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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Kevin O
I recently bought a collection of Troy, NY, newspapers from 1879-1882, covering the span of the Troy Cities National League stint. There’s an interesting report in the September 10th 1880 paper regarding the game the day before, in which the Troys lost to Providence by a score of 1-0: |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: john/z28jd
You think 5 is alot,try this. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: bcornell
Interesting question. Speaking as a Red Sox fan, I'm reasonably certain we've fielded a few of these many-HOFer-but-poor-results teams. The current unit appears to be going nowhere with 3 "superstars" (Pedro: HOF lock, Manny & Nomar: getting there). |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Rob L
I would be impressed if anyone could find another team that had such a poor record with five future HOFers on the team. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: john/z28jd
Youre probably right Rob,it would be impossible for a team to have 5 or more future hall of famers and finish below .500 |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Hal Lewis
The 1977 Braves?? |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Chris
Hal, |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Elliot
Hey, doesn't anybody read z28jd's posts? As John stated the 1926 Giants had 7 HOF'ers plus the manager. Also, I believe that in 1932 BOTH the Giants and the Cardinals had 5 Hof'ers on their teams and both finished with identical 72-82 records. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: scott brockelman
chris, |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: hankron
As he felt he might be promoting a dangerous habit to youngers, U. L. Washington switched to a Q-tip (not a joke). As the Q-tip didn't feel comfortable, he quickly switched back to tooth picks. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: prewarsports
How the Mariners didn't win a World Series with (3) of the best players EVER on one roster is beyond me. In the 1994 Season which was strike shortened, the Mariners were 49-63 with at LEAST 4 Future hall of famers and probably more by the time everything is all said and done. If you throw in Lou Pinella as manager then I think you could possibly make it another hall of famer as well. As someone who lives and dies with the Mariners since 1979 (dying bad this year), this was a young team which was in the building stages, but still underacheived given their talent. They would go the ALCS the next year. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Marc S.
A little deceptive there - ARod only played in 17 games, having just reached his 19th birthday - he really wasn't part of the team, all things considered. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: J Levine
1924 Cubs 66-87 Collins, Hooper, Faber, Lyons, Evers, Walsh. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: John/z28jd
dont forget to add Hartnett and Alexander to that list of '24 Cubs |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Elliot
Only problem is that the 1924 Cubs were over .500 at 81-72. Not to mention that the only Hof'ers that i can see on the team are Hartnett and Alexander. Check here-- http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1924.shtml |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: prewarsports
I dont hink it matters how many games you played in or your age, the question wasn't "were there any teams with 5 future hall of famers and a losing record, and by the way all players had to be in their prime and play a certain number of innings etc" The question was simply put, and the 94 Mariners would qualify. You also forgot to mention that Egar Martinez is a hall of famer as well, and that their manager will also be a hall of famer someday. They had at least 4 hall of famers on that team plus a manager, plus at least 3 other bonafide superstars. Regardless of innings or age, which was not part of the question, that was quite a lineup to finish 12 games under .500 on only 2/3 of a season. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Glen V
54-107 record |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Julie Vognar
1) Dennis Eckersley. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Glen V
Thanks to the earthquake, the A's won using only two starting pitchers. Think only one other team has done that. Must have been the A's or NY Giants - anyone know? |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Julie Vognar
in my previous edited post! Thank you. And while you're at it, answer Glen's. The '89 Series was the only one affected by a quake, I know that. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: BilyB
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Elliot
I think this means Bob is right again. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: Julie Vognar
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: jay behrens
I was at game 3 and 4, and they they were played at Candlestick. I had originally not planned to go to game 3, so instead of being at the park when the quake happened, I was on the 29th floor of the ALP building when the quake hit. The silver lining was that I got to go to 2 games instead of 1. |
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An Interesting Report and a Trivia Question
Posted By: warshawlaw
I was in SF in law school at the time and when the quake hit I was in an elevator just passing the 12th floor on the way down to the store to buy beer and chips for the game. We free fell four floors then shook like hell. I thought the cable had broken, until we stopped and could hear plaster falling, sirens wailing, etc. We forced the doors and got out. It was like a war scene; broken stuff all over the place, a big cloud of smoke rising from the Marina, no news on the emergency channels (some system), serious gangstas heading downtown as the workers streamed out of skyscrapers heading home. |
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