FROM THE DUGOUT STEPS

[Old School]

1951

Any fan who shows up with a musical instrument during the Dodgers' Musical Depreciation Night is admitted free to the Ebbets Field contest against Boston. With an assortment of trumpets, trombones, zithers, tubas, accordions, bugles, flutes, various type of drums, violins, mandolins, assorted horns, a glockenspiel, a washboard, and a piano, 2,426 fans, which is about 10% of the total crowd, take advantage of the team's unusual promotion.<center> </center>

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[Old School]

1989

In his second start after coming back from cancer surgery, left-hander Dave Dravecky breaks his arm when he throws a wild pitch to Tim Raines in the sixth inning of the Giants' 3-2 victory over Montreal at Olympic Stadium. The 33 year-old Youngstown, Ohio native, who will be credited with the win, collapses to the ground, clutching his left arm in severe pain after the humerus bone snaps midway between his shoulder and elbow, with the sound of the bone breaking clearly audible throughout the ballpark.

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his story after baseball is here...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Dravecky

amazing to say the least..........

 

[Old School]

1957

In a game against New York at Connie Mack Stadium, a foul ball off the bat of Richie Ashburn breaks the nose of spectator Alice Roth, the wife of an editor for Philadelphia's Bulletin. During the same at bat, the Phillies leadoff hitter nails her for the second time as she is being carried off on a stretcher.

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[Old School]

3 games going on time of this post..

2 players of the 6 teams in the lineups hitting .300 or better.

Escobar of Ariz .323

Simmons of LAA .300

48 EVERYDAY PLAYERS...

KEEP SWINGING:SIB ..............

 

[Old School]

IN ALL OF MLB...... THERE ARE 30 TEAMS...........

18 GUYS HITTING .300 OR BETTER...........:0corn

 

[Old School]

1964

Due to a misunderstanding caused by Mickey Mantle misinforming his teammate that their manager Yogi Berra had asked for the harmonica to be played louder, a confrontation occurs on the back of the team bus between the skipper, who had actually asked for the music to stop, and utility player Phil Linz. Some believe the well-publicized incident fired up the third-place team, who had just lost four consecutive games to the White Sox in Chicago, to a successful pennant run, but may have reinforced the perception Berra had lost control of the team, leading to his dismissal after Game 7 of the World Series.

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made headlines across every sports page in America..Was a tuff gritty WS against St.Louis. Whitey Ford got ruffed up in Game 1 & Gibson gave up 4 earned in Gm. 2 loss ..Bouton beat Simmons 2-1 and and Gibson went 10 innings for a win game 5.. Cards bullpen w/Schultz imploded in Game 6 now... Game 7 that cost unfairly cost Yogi his job Stottlemyre who started and Downing who relieved him could not get a Redbird out.Gibson pitched another 9 innings in the 7-5 win with Yanks getting 2 in the top of the 9th via homers from Boyer [Clete of course not his brother Ken who is playing 3rd base for the Redbirds] and light hitting Harmonica boy Phil Linz ..Yogi got the short end of the stick...

the real kick in the pants ....Johnny Keane who managed the Cardinals in the World Series against him took his job the with the Yankees...he didn't last 2 seasons before GM Ralph Houk took over...

we hated the Yankees in my house...........but they were fun to watch and keep track of..

but not as much fun as the Dodgers...

 

[Old School]

1967

Twelve year-old Robert Stratta throws the eighth no-hitter in Little League World Series history when Chicago's Roseland North team beats Rota, Spain in the quarterfinals, 1-0. The future transplant surgeon doesn't allow the ball to leave the infield, retiring the last 11 batters he faces, eight on strikeouts.

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[Old School]

well that sucks......

1956

Prior to the Old Timers' Game at Yankee Stadium, shortstop Phil Rizzuto is asked to consult with general manager George Weiss and manager Casey Stengel concerning a player move necessitated by reacquiring Enos Slaughter off waivers from the A's. After making several suggestions about who should be cut from the squad, the veteran infielder is told by Weiss he is the player about to be let go.

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[Old School]

only -39.23 with the rainout

60 games left

a club that has won 29 and lost 73

who has gutted what was left...

15-45 the rest of the way..

gotta see how many left against contenders

7-21 so far...

teams needs a new owner so badly.......damn shame this once proud franchise is being allowed to rot right into the Chesapeake Bay.

 

[Old School]

1939

At Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS, covering a doubleheader split in which the Reds win the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers take the nightcap, 6-1. The network employs two cameras, one behind home plate, showing a wide view of the field, and the other on the third base line to capture the plays at first base.

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[Old School]

1982	Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brock's 1974 single season record of 118 stolen bases in the 5-4 loss to Milwaukee. The A's outfielder, who will finish the season with 130, ends the day with 122, after swiping a total of four bases in today's County Stadium contest.

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here is today's up to date SB list

1.	Turner ? WSN	33
2.	Gordon ? SEA	29
	Marte ? PIT	29
	Hamilton ? CIN	29
5.	Ramirez ? CLE	28
	Merrifield ? KCR	28
7.	Smith ? TBR	27
8.	Betts ? BOS	26
9.	Anderson ? CHW	24
	Cain ? MIL	24
	Inciarte ? ATL	24
	Taylor ? WSN	24

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[Old School]

8/27/18

HR's leaders

appox. 30 games left in the 2018 season

1.	Davis ? OAK	39
2.	Martinez ? BOS	38
3.	Ramirez ? CLE	37
4.	Carpenter ? STL	34
	Gallo ? TEX	34
6.	Stanton ? NYY	32
7.	Cruz ? SEA	31
	Machado ? 2TM	31
	Arenado ? COL	31
10.	Trout ? LAA	30
	Harper ? WSN	30
	Muncy ? LAD	30
	Goldschmidt ? ARI	30

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2001 season ........oh the "Juice"

1.	Bonds ? SFG	73
2.	Sosa ? CHC	64
3.	Gonzalez ? ARI	57
4.	Rodriguez ? TEX	52
5.	Thome ? CLE	49
	Green ? LAD	49
	Helton ? COL	49
8.	Palmeiro ? TEX	47
9.	Sexson ? MIL	45
10.	Glaus ? ANA	41
	Ramirez ? BOS	41
	Nevin ? SDP	41

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[Old School]

2001

Former major league catcher Crash Davis, whose name was the inspiration for the main character of the 1988 hit movie Bull Durham, dies at the age of 82 after a yearlong bout with cancer. In the movie, which was ranked #1 as the greatest sports film of all time by Sports Illustrated, Kevin Costner portrays "Crash" as the veteran backstop of the Durham Bulls brought in to help a rookie pitcher reach the big leagues by sharing his experiences on and off the field.<center><iframe width="250" height="141" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TBUS3vQtDCA?t+rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center>

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[Old School]

1993

The Rockies, drawing a crowd 47,699 for their 62nd home game, surpass the 1982 Dodgers when the team attracts 3,617,863 fans to Denver's Mile High Stadium, setting a new National League single-season attendance record. The expansion club will also break the 1992 Blue Jays' major league mark of 4,028,318 before the season is over.

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Attendance: 4,483,350 (1st of 14):0074

2017

Attendance: 2,953,650 (5th of 15)

 

[Old School]

1989	Deion Sanders, the fifth player selected overall in the 1989 NFL Draft, hits a home run as the Bronx Bombers rout the Mariners at the Kingdome, 12-2. Five days later in his NFL debut with the Atlanta Falcons, the Yankee rookie returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown. Prime Time.........:spotting:

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[Old School]

1953

With Giants manager Leo Durocher yelling "stick it in his ear", Ruben Gomez hits Carl Furillo, the National League's leading hitter, on the wrist by a pitch. After taking first base, the Dodgers right fielder bolts into the opposing dugout to choke 'Leo the Lip', but in the melee, the knuckle on his little finger is fractured, putting an end to his season.

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[Old School]

1995

Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive game record, playing in his 2,131st straight game. When the game becomes official in the middle of the fifth inning, the new 'Iron Man' takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sellout crowd, including President Bill Clinton.<center><iframe style="width: 280px" height="163" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XLXyn1PBFd4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center>

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[Old School]

1974

Graig Nettles will be suspended for ten days after stuffing his bat with six super balls, that are collected by Tigers catcher Bill Freehan when the piece of lumber is shattered on a disallowed infield hit. The Yankee third baseman, who said the doctored bat was given to him by a fan in Chicago, hit a home run in his first at bat for the game's only run in the Yankees' 1-0 victory over Detroit at Shea Stadium.

 

[Old School]

Tim Kurkjian
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Jimmy Stewart, a former major league player who became a great scout, once said, smiling, of Bo Jackson?s amazing talents, ?I saw him hit a ball 500 feet. He ran and caught it before it hit the ground, then he threw the ball back to the plate on the fly.? #bestofalltim

 

[MadJack]