Ding, Ding, Ding!
Another interesting note was that ex Red Sock, John Valentine accomplished all of these stats in a 3 year span.
-Completed Unassisted Triple Play (1994)
-Hit 3 Home Runs in a Game (1995)
-Hit for the Cycle (1996)
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Ding, Ding, Ding!
Another interesting note was that ex Red Sock, John Valentine accomplished all of these stats in a 3 year span.
-Completed Unassisted Triple Play (1994)
-Hit 3 Home Runs in a Game (1995)
-Hit for the Cycle (1996)
The funny thing is Valentin was never a great player, but a very good player. Unfortunately, injuries did him in (I was at the game when his leg buckled and snapped on a routine grounder to third). It was a sickening sound, in fact I probably should have posted it in the bad injuries thread.
Astrabul Cabrera is a good ballplayer. I watch an Indian game every now and then, I must have not been paying attention when he accomplised his feat.
Oscar Gamble, a very under rated player, possiably because he played for only one GOOD team.
Oscar Gamble, a very under rated player, possiably because he played for only one GOOD team.
This is a rather obscure track question and I don't expect to many shots at it, but I find the answer intriguing.
Who finished 2nd to Jesse Owens in the 200 meter dash in the 1936 Olympics?
Who finished 2nd to Jesse Owens in the 200 meter dash in the 1936 Olympics?
Mack Robinson, USA...
A note......What is less remembered about the Nazi Olympics is the saga of two American Jewish sprinters, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller. The 18-year-old Glickman had been a track and football star at Syracuse University, while Stoller competed for the University of Michigan. The two young men made the U. S. Olympic squad as members of the 400-yard relay team. Glickman and Stoller traveled to Germany and prepared diligently for the relay race. The day before the race, however, with little explanation, the U.S. track team coaches replaced Glickman and Stoller with two other runners, Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe, both African-Americans.
By Glickman’s own account, the last-minute switch was a straightforward case of anti-Semitism. Avery Brundage, chairman of the United States Olympic Committee, was an enthusiastic supporter of Hitler’s regime and denied that the Nazis followed anti-Semitic policies. Brundage and assistant U. S. Olympic track coach Dean Cromwell were members of America First, an isolationist political movement that attracted American Nazi sympathizers. Additionally, Cromwell coached two of the other Olympic sprinters, Foy Draper and Frank Wyckoff, at the University of Southern California and openly favored those two over Glickman and Stoller.
Glickman’s suspicions about the fairness of the relay team selection process began at the American Olympic team trials in New York, when he was told he placed fifth of the seven runners competing in the sprint finals. Finish-line photography was not yet in use at that time, but films of the race seem to indicate that Glickman actually finished third behind Owens and Metcalfe. The judges, apparently under pressure from Cromwell, placed Glickman fifth behind Draper and Wyckoff. As a result, Glickman was not one of the three sprinters entered in the 100-yard dash, a premiere Olympic event. Instead, Glickman and Stoller traveled to Berlin as part of the 400-yard relay team, each scheduled to run a 100-yard leg of the race.
Marty Glickman
Two questions:
1. The 1995-96 Milwaukee Bucks contributed to what historic NBA milestone?
2. On January 22, 2006, two important football games and two meaningful basketball games coincided on the same day. Name the four events, the teams, and what made them so significant?
1. The 1995-96 Milwaukee Bucks contributed to what historic NBA milestone?
2. On January 22, 2006, two important football games and two meaningful basketball games coincided on the same day. Name the four events, the teams, and what made them so significant?
You are right. I really didn't expect to get many responses to this question so I didn't dwell on what I thought was the intriguing part...........Mack Robinson is Jackie Robinson's older brother. Mack was also the long jump record holder at UCLA until Jackie came along and broke.
In 1985-86, the Celtics lost only one home game ALL YEAR.
Name the only team to beat them, the date of the game, the final score, and the team's leading scorer.
Name the only team to beat them, the date of the game, the final score, and the team's leading scorer.
The only Home loss for the Celts in '85-'86 was to Portland 121-103..date 12/06/85.....can't find the other stat you asked for...
Who held the Major League career home run record of 138 until it was surpassed by Babe Ruth in 1921?
Charley Jones.
What NHL team holds the record for most 100-point scorers in a single-season?
