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Merganzer wrote:
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Merganzer wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Doyle

Doyle's major league career is perhaps best known for his role in the famous Game Six of the 1975 World Series versus the Cincinnati Reds, which featured Carlton Fisk's dramatic twelfth-inning home run that has become one of baseball's most iconic highlights. Doyle was involved in a ninth-inning play that baseball fans still discuss. The score was tied 6-6 and the bases were loaded with no outs and Doyle on third base when Fred Lynn lifted a fly ball to short left field. After Reds left fielder George Foster made the catch, Doyle tagged up and attempted to score the winning run. He was thrown out at home plate, which inadvertently helped set the stage for Fisk's subsequent game-winning home run. After the game, Red Sox third-base coach Don Zimmer told the press, "I was yelling 'no, no, no' and with the crowd noise, he (Doyle) thought I was saying 'go, go, go.'"[1] In a World Series that included five future Hall of Fame players, Doyle was the only player on either team to hit safely in all seven games.


And to tie it all together, I remember watching Denny, along with Larry Bowa, Mike Schmdt, Greg Luzinski play for the Eugene Emeralds, 69-70, against Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, Bill Russell of Spokane in the PCL.
Spent many a night in the cozy confines of civic stadium. One of the iconic homeruns hit there was
Luzinski's shot over the amazon bridge. Usually a load cheer would come from the stands but
all people could do was stare at what they just saw. those were the days
How 'bout that. We were there at the same time.

pretty cool pk park just isnt the same....and the beer was a lot cheaper
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Duck07 wrote:Didn't know we had so many people from Mass here
I didn’t know you had to be from Massachusetts to be a Red Sox fan? Packers fan as well. I will never ever root for any team from Seattle.
i'm almost afraid to ask your favorite nba team, but morbid curiosity demands that i must.
Portland Trail Blazers. What you have to understand about my thought process in choosing my favorite sports teams is directly related to my age. When I was a kid my favorite team was my Oregon Ducks. Those days there were only 12 NFL teams and I really liked the Packers mostly because of their colors. Go figure, right? Of course this all happened when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I didn’t care about the rams or 49ers. The fact that they were west coast teams didn’t matter. Same with my baseball team the Red Sox. I just liked them for reasons only a kid that young understands. I loved the Blazers from day one.
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Sox win 8-4. Come on Orioles! Oh hell yes orioles win it bottom the ninth 6-5. Sox up 3 1/2 games on the Yankees. 8 wins in a row. Third time this year for a win streak of at least 8. Benintendi better make the all-star team. What more can a guy do?
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Merganzer wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Doyle

Doyle's major league career is perhaps best known for his role in the famous Game Six of the 1975 World Series versus the Cincinnati Reds, which featured Carlton Fisk's dramatic twelfth-inning home run that has become one of baseball's most iconic highlights. Doyle was involved in a ninth-inning play that baseball fans still discuss. The score was tied 6-6 and the bases were loaded with no outs and Doyle on third base when Fred Lynn lifted a fly ball to short left field. After Reds left fielder George Foster made the catch, Doyle tagged up and attempted to score the winning run. He was thrown out at home plate, which inadvertently helped set the stage for Fisk's subsequent game-winning home run. After the game, Red Sox third-base coach Don Zimmer told the press, "I was yelling 'no, no, no' and with the crowd noise, he (Doyle) thought I was saying 'go, go, go.'"[1] In a World Series that included five future Hall of Fame players, Doyle was the only player on either team to hit safely in all seven games.


And to tie it all together, I remember watching Denny, along with Larry Bowa, Mike Schmdt, Greg Luzinski play for the Eugene Emeralds, 69-70, against Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, Bill Russell of Spokane in the PCL.
Yep, saw all those future major leaguer Ems myself as a kid (assume I saw at least many of those non-Ems as well, though I didn't care about them since they were the "other" team). Throw in Bob Boone, Oscar Gamble and defensive specialist third baseman John Vukovich as well.

Getting back to the Red Sox, while not a "fan" of them, I don't know that I'll ever be able to thank the 2004 Sox enough for putting the Yankees on the wrong side of history.
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"Getting back to the Red Sox, while not a "fan" of them, I don't know that I'll ever be able to thank the 2004 Sox enough for putting the Yankees on the wrong side of history."

One of my best friends is a Yankee fan and I had to put up with so much $hit from him over the years and in 2004 he finally had to shut up. Everytime he starts with "Yankees" I just say- 3-0 in your own house. :lol:
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nogerO wrote: Benintendi better make the all-star team. What more can a guy do?
Well,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... je01.shtml

Benintendi: Hits 102, BA .298 HR 14 RBI 57 SB 17
Segura: Hits 116 BA .329 HR 7 RBI 47 SB 14

We'll find out who made it at around 1:00 PST.
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Benintendi and Segura make the all-star team. Both great and deserving additions.
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Top of the 8th, Red Sox lead the Rangers 4-0. Chris Sale leaves game after 7 innings pitched, up 4-0, 6 hits and 12 strike outs. 5th straight game with double digit K's. In his last 7 starts, Chris Sale has a 0.94 ERA, 78 K, and 10 BB.

Sale has recorded 11+ strikeouts and 1 or 0 BB in 5 consecutive starts, extending the longest such streak in MLB history.

He has allowed 0 HR in his last 51.0 IP.

Red Sox win 4-2. 9th straight win. Sale, Hembree and Kimbrel combine for 18 K's.
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Sox win 6-4 over Toronto. David price (10-6) gets the win. MVP Mookie with a grand slam, drives in 5. 10 Wins in a row for Boston. Maintain 3.5 game lead over the yankmees. Sox now 66-29.
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great at bat my Mookie, fouled off seven straight pitches and then eventually gets the count full before the grand slam. Red Sox 37 games over 500 for first time since 1949, it will interesting to see how they can hit vs top playoff teams pitching, something they have struggled the last couple years. Sale and Price need to come up big in the playoffs, another thing they have struggled with.
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Sox lose 13-7. Boston gives Porcello a 6-3 lead after 2 innings but Porcello proceeds to give up 5 runs and rookie manager Alex Cora inexplicably lets him do it. 10 game win streak goes bye bye. Time for a new streak! The silver lining to the dark cloud? The damn Yankees lose also. 3 1/2 game lead.
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The X man strikes! Grand slam walkoff home run! Sox win in 10 innings 6-2. 8 games ahead of that team in seattle in the league standings. :lol:
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Red Sox win 5-2. Yankees lose 5-2. Workman with the win. X man with 2 rbi's. Kimbrel save #30. 4.5 game lead heading into the all-star game. Boston is now 68-30.
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Merganzer wrote:
duckfan22 wrote:
Merganzer wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Doyle

Doyle's major league career is perhaps best known for his role in the famous Game Six of the 1975 World Series versus the Cincinnati Reds, which featured Carlton Fisk's dramatic twelfth-inning home run that has become one of baseball's most iconic highlights. Doyle was involved in a ninth-inning play that baseball fans still discuss. The score was tied 6-6 and the bases were loaded with no outs and Doyle on third base when Fred Lynn lifted a fly ball to short left field. After Reds left fielder George Foster made the catch, Doyle tagged up and attempted to score the winning run. He was thrown out at home plate, which inadvertently helped set the stage for Fisk's subsequent game-winning home run. After the game, Red Sox third-base coach Don Zimmer told the press, "I was yelling 'no, no, no' and with the crowd noise, he (Doyle) thought I was saying 'go, go, go.'"[1] In a World Series that included five future Hall of Fame players, Doyle was the only player on either team to hit safely in all seven games.


And to tie it all together, I remember watching Denny, along with Larry Bowa, Mike Schmdt, Greg Luzinski play for the Eugene Emeralds, 69-70, against Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, Bill Russell of Spokane in the PCL.
Spent many a night in the cozy confines of civic stadium. One of the iconic homeruns hit there was
Luzinski's shot over the amazon bridge. Usually a load cheer would come from the stands but
all people could do was stare at what they just saw. those were the days
How 'bout that. We were there at the same time.
That makes three of us. I remember that blast. I also recall time time Mike Guldager challenged Larry Bowa to a race. Guldager was put on second base and Bowa at home. Guldager beat Bowa home but not by much. Those were indeed the days!
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nogerO wrote:
Merganzer wrote:
duckfan22 wrote:
Merganzer wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Doyle

Doyle's major league career is perhaps best known for his role in the famous Game Six of the 1975 World Series versus the Cincinnati Reds, which featured Carlton Fisk's dramatic twelfth-inning home run that has become one of baseball's most iconic highlights. Doyle was involved in a ninth-inning play that baseball fans still discuss. The score was tied 6-6 and the bases were loaded with no outs and Doyle on third base when Fred Lynn lifted a fly ball to short left field. After Reds left fielder George Foster made the catch, Doyle tagged up and attempted to score the winning run. He was thrown out at home plate, which inadvertently helped set the stage for Fisk's subsequent game-winning home run. After the game, Red Sox third-base coach Don Zimmer told the press, "I was yelling 'no, no, no' and with the crowd noise, he (Doyle) thought I was saying 'go, go, go.'"[1] In a World Series that included five future Hall of Fame players, Doyle was the only player on either team to hit safely in all seven games.


And to tie it all together, I remember watching Denny, along with Larry Bowa, Mike Schmdt, Greg Luzinski play for the Eugene Emeralds, 69-70, against Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, Bill Russell of Spokane in the PCL.
Spent many a night in the cozy confines of civic stadium. One of the iconic homeruns hit there was
Luzinski's shot over the amazon bridge. Usually a load cheer would come from the stands but
all people could do was stare at what they just saw. those were the days
How 'bout that. We were there at the same time.
That makes three of us. I remember that blast. I also recall time time Mike Guldager challenged Larry Bowa to a race. Guldager was put on second base and Bowa at home. Guldager beat Bowa home but not by much. Those were indeed the days!

Guldager was great, he was the "Voice of the Ducks" on KUGN for a while, 1969-72
One more thing to really make us feel old. Back then, the "Voice of the Emeralds" on the radio was a gentleman named Hal Whehmeir. He did a great job, and, not unique to the Emeralds, Whehmeir didn't go on the road. He and an engineer sat in a radio studio,and with a teletype machine,and an array of sound effects, recreated the games for the radio audience.
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