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9/11 Anniversary

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 02:31 PM

On the 46th anniversary of 9/11, re-live Bake McBride's mad dash to home plate as the Cards edge the Mets in one of baseball's longest games ever. BONUS: A Brock Pemberton sighting! https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/1974-bake-mcbrides-mad-dash-ends-the-longest-game-in-cardinals-history/article_0be7f792-0367-515e-9020-03f849f15c5a.html [FIMG=555]https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/8d/38d1692f-d3df-5dea-abe3-06ba5c37288d/5b98bf36b17e7.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C771[/FIMG] [FIMG=333]https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/ce/6cec56a5-b77c-5dcd-bf9b-cb8c3a354a93/5b98bf35a052b.image.jpg?resize=300%2C1602[/FIMG] [FIMG=555]https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/01/601464ce-10da-5024-b982-f21c88a2b5cf/5b98bf36e267c.image.jpg?resize=750%2C497[/FIMG]

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2020 03:12 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

I was at the game on this date in 1987, in field-level seats at Shea (handed down to me from my boss) when Terry Pendleton hit one of the more infamous opposing homers in Mets history. (Thirteen months later I had the privilege of seeing another infamous homer in person, by Mike Scioscia.)

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 03:58 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Don't peek at that box score because it's quiz time! Six ex-Mets or would-be Mets appeared in that 1974 marathon game in the Redbirds uni. Name them.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2020 04:26 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

I'll start with Keith Hernandez

G-Fafif Sep 11 2020 04:37 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

I did not know Bowie Kuhn was a) at the 25-inning game and b) stayed for 25 innings.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 04:43 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'll start with Keith Hernandez [IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1976/Topps---Base/542/Keith-Hernandez.jpg?id=90de307d-a368-4561-9bbf-f32e46c5753d&size=original[/IMG]

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 04:44 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

=G-Fafif post_id=46323 time=1599863868 user_id=55] I did not know Bowie Kuhn was a) at the 25-inning game and b) stayed for 25 innings.

Me neither.

G-Fafif Sep 11 2020 05:08 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Joe Torre.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 05:10 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Joe Torre. [IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1976/Topps---Base/542/Keith-Hernandez.jpg?id=90de307d-a368-4561-9bbf-f32e46c5753d&size=original[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1971/Topps---Base/370/Joe-Torre.jpg?id=9ef3f147-892e-4e88-80c5-5cb053283b45&size=original[/IMG]

whippoorwill Sep 11 2020 06:17 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

That does not look like keith

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 06:22 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

=whippoorwill post_id=46355 time=1599869851 user_id=79] That does not look like keith

Also, Keith looks like he's in the on-deck circle for Torre's at-bat -- which is not the case.

Edgy MD Sep 11 2020 06:33 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

José Cardenal.

G-Fafif Sep 11 2020 07:43 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Jack Heidemann.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 07:53 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

[IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1976/Topps---Base/542/Keith-Hernandez.jpg?id=90de307d-a368-4561-9bbf-f32e46c5753d&size=original[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1971/Topps---Base/370/Joe-Torre.jpg?id=9ef3f147-892e-4e88-80c5-5cb053283b45&size=original[/IMG][IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1975/Topps---Base/649/Jack-Heidemann.jpg?id=93375ffb-c4c3-408b-9d15-b1c0d385495d&size=original[/IMG] Yes to Heidemann. Cardenal was no Cardinal in '74.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2020 09:05 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Teddy Martinez?

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 09:17 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Teddy Martinez? Yes and No. Martinez played in that game. But for the "wrong" team. Teddy was a Met in '74.

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 11 2020 09:24 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

9/11 2018: Tuesday Night Mets Club watches Mets fail to support deGrom despite a decent outing, Gselly and Swarzak put it out of reach even of a 2 out 9th inning home run by Plawecki

batmagadanleadoff Sep 12 2020 07:46 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Let's flip the rest of these cards over. Get it? Cards? Cards? Cards! HAHAHA. [IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1976/Topps---Base/542/Keith-Hernandez.jpg?id=90de307d-a368-4561-9bbf-f32e46c5753d&size=original[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1971/Topps---Base/370/Joe-Torre.jpg?id=9ef3f147-892e-4e88-80c5-5cb053283b45&size=original[/IMG][IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1975/Topps---Base/649/Jack-Heidemann.jpg?id=93375ffb-c4c3-408b-9d15-b1c0d385495d&size=original[/IMG][IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1973/Topps---Base/649/High----Rich-Folkers.jpg?id=6b599125-2593-4626-a7e0-c303f8f3987d&size=original[/IMG][IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1975/Topps---Base/610/Ron-Hunt.jpg?id=705e06a9-3bd3-4ce3-9998-4cd5b9995918&size=original[/IMG][IMG]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1975/O-Pee-Chee---Base/429/Jim-Dwyer.jpg?id=425d3715-d6c2-4dc0-95c5-df60fc828e61&size=original[/IMG]

MFS62 Sep 12 2020 07:54 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

I was fahklempt at the Dave Schneck sighting. Later

Edgy MD Sep 12 2020 07:58 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Given a week, the only one I might have gotten was Ron Hunt, and that's only because once or twice, Keith has reported that Hunt was his first roomie.

smg58 Sep 12 2020 08:04 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was at the game on this date in 1987, in field-level seats at Shea (handed down to me from my boss) when Terry Pendleton hit one of the more infamous opposing homers in Mets history. (Thirteen months later I had the privilege of seeing another infamous homer in person, by Mike Scioscia.) Pendleton, Scioscia, Molina. But somehow, not Dave Henderson.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 12 2020 08:15 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Edgy MD wrote: Given a week, the only one I might have gotten was Ron Hunt, and that's only because once or twice, Keith has reported that Hunt was his first roomie. That marathon game was one of Keith's first MLB games. Keith made his major league debut less than two weeks before, on August 30, 1974. Also, that was one of the last games Joe Torre would play for the Cards. Next Stop: the New York Mets.

G-Fafif Sep 12 2020 08:21 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Nolan Ryan appeared in his first major league game (and notched his first strikeout) on September 11, 1966.

Frayed Knot Sep 12 2020 05:32 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

September 11, 1985 saw Pete Rose notch hit #4,192 to pass Ty Cobb on the all time hit list. If you happen to run into Pete you just might be able to convince him to talk about it.

MFS62 Sep 13 2020 07:22 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

Frayed Knot wrote: If you happen to run into Pete you just might be able to convince him to talk about it. If I ran into him, he wouldn't be in any condition to talk. I'd "remind" him of Bud Harrelson. Later

MFS62 Sep 13 2020 08:18 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

The MFYs wore first responder caps on 9/11 and some NY stations are making it sound like it was their idea and they were the only team doing it. Later

G-Fafif Sep 13 2020 01:06 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

September 11, 1997: John Olerud hits for as unlikely a cycle as one could imagine.

Edgy MD Sep 13 2020 01:40 PM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

On September 11, 1972, Tug McGraw relieved Jerry Koosman with two perfect innings, giving the Mets a 4-2 win over the Phillies. The victory raised Koosman's won-loss record on the year to ... wait for it ... 9-11. Creepy.

G-Fafif Sep 30 2020 08:43 AM Re: 9/11 Anniversary

From Howard Bryant. After two decades, the memory of Dec. 7, 1941, was neither forgotten, nor did it hover so viscerally over the new generation of Americans entering adulthood in 1961. This is appropriate. The memory of 9/11 should not be forgotten, nor should the difficult and inevitable geopolitics that created it. But its memorializing can be a respectful, tasteful annual event without the daily elevation of law enforcement, which serves a political motive almost completely detached from the twin towers. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/29979519/police-protest-pandemic-end-9-11-era