On this day in 1960

[August West]

The anniversary of the greatest home run ever hit. The Pittsburgh Pirates were heavy underdogs to the Yankees when Bill Mazeroski`s walk off home run sent them back to NY as losers to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates.

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[rightwinger]

Got an average Mazeroski into the HOF

 

[Polishprince]

Got an average Mazeroski into the HOF

Mazeroski was a 10 time All-Star, I'd say that makes him far abover "average", no?

 

[lg325]

I would add Roger Maris to HOF also.

• 7× All-Star (1959²–1962²)
• 3× World Series champion (1961, 1962, 1967)
• 2× AL MVP (1960, 1961)
• Gold Glove Award (1960)
• AL home run leader (1961)
• 2× AL RBI leader (1960, 1961)
• New York Yankees No. 9 retired
• Monument Park honoree

 

[rightwinger]

Mazeroski was a 10 time All-Star, I'd say that makes him far abover "average", no?

Maz got into the HOF 30 years after he retired.
Great defensive second baseman but hardly an all time great.

 

[ReinyDays]

Strange ... Barry Bonds is doing commercials for a two-bit furniture store in Redwood City ... really sad ... far and away HOF statistics even without the drugs ... but he never apologized ...

Pete Rose ... Bobby Fischer ... Donald Trump ... they can't be great because they can't apologize for their mistakes ... the nature of girlie sports, a Real Sportsman would fist fight ... I'd love to see Nikki Haley whip ass on The Donald ... I'd pay money for that ...

 

[August West]

Maz got into the HOF 30 years after he retired.
Great defensive second baseman but hardly an all time great.

8 Gold Gloves and the greatest moment in sports history. Jerks like Ted Williams, who thought that only hitting counts, wanted him kept out.

 

[Meister]

Maz got into the HOF 30 years after he retired.
Great defensive second baseman but hardly an all time great.

10X All-Star


Thanks for your opinion, though

 

[Meister]

Mazeroski was a 10 time All-Star, I'd say that makes him far abover "average", no?

I guess RW thinks that the average player makes 10 All Star teams in their career

 

[August West]

Strange ... Barry Bonds is doing commercials for a two-bit furniture store in Redwood City ... really sad ... far and away HOF statistics even without the drugs ... but he never apologized ...

Pete Rose ... Bobby Fischer ... Donald Trump ... they can't be great because they can't apologize for their mistakes ... the nature of girlie sports, a Real Sportsman would fist fight ... I'd love to see Nikki Haley whip ass on The Donald ... I'd pay money for that ...

Off the field or on the field, Rose was a grade A jerk.

 

[rightwinger]

10X All-Star


Thanks for your opinion, though

All Star Game is not HOF
MVPs, lifetime stats, production over your contemporaries is what gets you in


30 years to make HOF. Do you know how many Second Basemen made it in during that timeframe

His contemporaries didn’t think he was worthy. Only after 30 years did they buy the legend over his actual skill.

 

[rightwinger]

Off the field or on the field, Rose was a grade A jerk.

Still an all time great

 

[ReinyDays]

Off the field or on the field, Rose was a grade A jerk.

Worse with Barry ... even in the clubhouse, he had his own corner where he could act "stand-offish" with his teammates ... never pleasant with the local press ... character flaws that kept him from any World Series wins ...

Bobby Fischer wreaked 400 years of accumulated chess opening theory with just a single move in 1966 ... the Dragon Variation was over-dominate in the Open Game, and it's rarely played today ... he went on to become world chess champion ... all at the expense of developing reasonable inter-personal skills ... the man died in prison ... just an ugly ugly human ...

 

[Meister]

All Star Game is not HOF
MVPs, lifetime stats, production over your contemporaries is what gets you in


30 years to make HOF. Do you know how many Second Basemen made it in during that timeframe

His contemporaries didn’t think he was worthy. Only after 30 years did they buy the legend over his actual skill.

8X Gold glove recipient. That in itself is pretty impressive. It's something that isn't considered 'the shiny penny'.
It's not the long ball, or the high batting average, but it is a steady standout attribute to the team defensively.

Again....thank you for your opinion, RW

 

[ReinyDays]

Still an all time great

We can't take that away ... he was one of the last player/managers as well ... but he gambled at a time when all clubs houses had big signs warning players, coaches and managers that gambling on baseball was completely forbidden in baseball ... the 1919 World Series controversy was still within living memory ...

That's different than Babe Ruth snorting cocaine in the dugout ... it was lawful and social acceptable for him to do so ... it's neither lawful nor social acceptable for a baseball manage to bet against his own team ... oh, yeah, today it is illegal to do drugs in the dugout ... finally ...

I know ... baseball owners are the slimiest people in the entire universe ... but the Dodgers did fall in three, so maybe not so stupid a sport ...

 

[rightwinger]

We can't take that away ... he was one of the last player/managers as well ... but he gambled at a time when all clubs houses had big signs warning players, coaches and managers that gambling on baseball was completely forbidden in baseball ... the 1919 World Series controversy was still within living memory ...

That's different than Babe Ruth snorting cocaine in the dugout ... it was lawful and social acceptable for him to do so ... it's neither lawful nor social acceptable for a baseball manage to bet against his own team ... oh, yeah, today it is illegal to do drugs in the dugout ... finally ...

I know ... baseball owners are the slimiest people in the entire universe ... but the Dodgers did fall in three, so maybe not so stupid a sport ...

Given that Baseball today profits off of organized gambling on the game……continued outrage over Rose placing bets seems shallow.
Rose has paid a heavy price for his gambling obsession

Time to let it go

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Got an average Mazeroski into the HOF

a mediocre hitter and one of the best fielders of his day

 

[rightwinger]

a mediocre hitter and one of the best fielders of his day

He waited 30 years to make HOF

Would he have gotten in without that HR?

 

[Mr. Friscus]

He waited 30 years to make HOF

Would he have gotten in without that HR?

Kind of like Joe Namath and the football HOF.

Without his guarantee in Super Bowl 3, and the finger wag.. his numbers aren’t incredible. But moments can transcend things

 

[rightwinger]

Kind of like Joe Namath and the football HOF.

Without his guarantee in Super Bowl 3, and the finger wag.. his numbers aren’t incredible. But moments can transcend things

Joe did not even have a good game in SB III
Baltimore blew the game

They drove inside the Jet 20 five times in the first half and came away with zero points