Baseball Photo Trivia

[fan_since79]

A's 3rd baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff made three brilliant plays that helped preserve Braden's perfecto, including the very first out.

All 27 outs here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcwBrnTCaPQ&fbclid=IwAR0Vj7pCovDn-1NrRYL3-jo0-e84e9lsECLbMv9IM1ba5FwSpVtMaiB6TDQ

[fan_since79]

By all accounts he was a pretty good Dad, and a really good ballplayer.

He lost his own father during his rookie season in a tragic way.

 

 

 

[Slegnaac]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

By all accounts he was a pretty good Dad, and a really good ballplayer.

He lost his own father during his rookie season in a tragic way.

 

 

 

Looks like a HOFer from 1890s.

[fan_since79]

Ty's father was killed by two shotgun blasts at close range. His mother was later tried for manslaughter and found innocent. She insisted that she simply thought it was a burglar and nothing more. The young Cobb remained distant from his mother after that and refused to attend her funeral in 1936. Psychologists can wonder if this tragedy contributed to his manic intensity on the field. He had worshipped his father and considered him the greatest man alive.

[Angel Oracle]

7 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Ty's father was killed by two shotgun blasts at close range. His mother was later tried for manslaughter and found innocent. She insisted that she simply thought it was a burglar and nothing more. The young Cobb remained distant from his mother after that and refused to attend her funeral in 1936. Psychologists can wonder if this tragedy contributed to his manic intensity on the field. He had worshipped his father and considered him the greatest man alive.

Sounds like his mom may have had some sort of a mental illness?

Edited June 22, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

Jackie and Gil Hodges of course the two on the right

I cheated on the far left guy.    I think he's a non-player wearing the uni, but revolutionized the game as a non-player. 

Spoiler

Allen Roth, invented sabermetrics (starting with emphasizing OBP over BA) in 1947

 

Edited June 24, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Roy Hobbs]

I hate to disagree with the Oracle, but I think the other guy is Gene Hermanski.His idea was that all his teammates should wear 42.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, RBM said:

Yes! Nailed it. Jackie Robinson was receiving death threats and Hermanski thought all the players should wear #42 so a sniper wouldn’t know who to shoot. 

Uh, if jackie was the only black guy on the team, wouldn't this plan be rather futile?

[Roy Hobbs]

3 hours ago, RBM said:

Yes! Nailed it. Jackie Robinson was receiving death threats and Hermanski thought all the players should wear #42 so a sniper wouldn’t know who to shoot. 

But why was this photo taken?

They turned a triple play 7-4-3.

[Angel Oracle]

8 hours ago, Roy Hobbs said:

They turned a triple play 7-4-3.

It's not often that a triple play starts with an OF catching a fly ball.   The Halos pulled off one in 1972 in Minnesota.   All I remember was Killebrew making the 3rd out at 3B to complete it.

Side note on trivia answer:  Even though I was wr…, I was wr..I was not right (sorry Fonz), it was right around that time that Allen Roth (hired by Branch Rickey) began the sabermetric push, in preferring OBP over BA.     

Edited June 25, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79]

On today's date 104 years ago. A baseball first.

 

[T.G.]

The Mighty Casey struck out?

[arch stanton]

On 6/25/2020 at 8:02 AM, Tank said:

Uh, if jackie was the only black guy on the team, wouldn't this plan be rather futile?

Yes symbolic gestures of unity are always futile 

[fan_since79]

Hint: the uniform

[Slegnaac]

Numbers on the uniform?

[fan_since79]

16 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

Numbers on the uniform?

The first times numbers were used on the uniforms to identify players.

June 26, 1916. Cleveland Indians. They were used on home uniforms only.

https://tribevibe.mlblogs.com/cleveland-indians-were-first-mlb-team-to-wear-numerals-on-uniforms-100-years-ago-sunday-f01f8a654c93

[fan_since79]

Became a legendary figure many years later for what happened on today's date in 1905.

[Angel Oracle]

I cheated, although the guy didn't play for the ChiSox (as the uniform showing).

Spoiler

Moonlight Graham's only MLB game 

 

[fan_since79]

It's a minor league uniform. It would have been too easy if I showed him in his major league one.

 

[fan_since79]

He threw the only no-hitter of his illustrious career exactly 100 years ago. July 1, 1920.

[makepeac]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

He threw the only no-hitter of his illustrious career exactly 100 years ago. July 1, 1920.

The Big Train and pride of Fullerton Union High, Walter Johnson

[Slegnaac]

Bo Belinsky? 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Slegnaac said:

Bo Belinsky? 

He was illustrious for his off the field exploits.

[Tank]

Name this former Halo.

 

[Stradling]

Downing