Baseball Players From the 60s 70s and 80s

Clams · Post by **Clams** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:24 am

Wow Gator. That's really cool.

Gator McKlusky · Post by **Gator McKlusky** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:18 pm

beantownbubba wrote:That would have been Koufax's last regular season game ever

I did not know that! thanks BTB! I might have been there with my dad but I do not remember. My mom thinks maybe, but every family vacation in AR was coordinated when the Dodgers were in St. Louis and sometimes he went up there by himself.

beantownbubba · Post by **beantownbubba** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:24 pm

Gator McKlusky wrote:
beantownbubba wrote:That would have been Koufax's last regular season game ever

I did not know that! thanks BTB! I might have been there with my dad but I do not remember. My mom thinks maybe, but every family vacation in AR was coordinated when the Dodgers were in St. Louis and sometimes he went up there by himself.

Gotta believe u were there, gator: It wasn't generally known that Koufax would retire but it was widely known that he couldn't continue too much longer, plus i doubt any dad would have passed up a chance to take his son to see koufax, given the slightest opportunity. That's totally the way it was back then, and i know from personal experience

hendooman · Post by **hendooman** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:08 pm

scotto wrote:In honor of this fucking snow:
Remember: Pitchers and catchers report in two weeks!

(And I'll wager that he and his brother are the only siblings named Dane and Garth to play pro ball.)

Scotto, you gotta be an avid Royals fan like me. I have really enjoyed this thread, so many Royals references, and the Rusty Kuntze is the best. Glad to have him back on the Royals staff. Seeing Balboni in a Yankees uni is classic as well, doesn't he hold the Royals HR record still?

You still in KC? We should catch a game sometime.

LuthierJustin · Post by **LuthierJustin** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:38 am

George Brett had a great fuckin' meal

scotto · Post by **scotto** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:51 am

hendooman wrote:You still in KC? We should catch a game sometime.

Hey Hendoo.
Nope, I'm in Jefferson City these days. But I lived in KC during the Royals' glory days from 1978 on and was at the infamous Game Six in '85. I used to be a huge baseball fan, but not nearly as much since the '94 strike.
But maybe if the Royals pick up Pujols in 2012...

hendooman · Post by **hendooman** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:15 pm

scotto wrote:
hendooman wrote:You still in KC? We should catch a game sometime.

Hey Hendoo.
Nope, I'm in Jefferson City these days. But I lived in KC during the Royals' glory days from 1978 on and was at the infamous Game Six in '85. I used to be a huge baseball fan, but not nearly as much since the '94 strike.
But maybe if the Royals pick up Pujols in 2012...

I think the Pujols signing is a big dream around here. In some cases it makes sense, but then you say it is the freaking Royals, no way they do that. Although he would sell 3 million seats throughout the year, and they have the money. You should at least check out the newly redesigned K, it really is pretty nice.

joelle · Post by **joelle** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:52 am

TEXAS!!!!!
get in the car. get there for this.
drive all day if you must!!!!

not to put too fine a point upon it
but
speaking of will j...
check this shit
70's baseball art
http://www.willjohnsonart.com/

if you scroll down
the SOLD ernie banks...mine!
the SOLD nellie fox ( a commission for my father for christmas)...mine! ( well Al's actually)
and if you go back far enough
the SOLD jackie robinson...most gratefully, mine!

if david barbe is a Renaissance man ( and he undoubtedly is)
will johnson is a mad genius superhero

Clams · Post by **Clams** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:13 pm

Wow. Those are awesome Joelle. Love this one...

sactochris · Post by **sactochris** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:05 pm

I would buy that Bill Lee painting if it was available.

beantownbubba · Post by **beantownbubba** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:26 pm

Cardboard Gods by Josh Wilker. Not a great book, but a good one - growing up as reflected in a baseball card collection. If you're reading this thread you should read this book.

scotto · Post by **scotto** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:22 pm

joelle wrote:if you scroll down
the SOLD ernie banks...mine!
the SOLD nellie fox ( a commission for my father for christmas)...mine! ( well Al's actually)
and if you go back far enough
the SOLD jackie robinson...most gratefully, mine!

That's some cool stuff right there, Joelle.

Post by **Tequila Cowboy** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:32 am

Was just reminded of this dude:

hendooman · Post by **hendooman** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:25 pm

Tequila Cowboy wrote:Was just reminded of this dude:

Another former Royal, this thread is ripe with old KC players. That G Brett video is classic.

scotto · Post by **scotto** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:05 am

hendooman wrote:Another former Royal, this thread is ripe with old KC players. That G Brett video is classic.

This one's for you, hendoo:

Eight-time Gold Glove winner, five-time All-Star, played in 62 consecutive errorless games in 1977, one of the best second basemen ever and certainly of his era, and a KC hometown boy.
He was fun to watch.

bovine knievel · Post by **bovine knievel** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:13 am

couldn't find where this had been posted. sorry if it's a dup.

Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr. (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was a professional baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, among other teams in Major League Baseball. His best season was 1971, when he won 19 games for the World Series champion Pirates and was the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game. However, he is perhaps best remembered for throwing a no-hitter in 1970 and later stating that he had done it while under the influence of LSD.

Ellis, D

Clams · Post by **Clams** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:28 am

LuthierJustin · Post by **LuthierJustin** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:35 pm

Clams wrote:

I remember having baseball cards of him

LBRod · Post by **LBRod** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:25 pm

sactochris · Post by **sactochris** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:30 pm

LBRod wrote:

In 1978, at my first baseball game in San Francisco, at the old candlestick park, a woman was wearing a shirt that said fuck the giants on it. I remember at one point a guy said to her 'I'm a giant".

Gang Green · Post by **Gang Green** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:25 pm

Clams wrote:

One of the first players I remember who admitted to being an alcohalic, which was around the same time Darrell Porter admitted to being an alcohalic.

Clams · Post by **Clams** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:01 am

Might as well bump this thread since we're talkin' baseball today.

Such a shame about Dutch. Everyone in Philly loves the guy. He's got a great radio show, he's totally cool, the chicks dig him, and he understands the game inside and out. Incidentally, he's the third Phillie to get brain cancer in recent years (Tug McGraw and John Vukovich both died from it) and all three spent an awful lot of time at the Vet in the 80's. Makes you wonder.

Gang Green · Post by **Gang Green** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:30 pm

Tequila Cowboy wrote:Was just reminded of this dude:

One of my all time favorite 3DD threads. By the way, Pete LaCock's dad was Peter Marshall the host of Hollywood Squares back in the 70's and 80's. His real name was Pierre LaCock.

oilpiers · Post by **oilpiers** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:19 pm

tinnitus photography wrote:
scotto wrote:...I don't know...

do you know who his father is?

And this thread runs full circle.

Gang Green · Post by **Gang Green** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:54 am

Sorry, but I refuse to let this thread die. One of the more iconic players of the 60's and 70's, and made a mockery of the Yankees. His book below, one of the dirtiest books I've ever read, if you can find it, check it out.

Gang Green · Post by **Gang Green** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:42 pm

My very first favorite player. I liked him better than Tom Seaver.

bovine knievel · Post by **bovine knievel** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:59 pm

Mickey Mantle crop dusting

LBRod · Post by **LBRod** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:09 am

On stage last night with Willie and the boys.

Markalanbishop · Post by **Markalanbishop** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:44 pm

Ted tried to give him the nickname "channel" but Bowie Kuhn didn't have a sense of humor after losing the arbitration case.

Clams · Post by **Clams** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:43 pm

RIP Rusty Staub. Was one of my dad's favorite ball players.

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