Baseball Photo Trivia

[Angels#1Fan]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

"These are the saddest of possible words..."

Cool pic.

[fan_since79]

Who are these men and why are they sad?

[fan_since79]

I guess nobody wants to answer this. 

October 7, 1952. Maybe that will help.

[Angels#1Fan]

Sad Brooklyn fans?

The Bums lost again?

[fan_since79]

55 minutes ago, Angels#1Fan said:

Sad Brooklyn fans?

The Bums lost again?

Yep. The Yankees beat them for the fourth time. This photo was taken at a bar in Brooklyn following Game 7 in 1952.

[tomsred]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Yep. The Yankees beat them for the fourth time. This photo was taken at a bar in Brooklyn following Game 7 in 1952.

Some things never change.

[Angel Oracle]

The famous "Billy Martin defensive gem saving the WS" game

[fan_since79]

That was Freddy's Bar on 5th Ave in Brooklyn.

 

[Blarg]

What does this man have to do with baseball in regards to the World Series? 

Not sure if even @Angel Oracle is going to get this one.

Spoiler

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21145911/a-boy-return-world-series-91-years-later

Norman Llyod went to his first World Series in 1926 at age 11 and then Game 2 of the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium at age 103. Making him the fan with the longest seniority streak of World Series attendence.

He is also a Dodger fan.

 

Edited October 26, 2017 by Blarg

[fan_since79]

Great question. I hadn't heard that until you brought it up here.

 

[Blarg]

Overshadowed by a Vin Scully appearance last night but has been linked to the Dodgers longer. He went to a Dodgers game when Scully was in diapers.

Edited October 26, 2017 by Blarg

[Angel Oracle]

That is one impressive separation between first WS game attended and most recent one.

[Tank]

i didn't think anything could be longer than my shutout streak of dating in college. 

[fan_since79]

He had one heck of a curve.

[Dick B Back]

Lou Pote?

[Angels#1Fan]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

He had one heck of a curve.

Pretty good command of the strike zone also!

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Is that Greg Maddux?

[fan_since79]

3 hours ago, HaloJustinBieber said:

Is that Greg Maddux?

Yep.

 

[Tank]

i was way off. my original guess was ann margaret. talk about nice curves!

[fan_since79]

The only man to be a player, manager, umpire, and scout in major league baseball.

On October 29, 1889 he was the winning pitcher in the 9th and deciding game of a best-of-11 early version of the World Series. New York Giants of the NL defeated the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the American Association.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013, 78 years after his death.

Edited October 29, 2017 by fan_since79

[fan_since79]

He umpired for 30 years in the NL and worked in 10 World Series.

He was involved in one of the most controversial plays in baseball history, calling Fred Merkle out at second base in 1908 in a game that ultimately led to the Cubs winning the pennant that year.

 

[Tank]

ralston schmidt?

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

ralston schmidt?

Ralston O'Day.

 

[Angel Oracle]

On 10/27/2017 at 4:07 PM, Angels#1Fan said:

Pretty good command of the strike zone also!

That clue gave it away for me.

[fan_since79]

It's Hank O'Day.

He was also the oldest ML umpire ever. He was 68 when he retired and became a scout.

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/01/12/213212392/hank-oday-played-umpired-managed-and-scouted-in-the-major-leagues