RIP Whitey Lockman

[buckweaver]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/sports/baseball/20lockman.html?em

Best known for hitting one of the most famous doubles in baseball history -- the one right before Bobby Thomson's homer.

 

[poindexter]

What is David Eckstein doing in that picture?

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/sports/baseball/20lockman.html?em

Best known for hitting one of the most famous doubles in baseball history -- the one right before Bobby Thomson's homer.

Most "famous" doubles?

Hmmmm.

 

[spnited]

And when Willie Mays dies he'll be the most famous on-deck batter.

 

[DanOregon]

Wonder why they called him Whitey?

 

[buckweaver]

Most "famous" doubles?

Hmmmm.

Sure. There are a LOT of people still alive who can recite the sequence of that ninth inning, play by play. Who remember seeing Mueller getting carried off the field and Branca coming into the game. Lockman's double is very famous.

Besides, the list ain't long: Edgar's line drive to score Griffey in 1995, Cookie Lavagetto breaking up Bevens' no-hitter in 1947, Earl McNeely bouncing the ball off a "pebble" (and over Lindstrom's head) to win the 1924 Series. What else ya got?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Whitey Lockman was the top card in the first pack of baseball cards I ever bought. I was five, and I still remember.

 

[Double J]

Wonder why they called him Whitey?

This kid also wants to know.

 

[poindexter]

Most "famous" doubles?

Hmmmm.

Sure. There are a LOT of people still alive who can recite the sequence of that ninth inning, play by play. Who remember seeing Mueller getting carried off the field and Branca coming into the game. Lockman's double is very famous.

Besides, the list ain't long: Edgar's line drive to score Griffey in 1995, Cookie Lavagetto breaking up Bevens' no-hitter in 1947, Earl McNeely bouncing the ball off a "pebble" (and over Lindstrom's head) to win the 1924 Series. What else ya got?

Glaus's rocket to the gap that Bonds waved at to complete a comeback from 5-0, WS game 6, 2002.

 

[Huggy]

For this Jays' fanboy looser, Winfield's double in the top of the 11th of game six of the '92 WS would be a biggie too.

 

[playthrough]

Most "famous" doubles?

Hmmmm.

Sure. There are a LOT of people still alive who can recite the sequence of that ninth inning, play by play. Who remember seeing Mueller getting carried off the field and Branca coming into the game. Lockman's double is very famous.

Besides, the list ain't long: Edgar's line drive to score Griffey in 1995, Cookie Lavagetto breaking up Bevens' no-hitter in 1947, Earl McNeely bouncing the ball off a "pebble" (and over Lindstrom's head) to win the 1924 Series. What else ya got?

I remember 1995. I believe you made up the others.

 

[MileHigh]

Most "famous" doubles?

Hmmmm.

Sure. There are a LOT of people still alive who can recite the sequence of that ninth inning, play by play. Who remember seeing Mueller getting carried off the field and Branca coming into the game. Lockman's double is very famous.

Besides, the list ain't long: Edgar's line drive to score Griffey in 1995, Cookie Lavagetto breaking up Bevens' no-hitter in 1947, Earl McNeely bouncing the ball off a "pebble" (and over Lindstrom's head) to win the 1924 Series. What else ya got?

Glaus's rocket to the gap that Bonds waved at to complete a comeback from 5-0, WS game 6, 2002.

Amen to that.