Baseball Photo Trivia

[fan_since79]

As Johnson readily admitted, his gift for pitching was not of his own doing, but God-given: "From the first time I held a ball," he explained, "it settled in the palm of my right hand as though it belonged there and, when I threw it, ball, hand and wrist, and arm and shoulder and back seemed to all work together."5 His signature pitching motion was unique -- a short windmill-style windup followed by a sweeping sidearm delivery. During the first part of his career he relied almost exclusively on a fastball (he developed a good curve around 1913) which inspired Ring Lardner to comment, "He's got a gun concealed on his person. They can't tell me he throws them balls with his arm."

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0e5ca45c

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

[fan_since79]

not just any old catch:

[Tank]

On 9/27/2018 at 12:06 PM, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Holy smoke, those are some powerful legs.

[Blarg]

No weight rooms, no trainers, no off season regime and yet packed with muscle.

[fan_since79]

Lou Gehrig was said to have weighed 14 pounds at birth. His mother was a strong German woman of good stock. 

Lou with his wife and parents:

[fan_since79]

Her father was not associated with the Cubs. He could sure hit a baseball though.

[fan_since79]

This thread has seen better days.

Nobody with a guess about the Mantle catch? October 8th is when it happened.

 

Edited October 9, 2018 by fan_since79

[arch stanton]

Larsen perfect game?

[Tank]

11 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Her father was not associated with the Cubs. He could sure hit a baseball though.

william howard taft!

[fan_since79]

6 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Larsen perfect game?

Right!

Mantle's spectacular running catch of Gil Hodges' drive to left-center in the top of the 5th inning, saved the perfect game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxYTSZhOa2Q

[fan_since79]

Apparently nobody is looking at this thread anymore, so I'll go ahead and answer.

Julia Ruth Stevens, Babe Ruth's daughter, is alive and well at 101.

[Blarg]

Sorry, I was going to post that but was mesmerized by the Tarzan pic.

[Angel Oracle]

On 10/8/2018 at 10:44 PM, fan_since79 said:

This thread has seen better days.

Nobody with a guess about the Mantle catch? October 8th is when it happened.

 

Been busy with birthday stuff the past two days.   Knew the perfect game pic question, but not the other one.

[fan_since79]

Now that I have your attention...who are the three people involved in this controversial play? October 9, 1996

Hitter, fielder, and young fan.

Edited October 10, 2018 by fan_since79

[arch stanton]

Jeter hit it. Tony Tarasco tried to catch it. Jeffrey Maier(sp?) interfered

[Lou]

19 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Jeter hit it. 

many a female will have this etched on their headstone 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, arch stanton said:

Jeter hit it. Tony Tarasco tried to catch it. Jeffrey Maier(sp?) interfered

Rich Garcia was the RF line ump.

Another one who thought his s_it didn’t stink.   That was such an obvious interference call, except to holier than thou Garcia.

[fan_since79]

That 'home run' tied the score and the Yankees won it in extra innings. Game 1 of the ALCS. 

[fan_since79]

Trout leading off, then these guys #2-5. Cobb, Speaker, Ruth, Gehrig

How many games would we win?

 

[Stradling]

6 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Trout leading off, then these guys #2-5. Cobb, Speaker, Ruth, Gehrig

How many games would we win?

 

Considering they are all dead, my guess is about 10

 

[Dick B Back]

6 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Trout leading off, then these guys #2-5. Cobb, Speaker, Ruth, Gehrig

How many games would we win?

 

Based on our oft injured pitching staff and Mang hitting behind Gehrig, about 80.

[fan_since79]

54 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Considering they are all dead, my guess is about 10

 

You're supposed to use your imagination.

[Tank]

173.

[fan_since79]

Who's the guy on the right getting batting tips from the Babe?

The year is 1934. He's not a Yankee.