OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

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On October 20 in Baseball History...​
  • 1910 - Philadelphia's Jack Coombs, on one day of rest, had a complete game victory to beat the Chicago Cubs 12-5 and give the Athletics a 3-0 lead in the World Series. Coombs also had three hits and drove in three runs in the game.

  • 1935 - Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the Baseball Writers. Wes Ferrell is runner-up.

  • 1936 - Carl Hubbell (26-6) edges out Dizzy Dean (24-13) for MVP honors in the NL.

  • 1960 - Coach Ralph Houk, 41, is named to succeed Casey Stengel as manager of the Yankees. He briefly led the Yankees in 1960 when Stengel was hospitalized.

  • 1967 - Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy the first manager of the Oakland A's.

  • 1972 - In the fifth game of the World Series, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds homered on the first pitch of the game from Oakland's Catfish Hunter, and the Reds went on to win 5-4.

  • 1973 - Reggie Jackson of Oakland had RBI doubles in the first and third innings to lead the A's to a 3-1 victory over the New York Mets and set up a seventh game in the World Series.

  • 1982 - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 in Game 7 to win the World Series.

  • 1985 - After giving up just two hits in eight innings, Royals southpaw Charlie Leibrandt is raked with three two-out hits and loses 4-2. St. Louis has a 2-0 Series lead.

  • 1987 - The Cards get all their runs against the Twins in the seventh inning to win Game Three 3-1.

  • 1988 - Orel Hershiser pitched a four-hitter and Mickey Hatcher and Mike Davis hit two-run homers to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics and the World Series title in five games. Hershiser became only the third player to win the MVP in both the playoffs and the World Series.

  • 1990 - The Cincinnati Reds completed one of the biggest upsets in baseball history, beating the Oakland Athletics 2-1 to win the World Series in four games.

  • 1993 - Devon White's two-run triple capped a six-run eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a 15-14 victory over the Phillies and a 3-1 World Series lead. The 29 runs shattered the Series record of 22 set in Game 2 in 1936, when the Yankees beat the New York Giants 18-4. It was also the longest nine-inning game in series history - 4 hours, 14 minutes.
 
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Hey @cobbwebb0710 , I know you rub shoulders with some of the elite on here, like people who know Nobel-Prize winners and owners of sports teams etc. Just letting you know I’m a pretty big deal too. Can’t really talk about it but the guy who cuts my hair also cuts the hair of a former MLB pitcher who played for the Rays, Mets, Astros, Red Sox and Cleveland. His name rhymes with Wan Dheeler (to protect his identity)
 
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mad4vols said:
Hey @cobbwebb0710 , I know you rub shoulders with some of the elite on here, like people who know Nobel-Prize winners and owners of sports teams etc. Just letting you know I’m a pretty big deal too. Can’t really talk about it but the guy who cuts my hair also cuts the hair of a former MLB pitcher who played for the Rays, Mets, Astros, Red Sox and Cleveland. His name rhymes with Wan Dheeler (to protect his identity)
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Han Fheeler?
 
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cardvolfan said:
So that was YOU. I figured as much. The one and only person in the crowd who would say anything derogatory towards an ump. I should have known. Be nice to that little ump that baited Tony, then threw him out of the game!
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Not all umpires, but the majority of them have little man insecurity syndrome. That’s why I am so for roboumps. Takes the emotional calls out of the game.
 
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