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So, the Nats have all their best relievers left, and we have none, meaning Fiers has to hit. Just great. I try to find positive things to say about Ron Roenicke, but I just can't.
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See if Davis can avoid going 0-6. My luck, I benched Braun tonight, and started him. 0-5 with 3 Ks not helping me at all.
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Lucroy is going to need tomorrow off. Come on Brewers, end this NOW. Stop screwing around. Enough is enough.
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Well, at least the Cardinals lost.
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Yes, they did. My favorite was Turkey Mike Donlin. We're about to get bitten in the rear end, as Fiers is going to have to come out in favor of a pinch hitter. Who steps on the mound next? LOL, Scooter is not Desmond. Just hold on to that ball.
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Sigh. Want to buy a big hit. http://williamgregory.net/images/walken_wowie.gif
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Come on, Brauny!!!!
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Pants Rowland, from Platteville, WI was the skipper for the victorious 1917 Chicago White Sox. He was also the manager for the Sox in 1918, but he was not the manager in 1919 when the Black Sox Scandal hit.
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I assume you mean this from the 1970 WS. Brooks was still better, he was moving away from 1st and had to retire a player that was not walking down the line. Yup, that's it. Thank you for finding it. I had a brain fart, thinking the play was against the Pirates in the '71 World Series. It was in the '70 Series against the Reds. Such a great play. And yes, I agree, Brooks' throw was better. Robinson gets the nod as my all-time best defensive third baseman.
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If I don't see the Brewers hitting into another double play for a while, I'll be ok. Also, are we going to run out of pitchers? Roenicke is burning through them at an alarming rate. Meanwhile, Detwiler continues to mow us down.
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That throw by Desmond was Brooks Robinson in the 1971 World Series-esque. Wow.
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Imagine being a Yankee or Red Sox fan that summer, Baldkin. There must have been some incredible watering hole discussions about who was better, Joltin' Joe or the Kid. One of my all-time favorite documentaries is the one HBO did about Ted Williams. It is permanently saved on my DVR. It spends a good deal of time talking about that summer. Williams came to the final day of the season hitting .3995053. Joe Cronin, believing that Williams already had his .400 season, asked Ted if he wanted the day off (the Sox were scheduled to play a double header). Ted said that he didn't want somebody to say that he only hit .400 because of rounding, and there was no way he was going to sit out. So, he went 6 for 8 in the double header to take care of that.
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Geez, Aramis, just jog down the line there, why don't ya. If he were running, he might have made it.
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That is why this bar is in Wirgleyville Yup, had a buddy of mine that just went there around the beginning of the season.
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Ya, I love talking baseball with you guys. Gah, darn it. Brewers not getting the clutch hits tonight.
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I'll be damned. I didn't know Keltner was from Wisconsin. Ya, that game broke Joltin' Joe's heart (and his wallet). The Heinz 57 company were going to shoot a commercial with Joe to endorse their products. They had a $10,000 check they were going to give him if he extended his streak to 57 games. That game was on July 17th, 1941. The next day, he started another streak, hitting in 16 straight games. That's pretty incredible, if you think about it. He hit safely in 72 of 73 games. In that 73 game span, the Yankees went 55-16. The Yankee Clipper hit .408 in those 73 games, with 25 doubles, 6 home runs, 20 home runs and 73 RBI. His slash line was a whopping .471 OBP/.738 SLG/1.209 OPS. Wow. If the summer of '41 wasn't the best in baseball history, with DiMaggio hitting in 56 straight, and Ted Williams hitting .406, the last time anybody has hit .400, it' pretty darned close.
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Wasn't Fred Merkle from WI? Yes he was, DocLuna7 Fred Merkle was born in Watertown. Though he had a pretty good 16 year career, primarily with the New York Giants, Merkle will always be remembered for a mental error made his rookie season, which will forever be known as "Merkle's Boner". In a 1908 game against the Chicago Cubs, Giant shortstop Al Bridwell came to the plate in the final inning with two outs and men on first and third. He hit what looked to be a game winning single to center field. Moose McCormick, standing on third base, came home to score, and fans ran out onto the field. Merkle, the runner at first, headed towards the dugout when the fans came out, having never touched second base. Cubs second baseman Johnny Evers saw that Merkle did not touch second, located what he said was the batted ball, and called the home plate umpire over. He told him that Merkle had never touched the bag, and citing official rule 4.09, which stated that a run cannot score when the third out is made, tagged second base, forcing Merkle out. The run was reversed, and the game was called a tie, as it was dark out. It was decided that if the Giants and Cubs tied at the end of the season, they would have to play one game to decide who won the pennant. This happened, and the Cubs ended up winning the game, and won the right to go to the World Series. Since that season, though, the Cubs have never gone to the World Series again. Here's my T206 Fred Merkle portrait. I love this card. http://imageshack.com/a/img841/3278/bzuv.png
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Milwaukee native Lave Cross, a player I'd never even heard of until a week ago. He had some really good seasons for the Phillies right before the turn of the century. In 1894, he hit .387 with 210 hits and 132 ribbies. The next season, his average dropped 116 points to .271, but he still drove in over 100. I know that Big Ed Konetchy also had over 2,000 hits. 2,150 to be precise. He was born in La Crosse.
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I'm feeling a Khris Davis opposite field home run in the bottom of the 8th. Ok, trivia question. What Wisconsin native was involved in one of the most famous gaffes in baseball history?
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Damn. I thought Gomez had a shot at that. Rendon is going to be a heck of a player for a lot of years.
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The other is Ginger Beaumont. Huh. I was looking at a few of his T206 cards last night, trying to find a nice one to add to my collection. I didn't know he had that many hits in his career. 1,759 hits in 12 years. He averaged 195 hits per 162 games. Even back at the turn of the century, that was a pretty good total.
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Nice night for Brauny, getting on base 3 times tonight. Maybe try to steal here?
