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RE: OT: Triples trivia - BobK - 07-07-2020
100 and 400 not a HOF maybe Willie Wilson
RE: OT: Triples trivia - BostonCard - 07-07-2020
Crawford is also in the top 100 career triples list with 123, which puts him in a tie for 95th.
BC
RE: OT: Triples trivia - Phogge - 07-07-2020
BC... think the second answer is Cobb.
RE: OT: Triples trivia - Mick - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 05:47 AM)Phogge Wrote: Reyes and Finley were the guys. Perhaps another reason along with Mick’s evidence is that some old parks had some very odd angles. The Polo Grounds had that cut out in CF that led to the clubhouse steps (the spot where Ralph Branca sat for awhile in uniform after The Shot......). The LA Coliseum had the Moon Shot 248’ LF fence but tons of room in right center, a 50’s Triples Alley. Also early on the outfielders played much more shallow because of the dead ball. Tris Speaker played so shallow in CF that he made a number of unassisted double plays. I still think the triple is baseball’s most exciting base hit.
BC, will work on your question over coffee a little later. A good one.
The old Polo Grounds was 475' to the alleys. the longest alley today is the 421' to Triples Alley at Oracle. Here's the dimensions of all current ballparks. Interesting infographic:
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/the-dimensions-of-every-big-league-ballpark-in-this-cool-infographic/c-73642276
Dimensions of the old ballparks:
http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Dimensions.html
RE: OT: Triples trivia - BostonCard - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 11:45 AM)Phogge Wrote: BC... think the second answer is Cobb.
Cobb is indeed the correct answer to the second question.
Any idea on who else managed to increase both their batting average and home runs for five consecutive years?
BC
RE: OT: Triples trivia - Phogge - 07-07-2020
Clemente, Brooks Robinson, Frank Thomas?
RE: OT: Triples trivia - BostonCard - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 01:03 PM)Phogge Wrote: Clemente, Brooks Robinson, Frank Thomas?No, no, and no
Think earlier. This guy's rookie year was 1915.
BC
RE: OT: Triples trivia - BobK - 07-07-2020
Babe Ruth
RE: OT: Triples trivia - Phogge - 07-07-2020
George Sisler?
RE: OT: Triples trivia - BostonCard - 07-07-2020
Keep guessing. The guy was reported to be kind of a d*ck (not Ty Cobb, who was the answer to the other question).
BC
RE: OT: Triples trivia - Phogge - 07-07-2020
Dave Bancroft?
RE: OT: Triples trivia - BostonCard - 07-07-2020
2x triple crown winner.
BC
RE: OT: Triples trivia - Phogge - 07-07-2020
There are only a few so it has to be Hornsby.
RE: OT: Triples trivia - BostonCard - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 02:36 PM)Phogge Wrote: There are only a few so it has to be Hornsby.
Indeed Rogers Hornsby was the other player.
BC
RE: OT: Triples trivia - lex24 - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 05:47 AM)Phogge Wrote: Reyes and Finley were the guys. Perhaps another reason along with Mick’s evidence is that some old parks had some very odd angles. The Polo Grounds had that cut out in CF that led to the clubhouse steps (the spot where Ralph Branca sat for awhile in uniform after The Shot......). The LA Coliseum had the Moon Shot 248’ LF fence but tons of room in right center, a 50’s Triples Alley. Also early on the outfielders played much more shallow because of the dead ball. Tris Speaker played so shallow in CF that he made a number of unassisted double plays. I still think the triple is baseball’s most exciting base hit.
BC, will work on your question over coffee a little later. A good one.
Watching a fleet runner hit second and churn for third while a RF with a strong takes aim is the most exciting play in baseball. I have a friend who once asked how exciting I thought it would be if they went back to the dead ball and got rid of the fences. Problem is you’d still have a boatload of strikeouts and walks. So to really make it work you would have to move the mound back a bit – or just go back to a flat mound. Now that would be interesting to see. Games also be played in about two hours as opposed to 3 1/2.
I am of the mind that the rise in “three true outcomes“ is ruining baseball. A couple years ago I went to a Giants- Dodgers game. It was an anomaly in that there were very few strikeouts. The ball was put in play by both teams all game long. There were numerous sparkling defensive plays – particularly by the Dodgers outfielders. It was a thoroughly enjoyable game. Of course the Giants won. Otherwise it would’ve sucked!
RE: OT: Triples trivia - Mick - 07-08-2020
(07-07-2020, 11:22 PM)lex24 Wrote:(07-07-2020, 05:47 AM)Phogge Wrote: Reyes and Finley were the guys. Perhaps another reason along with Mick’s evidence is that some old parks had some very odd angles. The Polo Grounds had that cut out in CF that led to the clubhouse steps (the spot where Ralph Branca sat for awhile in uniform after The Shot......). The LA Coliseum had the Moon Shot 248’ LF fence but tons of room in right center, a 50’s Triples Alley. Also early on the outfielders played much more shallow because of the dead ball. Tris Speaker played so shallow in CF that he made a number of unassisted double plays. I still think the triple is baseball’s most exciting base hit.
BC, will work on your question over coffee a little later. A good one.
Watching a fleet runner hit second and churn for third while a RF with a strong takes aim is the most exciting play in baseball. I have a friend who once asked how exciting I thought it would be if they went back to the dead ball and got rid of the fences. Problem is you’d still have a boatload of strikeouts and walks. So to really make it work you would have to move the mound back a bit – or just go back to a flat mound. Now that would be interesting to see. Games also be played in about two hours as opposed to 3 1/2.
I am of the mind that the rise in “three true outcomes“ is ruining baseball. A couple years ago I went to a Giants- Dodgers game. It was an anomaly in that there were very few strikeouts. The ball was put in play by both teams all game long. There were numerous sparkling defensive plays – particularly by the Dodgers outfielders. It was a thoroughly enjoyable game. Of course the Giants won. Otherwise it would’ve sucked!
In 1893, MLB moved the mound from 50' to 60'6". Strikeouts decreased by about a third. In 1892, Bill Hutchison (Yale grad) led the league with 314 strikeouts, in 1893, Giant Amos Rusie led the league with 208 strikeouts. Rusie would go on to lead the league in strikeouts in five of six years before and after the switch. Incidentally, Hutchison's strikeout totals went from 314 in 1892 to 80 in 1893. BTW, there was a little oddity...prior to 1888, pitchers were required to deliver the ball underhand, like softball.
https://bosoxinjection.com/2013/05/02/origins-of-baseball-in-the-big-inning-when-did-60-6-become-the-distance-from-pitching-plate-to-home-plate/#:~:text=To%20balance%20the%20pitchers%20and,pitch%20underhanded%20%5Bsoftball%20style%5D.