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Kingman vs. Schmidt
| G-Fafif Jan 03 2011 03:39 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 04 2011 07:48 AM |
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Dave Kingman should have beat out Mike Schmidt for the 1976 National League home run title. Even with the torn ligaments in his thumb he should have gotten to 39 frigging home runs once he returned to action.
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| Edgy DC Jan 03 2011 05:34 PM Re: Kingman vs. Schmdit |
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That injury was the turning point in his career.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 04 2011 07:42 AM Re: Kingman vs. Schmdit |
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I remember the night he suffered that injury, we were "camping" in Chris Walsh's backyard and I listened on transistor radio, just heartbroken. I thought he might have a shot at 58 or more that year.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 04 2011 07:47 AM Re: Kingman vs. Schmdit |
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I was away on vacation with my family. I would keep checking newspaper box scores to see if Kingman had homered, but after a while he stopped even appearing in the boxes, and I had no idea why. It wasn't until I returned home to New York that I learned about his injury. (I assumed he had been injured, of course, but I had no idea of the severity or how long he was expected to be out.)
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| themetfairy Jan 04 2011 07:49 AM Re: Kingman vs. Schmdit |
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I didn't realize that a person could have thumb ligament injuries until that night. Knee ligaments, sure. But I had never heard of someone injuring a thumb ligament until Kingman did it.
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| G-Fafif Jan 04 2011 07:49 AM Re: Kingman vs. Schmidt |
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At the time of the mishap, Kingman 32 Schmidt 24.
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| batmagadanleadoff Jan 04 2011 08:04 AM Re: Kingman vs. Schmidt |
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I was there. What I remember the most about that game -- besides Kingman's injury -- was walking around the field box section for the first two or three innings because an adult relative tried to hook up with his usher connection who went by the name of "The Phantom". We ended up sitting in field box, very short right field, in front of the wide aisle that split the field box section in half.
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