Baseball History Thread

[Proven Veteran]

I'd rather have the red marquee with the lower walls blue.

Yeah, that would be perfect.

[XZero771679666304]

I'd rather have the red marquee with the lower walls blue.

Yeah, that would be perfect.

 

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd358/Cloudstrife219/34251c80-8d54-4ae1-b8d3-2752d0b79579_zps12b1ae53.jpg

[Guest]

not a fan of the red and blue

 

too loud

[jersey cubs fan]

not a fan of the red and blue

 

too loud

 

loud and fabulous

 

love it

[Guest]

MLB.com has been adding a bunch of classic videos. Here are the Cubs ones I found (some have been up for a while).

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25589647&c_id=mlb - Maddux's first win

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25549985&c_id=mlb - the famous Glenallen Hill HR

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25548039&c_id=mlb - Sammy becomes all time Cubs HR leader

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25526301&c_id=mlb - Sammy joins the 30/30 club

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25526565&c_id=mlb - Sammy joins 30/30 again

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25509059&c_id=mlb - Sammy's 60th HR of 2001

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23502633&c_id=mlb - Bellhorn homers twice in an inning

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20349095&c_id=mlb - Wood/Choi collision

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20348869&c_id=mlb - Ernie Banks 500th HR

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20079103&c_id=mlb - Aramis walkoff vs Milwaukee in 07

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20064963&c_id=mlb - Sammy's 62nd in 98

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20052811&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch in 89

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20052753&c_id=mlb - The Tuffy Rhodes game

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20052389&c_id=mlb - Grace walkoff in the Sammy 61 and 62 game from 98

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20048181&c_id=mlb - Maddux's 300th win

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20047511&c_id=mlb - Punch AJ

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20028565&c_id=mlb - Lee Smith finishes off game 2 of the 84 NLCS

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19984787&c_id=mlb - Cubs advance to 2003 NLCS

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19984789&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch Central in 07

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19986455&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch Wild Card in 98

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19986305&c_id=mlb - Sutcliffe homers in 84 NLCS Game 1

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19984739&c_id=mlb - Sammy's 500th HR

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16234033&c_id=mlb - 20K's

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13066649&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch Central in 08

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13062881&c_id=mlb - Sandberg game

[XZero771679666304]

not a fan of the red and blue

 

too loud

 

 

I agree. It looks like a Fourth of July display.

[Sammys Boombox]

 

MLB.com has been adding a bunch of classic videos. Here are the Cubs ones I found (some have been up for a while).

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25589647&c_id=mlb - Maddux's first win

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25549985&c_id=mlb - the famous Glenallen Hill HR

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25548039&c_id=mlb - Sammy becomes all time Cubs HR leader

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25526301&c_id=mlb - Sammy joins the 30/30 club

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25526565&c_id=mlb - Sammy joins 30/30 again

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25509059&c_id=mlb - Sammy's 60th HR of 2001

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23502633&c_id=mlb - Bellhorn homers twice in an inning

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20349095&c_id=mlb - Wood/Choi collision

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20348869&c_id=mlb - Ernie Banks 500th HR

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20079103&c_id=mlb - Aramis walkoff vs Milwaukee in 07

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20064963&c_id=mlb - Sammy's 62nd in 98

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20052811&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch in 89

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20052753&c_id=mlb - The Tuffy Rhodes game

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20052389&c_id=mlb - Grace walkoff in the Sammy 61 and 62 game from 98

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20048181&c_id=mlb - Maddux's 300th win

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20047511&c_id=mlb - Punch AJ

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20028565&c_id=mlb - Lee Smith finishes off game 2 of the 84 NLCS

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19984787&c_id=mlb - Cubs advance to 2003 NLCS

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19984789&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch Central in 07

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19986455&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch Wild Card in 98

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19986305&c_id=mlb - Sutcliffe homers in 84 NLCS Game 1

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19984739&c_id=mlb - Sammy's 500th HR

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16234033&c_id=mlb - 20K's

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13066649&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch Central in 08

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13062881&c_id=mlb - Sandberg game

 

 

Jonah Keri ‏@jonahkeri

 

To review, MLB, which hoards old clips like Scrooge [expletive] McDuck, just released a zillion beauties from the 80s & 90s. See you all in 2017.

Edited February 22, 2013 by Sammy's Boombox

[Guest]

No game 163 from 1998?

[Electron Blue]

not a fan of the red and blue

 

too loud

 

 

I agree. It looks like a Fourth of July display.

 

After just watching the Glenallen homer, I spent a moment thinking this was reliving the lively shoe debate between Chip and Stoney.

[Guest]

No game 163 from 1998?

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?conte ... 5&c_id=mlb - Cubs clinch Wild Card in 98

[J.R.]

Kind of cool... in the pics that JR posted, you can see them taking down this sign.

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/209037/WF30s_medium.jpg

Actually, that was the back of the old CF scoreboard which had been hacked up and sloppily thrown together in LF for the duration of the bleacher construction. You can see it in this postcard (note the unfinished new CF scoreboard:)

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/images/thumb/6/61/Postcard_of_wrigley_field.jpg/400px-Postcard_of_wrigley_field.jpg

[Careless]

I'd rather have the red marquee with the lower walls blue.

Yeah, that would be perfect.

 

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd358/Cloudstrife219/34251c80-8d54-4ae1-b8d3-2752d0b79579_zps12b1ae53.jpg

On the one hand, that's ugly. On the other, I've never seen a picture from the 70s that wasn't ugly.

[javy knows my name]

This thread is now phenomenal.

[OleMissCub]

Just randomly came across this badass season from Eric Davis. If he had played a full season it looks like he would have been the only 40-50 guy in history.

 

1987: 129 games, 120 runs, 37 HR, 100 RBI, 50 SB/6 CS, .293/.399/.593, 155 OPS+, 7.7 WAR

[imb]

god dammit i want the cubs to be relevant again

[Brian]

god dammit i want the cubs to be relevant again

 

That Aramis '07 walk off really hits that home, those two years were so great (minus October)

[OleMissCub]

god dammit i want the cubs to be relevant again

 

That Aramis '07 walk off really hits that home, those two years were so great (minus October)

 

legit Sammy hop too

[Hairyducked Idiot]

god dammit i want the cubs to be relevant again

 

I really think this might be the year that happens.

[Guest]

god dammit i want the cubs to be relevant again

 

That Aramis '07 walk off really hits that home, those two years were so great (minus October)

 

I still have the photo of that.

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/DesktopBackground.png

 

Also, found this on my photobucket.

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/ARAM.jpg

[OleMissCub]

That pic was my desktop wallpaper for a long, long time, maybe even years.

[Guest]

Haha that picture was on my desktop for years, too.

 

I remember I was at work and watching gameday on the computer. I saw that the pitch showed up in that location to Ramirez and I knew before I even read "in play (runs)" that it was gone. Good times. Great calls by both Len and Pat, too.

[ConstableRabbit]

Same here. I love that photo.

[J.R.]

Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, Too Close for Comfort and Hart to Hart.

 

A big slice of my childhood was preempted for this one.

 

 

It's a shame that Keith Jackson's football duties caused him to be pulled from the playoffs. Seems he was a very underrated baseball announcer.

[NewUserName]

Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, Too Close for Comfort and Hart to Hart.

 

A big slice of my childhood was preempted for this one.

 

 

It's a shame that Keith Jackson's football duties caused him to be pulled from the playoffs. Seems he was a very underrated baseball announcer.

ABC could never get any kind of ratings with regular season baseball in the 70s/80s. Which is probably why Jackson is never thought of as a baseball guy. They also had guys like Uecker, Cosell, Palmer, Reggie Jackson and Don Drysdale. Not sure why that group of guys couldn't garner any kind of ratings

[J.R.]

As I recall, ABC always had the weeknight games (Monday Night Baseball, Thursday Night Baseball) and NBC had the Saturday Game of the Week. The very same production team that made Monday Night Football into an event never really made a dent with the comparable baseball series and it wasn't a factor when the baseball TV world was turned upside down with the 1990 contract (CBS, ESPN.)

 

I was spoiled pre-1990 - seemingly every big game was called by either Vin Scully, Bob Costas or Al Michaels.