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Here's a few two-sport star trivia questions.  I'll admit they're not too difficult, but a bit challenging nevertheless.  Mail me your answers please; or post them.   1.  Which pitcher played for the Harlem Globetrotters?  2.  Which major leaguer briefly tried professional golf in 1978?  3.  Which does Dieon Sanders have more of (professionally):     career touchdowns or triples?  4.  Has there been any player of both pro hockey and baseball?     If so, name him and the years he played each.   If you have any other two-sport star tidbits, feel free to include them.
In article <1993Apr17.052025.10610@news.yale.edu>, (Sean Garrison) says: > >I think that >players' salaries are getting way out of hand to the point that they're on >a pace to become severely detrimental to baseball's future. >  so you want to decrease players' salaries?  so you want to increase owners' salaries?  the two are equivalent.
In <1993Apr20.164053.4731@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> kahn@troi.cc.rochester.edu writes:  > Let's not forget Al Michaels, of "Do you believe in miracles?" fame. >  > Jim
Hey guys, who is this Jack Morris fella ??????                      ONLY JOKING !!!!! But try to lighten up will ya ? The season's only just  started and everyone's apoplectic. If all you statheads out there are trying to justify how Morris is doing at the moment, just remember that we're talking about a very small sample size. There is a helluva long way to go, so sit back and enjoy the ride.
In article <120399@netnews.upenn.edu> sepinwal@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Alan   Sepinwall) writes:  Farr's ERA is in the > 	  20s or 30s, and Howe's is.....infinite. (I didn't think such > 	  a thing was possible, but it is).
In article <1993Apr14.175545.3528@alleg.edu>, millits@yankee.org (Sam Millitello) says:  i'm telling you, sam, three l's.  call up mom and ask.
In article <1993Apr20.182807.18366@bsu-ucs>, 00cgbabbitt@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes... >	You are absolutely correct.  Braves fans are nothing but a bunch of >bandwagoners.  Correct me if I am wrong, but 4 or 5 years ago you couldnt give >away a ticket to see the Braves play.I  would bet my next paycheck that 80% of >the so-called Braves fans living outside of Georgia at the present time can not >name more than 3 players from their 1988 season  	John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, German Jiminez, Dale Murphy, Bruce Sutter, Pete Smith, Rick Mahler, Jim Acker, Jim "Break on Through" Morrison, Ron Gant, Andres Thomas, Gerald Perry, Ozzie "The Aeneid" Virgil, Lonnie Smith, Jerry Royster. 	How'm I doing so far? 	NOTE:  I am not a Braves fun.n   On the other hand, ask any >Cubs fan living anywhere in the United States to name 3 players from any given >year and 80% of them probably could.  	On the other hand , II like the Braves *much* more than the Cubs.  And all I can name is Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, and Don Kessinger from 1969, my favorite Cubbie season.  >	Granted, the fact that a team wins brings people to the ball park, but >that does not mean they diserve the title "America's Team" >	The only reason they are considered America's team is because of Ted >Turner and his little TV station which broadcasts across the nation.  	Right.  I've watched enough Braves' games to know a great deal of their players.  I like many of their players.  The only Cubs games I get to see while living in New York are those against the Mets, and they put me to sleep because, face it, watching guys like Rick Sutcliffe and Luis Salazar doesn't put me at the edge of my chair.u  >	I'll consider Toronto AMerica's team before the Braves  	Actually, I notice a lot of anti-Toronto sentiment here in the States.  Partly because of some of that post-Series arrogance (thanks in part to "Upside-Down Flag" dork posts), partly because Roberto Alomar is about as exciting as Swiss Cheese, and partly because, living in  Baltimore during the winters, I've become so fond of O's fans (especially those who call in to Rex Barney's radio show) that I have to side against their most hated rivals. >  >	GO REDS!  	Sorry, but METS is spelled with an "M" and a "T".... =)
In article <Apr.5.16.22.48.1993.11331@pilot.njin.net> gajarsky@pilot.njin.net (Bob Gajarsky - Hobokenite) writes: > >jayson stark (i think that's him) fits perfectly in this category.  Could be. There is a Jayson Stark that writes weekly for some press syndicate  and also for Baseball America.  >anyone who writes "dean palmer has 2 homers  - at this pace, he'll > have 324 home runs!" should be shot. > >if, at the end of april, he has 11, and anyone writes "at this > pace, he'll have 100+ homers!" they shouldbe shot too.  Stark has done this sort of thing, but he has never been serious about it. He usually states that this sort of projection is useless at the top of  such columns. I think he did it one season and some manager was "projected"  to be thrown out of 60 games and some hitter could expect to be plunked  150 times.  Stark does some really funny stuff. His weekly baseball reviews are good  collections of strange things that happened during the previous week. He  also regularly prints Kinerisms.
Hi there,        I was wondering if anyone knew if John Wetteland was put on the DL again       after his first 15-day period was up? I read in the USA Today Sports        section that he is on for "surgery to repair broken toe", and was       wondering if that was new. I thought he was just letting it heal.         Another question, Is Derek Lilliquist the main closer for the Indians now       that Olin is gone. I need to know cause I need to find a reliever to        replace Wetteland and so far Lilliquist is doing ok. Any information on       either of the players would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your       time.          Ryan Robin.  ___________________________________________________________
There are two conflicting reports about a pitcher that is either in the Jays' farm system or the Braves'. His name is Bill Taylor. He was picked up by the Jays, but had to be offered back to the Braves before they were able to send him to the Syracuse Chiefs.
In article <47844@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> demers@cs.ucsd.edu (David DeMers) writes: >In article <cjkuo.68.0@symantec.com>, cjkuo@symantec.com (Jimmy Kuo) writes: > |> gt0523e@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Andre Mule) writes: > .... > |> >>What is the maximum runs allowed before a stopper can get credit for a > |> >>relief? i.e. if a stopper comes in with a 5 run lead does he getcredit > |> >> with the save. > |> >If you come in and pitch the last three innings,and your team was ahead  > |> >when you got out there and wins the game, you get a save. > |> Sort'a correct. If you pitched at least 3 innings,entered with your team  > |> in the lead, was the pitcher when the game ended,the game was never tied  > |> during your stint, and your team won, you get a save. > Well, the rulebook says that in the opinion of the scorer, you must have > "pitched effectively" for your 3 innings - this save is not automatic, > unlike the others.  Someone in SABR actually looked at these games a few years ago  and found that the official scorer awarded the save in every one  of the games - even those in which the pitcher had pitched badly  (allowing 4 or 5 runs).
In <mssC5qH3y.L1p@netcom.com> mss@netcom.com (Mark Singer) writes:  >>if this is true (note that i don't think it is), lasorda should be >>fired for at least two reasons: >> >>         1) publicly humiliating his players; >>         2) knuckling under to his players wishes.  There is a fine line between "getting players' input" and "knuckling under to players' demands."  A manager, much like a military officer, needs to have his (her) players' complete obedience and respect during a game.  After the game, it's no big deal, but when there is no time  to do more than react, players must trust the manager or the team often falls apart (see: Boston Red Sox, ff. :) )    Strawberry's demeanor as represented by the media, often sounds like demands.  I suspect that a comment like "I enjoy hitting fourth; I'm used to it" would get pretty brutally misinterpreted by the media if it came from Strawberry.  Russ Porter quoted Strawberry as saying, "I feel more comfortable hitting cleanup and I think I perform best in that role."  (Paraphrased by my memory and bias.)  That seems like a fairly non-petulant answer to what was almost certainly a question  like, "How do you feel about being moved to the third spot in the order?" A more media-sensitive player might answer "The manager knows what he is doing.  If he thinks that batting me third will help the team, then I am all for it."  We'd ignore that answer as brown stuff, so it seems a little bit of an overreaction to brand Darryl's response as petulant.  Personally, I think his argument is nonsense and that it really doesn't matter much in which order the #2-5 players in the order are batted, except for personal stats.  If I were Darryl, I'd probably answer that question, "The number four spot gets a few more RBI opportunities and I get paid for RBIs.  I think it is best for me to bat fourth, but I am willing to hit third if Tommy thinks it will benefit the team."  or something like that.  It would be helpful at salary time--my RBIs were down because I was hitting third--and make him sound like a "team" player.  Since Strawberry will not likely go through arbitration, but use the free agent market for his next contract, maybe that argument is useless, but it would help    his image with the media without appearing to be totally content-free.
In article <nittmo.734981173@camelot> nittmo@camelot.bradley.edu (Christopher Taylor) writes: >When are the Yankees planning on activating Melido Perez?  His 15 days on >the DL are up today, but are they bringing him back this weekend?  > >Thanks for any info. >  >  The Chicago Tribune pitching form has Perez pitching today (4/16).  But given the way that Buck changes his rotation so often, that could just be the work of a confused stat-page editor.
In article <93095@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt7469a@prism.gatech.EDU (Brian R. Landmann) writes: |> Joe Torre has to be the worst manager in baseball. |>  |> For anyone who didn't see Sunday's game, |>  |> With a right hander pitching he decides to bench Lankform, a left handed |> hitter and play jordan and gilkey, both right handers.        That's because Lankford had a minor injury from a couple of games before that     and was day-to-day... only available as a pinchrunner.   |>  |> Later, in the ninth inning with the bases loaded and two outs he puts |> lankford, a 300 hitter with power in as a pinch runner and uses Luis |> Alicea, a 250 hitter with no power as a pinch hitter.  What the Hell |> is he thinking.
In article <1ra18bINNt31@gap.caltech.edu> daplurad@ugcs.caltech.edu (David Plurad) writes: >In article <texdude.735595914@cs1.bradley.edu> texdude@cs1.bradley.edu (Philip Allen) writes: >> >>Who holds the record for most career strikeouts while playing for one team? >>Who holds the record for most career strikeouts for the Rangers? >>(Hint: Nolan Ryan isn't either) >>What two pitchers have over 100 career saves for two different teams? >> >>Who is the only player to hit 300 or more career home runs and steal 300 or  >>more career bases for the same team? >> >>No fair peeking at your baseball stats.... >> >> >>Phil Allen >>texdude@cs1.bradley.edu > >I'll post my guesses to some of these and other trivia questions posted. > >For most career K's with one team, if it's not Ryan, perhaps Steve Carlton.  	No way -- gotta be Walter Johnson.  All were with Washington. Carlton spent too long in St. Louis to collect less than 700 there.  >With the Rangers, Hough was there for a long time.  	I'd also guess Hough due to his length of tenure though I suspect  Bobby Witt wasn't far behind.  Maybe even Jenkins snuck in close....  >In the 100 saves department...Maybe Lee Smith(he should have at least >a hundred with the Cubbies, maybe enough with either the RSox or Cards.) >Then maybe, Gossage?(NYY and SD), Fingers (MIL, OAK)  	Fingers had to have achieved 100 with either MIL or with SD so, yes, I'd go with that guess.  Otherwise I was thinking that Reardon has a better chance of having 100 with MIN along with (I would think) easily reaching 100  with MON.  >Don't know about the homers/steals dept.  	Gotta be Willie Mays...I am fairly sure he had over 300 steals in his career.  >In some other article,(Mets trivia), it could be Tim Leary in at least >the losing to all teams, maybe beating all of 'em too.  Probably Seaver >and Koosman fit too.  	Hmmm...Leary is a really good point.  I'd forgotten about him.  Well, if nothing else, there are plenty of ex-Met pitchers in the category of "could have lost to all teams" -- Koosman, Leary, Torrez, Ryan, Seaver.... I guess the best three guesses would be Leary, Ryan, and either Seaver or Koosman.
In article <9304202040.PN27738@LL.MIT.EDU> ejb@ll.mit.edu ( Ed Baranoski) writes: >In article <1993Apr20.181245.11319@VFL.Paramax.COM> davidm@gvls2.vfl.paramax.com (David Madden) writes: > >   Another pair of suggestions: >   1. Remove the Balk rule.  It is the runners responsibility to stay "safe" >      no matter what the pitcher does.  Quite honestly, this one is ridiculous.  Consider the following scenario: Runner on third. As the pitcher starts to throw home, the runner takes off for home and the batter squares around to bunt for the suicide squeeze. The pitcher, seeing this, does not throw home, but stops in mid action and puts the runner in a run down.  It is the balk rule that prevents this from happening.    Believe it or not, this actually happened to me once in an OBA (Ontario Baseball association) game in Milton, Ontario.  I was the batter and to my amazement, the umpire missed it.  In the 12 years that I played ball, this was worst piece of umpiring I ever saw.
Last year my nine year old son fell in love with baseball and now likes to play and to follow the professionals.  I would like to buy him a board game so he can catch a glimpse of and practise a little of the managerial stragegy.  I am not looking for a computer game or any type of game where manual dexterity determines the winner.  I am after something that he and his friends can spread out over a table on a rainy day and spend some thoughtful time over.  I would appreciate the names of any recommended games.  I don't follow this newsgroup, so e-mail responses would be ideal.                                                  ....[MIchael]  --  MGODDARD@EHD.HWC.CA : Michael Goddard : (613) 954-0169 : Fax (613) 952-9798 B9, Environmental Health Centre, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Canada,  K1A 0L2
kubey@sgi.com (Ken Kubey) writes: >And finally, I'd like to point out that many high OBP guys draw  >their walks more because pitchers are afraid to throw a strike >to them, than because they have a great "eye"  This comes up periodically, and I just don't get it. Take, for example, Mark McGwire. He walked 90 times in 1993. If that's not a potential great example of what you're talking about then I don't know what is. Now let's look at what happens when McGwire doesn't walk:   75% of the time he made an out.   10% of the time he hit a single.   5% of the time he hit a double.   10% of the time he hit a homer. Now, you're pitching against McGwire. Would you trade 20 walks for 2 homers, 1 double, 2 singles, and 15 outs? I would. Why give him the base when you can get him out 3 times out of 4? Then there are guys like Alex Cole, who has a career .363 OBP even though he's never had a batting average over .300 (he did hit .300 in 227 AB in 1990) or hit a single home run. Yep, that's right, he's *never* hit a homer in 916 AB's through the end of 1992. Who'd be afraid to throw a strike to him?   Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com
In article <C5C9JA.AMB@unix.amherst.edu> ddsokol@unix.amherst.edu (D. DANIEL   SOKOL) writes: > pjtier01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu wrote: > >  > > Is the Chicago Tribune baseball coverage any good?  Does the New York Times > > have daily coverage/boxscores? >  > I don't know about the Tribune but the Times has daily coverage and   boxscores. > Of course, they have special emphasis on the Yankees and Mets  Beware.  The original poster looks to be from Louisville, and chances are   Louisville gets the edition of the NYTimes that is printed in Chicago for the   MidWest.  This edition has boxscores only on Monday (and Sunday) and an   extremely skimpy sports section (few game summaries, mostly just color   stories).
steph@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson) writes: >In <13557@news.duke.edu> fierkelab@bchm.biochem.duke.edu (Eric Roush) writes: >>As a touter of Braves prospects, all I can say is that, IMO, >>someone on the Braves roster is about to become Pipped. >>It may not even be Hunter.  But I think they'll have a >>problem getting Klesko out of the lineup once he's in.  >Well, this may be good news.  If Klesko hits, I'd look for Bream to be >traded (if possible) or released, since Bream is also a lefthander.  Hope >Klesko hits.
In article <C5r5rt.FIr@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>, wyllie@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Andrew Wyllie) writes: > In article <1993Apr19.190341.10176@bmerh85.bnr.ca> hsslee@bnr.ca writes: >>Devon White has not been in the Blue Jays line up >>lately. Does anybody know why he is not playing?  >  > During one of the games last week (Wednesday?), both White and Sprauge > were not playing because they had the flu.  I guess White is probably > still sick.  I hope White gets back in the lineup soon, watching > Darrin Jackson play center is painful. >  > andrew  I heard he had a strained abdominal muscle or something like that.
In article <C5L6Dn.4uB@andy.bgsu.edu> klopfens@andy.bgsu.edu (Bruce Klopfenstein) writes: >fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes: >>  >> I'd say you could make a good for them being about equal right now. T&P >> rated Baerga higher, actually. > >Finally, an objective source.  Alomar's a great player, but so is Baerga. >Nice to see the objective source cited rather than "my dad's bigger than >your dad" posts.  I know.  You have this fucked up idea that anybody who prefers Alomar to Baerga must be a Jay-Lover and Indian-Hater.  Sorry, you got that one wrong!  I hate the Jays and don't care one way or the other about the Indians.  But objectively, Alomar had the better offensive year last year, so I have to pick him.  You admit T&P as a reliable(?), objective source?  Then you will note that they rated Alomar as the better offensive player, chosing Baerga over Alomar only because of his defense.  That's a joke!  (Alomar might not be a gold-glover, but he's certainly no worse than Baerga defensively.)
nflynn@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:  >However, what is with this policy of trying to speed up the games. >You are the first person ( non-mediot ) I have seen endorse this policy. >I have no problem with the length of games at all and am tired of the >ESPN crowd ( and other announcers ) bitching about it.  I have never >been in a ballpark filled with people looking at their watches and >shouting "Hurry up!"  If I cough up big bucks for a ticket, I don't mind >a game that last more than 2:10.  I really don't understand it.  I agree with Nick.  What's the big deal about long games?  If you want to watch baseball, there's that much more baseball to watch.  And yes, baseball includes the space between plays as well as the plays themselves.  I suspect that a lot of the complaining about long games, especially when it's coming from TV people, has to something to do with advertising. Probably time "wasted" in the middle of an inning, say by a batter stepping out of the box to fiddle with his gloves, or by a pitcher walking around behind the mound trying to collect his thoughts, could otherwise be sold as advertising time.
In article <1993Apr20.051540.1367@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard) writes: >In <1993Apr20.030713.1715@cs.cornell.edu> tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer) writes: > >On the contrary.  It's statistically impaired, opinionated little assholes >like yourself, who, while springing up all over the continent like some >dirty virus, are diligently working at destroying the glory of sport. > >cordially, as always,                      maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca  >                                           "So many morons... >rm                                                   ...and so little time."   	Heheheheh.. Sorry, Roger, I wronged you.. You're not boring ALL the time..  This one is a classic. 'cordially, as always' HEHEHEHEHHE!  	Are you a jerk?  		Do people hate you?  			Are you no fun at parties?  	Well! Come to the ROGER MAYNARD SCHOOL OF CORDIALITY!  	We can teach you to be 'cordial' with the best of them! Use such time honored 'cordiality' techniques as:  	1) Calling people assholes! 	2) Comparing them to viruses!  	For advanced students:  	3) Comparing them to DIRTY viruses. What is a DIRTY virus, 		and how can you tell it from a clean one? We know, 		and here at the ROGER MAYNARD SCHOOL OF CORDIALITY, 		we can teach you to know, too!  	HEHEHEH.. Thanks, Roger.. This made my evening :-)
In <C500u7.Kr8@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dbl50872@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel Brian Lake) writes:  >You'd think that an expansion team would be filled with young'ns, not guys >like Murphy, Galaragga, B Smith...  It depends.  If you can get your old veterans cheap, and if they can perform at a higher level than your young talent can *now*, why not the talent  develop in the minors while giving the fans some familiar names to cheer. If the veterans are gone in a year or two -- that should be just about right.  >Maybe someone should tell those renegade front office people in Denver. :)  Open question -- which was more important to the expansion clubs, the expansion draft or the regular draft.  (They've had one of each, I think.) --  Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic
In article <1993Apr22.144327.52161@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>   ch00@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Chris Hartzell) writes: > In article <1993Apr20.102857.1@tesla.njit.edu>, drm6640@tesla.njit.edu   writes: > >DON MATTINGLY IS THE BEST FIRST BASEMAN IN THE HISTORY OF   BASEBALL.....ALWAYS > >HAS BEEN.....ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >  > Don is good - but so was Keith Hernandez....I just heard Don talk about   how he > learned how to be a good fielder by talking and watching Keith play....
>  > Here's one I remember: (sort of) > Yogi's asleep in a hotel room late at night and gets a call from someone. > After he answers the phone the person at the other end asks if he woke Yogi > up. Yogi answered, "No, the phone did." >  > Kevin
In article <1993Apr20.102857.1@tesla.njit.edu>, drm6640@tesla.njit.edu says: > >DON MATTINGLY IS THE BEST FIRST BASEMAN IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL.....ALWAYS >HAS BEEN.....ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Always has been??????  Even before he was even conceived of? That's a neat trick.  Always will be??????  We leave a lot of room for error don't we.  Hopefully I missed an earlier post that this was with regard to otherwise ... well I leave that to the individual to fill in but I will say what about Gehrig! (shortened and not capitalized for the ease of the reader)
Reposted, without permission, from rec.music.dylan:  In article <1993Apr9.152336.14605@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>, BUCK@vax.museum.upenn.edu wrote: >  > For those of you who like both Bob and baseball, check out the > current Village Voice (April 13), p.141.  John Lammers and Hart  > Seely have written The Bob Dylan Baseball Abstract, and they have > covered every team in both leagues. >  > Example:  > Colorado.  An' the silent bats will shatter.  From the scores between > the lines.  For they're one too many castoffs.  And a thousand runs > behind. >  > Rebecca > buck@vax.museum.upenn.edu