OT: Very cool nighttime aerial shot of Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium
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Liverpool and Everton soccer stadiums are a good example of this. Stadiums are separated by parkland.
Extremely rare to throw left and bat righty.
Name the 1969 Mets outfielder who did?
At the time he was the only player in the league that did.
Name the 1969 Mets outfielder who did?
At the time he was the only player in the league that did.
Shaefer was the Dodgers. Ballentine the Yanks. Remember Mel Allen's Ballentine balsts?
Amaros made that great catch & perfect relay to Reese. Good chance that if a righty thrower was in left that play wouldn't have been made. Can't remember the Giant's sponsor. Was it Peils? I know Russ Hodges was their guy.
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didn't know that. Thanks. As you'll remember, Yogi's drive would probably have enabled the Yankees to tie the Dodgers, won 2-0 behind ashutout by Johnny Podres and, I think, a home run by Gil Hodges. I remember Amoros being with the Tigers some years later.
Don't believe Hodges hit a homer, though I believe he drove in the 6th inning insurance run with a sac fly. To show how the game has changed, that run was manufactured by Snider, the third place hitter laying down a sac bunt with a runner on 1st. He knocked the ball out of Skowran's hand going into 1st. With runners on 1st & 2nd, Campy, cleanup, lay down a sac moving the runners up a base. Hodges hit's the sac fly. Huge run. Can you imagine today's 3rd & 4th hitters being asked to bunt in that situation? Furthermore could they even get the ball down. Incidentally, Snider was a .300 hitter with over 40 homers for 4 or 5 straight yrs. He also held a series record for homers for a long time. Campinella was often a .300 hitter & was 30 homer guy.
Too bad its not still open, it looks like a better place to view the RU vs MD game compared to Yankee Stadium
Correct Sir!
My dad always said, a right handed glove would have never caught that ball.
By the way, my dad helped Mr. Amoros as much as he could later in his life when he unfortunately became homeless.
How about Mantle's amazing base running play at first base during the 1960 WS against the pirates.
My dad hit a one hop bullet to Rocky Nelson, right on top of the bag while holding Mickey on.
Nelson stepped on first and was in the process of throwing to second for the tag play since Nelson had already forced dad out at first.
Mickey was so heads up, instead of running to second immedietly, he slid back into first at the dismay of Nelson!
I played and watched the game a long time and I've NEVER seen that happen.
My dad hit a one hop bullet to Rocky Nelson, right on top of the bag while holding Mickey on.
Nelson stepped on first and was in the process of throwing to second for the tag play since Nelson had already forced dad out at first.
Mickey was so heads up, instead of running to second immedietly, he slid back into first at the dismay of Nelson!
I played and watched the game a long time and I've NEVER seen that happen.
Didn't know that about your Dad's & Amaros' interaction later in life. Sure says a lot about your Dad.
Remember that play well. Terrific instincts. Was a Pirate fan then. I remember another good one when Robinson set Mays up. Robinson took a big turn around second, Mays threw behind him & Jackie just shifted gears & went into third without a throw.
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In the early 60's at Yankee Stadium I saw a similar play involving Roger Maris. Tie score in bottom of ninth, one out with Yanks runners on first and third, (Maris was the man on first) vs Red Sox. Yankee batter hit a grounder to the second baseman. The 2nd baseman, a rookie, caught the grounder and tried to tag Maris coming towards him, then throw to first for the double play to end the inning and keep the score tied.
Except Maris stopped short in the base path, made a U turn and started running back towards first base. By the time the kid ran him down and tagged Maris out near first base the batter was safe at first and the winning run crossed the plate for a Yankee win.
The stadium went wild realizing what a smart and inventive move that Maris made on the base path to win the game. It was such an unusual play to win a ball game that I can still remember it like it was yesterday.
You have a great memory camdenprof. That's right. I use to get attacked on these boards for no reason because of mistaken identity lol I even had to start my threads with "the good RU-Kidding here..."I wonder what happened to him?
Once Roger stops you have to get rid of the ball and get the out at first.
You can't mess around with a rundown with the winning run on third.
The lefty/righty who immediately popped into my head was Rickey Henderson. Great player.
Don't want to contradict Knightmoves, but that's not such an unusual base running move.
Yes, if the rookie 2nd baseman initially threw to first then Maris would have been caught in a rundown between first and second. But in that case the winning run would have been scored before Maris was tagged out.
The only way for the Red Sox to avoid the winning run crossing the plate was if they went 4-6-3 on the DP. But the rookie 2nd baseman was tricked by Maris into thinking he could make the tag between 1st and 2nd on Maris and beat the runner to first for the DP. That's why it was such a smart play by Maris to U turn and go back towards first base.
An experienced 2nd baseman would have done the 4-6-3 DP. Interesting that the rookie was a defensive replacement in the 9th inning of the game. But that's baseball.
The 1961 Gotham Bowl was played in the PG. Utah State - Baylor. Baylor won 24-9. Baylor featured an all Ronnie backfield - Stanley, Bull and Goodwin. Originally set up as A March of Dimes charity bowl, but poor organization and cold weather did it in. In 1960, Oregon State accepted a bid, but had no opponent. In 1962 it went to Yankee Stadium and matched Miami - Nebraska and that was it. Had some amusing stories, great players, cold weather and small crowds and a newspaper strike with no coverage. First appearance for Nebraska since playing RU in 1920.
By the way, 1st and 3rd with one out is a tough play and requires a snap decision even if you're a seasoned veteran.
Especially if you've got a jack rabbit on third or at the plate
Did they wear those crazy jerseys that looked more rugby than football ? I remember a guy named Gene Mingo playing for them. I think Don Maynard played for the Titans.
