Incredibly dumb and stupid sports questions

~terry Sat, Sep 21, 1996 (00:27) seed

No matter *how dumb or stupid*, this is the place to ask. Any sports question is fair game. And if we don't get an answer online, we'll ask one of the experts (eg. Max or Dribblin' Dick).

~terry Sat, Sep 21, 1996 (00:29) #1

OK, I'll lead off. Who was better, Mantle or Mays?

~oplion Sat, Sep 21, 1996 (11:59) #2

You'r right dumb question..Mantle,Yeah NY Team, thats ok..

~terry Sat, Sep 21, 1996 (16:57) #3

Who had the most impressive careet stats. I'm sure Mantle outhomered him, but Mays was the best outfielder.

~TJ Tue, Sep 24, 1996 (16:48) #4

Why are they called the PACKERS? What is a Hoosier? Why are they still called New York Jets, Giants and Mets? Is the Ravens emblem the Grand Pubah Hat from Fred Flinstone? The Fabulous Sports "BABE"?????

~terry Tue, Sep 24, 1996 (17:55) #5

All NY teams have to end in 'ets'. I don't know where the Giants snuck in.

~oplion Wed, Oct 2, 1996 (19:02) #6

Not that it matters much,but does spitting on an umpire deserve a suspension,I haven't watched BB 'cause of the strike,and only follow it in the news. A realy incredibly dumb Q,If we could give a real reason for dugout clearing to someone who's never seen BB,what would it be?

~TJ Thu, Oct 3, 1996 (11:56) #7

Fumigation

~ginger Sat, Jun 14, 1997 (22:53) #8

Fumigation TJ?

~pmnh Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (18:37) #9

mays.. (but it's close... and mickey played his entire career with defects/injuries that would've ruined lesser mortals)

~terry Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (19:05) #10

I'd go with Mays just because I'm such a National Leaguer. And I got to see him play in St. Louis when I was a kid. Sey hey makin' those "basket catches".

~pmnh Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (21:23) #11

i saw mays play a few times as well... the basket catch used to drive coaches nuts (we all wanted to do it)... mickey was something special, though, for sure... before the astros, most people here were cardinals fans (because of the buffs, of course, the cardinals AAA club for many years) and/or yankees fans (because of mickey)... my grandfather loved the astros, but he never stopped loving the cardinals, either... he used to tell me stories about the gas house gang, and especially dizzy dean... and i used to listen to ol' diz, too, in the late 60's... he would help broadcast several astros games every year (and he'd always sing "wabash cannonball", and do grotesque things to the language... and it was the best baseball commentary i ever heard)... really liked that '68 team, too... bob gibson was my hero that year, and it broke my heart when they lost the series...

~terry Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (08:43) #12

I remember listening to the incomparable radio broadcast trio of Jack Buck, Harry Carey, and Joe Garagiola on KMOX, all three went on to stellar careers in broadcast after the golden era of the St. Louis Cardinals.

~pmnh Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (15:57) #13

that's incredible... i never knew the three of them were ever together (must've been amazing)... for whatever reason, baseball is the only game i know of that retains it's magic, on the radio... guess you're a big joe torre fan, huh?

~terry Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (19:39) #14

Joe Torre came later on, after the Buck/Garagiola/Carey era. That was when Musial was on first, Schoendienst on second, Boyer on third, Curt Flood in Center, Bill White on the mound. McCarver caught and then joined that broadcast crew. It was comforting to have the Cardinals games on as I drifted off to sleep in my cottage bedroom in the little summer community where we stayed. There was magic with the Cardinals then.

~pmnh Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (22:03) #15

i guess you're talking about the johnny keene cards? (just before he got screwed by the yankees)... if i remember right, lindy mcdaniel pitched for them (i think he's from baytown)... also ray sadecki... also, didn't uecker back up mccarver for awhile?... also remember al dark, dal maxwell, julian javier from those years... and of course lou brock came along, at the end of that era, i guess (didn't he play on keene's '64 champion team?)... the '68 team (red's team) was my favorite, though... maris and cepeda played on that team... and gibson, charlton, and nelly briles, of course, with joe hoerner coming out of the bullpen... god, gibson was magnificent that year...(though i've never understood how a guy with 13 shutouts and a 1.12 era could lose 9 games)...

~Wolf Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (22:07) #16

hey!

~pmnh Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (22:21) #17

hey yerself...

~Wolf Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (22:30) #18

whatcha doin?

~terry Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (00:01) #19

He's talkin' sports!

~pmnh Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (00:55) #20

terry, i've been trying to enter an "astros" topic, and a "baseball" topic for the past couple of days, and i can't get 'em to take (keep getting an error message thing)... is there something wrong with the system, or could i be doing something wrong?

~terry Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (00:55) #21

It should work. I'll go ahead and start it for you if you email me the copy.

~MarciaH Mon, Mar 11, 2002 (19:43) #22

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