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#1YankeeLover
09-23-01, 12:47 PM
What do Steve Chilcott and Ron Blomberg have in common?
-#1YankeeLover
deranged2005
09-23-01, 05:51 PM
something.
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 12:50 PM
I seem to remember Blomberg being the first DH to step to the plate , is that right?
and I think they were both #1 picks '66 + '67
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 12:52 PM
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/research_lists/first_dh.htm
look at that, Glenallen Hill was the first in the National league ....that doesn't make sense .....
Steve Chilcott and Ron Blomberg were selected as the No.1 prospects in the nation in 1966 and 67 respectively ? Chilcott was drafted by the Mets but never played pro ball and we know Ron went on to become Baseballs first DH with the Yankees...thats all I can come up with...
Originally posted by jiffyjeff
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/research_lists/first_dh.htm
look at that, Glenallen Hill was the first in the National league ....that doesn't make sense .....
Sure it does...Post Season ....
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 01:13 PM
Originally posted by Gehrig
Sure it does...Post Season ....
wouldn't it have happened in the 70's then?
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 01:16 PM
funny what you can come up with when you have time on your hands
what do these three have in common?
Don Mattingly, Ken Griffey Jr., Dale Long
Originally posted by jiffyjeff
wouldn't it have happened in the 70's then?
Oh wait !!! INTERLEAGUE PLAY !!!!
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 01:19 PM
ok, that last one is actually easy
how about this one:
Christy Mathewson
Tom Hughes
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 01:21 PM
Originally posted by Gehrig
Oh wait !!! INTERLEAGUE PLAY !!!!
well, I thought of that, but still wouldn't there have been a NL DH in the WS a long time ago?
or did they not call him a DH in an AL park
Originally posted by jiffyjeff
well, I thought of that, but still wouldn't there have been a NL DH in the WS a long time ago?
or did they not call him a DH in an AL park
"The following list if for designated hitters used in regular-season games only" ... I missed that little line before when I first answered...
Originally posted by Gehrig
"The following list if for designated hitters used in regular-season games only"
HEY !!! NOW I just realized that www.baseballhalloffame.org has a SPELLING ERROR ?!?!?! :eek: Who does their proof reading ?!?!? :lol:
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 02:10 PM
Originally posted by Gehrig
"The following list if for designated hitters used in regular-season games only" ... I missed that little line before when I first answered...
ok, that makes sense then, but still
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 02:25 PM
The Official Rules of Major League Baseball says in 1.04a that 'any playing field constructed by a professional club after June 1,1958, shall provide a minimum distance of 325 from home base to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction on the right and left field foul lines...' Enron Field in Houston and Pac Bell Park in San Francisco, constructed in 1999, both have fences only 315 feet from home plate to the right and left field lines, respectively.
You must run the bases forward after you hit a homerun. Baseball made that rule in 1961. Thanks to Jimmy Persall of the Mets; he ran backwards after he passed 1 base. That gave him a life time total 100.
Rookies (or, players in their first year) are named after the rook in chess. Rooks generally are the last pieces to be moved into action, and the same goes for Rookies.
Of the 9 baseball players in the field, how many are allowed to call a time out?
penguin4
09-24-01, 03:25 PM
Originally posted by jiffyjeff
funny what you can come up with when you have time on your hands
what do these three have in common?
Don Mattingly, Ken Griffey Jr., Dale Long
All three hold the record for consecutive games with a homerun --8.
jiffyjeff
09-24-01, 03:28 PM
Originally posted by penguin4
All three hold the record for consecutive games with a homerun --8.
yes, that was just too easy
who hit the most homeruns in those 8 game stretches though?
#1YankeeLover
09-24-01, 07:19 PM
The answer to the original question ... :D :D :D
They were both first-round draft picks, yeah, but in addition to that, they were both the first-ever first-round draft picks for their respective positions (C and 1B).
-#1YankeeLover
Don't forget that the Mets took Chilcott first and the A's took some
guy named Reginald Martinez Jackson second!
Max Power
10-16-01, 10:52 PM
Originally posted by wexy
Don't forget that the Mets took Chilcott first and the A's took some
guy named Reginald Martinez Jackson second!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
KENMonteSS86
10-17-01, 07:58 AM
Originally posted by wexy
Don't forget that the Mets took Chilcott first and the A's took some
guy named Reginald Martinez Jackson second!
Hell, when Charlie O heard that the Mutts took Chilcott, he practically ran to the mike during the draft and said "I take Reggie Jackson"....
Winger03
10-17-01, 08:01 AM
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Mets were a little "scared" of taking Reggie since he was dating a white lady. Don't forget, it was the 60's, and race was a pretty hot topic.
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