Baseball Trivia?

[goalmouth]

The last Jew to win a batting title -- Jason Marquis!

Thanks for playing, everybody!

 

[93Devil]

if, if, if, Buck.

I love this debate, but at one time Sosa, Belle and Thomas seemed to be shoe-ins as well. It's so strange how the power hitters (most) will drop rapidly. Hitters for average very slowly fade away.

I think Ichiro's body of work will be factored into his lifetime stats.

 

[buckweaver]

if, if, if, Buck.

I love this debate, but at one time Sosa, Belle and Thomas seemed to be shoe-ins as well. It's so strange how the power hitters (most) will drop rapidly. Hitters for average very slowly fade away.

I think Ichiro's body of work will be factored into his lifetime stats.

Thomas is a shoo-in, still.

Belle should be, under the Puckett and Koufax precedents, but his reputation will keep him out.

Ichiro's body of work in Japan won't be factored in -- otherwise Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima would have been in long ago -- but he'll do more than enough in MLB to make it on his own merits here.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

if, if, if, Buck.

I love this debate, but at one time Sosa, Belle and Thomas seemed to be shoe-ins as well. It's so strange how the power hitters (most) will drop rapidly. Hitters for average very slowly fade away.

I think Ichiro's body of work will be factored into his lifetime stats.

Thomas is a shoo-in, still.

Belle should be, under the Puckett and Koufax precedents, but his reputation will keep him out.

Ichiro's body of work in Japan won't be factored in -- otherwise Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima would have been in long ago -- but he'll do more than enough in MLB to make it on his own merits here.

I agree with all of this.

 

[zeke12]

Ichiro's a lock, provided he gets to the 10 years of service.

The guy was MVP and ROY in the same year and holds the single-season hits record. Done and done.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Ichiro's a lock, provided he gets to the 10 years of service.

The guy was MVP and ROY in the same year.

Freddie Lynn agrees.

 

[buckweaver]

Ichiro's a lock, provided he gets to the 10 years of service.

The guy was MVP and ROY in the same year and holds the single-season hits record. Done and done.

... and a 6-time Gold Glover ... and a 7-time All-Star ... and a two-time batting champion ... ;D

Yeah, he's in. Provided the 10 years.

 

[pallister]

Frank Thomas is in in his first year of eligibility, although I hope he doesn't hang around much longer.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The 1951 Shot Heard Round the World game
The 1954 Willie Mays catch game in the World Series
Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game

What's the common thread?

 

[heyabbott]

The 1951 Shot Heard Round the World game
The 1954 Willie Mays catch game in the World Series
Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game

What's the common thread?

New York

 

[pallister]

The 1950s?

 

[slappy4428]

George Stone?

What's his real name? 8)

Ah knew it... a WOP....

 

[lantaur]

The last Jew to win a batting title -- Jason Marquis!

Thanks for playing, everybody!

Give me a break.

 

[Mayfly]

The 1951 Shot Heard Round the World game
The 1954 Willie Mays catch game in the World Series
Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game

What's the common thread?

Things we will never see again?

 

[micropolitan guy]

There's something very specific that ties these three very memorable games together, and it's not that they all happened in the 1950s in New York, or that we'll never see them again.

 

[lantaur]

The 1951 Shot Heard Round the World game
The 1954 Willie Mays catch game in the World Series
Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game

What's the common thread?

Sal Maglie.

 

[zeke12]

The 1951 Shot Heard Round the World game
The 1954 Willie Mays catch game in the World Series
Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game

What's the common thread?

None happened in my kitchen?

 

[micropolitan guy]

That's right, Sal Maglie started both games for the Giants and the Don Larsen perfect game. Front row seat to baseball history; losing pitcher vs. Larsen and no-decisions vs. Brooklyn and the Indians.

 

[BYH]

The 1951 Shot Heard Round the World game
The 1954 Willie Mays catch game in the World Series
Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game

What's the common thread?

None happened in my kitchen?

That line is always funny.

 

[BYH]

Len Barker. Dennis Martinez.

Find the connection. And not the obvious one.