MLB Greats Who Bordered on Post Season Zero's Or Mediocre

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

WIllie was on deck when Bobby Thomson went deep.

Its true. I also heard about a Catch he made in the '54 Series. Supposed to have been really impressive or something.

[G1911]

Political insults by post 12. Sounds about right.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by G1911

Political insults by post 12. Sounds about right.

Working our way up to personal attacks and fat jokes. Just getting warmed up!

[G1911]

Originally Posted by raulus

Working our way up to personal attacks and fat jokes. Just getting warmed up!

We don’t get many good fat jokes, but I’m crossing my fingers.

The only thing larger than the backlog at PSA is some card collectors’ waistlines.

I won’t quit my day job.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by G1911

We don’t get many good fat jokes, but I’m crossing my fingers.

The only thing larger than the backlog at PSA is some card collectors’ waistlines.

I won’t quit my day job.

There were a few attempts here:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=326441

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Its true. I also heard about a Catch he made in the '54 Series. Supposed to have been really impressive or something.

The astonishing thing about the catch is not how much ground he covered so quickly, but how he instantly judged the flight of the ball and ran to the exact right place.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The astonishing thing about the catch is not how much ground he covered so quickly, but how he instantly judged the flight of the ball and ran to the exact right place.

And then fires a bullet to 2nd base to keep the runner on first from advancing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLt2xKaNH0

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

And then fires a bullet to 2nd base to keep the runner on first from advancing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLt2xKaNH0

Clemente would have thrown the ball on a fly to the first baseman and doubled up the runner.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The astonishing thing about the catch is not how much ground he covered so quickly, but how he instantly judged the flight of the ball and ran to the exact right place.

What got me was how after the catch he instantaneously turned and fired the ball back to the infield.

[Yoda]

I believe it was the '52 WS, between the Yanks and the Dodgers, when poor Gil Hodges seemed hopeless at the plate. He was about 0-15 when his local priest in Brooklyn asked at Mass for all to pray for Gil. The Yanks won in 7 games, thanks in major part to Billy Martin's sensational infield catch. 'Dem Bums! Wait till next year.