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Post by barkeep on Jan 23, 2024 22:58:23 GMT -5
Horace Clarke hit 27 home runs in his career. But two of his home runs set a MLB record that has never been matched. What was it?
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Post by barkeep on Jan 24, 2024 18:00:19 GMT -5
It happened within the first 10 of his home runs.
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Post by Ken C on Jan 25, 2024 8:39:07 GMT -5
Didn't we recently talk about him breaking up three no-hitters? Anyhow, I know this one. He's the only major league player to hit two grand slams for the first two homers of his career. I don't think that will ever be done again.
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Post by barkeep on Jan 25, 2024 13:36:22 GMT -5
Ken. Yes, And Yes.
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Post by barkeep on Jan 25, 2024 21:45:28 GMT -5
On July 22, 1971 I did see him nearly hit an inside the park Grand Slam. If the ball had just taken another bounce he would have had it. He ended up with a stand up triple and 3 RBI's on that at bat. The next batter Pitcher Fritz Peterson got Clarke Home with a Double. Oh yes. Those were the days when Baseball was played the right way.
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Post by Ken C on Jan 26, 2024 10:34:54 GMT -5
You mean there didn't used to be a DH? lol!
I liked pitchers batting. It put another strategic element in the game and made managers think. There were many interesting games because of it.
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Post by barkeep on Jan 26, 2024 12:30:36 GMT -5
You mean there didn't used to be a DH? lol! I liked pitchers batting. It put another strategic element in the game and made managers think. There were many interesting games because of it. Ken. I can live with the DH rule. It's the 100 pitch pitch count that has killed the fun of the game. Pitchers taking a No-Hitter into the 8th inning taking out of the game because of the 100 pitch count. WHY? |
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Post by Ken C on Jan 27, 2024 10:05:43 GMT -5
Good pitchers are like expensive race horses these days. The love of the game for owners is money, not the game itself.
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Post by barkeep on Jan 27, 2024 11:09:48 GMT -5
Good pitchers are like expensive race horses these days. The love of the game for owners is money, not the game itself. Yes. And the Dodgers think they signed Secretariat. But what they really got is Mr. Ed. But didn't Mr. Ed try out for the Dodgers in one episode as a hitter? |
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Post by Ken C on Jan 29, 2024 14:23:58 GMT -5
And then there was Herman Munster. An awesome power hitter.
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