section314 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Scott Dierking said: I read the article in the Post just yesterday. John Shelby. That was a dagger. Talk about taking the swagger out of a team that had uber swagger. Straight to the heart. Great post and so true. Darling’s quote about losing that series” we had a chance to go down as a great team but instead are just remembered for having one great season. It’s a huge difference” is 100% spot on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 @section314 @The Crimson King @TuscanyTile2 @Lith @Scott Dierking and anyone else interested: Earlier today I saw a clip of Danny Jackson tossing an immaculate inning in the ‘85 World Series - the only pitcher to accomplish the feat in the WS. It got me looking up just how many times the feat has been accomplished. Answer: 114 times by 104 pitchers. 113 of those have occurred since 1900, with a huge uptick in the frequency starting in the 60s. However: Only 7 pitchers have accomplished the feat more than once, with 3 of those doing it 3 different times. It’s an impressive list that includes 3 active pitchers. How many of the 7 can you name? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said: @section314 @The Crimson King @TuscanyTile2 @Lith @Scott Dierking and anyone else interested: Earlier today I saw a clip of Danny Jackson tossing an immaculate inning in the ‘85 World Series - the only pitcher to accomplish the feat. It got me looking up just how many times the feat has been accomplished. Answer: 114 times by 104 pitchers. 113 of those have occurred since 1900, with a huge uptick in the frequency starting in the 60s. However: Only 7 pitchers have accomplished the feat more than once, with 3 of those doing it 3 different times. It’s an impressive list that includes 3 active pitchers. How many of the 7 can you name? First trivia of the year👍I’ll go Koufax, Carlton, JR Richard and Smoltz for the older guys. For active. deGrom, Kershaw and Verlander. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 46 minutes ago, section314 said: First trivia of the year👍I’ll go Koufax, Carlton, JR Richard and Smoltz for the older guys. For active. deGrom, Kershaw and Verlander. Just to be different, going to pick 7 different guys than you. Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Bob Gibson and Pedro Martinez would be my guesses as the older guys. And for the active players: Scherzer, Bumgarner and wild-ass guess for the 3rd: Aroldis Chapman. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, section314 said: First trivia of the year👍I’ll go Koufax, Carlton, JR Richard and Smoltz for the older guys. For active. deGrom, Kershaw and Verlander. Koufax is one! He was the first in MLB history to do it 3x. 1 hour ago, Lith said: Just to be different, going to pick 7 different guys than you. Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Bob Gibson and Pedro Martinez would be my guesses as the older guys. And for the active players: Scherzer, Bumgarner and wild-ass guess for the 3rd: Aroldis Chapman. Nolan, Randy and Scherzer are all correct! Scherzer has done it 3x. 3 others did it - 1 older and 2 active. Any additional guesses? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 33 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said: Koufax is one! He was the first in MLB history to do it 3x. Nolan, Randy and Scherzer are all correct! Scherzer has done it 3x. 3 others did it - 1 older and 2 active. Any additional guesses? Bumgarner? Verlander? Doc Gooden? Ugh, 2 of these 3 have already been guessed. Hmm... Syndergaard? Matt Harvey? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said: @section314 @The Crimson King @TuscanyTile2 @Lith @Scott Dierking and anyone else interested: Earlier today I saw a clip of Danny Jackson tossing an immaculate inning in the ‘85 World Series - the only pitcher to accomplish the feat in the WS. It got me looking up just how many times the feat has been accomplished. Answer: 114 times by 104 pitchers. 113 of those have occurred since 1900, with a huge uptick in the frequency starting in the 60s. However: Only 7 pitchers have accomplished the feat more than once, with 3 of those doing it 3 different times. It’s an impressive list that includes 3 active pitchers. How many of the 7 can you name? Bill Pulsipher, Jason Isringhausen and Paul Wilson 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, Lith said: Just to be different, going to pick 7 different guys than you. Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Bob Gibson and Pedro Martinez would be my guesses as the older guys. And for the active players: Scherzer, Bumgarner and wild-ass guess for the 3rd: Aroldis Chapman. Was either Max or Verlander for me. Good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Gonna guess Bob Feller for old guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Fernando Valenzuela? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, section314 said: First trivia of the year👍I’ll go Koufax, Carlton, JR Richard and Smoltz for the older guys. For active. deGrom, Kershaw and Verlander. 2 hours ago, Lith said: Just to be different, going to pick 7 different guys than you. Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Bob Gibson and Pedro Martinez would be my guesses as the older guys. And for the active players: Scherzer, Bumgarner and wild-ass guess for the 3rd: Aroldis Chapman. 1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said: Koufax is one! He was the first in MLB history to do it 3x. Nolan, Randy and Scherzer are all correct! Scherzer has done it 3x. 3 others did it - 1 older and 2 active. Any additional guesses? 31 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said: Bumgarner? Verlander? Doc Gooden? Ugh, 2 of these 3 have already been guessed. Hmm... Syndergaard? Matt Harvey? 15 minutes ago, section314 said: Was either Max or Verlander for me. Good job 10 minutes ago, section314 said: Gonna guess Bob Feller for old guys. 9 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said: Fernando Valenzuela? The other 3 are: Lefty Grove, Chris Sale (3x) and believe it or not….Kevin Gausman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, Jetsfan80 said: The other 3 are: Lefty Grove, Chris Sale (3x) and believe it or not….Kevin Gausman! Lefty Grove and Steve "Lefty" Carlton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Just now, Jetsfan80 said: The other 3 are: Lefty Grove, Chris Sale (3x) and believe it or not….Kevin Gausman! That was a tough one. Thought about Sale… he was nasty for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, TuscanyTile2 said: Lefty Grove and Steve "Lefty" Carlton. Grove yes, Carlton no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 14 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said: Koufax is one! He was the first in MLB history to do it 3x. Nolan, Randy and Scherzer are all correct! Scherzer has done it 3x. 3 others did it - 1 older and 2 active. Any additional guesses? Was not at all surprised that Ryan did it. Any records to do with strikeouts he is a pretty good guess, but what really surprised me is when I saw that the first time he did it was with the Mets in 1968. I did not think he was capable of throwing 9 straight strikes at that stage of his career. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 13 hours ago, TuscanyTile2 said: Bill Pulsipher, Jason Isringhausen and Paul Wilson Isringhausen did it once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 22 minutes ago, Lith said: Was not at all surprised that Ryan did it. Any records to do with strikeouts he is a pretty good guess, but what really surprised me is when I saw that the first time he did it was with the Mets in 1968. I did not think he was capable of throwing 9 straight strikes at that stage of his career. That is why I didn’t put him in my guesses. I swore that Jake did it in one of those years when he was basically unhittable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 17 minutes ago, section314 said: That is why I didn’t put him in my guesses. I swore that Jake did it in one of those years when he was basically unhittable. He learned to throw strikes by the time he got to Houston for the back end of his career, and the back end of his career was longer than some guys entire careers (Jake for example). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 42 minutes ago, Lith said: He learned to throw strikes by the time he got to Houston for the back end of his career, and the back end of his career was longer than some guys entire careers (Jake for example). It’s crazy that in the span of 2-3 years, the Mets traded Amos Otis and Nolan for washed up 3rd basemen, Joe Foy and Fregosi. At least when they traded Singleton we got Rusty, which is on of the best in franchise history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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