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That Guy who gave up number 756 fine with role in history

If you don’t know the name of the person who I am talking about, hand in your Baseball geek-card now.

Gamingboy Posted: August 07, 2008 at 05:05 PM | 11 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Craig Calcaterra Posted: August 07, 2008 at 05:37 PM (#2894186)

I thought Eric Show was dead.

2. Repoz

Posted: August 07, 2008 at 05:56 PM (#2894212)

I thought Eric Show was dead.

Yes, bumped off by a kook from The Peter Pinguid Society.

3. Chris Needham Posted: August 07, 2008 at 06:13 PM (#2894233)

I wish people around the country would laud me for my mediocrity.

4. Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: August 07, 2008 at 06:15 PM (#2894236)

I thought they were talking about Al Downing. I should have read closer.

5. rsmith51 Posted: August 07, 2008 at 06:23 PM (#2894253)

Crap, here is by Baseball Geek-boy credentials...

6. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: August 07, 2008 at 06:28 PM (#2894266)

(in case anyone axes:)

Aaron's last: Dick Drago

Willie's last: Don Gullett

Mantle's last: Jim Lonborg

Teddy ballgame's last (& Maris' 60th): Jack Fisher

7. Shredder Posted: August 07, 2008 at 06:44 PM (#2894304)

I thought Eric Show was dead.

Woo! Go Highlanders!

8. Still Waiting on Pork Chops (John R.) Posted: August 07, 2008 at 07:19 PM (#2894410)

I wish people around the country would laud me for my mediocrity.

You have a pretty high threshhold for mediocrity, methinks.

He's one of the top thousand people in the US at what he does. How many things can you say that about? And, of those things, how many do you feel mediocre in doing?

(Answers for me: 1 and 0.)

9. Cooperstown Schtick Posted: August 07, 2008 at 07:51 PM (#2894464)

He's one of the top thousand people in the US at what he does. How many things can you say that about? And, of those things, how many do you feel mediocre in doing?

Is that quality or quantity? If it's quality only, then my answer is 0 and 0. If it's quality and quantity together, then it's 2 and 1. 3 and 1 if you don't include people in prison.

10. Padraic Posted: August 07, 2008 at 08:19 PM (#2894485)

For instance, he learned that there was once a pitcher named Willie Hernandez who won both the Cy Young and MVP awards in the same season (1984)

I'm not even old, and this makes me feel old. "There was once a pitcher" should be reserved for like Federal League players.

11. Still Waiting on Pork Chops (John R.) Posted: August 07, 2008 at 09:16 PM (#2894562)

Is that quality or quantity?

Quality. Of course, part of my ability to claim 1 is that fewer than 2500 Americans have active ratings in the area I'm discussing. I'm not naive enough to believe that only people with ratings are better than I am, but since they can't prove it...

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