Baseball (the talkin' sport)

[mstar1]

Im beginning to wonder if the Red Sox will be eliminated before the Bruins and Celtics....but at least they are on a torrid ONE game winning streak now...

[Kit Sober]

Giants video from Showtime

Cool video especially if you love the Giants.

[OperaBuff]

I don't follow baseball, but thought you all might be interested in trying to win $5,600,000 in a contest sponsored by MLB. Sounds like an easy contest to me, but then what do I know..

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy/bts/y2011/splash_index.jsp

[hiway29]

There's no such thing as an 'easy contest' when that much money is involved-there's especially nothing 'easy' about predicting anything in baseball, which is designed to break your heart

[hiway29]

For my 3000 post, I'll congratulate Derek Jeter on his 3000 hits-assuming his calf heals sometime.

[hiway29]

For my 3000 post, I'll congratulate Derek Jeter on his 3000 hits-assuming his calf heals sometime.

Edited June 16, 2011 by hiway29

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I don't know if anyone will see this. (It's the first post on the thread in five years!) But I heard a brain teaser on the radio program "Says You" which baseball aficionados should enjoy.

Which of the following Hall-of-Famers is different from the others, and how is he different? Be specific.

Babe Ruth

Hank Aaron

Lou Gehrig

Willie Mays

Jimmie Foxx

(Note: it's not about statistics. You could say that Aaron is the only one who hit over 750 HR; but you could just as easily say that Gehrig was the only one to hit fewer than 500.)

George

[Raf]

Jimmie Foxx is the only one who became a pro manager, though not MLB. Not sure whether he actually said "There's no crying in baseball," though.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I suppose one could find similar oddities for each of the others.

Let me try to narrow it down. It has to do with their careers. They all have one thing in common, but the "odd man" is slightly different.

George

PS I realize that the "Jimmy Duggan" character in "A League of Their Own" was based on Foxx.

Edited July 1, 2016 by GeorgeStGeorge

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I'm just going to go ahead and give the answer, as either no one is interested or has a clue.

All of the baseball players mentioned began and ended their careers in the same city.

Lou Gehrig is the "odd man," because he played his entire career with one team (the Yankees).

Babe Ruth started with the Boston Red Sox, went to the New York Yankees, but finished with the Boston Braves.

Hank Aaron began his career with the Milwaukee Braves, moved to Atlanta (with the Braves), and finished with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Willie Mays started with the New York Giants, moved to San Francisco (with the Giants), and finished with the New York Mets.

Jimmy Foxx started with the Philadelphia Athletics, moved to Kansas City (with the Athletics), and finished with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Something to share at your next party. :)

George

[Raf]

Lou is the only one not to make it out of his 30s.

He was the only one in that group who was not alive when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Lou is the only one not to make it out of his 30s.

He was the only one in that group who was not alive when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Well, there are those, too...

George

[Stayed Too Long]

The Texas Rangers beat the Airizona DiamondBacks 4 games to 1 to win the 2023 World Series.

Congratulations!

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Danny Jansen could make history today by being the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in the same game.  There have been a number of times where a player has been traded between games of a doubleheader, but in this case, Danny Jansen was catching for the Blue Jays against the Red Sox on June 26, in a game that was suspended.  He has since been traded TO the Red Sox and will catch for THEM as the game resumes this afternoon.  

George

[Stayed Too Long]

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series by defeating the New York Yankees 4 games to 1. Congratulations!