Cancer Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Gaylord Perry passed away today, age 84. RIP, Spitball Master. He won his career 300th game while with Seattle. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 An odd bit of off-season hype from MLB: Best baseball player born each year, since 1847 I'll take the 1935 crop, thank you. Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax aren't #1 in that year because of Frank Robinson. Or 1934, where Roberto Clemente and Al Kaline aren't #1 because of Hank Aaron. And 1947 with the greatest crop of catchers ever (Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Thurman Munson) eclipsed by Nolan Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 TIL there was a baseball player named Urban Shocker. Best of 1890, so he must have been pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 He was born in Cleveland. I think I just found my new favorite baseball player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said: TIL there was a baseball player named Urban Shocker. Best of 1890, so he must have been pretty good. 1 hour ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said: He was born in Cleveland. I think I just found my new favorite baseball player. I knew about Shocker, though I've always wondered if he had a sibling named Rural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 26 minutes ago, Cancer said: I knew about Shocker, though I've always wondered if he had a sibling named Rural. No, but he had a nephew Will Shocker. And he played in Windsor, Ontario, too. That clinches it: new favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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