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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #100 on: April 19, 2024, 10:51:15 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on April 19, 2024, 03:58:02 am
Long before the era of ESPN, and 24/7 baseball coverage and film, I remember seeing a play by CF Ceasar Cedeno (circa '71) that has to be the greatest I've seen.

Cedeno was playing in with man on 3rd with <2 outs, and a ball by a Pirate hitter(if memory serves)  was smoked high and deep to center.  Cedeno broke early and clean and dove at near the warning track catching it. Seemed impossible.

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Imagine all the 'impossible' catches there were BEFORE there were a half-dozen cameras covering the field.

Grew up watching in B&W with a single camera in the upper deck behind home plate.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #101 on: April 19, 2024, 01:18:08 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on April 19, 2024, 10:51:15 am
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Imagine all the 'impossible' catches there were BEFORE there were a half-dozen cameras covering the field.

Grew up watching in B&W with a single camera in the upper deck behind home plate.

The greatest catch of all time, and there have been many, was by the say hey kid (Willie Mays) in center field at Yankee Stadium.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLt2xKaNH0
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #102 on: April 19, 2024, 01:21:31 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on April 19, 2024, 01:18:08 pm
The greatest catch of all time, and there have been many, was by the say hey kid (Willie Mays) in center field at Yankee Stadium.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLt2xKaNH0

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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #103 on: April 19, 2024, 01:23:40 pm »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on April 19, 2024, 01:21:31 pm
Polo Grounds!  Say Hey!

 :yowsa: I stand corrected. Should have known from the pictures.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #104 on: April 23, 2024, 06:52:58 pm »
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #105 on: April 24, 2024, 01:21:57 am »
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #106 on: April 24, 2024, 02:22:16 am »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on April 19, 2024, 01:21:31 pm
Polo Grounds!  Say Hey!

Dead center - 483 ft.




You had to clear that wall to be awarded a home run.  A ball hit through one of those windows was a ground rule double.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #107 on: April 25, 2024, 02:46:02 pm »


“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.”
— Mickey Mantle
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