...Brett Favre's first pass was a touchdown. An interception for a touchdown.
Mark
Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards. Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Only one basketball player has ever shot over 50% from the floor, 90% from the foul line, and over 40% from the 3 point arc and average over 28 ppg. The Birdman-Two consecutive years. 86/87 and 87/88
This has changed a little but in the 1996 NBA50 Greatest players coffee book the following stats were listed about Wilt Chamberlain.
45.8 Career average minutes per game - Nate Archibald is the last player to average 45 minutes for one season (1972-1973) 1700 or more rebounds 10 straight seasons- No player on a 1995-96 NBA roster ever had more than 1530 in one season. 22.9 career rebounds per game- Dennis Rodman averaged less than 13 rebounds through his first 10 seasons. 56 NBA regular season records- Michael Jordan holds 4 50 or more points 45 times in one season. Jordan has 27 50 point games in his career.
Pistol Pete Maravich scored 68 points verses the Knicks . If I recall correctly, he fouled out with about 8 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. George Gervin scored 64 points and sat the fourth to win the scoring title from David Thompson who scored 73 earlier in the day
Did you know... Jimmy Claxton was the first black man pictured on a Baseball Card. He played under the guise of a Native American until caught by the teams management shortly there after ~ in the meantime the Zeenut company had taken photos and released a 1916 card featuring his photo in his Oakland Oaks uniform. (A PCL team)
Did you know... Ray Caldwell of Cleveland is the only player to ever be struck by lightning and finish the game. I cant imagine any other player even being struck by lightning on the field, but it didnt even faze Ray. On Auguest 8, 1919 he was one out away from winning a game against the A's when he was struck. After a moment he got back on the field, got the last out and walked away with one of the most unusual wins ever.
Did you know... the lowest price paid for a player in trade was actually $100 and a bag of baseballs! Thats what the Detroit Tigers sent the Oakland A's for Keith Comstock on March 28, 1983. That cant be a boost to your ego. How many times have fans implied another team could have a player for a bag of balls? Careful what you ask for!
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen) and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
Are the Brewers the only team to play in 4 divisions?
I know they were in the AL West until Washington moved to Texas, the AL East until they chopped the leagues up into 3 divisions in 94, and the AL Central until the Diamond backs threw a hissy fit about wanting to be a NL team forcing them into the NL Central
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen) and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
<< <i>Are the Brewers the only team to play in 4 divisions?
I know they were in the AL West until Washington moved to Texas, the AL East until they chopped the leagues up into 3 divisions in 94, and the AL Central until the Diamond backs threw a hissy fit about wanting to be a NL team forcing them into the NL Central >>
The Milwaukee Brewers were also an American League team in 1901
Did you know? Longtime Royals radio announcer Denny Matthews is being inducted into the hall of fame with Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn. I don't suppose anyone outside the Royals radio network knows who he is, but he's done a great job for the Royals for many years.
The first pitcher in modern inter-league regular season play to hit for extra bases. KC Royals pitcher Jim Pittsley hit a double in the Royals first game at Three Rivers Stadium.
Collector of 1976 Topps baseball for some stupid reason. Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason. My Pirates Collection
<< <i>Who is the only player to collect hits for two major league teams in one day?
Kirk Gibson. Tigers and Dodgers. >>
The first was Joel Youngblood. Playing for the Mets in Chicago on Aug. 4, 1982, he drove in the winning run with a base hit and then was traded to Montreal. He rushed to join his new team for its night game in Philadelphia and delivered a hit for the Expos, becoming the first player to get hits for two different teams in two cities on the same day.
<< <i>President Eisenhower played for the West Point football team and was seriously injured on play tackling..............................Jim Thorpe >>
Eisenhower was also once restrained by the Secret Service at a baseball game. In 1954 Ike was excited to see Mickey Vernon hit a 10th inning HR to lead the Senators over the Yankees; in his excitement he rushed down to the field when the SS held him back. The Secret Service instead said they would bring Vernon to the president’s box seat.
A few weeks later, Ike would send Vernon a Silver Bat in honor of him winning the 1953 batting title. This kind of makes Vernon the first ‘Silver Slugger’, 27 years before the award began…
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen) and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
Ed Vosberg, a left-handed relief pitcher, is the only baseball player in history to have played in the Little League World Series, the College World Series, and the Major League World Series.
James Madison was the only person to have perfect attendance at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Not even George Washington, the president of the convention was there every day.
Sorry guys, I dont have much baseball history, but history....yes.
<< <i>Randy Johnson once killed a passing bird with a fastball. Damn thing exploded in a cloud of feathers. Pretty cool actually. I have the video snippet. >>
Wasn't pretty cool for the bird! Here's a few more:
* When Babe Ruth hit his 60 home runs in 1927, he outhomered all other American League teams (from a 1976 or 1977 baseball card I think).
* Harmon Killebrew did NOT hit 50 homers in a season; you might have thought he did because he did hit 49 twice.
* In case any of you get down for making a big blunder, just remember for all of Babe Ruth's 714 taters, he also struck out 1330 times.
* I forget which one exactly, but there's a 1969 Topps card that shows an Angels batboy instead of the correct player.
* Donruss is famous for their Diamond Kings subset/insert set, but they also recognized these Kings of Kings for extraordinary achievements: 1986: Pete Rose for breaking Ty Cobb's hits record 1990: Nolan Ryan for reaching 5000K 1994: Dave Winfield for reaching 3000H/400HR 1995: Eddie Murray for reaching 3000H/500HR 1995: Cal Ripken Jr for breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record
<< <i>Did you know? Longtime Royals radio announcer Denny Matthews is being inducted into the hall of fame with Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn. I don't suppose anyone outside the Royals radio network knows who he is, but he's done a great job for the Royals for many years. >>
You mean he won the annual Ford Frick award for sports commentators and writers. That is not considered HOF induction.
Here's an odd one - While playing for the Pirates (not sure what year this happened), Dave Parker singled to center field, a hit in which the cover of the ball came apart. Only time I've ever known of a cover being knocked (or almost so) off the ball.
<< <i>Here's an odd one - While playing for the Pirates (not sure what year this happened), Dave Parker singled to center field, a hit in which the cover of the ball came apart. Only time I've ever known of a cover being knocked (or almost so) off the ball. >>
Joe Dimaggio probably was not the greatest baseball player in the Dimaggio family.
Joe had an older brother named Frank. They say he was amazing and better than the other 3 brothers. His father did not want him leaving the family business. I think it was some sort of ocean fishing business. So, Frank stayed on with the business to help his father so that the 3 younger brothers (Vince, Dom, and Joe) could play ball.
Did u know the First Baseball Stadium in the U.S.?
In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened.
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P.S. I loved to go to Cleveland Municipal Stadium as a kid!
Tom Glavine was drafted to play in the NHL. Scott Skiles once held the national record for hitting home runs in four consecutive at bats in a high school game. Wilt Chamberlain averaged over 48 minutes per game in a season.
I am buying and trading for RC's of Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Bob Cousy! Don't waste your time and fees listing on ebay before getting in touch me by PM or at gregmo32@aol.com !
The Stanley Cup has never been won by a team based in the Pacific Time Zone. Los Angeles, Anaheim, and Vancouver all made the Finals at one time or another but all came out on the short end.
There are at this writing three Pacific teams still alive in the playoffs - San Jose, Anaheim, and Vancouver.
<< <i>There has been at least one player from each position to win back to back MVP awards.
Can you name them? >>
1rst-frank thomas 2nd-joe morgan ss-ernie banks 3rd-mike schmidt left-barry bonds catcher-bench????? right-clemente????? center-dale murphy??? pitcher- Was there a pitcher too?? I wouldn't have a clue.
<< <i>Nolan Ryan was the first major league baseball player to sign for a salary of $1 Million as a free agent when he signed with the Astros in 1979.
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Really?? I would've guessed Mike Schmidt. Perhaps he was the first $1 Million per year player but wasn't a free agent?? I would've swore I remember an old Sports Illustrated cover with him on it talking about huge salaries.
1. After retirement, Joe DiMaggio would not attend an appearance unless he was provided a first class ticket in seat 5D. 2. Ted Williams' true loves were hunting and fishing. As such, one one particular early morning, the bat boy showed up to Fenway for the afternoon's game. What he saw shocked him. Ted Williams had beat him to the park and was blasting birds out of the sky with his shotgun. Ted then instructed the boy to go out to the field and collect the birds for Ted. And there were a lot of them. 3. The White Sox were very close to signing Joe DiMaggio out of the Pacific Coast League, but then he broke his foot. The Yankees took over and the rest is history. Urban Legend stated that the White Sox did not want Joe D. since he was Italian. 4. Lou Gehrig actually played semi-pro ball under a false name for money while in college and got busted for it. Action was taken against him, but it never turned out to be a big deal. 5. Lou Gehrig at one point hated (maybe a strong word) Babe Ruth so much that he wouldn't talk to him. The key incident? While on a cruise to another country, Lou was looking for his wife and found her talking to the Babe in his room. 6. Tris Speaker was very fond of kids and contributed a lot to causes, but never had kids himself. 7. There are 7 managers in the history of the game that have completed a law degree. Toy LaRussa, Monte Ward (New York Giants, Brooklyn and Providence, late 1800s), Hughie Jennings (Detroit, 1907-20, New York Giants, 1924), Miller Huggins (St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees, 1913-29), Muddy Ruel (St. Louis Browns, 1947), Jack Hendricks (St. Louis Cardinals, 1918, Cincinnati, 1924-29) and Branch Rickey (St. Louis Browns, 1913-15, St. Louis Cardinals, 1919-25). 8. The lowest recorded IQ in the history of baseball reportedly belongs to Kyle Farnsworth, formerly of the Cubs and now with the Yankees.
Remember these Chuck Norris Facts
1. When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the Earth down 2. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, Chuck Norris can actually roundhouse kick you yesterday 3. There are no such things as lesbians, just women who have not yet met Chuck Norris
In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened.
Related to this, though Forbes Field was torn down, home plate remains on the floor in a hallway in the Pitt Law School, under plexi-glass, and I believe in roughly the same spot it was at in Forbes Field. Plus, a portion of the outfield wall remains. I think right field but not sure. It's probably 50 of wall if I remember correctly. It's a very cool baseball spot to check out in Pittsburgh.
<< <i>There has been at least one player from each position to win back to back MVP awards.
Can you name them? >>
1rst-frank thomas 2nd-joe morgan ss-ernie banks 3rd-mike schmidt left-barry bonds catcher-bench????? right-clemente????? center-dale murphy??? pitcher- Was there a pitcher too?? I wouldn't have a clue.
Fernado Tatis is the only player to hit two grand slams in the same inning Chan Ho Park is the only pitcher to give up two grand slams in the same inning Mark Whiten is the only player to have 4 home runs AND 12 RBIs in one game ( several have hit 4 HRS in a game and only one other has had 12 RBIsin a game)
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Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
The Birdman-Two consecutive years. 86/87 and 87/88
This has changed a little but in the 1996 NBA50 Greatest players coffee book the following stats were listed about Wilt Chamberlain.
45.8 Career average minutes per game - Nate Archibald is the last player to average 45 minutes for one season (1972-1973)
1700 or more rebounds 10 straight seasons- No player on a 1995-96 NBA roster ever had more than 1530 in one season.
22.9 career rebounds per game- Dennis Rodman averaged less than 13 rebounds through his first 10 seasons.
56 NBA regular season records- Michael Jordan holds 4
50 or more points 45 times in one season. Jordan has 27 50 point games in his career.
Pistol Pete Maravich scored 68 points verses the Knicks . If I recall correctly, he fouled out with about 8 minutes to go in the 4th quarter.
George Gervin scored 64 points and sat the fourth to win the scoring title from David Thompson who scored 73 earlier in the day
<< <i>...Brett Favre's first pass was a touchdown. An interception for a touchdown.
Mark >>
He 1st completed pass was to himself. It was tipped up and he caught it.
Joel
Did you know... Ray Caldwell of Cleveland is the only player to ever be struck by lightning and finish the game. I cant imagine any other player even being struck by lightning on the field, but it didnt even faze Ray. On Auguest 8, 1919 he was one out away from winning a game against the A's when he was struck. After a moment he got back on the field, got the last out and walked away with one of the most unusual wins ever.
Did you know... the lowest price paid for a player in trade was actually $100 and a bag of baseballs! Thats what the Detroit Tigers sent the Oakland A's for Keith Comstock on March 28, 1983. That cant be a boost to your ego. How many times have fans implied another team could have a player for a bag of balls? Careful what you ask for!
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen)
and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
<< <i>Name the only player to have 200 or more career hits against EVERY team he faced in his career (excluding the World Series). >>
Robin Yount
I know they were in the AL West until Washington moved to Texas, the AL East until they chopped the leagues up into 3 divisions in 94, and the AL Central until the Diamond backs threw a hissy fit about wanting to be a NL team forcing them into the NL Central
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen)
and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
<< <i>Name 3 MLB HOF'ers who ended their careers in the same cities they started but with different teams.
(I'll post the answer in about 30 min. if no one comes up with 'em) >>
Add Jimmie Foxx and Rogers Hornsby to the list
<< <i>Are the Brewers the only team to play in 4 divisions?
I know they were in the AL West until Washington moved to Texas, the AL East until they chopped the leagues up into 3 divisions in 94, and the AL Central until the Diamond backs threw a hissy fit about wanting to be a NL team forcing them into the NL Central >>
The Milwaukee Brewers were also an American League team in 1901
<< <i>
<< <i>Name 3 MLB HOF'ers who ended their careers in the same cities they started but with different teams.
(I'll post the answer in about 30 min. if no one comes up with 'em) >>
Add Jimmie Foxx and Rogers Hornsby to the list
One more to be added... Yogi Berra.
Poor Yogi; always getting left out...
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen)
and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
The first pitcher in modern inter-league regular season play to hit for extra bases. KC Royals pitcher Jim Pittsley hit a double in the Royals first game at Three Rivers Stadium.
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
Kirk Gibson. Tigers and Dodgers.
President Eisenhower played for the West Point football team and was seriously injured on play tackling..............................Jim Thorpe
<< <i>Who is the only player to collect hits for two major league teams in one day?
Kirk Gibson. Tigers and Dodgers. >>
The first was Joel Youngblood. Playing for the Mets in Chicago on Aug. 4, 1982, he drove in the winning run with a base hit and then was traded to Montreal. He rushed to join his new team for its night game in Philadelphia and delivered a hit for the Expos, becoming the first player to get hits for two different teams in two cities on the same day.
<< <i>President Eisenhower played for the West Point football team and was seriously injured on play tackling..............................Jim Thorpe >>
Eisenhower was also once restrained by the Secret Service at a baseball game. In 1954 Ike was excited to see Mickey Vernon hit a 10th inning HR to lead the Senators over the Yankees; in his excitement he rushed down to the field when the SS held him back. The Secret Service instead said they would bring Vernon to the president’s box seat.
A few weeks later, Ike would send Vernon a Silver Bat in honor of him winning the 1953 batting title. This kind of makes Vernon the first ‘Silver Slugger’, 27 years before the award began…
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen)
and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
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Sorry guys, I dont have much baseball history, but history....yes.
joe
<< <i>Randy Johnson once killed a passing bird with a fastball. Damn thing exploded in a cloud of feathers. Pretty cool actually. I have the video snippet. >>
Wasn't pretty cool for the bird!
* When Babe Ruth hit his 60 home runs in 1927, he outhomered all other American League teams (from a 1976 or 1977 baseball card I think).
* Harmon Killebrew did NOT hit 50 homers in a season; you might have thought he did because he did hit 49 twice.
* In case any of you get down for making a big blunder, just remember for all of Babe Ruth's 714 taters, he also struck out 1330 times.
* I forget which one exactly, but there's a 1969 Topps card that shows an Angels batboy instead of the correct player.
* Donruss is famous for their Diamond Kings subset/insert set, but they also recognized these Kings of Kings for extraordinary achievements:
1986: Pete Rose for breaking Ty Cobb's hits record
1990: Nolan Ryan for reaching 5000K
1994: Dave Winfield for reaching 3000H/400HR
1995: Eddie Murray for reaching 3000H/500HR
1995: Cal Ripken Jr for breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
<< <i>Did you know? Longtime Royals radio announcer Denny Matthews is being inducted into the hall of fame with Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn. I don't suppose anyone outside the Royals radio network knows who he is, but he's done a great job for the Royals for many years. >>
You mean he won the annual Ford Frick award for sports commentators and writers. That is not considered HOF induction.
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
<< <i>Here's an odd one - While playing for the Pirates (not sure what year this happened), Dave Parker singled to center field, a hit in which the cover of the ball came apart. Only time I've ever known of a cover being knocked (or almost so) off the ball. >>
I think Roy Hobbs may have done that as well.
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<< <i>Joe Torre is one of only 2 players to hit into 4 double plays in a single game. >>
Felix Millan was the lead guy on every one of those, too.
Asked about it after the game, the ever sharp and deadpan Torre said :"I couldn't've done it without Felix."
Joe had an older brother named Frank. They say he was amazing and better than the other 3 brothers. His father did not want him leaving the family business. I think it was some sort of ocean fishing business. So, Frank stayed on with the business to help his father so that the 3 younger brothers (Vince, Dom, and Joe) could play ball.
Shane
Did u know that 56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball games each year?
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Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
Nolan Ryan was the first major league baseball player to sign for a salary of $1 Million as a free agent when he signed with the Astros in 1979.
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Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
Can you name them?
Did u know the First Baseball Stadium in the U.S.?
In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened.
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P.S. I loved to go to Cleveland Municipal Stadium as a kid!
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
Scott Skiles once held the national record for hitting home runs in four consecutive at bats in a high school game.
Wilt Chamberlain averaged over 48 minutes per game in a season.
Don't waste your time and fees listing on ebay before getting in touch me by PM or at gregmo32@aol.com !
There are at this writing three Pacific teams still alive in the playoffs - San Jose, Anaheim, and Vancouver.
<< <i>There has been at least one player from each position to win back to back MVP awards.
Can you name them? >>
1rst-frank thomas
2nd-joe morgan
ss-ernie banks
3rd-mike schmidt
left-barry bonds
catcher-bench?????
right-clemente?????
center-dale murphy???
pitcher- Was there a pitcher too?? I wouldn't have a clue.
shawn
<< <i>Nolan Ryan was the first major league baseball player to sign for a salary of $1 Million as a free agent when he signed with the Astros in 1979.
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Really?? I would've guessed Mike Schmidt. Perhaps he was the first $1 Million per year player but wasn't a free agent?? I would've swore I remember an old Sports Illustrated cover with him on it talking about huge salaries.
shawn
I found this
This was what I had in my head. At least it existed, after all, nearly 22 years ago.
Shawn
2. Ted Williams' true loves were hunting and fishing. As such, one one particular early morning, the bat boy showed up to Fenway for the afternoon's game. What he saw shocked him. Ted Williams had beat him to the park and was blasting birds out of the sky with his shotgun. Ted then instructed the boy to go out to the field and collect the birds for Ted. And there were a lot of them.
3. The White Sox were very close to signing Joe DiMaggio out of the Pacific Coast League, but then he broke his foot. The Yankees took over and the rest is history. Urban Legend stated that the White Sox did not want Joe D. since he was Italian.
4. Lou Gehrig actually played semi-pro ball under a false name for money while in college and got busted for it. Action was taken against him, but it never turned out to be a big deal.
5. Lou Gehrig at one point hated (maybe a strong word) Babe Ruth so much that he wouldn't talk to him. The key incident? While on a cruise to another country, Lou was looking for his wife and found her talking to the Babe in his room.
6. Tris Speaker was very fond of kids and contributed a lot to causes, but never had kids himself.
7. There are 7 managers in the history of the game that have completed a law degree. Toy LaRussa, Monte Ward (New York Giants, Brooklyn and Providence, late 1800s), Hughie Jennings (Detroit, 1907-20, New York Giants, 1924), Miller Huggins (St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees, 1913-29), Muddy Ruel (St. Louis Browns, 1947), Jack Hendricks (St. Louis Cardinals, 1918, Cincinnati, 1924-29) and Branch Rickey (St. Louis Browns, 1913-15, St. Louis Cardinals, 1919-25).
8. The lowest recorded IQ in the history of baseball reportedly belongs to Kyle Farnsworth, formerly of the Cubs and now with the Yankees.
Remember these Chuck Norris Facts
1. When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the Earth down
2. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, Chuck Norris can actually roundhouse kick you yesterday
3. There are no such things as lesbians, just women who have not yet met Chuck Norris
Seventeen at age 17 tying at that time the record held by Dizzy Dean
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My Sports Cards/Magazines
Cards/Mags
Paul Dean pitched a no hitter the first game and Brother Dizzy a one hit shut out the second
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Cards/Mags
<< <i>Before Chipper Jones, the last switch hitter to win MVP??
Mantle you say?? Pete Rose??
...how about Vida Blue! >>
That's not true. Caminiti won it in 96. Pendleton won it in 91. McGee won it in 1985. Rose won it in 1973.
All were switch hitters.
Vida Blue won it in 1971.
In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened.
Related to this, though Forbes Field was torn down, home plate remains on the floor in a hallway in the Pitt Law School, under plexi-glass, and I believe in roughly the same spot it was at in Forbes Field. Plus, a portion of the outfield wall remains. I think right field but not sure. It's probably 50 of wall if I remember correctly. It's a very cool baseball spot to check out in Pittsburgh.
<< <i>
<< <i>There has been at least one player from each position to win back to back MVP awards.
Can you name them? >>
1rst-frank thomas
2nd-joe morgan
ss-ernie banks
3rd-mike schmidt
left-barry bonds
catcher-bench?????
right-clemente?????
center-dale murphy???
pitcher- Was there a pitcher too?? I wouldn't have a clue.
shawn >>
Catcher- Yogi Berra
RF- Dale Murphy
CF Mickey Mantle
P- Hal Newhouser
<< <i>Bob Feller is the only pitcher to have struck out as many players as his age
Seventeen at age 17 tying at that time the record held by Dizzy Dean >>
thats no longer true. Feller was the only until Kerry Wood did it a couple years back
~ I believe he had 20 in his 20YO year.
Currently searching for 05 Upper Deck Origins & Old Judge Autos #/5 (Feller, Hafner, V.Martinez & Rosen)
and 06 SP Authentic “By The Numbers” Letter Autos (Sabathia, Hafner, Sowers, V.Martinez & Lee)
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
Barry Bonds had more HRs (73) than singles (49) in 2001.
Chan Ho Park is the only pitcher to give up two grand slams in the same inning
Mark Whiten is the only player to have 4 home runs AND 12 RBIs in one game ( several have hit 4 HRS in a game and only one other has had 12 RBIsin a game)
Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007
Al
<< <i>8. The lowest recorded IQ in the history of baseball reportedly belongs to Kyle Farnsworth, formerly of the Cubs and now with the Yankees. >>
While that doesn't surprise me, has Carl Pavano been tested?
<< <i>Robin Roberts was the only pitcher to defeat the Boston Braves--the Milwaukee Braves and the Atlanta braves >>
And Eddie Mathews was the only guy to play for all three incarnations of the franchise.
Robin Yount
You are correct baseball_fanatic. Nice job out of you.