, and then what followed was sickening.

Then I remind myself that we won a World Series, and everything is fine once again.

[Jay]

14 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

Only because they had no Gary Lucas to put in against the lefties

thanks for bringing that up.

[Blarg]

14 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

Only because they had no Gary Lucas to put in against the lefties

Thanks, just when that 33 year old wound was starting to heal you got to rip the scab off it

[fan_since79]

30 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

Only because they had no Gary Lucas to put in against the lefties

Brad Ausmus approves of that move.

[Roy Hobbs]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

It's Mantle. His 18th and final World Series home run in Game 7 of the '64 series.

Gibson was running on fumes but his manager left him in there until the end, and the Cardinals won the game 7-5 and the Series.

 

I went to school at St. Hedwig in Los Alamitos, my teacher at that time was a nun from St Louis.She brought in a little black and white TV and let us watch the games during class. I don't remember much from school but I will never forget how cool that was. I do remember that after St. Louis won we didn't get any homework.After thinking about this I realized that, f*ck I'm old.

[Angel Oracle]

22 hours ago, Roy Hobbs said:

I went to school at St. Hedwig in Los Alamitos, my teacher at that time was a nun from St Louis.She brought in a little black and white TV and let us watch the games during class. I don't remember much from school but I will never forget how cool that was. I do remember that after St. Louis won we didn't get any homework.After thinking about this I realized that, f*ck I'm old.

I’m up there too.   Watched my first WS game in a classroom in Charlotte as a 4th grader (Dogs vs Twins in 1965).

[fan_since79]

Grew up in Philadelphia. The nuns wouldn't let us watch the Series in 1964 after the Phillies collapsed in the last two weeks of the season.

 

[Roy Hobbs]

This is not a photo trivia but just a trivia question, should be fairly easy. Who are the only people in the HOF who were never involved in baseball?

[Stradling]

24 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:

This is not a photo trivia but just a trivia question, should be fairly easy. Who are the only people in the HOF who were never involved in baseball?

Abbott and Costello

[Roy Hobbs]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Abbott and Costello

Bingo

[T.G.]

Wait... I thought Abbott and Costello were AKA Dipoto and Servais.

[Blarg]

These two used to be teammates and are smiling since they once were part of a two month long joke that involved Hank Greenberg. Do you know the story?

Spoiler

Hank Greenberg's home-run splurge during the last six weeks of the 1946 season was attributed to a stolen bat.

According to the stories published in the newspapers, Roger (Doc) Cramer, Detroit center fielder, stole a bat from Ted Williams during a Tigers-Red  Sox series early in August and presented the bat to Greenberg who immediately began hitting the ball out of the park with austounding regularity. He hit so many home runs that he passed Williams and won the championship.

At the end of the season Cramer, a man who likes a joke better than most men, admitted that the story was a hoax and that Greenberg had used no bats except his own all season long. Greenberg verified the fact and added the he let the story of the stolen bat ride since he didn't want to spoil Cramer's fun.

However, when the Red Sox won the pennant Greenberg sent Williams one of his bats, told him to use it in the World Series, and wished him luck.

Williams gave the bat to Rudy York and, what happended? York, using Greenberg's bat, won two games for the Red Sox by hitting home runs, while Williams got five singles in the seven-game series and one of them was a bunt.

 

This story was brought to you by Major League Baseball 1947, Facts, Figures and Official Rules. It was printed in 1947 by Dell books and was given to me by my Aunt, three months ago, who passed away recently. I have been enjoying reading it. 

Rudy York World Series .261/.433/.652/1.086 6 hits, 1DL, 1 TP,  2 HR, 6 R, 5 RBI.

Ted Williams World Series .200/.333/.200/.533 5 hits, 1R, 1 RBI

 He should have used Greenbergs bat.

 

 

 

[Tank]

On 5/17/2019 at 7:44 AM, NJHalo said:

Only because they had no Gary Lucas to put in against the lefties

Too soon.