General Sports Thread

[tetelestai]

In the late 60's and early 70's cities started building the "cookie cutter stadiums".

RFK, Shea, Atlanta-Fulton County, Three Rivers, Riverfront, Oakland-Alameda, Busch Memorial, Astrodome, San Diego, Veterans, and the Kingdom were all built as multi-purpose stadiums for football and baseball.

Last night Matt Holiday tripled in the 4th inning. The ball hit off one of the walls in the "triangle" in center field and bounced into right center field, allowing Holiday to get a triple. These things didn't happen in the "cookie cutter" stadiums.

The baseball dimensions in "cookie cutter stadiums" all looked similar to the following:

 

[tetelestai]

Longest blast ever hit at Fenway--502 feet. Surprisingly cheap ($20 or so) but there are better places to watch the game in the ballpark.

When I was on my tour at Fenway last month I couldn't get over how close the seats are to the field. There is hardly any foul territory at all.

 

[Granite]

When I was on my tour at Fenway last month I couldn't get over how close the seats are to the field. There is hardly any foul territory at all.

It's...tight. Very tight. Rather cozy. A lot of people use words like "shrine" or "museum" when they see it for the first time, and it really does take you back. The size of the seats themselves, for one thing, speaks to a much older time.

 

[tetelestai]

It's...tight. Very tight. Rather cozy. A lot of people use words like "shrine" or "museum" when they see it for the first time, and it really does take you back.

I was blown away when I walked in, it really is an amazing place.

The size of the seats themselves, for one thing, speaks to a much older time.

I would hate to have to sit in the middle seat in those old wooden blue seats.

 

[The Berean]

It's hallowed ground!:chuckle:

Longest blast ever hit at Fenway--502 feet. Surprisingly cheap ($20 or so) but there are better places to watch the game in the ballpark.

See post #83. At least three longer home runs have been hit at Fenway. I'm not sure why the Red Sox keep saying Williams' 502 ft shot is the longest? :idunno:

 

[The Berean]

Some of Ruth's longest blasts in Fenway Park.

 

[Granite]

Pretty sure Ruth's blasts weren't documented the way Williams's home was.

 

[The Berean]

Pretty sure Ruth's blasts weren't documented the way Williams's home was.

I frequent a website called "Baseball Fever". It's were many serious and hardcore baseball nuts and historians congregate. You'll find an army of Babe Ruth historians there. These guys are akin to Jeffersonian historians. Many of them have spent years, even decades, documenting Ruth's career and life including his tape measure home runs. They scour newspaper archives and study stadium dimensions and street layouts to determine to the best of their abilities the distances of Ruth's home runs. I consider these estimates of distance to be fully vetted and accurate as much as can be determined through research. The distances listed in the photos I posted previously come from Bill Jenkinson, one of the foremost Babe Ruth experts in America. He has spent over 30 years researching the longest home runs in baseball history.

Here are a few more of Ruth's Fenway Park home runs.

 

[tetelestai]

What a wild finish to the World Series game last night!!!

 

[The Berean]

Everyone pretty much ranks Jerry Rice as the #1 all-time receiver. But who is the second greatest wide receiver of all time? To me at least the obvious answer is Green Bay Packer great Don Hutson. He was the first great pure WR in NFL history. He played 11 seasons for the Packers from 1935-45. He was the first WR to have 50+ catches in a season and the first WR to have a 1,000 yard receiving in a single season. Mind you Hustson played in a time where his teams played between 9-12 regular season games. He held the single season records of 17 TDs (11 game season) that stood for 42 years until Mark Clayton broke it in 1984 (16 game season) by one TD. Hutson had 99 career touchdowns (116 games) which was the all time NFL TD record until Steve Largent broke with 100 TD's. It took Largent 200 games (84 more games than Hustson) to break Hutson's TD record by one. It even took the great Jerry Rice 119 games to get to 99 receiving TD's.

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[tetelestai]

But who is the second greatest wide receiver of all time?

Lynn Swann !!!

Just kidding.....I think everyone would agree that Hutson is #2, so the question is.....who is the #3 greatest WR of all time?

As for most receptions, here is the top 10:

1. Jerry Rice 1,549
2. Tony Gonzalez 1,280
3. Marvin Harrison 1,102
4. Cris Carter 1,101
5. Tim Brown 1,094
6. Terrell Owens 1,078
7. Isaac Bruce 1,024
8. Reggie Wayne 1,006
9. Hines Ward 1,000
10. Randy Moss 982

 

[Granite]

So, how 'bout those Red Sox?:devil:

 

[Nick M]

So, how 'bout those Red Sox?:devil:

From Missouri to you. Happy Halloween.

 

[Granite]

From Missouri to you. Happy Halloween.

:rotfl:

Poor little tykes, they wanted to win so bad.:chuckle:

 

[The Berean]

Congrats to the Red Sox for winning he 2013 World Series. They are they eighth Red Sox team to win it all.


1903

1912

1915

1916

1918

2004

2007

2013

 

[tetelestai]

1903

The only World Series that was a best-of-nine.

The Pirates blew a 3-1 games lead...the Red Sox (called the Americans back then) won four straight to take the series 5-3.

The Pirates had Honus Wagner......Boston had Cy Young. Wagner led the league in batting by hitting .355, and Young was 28-9.

 

[drbrumley]

Congrats to the Red Sox for winning he 2013 World Series. They are they eighth Red Sox team to win it all.

Bunch of cheaters

 

[tetelestai]

Poor little tykes, they wanted to win so bad.:chuckle:

The Red Sox players had better beards than the youngsters from St. Louis.

 

[The Berean]

The only World Series that was a best-of-nine.

The Pirates blew a 3-1 games lead...the Red Sox (called the Americans back then) won four straight to take the series 5-3.

The Pirates had Honus Wagner......Boston had Cy Young. Wagner led the league in batting by hitting .355, and Young was 28-9.

The 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were also a best-of-nine series as well.

 

[tetelestai]

The 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were also a best-of-nine series as well.

hmmmmmm.....you're right. I didn't know that.

I wonder why they did a best-of-nine those three years.