chasfh Posted October 22 Posted October 22 I think it would be amazing of any MLB Central team outside the Cubs were to get a posted top-tier Japanese player. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted October 22 Posted October 22 Interesting move. No professional coaching experience, this may be a mlb first Quote
Arlington Posted October 22 Posted October 22 On 10/12/2025 at 2:07 AM, IdahoBert said: I had absolutely no idea that this happened on a regular basis. Thank you so much for sharing this. @lordstanleyyou rock! Moe Berg went on a Japan tour with Babe Ruth and other stars of the era and filmed cities from heights. He had to smuggle the film out and provided it to the forerunner of the CIA. It's disputed as to whether it had value to our defense, but it's all captured in The Catcher Was a Spy, the story of Moe Berg's career. A great read. Quote
guy incognito Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) 8 hours ago, oblong said: That was also the same night that a new show on NBC debuted, hosted by George Carlin, called NBC's Saturday Night. Perhaps you've heard of it? Nitpick time: Game 6 was played on a Tuesday*, and SNL (they couldn't call it that yet because of another show of that title, hosted by Howard Cosell of all people) had already aired two episodes by then. The debut with Carlin on October 11, and one with Paul Simon on October 18. *The rain had actually subsided by Monday, but for ratings purposes neither Bowie Kuhn nor NBC wanted to have it in the daytime or opposite MNF that night, so Tuesday night it was. TV has been pulling the scheduling strings for a very long time. Edited October 22 by guy incognito Quote
oblong Posted October 22 Posted October 22 1 hour ago, guy incognito said: Nitpick time: Game 6 was played on a Tuesday*, and SNL (they couldn't call it that yet because of another show of that title, hosted by Howard Cosell of all people) had already aired two episodes by then. The debut with Carlin on October 11, and one with Paul Simon on October 18. *The rain had actually subsided by Monday, but for ratings purposes neither Bowie Kuhn nor NBC wanted to have it in the daytime or opposite MNF that night, so Tuesday night it was. TV has been pulling the scheduling strings for a very long time. Maybe it was game 1 then. it did not air in Detroit on NBC. Not all affiliates ran it. The first times it ran in Detroit was on channel 20 I believe. Quote
guy incognito Posted October 22 Posted October 22 I still love that bit, and one of the things I love about it is that if you love football but hate baseball you'll think he's praising the former while mocking the latter, and vice versa. 1 Quote
papalawrence Posted October 22 Posted October 22 4 hours ago, Arlington said: Moe Berg went on a Japan tour with Babe Ruth and other stars of the era and filmed cities from heights. He had to smuggle the film out and provided it to the forerunner of the CIA. It's disputed as to whether it had value to our defense, but it's all captured in The Catcher Was a Spy, the story of Moe Berg's career. A great read. He's probably more well known for his military actions than he was as a ball player. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted October 22 Posted October 22 I was just reminded this is the 50th anniversary of Carleton Fisk's iconic home run in the 1975 World Series. One of those shots that stays in sports TV archives. MLB.com has a great story on how the shot of Fisk waving the ball fair came to be Quote But why did the camera stay on Fisk that night? Was it a directive from the production truck? Was it a rogue cameraman, the late Lou Gerard, just thinking it was a good idea? Well, no, it was a rat. It all happened because of an extremely large rat. "There are rodents in that wall," Filippelli said. "And this one was a particularly big one. It was disconcerting to him, distracting to him. When the ball got hit, it was really playing around with his foot, and he just decided he was gonna stay there. As opposed to trying to punt it and be someplace else. He decided he was just gonna stay there, he didn't have another option." https://www.mlb.com/news/carlton-fisk-home-run-rat-story?adobe_mc=TS%3D1761175936%7CMCMID%3D11690324914217096266954970920983166800%7CMCORGID%3DA65F776A5245B01B0A490D44%40AdobeOrg&affiliateId=mlbapp-ios_webview_news-index&rsid=mlbios.at.bat.new.implementation 2 Quote
chasfh Posted October 23 Posted October 23 15 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: FYIW...Carlin's monologue This was basically the beginning of his low point. Quote
chasfh Posted October 23 Posted October 23 14 hours ago, papalawrence said: He's probably more well known for his military actions than he was as a ball player. Were it not for his military actions, we’d have no idea who the guy is. Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 25 Posted October 25 Addison Barger hits a grand slam (3) to center field. Nathan Lukes scores. Andrés Giménez scores. George Springer scores. BJ’s 9-2 lead in 6th Quote
gehringer_2 Posted October 25 Posted October 25 In case anyone wonders how weird baseball is, the Jays just put 9 runs on the board and still only have one out in the 6th against Snell and the vaunted LA staff. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted October 25 Posted October 25 (edited) 5 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Addison Barger hits a grand slam (3) to center field. Nathan Lukes scores. Andrés Giménez scores. George Springer scores. BJ’s 9-2 lead in 6th It has been funny watching the Jays run the bases station to station and wondering way they can't score two on a single. EDIT: and make it 11 runs. IIRC, we put up 13 against the Card in game 6 in 68. Edited October 25 by gehringer_2 Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 25 Posted October 25 Alejandro Kirk homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores. 11-2 Toronto. Quote
GalagaGuy Posted October 25 Posted October 25 I guess Dodger fans shouldn't have started planning the parade route when they took an early 2-0 lead. 🤔 Quote
chasfh Posted October 25 Posted October 25 9 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Addison Barger hits a grand slam (3) to center field. Nathan Lukes scores. Andrés Giménez scores. George Springer scores. BJ’s 9-2 lead in 6th lol someone updated his Wikipedia page already 2 Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 25 Posted October 25 My daughter who has lived in West Hollywood for the last five years is rooting for Toronto. Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 25 Posted October 25 Ohtani hits a meaningless 2-run home run. Who does he think he is, Torkelson? 2 2 Quote
guy incognito Posted October 25 Posted October 25 (edited) 20 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: It has been funny watching the Jays run the bases station to station and wondering way they can't score two on a single. EDIT: and make it 11 runs. IIRC, we put up 13 against the Card in game 6 in 68. The '68 Tigers scored ten runs in the 3rd in Game 6. That's tied for the single-inning record in a WS game, shared with the '29 Athletics. Edited October 25 by guy incognito Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 25 Posted October 25 Go crazy folks, go crazy! Blue Jays win the first game of the World Series! Go crazy! 1 Quote
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