jazztrain Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, felser said: I'm willing to rewatch this: Aargh! One of my earliest baseball memories. Unfortunately, my wife deleted it from the DVR several years ago before I had a chance to watch it. Quote
felser Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 35 minutes ago, jazztrain said: Aargh! One of my earliest baseball memories. Unfortunately, my wife deleted it from the DVR several years ago before I had a chance to watch it. Quote
jazztrain Posted March 27, 2020 Report Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, felser said: Thanks! Quote
JSngry Posted March 28, 2020 Report Posted March 28, 2020 12 hours ago, Dan Gould said: https://www.mlb.com/news/jimmy-wynn-astros-great-dies-at-78 There are many here with more memories of Wynn than me, as my knowledge and interest in baseball really starts in the early 70s but I do recall that "Toy Cannon" was to me the coolest nickname ever when I first heard it. Oh yeah, I got memories! and yes, that is Harry Kallas... Why yes, he does! Quote
felser Posted March 28, 2020 Report Posted March 28, 2020 He was actually even much better than we realized back then. He was a walking machine, drawing as many as 148 in a season, so had otherworldly on base percentages for the era. Joe Morgan did, also. Quote
luhem Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 Just chiming in to throw some more shade at the Astros . . Go Dodgers !! Quote
Dan Gould Posted April 4, 2020 Report Posted April 4, 2020 Hey baseball fans, Fox Sports 1 is running classic "This Week in Baseball" shows starting at 11:30 am (ET). Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 4, 2020 Report Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) Man, I loved “This Week In Baseball.” My brothers and I watched that show religiously. I really liked the closing theme music, and I think I may have even written NBC at some point to ask what it was... was it a Copland piece? EDIT: these questions are so much easier to answer in the age of the Internets. The closing theme is “Gathering Crowds” by John Scott: This Week In Baseball Wikipedia entry Edited April 4, 2020 by ghost of miles Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 4, 2020 Report Posted April 4, 2020 Extended version with lots of good and amusing 80s highlights... damn, I miss baseball. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 4, 2020 Report Posted April 4, 2020 The Music & Mel Allen’s voice made TWIB Quote
Dan Gould Posted April 4, 2020 Report Posted April 4, 2020 2 hours ago, ghost of miles said: Extended version with lots of good and amusing 80s highlights... damn, I miss baseball. This was good but the best part of TWIB from the past aren't the familiar highlights and names but the guys you barely remember, or just now, Whitey Herzog without gray hair, and having just been hired by the Cardinals. Or the look at rookies making a splash ... Bull Durham (didn't even know he was with the Cards before the Cubs) and Jeff Reardon with the Mets, with about half of the beard that he would ultimately sport, and with 15 big league seasons ahead of him. I've probably mentioned this before but in 1983 my father took me to Vegas during my senior year for the NATPE convention (National Association of Television Program Executives) and introduced me to Mel Allen who was in the booth of whatever company was selling that show back then. I remember his enormous hands, and what I guess was a NY Yankee World Series ring. I was pretty much in awe and I don't think I put together more than 4 words while standing there. Quote
JSngry Posted April 4, 2020 Report Posted April 4, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6CbTNP9v0KQimW-naA4L2A Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 14, 2020 Report Posted April 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, GA Russell said: Hank Steinbrenner has died. RIP. Bit of a shocker, though he's taken a backseat to Hal in recent years. Not COVID-19 related, apparently. However, the death of 48-year-old NY Post sports photographer Anthony Causi was: New York sports figures share in grieving over death of 48-year-old NY Post sports photographer Anthony Causi Quote
Dan Gould Posted April 14, 2020 Report Posted April 14, 2020 Too bad about Hank. He was the one who could have created a reinstatement of the worst of his dear old Dad. Quote
Brad Posted April 14, 2020 Report Posted April 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Dan Gould said: Too bad about Hank. He was the one who could have created a reinstatement of the worst of his dear old Dad. He was in the mold of his father, a mini captain bluster. The family, in their statement, noted “he could be direct and outspoken,” to put it mildly. The Post noted he “displayed a resemblance to his father’s bold approach to running the club.” His brother was a big improvement. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 15, 2020 Report Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29040818/ntsb-roy-halladay-was-doing-stunts-plane-crashed-had-amphetamines-system wow doing stunts 3’/5’ above water that’s only 2’/3’ deep zero chance for error Edited April 16, 2020 by Soulstation1 Quote
soulpope Posted April 17, 2020 Report Posted April 17, 2020 https://sports.yahoo.com/m/bdeaa51e-7f4e-353d-bebe-f16e694a8b36/hank-steinbrenner%2C-yankees.html R.I.P .... Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 20, 2020 Report Posted April 20, 2020 https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29071826/louisville-slugger-forced-close-factory-museum-furlough-staff Quote
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