[BobK]

Ozzie Smith and Eddie Murray at Locke HS Los Angeles

[BobK]

Ozzie Smith and Eddie Murray at Locke HS Los Angeles

[Giants]

Ozzie Smith and Eddie Murray at Locke HS Los Angeles

Wow.  That was quick…..

[Giants]

Ozzie Smith and Eddie Murray at Locke HS Los Angeles

Wow.  That was quick…..

[BobK]

I know Ozzie Well younger than me but cal poly connection

[BobK]

I know Ozzie Well younger than me but cal poly connection

[Phogge]

Watching Lydia Ko this morning.

Who was the last amateur to win an LPGA major?

Who was the last amateur to win a PGA major?

[Phogge]

Watching Lydia Ko this morning.

Who was the last amateur to win an LPGA major?

Who was the last amateur to win a PGA major?

[Mick]

Two Baseball Hall of Famers were also high school teammates. 

Who are they?

Frank Robinson / Curt Flood / Vada Pinson

[Mick]

Two Baseball Hall of Famers were also high school teammates. 

Who are they?

Frank Robinson / Curt Flood / Vada Pinson

[BobK]

Only Robinson in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[BobK]

Only Robinson in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[Giants]

Two Baseball Hall of Famers were also high school teammates. 

Who are they?

Frank Robinson / Curt Flood / Vada Pinson

They only HS teammates in the Baseball HOF are two guys Bob mentioned.

[Giants]

Two Baseball Hall of Famers were also high school teammates. 

Who are they?

Frank Robinson / Curt Flood / Vada Pinson

They only HS teammates in the Baseball HOF are two guys Bob mentioned.

[BobK]

This question came up elsewhere awhile back and I remembered

[BobK]

This question came up elsewhere awhile back and I remembered

[Phogge]

Who scored the first basket at USF Gym and who was the Don’s radio announcer?

[Phogge]

Who scored the first basket at USF Gym and who was the Don’s radio announcer?

[BobK]

Fred LaCour Was Charlie Range playing then? One or the other. Late 50s War Memorial opened late 50s or 1960

[BobK]

Fred LaCour Was Charlie Range playing then? One or the other. Late 50s War Memorial opened late 50s or 1960

[Mick]

Two Baseball Hall of Famers were also high school teammates. 

Who are they?

Frank Robinson / Curt Flood / Vada Pinson

They only HS teammates in the Baseball HOF are two guys Bob mentioned.

I don't read this board enough to read all replies real-time, so I answered the question as I read it.

Frank Robinson and Ernie Lombardi both went to McClymonds, both in HoF, but obviously not on the same HS team.

Always thought Pinson had an outside shot at the HoF.  4x 200+ hit seasons, led league in doubles and triples multiple times, 250+ HRs, 300+ SBs, 4 100+ Run seasons, 2 100+RBI seasons, nearly 500 doubles, 125+ triples, almost 3,000 hits. 54.2 WAR, below 69.9 HoF average. He also answers the trivia question: Who has the most hits that is not in the Hall of Fame and no longer eligible/not yet eligible? Mr. Pinson. Just not enough. Just like Jeff Kent, most HRs by a second baseman (by a long way), not enough. Bill Freehan, 11 all star games...not enough.

[Mick]

Two Baseball Hall of Famers were also high school teammates. 

Who are they?

Frank Robinson / Curt Flood / Vada Pinson

They only HS teammates in the Baseball HOF are two guys Bob mentioned.

I don't read this board enough to read all replies real-time, so I answered the question as I read it.

Frank Robinson and Ernie Lombardi both went to McClymonds, both in HoF, but obviously not on the same HS team.

Always thought Pinson had an outside shot at the HoF.  4x 200+ hit seasons, led league in doubles and triples multiple times, 250+ HRs, 300+ SBs, 4 100+ Run seasons, 2 100+RBI seasons, nearly 500 doubles, 125+ triples, almost 3,000 hits. 54.2 WAR, below 69.9 HoF average. He also answers the trivia question: Who has the most hits that is not in the Hall of Fame and no longer eligible/not yet eligible? Mr. Pinson. Just not enough. Just like Jeff Kent, most HRs by a second baseman (by a long way), not enough. Bill Freehan, 11 all star games...not enough.

[BobK]

It gets confusing when the question and maybe answer not on the most recent page
Agree on Pinson

[BobK]

It gets confusing when the question and maybe answer not on the most recent page
Agree on Pinson

[Phogge]

Fred LaCour    Was Charlie Range playing then?  One or the other.  Late 50s War Memorial opened late 50s or 1960

Nope Bobbbbbbb. The answer is located in the Sunday Chronicle obits. You should know the announcer answer too.

[Phogge]

Fred LaCour    Was Charlie Range playing then?  One or the other.  Late 50s War Memorial opened late 50s or 1960

Nope Bobbbbbbb. The answer is located in the Sunday Chronicle obits. You should know the announcer answer too.

[Mick]

The first announcer to call an MLB game on the radio was Howard Arlin, staff announcer at KDKA (the  nation's first commercial licensed radio station) on August 5, 1921 in a game featuring the hometown Pirates and the visiting Phillies.  The prior year, Arlin became the first to read the Presidential race results when Senator Harding defeated Governor Cox. KDKA could be heard in Europe and Arlin became the best-known American voice in Europe.

Arlin was also the first to announce a professional boxing match, tennis match and football game. But Arlin didn't announce the 1921 World Series, featuring the New York Giants and the New York Yankees on KDKA.  Can you guess that announcer?

Bonus trivia: Four Giants announcers have won the Ford C. Frick award. Who are they?

[Mick]

The first announcer to call an MLB game on the radio was Howard Arlin, staff announcer at KDKA (the  nation's first commercial licensed radio station) on August 5, 1921 in a game featuring the hometown Pirates and the visiting Phillies.  The prior year, Arlin became the first to read the Presidential race results when Senator Harding defeated Governor Cox. KDKA could be heard in Europe and Arlin became the best-known American voice in Europe.

Arlin was also the first to announce a professional boxing match, tennis match and football game. But Arlin didn't announce the 1921 World Series, featuring the New York Giants and the New York Yankees on KDKA.  Can you guess that announcer?

Bonus trivia: Four Giants announcers have won the Ford C. Frick award. Who are they?

[BobK]

Bob Norton I had to read them all of the right age.
Announcer Bob Fouts or Don Klein or Lon Simmons

[BobK]

Bob Norton I had to read them all of the right age.
Announcer Bob Fouts or Don Klein or Lon Simmons

[Giants]

The first announcer to call an MLB game on the radio was Howard Arlin, staff announcer at KDKA (the  nation's first commercial licensed radio station) on August 5, 1921 in a game featuring the hometown Pirates and the visiting Phillies.  The prior year, Arlin became the first to read the Presidential race results when Senator Harding defeated Governor Cox. KDKA could be heard in Europe and Arlin became the best-known American voice in Europe.

Arlin was also the first to announce a professional boxing match, tennis match and football game. But Arlin didn't announce the 1921 World Series, featuring the New York Giants and the New York Yankees on KDKA.  Can you guess that announcer?

Bonus trivia: Four Giants announcers have won the Ford C. Frick award.  Who are they?

Hodges
Simmons
Miller
King

---

Bob Norton I had to read them all of the right age. 
Announcer Bob Fouts or Don Klein or Lon Simmons

I was thinking Bud Foster or Don Klein but they were working with Cal and Stanford at the time.  Perhaps, they moonlighted one night?

[Giants]

The first announcer to call an MLB game on the radio was Howard Arlin, staff announcer at KDKA (the  nation's first commercial licensed radio station) on August 5, 1921 in a game featuring the hometown Pirates and the visiting Phillies.  The prior year, Arlin became the first to read the Presidential race results when Senator Harding defeated Governor Cox. KDKA could be heard in Europe and Arlin became the best-known American voice in Europe.

Arlin was also the first to announce a professional boxing match, tennis match and football game. But Arlin didn't announce the 1921 World Series, featuring the New York Giants and the New York Yankees on KDKA.  Can you guess that announcer?

Bonus trivia: Four Giants announcers have won the Ford C. Frick award.  Who are they?

Hodges
Simmons
Miller
King

---

Bob Norton I had to read them all of the right age. 
Announcer Bob Fouts or Don Klein or Lon Simmons

I was thinking Bud Foster or Don Klein but they were working with Cal and Stanford at the time.  Perhaps, they moonlighted one night?

[Mick]

The first announcer to call an MLB game on the radio was Howard Arlin, staff announcer at KDKA (the  nation's first commercial licensed radio station) on August 5, 1921 in a game featuring the hometown Pirates and the visiting Phillies.  The prior year, Arlin became the first to read the Presidential race results when Senator Harding defeated Governor Cox. KDKA could be heard in Europe and Arlin became the best-known American voice in Europe.

Arlin was also the first to announce a professional boxing match, tennis match and football game. But Arlin didn't announce the 1921 World Series, featuring the New York Giants and the New York Yankees on KDKA.  Can you guess that announcer?

Bonus trivia: Four Giants announcers have won the Ford C. Frick award.  Who are they?

Hodges
Simmons
Miller
King

Interestingly, even though King did some announcing for the Giants in 1958 - 1962, his official Ford C. Frick entry only mentions the A's, Warriors, and Raiders.  Technically, King filled in for the Giants when Lon Simmons was doing 49ers games:
https://baseballhall.org/discover/former...-bill-king

He also did the Seals, and Cal football and basketball, according to his Chronicle obit article:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BILL...601265.php

Actually, the last of the four credited with full time announcing of the Giants is Al Michaels, who announced for them in 1974-1976:
https://baseballhall.org/discover/awards...l-michaels

And the announcer for the 1921 New York Giants vs. New York Yankees World Series was none other than the erudite Grantland Rice.

[Mick]

The first announcer to call an MLB game on the radio was Howard Arlin, staff announcer at KDKA (the  nation's first commercial licensed radio station) on August 5, 1921 in a game featuring the hometown Pirates and the visiting Phillies.  The prior year, Arlin became the first to read the Presidential race results when Senator Harding defeated Governor Cox. KDKA could be heard in Europe and Arlin became the best-known American voice in Europe.

Arlin was also the first to announce a professional boxing match, tennis match and football game. But Arlin didn't announce the 1921 World Series, featuring the New York Giants and the New York Yankees on KDKA.  Can you guess that announcer?

Bonus trivia: Four Giants announcers have won the Ford C. Frick award.  Who are they?

Hodges
Simmons
Miller
King

Interestingly, even though King did some announcing for the Giants in 1958 - 1962, his official Ford C. Frick entry only mentions the A's, Warriors, and Raiders.  Technically, King filled in for the Giants when Lon Simmons was doing 49ers games:
https://baseballhall.org/discover/former...-bill-king

He also did the Seals, and Cal football and basketball, according to his Chronicle obit article:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BILL...601265.php

Actually, the last of the four credited with full time announcing of the Giants is Al Michaels, who announced for them in 1974-1976:
https://baseballhall.org/discover/awards...l-michaels

And the announcer for the 1921 New York Giants vs. New York Yankees World Series was none other than the erudite Grantland Rice.

[Phogge]

Lon Simmons was the announcer for the first game at Memorial Gym. Where did the Dons practice before they had their own facility?

[Phogge]

Lon Simmons was the announcer for the first game at Memorial Gym. Where did the Dons practice before they had their own facility?

[BobK]

I know but I’ll defer

[BobK]

I know but I’ll defer

[Phogge]

St. Ignatius Gym.

[Phogge]

St. Ignatius Gym.