Baseball Thread Number 8: Cal Ripken says the playoff hunt is fun

If Randy Johnson does return, will the Giants overtake the Rockies in the wild card?

 

Thank you Headbutt. I was hoping Cal would get the thread 8 nod.

 

Thank Tebow for the Chris L. Clause.

 

It was either him or Willie Bloomquist ...

 

Cal Ripken? Rob Picciolo is PISSED!



Here he is during the only at-bat of his Brewers career. Confused by the fact he actually got to play, he faced the wrong direction in the batter's box at Yankee Stadium and had to be called back for new pinch-hitter Ed Romero.

 

Thanks to SABR member Al Yellon for this note:

 

Koufax's perfect game was the second time they were no-hit in less than a month that season.

 

Impressive stat -- especially considering how awful some of those mid- to late-70s Cubs teams were. Plenty of good seats available at Wrigley in those pre-1984, pre-Harry Carey days.

 

I sat in plenty of those as a kid. You could switch to an open seat after every pitch and never leave the section you started in.

 

Same here, YGBFKM. In fact, one of the two foul balls I "caught" as a kid came when I ran down a Larry Bowa foul ball in the upper deck of Wrigley Field, about two sections over. Noboby but empty chairs to catch it.


(I was a bit quicker in those days, too!)

 

Joe Blanton continues to put together a solid second half. Great outing tonight against the Braves.