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Fifty years after Giants' Juan Marichal hit Dodgers' John Roseboro with a bat, all is forgiven
LA Times ^ | August 22, 2015 | Bill Plaschke

Posted on 08/25/2015 8:58:34 PM PDT by Michael.SF.

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Excellent piece by Bill Plashke. I guess if Roseboro can forgive Marichal, maybe it is time I did as well.


1 posted on 08/25/2015 8:58:34 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
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To: Michael.SF.

Marichal was a great pitcher, but also a hot head! Back when I was a Dodger fan with Koufax and Drysdale!


2 posted on 08/25/2015 9:00:38 PM PDT by longhorn too
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To: Michael.SF.

He should have been thrown out for the rest of the season.


3 posted on 08/25/2015 9:00:45 PM PDT by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: Michael.SF.

I remember seeing that on TV...


4 posted on 08/25/2015 9:02:38 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: longhorn too

Me too, I watched that game on TV, always hated Marichal with that high kick and arrogant attitude.


5 posted on 08/25/2015 9:03:02 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Abortion is murder)
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To: Michael.SF.

Man, I am getting old.


6 posted on 08/25/2015 9:03:16 PM PDT by crz
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To: doug from upland

Perhaps I had forgotten, but not being voted into the HOF on his first two years of eligibility really drove the point home to Mr. Marichal.


7 posted on 08/25/2015 9:15:47 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: HerrBlucher

Sandy Koufax was the best pitcher ever, including my home state pitcher Nolan Ryan!

“Koufax is also remembered as one of the outstanding Jewish athletes in American sports. His decision not to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur garnered national attention as an example of conflict between professional pressures and personal beliefs.”


8 posted on 08/25/2015 9:16:13 PM PDT by longhorn too
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To: longhorn too

Agreed. Koufax was king!


9 posted on 08/25/2015 9:20:19 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Abortion is murder)
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To: Michael.SF.

Sandy Koufax. My hero...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DVJdli-ONL-8&ved=0CCsQtwIwBGoVChMIhYmbpvHFxwIVh6weCh1DmABg&usg=AFQjCNEgfSD6gvqtWRi9H8VEgE27qknQ_Q&sig2=Be257kcLI2FNYopV968OUA


10 posted on 08/25/2015 9:24:43 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
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To: Michael.SF.
It's not "baseballs most famous fight". This was:


11 posted on 08/25/2015 9:28:27 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (It's 100% about immigration. Trump Or Cruz...Cruz or Trump. Win or Die.)
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To: HerrBlucher

Absolutely all-time greatest pitcher in baseball. And a man of character and integrity.


12 posted on 08/25/2015 9:29:45 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: Artemis Webb
OK. I give. what is the story behind that one?

And which guy is holding the deadly weapon?

13 posted on 08/25/2015 9:30:19 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: BigEdLB

“I remember seeing that on TV...”

So did I, one of ten games shown on local TV that year (nine in SF, one in Houston for the Astrodome).


14 posted on 08/25/2015 9:30:44 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: longhorn too

Me too. I saw both of them pitch and they were great. I also thought Frank Howard was fantastic to watch hit.

Marichal, McCovey, and Mays were all great players, but to this day I still do not like the Giants. Their fans still love Barry Bonds and I can’t stand him.


15 posted on 08/25/2015 9:31:11 PM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: Michael.SF.

That’s Nolan Ryan beating the crap out of Robin Ventura in August of 1993. Ventura was a hothead and rushed the mound. Ryan was a (real) rancher in the offseason punching cattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3niGu9d_pY


16 posted on 08/25/2015 9:33:05 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (It's 100% about immigration. Trump Or Cruz...Cruz or Trump. Win or Die.)
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To: longhorn too

“Back when I was a Dodger fan with Koufax “

Koufax was the other pitcher. Marichal was at bat. Koufax rushed in to help.


17 posted on 08/25/2015 9:33:18 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: longhorn too; HerrBlucher; Cry if I Wanna
Favorite story from those days: Koufax pitches a no hitter in Philly. Drysdale takes early train to NYC where he is pitching the next day. He gets off the train:

Reporter: Don! Did you hear? Koufax pitched a no hitter!

Big D (deadpans): Did he win?

(Dodger fans will appreciate the humor)

18 posted on 08/25/2015 9:34:32 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: Michael.SF.

I remember those 1-0 and 2-1 games.


19 posted on 08/25/2015 9:42:24 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (defund Obama care and amnesty. Impeach for Benghazi and IRS and fast and furious.)
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20 posted on 08/25/2015 9:50:04 PM PDT by EveningStar
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