And happy **FIFTH** anniversary to this important sports moment. pic.twitter.com/qGJyHsWLXv— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 6, 2020
― mookieproof, Sunday, 6 September 2020 05:02 (three years ago) link
October 13, 1960 at 3:36pm.The Maz Moment. pic.twitter.com/O04fLUzxck— Pirates (@Pirates) October 13, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
14 years ago today, Endy Chavez robbed Scott Rolen in Game 7 of the NLCS.pic.twitter.com/fSLXhwv2ti— SNY (@SNYtv) October 19, 2020
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 October 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
^^^this gets overlooked because the mets lost anyway, and i guess i wouldn't quite put it in the category of the mays/edmonds over-the-shoulder catches, but i think it has to be the best homer-robbing catch i've ever seen
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 October 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
"That is the furthest ball I have ever seen hit."18 years ago, @BarryBonds hit an absolute moonshot in the #WorldSeries. đł pic.twitter.com/YPKzjGVUca— MLB Vault (@MLBVault) October 20, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
still haven't seen that ball land tbh
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
Feel like Dr. M would have appreciated this inside-baseball (more like behind the scenes) story about perhaps the moment the collapse of the Bash Brothers-era A's became imminent:
https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/1990-world-series-a-s-reds-upset-15667901.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight
The Aâs outmatched the Reds in every way except one: Cincinnati had a deep, flame-throwing bullpen that wasnât fully appreciated until the analytics era that Billy Beane helped usher in years later.Reds advance scout Jimmy Stewart told the San Francisco Chronicle about a conversation he had with famed Dodgers scout Mel Didier at the American League Championship Series in '90: âMel caught me under the stands when we were both getting a Coke,â Stewart said. âHe told me, âYouâve got the kind of pitchers that can beat them.ââDidier is credited with tipping the Dodgersâ Kirk Gibson about the likelihood of Eckersley throwing him a backdoor slider on a 3-2 count before his legendary World Series homer in 1988. He was right this time, too.
Reds advance scout Jimmy Stewart told the San Francisco Chronicle about a conversation he had with famed Dodgers scout Mel Didier at the American League Championship Series in '90: âMel caught me under the stands when we were both getting a Coke,â Stewart said. âHe told me, âYouâve got the kind of pitchers that can beat them.ââ
Didier is credited with tipping the Dodgersâ Kirk Gibson about the likelihood of Eckersley throwing him a backdoor slider on a 3-2 count before his legendary World Series homer in 1988. He was right this time, too.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 24 October 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
bait for Earl Nash as well...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 24 October 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
The Nasty Boys were pretty tough, they were like a modern bullpen because there was three of them, so they could shut clubs down after the 6th. Their rotation had Jose Rijo at the top of his powers and Tom Browning was the Freddy Norman lefty who ate up innings but after that especially after injuries slowed up 'All American' Jack Armstrong (who was an Allstar that year and soon faded into obscurity) and Danny Jackson, who was really good when he was healthy - they were a bit thin.
Lefty Norm Charlton is the unsung member of the Nasty Boys and probably the best pitcher as he picked up some big starts down the stretch when the injuries piled up. Reds as usual bet on the wrong one giving Dibble the cash, which considering his rockem sockem robot motion, you know was not going to work after a while. I'd bet with the current radar though he would be 100+ on the gun, as he through mid-high 90s back then on the old Juggs gun. Randy Myers got expensive, but he was always solid and a character (supposedly had a disarmed hand grenade always in his locker). Lou Pinella loved Norm Charlton and got him to Seattle where he got hurt and was never quite the same. Dude was an A+ middle/swingman out of the pen though for a few years.
The always 2+ day growth bearded Rick Mahler who pitched a couple metric tons of innings for bad Braves teams on WTBS Superstation was another wiley vet pitcher who filled in out of the rotation and as a long man. Reds had the clean cut thing for Marge back in those days, so he looked weird being clean shaven after looking perpetually like was always waking up from a bender pitching for the Braves.
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKc_q30h8Kw
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
Dibble had to be a bit of the inspiration for Kenny Powers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJkhKBKg9MM
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
For the good Dr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63GbSuE045Y
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 19:47 (three years ago) link
Can't find Dibbles other meltdown against the Cubs where he tore off his jersey. It was a couple years later when they went back to the 50s sleeveless with the black shirt underneath.
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71GMb2DrX0L._AC_SY445_.jpghttps://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KKbsSMGxCLE/VYodw4HQT3I/AAAAAAAAClE/hm8dYiMYTu8/s1600/rick%2Bmahler%2B1983.jpghttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71U1vT4yuWL._AC_SY445_.jpg
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41i9r4ix%2B3L._AC_.jpg
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
Forgot about this one...by Hal McCoy that covered the Reds for 25+ years through the whole Big Red Machine.
Q: Which do you rank better, Yasiel Puig trying to fight the entire Pittsburgh team or Pedro Borbon biting off a piece of a New York Mets cap in the 1973 playoffs? â RON, Vandalia.
A: Neither one. Puig seemed to be all yak while his teammates held him back and when he got loose he didnât do any damage. And Borbon biting a hunk out of Cleon Jonesâs Mets cap at the end of a fight was humorous. But my top ranking goes to a brawl the Reds and Houston Astros had when Rob Dibble threw behind the Astros Eric Yelding during a game in 1991. There was a skirmish on the mound, a huge pile-up with Dibble on the bottom. Houston first base coach Ed Ott had Dibble in a choke hold and Dibbleâs face turned red, blue and black. He nearly became only the second on-the-field baseball fatality. (Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians died after getting hit by a pitch from Carl Mays of the New York Yankees in 1920).
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
The one where Dibble tore off his uniform was just as nutty, I seem to recall Andre Dawson being involved in it too.
I saw it and the Doug Dascenzo play happen on TV live. (Doug Dascenzo is the hart part of the trivia question on the Mississippi state team with Will Clark, Rafael Palmiero, and Jeff Brantley that made it to the big leagues. Dascenzo was also a pitcher on that MSU team and I seem to recall him doing a mop up apperance on the mount for the Cubs).
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 October 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
amir garrett actually *did* fight the entire pittsburgh team
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 October 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
Garrett is a big dude, he played D-1 basketball.
― earlnash, Monday, 26 October 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
I had kinda forgot what a grade-A prick Dibble was.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 26 October 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
Dibble had a brief stint as the varsity baseball head coach at Calabasas High School in Calabasas, California.[23] He was fired from his head coaching job on March 27, 2013, only ten games into the season.
20 years ago today: pic.twitter.com/mQ1meNBhG1— Dan Riffle (@DanRiffle) March 24, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
May 7, 2016: Bartolo Colon hits his first career MLB home run. pic.twitter.com/B6snjDZelm— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) May 7, 2021
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 May 2021 12:42 (three years ago) link
June 1, 2007: AA Mississippi Braves manager Phillip Wellman with one of the all-time great manager tirades.The perfectly executed rosin bag hand grenade toss, preceded by suspense-building army crawl should be displayed in Cooperstown. pic.twitter.com/C4F20khNYM— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) June 1, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
Via Facebook, so I'm not sure if this will embed properly.
55 years ago today, the @Athletics drafted @ASU_Baseball star Reggie Jackson with the second overall pick. Steve Chilcott, the No. 1 pick, would never play a major league game â but @mroctober was ticketed for Cooperstown. pic.twitter.com/L362hbOXmj— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum âž (@baseballhall) June 7, 2021
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Oops--yesterday!
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link
40 years ago today, the Padres drafted Tony Gwynn. 40 years ago today, the Clippers also drafted Tony Gwynn. (Seriously, same day!)A look back 4 decades later on a decision that seems so obvious in hindsight... but maybe wasnât at the time.https://t.co/CGaqa6YqGF— AJ Cassavell (@AJCassavell) June 9, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
whoa
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Rick Wise, the Jacob deGrom/Shohei Ohtani of 1972:
https://www.mlb.com/news/rick-wise-s-no-hitter-and-two-homers
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 11:56 (two years ago) link
The Jerry Meals game was a decade ago. A decade. pic.twitter.com/gHSKjXBFxM— Dan Zangrilli (@DanZangrilli) July 26, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
The first baseball broadcast on radio is aired by KDKA of Pittsburgh, announced by Harold Arlin (pictured), for a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies: pic.twitter.com/Cedocv5gkF— 100 Years Ago Today (@CenturyAgoToday) August 5, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 August 2021 12:30 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/euoCEnE.png
https://i.imgur.com/yrfChFz.png
https://i.imgur.com/8n4Z4ce.png
https://i.imgur.com/M43GujZ.png
https://i.imgur.com/niP7cqm.png
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
used 'em all up
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 31 March 2022 15:25 (two years ago) link
When did that happen? I literally don't recognize a single name there.
― clemenza, Thursday, 31 March 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
a couple ex Jay farmhands in there!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 31 March 2022 16:30 (two years ago) link
roberto clemente got his 3000th and final hit 50 years ago today
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fd6wHZoX0AI2UBh?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 September 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
so good
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 30 September 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
Rod Carew turns 77 today.
Now that Roberto Alomar has disgraced himself, I think Carew is my favourite player ever. His batting stance was so unique, and his career box is a thing of beauty. He flirted with .400 deep into the summer three or four times when I was a teenager, most notably in 1977. One of my favourite SI covers ever, and the accompanying piece was also great.
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/ted-williams-and-minnesota-twins-rod-carew-july-18-1977-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 1 October 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
On Oil Can Boyd's 63rd birthday, let me just say this again, no one has ever looked cooler on a baseball card than this: pic.twitter.com/b9k13f2K5T— Kevin Glew (@coopincanada) October 6, 2022
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 October 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
i had the donruss version of that card. pretty sure thatâs rocket roger in the background there.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 October 2022 08:54 (one year ago) link
the bad and hated Francisco Cabrera/Sid Bream Event took place 30 years ago tonight ;_;
i had to watch it in a room full of braves fans, too
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 October 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
happy 40th to the Willie McGee Game
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 October 2022 01:11 (one year ago) link
rip roberto clemente, 50 years ago today
― mookieproof, Sunday, 1 January 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
happy 60th to david cone and edgar martinez
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 January 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
In 1950, Vin Scully called his first game in the booth in Philly (vs. Brooklyn).
The only Dodger to score: Jackie Robinson.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI195004180.shtml
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 04:04 (one year ago) link
happy 50th to nomar (and monica lewinsky)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 23 July 2023 22:10 (ten months ago) link
40th anniversary of the Pine Tar Game!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 24 July 2023 15:11 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEHAsZxRYo
― brimstead, Monday, 24 July 2023 15:20 (ten months ago) link