My Personal Nostalgia Sports Thread

[Mr KLC]

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Denver Nuggets coach Doug Moe, hopelessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record

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[TheLock]

Hope Donny Baseball gets elected into the HOF tonight.

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[kyhawk]

https://youtu.be/QWQbN0jFo_k

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[EddieMusher]

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Including postseason play, Tony Gwynn faced 18 Hall of Fame pitchers for a total of 541 plate appearances. That’s a full season’s worth of plate appearances against Hall of Famers. Gwynn batted .331/.371/.426.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Denver Nuggets coach Doug Moe, hopelessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record

KLC, that's amazing. Remember how wide-open some of those Western games were.

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[ChuckyTheGoat]

What a great clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKKVcFvKys4&ab_channel=KansasCityChiefs

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Remember when Glavine threw at Murphy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8hQVUrbHzo&ab_channel=MLB

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100 Years Ago: View of Opening Day at the Polo Grounds, NYC - Boston Braves vs. New York Giants! You can see Yankee Stadium in the distance, the brand new home ballpark of the New York Yankees! (April 1923)

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[ChuckyTheGoat]

KLC, that's an iconic picture. I'm sure it's Clemente doubling on his Final At Bat of the season to get to 3000. The umpire gives him the ball.

Three months later, he would be gone. I know Topps issued a Clemente card for the upcoming set. They thought about removing that card but released the set just two weeks after his death.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Here is the 1973 Topps card I reference. Pretty cool b/c you can see the 3000 Hits right on the back.

https://www.legendsfanshop.com/1973-topps-roberto-clemente-50-sgc-3/

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WOW. What a GREAT picture.

I was a HUGE Pirates fan then. Loved Willie Stargell and followed the entire team closely.

Haven't seen that in forever.

Thanks Mr. KLC !

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[ChuckyTheGoat]

Great picture, KLC. Think about all the stories tied to those two pitchers:

1) Richard was surely mis-understood. At first, the pundits thought he was an under-achiever. Then he was diagnosed with serious health issues. At his peak he was dominant and virtually un-hittable.

2) Ryan is such an interesting study. It's almost like he had three careers, it was that long. On the upstart Met team, I envision him as a young colt. The exploding fastball was obvious. But he struggled to harness his control.

Somewhere along the way, he developed an amazing work ethic. I know he did a ton of stationary-bike work. His legs were like tree trunks. His performance was a bi-product of hard work. All the stats: the strikeouts, the no-hitters.

The longevity was amazing. Pitching into your late 40s? Cmon.

A few images stick out to me on Ryan:
1) Celebrating all the No Hitters. Imagine doing that 7x!
2) Greeting Morganna the Kissing Bandit on the mound. Ha-ha. If memory serves, Nolan went to his knees and embraced her.
3) And who can forget the Ryan fight versus Robin Ventura? Not sure Ventura expected a 45-year old man to headlock him and give him a beating.

[Mr KLC]

[Mr KLC]

Great picture, KLC. Think about all the stories tied to those two pitchers:

1) Richard was surely mis-understood. At first, the pundits thought he was an under-achiever. Then he was diagnosed with serious health issues. At his peak he was dominant and virtually un-hittable.

2) Ryan is such an interesting study. It's almost like he had three careers, it was that long. On the upstart Met team, I envision him as a young colt. The exploding fastball was obvious. But he struggled to harness his control.

Somewhere along the way, he developed an amazing work ethic. I know he did a ton of stationary-bike work. His legs were like tree trunks. His performance was a bi-product of hard work. All the stats: the strikeouts, the no-hitters.

The longevity was amazing. Pitching into your late 40s? Cmon.

A few images stick out to me on Ryan:
1) Celebrating all the No Hitters. Imagine doing that 7x!
2) Greeting Morganna the Kissing Bandit on the mound. Ha-ha. If memory serves, Nolan went to his knees and embraced her.
3) And who can forget the Ryan fight versus Robin Ventura? Not sure Ventura expected a 45-year old man to headlock him and give him a beating.