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Post by bigdaddy on Aug 1, 2019 11:36:24 GMT -5
who is the only player to hit a homerun in Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds, Ebbetts Field, Shea Stadium? remember going to Google is like writing down the wrong score on your golf card? b.d.
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Post by frangooch on Aug 1, 2019 11:52:57 GMT -5
Guessing Willie, but that's too easy.
Next guess: Gil Hodges?
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Post by bigdaddy on Aug 1, 2019 12:21:00 GMT -5
Willie was my first guess too but not correct....Hodges also a good one but no....
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Post by eye123 on Aug 1, 2019 12:26:11 GMT -5
Being a Met fan since their inception (1962) think Willie and Gil are in the ball park. The first season was filled with players past their prime and picked up by the Mets. Duke Snider former Dodger had to hit a home run in both the Polo Grounds(Dodgers vs Giants) and Ebbetts Field. I know he hit one in his year with the Mets. Yankee Stadium ?......World Series ?......
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Post by bigdaddy on Aug 1, 2019 12:34:05 GMT -5
this may or may not help....but it refers to regular season only...I apologize I shoulda stipulated that
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Post by phlierfreak on Aug 1, 2019 13:00:39 GMT -5
marvelous marv thornberry??? no dont think so. how about rich ashburn.
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Post by eye123 on Aug 1, 2019 13:03:24 GMT -5
Going to spit in the wind Don Zimmer ?
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Post by jolyb on Aug 1, 2019 13:19:04 GMT -5
Limiting it to regular season makes it much more difficult. Before that I was going to guess Hank Aaron, since the Braves played the Yankees in the 57 and 58 series.
If you limit it to regular season, you need someone who played in both leagues. How about Frank Robinson. He was with Cincy before the Dodgers and Giants moved west, then could have played at Shea in 64 or 65 before he was traded to Baltimore. At least he would have been able to play in those stadiums during the regular season, and he hit a LOT of HR's.
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Post by bigdaddy on Aug 1, 2019 13:25:35 GMT -5
winner...winner....chicken dinner....nice job Jolyb….Frank Robinson indeed....often overlooked great player...had a marvelous career...also the first African American manager
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Post by spanky on Aug 4, 2019 19:50:54 GMT -5
No peeky... In 1967 the Stan Musial coached Cards won the World Series and the mound was lowered, in part , because of Bob Gibson. It was also the last year this ex- Yankee played before retiring from baseball. Pretty easy answer...
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Post by shoes on Aug 4, 2019 20:06:06 GMT -5
Spanky- don't believe Stan coached the Cardinals. They did win the Series in 1967 but lost the following year 1968 to my Tigers. It was 1968 when pitchers in general and Gisbson specifically, where dominant. The mound was lowered in 1969. Mantle retired after the 1968 season.
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Post by eye123 on Aug 4, 2019 21:10:05 GMT -5
Bob Gibson and Denny McLain...oh what a world series that was. Got me wondering, looked at what they made that year and some stats.(1968)
Bob Gibson....$85,000 22 wins 9 loses 1.12 era Cy Young National League MVP
Denny McLain..$33,000 31 wins 6 loses 1.96 era Cy Young American League MVP
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Post by spanky on Aug 5, 2019 7:50:58 GMT -5
I stand corrected on Stan the Man. He was the General Manager of the Cards in 11967. The player I was referring to on that team was Roger Maris. As far as money goes, how much do you suppose the Mick would make today? How about Gibson or even McLain. Could Mantle star in today's game? I think either pitcher would dominate but not sure how #7 would do in today's game. Mantle was my favorite player ever. So sad that injuries to his knees shortened his career.
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Post by eye123 on Aug 5, 2019 10:08:30 GMT -5
The medium income in 1968 was about $7,700...today it's about $64,000.....so less then 10 times as much. Gibson made $85,000 in 1968. That was a Cy Young, MVP year for him. Justin Verlander is making $28,000,000 this year.(A number of players making more then him this year) So Verlander is making about 330 times what Gibson made. Crazy. Most players back then after their career ended had to do other things to survive. (Joe D...mister coffee commercials) Mickey (baseball signings) Denny...drug dealer (geez) and of course the beer commercials and part time acting. Players today, set for life. A day at the ballpark back then didn't require taking out a second mortgage on the house. (My most recent game, a Marlins game....ten bucks for a beer).....Times do change.
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Post by jolyb on Aug 5, 2019 10:51:46 GMT -5
A couple of comments on your post Spanky. I think that Roger Maris played on both the 67 and 68 Cards, and then retired to run a Budwiser distributorship that Mr. Busch had promised him.
The Mickey Mantle of his early years, before all of the leg injuries, could have dominated in any era. His combination of speed and power was awesome. His triple crown year was 1956. All season long, the New York papers would print a comparison of the number of his HR's to date and the number that Babe Ruth had hit in 1927 at the same point of the season. He was ahead until well into September when he tailed off and may have been playing hurt. If only he had taken care of himself ...... I sort of blame Billy Martin and Whitey Ford for their influences on an unsophisticated kid from a small town in Oklahoma.
I'm not sure how much Mickey could command today. I do remember a time when Joe D was asked how much he could command (and this was long before today's astronomical salaries). Joe said "the club owner would call me his partner."
I'm afraid that all of these recollections say 2 things about me. (1) I was a baseball nerd as a kid and (2) I'm getting pretty old.
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Post by tc on Aug 5, 2019 11:33:15 GMT -5
The medium income in 1968 was about $7,700...today it's about $64,000.....so less then 10 times as much. Gibson made $85,000 in 1968. That was a Cy Young, MVP year for him. Justin Verlander is making $28,000,000 this year.(A number of players making more then him this year) So Verlander is making about 330 times what Gibson made. Crazy. Most players back then after their career ended had to do other things to survive. (Joe D...mister coffee commercials) Mickey (baseball signings) Denny...drug dealer (geez) and of course the beer commercials and part time acting. Players today, set for life. A day at the ballpark back then didn't require taking out a second mortgage on the house. (My most recent game, a Marlins game....ten bucks for a beer).....Times do change. Even though this was not eye's intent, this post got me thinking about the extent of income inequality in the grand ole USA...maybe just maybe this income inequality may have something to do with the current state of the nation? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States
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Post by shoes on Aug 5, 2019 12:02:37 GMT -5
sigh- what began as a no politics, baseball thread......
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Post by tc on Aug 5, 2019 12:27:13 GMT -5
sigh- what began as a no politics, baseball thread...... any of the moderators are free to take down any of my posts for whatever reason they like...I will certainly not be offended or upset. sigh...indeed.
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Post by eye123 on Aug 5, 2019 13:07:33 GMT -5
Yogi..."It's deja vu all over again." Yogi quotes over the years: "Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise, they won't come to yours." • On pregame preparation: "I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4." • On advising a young player trying to emulate the great Frank Robinson's swing: "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him." • "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." • "All pitchers are liars or crybabies." • On his hitting approach: "I can't think and hit at the same time." • "So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face." • On being honored in his hometown of St. Louis during his rookie season: "I want to thank everybody for making this day necessary." • "The future ain't what it used to be." • "Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel." • On lining up for a Spring Training drill: "Pair 'em up in threes." • On the 1973 Mets: "We were overwhelming underdogs." • The recording heard on the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center's phone: "This message won't be over 'til it's done." • "We made too many wrong mistakes." • "Pie a la mode, with ice cream." • "I wish I had an answer to that, because I'm tired of answering that question." • "You tell the stupidest questions." • "Never answer an anonymous letter." • "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical." • On posterity: "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken." • "You can observe a lot by watching." • "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." • About a St. Louis restaurant: "No one goes there anymore. It's too crowded." • About the effect of the sun in left field in the old Yankee Stadium during late-season games: "It gets late early out there." • About Bill Dickey: "He learned me all his experience." • "If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" • Perhaps his most famous of all: "It ain't over 'til it's over."
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Post by spanky on Aug 5, 2019 13:23:38 GMT -5
simple fix...talk baseball! I clicked the link above but my attention span isn't long enough to read the whole Wiki Leaks thingy...lol...Does anyone watch Modern Marvels on the History Channel? I love this program! Today they are talking about where and how the buffets in Vegas started. Like many things in Vegas that has changed since they went corporate the buffets are hardly the same. Or at least the prices. I remember the good ole 99 cent shrimp cocktails and free drinks. But what I miss the most is the clinking of the coins as they dropped from the slots. Paper credits now.
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