OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

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Will Smith….I mean Kenley Jansen loads the bases in the 9th and gets the save 5-2. Bravos and Mets are now tied. Heck of an effort from Fried tonight to outpitch deGrom whenever he has some kind of stomach bug, flu, or whatever it is. Kyle Wright vs Max Scherzer tomorrow night at 7:20pm ET.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Here is to hoping they get put out very early 🍻
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The Kiwis lost. Pakistan just scored their first ever run in a WBC game. Former Owl that goes to WVU is batting third, playing third (his younger brother playing center). The guy Pakistan wants to send us is batting second and catching.

Many of the players for both teams play college ball or some minor league ball. Pakistan also has starters from The Citadel and Bethune Cookman.

I think they’re pretty easy standards to get to play for a country trying to field a team. I knew a former SEC player and minor leaguer who has a foreign sounding last name. Out of the blue he got a call from the Czech team a number of years ago, wanting him to play. They thought he had some Czech in him solely based on his last name. He wasn’t aware of any, and passed.
 
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On October 1 in Baseball History...​
  • 1903 - The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox, 7-3, in the first World Series game ever played. Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run. Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.

  • 1919 - Just before the start of the World Series, the highly favored White Sox become the betting underdogs in the best-of-nine contest. Eddie Cicotte, a 29-game winner, is driven from the hill in a five-run fourth. Cincinnati's Dutch Ruether pitches a six-hitter and has three RBI on two triples and a single for a 9-1 win.

  • 1932 - Babe Ruth, as legend has it, called his home run against Chicago's Charlie Root in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series, won by the New York Yankees, 7-5, at Wrigley Field. Ruth and Lou Gehrig each hit two homers for the Yankees.

  • 1946 - For the first time in major league history, a playoff series to determine a league's championship was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers. The Cardinals took the first game, 4-2, as Howie Pollet held the Dodgers to two hits, a homer and an RBI-single by Howie Schultz.

  • 1950 - The Philadelphia Phillies clinched the National League pennant on Dick Sisler's three-run homer against Don Newcombe in a 4-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers on the season's last day.

  • 1961 - Roger Maris hit his 61st home run against Tracy Stallard of the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The homer eclipsed Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record. The Yankees won, 1-0.

  • 1970 - The final game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium is played as the Phillies beat the Expos 2-1. The fans respond by swarming onto and destroying the field.

  • 1978 - The Cleveland Indians beat New York, 9-2, on the last day of the season to force a one-game playoff between the Yankees and Boston. The Red Sox won their eighth straight, 5-0 over the Toronto Blue Jays.

  • 1988 - Tony Gwynn went 2-for-3 to raise his league-leading batting average to .313 but sustained a hand injury in a 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros. Gwynn, was the first National League batting champion to win the title with an average below .320. Larry Doyle's .320 average was the lowest.

  • 1989 - Minnesota's Kirby Puckett and San Diego's Tony Gwynn each win batting titles on the final day of the regular season. Puckett goes 2-for-5 to edge Carney Lansford .339 to .336 while Gwynn goes 3-for-4 to beat Will Clark .336 to .333.

  • 1995 - The Rockies are the first team to make the postseason before their seventh year in existence; they also become the National League's first wild card winner following a 10-9 win over the Giants. Colorado's .535 percentage (77-67 record) is the best ever for a third-year team.

  • 1997 - The Orioles continue their dominance over the most dominant lefthander in baseball. Baltimore bounces Randy Johnson and the Mariners in the first game of the American League Division Series. Johnson, who has a winning record against every other team in the American League, falls to 3-8 overall against the Orioles.
 
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In one of the most curious things I’ve seen in quite a while: notice The Webb school out of Bell Buckle, TN and their nickname.
 

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mad4vols said:
What happens if they are both tied at the end of the season?
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They have done away with Game 163 for a tiebreaker with the expanded playoffs so they will now go off head-to-head record. If the Braves sweep they will own the tiebreaker. If the Mets win 1 game this series they will own the tiebreaker. After the Braves victory last night, the Mets lead the season series 9-8. So much is riding on this series.

Just how much is winning NL East worth to Mets, Braves?
 
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cardvolfan said:
Interesting stuff on just how good this guy has been.
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That’s an average of 26 fewer baserunners in scoring position per season over 18 years. And St. Louis hasn’t always had a top 5 pitching staff over those years. Usually top 10-15. I couldn’t image how dominant the Braves would have been with that type of catcher behind the plate.
 
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VolPack22 said:
On October 1 in Baseball History...​

  • 1903 - The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox, 7-3, in the first World Series game ever played. Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run. Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.
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For 1903, here’s what at the site of Exposition Park in Pittsburgh. It’s now a parking lot between PNC Park and Heinz Field (which is in the background of the photo of the sign on the post).

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