Baseball Photo Trivia

[Stradling]

30 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Who is the man with Don Larsen (RIP) and what is he telling him? 

photo from 1966

I’m going to guess it’s Dale Mitchell and he is telling him where he thought the last pitch of his perfect game was.  

[fan_since79]

11 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I’m going to guess it’s Dale Mitchell and he is telling him where he thought the last pitch of his perfect game was.  

Good guess! Absolutely right.

That was Mitchell's last at-bat of his career. Ironic that it ended on a strikeout, as he was a great contact hitter. He struck out only 119 times in over 4,300 career plate appearances.

[Stradling]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

Good guess! Absolutely right.

That was Mitchell's last at-bat of his career. Ironic that it ended on a strikeout, as he was a great contact hitter. He struck out only 119 times in over 4,300 career plate appearances.

I had to google who the last out was but I saw the video a few times yesterday after Don’s passing. I read that he checked his swing but the ump called it a strike.  

[fan_since79]

15 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I had to google who the last out was but I saw the video a few times yesterday after Don’s passing. I read that he checked his swing but the ump called it a strike.  

That was the final game behind home plate for long-time umpire Babe Pinelli, who retired after the Series.

That checked swing looks to me like it would be called a swinging strike in today's game. I'm not sure, but I think the rules were more favorable to the hitter back then.

[fan_since79]

It was also one of the most efficient perfect games ever. 97 pitches, and Larsen went to a three-ball count on only one hitter, Pee Wee Reese in the first inning.

[Angel Oracle]

With a no windup delivery

[fan_since79]

Larsen pitched that day with a chip on his shoulder. He was mad at Casey Stengel for taking him out of Game 2 in the 2nd inning with a 6-1 lead (he had walked four batters), and felt he had to show him what he could really do. He even joked beforehand that he might go out and pitch a no-hitter.

[fan_since79]

What is so special about this game?

 

 

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

What is so special about this game?

Deacon Jones' father was at the game? 

[fan_since79]

16 minutes ago, Lou said:

Deacon Jones' father was at the game? 

Piling up your post count, I see.

[fan_since79]

Hint: Pore over the names of the notables and add them up.

[Angel Oracle]

Thirteen HOFers played in that game?

Edited January 6, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79]

10 minutes ago, RBM said:

Most future HOFers playing in a game. 13

Correct.

Add in two of the umpires who are in the Hall (Connolly and McGowan) and the two managers Mack and Huggins, and you've got 17 total. Most future Hall of Famers in a regular season game.

[T.G.]

I could barely read the names because the font was so tiny.

[Tank]

is the Cobb in that box score Ty Cobb? for whatever reasons I thought he only played in Detroit.

[fan_since79]

7 hours ago, True Grich said:

I could barely read the names because the font was so tiny.

Sorry about that. Just enlarge the page a bit and it becomes clearer. I did a screen grab from Baseball Almanac to get the entire box score.

[fan_since79]

49 minutes ago, Tank said:

is the Cobb in that box score Ty Cobb? for whatever reasons I thought he only played in Detroit.

He played his final two seasons with the A's.

[Tank]

11 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

He played his final two seasons with the A's.

well shiver me timbers. i had no idea. thnx.

[Angel Oracle]

32 minutes ago, Tank said:

well shiver me timbers. i had no idea. thnx.

Both Cobb and Speaker ended their careers with the A's with the 1928 season.

[fan_since79]

This man was a World Series hero for about 15 minutes. He passed away today at the age of 89.

His namesake played in a popular American sitcom in the 1960's.

[Roy Hobbs]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

This man was a World Series hero for about 15 minutes. He passed away today at the age of 89.

His namesake played in a popular American sitcom in the 1960's.

Easy one,Hal Smith 3 run HR in the 8th to tie game 7 up.Bill Mazeroski would homer in the bottom of the ninth to win it.Otis Campbell was played by Hal Smith on the Andy Griffith show.

[Angel Oracle]

It actually gave the Pirates a two run lead, upon which the Yankees tied it in the top of the 9th and threatened to take the lead.

[fan_since79]

6 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

It actually gave the Pirates a two run lead, upon which the Yankees tied it in the top of the 9th and threatened to take the lead.

Mickey Mantle with some creative base running made it possible for NY to score the tying run.

[fan_since79]

His nephew is Tim Flannery, who posted this tribute to his uncle on Twitter:

Today my hero and Uncle Hal Smith who gave me the gift of baseball and music passed on to the Spirit World. I grew up as a kid watching him win World Series and forging a great career in the game we both loved. He taught me so many things…

 

[makepeac]

16 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

This man was a World Series hero for about 15 minutes. He passed away today at the age of 89.

His namesake played in a popular American sitcom in the 1960's.

My high school biology teacher (and baseball card avatar here) George "Red" Witt pitched in relief in a couple of the Yankee blow out wins in this series. He also pitched for the 1962 Los Angeles Angels before calling it a day and going into teaching.