2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

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MLBN right now "Randy Johnson, The Big Picture"

One of the best to ever pitch in this game :pimp: . Wish he had more success with the Yankees, but holy **** was he dominant in the 90s/2000s.

Cool to see this stone cold faced guy has a passion for photography :lol: .
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Awesome how Nolan Ryan and Tom House basically turned him into a star with a 15 minute talk about mechanics :pimp:
 
Reading Pedro's book. Expos almost dealt Pedro to the Yankees for Mo Rivera but didn't because they had Uggie Urbina and didn't want to worry about paying Mo in a couple of years. Instead Pedro was traded to the Sox for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas Jr.
 
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never knew that....:wow:

imagine how much would be different history would be if that trade actually happened...
 
Randy Johnson came into game 7 of the World Series after throwing 100 pitches the day before.

He's laughing at Mad Bum.

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And they just showed that Luis Gonzalez blooper :x .

Randy is going into the Hall a D'Back.
 
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Rangers playoff hopes rest in getting Hamels. Which isn't likely. Amazing how a few years ago I was Emma,owed with Texas' pitching prospects and they've all been hurt. Martin Perez and Derek holland :smh:
 
I wear a different yankee hat dam near every day and I have never been confused for a tourist. Dude is from fLorida so he probably over did it and wore a cap, shirt, open Jersey and wrist band Talking bout I got confused for a tourist :lol: . I do agree tho many people who wear the hat aren't even fans or just casuals they just bought it cause the logo is iconic and represents new york and navy/white is easier o wear than blue/orange/black. But bandwagon fans are expected when a teams wins so much.
 
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Today in Baseball History
July 17th

1890 For the first time in baseball history, two 300-game winners are opponents as Tim Keefe of the Giants faces Pittsburgh's Jim 'Pud' Galvin in a Players League match-up. New York beats the Burghers, 8-2, in the first of four historic confrontations between the two future members of the Hall of Fame.

1912 At the Ostermalm Athletics Grounds, Sweden's Vesteras Baseball Club plays an exhibition game at the Summer Olympics against an American team. The squad from the United States, who unsurprisingly wins the contest 13-3, consists of athletes who are in Stockholm competing for gold medals in other sports.

1914 Against the Giants, control artist Babe Adams of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches an entire 21-inning game without issuing a single walk. The contest, which is the longest game in big league history without a base-on-balls, is decided by Larry Doyle's home run in the top of the frame giving Rube Marquard, who also goes the distance, the 3-1 victory.

1918 The Phillies play the longest game in franchise history, a 2-1 loss in 21 innings to Chicago at Weeghman Park. The starting pitchers, Philadelphia right-hander Milt Watson and Chicago southpaw Lefty Tyler, each go the distance, hurling a complete game in the marathon.

1924 Cardinals' knuckleballer and future Hall of Famer Jesse Haines no-hits Boston at Sportsman's Park, 5-0. 'Pop', a 20-game winner last season, will post an 8-19 record for the sixth place Redbirds.

1934 With his team ahead of New York, 3-1, Cubs’ right-hander Lon Warneke loads the bases in the seventh inning with an intentional pass in order to face opposing pitcher Roy Parmalee. The strategy backfires when the hurler hits a grand slam, a drive that barely clears the right field wall, that will prove to be the difference in the Giants’ 5-3 victory in the opener of a twin bill at the Polo Grounds.

1936 Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak, spanning over two seasons, begins with a 6-0 victory over the Pirates. 'King Karl' will not be defeated until Memorial Day next season.

1941 Thanks to the outstanding defensive work of Indians' third baseman Ken Keltner, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium in front of 67,000 fans. The 'Yankee Clipper' who batted .408 during the stretch, will begin another streak that will last 17 games, extending the remarkable span of hitting safely to 73 of 74 games.

1947 Less than two weeks after Larry Doby's debut with the Indians, Hank Thompson becomes the second black player to debut in the American League and first for the Browns. The former Kansas City Monarchs standout, who will play in only 27 games for St. Louis because his presence does not significantly raise attendance, goes 0-for-4 in the team's 16-2 loss to Philadelphia at Sportsman's Park.

1947 At Cleveland Stadium, the Yankees sweep a doubleheader against the Indians, 3-1 and 7-2, The victories extend the club's winning streak to 19 games. equaling the American League mark established by the White Sox in 1906.

1954 With Jim Gilliam (2b), Jackie Robinson (3b), Sandy Amoros (lf), Roy Campanella (c), and Don Newcombe (p) in the starting lineup against the Braves, the Dodgers field the first team which consists of a majority of black players. The historic five helps Brooklyn to beat Milwaukee at County Stadium, 2-1.

1957 In front of a House Judiciary subcommittee, team owner Arnold Johnson, contrary to the truth, denies he has favored the Yankees when trading players from the A's to the Bronx. The Congress is skeptical due to a number of recent suspicious deals between the New York and Kansas City clubs.

1961 Yankee sluggers Roger Maris (35) and Mickey Mantle (32), both ahead of the Bambino’s record 1927 pace, each lose a homer when the nightcap of a twin bill is rained out in the top of the fifth inning against the Orioles in Baltimore. The Memorial Stadium washout occurs on same day Commissioner Ford Frick decrees that Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs will not be broken unless a player hits 61 or more within the first 154 games of the newly expanded 162-game schedule.

1964 In Los Angeles, the Cub-Dodger contest becomes the first Pay-TV baseball game as Subscription Television offers the cablecast to subscribers for a fee. The Dodgers beat Chicago, 3-2, with Don Drysdale collecting 10 strikeouts.

1969 In a twin bill split with the Braves, Lee May hits two home runs in each contest as well as driving in five runs in both ends of the doubleheader. Despite the All-Star first baseman's performance, the Reds drop the opener 9-8, but come back to win the night cap, 10-4.

1969 At Metropolitan Stadium Gold Glove pitcher Jim Kaat commits three errors. The 30 year-old right-hander still gets the victory when the Twins beat the White Sox, 8-5.

1974 Cardinals right-hander Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher in major league history to record 3000 career strikeouts when he fans Cesar Geronimo of the Reds. 1n 1923, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators became the first major leaguer to reach the milestone.

1976 Walter Alston becomes the sixth skipper to win 2,000 games when the Dodgers overcome a four-run first inning deficit and beat Chicago at Chavez Ravine, 5-4. 'Smokey' will leave at the end of the season, finishing his 23-year tenure in his only managerial position in the majors with a 2,040-1,613 record (.558).

1978 Reggie Jackson is suspended for five days without pay by the Yankees. During a Bronx Bomber loss, the future Hall of Fame slugger incurs skipper Billy Martin's wrath by striking out attempting to bunt after being specifically told to hit away.

1978 Just prior to the start of the Oriole game at Memorial Stadium, Doc Medich goes into the stands and saves the life of a 61-year-old fan suffering from a heart attack. The Ranger right-hander, a medical student in the off-season, administers a heart massage to the ailing man until medical help arrives.

1979 At Seattle's Kingdome, the National League wins its eighth straight All-Star Game. In the 7-6 victory over the Junior Circuit, Mets outfielder Lee Mazzilli hits a home run to tie the game in the eighth, and then walks in the ninth to bring in the eventual winning run.

1987 In his major league debut, Ken Caminiti hits a triple‚ a homer and scores the winning run in the ninth inning as the Astros edge the visiting Phillies‚ 2-1. The Houston rookie is just the fourth big leaguer to have hit a home run and triple in his first game.

1987 Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games. Tomorrow, the Yankees' first baseman will equal Dale Long’s 1956 major-league mark by hitting a round-tripper in eight consecutive contests.

1990 Minnesota becomes the first team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game. The Twins' multiple around-the-horn triple killings, both being accomplished after being started by the third baseman (5-5-4-3) aren't enough as the team loses to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 1-0.

1991 In a 9-8 extra-inning loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium‚ Orioles DH Sam Horn becomes the first non-pitcher in major league history to strike out six consecutive times in a single game. In 1913, Carl Weilman, a hurler for the Browns, became the first major leaguer to accomplish the dubious feat.

1993 In a Northwest League contest, Jason Thompson's error with two outs in the ninth inning spoils Glenn Dishman's bid for a perfect game against the Yakima Bears. On a routine ground ball, the Spokane first baseman, anxious to begin the celebration of his teammate's accomplishment, pulls his foot off the bag before the final out is recorded.

1993 Southpaw Frank Tanana becomes the second of only two pitchers, along with Rick Reuschel, to give up a home run to both Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds when the Giants' left fielder takes him deep for the lone run he gives up in the Mets' 3-1 victory at Candlestick Park. In 1976, Hank Aaron, finishing his career with the Brewers, hit a three-run homer, the 748th of his then-record 755 round-trippers, off the left-hander, who was pitching for the Angels at the time.

2000 On the first pitch he ever sees in the major leagues, Chris Richard homers, helping the Cardinals defeat the Twins, 8-3. It is only the fourth time in franchise history the feat has been accomplished.

2008 The Phillies trade minor league prospects Adrian Cardenas, Josh Outman and Matthew Spencer to Oakland for right-hander Joe Blanton. The A's Opening Day starter, who is currently 5-12 with a 4.96 ERA, is expected to deepen Philadelphia’s rotation.
 
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