zoneranger Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 OK, who are these guys and what do they have in common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 they all held the single season most HR mark in their career? @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Single season record holdersBonds Homers 73Hack Wilson RBI 191Nap Lajoie Hits? www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 That's not Hack, Tank...it's Bill Nicholson.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Well 2 out of 3 aint bad www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted March 25, 2004 Author Share Posted March 25, 2004 Actually Tank, I think you did well to identify Lajoie. I threw out Nicholson's name as a clue. Another clue: Something happened to these three players that didn't happen to any other major league player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I actually got Lajoie, couldn't identify the Chicago guy. No clue as to what their relationship is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 It happened to Lajoie in 1901, Nicholson in 1944 and Bonds in 1998 and it didn't involve any kind of "hitting" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Walking...a bunch?Walking 4 times in a game? 5 times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 They were all intentional walked with the bases loaded www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 They were all intentional walked with the bases loaded saw it....live and in person at the stickand I swore brent mayne was gonna make showalter pay the way he roped that liner, that is until it found a glove US state flag concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 Bingo Tank! Nicholson had hit three home runs in the opener and connected again in the seventh inning of the nightcap. Nicholson came to bat again in the eighth. The Giants were leading, 10-7. A grand slam would have given the Cubs an 11-10 lead. Ott didn't want to take the risk. Andy Pafko flied out to end the inning.Nap Lajoie walked 43 years earlier, on May 23, 1901, against the White Sox. The Sox were ahead, 11-7, in the ninth. Fearing that Lajoie, who led the league with a .422 average, would hit a game-tying grand slam, Clark Griffth, then a pitcher-manager who was working in relief, walked Lajoie with no outs. It was the boldest move of all. The next three batters went out on ground balls and the Sox won, 11-10.The last intentional bases-loaded pass occurred May 28, 1998. Arizona manager Buck Showalter, hanging on to an 8-6 lead, saluted Barry Bonds of the Giants when the career leader with 298 free passes came up with two outs in the ninth. This reduced the Diamondbacks' lead to 8-7. Brent Mayne hit a hard liner to right for the final out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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