flasah Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Minor leaguers Brady M. Feigl (Padres org) and Brady G. Feigl (A's org). No relation. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 And they both just somehow happen to be gingers--with the same beard--what are the odds?? 3 Quote *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chcarlson23 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Because of the multiple Covid pauses, there was something interesting that I noticed about a few teams in the NHL. The LA Kings, for the last few games, still had a shot at the playoffs. But the Coyotes, who had more points and were ahead of the Kings in the standings, were eliminated before the Kings were. The weirdest case is the Vancouver Canucks, who are last place in the North division. They are below the Senators and Flames in the standings, both who have been eliminated. But because of their lengthy Covid pause, they’ve got many games in hand, which still gives them a shot at the playoffs. I don’t know I’ve ever seen anything like this before in the NHL. Sure there’s got to have been a few cases like the Kings, but I would have to imagine, nothing like the Canucks before. 1 Quote "And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You." Psalms 9:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 7:25 AM, tBBP said: And they both just somehow happen to be gingers--with the same beard--what are the odds?? I see one of those "brother I never knew I had" shows in their future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officeglenn Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City scored against Chelsea today. That makes him the first Premier League player to score on all seven days of the week in one season. First times scoring each day: Sunday: March 14, 2021 v Sheffield Utd (hat trick) Monday: April 26, 2021 v Crystal Palace Tuesday: Feb. 3, 2021 v Fulham Wednesday: May 18, 2021 v Chelsea Thursday: April 22, 2021 v West Brom Friday: May 7, 2021 v Newcastle Saturday: March 6, 2021 v Brighton 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 ONE. The amount of innings Kluber threw for the Texas Rangers in 2020, aaaaaaaand now the amount of no hitters he threw against them. 4 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I mentioned this in the thread about Oakland A's possible move, but I thought I'd put it here as well: the A's have now been in Oakland for just as long as they had been in Philadelphia, 54 seasons. For someone who grew up thinking of the Oakland A's as "new", this is astonishing. Also, I remember well the sadness that I felt when it appeared certain that the A's would be moving to Denver for the 1978 season, a move which would have rendered their time in Oakland shorter than their stay in Kansas City. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flasah Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 On 5/20/2021 at 10:14 AM, Ferdinand Cesarano said: I mentioned this in the thread about Oakland A's possible move, but I thought I'd put it here as well: the A's have now been in Oakland for just as long as they had been in Philadelphia, 54 seasons. For someone who grew up thinking of the Oakland A's as "new", this is astonishing. Also, I remember well the sadness that I felt when it appeared certain that the A's would be moving to Denver for the 1978 season, a move which would have rendered their time in Oakland shorter than their stay in Kansas City. So I had to look up all the MLB teams that have moved: Yankees - 2 yrs in Baltimore, 119 in New York Orioles - 1 yr in Milwaukee, 52 in St. Louis, 68 in Baltimore Giants - 75 yrs in New York, 64 in San Francisco Dodgers - 74 yrs in Brooklyn, 64 in LA Twins - 60 yrs in Washington, 61 in Minnesota Braves - 82 yrs in Boston, 13 in Milwaukee, 56 in Atlanta Athletics - 54 yrs in Philadelphia, 13 in KC, 54 in Oakland Brewers - 1 yr in Seattle, 52 in Milwaukee Rangers - 11 yrs in Washington, 50 in Texas Nationals - 36 yrs in Montreal, 17 in Washington 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 4 hours ago, flasah said: So I had to look up all the MLB teams that have moved: Yankees - 2 yrs in Baltimore, 119 in New York Orioles - 1 yr in Milwaukee, 52 in St. Louis, 68 in Baltimore Giants - 75 yrs in New York, 64 in San Francisco Dodgers - 74 yrs in Brooklyn, 64 in LA Twins - 60 yrs in Washington, 61 in Minnesota Braves - 82 yrs in Boston, 13 in Milwaukee, 56 in Atlanta Athletics - 54 yrs in Philadelphia, 13 in KC, 54 in Oakland Brewers - 1 yr in Seattle, 52 in Milwaukee Rangers - 11 yrs in Washington, 50 in Texas Nationals - 36 yrs in Montreal, 17 in Washington (You meant the Orioles in the second entry, which I have written in there inside the quote.) Thanks for laying this out! A striking thing is that the Twins have been in Minnesota for longer than they were in Washington as the original Senators. The other surprising fact is that the Expos/Nationals franchise has already been in Washington for about half of the time that it had been in Montreal. But most jarring of all is how near we are to the Giants and Dodgers being in their current homes for as long as they had been in their original homes. It is impossible to see this sort of thing and not to look into one's own personal memory. When I was a kid in the early 1970s, the Dodgers were still managed by Walter Alston, the last Brooklyn Dodger manager; and Leo Durocher, who had managed both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, was still an active Major League manager with the Astros. And of course Willie Mays was still playing; it was Mays's trade to the Mets in 1972 that sparked my love of baseball history — a love which has outlasted my love of current baseball. At that time I was surrounded by a bunch of (mostly idiotic) relatives who had all been Dodger fans. So, even though the move of the Giants and Dodgers happened before I was born and belonged to another era, when I was sitting there watching the 1974 World Series between the Dodgers and the A's (who were managed by the ex-New York Giant infielder Alvin Dark) in the company of these morons, I remember the impression that the move of these teams was a relatively recent event. (It had occurred only 17 years before; and I can tell you in no uncertain terms that, for me today, the events of 2004 feel very recent indeed.) To realise that the time since this move is now approaching the length of time that these teams had been in their original homes is nothing short of staggering. The passage of time is a m-f-er. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flasah Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Now let's do the NFL: Bears - 1 yr in Decatur, IL, 100 in Chicago Lions - 4 yrs in Portsmouth, OH, 87 in Detroit Wash. FB Team - 5 yrs in Boston, 84 in Washington Chiefs - 3 yrs in Dallas, 58 in Kansas City Colts - 31 yrs in Baltimore, 37 in Indianapolis Cardinals - 40 yrs in Chicago, 28 in St. Louis, 33 in Arizona Titans - 37 yrs in Houston, 1 in Memphis, 23 in Nashville Rams - 10 yrs in Cleveland, 49 in Los Angeles, 21 in St. Louis, 5 in LA Chargers - 1 yr in Los Angeles, 56 in San Diego, 4 in LA Raiders - 2 yrs in San Francisco, 20 in Oakland, 13 in LA, 25 in Oakland, 1 in Las Vegas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdm1219inpenna Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Here is a list of the years that the Yankees won the World Series, as well as who was President of the United States at the time: Of their 27 World Championships, only 7 of them occurred while a Republican resided in the White House, and the last time it happened was way back in 1958! The Yankees defeated the MILWAUKEE Braves....1958 was the first year that we had the Dodgers & Giants in California, just to put it into more proper perspective. The Yankees won one pennant in 1976 when Ford was in office, but they got swept by Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. They won another pennant with Reagan as President in 1981, but lost that World Series 4 games to 2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers, after going up 2 games to 0 on LA no less. From '82 - '93 the Yankees were dreck and did nothing. I just found it quite curious about this "drought" of sorts the Yankees have with regard to this. So for this reason alone, Yankee fans may be happy with the current President. Time and history will tell... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officeglenn Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Merging this with the Interesting Sports Facts and Statistics thread, as it's a better fit. Also, allowing this to stay up because the post itself is relevant to sports and not overly partisan or incendiary, per the CCSLC guidelines. But please don't turn the discussion into anything overly partisan or incendiary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdm1219inpenna Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, officeglenn said: Merging this with the Interesting Sports Facts and Statistics thread, as it's a better fit. Also, allowing this to stay up because the post itself is relevant to sports and not overly partisan or incendiary, per the CCSLC guidelines. But please don't turn the discussion into anything overly partisan or incendiary. To be sure, and thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 1 hour ago, flasah said: Now let's do the NFL: Bears - 1 yr in Decatur, IL, 100 in Chicago Lions - 4 yrs in Portsmouth, OH, 87 in Detroit Wash. FB Team - 5 yrs in Boston, 84 in Washington Chiefs - 3 yrs in Dallas, 58 in Kansas City Colts - 31 yrs in Baltimore, 37 in Indianapolis Cardinals - 40 yrs in Chicago, 28 in St. Louis, 33 in Arizona Titans - 37 yrs in Houston, 1 in Memphis, 23 in Nashville Rams - 10 yrs in Cleveland, 49 in Los Angeles, 21 in St. Louis, 5 in LA Chargers - 1 yr in Los Angeles, 56 in San Diego, 4 in LA Raiders - 2 yrs in San Francisco, 20 in Oakland, 13 in LA, 25 in Oakland, 1 in Las Vegas NHL: Flames - 8 yrs in Atlanta, 41 in Calgary Devils - 2 yrs in Kansas City, 6 in Colorado, 39 in New Jersey Avalanche - 23 yrs in Quebec, 26 in Colorado Coyotes - 24 yrs in Winnipeg, 25 in Arizona (they've been the Coyotes longer than they were the Jets?!) Hurricanes - 18 yrs in Hartford, 24 in Carolina Jets - 11 yrs in Atlanta, 10 in Winnipeg Stars - 26 yrs in Minnesota, 24 in Dallas defunct teams: Seals/Barons - 6 yrs in San Francisco, 9 in Oakland, 2 in Cleveland Senators/Eagles - 50 yrs in Ottawa, 1 in St. Louis Pirates/Quakers - 5 yrs in Pittsburgh, 1 in Philadelphia Bulldogs/Tigers - 5 yrs in Quebec, 1 in Hamilton 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flasah Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, ManillaToad said: NHL: Hurricanes - 2 yrs in Boston, 23 yrs in Hartford, 2 in Greensboro, 21 in Raleigh Stars - 25 yrs in Minnesota, 27 in Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flasah Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 NBA: Pistons - 16 yrs in Fort Wayne, 64 in Detroit area Lakers - 1 yr in Detroit, 13 in Minneapolis, 61 in Los Angeles Warriors - 16 yrs in Philadelphia, 59 in Bay Area 76ers - 17 yrs in Syracuse, 58 in Philadelphia Hawks - 5 yrs in Moline, IL, 4 in Milwaukee, 13 in St. Louis, 53 in Atlanta Rockets - 4 yrs in San Diego, 50 in Houston Wizards - 2 yrs in Chicago, 10 in Baltimore, 48 in Washington Spurs - 6 years in Dallas, 48 in San Antonio Jazz - 5 yrs in New Orleans, 42 in Salt Lake City Clippers - 8 yrs in Buffalo, 6 in San Diego, 37 in Anaheim/LA Kings - 12 yrs in Rochester, 15 in Cincinnati, 3 in KC & Omaha, 10 in Kansas City only, 36 in Sacramento Grizzlies - 6 yrs in Vancouver, 20 in Memphis Pelicans - 14 yrs in Charlotte, 19 in New Orleans (2 of those split with Oklahoma City) Thunder - 41 yrs in Seattle, 13 in Oklahoma City 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 30 minutes ago, flasah said: Hurricanes - 2 yrs in Boston, 23 yrs in Hartford, 2 in Greensboro, 21 in Raleigh I remembered to include the WHA for everyone except the Whalers lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flasah Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 54 minutes ago, flasah said: Pistons - 16 yrs in Fort Wayne, 64 in Detroit area Warriors - 16 yrs in Philadelphia, 59 in Bay Area To be more precise: Pistons - 16 in Fort Wayne, 21 in Detroit, 20 in Pontiac, 19 in Auburn Hills, 4 in Detroit Warriors - 16 in Philly, 9 in San Francisco, 25 in Oakland, 1 in San Jose, 22 more in Oakland, 2 in SF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 3 hours ago, ManillaToad said: defunct teams: Seals/Barons - 6 yrs in San Francisco, 9 in Oakland, 2 in Cleveland Standard disclaimer that the Seals should really be considered the Sharks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 One of my favourite sports facts/trivia questions. During the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, the LA Kings selected two future Hall of Famers. They took Luc Robitaille in the ninth round and the other was their fourth round pick. Who was that player? Spoiler Tom Glavine To add on, including those two Kings picks, there were five future Hall of Famers selected in the 1984 draft. The other three being Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull and Patrick Roy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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