OT: RIP Mickey Lolich
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RIP Mickey
Lolich and Denny McLain were the 1968 Detroit Tigers version of the 19498 Boston Braves :“Spahn and Sain and pray for rain”
just like in this year's WBC, Team USA pitching is going to be Skenes and Skubal and pray for rain
Except that with Skubal/Skenes- it is pray for 5 innings of bad relief pitchers in the WBC...
Mossi was a Tiger from 59-to 63, which was Lolich and McLain's rookie years ( both came up in 63
Mickey was in rotation, Denny I think was Sept call up
Narleski played one year for Detroit ( 1959)
John Hiller was the lefty in the 68 bullpen and led the relief corps with 6 saves
Don Mc Mahon was the righty to go along with him but Detroit really didn't have a closer
I was a Tiger fan after Rocky Colavito was traded to Detroit from Cleveland and stayed a Tiger fan when he was traded to Kansas City.
But over the years moved from Detroit to other teams until settled on Diamondbacks when that franchise started.
When the Giants left NY I left them ( putting them on my do not like list with the Dodgers and Yankees) and picked Cleveland as my team because of Rocky and how he looked at the plate getting ready to hit.
I copied his bat in back stretch warm up and wide stance.
Didn't do me a bit of good , everyone who seen me hit said I deserved a seat on bench
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Now that you say it I remember Hiller & McMahon. Remember Hiller as good.Mossi was a Tiger from 59-to 63, which was Lolich and McLain's rookie years ( both came up in 63
Mickey was in rotation, Denny I think was Sept call up
Narleski played one year for Detroit ( 1959)
John Hiller was the lefty in the 68 bullpen and led the relief corps with 6 saves
Don Mc Mahon was the righty to go along with him but Detroit really didn't have a closer
I was a Tiger fan after Rocky Colavito was traded to Detroit from Cleveland and stayed a Tiger fan when he was traded to Kansas City.
But over the years moved from Detroit to other teams until settled on Diamondbacks when that franchise started.
When the Giants left NY I left them ( putting them on my do not like list with the Dodgers and Yankees) and picked Cleveland as my team because of Rocky and how he looked at the plate getting ready to hit.
I copied his bat in back stretch warm up and wide stance.
Didn't do me a bit of good , everyone who seen me hit said I deserved a seat on bench
I became a Pirate fan after the Dodgers left Brooklyn. We left Brooklyn at the same time. Listened to the Pirates in upstate NY on KDKA out of Pittsburgh with Bob Prince & Jim Wood. Prince was a howl. Bucs had some great clubs.
Then Mickey played one year for them and decided to retire rather then go back
Sat out 1977 and signed with the SD Padres for the 1978 season
If I remember correctly that season was the first time the Pods finished above .500.
Believe it or not there were four future HOFamers on that team: Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield, Gaylord Perry and Rollie Fingers.
Perry won the Cy Young that year making him the first pitcher to win it in both leagues. (Cleveland 1972)
Geez - Brock was safe by a mile. But no replay in those days. Interesting that Brock doesn't freak out about it. I guess he didn't want to risk getting tossed.
Right you are. I was looking down at my program when he made contact and I said "Gone" to my self before I looked up.
Lolich said that when his arm got tired his sinking fast ball sunk more.
Reminded me of a guy I played semi-pro ball with in NY's southern tier. Name was John Reid, few years younger than me. Went to Colgate.
He pitched & played short. One game I came off the infield late in a game & told our manager Ralph Howard, a really good one, that it looked like John's curve had a bigger break on it. Ralph told me that many a guy's curve would break bigger when his arm got tired. Didn't know that.
John Reid went on to both pitch & play short at the Triple A level. All Star at a few levels. A real good ball player.
Reminded me of a guy I played semi-pro ball with in NY's southern tier. Name was John Reid, few years younger than me. Went to Colgate.
He pitched & played short. One game I came off the infield late in a game & told our manager Ralph Howard, a really good one, that it looked like John's curve had a bigger break on it. Ralph told me that many a guy's curve would break bigger when his arm got tired. Didn't know that.
John Reid went on to both pitch & play short at the Triple A level. All Star at a few levels. A real good ball player.
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Unreal batting lineup for SF: Mays,McCovey, Alou, Cepeda.Spahn and Marichal totaled 31 1/3 total innings pitched. 7/2/1963
Don't forget to notice the 1959 AL Batting Champion and a 10x AL All Star along with being the AL ROY in 1953 was on 3rd base for the Giants that game
When he retired as a player ,after15-season, he had over 2,000 hits and a lifetime batting average of .303.
Harvey Kuenn was a player I liked when he was a Tiger
