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[Sawnee Cat]

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 34° and cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring cloudy skies and a high of 38°.

Have a great day.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Morning D

A little cooler this morning 55° now and the high will reach 65°. Sunny skies all day with a continued breeze off of the Gulf. Very pleasant.

I trust all are well and in good spirits.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

34.7°F and cloudy in Smiths Grove. The high is only supposed to be 36°F and going down to 26 tomorrow morning. We had a really windy day yesterday. The wind imported some more leaves and deposited them in my back yard.

I watched the Vandy game again yesterday after I edited and burned it. It is still hard to remember a game when one team only got 2 free throws.

Have a good Thursday guys.

 

[berniecarbo]

Thanks for that Bernie. I’ll check it out. In my heart I’ve always believed my boyhood favorite Vada Pinson should be in the Hall though my brain tells me he’s probably a little short statistically.

EDIT: looked all over the site, couldn’t find the “Hall of Fame Monitor.” I’ll check it out again later.

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Hall of Fame Monitor Leaders

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[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League. Hope all is well.

Grinding away at work this morning. Cold and gloomy in the east.

Re-watched the Tennessee game last night, thanks to a Blu Ray disc I got through Ritchie Curtis. I get so hyped during the games I miss a lot, so I like to watch important games over again, and keep a library to compare past performances. Bottom line, the defense was stout and took Tennessee out of their rhythm and normal offense. Kentucky played with energy, but missed a lot of make-able shots. This team's best game is still ahead of it.

I hope you all have a good Thursday.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Hall of Fame Monitor Leaders | Baseball-Reference.com

Hall of Fame Monitor Leaders

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So I found Vada. Thanks again Bernie.
Pinson was a 95 on that scale, compared to 99 for Rolen and 87 for Ken Boyer. I guess that confirms his status as close, but no cigar. But very close.

What does piss me off is for someone that close he never got much respect at all from the HOF voters -- he stalled out with no shot. That wasn't fair.

There was a time (no longer true) that Vada Pinson had more base hits than anyone not in the Hall of Fame. That's tough.

Some stats: He had a.286 career batting average with 2,757 hits, 256 home runs, 1,169 runs batted in, and 1,365 runs scored. Pinson was selected to play in 4 All-Star Games. He also won a Gold Glove as a center fielder in 1961 -- when Willie Mays was still close to his prime and the National League was absolutely packed with great outfielders.

That was Pinson's problem: His career played out at the same time as four guys who make Top Ten All Time outfielder lists: Aaron, Mays, Frank Robinson and Clemente.

 

[berniecarbo]

So I found Vada. Thanks again Bernie.
Pinson was a 95 on that scale, compared to 99 for Rolen and 87 for Ken Boyer. I guess that confirms his status as close, but no cigar. But very close.

What does piss me off is for someone that close he never got much respect at all from the HOF voters -- he stalled out with no shot. That wasn't fair.

There was a time (no longer true) that Vada Pinson had more base hits than anyone not in the Hall of Fame. That's tough.

Some stats: He had a.286 career batting average with 2,757 hits, 256 home runs, 1,169 runs batted in, and 1,365 runs scored. Pinson was selected to play in 4 All-Star Games. He also won a Gold Glove as a center fielder in 1961 -- when Willie Mays was still close to his prime and the National League was absolutely packed with great outfielders.

I liked Pinson better than Robinson, though Robinson was obviously the better player. HOF monitor is just based on stats. Actual voters bring personal prejudices that may influence the way they feel.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I just remembered I have a dental appointment at 10:00 and also have an appointment at the gym where I work out at 10:00. Dang. I do this too often. So I will call the gym and reschedule.

I enjoy going to the dentist because I still have very good teeth for my age and all of them. I haven't had a cavity in decades. My mother lived to be 95 and had all of her teeth. But daddy didn't have a tooth in his head when he was 21 years old. They blamed it on the water. Mama drank from a spring as a child and daddy drank from a well that was next to a coal mine and was polluted most of the time. They always blamed it on the water they drank as children. Stores didn't sell bottled water back in those days.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I liked Pinson better than Robinson, though Robinson was obviously the better player.

I was five, going on six, the year the Reds won a rare pennant in 1961, with Vada and Frank in the outfield. Man, I loved watching them play in old Crosley Field over the next few years. Everything about that era of baseball, and the Reds, remains vivid to me -- even the Reds' uniforms of that era with the white caps with red bills, the sleeveless jerseys and red undershirts. Such a classic look.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I liked Pinson better than Robinson, though Robinson was obviously the better player. HOF monitor is just based on stats. Actual voters bring personal prejudices that may influence the way they feel.

My dad was a huge Reds fan, being from the hills of Kentucky, and liked Vada Pinson too. Frankie Robinson was solid but Vada had a better personality in his opinion.

My favorite on those Reds teams was Ted Kluszewski. Big Klu had massive arms and many said when the Reds went to their cut off sleeve uniforms it was because of him

 

[berniecarbo]

Uber Eats delivery man stops college basketball game after walking on court to find customer

The Loyola Chicago Ramblers and Duquesne Dukes had their college basketball game stopped in its tracks after an Uber Eats delivery man walked on the court looking for his customer.

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[vhcat70]

Actual voters bring personal prejudices that may influence the way they feel.

Really? LOL.

 

[vhcat70]

I was five, going on six, the year the Reds won a rare pennant in 1961, with Vada and Frank in the outfield. Man, I loved watching them play in old Crosley Field over the next few years. Everything about that era of baseball, and the Reds, remains vivid to me -- even the Reds' uniforms of that era with the white caps with red bills, the sleeveless jerseys and red undershirts. Such a classic look.

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Best part of old Crosley was the the outfield terrace. Made fools of many an outfielder. Recall an ITPHR down the LF line when the visiting LFer tripped starting after the ball & it rolled up the terrace & stopped against the wall. CFer wound up picking it up.

Balls flew out of it easily both because air could get thru the upper deck & its smallish dimensions. BUT, that terrace actually made the field bigger than the listed dimensions: 328 LF line, 390 CF, 393 RCR, & 366 RF line. Those are etched in my mind. Also, huge tall scoreboard created two-baggers that otherwise would have been HR's.

 

[vhcat70]

My dad was a huge Reds fan, being from the hills of Kentucky, and liked Vada Pinson too. Frankie Robinson was solid but Vada had a better personality in his opinion.

My favorite on those Reds teams was Ted Kluszewski. Big Klu had massive arms and many said when the Reds went to their cut off sleeve uniforms it was because of him

I think I've said before that at my first MLB Game at Crosley in 1954 against the Bums that Klu lined one into the RF bleachers. I never saw the ball. Just the crack of the bat & seeing people jumping up & down in the bleachers. The thought of a ball traveling that far that fast boggled my still young mind.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Best part of old Crosley was the the outfield terrace. Made fools of many an outfielder. Recall an ITPHR down the LF line when the visiting LFer tripped starting after the ball & it rolled up the terrace & stopped against the wall. CFer wound up picking it up.

Balls flew out of it easily both because air could get thru the upper deck & its smallish dimensions. BUT, that terrace actually made the field bigger than the listed dimensions: 328 LF line, 390 CF, 393 RCR, & 366 RF line. Those are etched in my mind. Also, huge tall scoreboard created two-baggers that otherwise would have been HR's.

I heard stories in my youth that the longest home run in history was hit out of Crosley Field. A truck was passing by Crosley Field, and somebody hit a home run out of the park, a little to the right of center, it landed in the bed of a truck and was taken alll the way to California. Probably folklore but it made a good story for a 10 year old kid like me.

EDIT FOR A SIDE NOTE

Crosley was steep in baseball history and was the scene of the first night game. On May 28, 1935, Babe Ruth tripped on the incline while chasing a fly ball and fell on his face. He left the field cursing and retired a few days later.

 

[berniecarbo]

I heard stories in my youth that the longest home run in history was hit out of Crosley Field. A truck was passing by Crosley Field, and somebody hit a home run out of the park, a little to the right of center, it landed in the bed of a truck and was taken alll the way to California. Probably folklore but it made a good story for a 10 year old kid like me.

They tell the same story of a Ted Williams homer in Boston.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I heard stories in my youth that the longest home run in history was hit out of Crosley Field. A truck was passing by Crosley Field, and somebody hit a home run out of the park, a little to the right of center, it landed in the bed of a truck and was taken alll the way to California. Probably folklore but it made a good story for a 10 year old kid like me.

EDIT FOR A SIDE NOTE

Crosley was steep in baseball history and was the scene of the first night game. On May 28, 1935, Babe Ruth tripped on the incline while chasing a fly ball and fell on his face. He left the field cursing and retired a few days later.

So many great memories of Crosley. My dad loved baseball and it was cheap, so we probably went to 20 games a year between the ages of 6 and 14, which was my age when Crosley closed. Also, in those days the Reds had a "Straight A Tickets" program I busted my ass to qualify for, and you'd get tickets to a few random mid-week night games -- the front office probably figured might as well, non-weekend attendance was probably under 15,000 on a good night.

It was a shock when I first went to Riverfront - cavernous bowl, plastic grass, no infield dirt, everything concrete and steel. I never had the same love for the place as I did for Crosley, but the Reds did win the Pennant four times and the Championship twice between my 15th and 21st birthdays, with likely the greatest National League team in history, so still great memories.

 

[berniecarbo]

I heard stories in my youth that the longest home run in history was hit out of Crosley Field. A truck was passing by Crosley Field, and somebody hit a home run out of the park, a little to the right of center, it landed in the bed of a truck and was taken alll the way to California. Probably folklore but it made a good story for a 10 year old kid like me.

EDIT FOR A SIDE NOTE

Crosley was steep in baseball history and was the scene of the first night game. On May 28, 1935, Babe Ruth tripped on the incline while chasing a fly ball and fell on his face. He left the field cursing and retired a few days later.

By the end of his career, Ruth was rather chubby and didn't run well. I've read the Dodger pitchers banded together and told management they would not pitch as long as Ruth was playing defense behind them. That's why he retired.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I heard stories in my youth that the longest home run in history was hit out of Crosley Field. A truck was passing by Crosley Field, and somebody hit a home run out of the park, a little to the right of center, it landed in the bed of a truck and was taken alll the way to California. Probably folklore but it made a good story for a 10 year old kid like me.

EDIT FOR A SIDE NOTE

Crosley was steep in baseball history and was the scene of the first night game. On May 28, 1935, Babe Ruth tripped on the incline while chasing a fly ball and fell on his face. He left the field cursing and retired a few days later.

One footnote to that Babe Ruth yarn - Ruth was playing with a muscle pull, and the Reds hit everything at him to take advantage, according to biographies I'd read, really humiliating him.

He should have quit three days earlier: On May 25, 1935, there was a flash of the old Babe when he hit three home runs in a single game at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

By the end of his career, Ruth was rather chubby and didn't run well. I've read the Dodger pitchers banded together and told management they would not pitch as long as Ruth was playing defense behind them. That's why he retired.

I can see that. Babe Ruth was never one for being in shape and training. He was well know in the area I live and the stories the old timers would tell were great to listen to. He loved to have fun and he loved to fish. He had a fishing cabin on the Gulf about 10 miles South of where I live. A lot of beer drinking took place in that cabin so they say.

But for God given talent Ruth had it. He could hit a ball a mile and when young was a better picture than hitter. He held several World Series records for pitching many years. He pitched 29 1/3 scoreless innings in the Series and it was broken by Whitey Ford in 1961.

He led the league in home runs as a pitcher. One season as a pitcher, his record was 23 Wins and 170 Strikeouts. A 1.75 ERA, 9 Shutouts and 23 Complete Games.

But he was too good of a hitter to be limited to fewer games because he was a pitcher so he went to the outfield.

 

[berniecarbo]

Babe Ruth, Brooklyn Dodgers Coach – Society for American Baseball Research

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[berniecarbo]

Babe Ruth's Final Years

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was, in pretty much everyone's opinion, the most popular and beloved baseball player of all time. Ruth played 22 years in the major leagues, hitting 714 home runs, winning seven World Series, and becoming baseball's greatest legend. But by 1936, the Babe was retired at...

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[Sawnee Cat]

Babe Ruth's Final Years

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was, in pretty much everyone's opinion, the most popular and beloved baseball player of all time. Ruth played 22 years in the major leagues, hitting 714 home runs, winning seven World Series, and becoming baseball's greatest legend. But by 1936, the Babe was retired at...

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Babe Ruth was a hero when kids had heroes. I am not sure they do anymore. One great thing about that era was dirty laundry was not aired in public. Today it is and is often celebrated.

I doubt there has ever been a sports figure as popular as Babe Ruth was for kids. When I was a boy and started collecting cards my daddy gave me a baseball card he got in 1927 when he was 11 years old. I kept it and somehow saved it when my mama threw out all of my cards when I left home. I only managed to save a few of them. This card is 96 years old.

 

[vhcat70]

I heard stories in my youth that the longest home run in history was hit out of Crosley Field. A truck was passing by Crosley Field, and somebody hit a home run out of the park, a little to the right of center, it landed in the bed of a truck and was taken alll the way to California. Probably folklore but it made a good story for a 10 year old kid like me.

EDIT FOR A SIDE NOTE

Crosley was steep in baseball history and was the scene of the first night game. On May 28, 1935, Babe Ruth tripped on the incline while chasing a fly ball and fell on his face. He left the field cursing and retired a few days later.

Easily possible as you can see. I-75 today is just on the other side of that street & graded higher. Reds were still in Crosley in early years of I-75 & several balls were hit across the street & into the side of an I-75 exit ramp. Don't recall of hearing a ball getting onto I-75 proper. Downtown Cincy is about 2 miles beyond the RF bleachers. Looks like Roy McMillan at SS.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Clete Boyer. One year Clete and Ken both started at 3B in the All Star game. Another brother Claud was a pitcher, but not near the player as Clete and Ken.

Speaking of Ken Boyer and Clete Boyer here are a couple of cards. Ken with The Mick at the All Star Game and Clete as a Yank.

 

[berniecarbo]

Speaking of Ken Boyer and Clete Boyer here are a couple of cards. Ken with The Mick at the All Star Game and Clete as a Yank.

I had both those cards. While I was in the military, mom gave almost all my cards to a cousin who used them to open a sports card business. I had a bunch of them. I still have the hand full they didn't see.

 

[BBUK]

Babe Ruth was a hero when kids had heroes. I am not sure they do anymore. One great thing about that era was dirty laundry was not aired in public. Today it is and is often celebrated.

I doubt there has ever been a sports figure as popular as Babe Ruth was for kids. When I was a boy and started collecting cards my daddy gave me a baseball card he got in 1927 when he was 11 years old. I kept it and somehow saved it when my mama threw out all of my cards when I left home. I only managed to save a few of them. This card is 96 years old.

😍

Sir,

I can't comprehend it but that is remarkable....

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I had both those cards. While I was in the military, mom gave almost all my cards to a cousin who used them to open a sports card business. I had a bunch of them. I still have the hand full they didn't see.

There is no doubt our mothers threw out or gave away thousands and thousands of dollars in today's market. One more and I will retire my baseball card posts but this is a small example. Below is my Carl Yastzemski 1960 Rookie Card. It is selling for about $400.00 on ebay depending of course on condition. Another goes for over $600.00

Mine below.

This one sells for $419.99. Mine is in pristine condition.

 

[berniecarbo]

There is no doubt our mothers threw out or gave away thousands and thousands of dollars in today's market. One more and I will retire my baseball card posts but this is a small example. Below is my Carl Yastzemski 1960 Rookie Card. It is selling for about $400.00 on ebay depending of course on condition. Another goes for over $600.00

Mine below.

This one sells for $419.99. Mine is in pristine condition.

I had several Yaz rookie cards. Every time I got a little $, I bought cards/bubble gum.

 

[BBUK]

There is no doubt our mothers threw out or gave away thousands and thousands of dollars in today's market. One more and I will retire my baseball card posts but this is a small example. Below is my Carl Yastzemski 1960 Rookie Card. It is selling for about $400.00 on ebay depending of course on condition.

Mine below.

This one sells for $419.99. Mine is in pristine condition.

Always enjoyed watching Yaz play

I had several Yaz rookie cards. Every time I got a little $, I bought cards/bubble gum.

I had my share of cards Sir. When I left for the Army I had two shoeboxes full I gave away to my BIL's brother. (We were in grade school and high school together.) Think he'd share in the multiple rookie cards I had.... Oh well....

I saw him at my BIL/brothers funeral. A rough time but we were still clicking though I was ashamed due to my sister (X of my BIL/brother).

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Love seeing the old baseball cards. I've posted several of mine on here before -- I'm the rare kid whose mother preserved them all, and I have a couple thousand. Lucky for me, my peak collecting years were 66-68 when I have virtually every Topps card, many in multiples. Probably the most valuable is this one, Nolan RYan's rookie card, of which I have a couple. One of these in "Gem" - virtually perfect - condition sold for $600,000 in 2020. My best one is not close to that, but I'd say it is still worth in the low four figures.:

 

[AustinTXCat]

Love seeing the old baseball cards. I've posted several of mine on here before -- I'm the rare kid whose mother preserved them all, and I have a couple thousand. Lucky for me, my peak collecting years were 66-68 when I have virtually every Topps card, many in multiples. Probably the most valuable is this one, Nolan RYan's rookie card, of which I have a couple. One of these in "Gem" - virtually perfect - condition sold for $600,000 in 2020. My best one is not close to that, but I'd say it is still worth in the low four figures.:

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Wow. Cool stuff.

My late father in-law knew Nolan Ryan and his son fairly well. He's a Texas legend. His son supplied my father in-law with plenty tickets for Round Rock Express games at Dell Diamond.

 

[UK82]

Love seeing the old baseball cards. I've posted several of mine on here before -- I'm the rare kid whose mother preserved them all, and I have a couple thousand. Lucky for me, my peak collecting years were 66-68 when I have virtually every Topps card, many in multiples. Probably the most valuable is this one, Nolan RYan's rookie card, of which I have a couple. One of these in "Gem" - virtually perfect - condition sold for $600,000 in 2020. My best one is not close to that, but I'd say it is still worth in the low four figures.:

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Sold mine for 500 bucks back in the late 90s. Wasn't in great condition but good enough.

Wayne Gretzky owned a Honus Wagner card worth a bundle. I'm not sure where it is now.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 33°F, clear and calm. Today's high expected around 62°F. Rain chances increasing tomorrow. We surely need some.

Back working today, at least part-time. Makes me happy. I enjoy contributing and assisting these good folks out here in TX. Got a major appointment this afternoon.

Happy Friday, y'all. Wishing you an awesome one.

 

[storm1507]

Good morning everyone

Most of you are just a little older than me so I've really enjoyed the baseball discussion and any piece of UK basketball history. Thanks.

We didn't get the predicted snow up here on the hill so time to pick up our great, great niece for our Friday babysitting duty.

I hope everyone has a great day.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Wow. Cool stuff.

My late father in-law knew Nolan Ryan and his son fairly well. He's a Texas legend. His son supplied my father in-law with plenty tickets for Round Rock Express games at Dell Diamond.

During my working days I hired a gas turbine engineer as a consultant on all of my energy losses. Oil well pipelines explosions, refinery fires and turbines found in pipeline substations that would break down. He played high school baseball with Nolan Ryan.

Mike played centerfield and he said when Nolan pitched he would take a book to the outfield, sit down and read it, He would laugh and say only a superman could hit a ball pitched by Nolan Richardson.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good morning D

It is 39° down here and we feel like we are in an Ice Age. The skies will be sunny all day but the high will only get up to 62° with 1% chance of rain. I am ready for some heat.

I am headed to the gyn this morning to work out. I have Florida Humana PPO health insurance and they give you a free membership to a very nice gym just up the road, I take advantage of it.

I trust all are well and enjoy whatever is on your schedule for today.

The Cats football got a couple of nice commits yesterday which is always good to hear.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks.

Happy Friday. I’m working from home today so I can go to a physical therapy session in a little while. So I’m being a little lazy getting started this morning.

I see Billy Packer died. I predict my opinion will differ from some D-Leaguers because I really liked watching a game with him doing the analysis. Yes, the was an ACC homer. But he really knew the game, put things into a historical context I really liked, and had a love for the game you could feel. I remember, as one small example, when the Cats had wrapped up the 1998 title he did a little riff on Kentucky winning in 48, 58, 78 and now 98 that put the great legacy of the Wildcats in the proper perspective. I was surprised he was only 82.

Anyway, I hope you all have a good day.