Today is the 51st anniversary of HOF Jim Palmer's no-hitter

[guy3050]

Originally Posted by commishbob

Very cool. I wish I'd been in the Loge seats. We were in the rickety metal bleachers back of left field. It was bat giveaway promo night and the sound of those bats being banged on the bleachers is something I remember to this day.

The Jarry Park Bleachers were my 2nd home, they were known as Jonesville in honor of Mack Jones who was proclaim the Mayor of Jonesville for hitting the 1st Homerun at Jarry Park

[Scott Garner]

O/T, but, Trivia Time:

Who was Sandy Koufax's all-time NL record 382nd K in his amazing 1965 season?

It would have been the ML record, except Nolan Ryan eclipsed this record in 1973 when he struck out the Minnesota Twins Rich Reese for his single-season 383rd strikeout...

[guy3050]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

O/T, but, Trivia Time:

Who was Sandy Koufax's all-time NL record 382nd K in his amazing 1965 season?

It would have been the ML record, except Nolan Ryan eclipsed this record in 1973 when he struck out the Minnesota Twins Rich Reese for his single-season 383rd strikeout...

The Mayor himself, Mack Jones

Mack Jones and 1969 Home Opener Ticket by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

[SteveS]

My Palmer story is that I was going to law school in San Francisco in 1988, and found out that he would be signing autographs at the local Macy's to promote Jockey. So I was walking down the street to get there, and did a double-take when I saw him walk right past me! I stopped him to let him know that he was heading the wrong way, and we ended up walking the several blocks together and having a very nice chat. When I got to the front of the line and got my autographed photo, he had remembered our conversation and personalized it with my name and "Good luck in law school."

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by guy3050

The Mayor himself, Mack Jones

Mack Jones and 1969 Home Opener Ticket by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

Guy,
You are correct, sir.
Did you have to look it up to figure it out, or did you know this already?

[guy3050]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Guy,
You are correct, sir.
Did you have to look it up to figure it out, or did you know this already?

I can not lie.... looked it up, but was happy to see it was Mack Jones

[Cliff Bowman]

I looked up the no hitter on Baseball Reference, Palmer wanted no part of Reggie Jackson, he walked him three times in four plate appearances.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I looked up the no hitter on Baseball Reference, Palmer wanted no part of Reggie Jackson, he walked him three times in four plate appearances.

And on a side note, Jim Palmer never gave up even one grand slam in his lengthy career.