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Mom & me. theathletic.com/1985960/2020/0…

@1keezybaby Kenny "The Jet" Smith

Name a Sacramento Kings player?

@BarrySchust Bobby Bonds. And I think Barroid, too.

The 30/30 Club Alfonso Soriano has been a member of the 30 Home Runs/30 Stolen Bases Club four times. Can you name another member?

@CLE_RichSports Schilling?

@ericb336 Not Clayton Eric

MLB Trivia - 7/21 A pitcher facing over 1000 batters in a single season used to happen with decent regularity, but has now not happened for over a decade. Without using any outside sources, can you name the most recent MLB pitcher to face over 1000 batters in a single season? Yesterday’s Answer Terry Pendleton with the Cards (85 & 87) and Braves (91, 92 & 96) is the player that has appeared in the most World Series without getting a win since 1950

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@Roger774501171 Kershaw, Koufax, Adam Wainright and currently Tyler Glasnow.

Ok Folks , if i asked you who threw the best curve ball , past or present, who would be your answer. I’ll start it out with a great choice Gregg Olson.

@MOEatMiles @td_nash In the U.S Ruth. Worldwide Pelè

@td_nash Babe Ruth had a candy bar named after him but kids in the Congo knew who Ali was. Worldwide got to be Ali. Tossup between Jordan and Pele for runner up.

Who do you think was the most “famous” athlete of the 20th century?🧐

"My Dad worked in the mines, and when he came home at night, why, he would come out and after we milked the cows and we would go ahead and play ball till dark. I don't know how he kept doing it." Mickey Mantle. During the offseason in 1949, Mickey Mantle labored in the iron and zinc mine where his Dad worked. Mantle worked as a “screen ape,” what miners were called who used 16 pound sledgehammers to shatter rocks so they would pass through screen filters. The work proved beneficial in that it further developed his muscular arms making him even stronger and prepared him for his rookie spring training in 1951. The seventeen-year old slugger famously signed on with the Yankees organization the evening of his high school graduation, inking the deal in the backseat of veteran scout Tom Greenwade's Chrysler. Greenwade played coy with young Mickey and his father Mutt, suggesting that the modest terms were a hedge on Mantle's small size and erratic fielding, though he'd later admit: "The first time I saw Mickey Mantle I knew how Paul Krichell felt when he first saw Lou Gehrig." Mickey Mantle's first minor league year in 1949??? 89 games, 323 at-bats, 101 hits, 15 doubles, 7 triples, 7 home runs, hit .313, .467 slugging.

@Jimfrombaseball I remember watching Guidry in an Angels game that year and he was striking out batter after batter. Most dominant I’ve ever seen.

"When I started to become an established pitcher, all Thurman told me was: "Trust me, and you'll do it.' As a pitcher, just pitching to him, my job was easy because I didn't have to worry about whether he was right or wrong. Munson would tell me: 'I'll take care of that. I know all of that already.' I didn’t try to strike anybody out in that game until the ninth inning. After the eighth, they flashed it up on the scoreboard and I told Thurman Munson that I didn’t realize I was that close. And Thurman yelled at me: ‘IF YOU GET CLOSE, YOU WILL GO FOR IT, OR I’LL PERSONALLY BREAK YOUR ANKLES BEFORE YOU GET BACK TO THE DUGOUT.’ The 17th and 18th batters were the only guys I ever tried to strike out in that game." Ron Guidry on setting an American League record for most strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher in a single game, June 17, 1978. Ron Guidry was 59-18 from 1977-79 with Thurman Munson as his primary catcher. In 1978, Ron Guidry had one of the purest and most dominating performances by a starting pitcher – EVER!!! Guidry went 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA, a WHIP of (.946), made 35 starts with sixteen complete games, while pitching 278 innings Guidry gave up ONLY 53 earned runs the entire season. Won the CY Young and finished second in the MVP vote. "Munson and Guidry" Art by Dave Choate. Both were ALWAYS in my HOF!!!

@InfiniteDodger Season's not over, dude. Comparing him to Rendon is utter garbage. You can see Tucker's frustration when he fails. Don't imply the dude doesn't care. That's horseshit.

It is astonishing how Kyle Tucker just forgot how to be a good baseball player after being a 144 OPS+ guy averaging over 5 WAR per season for the 5 years before his massive $240M contract. Really thought he was going to put the Anthony Rendon comparisons to bed easily this year.

@1keezybaby D'angelo Russell. While at the time I wish they had draftes Porzingis, still a fan of D'lo and happy he made it back to the Lakers.

Guess the player ?

@Hot_Pepper76 “Exqueeze me.”

Which movie quote do you still use today?

@Hot_Pepper76 “Talk to me, Goose.”

@Hot_Pepper76 Keg party

Name one or two words that describes the 1980s.

@Hot_Pepper76 Gel & mousse

Neil Armstrong ejects during a test flight of a prototype of the lunar module, just seconds before disaster (1968)

@BarrySchust Gil Hodges, Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays, Bob Horner

Joe Adcock Hit 336 Home runs And 4 in one game, July 31st, 1954 Can you name another hitter who hit 4 home runs in one game?

@Jimfrombaseball In Ryan’s documentary he said he never got any real pitching coaching until he got to the Angels, where he changed his delivery to driving forward instead of falling off to the side. The Angels were smart to never let him get away!

"The Mets finally gave up on Nolan Ryan's wandering fastball today." New York Times. "But we've had him three full years and, although Nolan's a hell of a prospect, he hasn't done it for us. How long can you wait? I can't rate him in the same category with Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman or Gary Gentry." Mets GM Bob Scheffing. "I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family." Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan pitched for twenty-seven seasons and led the league in strikeouts ELEVEN different times, including his twenty-fourth season when he was 43 years old. Recorded 10 or more strikeouts in a Major League record 215 games. "Most players have a limited window of opportunity to play the game. Failure to protect your arm against the elements can limit your performance and increase the risk of injury. In my 27 years in the MLB, I never pitched a game without long sleeves and always wore a jacket or wrapped my arm in towels between innings to keep it warm, even in the Texas heat. Prevention is much easier than rehab." Nolan Ryan. HOF 1999.

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