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Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 7:53 pm
by elwoodblues
For each of these baseball players name the pitcher who allowed his most famous home run for one point and give the year for another point.
1. Joe Carter
2. Bucky Dent
3. Carlton Fisk
4. Kirk Gibson
5. Bill Mazeroski
6. Bobby Thomson
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 8:09 pm
by jarnon
1. “Wild Thing” Mitch Williams 1993
6. 1951
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 10:40 pm
by SportsFan68
[quote="elwoodblues"]For each of these baseball players name the pitcher who allowed his most famous home run for one point and give the year for another point.
1. Joe Carter
2. Bucky Dent
3. Carlton Fisk -- I remember him waving the ball fair, but I don't remember the pitcher. Or the year.
4. Kirk Gibson
5. Bill Mazeroski -- Ralph Terry, 1960. SteelersFan knew this one, I didn't.
6. Bobby Thomson -- Ralph Branca -- ouch, I'll guess 1952.
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Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 1:30 am
by Estonut
For each of these baseball players name the pitcher who allowed his most famous home run for one point and give the year for another point.
1. Joe Carter - Mitch Williams - 1993
2. Bucky Fucking Dent - Mike Torrez - 1978
3. Carlton Fisk - - 1975 - Can't remember the pitcher, but the video (film) of Pudge trying to wave the ball fair changed the way baseball (and probably other sports) was/were recorded. They had never focused on a player's reaction before. The cameraman won an Emmy for that shot.
4. Kirk Gibson - Dennis Eckersley - 1988
5. Bill Mazeroski - Whitey Ford - 1961
6. Bobby Thomson - Ralph Branca - 1950
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 5:10 am
by Vandal
1. Joe Carter => Mitch Williams in 1993
2. Bucky Dent => Mike Torrez in 1978
3. Carlton Fisk=> Pat Darcy in 1975
4. Kirk Gibson => Dennis Eckersley in 1988
5. Bill Mazeroski => ?? in 1960
6. Bobby Thomson => Ralph Branca in 1951
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 6:22 am
by BackInTex
[quote="elwoodblues"]For each of these baseball players name the pitcher who allowed his most famous home run for one point and give the year for another point.[/quote]
I'm not even going to be in the right decade.
You might as well ask what they had for breakfast that day, and how much tip they left the waitress.
1. Joe Carter
Rolly Fingers 1979
Ham, egg over easy, $2.50
2. Bucky Dent
Rolly Fingers 1979
Oatmeal, $1.75
3. Carlton Fisk
Rollie Fingers 1979
Pancakes w/syrup, sausage patty, $2.25
4. Kirk Gibson
Curt Schilling 1982
Grits, bacon, sausage link, ham, $0.10
5. Bill Mazeroski
Curt Schilling 1985
Yogurt w/blueberries, dry toast, oatmeal, $3.00
6. Bobby Thomson
Schlitz, $0.00
Tom Seaver 1969
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 6:32 am
by littlebeast13
For each of these baseball players name the pitcher who allowed his most famous home run for one point and give the year for another point.
1. Joe Carter - Mitch Williams - 1993
2. Bucky Dent - Mike Torrez - 1978
3. Carlton Fisk - Rawley Eastwick? - 1975
4. Kirk Gibson - Dennis Eckersley - 1988
5. Bill Mazeroski - Mariano Rivera.... oh wait, too long ago? Then it's John Wetteland - 1960
6. Bobby Thomson - Ray Sadecki - 1951
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 6:48 am
by ShamelessWeasel
1. Joe Carter - Mitch Williams
2. Bucky Dent - Mike Torrez (this took me a while since you forget Bucky's middle name F*cking)
3. Carlton Fisk - Pat Darcy
4. Kirk Gibson - Dennis Eckersley
5. Bill Mazeroski - ???
6. Bobby Thomson - ???
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 6:59 am
by franktangredi
[quote="elwoodblues"]For each of these baseball players name the pitcher who allowed his most famous home run for one point and give the year for another point.
6. Bobby Thomson[/quote]
Ralph Branca. That's two!!!!!!!
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 7:12 am
by Pastor Fireball
Present!
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 7:54 am
by andrewjackson
Pffftttt. Pitchers have names? This is going to be ugly. Hmm. Probably against relievers, mostly.
1. Joe Carter
Against Phillies? Curt Schilling?
2. Bucky Dent
Against Red Sox? Luis Tiant?
3. Carlton Fisk
Against the Reds. Rawly Eastwick?
4. Kirk Gibson
Against the A's. Dennis Eckersley?
5. Bill Mazeroski
Don't even know who they played. Nope
6. Bobby Thomson
Against the Dodgers. I should know this. He wore #13, I can see that image in my brain, but there were no names on the jerseys. Nope.
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 7:56 am
by andrewjackson
I forgot to put any years but those would also have been guesses.
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:07 am
by T_Bone0806
1. Joe Carter
Mitch Williams
2. Bucky Dent
Mike Torrez
3. Carlton Fisk
I remember Bernie Carbo's homer. I remember Fisk directing traffic on this one. I remember hating Fisk at that time, as he was the rival of my favorite player, Thurman Munson. Years later, I remember not hating Fisk so much after he "admonished" that showboat Deion Sanders for disrespecting the Yankee uniform he was wearing. Fisk jumped up a thousand points on my personal "approval chart" that day. I remember all of that.....but not who threw that darn Game 6 pitch.
4. Kirk Gibson
Dennis Eckersley
5. Bill Mazeroski
Ralph Terry
6. Bobby Thomson
Poor Ralph Branca. He could've thrown 30 perfect games and people would still know him primarily for his involvement in the "shot heard 'round the world".
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:18 am
by T_Bone0806
I forgot to do the year. I swear I didn't see anyone's answers but I understand if you can't count these..
give the year for another point.
1. Joe Carter
1993
2. Bucky Dent
1978
3. Carlton Fisk
1975
4. Kirk Gibson
1988
5. Bill Mazeroski
1960
6. Bobby Thomson
1956
I had to really think about a couple of these
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:18 am
by Bob78164
1. Joe Carter Mitch Williams, 1993
2. Bucky Dent 1978
3. Carlton Fisk 1975
4. Kirk Gibson Dennis Eckersley, 1988
5. Bill Mazeroski 1960
6. Bobby Thomson Ralph Branca, 1951
--Bob
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:24 am
by T_Bone0806
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:33 am
by T_Bone0806
Mr. Vandalsir...
Your restraint on #2 is duly noted and appreciated. And I'll reciprocate by declaring my gratitude and warm fuzzies to Pedro Martinez, who has played a great role in seemingly putting Luis Severino back on the path to becoming a pretty darn good pitcher. Between that and his enjoyable broadcast work, I am forced to rethink my opinion that he was in Satan's starting rotation, and instead he is just one of those guys that you hate if he's on the other team but love if he's your guy.
Live and learn.
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 5:46 pm
by kroxquo
1. Joe Carter Mitch Fucking Williams 1993
2. Bucky Dent Mike Torrez 1978
3. Carlton Fisk Will McEnany 1975
4. Kirk Gibson Dennis Eckersley 1988
5. Bill Mazeroski 1960
6. Bobby Thomson Ralph Branca 1951
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 8:12 pm
by elwoodblues
elwoodblues wrote:For each of these baseball players name the pitcher who allowed his most famous home run for one point and give the year for another point.
1. Joe Carter
Mitch Williams 1993 (Sorry, melly, kroxquo and jarnon)
2. Bucky Dent
Mike Torrez 1978 (Sorry, Vandal)
3. Carlton Fisk
Pat Darcy 1975
4. Kirk Gibson
Dennis Eckersley 1988
5. Bill Mazeroski
Ralph Terry 1960
6. Bobby Thomson
Ralph Branca 1951
I originally planned to also list the pitchers and make this a matching game, but after all of the high scores on the first two games I wanted to make this one a little harder.
jarnon 3
Sprots 3
Estonut 8
Vandal 11
BiT 1 (one point for his unique take on this game)
LB 9
Weasel 4
Frank 1
AJ 1
TBone 10
Bob# 9
kroxquo 10
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 7:37 am
by BackInTex
elwoodblues wrote:
BiT 1 (one point for his unique take on this game)
Score! Thanks.
elwoodblues wrote:
I wanted to make this one a little harder.
Inigo Montoya wrote:You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 7:55 am
by mellytu74
I thought I had played. but I didn't.
Thanks for the good thoughts, nonetheless.
Re: Sportsball 5-10-17
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:03 am
by Vandal
elwoodblues wrote:
2. Bucky Dent
Mike Torrez 1978 (Sorry, Vandal)
I wasn't a Red Sox fan at the time (still in Idaho), so this one has no sting. Aaron Boone, on the other hand...
