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From A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti<br />by A. Bartlett Giamatti, et al</h3>
"The Green Fields of the Mind "<br />
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, October 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone.<br />
Somehow, the summer seemed to slip by faster this time. Maybe it wasn't this summer, but all the summers that, in this my fortieth summer, slipped by so fast. There comes a time when every summer will have something of autumn about it. Whatever the reason, it seemed to me that I was investing more and more in baseball, making the game do more of the work that keeps time fat and slow and lazy. I was counting on the game's deep patterns, three strikes, three outs, three times three innings, and its deepest impulse, to go out and back, to leave and to return home, to set the order of the day and to organize the daylight. I wrote a few things this last summer, this summer that did not last, nothing grand but some things, and yet that work was just camouflage. The real activity was done with the radio--not the all-seeing, all-falsifying television--and was the playing of the game in the only place it will last, the enclosed green field of the mind. There, in that warm, bright place, what the old poet called Mutability does not so quickly come.<br />
But out here, on Sunday, October 2, where it rains all day, Dame Mutability never loses. She was in the crowd at Fenway yesterday, a gray day full of bluster and contradiction, when the Red Sox came up in the last of the ninth trailing Baltimore 8-5, while the Yankees, rain-delayed against Detroit, only needing to win one or have Boston lose one to win it all, sat in New York washing down cold cuts with beer and watching the Boston game. Boston had won two, the Yankees had lost two, and suddenly it seemed as if the whole season might go to the last day, or beyond, except here was Boston losing 8-5, while New York sat in its family room and put its feet up. Lynn, both ankles hurting now as they had in July, hits a single down the right-field line. The crowd stirs. It is on its feet. Hobson, third baseman, former Bear Bryant quarterback, strong, quiet, over 100 RBIs, goes for three breaking balls and is out. The goddess smiles and encourages her agent, a canny journeyman named Nelson Briles.<br />
Now comes a pinch hitter, Bernie Carbo, onetime Rookie of the Year, erratic, quick, a shade too handsome, so laid-back he is always, in his soul, stretched out in the tall grass, one arm under his head, watching the clouds and laughing; now he looks over some low stuff unworthy of him and then, uncoiling, sends one out, straight on a rising line, over the center-field wall, no cheap Fenway shot, but all of it, the physics as elegant as the arc the ball describes.<br />
New England is on its feet, roaring. The summer will not pass. Roaring, they recall the evening, late and cold, in 1975, the sixth game of the World Series, perhaps the greatest baseball game played in the last fifty years, when Carbo, loose and easy, had uncoiled to tie the game that Fisk would win. It is 8-7, one out, and school will never start, rain will never come, sun will warm the back of your neck forever. Now Bailey, picked up from the National League recently, big arms, heavy gut, experienced, new to the league and the club; he fouls off two and then, checking, tentative, a big man off balance, he pops a soft liner to the first baseman. It is suddenly darker and later, and the announcer doing the game coast to coast, a New Yorker who works for a New York television station, sounds relieved. His little world, well-lit, hot-combed, split-second-timed, had no capacity to absorb this much gritty, grainy, contrary reality.<br />
Cox swings a bat, stretches his long arms, bends his back, the rookie from Pawtucket who broke in two weeks earlier with a record six straight hits, the kid drafted ahead of Fred Lynn, rangy, smooth, cool. The count runs two and two, Briles is cagey, nothing too good, and Cox swings, the ball beginning toward the mound and then, in a jaunty, wayward dance, skipping past Briles, feinting to the right, skimming the last of the grass, finding the dirt, moving now like some small, purposeful marine creature negotiating the green deep, easily avoiding the jagged rock of second base, traveling steady and straight now out into the dark, silent recesses of center field.<br />
The aisles are jammed, the place is on its feet, the wrappers, the programs, the Coke cups and peanut shells, the doctrines of an afternoon; the anxieties, the things that have to be done tomorrow, the regrets about yesterday, the accumulation of a summer: all forgotten, while hope, the anchor, bites and takes hold where a moment before it seemed we would be swept out with the tide. Rice is up. Rice whom Aaron had said was the only one he'd seen with the ability to break his records. Rice the best clutch hitter on the club, with the best slugging percentage in the league. Rice, so quick and strong he once checked his swing halfway through and snapped the bat in two. Rice the Hammer of God sent to scourge the Yankees, the sound was overwhelming, fathers pounded their sons on the back, cars pulled off the road, households froze, New England exulted in its blessedness, and roared its thanks for all good things, for Rice and for a summer stretching halfway through October. Briles threw, Rice swung, and it was over. One pitch, a fly to center, and it stopped. Summer died in New England and like rain sliding off a roof, the crowd slipped out of Fenway, quickly, with only a steady murmur of concern for the drive ahead remaining of the roar. Mutability had turned the seasons and translated hope to memory once again. And, once again, she had used baseball, our best invention to stay change, to bring change on.<br />
That is why it breaks my heart, that game--not because in New York they could win because Boston lost; in that, there is a rough justice, and a reminder to the Yankees of how slight and fragile are the circumstances that exalt one group of human beings over another. It breaks my heart because it was meant to, because it was meant to foster in me again the illusion that there was something abiding, some pattern and some impulse that could come together to make a reality that would resist the corrosion; and because, after it had fostered again that most hungered-for illusion, the game was meant to stop, and betray precisely what it promised.<br />
Of course, there are those who learn after the first few times. They grow out of sports. And there are others who were born with the wisdom to know that nothing lasts. These are the truly tough among us, the ones who can live without illusion, or without even the hope of illusion. I am not that grown-up or up-to-date. I am a simpler creature, tied to more primitive patterns and cycles. I need to think something lasts forever, and it might as well be that state of being that is a game; it might as well be that, in a green field, in the sun.<br />
From A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett<br />
Giamatti, © 1998 by A. Bartlett Giamatti.<br />
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tonight marked the end of the Pirates run in this years MAGICAL playoff run and Bob Moose's Death..<br />
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In the 1970s, Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Dave Parker was well known for his power—as a minor leaguer in Charleston, West Virginia, one of his home run balls landed on a passing train and wound up in Columbus, Ohio. In '79, an opposing player had difficulty making a relay throw because Parker "knocked the cover off the ball" (he literally ruptured the ball's seams).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />After the Pirates lost two games in a row to the Phillies in ’'76, Parker responded to the mini-slump by wearing a homemade shirt that read “IF YOU HEAR ANY NOISE IT’S JUST ME AND THE BOYS BOPPIN'" in reference to the team’s potent offense.</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;"><b>Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr.</b> (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_baseball" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> player. A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>, Ellis played in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> from 1968 through 1979 for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. In his MLB career, he had a 138–119 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win-loss_record_(pitching)" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Win-loss record (pitching)">win-loss record</a>, a 3.46 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a>, and 1,136<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Ellis threw a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> on June 12, 1970. He later claimed that he accomplished the feat under the influence of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Lysergic acid diethylamide">LSD</a>. Ellis was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pitcher" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Starting pitcher">starting pitcher</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="National League">National League</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> in 1971. That year, the Pirates were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="1971 World Series">World Series champions</a>. Joining the Yankees in 1976, he helped lead the team to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_World_Series" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="1976 World Series">1976 World Series</a>, and was named the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_League_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="American League Comeback Player of the Year">American League Comeback Player of the Year</a> in the process.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">Ellis was an outspoken individual who advocated for the rights of players and African Americans. He also had a</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse" style="background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Substance abuse">substance abuse</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">problem, and he acknowledged after his retirement that he never pitched without the use of drugs. After going into treatment Ellis remained sober and devoted the remainder of his life to counseling drug addicts in treatment centers and prisons. He died of a liver ailment in 2008 at the age of 63.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">The Pirates flew to San Diego on a Thursday for a series against the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>. Ellis reported that he used <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Lysergic acid diethylamide">LSD</a> and lost track of time. Thinking it was still Thursday, he took a hit of LSD on Friday at noon, and his friend's girlfriend reminded him at 2:00 pm that he was scheduled to pitch that night; the game started at 6:05 pm.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-couldn.27t_pitch_without_pills_5-5" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-couldn.27t_pitch_without_pills-5" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Pitching under the influence of LSD, Ellis pitched a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the Padres on June 12, 1970. He threw a no-hitter despite being unable to feel the ball or see the batter or catcher clearly.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-24" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[24]</a></sup> Ellis said his catcher <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_May" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Jerry May">Jerry May</a> wore reflective tape on his fingers which helped him to see May's signals. Ellis walked eight batters and struck out six, and he was aided by excellent fielding plays from second baseman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mazeroski" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Bill Mazeroski">Bill Mazeroski</a> and center fielder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matty_Alou" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Matty Alou">Matty Alou</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-25" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[25]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling of euphoria. I was zeroed in on the [catcher's] glove, but I didn't hit the glove too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters, and the bases were loaded two or three times. The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes, I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. I started having a crazy idea in the fourth inning that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> was the home plate umpire, and once I thought I was pitching a baseball to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>, who to me was holding a guitar and swinging it over the plate. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-26" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[26]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Ellis reported that he never used LSD during the season again, though he continued to use amphetamines.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-couldn.27t_pitch_without_pills_5-6" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-couldn.27t_pitch_without_pills-5" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">The incident inspired the songs "Dock Ellis" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Manning" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Barbara Manning">Barbara Manning</a>, "America's Favorite Pastime" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Snider" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Todd Snider">Todd Snider</a>, "Dock Ellis' No-No" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brodsky" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Chuck Brodsky">Chuck Brodsky</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-27" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[27]</a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a>incorporated the tale into a standup routine for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="HBO">HBO</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nyt_28-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-nyt-28" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[28]</a></sup> An animated short film about the game, "Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No", features narration in Ellis's own voice, taken from a 2008 radio interview.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nyt_28-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-nyt-28" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[28]</a></sup> Director Jeffrey Radice and producers Chris Cortez and Mike Blizzard began developing a feature length documentary about Ellis' life, titled <i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=No_No:_A_Dockumentary&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="No No: A Dockumentary (page does not exist)">No No: A Dockumentary</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#cite_note-29" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[29]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wilver Dornell
"Willie" Stargell</span></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(March
6, 1940 – April 9, 2001), nicknamed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b>"Pops"</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> in the later years of his career, was
an American<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">professional</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">baseball</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">player. He played his entire 21-year<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Major League Baseball</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">career as the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">left
fielder</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">first
baseman</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_in_baseball" title="1962 in baseball"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">1962</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">-</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_in_baseball" title="1982 in baseball"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">1982</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">). Over his 21-year career with the Pirates, he<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average" title="Batting average"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">batted</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">.282, with 2,232<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_(baseball_statistics)" title="Hit (baseball statistics)"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">hits</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, 423<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">doubles</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, 475<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">home runs</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">and 1540<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runs_batted_in" title="Runs batted in"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">runs
batted in</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, helping his team capture six<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League" title="National League"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">National
League East division</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">titles,
two<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">National League pennants</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">and two<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">World
Series</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(1971, 1979). Stargell was inducted into the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Baseball Hall of Fame"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Baseball Hall of Fame</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_1988" title="Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1988"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">1988</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Stargell was born in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earlsboro,_Oklahoma" title="Earlsboro, Oklahoma"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Earlsboro, Oklahoma</span></a>, but later moved to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Alameda, California</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>where he attended<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encinal_High_School" title="Encinal High School"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Encinal High School</span></a>. He was signed by the
Pirates at age 22, and made his Major League debut at the end of the 1962
season. He soon became a standout player, making his first of 7 trips to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game"><span style="text-decoration: none;">All-Star Game</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1964.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Beloved in Pittsburgh for his style of play and affable manner,
Stargell was known for hitting monstrous home runs, including 7 of the 16 balls
ever hit completely out of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Forbes Field</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and several of the upper-tier home
runs at its successor,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Three Rivers Stadium</span></a>. At one time,
Stargell held the record for the longest homer in nearly half of the National
League parks. Standing 6 feet 4 inches, Stargell seemed larger, with his
long arms and unique<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_bat" title="Baseball bat"><span style="text-decoration: none;">bat</span></a>-handling
practice of holding only the knob of the bat with his lower hand combining to
provide extra bat extension, Stargell's swings seemed designed to hit home runs
of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ruthian</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>variety. When most batters would use a
simple lead-weighted bat in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-deck_circle" title="On-deck circle"><span style="text-decoration: none;">on-deck circle</span></a>,
Stargell took to warming up with a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer" title="Sledgehammer"><span style="text-decoration: none;">sledgehammer</span></a>,
adding another layer of intimidation. While standing in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batter%27s_box" title="Batter's box"><span style="text-decoration: none;">batter's box</span></a>,
he would windmill his bat until the pitcher started his<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitching_position" title="Pitching position"><span style="text-decoration: none;">windup</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y0lCM1ELDFQ/UTevh2a4GrI/AAAAAAAAAuU/p0cPDYpq-ic/s1600/83+DK+Willie+Stargell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y0lCM1ELDFQ/UTevh2a4GrI/AAAAAAAAAuU/p0cPDYpq-ic/s200/83+DK+Willie+Stargell.jpg" width="142" /></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Stargell hit the first home run at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Shea Stadium</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in the first game played in that
stadium on April 17, 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Stargell#cite_note-2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[2]</span></a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Only four home runs have ever been hit out of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Dodger Stadium</span></a>,
and Stargell hit two of them. The first came on August 5, 1969 off<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Foster_(baseball)" title="Alan Foster (baseball)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Alan Foster</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and measured 507 feet—to date, the
longest home run ever hit at Dodger Stadium. The second, on May 8, 1973 against<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Messersmith" title="Andy Messersmith"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Andy Messersmith</span></a>,
measured 470 feet. Dodger starter<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Don Sutton</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>said of Stargell, "I never saw
anything like it. He doesn't just hit pitchers, he takes away their
dignity."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">On June 25, 1971, Stargell hit the longest<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run"><span style="text-decoration: none;">home run</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Stadium" title="Veterans Stadium"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Veterans Stadium</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>history during a 14-4 Pirates win over
the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Philadelphia Phillies</span></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Stargell#cite_note-3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[3]</span></a></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The spot where the ball landed (the
shot came in the second inning and chased starting pitcher<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Jim Bunning</span></a>)
was eventually marked with a yellow star with a black "S" inside a
white circle until Stargell's 2001 death, when the white circle was painted
black.<sup id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Stargell#cite_note-4"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4]</span></a></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The star remained in place until the
stadium's 2004 demolition. That 1971 season, Stargell won the first of his two
home run titles; his 48 edged out<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hank Aaron</span></a>'s
47 on the final week of the season and, to date, trail only<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ralph Kiner</span></a>'s
54 and 51 in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_in_baseball" title="1949 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1949</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1947</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>respectively for most by a Pirate in
one season. He was a member of the Pirates'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series" title="1971 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">World
Championship</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>team, the
Pirates defeating the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Baltimore
Orioles</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in seven
games.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NS-ZQDxmbks/UTevmqKsuDI/AAAAAAAAAuk/aJ7LbTwiMaA/s1600/1971+All+Star+Game+Willie+Stargell.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NS-ZQDxmbks/UTevmqKsuDI/AAAAAAAAAuk/aJ7LbTwiMaA/s200/1971+All+Star+Game+Willie+Stargell.png" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_in_baseball" title="1973 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1973</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Stargell achieved the rare feat of
simultaneously leading the league in both doubles and homers. Stargell had more
than 40 of each; he was the first player to chalk up this 40-40 accomplishment
since<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hank Greenberg</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_in_baseball" title="1940 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1940</span></a>;
other players have done so since (notably<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Belle" title="Albert Belle"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Albert Belle</span></a>,
the only 50-50 player). Stargell won his second home run title that year,
edging out three Atlanta Braves:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Johnson" title="Davey Johnson"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Davey Johnson</span></a>'s
43,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Evans" title="Darrell Evans"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Darrell Evans</span></a>'
41 and Aaron's 40.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1978</span></a>,
against<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Twitchell" title="Wayne Twitchell"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Wayne Twitchell</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Montreal Expos</span></a>,
Stargell hit the only fair ball ever to reach the upper deck of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Olympic Stadium</span></a>. The seat where the ball
landed (the home run was measured at 535 feet) has since been painted in
yellow, while the other seats in the upper deck are red.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Prince" title="Bob Prince"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Bob Prince</span></a>, the colorful longtime Pirate radio announcer would
greet a Stargell home run with the phrase "Chicken on the Hill". This
referred to Stargell's ownership of a chicken restaurant in Pittsburgh's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_District" title="Hill District"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hill District</span></a>.
For a time, whenever he homered, Stargell's restaurant would give away free
chicken to all patrons present in the restaurant at the time of the home run,
in a promotion dubbed "Chicken on the Hill with Will".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tHRwMfmDKKA/UTev99eUbzI/AAAAAAAAAus/TbQCwJQcxiA/s1600/Stargell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tHRwMfmDKKA/UTev99eUbzI/AAAAAAAAAus/TbQCwJQcxiA/s200/Stargell.jpg" width="143" /></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Stargell also originated the practice of giving his teammates
"stars" for their caps. Upon a good play or game, Stargell would give
fellow players an embroidered star to place on their caps, which at the time
were old-fashioned pillbox caps. These stars became known as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stargell_Stars&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Stargell Stars (page does not exist)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Stargell Stars</span></a>". The practice began
during the turbulent 1978 season, when the Pirates came from fourth place and
11.5 games behind in mid-August, to challenge the first-place Philadelphia
Phillies for the division title. As fate would have it, the season was
scheduled to end in a dramatic, four-game showdown against the Phillies in
Pittsburgh, in which the Pirates had to win all four games to claim the title.
Following a Pirate sweep of the Friday-night<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">double-header</span></a>, Stargell belted a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">grand slam</span></a>in the bottom of the first
inning of the season's penultimate game to give the Pirates an early 4-1 lead,
although the Pirates would relinquish that lead later in the game and fall two
runs short after a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning,<sup id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Stargell#cite_note-5"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[5]</span></a></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>thus eliminating themselves from
contention for the pennant. Stargell called that 1978 team his favorite team
ever, and predicted that the Pirates would win the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">World Series</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the following year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">And the Pirates did just that in 1979, in a fashion similar to the
way they had ended the 1978 season: from last place in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East"><span style="text-decoration: none;">NL East</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at
the end of April, the Pirates clawed their way into a first place battle with
the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Montreal Expos</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>during the latter half of the season,
exciting fans with numerous come-from-behind victories along the way (many
during their final at-bat) to claim the division pennant on the last day of the
season. And Stargell led all the way. At his urging as captain, the team
adopted the Sister Sledge hit song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Family_(song)" title="We Are Family (song)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">We Are Family</span></a>" as the team anthem.
Then his play on the field inspired his teammates and earned him the MVP awards
in both the NLCS and the World Series. Stargell capped off the year by hitting
a dramatic home run in Baltimore during the late innings of a close<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_World_Series#Game_7" title="1979 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Game 7</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to
seal a Pirates championship. The home run was his third of the Series and,
coincidentally, credited Stargell with the winning runs in both Game 7's of the
two post-season meetings between the Pirates and the Orioles (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series#Game_7" title="1971 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1971</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
1979). The 1979 World Series victory also made the Pirates the only franchise
in baseball history to twice recover from a three-games-to-one deficit and win
a World Series (previously they had done so in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_World_Series" title="1925 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1925</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>against the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Washington
Senators</span></a>). For the Series, Stargell went 12-for-30; along with his
three home runs, he also recorded four doubles for 25 total bases, which
remains tied as a World Series record,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Reggie Jackson</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>having set it in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_World_Series" title="1977 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1977 World
Series</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">In addition to his NLCS and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_MVP_Award" title="World Series MVP Award"><span style="text-decoration: none;">World Series</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>MVP awards, Stargell was named the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award"><span style="text-decoration: none;">co-MVP</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of
the 1979 season (along with St. Louis'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Keith Hernandez</span></a>).
Stargell is the only player to have won all three trophies in a single year. He
shared the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sports Illustrated</span></a></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>magazine's "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsman_of_the_Year" title="Sportsman of the Year"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sportsmen of the Year</span></a>" award with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League"><span style="text-decoration: none;">NFL</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback"><span style="text-decoration: none;">quarterback</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Terry Bradshaw</span></a>,
who also played at<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Three Rivers Stadium</span></a>, for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pittsburgh Steelers</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Pirates manager<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Tanner" title="Chuck Tanner"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Chuck Tanner</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>said of Stargell, "Having him on
your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger." Teammate<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Oliver" title="Al Oliver"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Al Oliver</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>once said, "If he asked us to
jump off the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pitt_Bridge" title="Fort Pitt Bridge"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Fort Pitt Bridge</span></a>,
we would ask him what kind of dive he wanted. That's how much respect we have
for the man."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Observers believe Stargell's
career total of 475 home runs was depressed by playing in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Forbes Field</span></a>,
whose deep left-center field distance was 457 feet. Hall of Famer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Roberto Clemente</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>estimated, perhaps generously, that
Stargell hit 400 fly balls to the warning track in left and center fields
during his eight seasons in the park. In addition, the short fence in right
field (300 feet to the foul pole) was guarded by a screen more than 20 feet
high which ran from the right-field line to the 375-foot mark in right center.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Three Rivers Stadium</span></a>, a neutral hitter's
park, boosted Stargell's power numbers. The Pirates moved into Three Rivers in
mid-1970, and he hit 310 of his 475 career home runs from 1970 until his
retirement, despite turning 30 in 1970. In his first full season in the
Pirates' new stadium, 1971, Stargell led the league with 48 home runs. He won
one other home run title in 1973, a year in which he hit 44 home runs, drove in
119 runs and had a .646 slugging percentage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">After retirement, Stargell spent several years as a coach for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Atlanta Braves</span></a>.
While working for the Braves, he heavily influenced a young<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Chipper Jones</span></a>.<sup>[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from April 2010">citation
needed</span></span></a></i>]</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>He
was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1988</span></a>,
his first year of eligibility. In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_baseball" title="1999 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1999</span></a>,
he ranked 81st on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The Sporting
News</span></a>'</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>list of the
100 Greatest Baseball Players,<sup id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Stargell#cite_note-6"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[6]</span></a></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and was also nominated as a finalist
for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Major League Baseball</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>All-Century Team. Stargell was the
last person to throw out the first pitch at Three Rivers Stadium. He had, six
years earlier, thrown out the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_first_pitch" title="Ceremonial first pitch"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ceremonial first pitch</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1994 Major League Baseball All-Star
Game</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">His autograph suggests that he preferred "Wilver" to
"Willie," and Dodgers broadcaster<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Scully" title="Vin Scully"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Vin Scully</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>typically called him "Wilver
Stargell."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">In the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_drug_trials" title="Pittsburgh drug trials"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1985 trial</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of alleged<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine"><span style="text-decoration: none;">cocaine</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>dealer Curtis Strong, Stargell was
accused by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Berra" title="Dale Berra"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Dale Berra</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Yogi's son) and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milner" title="John Milner"><span style="text-decoration: none;">John Milner</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(both former Pirates teammates) of
distributing "greenies" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamine" title="Amphetamine"><span style="text-decoration: none;">amphetamines</span></a>)
to players. Stargell strongly denied these charges.<sup id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Stargell#cite_note-7"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[7]</span></a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: orange;">After years of suffering from a kidney disorder, he died of
complications related to a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke"><span style="text-decoration: none;">stroke</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Wilmington, North Carolina</span></a>, on April 9,
2001; on that same day (coincidentally, the first game at the Pirates' new
stadium,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNC_Park" title="PNC Park"><span style="text-decoration: none;">PNC Park</span></a>), a
larger-than-life statue of him was unveiled as part of the opening-day
ceremonies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"The (umpire) says
'play' ball, not 'work' ball."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Trying to hit</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sandy Koufax</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">was like trying to drink
coffee with a fork."<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Stargell#cite_note-8"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[8]</span></a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Throwing a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckleball" title="Knuckleball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">knuckleball</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">for a strike is like
throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's
mailbox."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"They give you a
round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it
square." (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ted Williams</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pete Rose</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">have also been credited
with similar versions of this quote.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Now I know why
they boo Richie—<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Dick Allen</span></a>—all the time.
When he hits a home run, there's no souvenir." (Allen, also well known for
mammoth home runs and not very beloved by</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Philadelphia Phillies</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">fans, had hit a ball over the left-center field
roof of Philadelphia's</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Connie Mack Stadium</span></a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(After winning a game in
1979 against the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Cincinnati Reds</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">with a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinch-hitter" title="Pinch-hitter"><span style="text-decoration: none;">pinch</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">RBI single after a
disputed check-swing call) "Maybe it was this black bat I used. Or this
black shirt or my black arms that made the Reds think they saw something."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Now when they walk
down the street, the people of</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pittsburgh</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">can say that we come
from a city that has nothing but champions!" (Stargell during the
celebratory parade in the city after the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_World_Series" title="1979 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1979 World Series</span></a>, that
year Pittsburgh won both their</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIII" title="Super Bowl XIII"><span style="text-decoration: none;">third Super Bowl</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and second World Series of the seventies. This quote is attributed
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Inductee (1988)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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(shared with</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Keith Hernandez</span></a>, 1979)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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(1971–75, 1978–79)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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1971–73, 1978)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Championship Series MVP (1979)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-84996002236332649582013-03-06T12:25:00.001-08:002013-03-06T12:25:09.363-08:00Happy Burghday part I<span style="font-size: large;">I want to give a special birthday shout out to Kent Tekulve March 5th...</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kenton Charles Tekulve</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;">(born March 5, 1947 in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" title="Cincinnati, Ohio"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Cincinnati, Ohio</span></a>)
is a former<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Major League Baseball</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>right-handed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher"><span style="text-decoration: none;">relief pitcher</span></a>.
During a 16-year baseball career, he pitched for three different teams, but
spent most of his career with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></a>. Pitching with an unusual<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_(baseball)" title="Submarine (baseball)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">submarine</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>delivery, he was known as a workhorse
relief pitcher who holds several records for number of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_pitched" title="Games pitched"><span style="text-decoration: none;">games pitched</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched"><span style="text-decoration: none;">innings pitched</span></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Tekulve is well known for showing off his<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_World_Series" title="1979 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1979 World
Series</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ring, which he
won while playing for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Tekulve is a 1969 graduate of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_College" title="Marietta College"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Marietta College</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ohio</span></a>. He signed that year
as a free agent with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></a>, and remained with that
organization for 11 years. He made his major league debut in 1974.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JLEMziCRZQ0/UTedR_DX4dI/AAAAAAAAAtg/Puz7K59J4dk/s1600/img093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JLEMziCRZQ0/UTedR_DX4dI/AAAAAAAAAtg/Puz7K59J4dk/s200/img093.jpg" width="140" /></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">His best seasons came in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1978</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1979</span></a>,
in both of which he saved 31 games and posted<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ERAs</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of
2.33 and 2.75, respectively. He saved three games in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_World_Series" title="1979 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1979 World
Series</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>including the
winner, as his Pirates defeated the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Baltimore
Orioles</span></a>. He was selected an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game"><span style="text-decoration: none;">All-Star</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in
1980.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Early in the 1985 season, Tekulve was traded to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Philadelphia Phillies</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Holland" title="Al Holland"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Al Holland</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and a minor leaguer. He continued to
be an effective reliever into his 40s. Only in his first season (1974) and his
last season (1989) did he post an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ERA</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>above
4. While with the Phillies, he led the NL in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_pitched" title="Games pitched"><span style="text-decoration: none;">games pitched</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for the fourth time, with 90 in 1987
at the age of 40.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Tekulve signed with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Cincinnati Reds</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before the 1989 season and pitched in
37 games before retiring in July.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uIw2FHXnWZo/UTedR7Oz94I/AAAAAAAAAtk/XnEjej00WRA/s1600/img092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uIw2FHXnWZo/UTedR7Oz94I/AAAAAAAAAtk/XnEjej00WRA/s200/img092.jpg" width="140" /></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Tekulve led the major leagues
in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_pitched" title="Games pitched"><span style="text-decoration: none;">games pitched</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>four times, appearing in 90 or more
games three times. He and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Marshall_(pitcher)" title="Mike Marshall (pitcher)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Mike Marshall</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are the only pitchers in baseball
history to appear in 90 or more games more than once (each did it three times).
Tekulve is also the oldest pitcher ever to appear in 90 games, when he did so
in 1987 at age 40. Tekulve's three saves in the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_World_Series" title="1979 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1979 World
Series</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>tied the
single-Series mark set by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Face" title="Roy Face"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Roy Face</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1960 World
Series</span></a>; it was broken by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland"><span style="text-decoration: none;">John Wetteland</span></a>
in 1996. He holds the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League" title="National League"><span style="text-decoration: none;">National League</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>record for career<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched"><span style="text-decoration: none;">innings pitched</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in relief (1,436⅔), and formerly held
the major league record for career relief appearances; his 1,050 career games,
all in relief, ranked second in major league history to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyt_Wilhelm" title="Hoyt Wilhelm"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hoyt Wilhelm</span></a>'s
1,070 when he retired. Tekulve owns the career records for most appearances and
innings pitched without making a single start. In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1986</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>he broke<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Face" title="Roy Face"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Roy Face</span></a>'s NL record of
846 career games pitched; he held the record until<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franco" title="John Franco"><span style="text-decoration: none;">John Franco</span></a>
passed him in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2004</span></a>.
In August of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1987</span></a>,
he pitched in nine consecutive games, a record for pitchers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d-8qPzjJHTk/UTedSAdeDiI/AAAAAAAAAuA/tESbejp6xwU/s1600/img094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d-8qPzjJHTk/UTedSAdeDiI/AAAAAAAAAuA/tESbejp6xwU/s200/img094.jpg" width="140" /></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Tekulve also holds the record for most career<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" title="Loss (baseball)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">losses</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>without having given up any<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_runs" title="Earned runs"><span style="text-decoration: none;">earned runs</span></a>,
with 12, as well as the record for most intentional walks issued, with 179.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Tekulve was a member of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Philadelphia Phillies</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>television broadcast team from 1991 to
1997.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">After several years involvement with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Wild_Things" title="Washington Wild Things"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Washington Wild Things</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of the independent<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Frontier League</span></a>,
Tekulve took a job as the Pirates' advance scout in 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Tekulve currently works for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_Sports_Pittsburgh" title="Root Sports Pittsburgh"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Root Sports Pittsburgh</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and appears as an analyst after each<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>game.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ffc000;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">some of the booty I received included a Pedro Alvarez Patch Card from 2011 topps series 2, 2 clemente's from 2012 topps archives the deckle edge and the 3-d Kelloggs card, Jeff Locke topps chrome refractor. Some Jose Tabata, Neil Walker And Andrew McCutchen and a Johnny Ray Sportflic!!! also a Matty Alou... yes!!!</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-64666779560324646162012-11-13T16:45:00.002-08:002012-11-13T16:48:16.396-08:00HOKA HEY... WTF!!!<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Marlins and Pirates owners are frauds and scum. I will post this everywhere I can because I love baseball and they ruin it for their fans. F*ck Jeff Loria and Bob Nutting. F*ck Magic Johnson's dumb ass for giving Frank McCourt $2 billion for a bankrupt Dodgers franchise (F*ck McCourt for what he did) and then immediately destroying the Dodgers' franchise with millions in back-breaking shitty contracts to rotting corpses. And most of all, F*ck Bud Selig for allowing scumbags like them into the ownership ranks.</span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-10482238930910928832012-10-19T16:01:00.002-07:002012-10-19T16:10:12.210-07:00The Dust Settled...2012 part 1<div style="text-align: right;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">When A.J. Burnett was approached in the Pirates' locker room and asked about his National League Player of the Week Award, he nodded a couple lockers to his left. </span><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"They should give it to Rod Barajas. He's the reason, he should get Player o</span><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">f the Week," Burnett said. </span><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"All I know," Barajas said, "is when I was catching Curt Schilling (with Arizona in 2000-03) and he was named Player of the Week, he gave me a watch." </span><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"He gave you a lousy watch because he didn't need it," Burnett came back. "He thought, 'What the heck am I gonna do with this $5 watch. I know what -- I'll give it to Barajas.'" </span><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"It's the thought that counts," Barajas said. </span><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"We need to quit this heckling," Burnett said. "People are going to think we like each other." </span><span style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Gee, how would anyone get that idea?</span></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-70409055367654469302012-10-04T18:53:00.000-07:002012-10-04T19:09:56.755-07:00The Summer of ZOLTAN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 19px;">It was the best Summer of my life, it was the worst fall of my life</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px;">, it was the age of McCutchen, it was the age of the Pedro Bomb, it was the epoch of belief in we can do this, it was the epoch of Zoltan, it was the season of "Finishing", it was the season of collapse, it may become the "spring" of hope, it became the winter of despair and disbelief, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going directly to playoff heaven, but we were all going directly the other way - in short, the season was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for AJ Burnett and Drew Sutton and Starling Marte or for Rod Barajas and Clint Barmes and Jason Grilli, in the superlative degree of comparison only.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-43524773579838126772012-08-19T18:40:00.001-07:002012-08-19T18:40:14.048-07:00MARATHON in Missouri<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J_ZHd-7Ul7E/UDGVRhtpUpI/AAAAAAAAApU/pXJrYYjjDVU/s1600/img003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J_ZHd-7Ul7E/UDGVRhtpUpI/AAAAAAAAApU/pXJrYYjjDVU/s200/img003.jpg" width="141" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Curse Of Jerry Meals Vanquished? </span><br />
Thanks to Pedro Alvarez's clutch home run, the Pirates beat the Cardinals in 19 INNINGS. The two teams have played 2,186 times since 1901. Today's affair was the longest of them all. Karstens started the 19 inning game today and the one last year. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Andrew McCutchen tweeted: @TheCUTCH22</span><br />
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So that’s how it feels to be on the winning side of a 19 inning game...must say it feels pretty good.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-80663497376337829822012-08-18T15:25:00.003-07:002012-08-18T15:28:38.529-07:00Happy Birthday Roberto Clemente!!!<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YzqmOa8B7u8/UDAW5sSopPI/AAAAAAAAAog/XJUmmzT-YIk/s1600/2012-Topps-Archives-Baseball-1982-In-Action-Insert-Card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YzqmOa8B7u8/UDAW5sSopPI/AAAAAAAAAog/XJUmmzT-YIk/s1600/2012-Topps-Archives-Baseball-1982-In-Action-Insert-Card.jpg" /></a><b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Roberto Clemente Walker</span></b> (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican ball player whose Major League career comprised the 18 seasons stretching from 1955 through 1972, all of them played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. Clemente was awarded the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1966. He was on the NL All-Star team 15 times, received 12 Gold Glove Awards, and led the NL in batting average four times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit. Off the field, Clemente was involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to those in need. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Clemente was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, becoming the first Latin American to be selected and one of only four current Hall of Fame members for whom the mandatory five-year waiting period has been waived.[1][2] Besides being the first Hispanic player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Clemente is also the first Hispanic to win a World Series as a starter (1960), receive an MVP Award (1966), and receive a World Series MVP Award (1971).</b></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-71921720401528943152012-08-15T00:29:00.000-07:002012-08-15T00:29:27.617-07:00THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST<br />
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<tr index="0" tabindex="0"><td class="dg-team_short" index="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 180px !important;"><a class="atl" href="http://braves.com/" style="background-image: url(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/30x25/logos.png); background-position: 0px -111px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 26px; padding: 0px 0px 12px 43px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Atlanta</b></span></a></td><td class="dg-w" index="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 67</b></span></td><td class="dg-l" index="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 49</b></span></td><td class="dg-pct" index="3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> .578</b></span></td><td class="dg-gb" index="4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> -</b></span></td><td class="dg-elim" index="5" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> -</b></span></td><td class="dg-last_ten" index="6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></td><td class="dg-streak" index="7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-last_game" index="8" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-next_game" index="9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd" index="1" tabindex="0"><td class="dg-team_short" index="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 180px !important;"><a class="pit" href="http://pirates.com/" style="background-image: url(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/30x25/logos.png); background-position: 0px -1155px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 26px; padding: 0px 0px 12px 43px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Pittsburgh</b></span></a></td><td class="dg-w" index="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 64</b></span></td><td class="dg-l" index="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 52</b></span></td><td class="dg-pct" index="3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> .552</b></span></td><td class="dg-gb" index="4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> -</b></span></td><td class="dg-elim" index="5" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> -</b></span></td><td class="dg-last_ten" index="6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></td><td class="dg-streak" index="7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-last_game" index="8" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-next_game" index="9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td></tr>
<tr index="2" tabindex="0"><td class="dg-team_short" index="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 180px !important;"><a class="lan" href="http://dodgers.com/" style="background-image: url(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/30x25/logos.png); background-position: 0px -771px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 26px; padding: 0px 0px 12px 43px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;"><b>LA Dodgers</b></span></a></td><td class="dg-w" index="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 64</b></span></td><td class="dg-l" index="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 53</b></span></td><td class="dg-pct" index="3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> .547</b></span></td><td class="dg-gb" index="4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 0.5</b></span></td><td class="dg-elim" index="5" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 46</b></span></td><td class="dg-last_ten" index="6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></td><td class="dg-streak" index="7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-last_game" index="8" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-next_game" index="9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd" index="3" tabindex="0"><td class="dg-team_short" index="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 180px !important;"><a class="sfn" href="http://sfgiants.com/" style="background-image: url(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/30x25/logos.png); background-position: 0px -1320px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 26px; padding: 0px 0px 12px 43px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;"><b>San Francisco</b></span></a></td><td class="dg-w" index="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 64</b></span></td><td class="dg-l" index="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 53</b></span></td><td class="dg-pct" index="3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> .547</b></span></td><td class="dg-gb" index="4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 0.5</b></span></td><td class="dg-elim" index="5" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 46</b></span></td><td class="dg-last_ten" index="6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></td><td class="dg-streak" index="7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-last_game" index="8" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-next_game" index="9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td></tr>
<tr index="4" tabindex="0"><td class="dg-team_short" index="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 180px !important;"><a class="sln" href="http://cardinals.com/" style="background-image: url(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/30x25/logos.png); background-position: 0px -1375px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 26px; padding: 0px 0px 12px 43px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;"><b>St. Louis</b></span></a></td><td class="dg-w" index="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 63</b></span></td><td class="dg-l" index="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 53</b></span></td><td class="dg-pct" index="3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> .543</b></span></td><td class="dg-gb" index="4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 1.0</b></span></td><td class="dg-elim" index="5" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 46</b></span></td><td class="dg-last_ten" index="6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></td><td class="dg-streak" index="7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-last_game" index="8" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td><td class="dg-next_game" index="9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd" index="5" tabindex="0"><td class="dg-team_short" index="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 180px !important;"><a class="ari" href="http://dbacks.com/" style="background-image: url(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/30x25/logos.png); background-position: 0px -55px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 26px; padding: 0px 0px 12px 43px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Arizona</b></span></a></td><td class="dg-w" index="1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 58</b></span></td><td class="dg-l" index="2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 58</b></span></td><td class="dg-pct" index="3" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 45px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> .500</b></span></td><td class="dg-gb" index="4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 6.0</b></span></td><td class="dg-elim" index="5" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top; width: 60px !important;"><span style="color: red;"><b> 41</b></span></td><td class="dg-last_ten" index="6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td><td class="dg-streak" index="7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td><td class="dg-last_game" index="8" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"> </td><td class="dg-next_game" index="9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(169, 169, 169) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 13px 4px; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-46141228551451571802012-08-14T23:41:00.000-07:002012-08-14T23:58:59.629-07:00My First EVER Baseball Game!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4</h1>
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Atlanta Braves 2</h1>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">
Game Played on Tuesday, August 16, 1988 (N) at Three Rivers Stadium</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This was the first ever ballgame I had ever attended. I saved up about $50 and my Mom got the tickets off of a family friend, Bruce Dal Canton who was with the Atlanta Braves at the time as a pitching coach. I went with my friend Brian Zahand and I had a blast that day!!</span></div>
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<pre><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1988/TATL01988.htm">ATL N</a> 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1988/TPIT01988.htm">PIT N</a> 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 4 8 1</span>
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<pre><b>BATTING</b></pre>
<pre>Atlanta Braves <b>AB R H RBI BB SO PO A</b>
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgantr001.htm">Gant</a> 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/O/Poberk001.htm">Oberkfell</a> 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/A/Palvaj001.htm">Alvarez</a> p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Pthoma001.htm">Thomas</a> ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 4
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmurpd001.htm">Murphy</a> rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Psimmt001.htm">Simmons</a> 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 8 2
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjamed001.htm">James</a> lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbeneb001.htm">Benedict</a> c 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Proysj001.htm">Royster</a> ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbloct001.htm">Blocker</a> cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Psmitp001.htm">P. Smith</a> p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/V/Pvirgo001.htm">Virgil</a> ph,c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
<b>Totals</b> 35 2 9 2 1 8 24 10
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<pre><b>FIELDING - </b>
<b>DP:</b> 1. Royster.
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<pre><b>BATTING - </b>
<b>2B:</b> Murphy (29,off Drabek); Thomas (19,off Drabek); Simmons (5,off Drabek).
<b>GDP:</b> Blocker (4,off Drabek); Murphy (19,off Robinson).
<b>Team LOB:</b> 7.
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<pre>Pittsburgh Pirates <b>AB R H RBI BB SO PO A</b>
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbondb001.htm">Bonds</a> lf 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Plindj002.htm">Lind</a> 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 4
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/V/Pvansa001.htm">Van Slyke</a> cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbonib001.htm">Bonilla</a> 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbreas001.htm">Bream</a> 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 10 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Preynr001.htm">Reynolds</a> rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Plavam001.htm">LaValliere</a> c 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbellr001.htm">Belliard</a> ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdrabd001.htm">Drabek</a> p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pcangj001.htm">Cangelosi</a> ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Probij001.htm">Robinson</a> p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgottj001.htm">Gott</a> p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
<b>Totals</b> 30 4 8 4 3 5 27 10
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<pre><b>FIELDING - </b>
<b>DP:</b> 2. Belliard-Lind-Bream, Bonilla-Lind-Bream.
<b>E:</b> Drabek (3).
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<pre><b>BATTING - </b>
<b>HR:</b> Reynolds (6,2nd inning off P. Smith 0 on 1 out); Van Slyke (21,8th inning
off Alvarez 0 on 0 out).
<b>SH:</b> Drabek (4,off P. Smith).
<b>Team LOB:</b> 6.
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<pre><b>PITCHING</b></pre>
<pre>Atlanta Braves <b>IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP</b>
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Psmitp001.htm">P. Smith</a> L(5-12) 6 5 3 3 2 5 1 25
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/A/Palvaj001.htm">Alvarez</a> 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 9
<b>Totals</b> 8 8 4 4 3 5 2 34
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<pre></pre>
<pre>Pittsburgh Pirates <b>IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP</b>
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdrabd001.htm">Drabek</a> W(12-5) 7 8 2 1 0 6 0 29
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Probij001.htm">Robinson</a> 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgottj001.htm">Gott</a> SV(21) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
<b>Totals</b> 9 9 2 1 1 8 0 36
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<pre><b>WP:</b> Robinson 2 (8).
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<pre><b>Umpires:</b> HP - <a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pfroeb901.htm">Bruce Froemming</a>, 1B - <a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Ptatat901.htm">Terry Tata</a>, 2B - <a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdavig901.htm">Gerry Davis</a>, 3B - <a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdarlg901.htm">Gary Darling</a>
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<pre><b>Time of Game:</b> 2:35 <b>Attendance:</b> 13994
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<pre>Starting Lineups:
Atlanta Braves Pittsburgh Pirates
1. Gant 2b Bonds lf
2. Oberkfell 3b Lind 2b
3. Thomas ss Van Slyke cf
4. Murphy rf Bonilla 3b
5. Simmons 1b Bream 1b
6. James lf Reynolds rf
7. Benedict c LaValliere c
8. Blocker cf Belliard ss
9. P. Smith p Drabek p
BRAVES 1ST: Gant struck out; Oberkfell grounded out (second to
first); Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 1ST: Bonds singled to left; Lind grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Bonds to second]; Van Slyke struck out; Bonilla flied
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Murphy singled to center; Simmons reached on an
error by Drabek [Murphy to third, Simmons to first]; James
singled to center [Murphy scored (unearned), Simmons to third];
Benedict struck out; Blocker grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to second to first) [James out at second];
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Bream was called out on strikes; Reynolds homered;
LaValliere grounded out (shortstop to first); Belliard flied to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 1.
BRAVES 3RD: P. Smith was called out on strikes; Gant struck out;
Oberkfell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1,
Pirates 1.
PIRATES 3RD: Drabek struck out; Bonds flied to center; Lind
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 1.
BRAVES 4TH: Thomas flied to center; Murphy doubled; Simmons
flied to left; James singled to left [Murphy to third, James to
second (on throw to home)]; Benedict flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 1.
PIRATES 4TH: Van Slyke flied to left; Bonilla popped to
shortstop; Bream grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Blocker grounded out (shortstop to first); P. Smith
was called out on strikes; Gant struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 1.
PIRATES 5TH: Reynolds singled to center; LaValliere walked
[Reynolds to second]; Belliard was called out on strikes; Drabek
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Reynolds to third,
LaValliere to second]; Bonds singled to center [Reynolds scored,
LaValliere scored]; Lind singled to left [Bonds to second]; Van
Slyke walked [Bonds to third, Lind to second]; Bonilla flied to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 3.
BRAVES 6TH: Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); Thomas
doubled to center; Murphy popped to first; Simmons doubled to
right [Thomas scored]; James lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 6TH: Bream struck out; Reynolds grounded out (second to
first); LaValliere grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 3.
BRAVES 7TH: ROYSTER BATTED FOR BENEDICT; Royster grounded out
(third to first); Blocker singled to center; VIRGIL BATTED FOR
P. SMITH; Virgil singled to right [Blocker to third]; Gant
popped to second; Oberkfell forced Virgil (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 7TH: ALVAREZ REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); ROYSTER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); VIRGIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
Belliard grounded out (shortstop to first); CANGELOSI BATTED FOR
DRABEK; Cangelosi grounded out (second to first); Bonds walked;
Lind grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Pirates 3.
BRAVES 8TH: ROBINSON REPLACED CANGELOSI (PITCHING); Thomas
singled to left; Murphy grounded into a double play (third to
second to second to first) [Thomas out at second]; Simmons
walked; Robinson threw a wild pitch [Simmons to second];
Robinson threw a wild pitch [Simmons to third]; James struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 8TH: Van Slyke homered; Bonilla grounded out (first to
pitcher); Bream singled to second; Reynolds singled to right
[Bream to third]; On a bunt LaValliere hit into a double play
(third unassisted) [Bream out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Pirates 4.
BRAVES 9TH: GOTT REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Royster lined to
first; Blocker grounded out (first unassisted); Virgil struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Braves 2 9 0 7
Pirates 4 8 1 6</pre>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 1.231;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With 3 runs already in, runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs and the Bucs’ lead cut to one in the seventh inning, Brad Lincoln: Middle </span></span><span style="line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Relief</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.231;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Slayer... made his first relief appearance since rejoining the bullpen Sunday — and did what was necessary.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 1.231;">Hunter Pence struck out, Shane Victorino flied out and Lincoln punctuated it with a strikeout of pinch hitter Jim Thome complete with a </span><span style="line-height: 29px;">Stare-down</span><span style="line-height: 1.231;">, and the Bucs held on for an 11-7 victory at Philly. JMac with the win now with 7... Yinz can forget about Spahn & Sain and 2 days of rain....Now its McDonald & Burnett and hope it gets wet!!</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-27361156061965918332012-06-27T18:22:00.000-07:002012-06-27T18:22:04.482-07:00Andrew McCutchen MVP???<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-55950434634859083182012-06-27T17:49:00.001-07:002012-06-27T17:56:46.955-07:00Pittsburgh Pirates / Gotye Parody -- "Pierogi That I Used To Know"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtdej_eb6s" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtdej_eb6s</span></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875943818434599364.post-43583894371005634992012-03-07T18:58:00.000-08:002012-03-07T19:07:06.880-08:00Gunnerisms: Famous sayings by Pirates' broadcaster Bob Prince<dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Bob Prince was a broadcaster for the Bucs from 1948-1975. He was known for his colorful commentary and rapid fire delivery. Because of his quick tongue, he became affectionately known as "The Gunner".<p></p></dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">During Prince's years with the Bucs, listeners either loved him or hated him, but they were always amused by him. He was a great Pirates fan, and he saw the club through some dark years as well as through a few championships. On May 3, 1985, after a 10 year abscence, Prince returned to the Pirate broadcast booth for one encore as a Pirate announcer. At 68 years old, he was fighting and losing a battle with cancer, but during his encore broadcast, the magic returned, and the Bucs responded with a nine-run 4th inning on their way to a 16-2 victory over the Dodgers. Prince was only strong enough to announce two of his scheduled three innings, but he received three standing ovations from the crowd. A month later. Bob Prince lost his battle with cancer. His name was displayed proudly in the Pirates broadcast booth at Three Rivers Stadium.<p>Bob Prince was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame as a broadcaster in 1986. He will live in our Pirate memories and our personal hall of fame forever.</p><center><img src="http://www.mindspring.com/~gearhard/images/gunner.jpg" /></center><br />Prince was known for his unique style of broadcast lingo. A new listener might need an English-to-Prince dictionary to understand his broadcasts. Here is a sampling of Bob Prince sayings and nicknames which we affectionately call "Gunnerisms". <hr /><b>Sayings:</b><dl><dt>"AN ALABASTER BLAST"</dt><dd>A Baltimore chop base hit that would go higher than normal due to the extraordinarily hard infield at Forbes Field<p></p></dd><dt>"ARRIBA"</dt><dd>Prince's cry to Roberto Clemente to hit one up and over the wall.<p></p></dd><dt>"ASPIRIN TABLETS"</dt><dd>A pitcher would be throwing a ball so hard it looked as tiny and as hard to hit as an aspirin tablet. As in, "Veale's firin' aspirin tablets out there tonight."<p></p></dd><dt>"ATEM BALLS"</dt><dd>Hard line drives right to an infielder - it was at 'em. "Law has his At'em ball workin' tonight."<p></p></dd><dt>"BABUSHKA POWER"</dt><dd>Prince developed babushkas that the women in the stands could wear to bring the Pirates luck. It was, in a sense, a later version of the Green Weenie.<p></p></dd><dt>"THE BASES ARE F.O.B." (full of Bucs)</dt><dd>What was needed now, was a bingle, a dying quail, perhaps a bug on the rug...<p></p></dd><dt>"A LITTLE BINGLE"</dt><dd>A little hit; a small single; perhaps a bunt single. Just something that would get a Bucco on base.<p></p></dd><dt>"THE BLACK MAX"</dt><dd><p></p></dd><dt>"A BLOOP AND A BLAST"</dt><dd>A quick way to get two runs through a single (the bloop) and a home run (the blast), as in, "The Buccos are down by one run going to the bottom of the ninth. What we need here is a bloop and a blast."<p></p></dd><dt>"A BUG ON THE RUG"</dt><dd>A basehit that skittered through the gap, particularly on artificial turf.<p></p></dd><dt>"BY A GNAT'S EYELASH"</dt><dd>A very small margin indeed, as in, "That ball just missed. It was foul by a gnat's eyelash."<p></p></dd><dt>"CHICKEN ON THE HILL"</dt><dd>A home run for Willie Stargell, begun by the fact that Stargell owned a chicken restaurant in Pittsburgh's Hill District and that whenever he homered, the person at the counter would get free chicken. Thus, Prince would say, "We need a homer here. Come on, Willie, spread some Chicken on the Hill." In one particular game, Prince said that if Stargell hit a home run, everybody in the restaurant would get free chicken. Stargell did hit the home run, everyone got free chicken, and Stargell sent the bill to Prince.<p></p></dd><dt>"CLOSE AS FUZZ ON A TICK'S EAR"</dt><dd>a little closer than a gnat's eyelash.<p></p></dd><dt>"DON'T BOO STU, HE'S OVER-DUE"</dt><dd>A cheer to get firstbaseman Dick Stuart out of a slump.<p></p></dd><dt>"DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK"</dt><dd>Rocky Nelson, 1b-man alternating with Stuart.<p></p></dd><dt>"A DYING QUAIL"</dt><dd>A little bloop, a tweener, or a bingle; a hit that falls in like a shot quail would.<p></p></dd><dt>"THE GREEN WEENIE"</dt><dd>A device invented by the Gunner to jinx and perhaps spook opposing players, the green weenie was the size and shape of a hot dog. When pointed at the opponents and shaken, it rattled and supposedly put a jinx on them.<p></p></dd><dt>"HE COULDN'T HIT THAT WITH A BED SLAT"</dt><dd>This is what the Gunner would say when a batter chased a pitch way outside. Take one of the slats out from under a full sized bed and notice how much longer it is than a bat, and you get an idea that the batter was definitely chasing.<p></p></dd><dt>HE LIT UP THE LIGHTS ON BROADWAY"</dt><dd>in response to a called 3rd strike.<p></p></dd><dt>"HIDDEN VIGORISH"</dt><dd>Similar to the law of averages, it was the force which dictated that a player who was in a slump was due for a big hit, as in, "Stargell is Oh for his last eight, so with hidden vigorish he should get a big hit here."<p></p></dd><dt>"HOOVER"</dt><dd>A double play by which the Bucs would clean up the basepaths. When someone complained that Prince was giving free advertising to a particular brand of vacuum cleaner, he tried to invent a story about President Herbert Hoover's cleaning up corruption in Washington.<p></p></dd><dt>"HOW SWEET IT IS"</dt><dd>After suffering through some terrible Bucco teams in the early- 1950's, Prince got to enjoy the taste of victory in 1960 and throughout the early-1970's with the Battlin' Bucs. The taste of a championship, a mid-season victory, or a home run that would put the Bucs ahead would draw out "How sweet it is".<p></p></dd><dt>"KISS IT GOOD-BYE"</dt><dd>The most famous of Prince's sayings; this was his well-known home run call.<p></p></dd><dt>"MARY EDGERLEY"</dt><dd>No one knew exactly who she was (or whether she was related to Jimmy Durante's Mrs. Calabash), but Prince would end each broadcast by saying, "Good night, Mary Edgerley, wherever you are."<p></p></dd><dt>"A #8 CAN OF GOLDEN BANTAM"</dt><dd>A can of corn; refers to an easy fly ball. Immortalized in 1970 when Matty Alou dropped a "can of corn" against the Cubs, and the Bucs had to wait another day to clinch their first pennent in 10 years.<p></p></dd><dt>"RADIO BALL"</dt><dd>"Koufax just threw Stuart his radio ball. He could hear it, but he couldn't see it." "Low hummin' riser." (Similar to a radio ball)<p></p></dd><dt>"RUG CUTTIN' TIME"</dt><dd>"It's rug cuttin' time." More commonly known as "crunch time." "For all the money, marbles, and chalk." Deciding moment. Crunch time.<p></p></dd><dt>"RUNNIN' THROUGH THE RAIN DROPS"</dt><dd>When a pitcher gives up a lot of hits but doesn't give up serious runs. Escapes without serious damage being done.<p></p></dd><dt>"SNAKE BIT"</dt><dd>Can't get a break. The Bucs are snake bit tonight.<p></p></dd><dt>"SOUP COOLERS"</dt><dd>a high pitch was up around a sluggers mouth, or lips, or "soup coolers". Prince often said Stargell was looking for a pitch up around his "soup coolers".<p></p></dd><dt>"TWEENER"</dt><dd>A ball that got "between" the outfielders; similar to a "bug on a rug", but it could occur on grass or as a "bloop" hit that fell in between fielders; hopefully, followed by a Bucco "blast".<p></p></dd><dt>"WE HAD ‘EM ALL THE WAY"</dt><dd>Spoken after a close win by the Pirates, it indicated that we should have known all along that the Pirates would win. It was perhaps the father of Lanny Frattare's "No doubt about it."</dd></dl><hr /><b>Nicknames:</b></dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Bob "Beetles" Bailey</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Nellie Briles: "the Rainmaker"</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Smokey Burgess : "Shake, rattle, and roll."</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Donn "Clink" Clendenon</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Gene "Little Angry" Clines</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Elroy Face: The Baron of the Bullpen</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Dick Groat: (no.24) was sometimes called "Double-Dozen"</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Harvey Haddix: "Kitten"</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Don Hoak: "the Tiger"</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Ralph Kiner: from Alhambra CA, was The Alhambra Kid, or the Alhambra Hammer.</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Ed "Spanky" Kirkpatrick</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Vern Law: "the Deacon"</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Gene Michael: was "the Stick."</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Manny Sanguillen: was the "Road Runner", long before Ralph Garr stole the nickname.</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Dick "Ducky" Schofield: not to be confused with his son Dickie who was also a ML player.</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Willie Stargell: was Willie La Starge or Wilver Dornell (his given name).</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Bob Skinner: was "Doggie"</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Bill Virdon: was "The Quail"</dd><dd style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; ">Jim "Possum" Woods: one of Prince's fellow broadcasters.</dd>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850395985670838827noreply@blogger.com13