The 2023 Running Baseball Thread

I was listening to the Dodgers-Pirates on the radio yesterday and heard a fly ball to "Bay" in centerfield and thought, "oh shit, they brought back Jason Bay." Nope, it was Ji-hwan Bae.

 

Plus Bob Robertson, Bob Johnson, Bob Miller and Roberto Clemente.

 

I sorta remember a time when all of the Pirates infielders were named Dick -- 1B Dick Stuart, 2B Dick Schofield, SS Dick Groat and I can't think of who the 3B was. Popup to the mound area and the pitcher shouts for Dick to catch it.

 

Dick Hoak, right? (Way before my time, but ... baseball-reference.)

 

I had to look it up because I thought you were confusing him with the Steelers running back in the '60s, but apparently there were two Dick Hoaks playing different sports in Pittsburgh at the time.

 

Don Hoak? [/cityslickers]

 

As an AL fan I don’t run across the Rockies often. Looking at their roster…what the hell are they doing?

 

O's take two of three from Boston and are now 16-8. Five straight series victories.

 

I looked, too, and found Don Hoak was their 3B in that era. Maybe I am mistaken and it was only 3 infielders and the popup was kinda just to the right behind the mound. Anyway, the announcers got a laugh out of it.

 

Pirates announcers calling out the starting lineup in that era:

 

Guardians with a couple nice pitching debuts this week. Those kids have a future.

 

Don Hoak. Booted a ground ball starting the 13th inning to end Harvey Haddix's perfect game.

Didn't quite reach the Snodgrass or Merkle-level boner for his obit, though.