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Well I suppose I'm going back home trip to Tampa off now,I was reminded by my granddaughter her birthday party is Saturday she will be 6 and I have to be there.Good grief 25 to 30 screaming kids at a birthday party lol poppy have little something extra in his punch cup.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Well I suppose I'm going back home trip to Tampa off now,I was reminded by my granddaughter her birthday party is Saturday she will be 6 and I have to be there.Good grief 25 to 30 screaming kids at a birthday party lol poppy have little something extra in his punch cup.
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On May 25 in Baseball History...​
  • 1906 - Jesse Tannehill snaps the Boston Pilgrims' 20-game losing streak (19 at home, both A.L. records) with a 3-0 win over the White Sox. Both Boston teams will finish last, while both Chicago teams finish first. It's the first time two cities have had two winners and two cellar-dwellers.

  • 1919 - Ever-popular Casey Stengel, now a Pirate, is good-naturedly applauded when he comes to bat in the seventh inning at Brooklyn. He doffs his cap in response and, to everyone's delight, releases a sparrow he had hidden there.

  • 1922 - Babe Ruth is suspended one day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump after being called out on a play at second base, then going into the stands after a heckler. He is also stripped of his title as team captain.

  • 1935 - Babe Ruth has a last hurrah, hitting three home runs at Pittsburgh. The final one, the last of his 714 career home runs, is the first to clear the right field grandstand at Forbes Field and is measured at 600 feet.

  • 1937 - After hitting a home run against the Yankees in his prior at bat, Mickey Cochrane suffers a skull fracture from a Bump Hadley pitch. Coach Del Baker will run the team for the hospitalized Detroit leader, who will never return to active play.

  • 1941 - Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for the first time during the season. His run to be the first since Bill Terry in 1930 to exceed the magic number will be marked in newspapers throughout the season, although it will often give way to the batting streak by Joe DiMaggio.

  • 1951 - Giants rookie Willie Mays, who was hitting .477 with Minneapolis, goes 0-for-5 in his major league debut against the Phils.

  • 1953 - Max Surkont of the Braves fans eight Reds in a row, establishing a new major league mark, as the Braves win 10-3 in the second game of a doubleheader. Surkont strikes out seven in a row before rain delays the game, then strikes out Andy Seminick to start the fifth inning. Surkont fans 13 on the way to his sixth straight win.

  • 1960 - George Crowe's major league-record 11th pinch-hit home run, off Don McMahon, gives the Cardinals a 5-3 win over the Braves. Crowe began the season tied with Smoky Burgessand Gus Zernial in career pinch home runs.

  • 1964 - Ground is broken for a new stadium in St. Louis.
  • 1975 - Cleveland's Dennis Eckersley, in his first major league start, hurls a three-hit shutout in beating Oakland 6-0.

  • 1981 - Carl Yastrzemski plays in his 3,000th major league game, scoring the winning run in Boston's 8-7 triumph over Cleveland. Yaz joins Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, and Hank Aaron as the only major leaguers to appear in 3,000 games.

  • 1982 - Fergie Jenkins of the Cubs fans Garry Templeton in the third inning of a 2-1 loss to the Padres to become the seventh pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.

  • 1984 - The Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley and minor leaguer Mike Brumley to the Cubs for veteran Bill Buckner, who had been benched in Chicago in favor of Leon Durham but will immediately become Boston's starting first baseman.

  • 1989 - After shopping him for several months, the Mariners finally trade star pitcher Mark Langston to Montreal for pitchers Randy Johnson, Brian Holman, and Gene Harris.

Baseball Birthdays on May 25... ​


Baseball Deaths on May 25... ​

 
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VolPack22 said:
On May 25 in Baseball History...​
  • 1906 - Jesse Tannehill snaps the Boston Pilgrims' 20-game losing streak (19 at home, both A.L. records) with a 3-0 win over the White Sox. Both Boston teams will finish last, while both Chicago teams finish first. It's the first time two cities have had two winners and two cellar-dwellers.

    1906 - Jesse Tannehill snaps the Boston Pilgrims' 20-game losing streak (19 at home, both A.L. records) with a 3-0 win over the White Sox. B
  • 1919 - Ever-popular Casey Stengel, now a Pirate, is good-naturedly applauded when he comes to bat in the seventh inning at Brooklyn. He doffs his cap in response and, to everyone's delight, releases a sparrow he had hidden there.

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knoxvol52 said:
Yes and Dodgers took 2/3 with two rookie starters pitching and Urias and May on IL sounds about 50/50 to me
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That may be the case currently but with both teams at full strength the Braves are a touch better in a 7 game series imo. Games 1 and 3 were close but Game 2 turned into a blowout. Two teams that will probably be playing each other for a spot in the World Series.
 
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VolPack22 said:
That may be the case currently but with both teams at full strength the Braves are a touch better in a 7 game series imo. Games 1 and 3 were close but Game 2 turned into a blowout. Two teams that will probably be playing each other for a spot in the World Series.
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Most likely they will be look for both teams to go all in at trade deadline both most likely acquiring pitching for pen and starters
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Would it surprise you if Angels are out of it at trade deadline,the Dodgers go after Ohtani?
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That wouldn’t shock me but the Angels are 1GB in the wildcard. I would say as long as they are within 5 games of a playoff spot at the deadline then they will hold onto Ohtani. Angels are much better than last year. Currently at 28 wins. They didn’t get to 28 until June 9th last year. They did have a ridiculously long losing streak after a great start last year so they could just as easily do the same this year. Definitely something to keep an eye on.
 
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VolPack22 said:
That wouldn’t shock me but the Angels are 1GB in the wildcard. I would say as long as they are within 5 games of a playoff spot at the deadline then they will hold onto Ohtani. Angels are much better than last year. Currently at 28 wins. They didn’t get to 28 until June 9th last year. They did have a ridiculously long losing streak after a great start last year so they could just as easily do the same this year. Definitely something to keep an eye on.
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Definitely more balance in the AL West this year. That two months without a real GM hamstrung my Astros.
 
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VolPack22 said:
That wouldn’t shock me but the Angels are 1GB in the wildcard. I would say as long as they are within 5 games of a playoff spot at the deadline then they will hold onto Ohtani. Angels are much better than last year. Currently at 28 wins. They didn’t get to 28 until June 9th last year. They did have a ridiculously long losing streak after a great start last year so they could just as easily do the same this year. Definitely something to keep an eye on.
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I tell you a pitcher I would love for Dodgers to get via trade but it won't happen the stud from Miami Sandy Alcantara dude deals
 
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