Posted on 11/02/2020 4:53:48 PM PST by DoodleBob
The 1960 World Series is the archetype: the Yankees won games by scores of 10–0, 12–0 and 16–3, but the Pirates won four close games. Bill Mazeroski hit a home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of game 7 to clinch the World Series, and the Pirates won it all despite being outscored by 28 runs (55–27) in seven games.
That’s the most extreme - and by far the most famous - case. But it is not particularly rare for the team that scores fewer net runs to end up winning the World Series - in fact, it has happened 22 times or almost 1/5 of all World Series played to date.
1912 - Giants scored more runs (31-25) but Red Sox won World Series 4-3
1918 - Cubs scored more runs (10-9) but Red Sox won World Series 4-2
1924 - Giants scored more runs (27-26) but Senators won World Series 4-3
1925 - Senators scored more runs (26-25) but Pirates won World Series 4-3
1931 - Athletics scored more runs (22-19) but Cardinals won World Series 4-3
1940 - Tigers scored more runs (28-22) but Reds won World Series 4-3
1957 - Yankees scored more runs (25-23) but Braves won World Series 4-3
1959 - White Sox scored more runs (23-21) but Dodgers won World Series 4-2
1960 - Yankees scored more runs (55-27) but Pirates won World Series 4-3
1962 - Giants scored more runs (21-20) but Yankees won World Series 4-3
1964 - Yankees scored more runs (33-32) but Cardinals won World Series 4-3
1971 - Orioles scored more runs (24-23) but Pirates won World Series 4-3
1972 - Reds scored more runs (21-16) but A's won World Series 4-3
1973 - Mets scored more runs (24-21) but A's won World Series 4-3
1975 - Red Sox scored more runs (30-29) but Reds won World Series 4-3
1977 - Dodgers scored more runs (28-26) but Yankees won World Series 4-2
1991 - Braves scored more runs (29-24) but Twins won World Series 4-3
1992 - Braves scored more runs (20-17) but Blue Jays won World Series 4-2
1996 - Braves scored more runs (26-18) but Yankees won World Series 4-2
1997 - Indians scored more runs (44-37) but Marlins won World Series 4-3
2002 - Giants scored more runs (44-41) but Angels won World Series 4-3
2003 - Yankees scored more runs (21-17) but Marlins won World Series 4-2
Mathematical proof of the merits of the Electoral College:
“Math Against Tyranny”.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/from-the-archive-math-against-tyranny
That’s a different metric. In that regard, FDR is the equivalent of Tom Brady.
Yogi actually said “We made too many wrong mistakes.” As if there is a right mistake. That’s what qualifies it as a Yogi-ism.
Gino Cimoli said it best: “They broke all the records and we won the game.”
Small child wearing Yankees cap to funeral of Kim Jong-il
Poor Art Ditmar... was not the pitcher who threw that homerun ball to Bill Mazeroski in the 1960 world series (it was Ralph Terry)... but the announcer mistakenly said “Art Ditmar Throws... There’s a swing and a high fly ball...”
That audio became one of the most famous baseball plays in history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Og0gUKfvc&ab_channel=MrBuccos
Also interestingly, the announcer, after the excitement died down, said the Pirates won by a score of 10-0. (It was 10-9)
We had em all the way!
Dig the fence...it's a REAL fence and woodlands beyond it. They don't do it like that anymore.
Trump: “Knock, knock.”
Hillary: “Who’s there?”
Trump: “Hillary.”
Hillary: “Wha’? Okay... Hillary who?”
Trump: “Zackly.”
Trump: “Knock, knock.”
Hillary: “Who’s there.”
Trump: “Bill and Chelsea.”
Hillary: “Bill and Chelsea who.”
Trump: “Billin’ Chelsea for all the cheap shots she takes at my supporters!”
Trump: “Knock, knock... C’mon, last one... Knock, knock.”
Hillary: “Jeebus, Donald, what or who—”
Trump: “Huma.”
Hillary: “Oh, no! I’m not gonna—”
Trump: “Whoma gonna get to play along with any more of my knock-knock jokes?”
The 2013 Denver Broncos scored an NFL record 606 points during the season, and lost the Super Bowl to the Seattle Seahawks.
Pisses 'em off, but shuts 'em down every time...
;^)
According to Kamala Harris, it is racist if every game does not end in a tie.
Think again
“It’s how many games you won that matters.”
Electoral college. Ask Hilly and Gore.
rwood
If you want to continue the fun, you might remind them that Trump took 30 states to Hilly’s 20. And he was smart enough to take the right ones.
rwood
I’ve always felt a connection to that game. My parents are both from Pittsburgh and were both baseball fans. I was 1 year old and Dad was in the USMC stationed at Kaneohe Marine Air Station on the island of Oahu. The family lived there for 3 years - encompassing the time of Hawaiian statehood (I was born in the Territory of Hawaii).
They didn’t find out who won the game until the next day.
Years later, growing up in Pittsburgh, I was a big Bill Mazeroski fan, and heard the story from my parents about how it took such a long time for news to reach Hawaii about the game, and even longer for a video reel to reach the island to be broadcast.
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