Posted on 05/25/2018 12:15:08 PM PDT by a little elbow grease
In 1959 Harvey Haddix pitched perhaps the best game ever — and lost BOB DVORCHAK In his later years with the Pirates, after he was the pitching coach for the 1979 champions and before the baseball bureaucracy no longer recognized his game, Harvey Haddix reflected on the most extraordinary game ever pitched.
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Groat WAS A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER than a baseball player.
He was a stellar basketball player at Duke and there was a time when pro basketball wanted him to play both sports in the same year.
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Just asking ........ why are you mentioning this????
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When I was in elementary school the World Series games were still played in the daytime. I remember an understanding teacher let us listen to the games on our transistor radios as long as they weren’t “too loud.” Back when baseball really was the national pastime.
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‘They had won the N.L pennant the previous two years. They were loaded.’
still trying to figure out, nearly sixty years later, how they managed to lose to a clearly inferior Dodger team...but then, the Braves have generally been chokers; twice having the hated Yankees down 3-1 in the Series and letting them wiggle out, and then this 1959 playoff...
‘I remember an understanding teacher let us listen to the games on our transistor radios as long as they weren’t “too loud.’
ah, yes, the ‘rites of autumn’...
The most common reason for eliminating no-hitters was that many of them were less than nine-inning games. Pitchers that tossed seven no-hit innings in a game that was called early due to rain used to be given credit for a no-hitter.
Perhaps the oddest "scrubbed no-hitter" I can remember involved the hapless New York Yankees pitcher Andy Hawkins, who threw eight innings of no-hit ball in 1990 but lost the game -- by FOUR RUNS. He gave up just three walks through the first seven innings, but in the eight inning the Yankees gave up four runs on two walks, a stolen base, and three errors.
He lost the no-hitter because he never pitched the ninth inning. The Yankees were the visiting team, and with a 4-0 lead the opposing team didn't have to bat in the bottom half of the ninth.
I always wondered how many pitches Haddix made in 13 innings. Turns out it was only 115.
re was 1-0. On 1 hit.
Interesting point in your post, but this is flat-out wrong.
Honus Wagner retired with 3,400+ hits and a .328 lifetime batting average. He won eight NL batting titles over his career. With more than 700 stolen bases and his superior glove in the field, he was arguably one of the five greatest MLB players of all time.
‘Cal Ripken, Jr. and Robin Yount were the first shortstops who could hit the ball AT ALL.’
Peewee Reese had some pop in his bat; 7 seasons of double digit homers...
thanx for the ping.
great piece on America’s game
True about Honus Wagner, that he was one of the all-time great players. But I doubt there’s a soul alive today who watched him in his prime. He played in the era of the dead ball. Until he was 29, he played mostly outfield. And whereas later shortstops typically mirror 2nd-basemen and play well behind the bag, shortstops of his era often came charging in to grab a dead ball.
...also, Wagner led the league in slugging percentage three times with four or fewer home runs each time.
Informative two posts. Thanks!
... Other pre-Ripken shortstops who also deserve mention as very good hitters include Ernie Banks (.500 SLG, 512 HR!!!), but only played seven of his seasons at short... Arkie Vaughan (9 seasons at short, including batting .385)... Joel Sewell (switched to 3B at 28)... Hughie Jennings (started in 1891)... Luke Appling (.388 batting average)
I listened to the Mutual Radio Game of the Day in the 50’s. Because the Yankees were hot, they were featured frequently and the play-by-play was furnished by Mel Allen. “How about that?”
“Peewee Reese had some pop in his bat; 7 seasons of double digit homers..”
Thanks for that info, I looked it up as well. Peewee was way ahead of my time, but as a long time LA Dodger fan I knew I had heard he had some pop in his bat. I looked it up.
2200 Hits, 269 avg. 126 Home Runs, 885 RBI is a solid career for even a current Shortstop.
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