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Post by tomservo on Oct 15, 2006 15:00:18 GMT -5
That gibson picture is awesome.
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Post by tomservo on Oct 2, 2006 17:27:54 GMT -5
Just looking into roosevelt stadium I believe that may be it.
Jackie Robinson played there, that would be pretty cool.
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Post by tomservo on Oct 2, 2006 11:21:19 GMT -5
Hey that picture looks familiar.
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Post by tomservo on Sept 25, 2006 16:07:43 GMT -5
I absolutely love that first picture. Thanks for sharing Jim and Noc.
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Post by tomservo on Oct 15, 2006 14:58:43 GMT -5
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Post by tomservo on Sept 16, 2007 16:37:35 GMT -5
I'm happy to update it for you in the time you're away if that's ok with everyone. I'm out of contention so I don't mind giving up competing. PM me about it.
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Post by tomservo on Sept 13, 2007 3:34:04 GMT -5
I know and I even thought well maybe I should check the strike seasons, but laziness took over.
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Post by tomservo on Sept 12, 2007 11:29:07 GMT -5
Ahh I assumed you meant full season which was Brandon Webb with 16 last year.
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Post by tomservo on Sept 6, 2007 15:06:37 GMT -5
This is what stood out in my mind. He had a grand slam but never got past first because that's all they needed to win and he was mobbed. You have to touch every base for it to count.
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Post by tomservo on Sept 4, 2007 17:06:47 GMT -5
Nolan Ryan still exercises regularly, could he be counted as "active?"
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Post by tomservo on Jul 13, 2007 14:12:23 GMT -5
I think the answer to #16 is Julio Franco
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Post by tomservo on Jun 5, 2007 1:03:39 GMT -5
Good work Jim. You got the two players. For anyone else who may be puzzled by this. Neither the players nor records involved are obscure by any means.
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Post by tomservo on Jun 4, 2007 15:17:28 GMT -5
I lifted this from Ken Jennings's website and is a really cool baseball question. See if you can figure it out.
Consider the universe of baseball statistics. Forget about ones that are averages, and thus a player’s score can go up or down over time — batting average, ERA, slugging percentage, and the like. Focus on the ones that accumulate. Also, forget about statistics that nobody tracks, like ground rule doubles in extra innings under a full moon on astroturf. Stay with statistics that people have actually heard of.
Now consider that among such statistics there’s the concept of one category being a special case of another. If you do one, you necessarily do the other, but not vice versa (otherwise two statistics would be called “synonyms”). A perfect game is a special case of a no-hitter. A double is a special case of a hit. An at-bat is a special case of a plate appearance. A save is a special case of a game played, but a hit is not because you can have any number of hits in a game.
At last, the question. There are two statistics, one of which is a special case of the other. The career leaders in the two categories — the guys who did each the most times — are different men with the same first and middle names. Who are they?
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Post by tomservo on Mar 24, 2007 13:09:12 GMT -5
Just wanted to announce my intentions to defend my title.
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Post by tomservo on Mar 18, 2007 17:52:58 GMT -5
1. tomservo
I'm in.
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