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A Tribute Site For Every Met
| Edgy MD Jan 25 2006 07:49 AM |
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I'll start: Vern Hoscheit, an incomplete site apparently put together by his son.
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| seawolf17 Jan 25 2006 08:01 AM |
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Always liked Vern Hoscheit. Besides the fact that to my ten-year-old mind, his name kinda sounded like a curse, he visited my baseball camp with Terry Leach one year. Don't know what I did with my Hoscheit photo, but I have my Terry Leach photo somewhere. Plus, he was a "bullpen coach," which was mysterious to me. You saw all the other coaches: Bill Robinson, Bobby V, Mel Stottlemyre, Buddy, whoever. I don't think I ever saw Hoscheit in uniform during a TV broadcast. I felt the same way about Rob Drumenhauser, who was a bullpen catcher for a few years around the same time.
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| Willets Point Jan 25 2006 09:26 AM |
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How does one pronounce Hoscheit. It always looks to me like "Ho shit!!!"
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| Edgy MD Jan 25 2006 09:33 AM |
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I always had it at "HAW-shite."
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| Willets Point Jan 25 2006 09:36 AM |
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Great, that's basically "Ho Shit!!!" in an Irish accent.
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| *62 Jan 25 2006 10:02 AM |
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| sharpie Jan 25 2006 10:04 AM |
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That's some cheesy music when you open the Jerry Grote site.
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| *62 Jan 25 2006 10:05 AM |
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| Willets Point Jan 25 2006 10:06 AM |
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Mookie Wilson.
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| *62 Jan 25 2006 10:06 AM |
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| Edgy MD Jan 25 2006 10:07 AM |
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Great. *62 iss a '69er.
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| Willets Point Jan 25 2006 10:16 AM |
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I don't hear any music. Is it a bagpipe?
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| Edgy MD Jan 27 2006 01:39 PM |
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Not a tribute site, but Ron Hunt's personal page promoting his baseball academy.
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| vtmet Jan 27 2006 01:47 PM |
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http://www.davekingman.com although the message there says that dave is on break right now...
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| Edgy MD Jan 27 2006 01:49 PM |
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I love that site, though the A's colors can only be looked at for so long.
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| Johnny Dickshot Jan 27 2006 01:50 PM |
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Doncha just hate it when you fall eight feet off a ladder and land on a concrete slab while a 1 1/8" steel drill bit pierces your right eye and pops through the other side of your head?
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 27 2006 01:50 PM |
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On UMDB, Roberto Petagine gets the occasional hit from this page:
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| vtmet Jan 27 2006 01:59 PM |
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Dumb question about Dave Kingman...when I was growing up, I thought that Dave Kingman was originally a pitcher but was converted to a position player because of his power and lack of pitching ability...however, according to his stats, Kingman didn't pitch at the mlb level until his 3rd season and that appears to be mop-up work...and I don't see anything mentioned anywhere that Kingman actually started as a pitcher...any insight?
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| Frayed Knot Jan 27 2006 02:40 PM |
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He pitched in college.
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| Edgy MD Jan 27 2006 03:27 PM |
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He did some pitching in the minors, but his power quickly revealed itself and put him on the hitting track. It probably was a good call, as his approach to the game was never considered to be scientific.
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