my mother was at this game: 1956 World Series (Yankees 2, Dodgers 0)
Times Talk - Don Larsen, Yogi Berra and Bob Wolff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKmObI91poI#ws)
Ryan pounds Ventura with his pitching hand
Nolan Ryan Beats Up Robin Ventura (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6dW32kLEmM#ws)
Isn't it the best game ever created? :beer:
The Man who ran around the bases backward--Jimmy Piersall
http://www.centerfieldmaz.com/2011/11/man-who-ran-around-bases-backwards.html (http://www.centerfieldmaz.com/2011/11/man-who-ran-around-bases-backwards.html)
Here is the other one... Robin Yount.
Baseball Hall of Fame - Biographies: Robin Yount (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq2K5WKH8IM#)
I remember once when the manager came out to make a pitching change, Jimmy Persall went out and sat at the flagpole while the new pitcher was coming in from the bullpen.
Back then the pitcher slowed walked, carrying his glove and jacket....where the bat boy didn't touch that jacket until he reached the infield.
Today, they get driven in a golf cart.
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid. ~Don Drysdale, quoted in New York Times, 9 July 1979
It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays. ~Yogi Berra
"Baseball reflected the language of America, and spiced it, too. Presidents, politicians, executives, generals and
parents touched all the bases regularly so that nobody would be out in left field or caught off the base in the
greater pursuits of life. If you did it right, you hit a grand slam home run; if not you struck out."
-- Joseph Durso
Baseball Loses Ryne Duren, Fireball Pitcher from Great 1950’s Yankee Teams
Contact: Mark Jackson
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For Immediate Release
Baseball Loses Ryne Duren, Fireball Pitcher from Great 1950’s Yankee Teams
Lake Wales, FL (January 7, 2011)— Ryne Duren, one of the premier relief pitchers in the Major Leagues in the late 1950s, died January 6, 2011 in his winter home of Lake Wales, Florida. He was 81. Duren was an integral part of the New York Yankees American League Championship teams of 1958 and 1960 and played a major role in defeating the Milwaukee Braves in the 1958 World Series. In addition to his wife of thirty-six years, Diane, Duren is survived by his son Steve, step children, Mark Jackson, Brian Jackson and Cynthia Newcomer, and 11 grandchildren.
Known for his ability to throw a baseball in excess of 100 miles per hour and the thick glasses he wore to correct his 20/200 vision, Duren was also famous for being a bit wild, both on and off the field, during his playing days. He parlayed his throwing speed and controlled wildness on the mound into an effective career. During his 10-year Major League career, Duren pitched for the Yankees, Orioles, Phillies, Reds, Angels, Athletics and Senators.
At the suggestion of Yankee coach, Frank Crosetti, after Duren threw a warm-up pitch into the screen behind home plate, Duren incorporated one of those pitches into the screen into every warm-up session, drawing the attention of all the fans and announcers, and making the on-deck batter apprehensive about digging in. Today, 45 years after Duren retired from the game, his name is mentioned whenever a pitcher uncorks a pitch high and wild over a batter’s head.
The only trouble he had that I know of is he injured his knee fooling around. And his arm=rotator cuff
Don't know who at Detroit you may be thinking about. I love the game, but don't know too much else.
Thanks, Lando!
Seeing your love of baseball only reinforces our FRiendship over the years!
Great stuff! :beer: