February 2007
Trivia of the day
Since 1969, 4 players have managed 15 or more triples
while getting 20 or fewer doubles. Carl Crawford did
it just this past season.
Player Year Tm Lg G 2B 3B
+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--
Carl Crawford 2006 TBD AL 151 20 16
Willie Wilson 1987 KCR AL 146 18 15
Willie Wilson 1982 KCR AL 136 19 15
Garry Templeton 1977 STL NL 153 19 18
Trivia of the day
Most homers in a season while slugging less than .450
(aka the "all or nothing flyball" team)
Cnt Player HR Year Age
+----+-----------------+--+----+---+
1 Dave Kingman 37 1982 33
2 Dave Kingman 35 1986 37
3 Lance Parrish 33 1984 28
4 Gorman Thomas 32 1985 34
5 Don Baylor 31 1986 37
6 Leon Wagner 31 1964 30
7 Dave Kingman 30 1985 36
8 Ron Cey 30 1977 29
9 Ken Harrelson 30 1969 27
10 Rocky Colavito 30 1966 32
11 Jeff Francoeur 29 2006 22
(included Francoeur since he did it last season)
Last pitcher with 5 hits in game?
The last starting pitcher to get 5 hits in a game …. ?
The Yanks’ Mel Stottlemyre, 9/26/64
Its a “Cage” … no, its a “Menagerie”
(Thanks to Bob Timmermann for the heads-up)
Bonds won’t fully mature till well into his 40s?
"Bonds told the Giants this winter, through his agent, that he has no
plans to retire — not after this season and probably not after next
season, either.
Bonds
asked for an easily-attainable vesting option for 2008, with plans to
play even beyond that."
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Opening Day 2012
Barry Bonds is wheeled out to his position in LF, but is only able to
signal "I got it!" through a series of lights on his wheelchair.
MLB, ESPN and similar sites list his "range factor" as "Pikeian".
Finally some sanity regarding the Angels totebag lawsuit
You can’t tote your lawsuit into THIS court
You may remember the story of the man who sued the Angels for discrimination based on offering Mother’s Day totebags only to women. You may also remember the suit made it past the initial hearing, and thus ended up as an actual court case.
Well, logic finally prevailed ….
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"The Angels did not discriminate against men by providing free tote bags
to women in a Mother’s Day promotion, a judge ruled Thursday.
…..
(Litigant) Cohn claimed the giveaway in 2005 violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act
and argued the Angels should be liable for $4,000 in damages, payable
to each man who attended the game. (Judge) Cannon said the state’s Unruh Act is
intended "to eliminate antisocial discriminatory practices, not to
eliminate socially beneficial ones."
Said Cannon: "The reason behind the promotion was to promote Mother’s Day, not to discriminate against men."
Rava
has cited the Unruh Act in filing more than 40 suits, challenging among
others the San Diego Padres for staging a women-only baseball clinic
and Southland bars for "Ladies’ Night" discounts.
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Mr. Cohn? Your mother called …. and wants to know why you never call or write to her …. and that if it has to do with the lack of breast-feeding as an infant, that you really need to get over it by now.
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