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27 thoughts on “December 13, 2018: Take This”
When I wanted a new job, I went to seminary for three years. That may not be the best option for everyone, of course.
Since these have been kinda fun, and we're in a slow period of the year, here's another Identify the Play -- this one thanks to Nick at Dime Boxes. (Yeah, I know it's not a Twins player)
It's a 1975 card of Dodger's catcher Joe Ferguson, so it's most certainly from a game in 1974. Enjoy
[EDIT] I'm pretty certain the baserunner is Red's outfielder Cesar Geronimo, and based on how far off the line Ferguson is standing, I'm thinking that he scored on this play.
If it is Geronimo, it's not the September 21-23 series. In the first game, he scored as a PR on a 10th-inning HR. In the second game, he scored from second on a triple in (I think) his only time on the basepaths, and Ferguson was in RF at the time. In the third, he did not play.
I don't recognize the stadium, but it looks like Reds home uni and Dodgers away.
That's not the Reds' home uniform, it's the Cardinals'.
Both Riverfront and Busch had similar Astroturf.
While most of Busch's seats were red, those immediately behind home plate and the dugouts were green.
Riverfront appears to have had blue seats in the entire lower bowl.
While I won't refute that it could be a Cardinals uniform, I don't see how you can make the distinction based on what is visible here. I immediately went with the Reds because I recognized the player.
I guess it could be Jose Cruz, maybe...
Cards had a black*-white-red ring at the end of their sleeves (matching the photo).
Reds had red piping which in an inch or so from the end of the cuff.
*Edit: I think it's actually navy blue.
Also it looks like a hint of the Cardinals logo is just peeking over Ferguson's back. My first reaction was that it was a Cardinal.
Yes, but the Reds had their numbers there, so it could also be that.
Joe Ferguson played one game at Busch Stadium in 1974, May 27.
Ferguson had 7 Put-outs, 6 from Ks and one pop fly.
As Rhu_Ru guessed from the photo, the runner scored.
I'm guessing the runner is Bake McBride?
Third inning, Ted Sizemore "Single to CF; McBride Scores [from 2B]; Sizemore to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm" sounds the most likely.
First inning, Ted Simmons "Single to RF; McBride Scores [from 2B]" seems less likely.
Only other possibility is Ken Reitz, but his complexion seems too pale.
Fifth inning, Luis Alvorado "Single to SS; Reitz Scores [from 2B]/Adv on E6/unER; Cruz to 3B; Alvarado to 2B"
The four other runs scored for the Cardinals were on HRs.
Looks like Bake had a tendency to lose his cap/helmet when running.
Chi-town is about to drop $100m on a new police academy so they might have nicer digs.
You only need a pulse and a hs/ged to be a Jefferson Parish sheriff deputy. Cmon down the river, jobu.
You guys have actual laws that you enforce?
Enforce? Depends on a lot of factors.
Plus, isn't Jefferson Parish the agency where he'd be a colleague of Steven Seagal?
The Twins neither gained (40 man was full) nor lost anyone in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 draft.
When you expose a rather recent first-round draft pick to the Rule 5 draft and no one bites (especially a left-handed reliever), that's not a good sign for the previous admin and is a good indicator for the current admin that they were accurate on their evaluation of Tyler Jay.
And Kohl Stewart was exposed and not taken last year. Some real disappointing drafts from the scout-heavy late Terry Ryan regime.
I think Stewart was pretty much a consensus pick that just didn't live up to any scouting predictions. I think Keith Law had him 5th on his draft board. It seemed like Jay was more of a reach. Of course, Jay wasn't a top-5 pick either. But at least Stewart has made it to the major leagues, unlike Mark Appel. The Astros had 3 straight No. 1 overall picks. The first was Carlos Correa, who many writers thought was somewhat of a reach to save money for later picks; then Appel, who pitched a lot like Stewart before being traded, getting injured and is now out of baseball; and Brady Aiken, who didn't sign. Of course, the next year the Astros drafted Alex Bregman second overall, so they recovered pretty well.
When I read, at the time, that TR & the Twins had used a #6 pick to draft a Big Ten college reliever with the intention of converting him into a starter, I thought they were looney tunes. (I'm guessing Team TR didn't have openers in mind, either.) Benintendi was the next pick; I don't know how signable he looked for the Twins, but my goodness.
When I wanted a new job, I went to seminary for three years. That may not be the best option for everyone, of course.
Since these have been kinda fun, and we're in a slow period of the year, here's another Identify the Play -- this one thanks to Nick at Dime Boxes. (Yeah, I know it's not a Twins player)
It's a 1975 card of Dodger's catcher Joe Ferguson, so it's most certainly from a game in 1974. Enjoy
[EDIT] I'm pretty certain the baserunner is Red's outfielder Cesar Geronimo, and based on how far off the line Ferguson is standing, I'm thinking that he scored on this play.
If it is Geronimo, it's not the September 21-23 series. In the first game, he scored as a PR on a 10th-inning HR. In the second game, he scored from second on a triple in (I think) his only time on the basepaths, and Ferguson was in RF at the time. In the third, he did not play.
I don't recognize the stadium, but it looks like Reds home uni and Dodgers away.
That's not the Reds' home uniform, it's the Cardinals'.
Both Riverfront and Busch had similar Astroturf.
While most of Busch's seats were red, those immediately behind home plate and the dugouts were green.
Riverfront appears to have had blue seats in the entire lower bowl.
While I won't refute that it could be a Cardinals uniform, I don't see how you can make the distinction based on what is visible here. I immediately went with the Reds because I recognized the player.
I guess it could be Jose Cruz, maybe...
Cards had a black*-white-red ring at the end of their sleeves (matching the photo).
Reds had red piping which in an inch or so from the end of the cuff.
*Edit: I think it's actually navy blue.
Also it looks like a hint of the Cardinals logo is just peeking over Ferguson's back. My first reaction was that it was a Cardinal.
Yes, but the Reds had their numbers there, so it could also be that.
Joe Ferguson played one game at Busch Stadium in 1974, May 27.
Ferguson had 7 Put-outs, 6 from Ks and one pop fly.
As Rhu_Ru guessed from the photo, the runner scored.
I'm guessing the runner is Bake McBride?
Third inning, Ted Sizemore "Single to CF; McBride Scores [from 2B]; Sizemore to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm" sounds the most likely.
First inning, Ted Simmons "Single to RF; McBride Scores [from 2B]" seems less likely.
Only other possibility is Ken Reitz, but his complexion seems too pale.
Fifth inning, Luis Alvorado "Single to SS; Reitz Scores [from 2B]/Adv on E6/unER; Cruz to 3B; Alvarado to 2B"
The four other runs scored for the Cardinals were on HRs.
Looks like Bake had a tendency to lose his cap/helmet when running.
his sideburns are lost in the shadows on his face, but I can certainly go with the Bake McBride id
That looks like a cap falling off on the bottom one, not a helmet. What's up with that?
Photo during BP or Spring training?
I think Bake McBride was also the name of a character in Dazed and Confused.
The throw looks to be coming from the right of 2nd. If it is McBride as hypothesized, the the hit was to right-center?
Hey HJ, you could be a cop.
http://www.startribune.com/cops-take-on-a-statewide-shortage-of-potential-recruits/502639672/
Chi-town is about to drop $100m on a new police academy so they might have nicer digs.
You only need a pulse and a hs/ged to be a Jefferson Parish sheriff deputy. Cmon down the river, jobu.
You guys have actual laws that you enforce?
Enforce? Depends on a lot of factors.
Plus, isn't Jefferson Parish the agency where he'd be a colleague of Steven Seagal?
The Twins neither gained (40 man was full) nor lost anyone in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 draft.
When you expose a rather recent first-round draft pick to the Rule 5 draft and no one bites (especially a left-handed reliever), that's not a good sign for the previous admin and is a good indicator for the current admin that they were accurate on their evaluation of Tyler Jay.
And Kohl Stewart was exposed and not taken last year. Some real disappointing drafts from the scout-heavy late Terry Ryan regime.
I think Stewart was pretty much a consensus pick that just didn't live up to any scouting predictions. I think Keith Law had him 5th on his draft board. It seemed like Jay was more of a reach. Of course, Jay wasn't a top-5 pick either. But at least Stewart has made it to the major leagues, unlike Mark Appel. The Astros had 3 straight No. 1 overall picks. The first was Carlos Correa, who many writers thought was somewhat of a reach to save money for later picks; then Appel, who pitched a lot like Stewart before being traded, getting injured and is now out of baseball; and Brady Aiken, who didn't sign. Of course, the next year the Astros drafted Alex Bregman second overall, so they recovered pretty well.
When I read, at the time, that TR & the Twins had used a #6 pick to draft a Big Ten college reliever with the intention of converting him into a starter, I thought they were looney tunes. (I'm guessing Team TR didn't have openers in mind, either.) Benintendi was the next pick; I don't know how signable he looked for the Twins, but my goodness.