OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

[cobbwebb0710]

He had one of those Chevy Chase daydreams in the Vacation movies except the girl was Donde.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

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That’s nice!!

 

[VolPack22]

We have audits coming up at work and I’ve had some LONG days lately.
Also dance and basketball have started back up and that’s eating up my evenings.
What have I missed around this place?
Everyone doing ok?

I also found out that Jared Goff won himself a Super Bowl off the field.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

I recently found out your Dolphins still suck and will be starting Skylar Thompson at QB.

Something has to give, I think the jets have lost 5 straight also.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

That’s nice!!

Nickname .... "Stan the Man".

 

[cobbwebb0710]

I also found out that Jared Goff won himself a Super Bowl off the field.

I seen’t that!

 

[VolPack22]

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Heck of a 1958 NL All-Star lineup. Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Henry Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Warren Spahn pitching. Man I wish I could have been alive to see those guys play.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Heck of a 1958 NL All-Star lineup. Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Henry Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Warren Spahn pitching. Man I wish I could have been alive to see those guys play.

Their games were on radio most of the time. If a game was on it was in B&W only.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Heck of a 1958 NL All-Star lineup. Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Henry Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Warren Spahn pitching. Man I wish I could have been alive to see those guys play.

Agreed!
Not to mention, possibly the most underrated player ever to play the game, Eddie Matthews.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Their games were on radio most of the time. If a game was on it was in B&W only.

OB did you get to see those guys play?
I’m with VP, man I bet that was fun!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Sorry if this has already been posted.
Where Tennessee baseball is ranked in Perfect Games' Preseason Top 25

That LSU squad is loaded!

 

[VolPack22]

Agreed!
Not to mention, possibly the most underrated player ever to play the game, Eddie Matthews.

Yes and he was a reserve!

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Their games were on radio most of the time. If a game was on it was in B&W only.

 

[VolPack22]

That LSU squad is loaded!

Yeah if they don’t win the SEC they will be pretty disappointed down there in the Bayou. Clearly the most talented team on paper. Let’s see how they perform as a unit.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

That LSU squad is loaded!

I'm sorry to hear that bc they'll be embarrassed when the Vols whup dat ass.

 

[VolPack22]

Their games were on radio most of the time. If a game was on it was in B&W only.

The game was over by the time you got through messing with the rabbit ears.

 

[VolPack22]

On January 7 in Baseball History...​

• 1971 - The ruptured Achilles tendon of Reds center fielder Bobby Tolan brings an end to two sports seasons. Tolan suffers the injury while playing basketball for the Reds offseason squad. He misses the baseball season because of the injury and the Cincinnati front office orders the basketball team disbanded as a result.
  
  
• 1985 - Lou Brock, the major leagues' all-time stolen base king, and Hoyt Wilhelm, who rewrote the record book on relief pitching, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA.
  
  
• 1992 - Tom Seaver, one of the greatest starting pitchers of all time, and Rollie Fingers, who helped revolutionize the role of the relief pitcher, are elected to the Hall of Fame. Between the two of them, they won or saved 767 games: Seaver had 311 wins and one save, while Fingers had 114 wins and 341 saves.
  

Baseball Birthdays on January 7... ​

• 1865 - Clarke, Dad
• 1867 - Keefe, George
• 1875 - Bransfield, Kitty
• 1882 - Berger, Heinie
• 1884 - Wilson, Willy
• 1889 - Murphy, Leo
• 1890 - Baichley, Grover
• 1897 - Rigney, Topper
• 1900 - Lord, Carlton
• 1900 - Grabowski, Johnny
• 1902 - Todd, Al
• 1902 - Knox, Cliff
• 1904 - Roe, Clay
• 1905 - Grube, Frank
• 1910 - McCarthy, Johnny
• 1913 - Mize, Johnny
• 1915 - Steiner, Red
• 1916 - Butka, Ed
• 1920 - Howell, Dixie
• 1921 - Beard, Ted
• 1922 - Dark, Alvin
• 1924 - Pendleton, Jim
• 1931 - Stewart, Bunky
• 1931 - Semproch, Ray
• 1935 - Schofield, Dick
• 1938 - Whitfield, Fred
• 1940 - Hannan, Jim
• 1942 - Lefebvre, Jim
• 1943 - Gray, Dave
• 1944 - Calmus, Dick
• 1945 - Conigliaro, Tony
• 1946 - Keough, Joe
• 1947 - Reid, Scott
• 1950 - Grimsley, Ross
• 1952 - Gorinski, Bob
• 1952 - Capilla, Doug
• 1958 - Diaz, Carlos
• 1962 - Montgomery, Jeff
• 1963 - Shipley, Craig
• 1964 - Anderson, Allan
• 1964 - Meads, Dave
• 1967 - Maurer, Rob
• 1969 - Hatcher, Chris
• 1971 - Menechino, Frank
• 1974 - Radlosky, Rob
• 1975 - Toca, Jorge
• 1976 - Gagne, Eric
• 1978 - Soriano, Alfonso

Baseball Deaths on January 7... ​

• 1913 - Boyle, Jack
• 1929 - Daniels, Law
• 1939 - Weeden, Bert
• 1943 - Welch, Ted
• 1944 - Mullin, George
• 1954 - Schillings, Red
• 1956 - Claire, Danny
• 1957 - Crist, Ches
• 1962 - Brennan, Ad
• 1962 - Lerchen, Dutch
• 1963 - Maggert, Harl
• 1965 - Smith, George
• 1970 - Elliott, Jumbo
• 1971 - Rhyne, Hal
• 1971 - Lee, Dud
• 1978 - Burns, George
• 1978 - Conley, Snipe
• 1981 - Stein, Irv
• 1982 - Falk, Chet
• 1986 - Burns, Joe
• 1990 - Thompson, Shag
• 1995 - Thomas, Kite
• 1998 - Moran, Hiker
• 2002 - Marnie, Harry
• 2003 - Albosta, Ed
• 2005 - Boyles, Harry

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Ty Cobb & Joe Jackson taking time out for a picture to be made ...

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

The game was over by the time you got through messing with the rabbit ears.

I did have a TV antenna that set up on top of the roof. Got 5 channels in B&W.
I bought my first "color" TV in 1976. Then got cable & TBS in 1977.

 

[firestorm]

I changed my avatar to a 2022 Titans avatar that is Titans QB Dobbs ready to throw the football Vs the Cowboys.

 

[firestorm]

Ty Cobb & Joe Jackson taking time out for a picture to be made ...
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Wow I recall the name of that baseball mentioned by Al Capone in The Untouchables movie before he killed a Chicago Mobster that was planning to betray so he could become the Chicago Mob Boss.

Back in the era when Baseball players wore Baseball pants that were same length as Football pants.

 

[Volprofch05]

Something has to give, I think the jets have lost 5 straight also.

Flacco at QB for Jets on Sunday

 

[MAD]

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I like his cereal.

 

[MAD]

I did have a TV antenna that set up on top of the roof. Got 5 channels in B&W.
I bought my first "color" TV in 1976. Then got cable & TBS in 1977.

Only my rich friends had cable back then. And one guy I knew had HBO, they were loaded.

 

[cardvolfan]

Hope the Braves make a run at him.

Dodgers cut ties with embattled pitcher Bauer

He and Ozuna would become immediate best friends.