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WHICH ONE OF THESE 2 IS THE GREATER WORLD SERIES FEAT?
BLUEJAYWAY
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Been an observer for these past 3 months and thought it was time to" jump into the pool". Having just finished reading "BEING MR.OCTOBER", a bio on Reggie Jackson, I got to thinking of this for a topic. Vote for (and why) either Don Larsens perfect game in the 1956 World Series or Reggie Jacksons 3 consecutive homeruns off 3 different pitchers, all on the first pitch in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. As an aside, he had hit one previously in Game 5. He walked in his last at bat in Game 5. That did not count as an at bat so technically he hit four in a row, but for this debate I am only keying in on the single game aspect. To be fair can we leave out the personality judgements of both players, and just key in on the 2 feats and judge them on their respective merits/difficulty levels. Disclaimer: I am unbiased as to both of them being Yankees, and thought this would make for an interesting topic based on their respective difficulty levels. I did have the pleasure of meeting Mr.Larsen at a card show some 20 years ago. And I understand he auctioned off his uniform some months ago from that World Series, I think to help with his Grandsons education with the proceeds.
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Babe Ruth hit three in a World series game twice once in 1926 and again in 1928 and Puhols did it in 2011 and Pablo Sandoval has also done it.
Not even close.
3 complete game wins in the 1968 World Series against St. Louis.
A career .110 hitter, he also hammered a home run in game 2.
<< <i> I still vividly remember Jose Felicianos rendition of the National Anthem at the start of one of the games at Tiger Stadium. Caused quite a stir among the traditionalists. >>
Oh yes.
My father was in St Louis on business. Company he worked for took all the managers to Busch for one of the series games. Now those are some real benefits.
<< <i>Mickey Lolich beats both performances.
3 complete game wins in the 1968 World Series against St. Louis.
A career .110 hitter, he also hammered a home run in game 2. >>
If you're gonna go that route, go back to Christy Mathewson in the 1905 Series.
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<< <i>Mickey Lolich beats both performances.
3 complete game wins in the 1968 World Series against St. Louis.
A career .110 hitter, he also hammered a home run in game 2. >>
If you're gonna go that route, go back to Christy Mathewson in the 1905 Series. >>
How about Lew Burdette against the 1957 Yankees? Yankees lineup looks tougher than the '68 Cardinals and Lou pitched three complete games and gave up only two runs! Lolich's ERA was a full run higher.
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<< <i>Mickey Lolich beats both performances.
3 complete game wins in the 1968 World Series against St. Louis.
A career .110 hitter, he also hammered a home run in game 2. >>
If you're gonna go that route, go back to Christy Mathewson in the 1905 Series. >>
Bingo but in the other scenario I would take the perfect game.
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<< <i>As an aside, he had hit one previously in Game 5. He walked in his last at bat in Game 5. That did not count as an at bat so technically he hit four in a row >>
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He homered in his last PA of game 5. He walked in his first PA of game 6.
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The walk was a 4-pitch walk, so he hit HRs on 4 consecutive swings.
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<< <i>Mickey Lolich beats both performances.
3 complete game wins in the 1968 World Series against St. Louis.
A career .110 hitter, he also hammered a home run in game 2. >>
If you're gonna go that route, go back to Christy Mathewson in the 1905 Series. >>
How about Lew Burdette against the 1957 Yankees? Yankees lineup looks tougher than the '68 Cardinals and Lou pitched three complete games and gave up only two runs! Lolich's ERA was a full run higher. >>
Fair enough. I wasn't an 11 year old baseball nut in 1957 New York, though.
I'm not sure if these stats are thru the 2013 season, maybe only thru the 2012 season:
3 Home Runs hit in a game: since 1922 it has been done 479 times.
Perfect Game - since 1880 it has been done 23 times.
IMO, pretty good reason to vote for the Perfect Game being MUCH harder.
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<< <i>Perfect game MUCH harder to do. Especially when you consider a pitcher is going against one of the best teams in baseball for that year, but a hitter could be facing a rather ordinary pitcher or pitchers.
Babe Ruth hit three in a World series game twice once in 1926 and again in 1928 and Puhols did it in 2011 and Pablo Sandoval has also done it.
Not even close. >>
Agree.
3 wins though probably gets you a ring!