Pete LaCock is the son of Peter Marshall (Hollywood Squares). Did he actually think it was a good idea to change his name from Marshall to LaCock? I mean, I know you don't want to live in your father's shadow, but still.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 October 2020 04:43 (three years ago) link
Ralph Pierre LaCock (born March 30, 1926, is better known by his stage name Peter Marshall. He is an American television and radio personality, singer, and actor. (Still alive at 94.)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 October 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Duh...that actually occurred to me after I posted--maybe it was dad who changed his name.
― clemenza, Monday, 5 October 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej5YT3IXgAMnJxK?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
noooo
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
Not sure if I got this from Ball Four or not: if Cronin's name wasn't stamped on straight, he could make the baseball drop.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
Ford's autobiography was one of my favourites growing up, I read it countless times.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 9 October 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
The last of Casey’s Whiskey Slicks
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
really?! what makes it so interesting? (i know nothing about the man outside of his stats)xpost
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 October 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
His off the field stories are interesting (plenty of stuff about partying all night in New York clubs), his takes on baseball personalities come across as real, three dimensional opinions, obviously he glosses over some of the seedier stuff that was surely going on but the book feels more honest than those by many of his contemporaries that I read at the time. He admits to cheating in the 60's when he was losing something off his fastball -- it was rare (maybe unprecedented?) to read something like that from a HOFer of his calibre.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 9 October 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
Thanks, I might make that my next book!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 October 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
Whitey Ford: A HOF Cheaterby The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 October 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
joe morgan
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 October 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
What a month this has been, jfc
― ✖, Monday, 12 October 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
Christ.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
RIP
Reading his capsule bio, I had no idea he was 5'7".
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 October 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
Glad I witnessed his historic '75/76 peak.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
That's what, five HOFers who passed away in the past month? Can 2020 get any worse?
His '75-'76 peak was really something, no 2Bman since then has really come close to his combination of power/speed/patience/defense.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 12 October 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
I always thought it ironic how much Morgan hated sabermetrics etc, but as a player he excelled at a lot of the stats that advanced Stats people loved.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 12 October 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
indeed
New Favorite Joe Morgan stat I discovered today.His line in the 1976 NLCS: .000/.462/.0000-for-7 with 6 BB, 2 SB, 2 R(And the Reds swept the Phillies)— Matt Meyers (@mtmeyers) October 12, 2020
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 October 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
As I've mentioned before, I was a huge Reds fan in the early '70s, before the Jays. Between Rose, Morgan, and Bench (not so much Perez), they had an arrogance about them that I'm not sure any baseball team has equaled since. Maybe those '90s Yankees teams, but that felt more like a revolving cast (with a core, true), and there was also the late '80s A's.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
Xpost to Thermo
Definitely. His reasoning was that it was his job to set the table so it made sense for him to take a walk, whereas other guys had to drive him in and thus shouldn't be taking walks. I think he understood the value of what he was doing but for him every player has a label that he couldn't escape. Like why can't an RBI guy also work the count? Why can't a middle infielder be a power hitter? He just never got it.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 12 October 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
I'm probably one of three living people who's read his autobiography--I bought a remaindered copy for the free baseball card!
http://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514kY1EQj+L._SX328_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514kY1EQj+L._SX328_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Best 2B I ever saw. RIP.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
class a greensboro grasshoppers bat dog miss lou lou gehrig, aged 9
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkOIT3jXYAAkSwE?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
goddammit. miss lou :(
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
Forgot about this, from Ball Four--someone posted it on Facebook.
http://phildellio.tripod.com/mfc.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
I don't get that at all...is Tripod blocking images now? Anyway.
Weird...They seem to be blocked on Chrome (along with every poll image I've ever posted on ILX: Neil Young, road films, etc.) but not Explorer.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
MLB is deeply saddened by the passing of 34-year Major League Umpire Derryl Cousins at 74. The Californian worked nearly 4,500 games & three World Series ('88, '99, '05). He was behind the plate for the White Sox clincher in '05 & the '08 ASG at Yankee Stadium (pictured below). pic.twitter.com/lSRd89ZsxW— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) October 20, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
New York Mets fan Bill Weber, 59.
Dr. Morbius (Bill Weber) RIP
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 October 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
Getting the chance to see a Mets game with him was nice. Seeing a Yankees game with him was a highlight of my time in NY because I thought he was going to get us killed.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 22 October 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
hahaha
I think I saw more Yankees games than Mets games with him!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 22 October 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
so of my closest brushes with death with bill were during the military salutes at mets baseball games at citifield, lol
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 22 October 2020 05:22 (three years ago) link
Ya. Him yelling into their air about brainwashing during god bless America got us some attention.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
He invited me to a game when he was in T.O. for the SABR convention, it was the one and only time we met irl. I remember only two things about that game, 1) Bill James sat about three rows directly in front of us (Morbs pointed out a bunch of SABR-celebs from where we were sitting, 2) he was scoring the game and asked me to take over for a few minutes while he went to the bathroom. I hadn't scored a game in years and was so nervous about making a mistake and ruining his Blue Jays Experience. Needless to say, this place won't be the same without him.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 22 October 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Apparently Tommy Lasorda is in p bad shape right now.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 15 November 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
tommy sandt, 69
only played 42 big league games but did some managing in the minors and was on jim leyland's staff in pittsburgh, florida and colorado
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
David Lander has passed away. Many know him as Squiggy in Laverne and Shirley with Michael. He also was an incredible baseball man who was a scout for the Mariners. Always thought his role in League Of Their Own was a perfect fit. #RIP https://t.co/LgGwHbvsnS— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) December 5, 2020
― mookieproof, Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
dick allen
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 December 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
who might have been elected to the hall of fame yesterday had covid not forced the cancellation of the golden era committee meeting
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 December 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
That's really too bad; should have already been in, of course, so they'll end up with another Ron Santo/Marvin Miller-induction on their hands, a year or two too late.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 December 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
Rest in power to Dick Allen, underrated slugger and owner of one of the best SI covers ever pic.twitter.com/6OPqs6y6uT— Jon Tayler, Smiling Politely (@JATayler) December 7, 2020
― na (NA), Monday, 7 December 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
dude was maybe two more productive years away from the HOF.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 7 December 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
Just posted that cover on Facebook--unforgettable (and probably the first thing most people remember about him).
Another instance of how you weight longevity/peak: his rate stats still have him high on some all-time lists (Top 20 in adjusted OPS), and he's at 5.3 WAR per season on Baseball Reference. But, yeah, it's pretty much impossible to get in with fewer than 2,000 hits, unless you're a catcher.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 December 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
i had never seen that cover! badass. also weird to think about smoking a cig and then running onto the field
― Karl Malone, Monday, 7 December 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
i used to play ultimate (tons of running) with a guy that would hammer back a smoke between each quarter and i have no idea how he didn't collapse into a hacking pile.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 7 December 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
12 playoff PA in his second-to-last season was it for the post-season; must be high on the list of best players without a WS appearance. (Ignoring position/defense, he was a better hitter than Ernie Banks.)
― clemenza, Monday, 7 December 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link