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Post by dumdave on Mar 10, 2015 13:07:16 GMT -6
This team played in Wrigley Field. The new owner bought the naming rights from the Dodger's owner for $350K in 1961..
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Post by dumdave on Mar 11, 2015 10:40:51 GMT -6
This was not the same Wrigley Field as Chicago. Cubs had a PCL team there. Dodgers came to town and bought the park and put a PCL of their own there.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 12, 2015 10:32:41 GMT -6
Gosh Dave you ARE tricky. I know that the Dodgers had to buy the rights in LA from Wrigley and they had a park in LA for the minor league team named Wrigley Field. I know they used it for filming Home Run Derby. I know the old Pacific Coast League had some good play. Dimaggio played up in SF for the Seals. I think Williams was briefly with San Diego (padres?) I really don't remember the LA team. I think there was a Hollywood STARS, but I am going to guess ANGELS. They were a 1961 American League expansion team started by Gene Autry, "The Singing Cowboy". The Angels play in Wrigley Field in East L.A. and then moved w/ the Dodgers to Dodger Stadium until 1965 when they finished their own staduim in Anahiem. After some 38 yrs, Autry sold the Angels to Disney Co. Then a few years ago, a guy by the name of Artie Moreno bought them. BTW: I saw Home Run Derby the other day. Mickey Mantle beat Ernie Banks. Mickey just powered the ball w/ his huge arms. Erniie got his power from his wrist.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 12, 2015 12:40:21 GMT -6
A lot of those pitchers benefited from a change in the strike zone. This is from Wiki. Major League Baseball has occasionally increased or reduced the size of the strike zone in an attempt to control the balance of power between pitchers and hitters.[1] After the record home run year by Roger Maris in 1961, the major leagues increased the size of the strike zone from the top of the batter's shoulders to the bottom of his knees.[2] In 1968, pitchers such as Denny McLain and Bob Gibson among others dominated hitters, producing 339 shutouts.[1] Carl Yastrzemski would be the only American League hitter to finish the season with a batting average higher than .300.[1] In the National League, Gibson posted a 1.12 earned run average, the lowest in 54 years, while Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale threw a record 58 and two-thirds consecutive scoreless innings during the 1968 season.[1] As a result of the dropping offensive statistics, Major League Baseball took steps to reduce the advantage held by pitchers by lowering the height of the pitcher's mound from 15 inches to 10 inches, and by reducing the size of the strike zone for the 1969 season
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Post by willy on Mar 12, 2015 16:57:15 GMT -6
Umpires changed the strike zone on their own but the rule itself didn't change. That had a huge impact on pitchers, huge. But I believe lowering the mound had just as much impact on them. I know having been a pitcher that when I pitched from a high mound and being tall I've been told I looked even bigger and it does increase your velocity I believe. Marty Patton was drafted in '65 by the Angels and pitched in the bigs with them and went to Seattle in the one and only season of '69. He pitched at Eastern Illinois and was one heck of a nice guy and pitcher.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 13, 2015 10:05:30 GMT -6
Randy Johnson was the tallest ppitcher I ever saw.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 14, 2015 10:49:14 GMT -6
What team brought him into MLB? They had a great farm system ,but no fans came to see them OMHO. Gary Carter, outfielders Tim Raines and Andre Dawson, third baseman Tim Wallach, and pitchers Steve Rogers and Bill Gullickson. Larry Walker, Moisés Alou, Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez..... Nice Farm system indeed.
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Post by willy on Mar 14, 2015 11:19:43 GMT -6
I thought he started with Seattle.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 15, 2015 10:15:00 GMT -6
Nope. Randy Johnson from wiki--"1989 saw him slip to an 0–4 mark with a 6.67 ERA in seven games through May 7, and on May 25 he was traded to the Seattle Mariners."
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Post by mt95 on Mar 16, 2015 7:10:56 GMT -6
Saw him pitch his rookie season with Montreal Expos at Wrigley Field vs the Cubs.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 16, 2015 10:53:50 GMT -6
What team brought him into MLB? They had a great farm system ,but no fans came to see them OMHO. Gary Carter, outfielders Tim Raines and Andre Dawson, third baseman Tim Wallach, and pitchers Steve Rogers and Bill Gullickson. Larry Walker, Moisés Alou, Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez..... Nice Farm system indeed. Posted by mt95 3 hours ago . Saw him pitch his rookie season with Montreal Expos at Wrigley Field vs the Cubs. Yup. and this is only a partial list of all the great players they developed.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 17, 2015 10:35:29 GMT -6
Well they are still producing great players as the Washington Nationals now.
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Post by dumdave on Mar 17, 2015 10:40:30 GMT -6
This MLB team is the oldest currently active U.S. professional sports club, continuously existing in the same city for their entire history. They are one of the two remaining charter members of the National League.
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Post by father of two on Mar 18, 2015 21:49:26 GMT -6
My guess is the Pirates of Pittsburgh
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Post by willy on Mar 18, 2015 22:16:06 GMT -6
How about Philly
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