Trivia/History thread

[shadow_operative2.0 16254]

One right, one wrong. 

[Scraps 13798]

My first guess was Soriano, 696 AB....#1 bullshit 

Edited September 12 by Scraps

[Scraps 13798]

After reading the hint (one of them is obviously from that year but no way in hell I will get it) -  Jimmy Rollins 

Ichiro (which SS said) 

way out in left field guess ---Juan Pierre 

 

Edited September 12 by Scraps

[Scraps 13798]

3 minutes ago, Scraps said:

My first guess was Soriano, 696 AB....#1 bullshit 

Oh you motherfucker....Pierre 699 AB.....new #1 bullshit

[WBT 20965]

Rollins is #1 all-time with 716.

Ichiro is also right

[dcar00 14946]

 

Willie McGee?

Willie Wilson?

[dcar00 14946]

Yeah I am sure Wilson is one because he had a record breaker card in 1981 for AB's in a season.

[WBT 20965]

Yeah, Willie Wilson is the 1980 one.  One more.

[Beau Vine 55859]

Omar Moreno or Juan Pierre, who are the same person anyways.

[WBT 20965]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

Yeah I am sure Wilson is one because he had a record breaker card in 1981 for AB's in a season.

[Scraps 13798]

Juan Pierre

Womp womp....welcome to the losers lounge with me on that one with 699 lol

[dcar00 14946]

never would have guessed the last guy but he is similar vintage to Wilson as far as when he played.

[WBT 20965]

22 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

never would have guessed the last guy but he is similar vintage to Wilson as far as when he played.

we've posted about him in this thread before

[WBT 20965]

Besides Ichiro's 704 in 2004, he had 8 other seasons of >675 ABs.  Guess you can't afford to mess around if you're going to come over at 27 and still get to 3000 hits.

[Scraps 13798]

So who is the last guy?

[WBT 20965]

Juan Samuel

 

[Bevo&Pevo 5515]

Ernie Banks makes his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs.  He became the club's first black player. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5515]

The first organized baseball team is formed on this day in 1845 named the New York Knickerbockers.

On this day in 1984 Sparky Anderson became the first manager to win 100 games in both divisions.

[WBT 20965]

Something I came across because of Immaculate grid.

Who is the only member of the 500 HR club who never hit 40 or more in a season?

[Scraps 13798]

Eddie Murray was my first thought.

Mel Ott would be my second thought

[WBT 20965]

Murray is right.  His high was 33

[Scraps 13798]

Murray is right.  His high was 33

I looked up Ott just to see also and he only had 1 year over 40

[Beau Vine 55859]

When was the last time the two league MVPs played in the World Series?

[Helobious 9817]

2012, Cabrera vs Posey. If Jeter doesn’t break his ankle in the ALCS Cabrera never makes it that far though

[Beau Vine 55859]

3 minutes ago, Helobious said:

2012, Cabrera vs Posey. If Jeter doesn’t break his ankle in the ALCS Cabrera never makes it that far though

Lulz, you couldn't stand being right for once and just leaving it at that?  

The Tigers just fucking wrecked the Yankees in that series.

[Helobious 9817]

5 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Lulz, you couldn't stand being right for once and just leaving it at that?  

The Tigers just fucking wrecked the Yankees in that series.

Iirc Eduardo Nunez had a 9th inning homer in game 4 and I was convinced he was going to be a breakout star in 2013. The other Yankee fan poster (morley man?) told me I was stupid

Edited October 22 by Helobious

[Beau Vine 55859]

5 hours ago, Helobious said:

Iirc Eduardo Nunez had a 9th inning homer in game 4 and I was convinced he was going to be a breakout star in 2013. The other Yankee fan poster (morley man?) told me I was stupid

[dcar00 14946]

On 10/22/2024 at 3:27 PM, Beau Vine said:

Lulz, you couldn't stand being right for once and just leaving it at that?  

The Tigers just fucking wrecked the Yankees in that series.

But it's Jeter man, Jeter!  The Captain!

[Beau Vine 55859]

[Dennis Taylor 19343]

 

[Beau Vine 55859]

 

[WBT 20965]

That's pretty wild

[Helobious 9817]

Oddly calming recap video of a playoff game between Dallas Adams and Fort Worth Wyatt in 1972

 

[Beau Vine 55859]

Holy shit, look at all the white people!   OD Wyatt was nothing but brothas by the early '80s.

 

[Beau Vine 55859]

I saw this pic in a book I'm reading and I love it so much:

[WBT 20965]

First 2 HOF classes?  Or?

[Carl Spackler 3614]

On 12/14/2024 at 1:24 PM, WBT said:

First 2 HOF classes?  Or?

You're not too far off.

I cheated and looked it up via Google Image.  I only recognized Ruth, Mack and Wagner before doing so.

[Beau Vine 55859]

On 12/14/2024 at 2:24 PM, WBT said:

First 2 HOF classes?  Or?

1939, third

front row: Collins, Ruth, Mack, Cy 

back: Wagner, Alexander, Speaker, Lajoie, Sisler, Johnson

I don't know where Ty Cobb was, but a certain line from Field of Dreams comes to mind.