Russell Martin's performance last night made history it put him in a club with Babe Ruth
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and one other player.
"36 or older with two or more extra-base hits and 4 or mor RBI's in postseason."
Who was that player?
No Googling.
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btw I don't know.
LA Times article failed to mention who it was.
Maybe Reggie.
Back in the day No Googling was my favorite player , I have his rookie card
You have his eyes, too.
If anyone knows this they are the undisputed baseball trivia champ of CU.
Paul O'Neill?
I don't know.
But, if you're right change your name to thisistheshowactuary.
Could be will Clark.
@hammer1 Still haven't looked it up. Too much suspense. Who was it?
I'm not patient enough to hold back on an answer this long.
I wish I knew.
Barry Bonds 2002 I’m guessing. He had a great WS, and was 38 that season.
that makes sense.
maybe the reporter left out his name in the article because he's anti-roids.
I thought it was Yankees. Is it all players. I'm confused.
all players
I know it.
Didn’t google it, but did grandpa it!
edit: No one’s even close. Coulda gave me infinite guesses and wouldnt have.
Grandpa is 85 and a lil shaky these days. So I googled it once I knew the name because Ive never even heard of this guy.
And a little extra trivia coming at you. The game Ruth did it was “the called shot” game. Game 3, ‘32 World Series.
it's been 10 days. ain't nobody getting it.
what did gramps say?
Seriously? Here or PM
here por favor...
Paul Richards
1945 World Series
Game 7
Gramps is Bill White of the Cardinals Organization. No not that Bill White. Was a pitcher and most likely would have made it professionally had it not been for WWII. Went into the service and fell in love. After retiring as a Col. in the Army, he retired to St. Pete to work with the Cardinals minor league team and actual Cardinals spring training facility. Was on city council there and played an instrumental part in bringing the Devil Rays to “Tampa”, I mean St. Pete. He used to tell me stories about studying hitters religiously back in the day and I was a little nervous when I didnt recognize the name, but astonished after I got off the phone with him and googled it for verification. He blew my mind again and so for that, I thank you, hammer. This thread brought me another great story about my Grandfather.
Just goes to show you that no matter how much time you spend looking at baseball stats there will still be people you've never heard of, even one's who hold (sort of) records.
Great story @artee Thanks for sharing. He sounds amazing!
He is! I was way too young at the time to appreciate it, maybe 7 or 8 and I remember it was his birthday dinner in Washington DC. It was big because it was planned for months and the entire family traveled for this particular birthday.
He had just retired and there was this big formal dinner at some restaurant. I just remember sitting there watching my Grandfather give all his attention to this other bald guy. And they just sat there for what felt like hours telling stories, laughing and reminiscing. Couple hours later, everyone that wasnt immediate family had left. I was tired and bored as hell. I played baseball, however not yet collecting. But even then, could only tolerate so many baseball stories in one night. Especially “had to be there, remember when” stories.
By now my mom was rolling her eyes as my grandpa and this bald dude downed numerous cocktails and then ordered the dreaded coffee.
This definitely wasnt her first dinner like this. Anyways, it was his day and we couldn't ruin it. As we are leaving this bald dude whips out a wallet type thing and hands me a “baseball” card. Then signs it and hands it to me. I wasnt impressed. Didnt look like a regular baseball card to me. Again, not a collector yet but it’s not hard to spot an obvious fake. It was a Go-Bot, not a Transformer, ya dig? Anyways, my grandfather promptly grabs the card and sticks it in his jacket liner pocket. Felt a little rude, but I honestly didn't care. I was ready. to. go. and we were going. My ass was happy so you go ahead and keep the go-bot card of a bald dude, grandpa. No args here, trust me!
Several years later, I’m back down in St. Pete visiting him for the summer. He knew I started collecting and asks me if I remember that “special dinner” up in DC some years back. I, of course say, “ the one when you and the other bald guy drank coffee all night?” which made him laugh. He then whips out the card he had saved for me all these years. Turns out the other bald guy ended up being....(seeing if i can locate the card)
Ok, not like a million eyes were glued to this thread in the last 10 minutes, but gave it a quick glance and could not find MY card. But considering this guy went on to be an NBC announcer and on the Today show and this was his business card, it wasnt too hard to find a copy online. Here’s that “bald guy” who stole all my grandpa’s attention in all his glory:
Mr. Joe G! The guy that used to catch and boss The Colonel around in their pre-mlb days.
And while I didnt find the Joe G card, I knew this was up there, so...one more quick story before I bore you guys like “pe-paw” and bald joe did to me. (Yes, I called him Pe-paw, so what?) Anyways, Pe-Paw never really collected baseball cards. But he always followed the Cards org and kept in touch. A few years back, he gave me the only year of baseball cards he ever collected. As a collector, I found it quite peculiar that it was a box full of just 1 year of cards. So I asked him. PP, whats up with having a baseball card collection that only consists of 1 freaking year. He said he had been to a few games that year and again, please keep in mind this was a different era when he grew up. Being a pitcher and a colonel in the army, he said there is this black fella pitching for the birds that is the most remarkable, dominant and aggressive guy I have ever witnessed hurl the pill from the mound. My grandfather being a pitcher and army man really dug the approach and aggressiveness of this “fella”. I noticed he didnt say “black fella” this time. It wasnt discussed but I truly think he respected his style so much that I firmly believe it was this man who made my grandfather stop seeing a person not by the color of their skin but by what they do and how they carry themselves. I know this because my grandfather who never previously collected cards, but a US wars collector, letters mainly went out to get packs of baseball cards just to pull this card:
And being a completionist, had to finish the set. So just so you know this entire story isnt BS, because I do joke, kid and bs alot, here is pe-paws 1972 topps set inspired by Mr. Bob Gibson:
enjoyed those stories!
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
As soon as you mentioned Paul Richards, his 1951 Bowman popped into my head. Haven't seen that card in years!