How come I never heard of this guy until just now?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... bi01.shtml

Long career in 60s and 70s, NL player for most of it, Hall of Famer. Huh.

pacino wrote:

Huh. I had no idea Lando had a HOF career with the Cubs before leaving our galaxy.

mozartpc27 wrote:How come I never heard of this guy until just now?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... bi01.shtml

Long career in 60s and 70s, NL player for most of it, Hall of Famer. Huh.

Sweet swingin' Billy. He was a favorite.

Had the NL record for most consecutive games played until he didn't.

mozartpc27 wrote:How come I never heard of this guy until just now?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... bi01.shtml

Long career in 60s and 70s, NL player for most of it, Hall of Famer. Huh.

what, you've never seen "brian's song"

With Tampa's latest trade, Longoria is the only player left from the Rays team that lost to WFC

BigEd76 wrote:With Tampa's latest trade, Longoria is the only player left from the Rays team that lost to WFC

And the Phillies are down to 4? Utley, Hamels, Howard, and Ruiz assuming Kendrick's gone

I think it debuted last month, but I watched MLB Network's special, "The Third Team", where they followed the 7 umps that handled the KC/SF World Series. Good stuff, especially when they show the breakdown of the replay where Hosmer slid head-first into 1st to avoid a double play

do you have new respect for umps or can we keep cursing them everytime they shrink the zone on us?

The series had seven of the best (Meals, Nelson, Cooper, Reynolds, Barrett, Wendelstedt, Kellogg....not garbage like Bucknor and Barry), and it was neat to see behind the scenes where Torre calls each one personally to invite them to work the World Series and they're legit excited. It's also funny seeing what these guys wear to the games (Barrett is a pimp and Cooper wears football jerseys) and Wendelstedt talks about how he gets a WS ring to go with his dad's collection and can finally retire Harry's brush and clicker that he's used all these years. They also show Torre meeting them in the locker room after every game and giving them handshakes and hugs and all, and you can hear their conversations at the plate (including speaking Spanish to Salvador Perez!), at the bases between innings, Pence asking about rules he doesn't know about, how they handled the bench-clearing incident when Perez and Strickland got into it, etc. Just interesting stuff that they don't normally show

That sounds fantastic. Definitely checking that out.

anywhere online to catch the full episode?

I don't see it on the MLBN schedule for the next week, but no doubt it'll be on again soon. Here are a couple video clips:

the Perez/Strickland incident
replay at 2nd

BigEd76 wrote:I don't see it on the MLBN schedule for the next week, but no doubt it'll be on again soon. Here are a couple video clips:

the Perez/Strickland incident
replay at 2nd

great stuff in both of those. thanks! I will hope to catch a replay of the whole thing.

Might be available On Demand depending on your cable provider.

brewers are selling 1,000 timeless tickets for $1k each. can be redeemed for any one future game and gives you the ability to purchase 3 additional tickets at face value.

What

Doesn't seem worth it.

if phils did this i'd buy as many as they let me.
up to 4.