Sources are only worth something if they add to the discourse
Otherwise it's barroom blather
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Rare is underselling that feat
It's been done 28 times and the guys who all did it more than once are HOF catchers, plus the majority was achieved during blatant hitting eras
Code:OPS YEAR OPS AVG 2B HR RC/G AGE 1 Mike Piazza 1997 1.070 .362 32 40 10.59 28 2 Gabby Hartnett 1930 1.034 .339 31 37 9.51 29 3 Mike Piazza 2000 1.012 .324 26 38 8.92 31 4 Roy Campanella 1953 1.006 .312 26 41 9.22 31 5 Chris Hoiles 1993 1.001 .310 28 29 9.09 28 6 Rudy York 1938 .995 .298 27 33 9.38 24 7 Bill Dickey 1937 .987 .332 35 29 9.61 30 8 Roy Campanella 1951 .983 .325 33 33 8.50 29 9 Bill Dickey 1938 .981 .313 27 27 9.47 31 10 Mike Piazza 1998 .960 .328 38 32 8.30 29 11 Mike Piazza 2001 .957 .300 29 36 7.42 32 12 Jorge Posada 2000 .943 .287 35 28 8.24 28 13 Mike Piazza 1999 .936 .303 25 40 6.62 30 14 Johnny Bench 1970 .932 .293 35 45 7.14 22 15 Carlton Fisk 1977 .922 .315 26 26 7.88 29 16 Paul Lo Duca 2001 .917 .320 28 25 7.18 29 17 Mike Lieberthal 1999 .914 .300 33 31 7.02 27 18 Ivan Rodriguez 1999 .914 .332 29 35 6.12 27 19 Yogi Berra 1950 .912 .322 30 28 7.94 25 20 Yogi Berra 1956 .911 .298 29 30 7.56 31 21 Gary Carter 1982 .890 .293 32 29 6.70 28 22 Johnny Bench 1977 .889 .275 34 31 6.48 29 23 Gary Carter 1977 .881 .284 29 31 6.58 23 24 Victor Martinez 2007 .879 .301 40 25 6.64 28 25 Johnny Bench 1975 .878 .283 39 28 6.75 27 26 Carlton Fisk 1983 .874 .289 26 26 6.57 35 27 Johnny Bench 1974 .870 .280 38 33 6.52 26 28 Gary Carter 1984 .853 .294 32 27 6.66 30
I'd take 15 bombs and 25 doubles, actually
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
I understand the risks of trying to glean information from an internet message board. It's probably not the most reliable source of accurate information all the time. But I knew that coming in. And a poster like dougdirt, who does happen to have more possible links with "inside" sources, is someone I value for tidbits of information on this board. Yes, I suppose he could just be making stuff up or misleading us. But given his track record, I doubt he'd do that on purpose.
Last edited by RedEye; 12-11-2012 at 11:34 AM.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
Reading between the lines of what Douglas is saying, I think Mesoraco probably did something immature and rubbed some important people the wrong way. Glad to know it's something that shouldn't affect him moving forward, as long as he's made amends with the proper people. He's a very young guy who perhaps made a mistake. All good as long as history doesn't repeat.
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