1985 World Series Trivia Thread

Palmer was the third guy in the booth....

 

Reggie Jackson was in the booth too was he not?

 

Broncos beat the Chiefs that day in Arrowhead.

Who threw out Game 7's first pitch?

 

I would guess the Missouri governor, but it's probably wrong. I know the Kauffman's threw out the pitch for the first game.

 

Sorry, Junkie, but I have to take issue with this.

I've been to many a Cardinals game over the years, and there's just as many knowledgable baseball fans there as there have been at virtually every other park I've attended. There are also as many morons talking on their cell phones, roaring over a fly ball to short center or yakking to their buddies and not paying attention to the game at all.

But they believe their own bullshit. That's why they give standing ovations to every Tom, Dick and Harry wearing Cardinal red, for everything from a grand slam to taking a dump on the dugout steps. Can you think of any other fan base in baseball that has to keep reminding the world that they're the best?

I don't think you can point to one group of MLB fans and say they're No. 1. Some are better than others. Cardinals fans, at a base level, probably are in the upper half -- better than, say, Devil Rays fans or Nationals fans. But are they better than Yankees fans? Red Sox fans? Cubs fans? Dodgers fans? No. Nor are those fans better than Cardinals fans.

If they would just shut the fuck up about how great they are, maybe we could get a better assessment.

PS -- If you think they don't cheer against other teams, you might not have been around a Cardinals-Cubs series. Or don't remember the "Mets are Pond Scum" era.

 

Don't think so.......

Michaels, McCarver, Palmer are all the ones I remember.

 

The Star's Joe McGuff threw out the first pitch.

Reggie Jackson was the sideline/clubhouse guy.

 

Lyman, we might rarely agree on politics, but we will always agree on this. Great post.

 

And I'll third it.

Christ. They still hold slapdick Tom Lawless in high regard for hitting a pair of home runs in a Series they lost/. I love St. Louis the city, but STFU already about the effing Cardinals.

 

They also sent Denkinger loads of hate mail and death threats. But they're the best fans in baseball.

 

I believe Posnanski wrote a column several years ago calling out the Cardinals fans for being so full of it. The headline was priceless: "Cardinals fans root for themselves"

 

More trivia...
Jorge Orta, who was involved in the play Denkinger blew, was the pinch hitter for a pinch hitter. Who was he pinch hitting for?