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#1
This sort of goes with my Jamestown Jammers thread.   Before they were the Jammers they were the Jamestown Expos, farm team of the Montreal Expos.   And one night the tv show Candid Camera came calling.  Here is what happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNmXWPxcg_E
#2
BBH Baseball Board / Billy Martin in the HOF??
May 04, 2015, 09:30:33 AM
It's funny but being a Yankee fan I never gave that much thought.  Billy just never crossed my mind when thinking about HOF candidates.  Perhaps I have always thought of him as a player first and manager second.  But there is a new book out by Bill Pennington titled "Billy Martin:Baseball's Flawed Genius" that makes a pretty good case.  As a manager his .553 winning percentage is better then 13 of the 22  managers in the HOF. Pennington also points out that this was before the wild card.  Six more of his 16 teams would have made the playoffs if there was a wild card.  Every team he took over got significantly better in his first year.  The Twins, Tigers, Rangers, A's and Yankees all improved that first year.   Now I have not read the book yet.   There was a pretty good review in the Buffalo News last week by one of their sports writers, Jerry Sullivan.  But I do plan on reading it sometime this summer. 

Anyway, what say you baseball fans out there.  Good idea, stupid idea, will never happen???
#3
BBH Baseball Board / GREAT SITE FOR OLD BALL PARKS
February 20, 2015, 04:08:21 AM
If any of you are like me you will enjoy this.   I just love old baseball parks.   To me it is Americana at it's best.  Anyway I was looking for some pictures of Dunn Park in Elmira to post for dasher in the Jamestown Jammers thread and I found this site.   I thought it needed a thread all it's own.   

http://www.digitalballparks.com/Index2.html
#4
It has been a sad week for me baseball wise.  This week it was announce that my home town team, the Jamestown Jammers of the NY-P short season A league was moving to Morgantown WV next season. To be sure this did not come as a surprise at all.  I could see the hand writing on the wall several years ago when the NY-P started putting franchises in larger metro areas like Brooklyn, Staten Island, Baltimore (Aberdeen Md) Albany (Troy), Youngstown Oh etc.  It was obvious that a small town like Jamestown could not compete economically and struggled to get a few hundred fans to any given game when other teams were drawing in the thousands.  I was actually surprised the Jammers lasted as long as they did.  But the age of small town teams is quickly coming to an end.  The NY-P still has teams in Batavia and Auburn NY but at least they are located near larger cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.

Anyway, seeing as no one (or so it seems) reads the baseball board I thought I would engage in a little self therapy and talk about the NY-P league and the Jamestown team.

The league started in 1939 and was known as the PONY league.  Pennsylvania, Ontario and New York.  They opened with the Batavia Clippers, Bradford Bees, Hamilton Red Wings, Jamestown Jaguars, Niagara Falls Rainbows, and the first league champs the Olean Oilers, a farm team of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1957 the last Canadian team left the league and the name was changed to the New York-Penn league and has stayed that even though new Canadian teams joined the league in later years.

Through the years the NY-P had several small town teams.  In addition to the original mentioned above there were teams in Corning, Geneva, Hornell, Utica, Little Falls, Oneonta and Wellsville to mention a few.  Batavia leads the list of seasons in the league at 70 and my Jamestown comes in 2nd at 67.  And they had some great players.  Future Hall of Famer Nellie Fox played in Jamestown when he was only 16. Ralph Branca, Jerry Coleman, Pete Rose, Don Mattingly, Randy Johnson, Pat Dobson, Amos Otis are just a few of former major leaguers that played in the NY-P.  Even John Elway.  The year he was drafted by the Colts and opted to play baseball instead was signed by the Yankees and played for their farm team in Oneonta until his NFL rights were traded to the Broncos.

When I was a kid back in the early 60's the Jamestown team was the Tigers and a farm team of Detroit.  It was class D back then, the lowest designation in minor league baseball but they played a complete season starting in April and finishing in September.  And kids could get a season bleacher pass known as a Regit (Tiger spelled backwards) ticket for $3.00 and for 20 cents you could upgrade to a grand stand seat.  Those days were great.  I used to love to get to the stadium early to watch them take infield practice usually to the Boll Weevil Song by Brook Benton being played over the pa system.

One year I had a kids dream come true.  Toward the end of the season the visiting team bat boy quit and I got his job.  It was so cool to parade around in that uniform. Some little kid even asked me for my autograph.  I politely told him that he really didn't want mine and directed him to some "real" players and they would be glad to oblige.  I got to shag fly balls in the outfield during batting practice.  One of the players on the Olean Red Sox sort of befriended me.  He let me play pepper with the players on the Sox.  His name was Bob Montgomery and he made it to the majors and was a back up catcher to Carlton Fisk. One of his other claims to fame is that he was the last player in major league history to not wear a batting helmet.  When it became a league rule you had to wear one those that were already in the league and did not like them had it grandfathered in that they didn't have to.  He wore one of the inside the hat protectors until he retired.

I have many other wonderful memories of my days watching Jamestown Baseball.  Thank God I have them.  I will miss those beautiful western New York summer nights just relaxing under the stars and light towers watching the Jammers play.  Time marches on.

If there is any further interest in the NY-P league check out this article I found on the web.  It is pretty good.

http://www.starnewsdaily.com/sports/other/story/Gates-Open-On-Diethrick-Parks-70th-Anniversary-Season-2011-06-27
#5
Giants History / 1958 NFL Championship Game
August 22, 2014, 03:41:16 AM
OK.   Mr Matt and Jim were discussing this game on another thread.    If anyone is interested, and I hope all Giant fans are, here is a film of that game.   Some of the pictures are not that clear and at times you only get the audio but it does have some great background features on several of the players from that game.  Also Jim brought up the controversy about Frank Gifford's 3rd down run late in the game.  On that play the Colts great DE Gino Marchetti broke his leg and had to be attended to.  Giff has always said that during the delay to take care of Gino the officials mispotted the ball short of the line to gain.  He was sure he made the first down.  I have looked at the play several times and have tried to be objective.  Sometimes I think he made it and sometimes I think he was short.  If you go to around 2:06.25 of the film you can watch the play.  The picture is not real clear and it is a bad angle to see it very well but take a look and decide for yourself.   Bad ending but some great history here.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSlj0lWngCc
#6
BBH Baseball Board / Brett Gardner
July 29, 2014, 10:56:20 PM
Well,   since no one myself included has posted here in a while.    What on earth got into Gardner.   Hope it isnt roids.    And no I don't think it is.    He hit his 13th dinger tonight.   Has been on a tear.   To bad the rest of the Yankees have not.    Anyway,  keep it up Brett.   You da man.
#7
Giants History / Big Blue Huddle Historian
July 22, 2014, 09:38:38 PM
On behalf of the Mods it is my great pleasure and honor to announce that we have created a new position of Big Blue Huddle Historian and that Giant Obsession--Mike has accepted this position.

Many of you are well aware of Mike's passion and love for not just Giants history but pro football history in general.

Please join me in welcoming him to this new position and wish him well.   I am sure he would appreciate any suggestions and help any of you guys could give him.

Congrats Mike.   You deserve it.
#8
BBH Baseball Board / Jeters career in photos
May 01, 2014, 03:31:26 AM
The Daily News has a pretty good collection of Jeter photos thru his career.   

Enjoy:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/derek-jeter-career-photos-gallery-1.46499
#9
With the start of the baseball season upon us I thought it would be a good time to post this again.   It is probably my favorite baseball song.  I never get tired of it.

Willie, Mickey, and the Duke (Talkin' Baseball)
#10
BBH Baseball Board / NFT--METS BASEBALL TALK
January 21, 2014, 01:55:00 AM
How about some New York Mets baseball talk.   Do it here.   This thread will be moved to the Baseball Board after a few days.
#11
BBH Baseball Board / NFT--YANKEES BASEBALL TALK
January 21, 2014, 01:53:36 AM
Want to talk some Yankees baseball.   Do it here.     This thread will be moved to the Baseball Board in a few days.
#12
BBH Baseball Board / Jerry Coleman dies at 89
January 07, 2014, 10:20:26 PM
Former Yankee infielder and HOF broadcaster Jerry Coleman has passed away.  He was 89

RIP Jerry

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-legend-war-hero-coleman-dies-89-article-1.1567084
#13
BBH Baseball Board / Yanks to retire Torre's number 6
December 12, 2013, 03:13:29 AM
It's not official yet.   But Cashman said that the Yankees will, at some time in the future retire former manager Joe Torre's number.   In my opinion well deserved.   He came a long way from "Clueless Joe" to Mr. Torre.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yanks-set-retire-torre-6-article-1.1543635
#14
BBH Baseball Board / Congrats to LaRussa, Cox and Torre
December 09, 2013, 11:13:08 PM
Unanimously elected to the Baseball HOF.    2nd year in a row no player made it.
#15
BBH Baseball Board / OK Yankee fans What do ya think
December 03, 2013, 10:06:34 PM
Are you happy with the McCann and Ellsbury signings???     What are your thoughts.    Time to stoke up the hot stove league.
#16
Giants History / A great Y A Tittle article from BBI
November 06, 2013, 04:04:42 AM
I saw this and had to copy it for here.   It is a great YA article with some fabulous pics.    As I did with the article on the 1938 Giants I will leave it up here for a while then move it to the history board.

Enjoy:

http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/2013/11/04/y-tittles-incomparable-1962-1963-seasons/
#17
Some real good info on Mel Hein too.    I would believe most folks here (except Jimv) never got to see Hein play.   If you want to know how good he really was read this article.   Some nice pics too.


http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/2013/10/14/1938-new-york-giants/
#18
BBH Baseball Board / Pittsburgh Pirates
July 31, 2013, 12:08:48 AM
It doesn't look like the Yankees are going to the post season this year.   No I have not given up on them but to me their problem is to many teams to leap frog over.    It is going to take a great finish by them and 3 other teams to somewhat crash and I don't see that happening.

So I have jumped on the Pirates bandwagon.   They are playing some great baseball right now.   They took a double header from StL on Tue 2-1 and 6-2 to push their record to 64-42   .604  best in baseball right now and opened up a 1 1/2 game lead on the Cards.   And yes I know in years past they have started good only to crash and burn after July 4.   But they are hanging tough this year.   I was able to see them play the Reds at PNC a few weeks ago.   Great game that they won in extra innings.   I think it would be great for baseball if they won it all this year.

I guess I have somewhat gotten over Maz's blast.        NO   not really.   That still hurts and it was 53 years ago.
#19
What a class guy Mo is.   Great story.   I'm gonna miss him.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/52186882/ns/sports-baseball/
#22
BBH Baseball Board / PLAYOFFS START FRIDAY
October 04, 2012, 12:55:25 AM
OK baseball fans,   Wild Card games start Friday with Baltimore @ Texas and StL @ Atlanta.   Any thoughts or comments???

Being a Yankee fan I was very happy to see them win another AL East flag.   But it wasn't easy.   My kudos to Baltimore.   I never expected to see them hang in as long as they did.   I always thought going into August that they would fade and be the birds of old.   

I would be surprised if the Yanks do make it to the WS.   I just don't think they have the pitching to get them through a tough short series.   If they are to be successful I think their offense will have to explode and carry them.   
                                                                                                                                                                     
What would you think of a Beltway WS???
#23
BBH Baseball Board / Odd baseball stat
September 25, 2012, 02:43:10 AM
The Yankees beat the Twins Monday night while Baltimore split a DH with Toronto extending the Yankees lead to 1 1/2 games over the birds.  This was the first time since Sept 2 that they had a lead larger then 1 game. This was the 2nd longest streak in baseball history where a team had a 1 game or less lead over another team.   The longest streak was in 1897.   
#24
BBH Baseball Board / Red Sox cleaning house
August 24, 2012, 10:53:53 PM
Blockbuster trade with the Dodgers.   If the lousy season hasn't been enough to push the Sox fans off the bridge this trade just might.l

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/24/breaking-down-the-red-sox-dodgers-megadeal/related/
#25
BBH Baseball Board / STRASBURG
August 22, 2012, 04:58:36 AM
OK all you baseball fans.   What do you think.   Washington is to shut Strasburg down even though it could cost them a trip to the World Series. 

What say you guys????
#26
BBH Baseball Board / Jeter
August 17, 2012, 07:50:15 PM
I was going to post something when he did it but didn't get around to it.   Congrats to DJ on becoming only the 2nd player in major league history to put together 17 consecutive seasons with at least 150 hits.   Hank Aaron being the other one.    Pretty good company I would say.
#29
BBH Baseball Board / Florida Marlins/Miami Marlins
September 22, 2011, 12:37:00 AM
Effective Nov. 11 the Florida Marlins will become the Miami Marlins with a new logo:

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_baseball_marlins/2011/09/is-this-new-miami-marlins-logo.html
#30
BBH Baseball Board / Mo gets #600
September 14, 2011, 01:39:43 AM
Congrats to Mo.    He got save number 600 last night in Seattle putting him just 1 behind Hoffman.  Pretty impressive.