Sports Trivia 2017
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It's Ron Hunt, (50), for 20th century. I think Hughie Jennings had the 19th century record. I do believe, however, that Don Baylor had more lifetime HBP than Hunt, possibly Craig Biggio, as well. When Don Baylor was hit by a pitch, the ball generally got the worst of it. I think there was some controversy about this, at some point. A couple of 40 year-old virgins were combing through 19th century boxscores, looking for tabulation errors, and Jennings' total for his record year was revised up, by 2, I think. I only know that because Hunt's quest for the HBP record was big news for 10 year-old Expos fans in the stretch drive of '71, long after the team had been mathematically eliminated from post-season contention.
This is for the quiz master, this question, Skyrider, also having lived in the Montreal area previously. Mid 1970's, our baseball 'town team', for Baie d'Urfé, down near the end of the West Island, bordering Beaconsfield/ Beaurepaire village, St Anne de Bellvue, and near Senneville and 'Lake of Two Mountains', had a pitcher named Teddy Moore. Teddy was a 'Ryne Duren' type;, tons of velocity, and no aim. Seriously, he once pitched a complete game, 2-hitter, (six or seven innings; about age 14), and lost 15-1!!! Still, if a pro scout had been in the crowd of under six, his name would have been noted, (since you can't teach velocity), as would the name of the guy who got the two hits off him.
Teddy Moore was also a "proto-TERBite" in the tradition of Daniel Boone. On a bench, just off the playground near a local elementary school, carved into the wood with a pen knife, this eternal revue: ' T. Moore fucked XXXX XXXXXX on this bench, (with the date)'. I wasn't there to witness THAT feat, but I knew the young lady he was talking about, and I believe every carve!
Moore also unofficlally holds a record for any level of organized baseball: Eight consecutive hit batsmen, and I saw at least three of them crying! Every word of this post, 100% true. If Teddy is reading this, I believe he would approve.
Yes, Ron Hunt. He wore this really loose jersey so a few of the pitched balls didn't actually touch his body. Some people complained he was intentionally trying to get hit by pitch.
Actually, Hunt stood so close to the plate, you could hit him with a ball that would be a called strike, with just about anyone else. Hunt took most of those pitches on the hands. They were all gnarly, like "The Monkey's paw".
In 1972, I think, Hunt hit over .300, (.308?), but was injured late in the season. For road games, we would bat leadoff, and get one plate appearance. If he got on base, Larry Lintz would pinch run, and take over at 2B, until they pinch hit for Lintz, later in the game. If Hunt was retired, they'd put someone else at 2B, and Lintz would pinch run for that guy, if he got on base late in the game. Rosters were expanded at the time, so the 'spos had several additional players in uniform who could be hidden at 2B, for an inning or two.
Superb question.
A good guess, though. Reed did play NBA and MLB. To all: If you're keen on the team challenge contest, please add "#126" before an upcoming reply from you.
Which veteran NL unpire dropped dead, mid game, in a major league 'traditional' season opening game, ie: At Cincinnati?
Collectively, name all of the different cities that played host to a Major League Baseball team, for at least one full season, between 1901 and 1953. First guy to answer gwts the obvious choices, plus ?
New York
New York Again
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Chicago again
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Damn! I think I'm missing 2 or 3.
John McSherry........Norm Sherry was a pretty good relief pitcher for the Dodgers
bobistheowl:" You may well be missing '2 or 3', or perhaps you have an extra one".
I'm not saying that to my bud SkyRider; I'm saying it AT the line he wrote, rehearsed between us in advance. "Inclusive" explanation of my pre-prepared reply: I'm suggesting that the author is 'a couple of 'X's short of a
'Y', or that he has Down Syndrome, (ie: 47 chromosomes, rather than the normal 46).When used in combat on a quasi-intellectual battle board, it's a handle or avatar ending diss, because there's no comeback. My sig line on another board is "Everything you say will be used against you", preceded by an image of Andy Kaufman.
In the simulation above, the 'volunteer' is used as the practice target, just like Captain Kirk in The Gamesters of Triskalion When passive agressive pussies attempt to provoke you in print on a board, don't reply immediately, and [u[never[/u] react with an emotional display; that's what they want. Wait for the opportunity of your choice, when they say something to antone that is sufficiently imprecise that it can be twisted around in such a way as to make them look ridiculous, in front of their peer group. If they respond in quantity, as they are wont to do, do what Bruce Lee did in every one of his films, or what "The Bride" did in Kill Bill Volume 1: Take each one on, individually, one at a time, until those who have not yet been singled out for mockery get the message, and pick on a different individual, instead of you. Rgardless of how many of them there are, they ALL have the same limited repetoire of tactics, one which has the diversity of a 10 kb Flash game, and no ability to adapt; because no individual in the group has the ability to make a decision on their own, without having first received approval from the others in thir ad hoc coalition, and they have no experience in taking initiative, upon themselves. Mute them with dry, succint commentary, using an alternative but equally valid interpretation of what they actually said, rather than what they 'obviously meant'. Show them who wears the pants, by showing that any individual who possesses "a pair', either literally or figuratively, would never have agreed to be part of a 'hive mind' in the first place. PC trolls all have one thing in common: they became that way because they know they are weak individuals, and they don't want other people to know that. Single them out, like a pride of lionesses does, among the newly born, or the old and toothless, in any African protected region where prides of lions still exist in the wild. A pride of lionesses aren't bullies or cyber thugs, they're merely the top of the food chain apex carnivores, with no remorse for performing the role for which they were intended, by "Natural Law". As Michael Corleone would have said to Hagen, "It's not personal, Tom. It's strictly business".
We have this on thedirty all the time. A recent example: Salt Lake City: OP text is written from POV of wife of married man, who cheated on her with the skank pictured above the OP post. Appearance of the OP is unknown; skank is relatively attractive, to some.
Commenter (Captain Awsome): "I'd bang her if my wife looked like OP"
bobistheowl: How would anyone know what the OP looks like, except possibly nik? OP WRITES the post, about the skank, unless the same person is both.
CA: Late 30s. A bit over weight. Best years behind her. Not hard to figure it out.
bito: Astute. "I'd bang her if my wife looked like OP". - It's unfortunate that late 30's, a bit overweight, best years behind her, and not hard to figure out would be an upgrade on banging your wife. I can see how you wouldn't want to. Thank you for my afternoon dose of schadenfreude.
CA: Sorry you mistook the dirty for your local Mormon church forum.
bito: You still don't get it. The way you worded your earlier post can legitimately be misinterpreted as ' I would have sex with my wife, if my wife looked like the OP'. I knew exactly what you meant to say: 'If I was the OP's husband, I would bang this skank, too'. Schadenfreude means 'taking delight in the misfortunes of others'. That's the only reason anyone posts comments on thedirty, unless the comment poster is also the skank. I haven't seen a post by the Captain Awesome handle since!
thedirty is a non-linear board, meaning posts are not displayed in chronological order, based on posting time. This causes confusion, intentionally, when the posts are later read out of chronological sequence. Registered members 'vote' on posts, to move them up the board. In this case, veteran board manipulators gave one vote to me, for my initial reply, and I gave a vote to each of the first and second comments CA made. Four other members gave up votes to CA's first statement. Captain Awesome might have thought that five people agreed with his statement. In fact, five people, silently acting together, propelled his 'straight line' to the top of the page, so the reply string would be read by anyone starting at the top. No one instructs you on that, you have to figure out why they're doing it that way, or you're excluded.
Thank you for your co-operation in this simulation, SkyRider, which we coordinated in advance by private message, where I was told the dirt on that hockey player's tryst with the usher. My lips are sealed; what's said in PM, stays there.
We're looking for all the cities which hosted a Major League Baseball franchise for at least one full year, in the period 1901-1953. SkyRider has provided New York, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Washington, Detroit, and Cleveland. This list contains no inaccuracies, but is incomplete.
ShortStop, Toby Harrah, played in a double header (he played in every inning) without touching a ball that was in play
Not Brodeur, you were close though, Brodeur is in second place, by just one point.
In a game against the NYY, Harrah and Wills hit back to back "Inside the Park Home Runs"
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