Roy Hobbs

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Apparently you didn't notice the typo until I mentioned something about the start time. Where'd you leave the other half of your brain?

Also, jsnpritchett makes most of these threads. We can forgive him for a typo every now and then.

@jsnpritchett does a fantastic job, I always look forward to his posts.

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Yeah, but that would be obvious to anyone with half a brain. 

Are you saying I have half a brain? That's the nicest thing you have ever said to me.

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Weird start time for a game. 4 PM local time on a Friday.

It's actually 4:10 Pacific Coast Time.The 1:00 time is wrong.

30 minutes ago, Redondo said:

What venue is it? 

My all-time favorite old stadium the Polo Grounds

On 4/3/2024 at 7:49 PM, JAHV76 said:

 

Steven Tyler on the harmonica.

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I don't know about that.

I'd bet on it.

Sean Connery had this weird habit of arranging dinner plates by the year they were made.

It was an extremley rare dish order.

4 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

April 11, 1961.

Winning pitcher Eli Grba, Angels very first game.

26 minutes ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Do Angels have any legends?

Kelvim Escobar

4 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

 

The poster boy for the value of predictive data has hung up his cleats. 

SD will end up paying all but 720K of the 144 mil they signed him for, in exchange they received 596 games of .265/.325/.411 offense.  Despite his retirement, the Padres will be paying him 13 mil in 24 and 25 after guaranteeing the options years in order to trade him.

One of the weirdest profiles of his time   Weak OBP, weak power, plus glove at a premium hitting position.

Somewhere in Downey, Claude sheds a tear.

2 minutes ago, katie said:

They have them in other states?! 

There are 11 locations left,CA,NV,TX and Hawaii.

18 hours ago, katie said:

I was right now years old when I realized they still have a location that’s open (Point Loma, San Diego). I thought they all closed. 

I am the opposite of you, I have lived in Summerlin for the last 6 years and there is one right behind my house,which I went to on Saturday.I had no idea so many were closed in California until today.

5 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Usually "bud" or "faggot"

From some of your posts, I thought it would have been shit stain.

42 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Danny Ozark (Phillies mgr) along with Bobby Shantz and Jim Konstanty (both pitchers who won their league’s MVP in the early 1950s)

I could be wrong but I think #3 is Curt Simmons,even though he never wore #3.He did pitch for the Angels in 1967.

25 minutes ago, Tank said:

i voted for ryan's '73 season.

he was overpowering. when he took the hill, you had no idea what you were going to see. when he pitched his first no-hitter, it made all of us think that every single game could be another no-no, and suddenly there were thoughts of demolishing vander meer's two consecutive no-hitter streak. 

every start from then on was electric. being in the ballpark on nights he pitched was just flat out something different. he got screwed out of a cy young because voters felt he had too many losses. idiots.

Electric is spot on,we would go watch him warm up in the bullpen and you could hear the seams on the baseball cutting through the air.The pop of the catchers mitt was so loud you could almost hear it in the whole stadium.There were plenty of games when he pitched that there was less than 10,000 people at the game.

18 minutes ago, Dgar24 said:

Let’s not forget 26 complete games. I wonder the last time a team had 26 complete games.

For sure and with all that Ryan was 2nd for the Cy Young Award.I still hold it against Jim Palmer.

I voted for Ryan's 383 K season, back then Nolan was the only reason to go to the games. I went with a friend of mine to every home start for Ryan,so it seems more personel for me. Ryan also picked up a save that year pitching 2 innings and striking out 4,which in the end pushed him past Koufax.The fact he passed a Dodger was the cherry on top and as always F the Dodgers.

1 hour ago, NJHalo said:

So far no right guesses. 
 

Hint: It was more well known for the football team that played there. No longer standing, and the Football team and baseball team now have their own stadiums

That's where the Bears played, the Denver Bears that is. I saw a Broncos game there in 1975, but by that time they had changed the name to Mile High Stadium and added thousands of seats.

1 hour ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Wasn't Woo Suk Go one of the pilots on Asiana Airlines flight 214?

Close,but I think it was these guys.

Captain Sum Ting Wong

Wi Tu Lo

Ho Lee Fuk

Bang Ding Ow

1 hour ago, Docwaukee said:

This was a missed opportunity in my opinion.  

It's funny because I look at it as a bullet dodged.He's coming off of shoulder surgery and pitched 1.1 innings last year.He has only pitched over 100 innings twice, seems like too big a risk for the Angels.

19 minutes ago, stormngt said:

I am willing to bet there are a lot more HOF members who have hit their wives.  I am sure just over 50% of the ones who played in the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 70s have hit their wives.

You asked why he gets no "love" and I think that is why.I get what you're saying but I think we look at DV a little different than 50 years ago. He beat up the father of his girlfriend and punched and kicked the mother of his child.How many of those older players were arrested?

It's probably the two domestic violence arrests.

23 hours ago, Tank said:

i loved watching the smothers brothers weekly tv show when i was a kid. didn't understand everything, but always loved the 'mom loved you more routine.' they were always hilarious (and steve martin was one of their writers). 

they were also good musicians, which often got overlooked by their terrific humor. 

Speaking of musicians they also had great bands on,like Cream,The Doors and The Who and many others.The episode with The Who is crazy,Keith Moon blows up his drumkit,with probably too many explosives.