Comments on: 3 Up & 3 Down: Powered by Pitching in Pittsburgh Edition

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:03:20 +0000

Greg,

Yes. that was the first guy (because i thought his name was cool) i liked when i started watching and following baseball, he was a great 1B, Although i do agree, keith was just on a different world…

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:58:28 +0000

Hi Alex,

Right now the Pirates find themselves sandwiched between the 1963 Mets (.219 team batting average) and the 1968 Yankees (.214 team batting). They still have a slighlty bit more to go (backwards, of course) to eclipse the modern day record held by the 1910 Chicago White Sox when the figure matched the area code used for Manhattan.

By: stick

stick — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:54:39 +0000

That’s Boomer, but he played more seasons for Boston (before and after Mill.)

I can’t recall seeing him play, but he did have 8 GGs, so he must have been pretty good at one point!

By: Gregga

Gregga — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:51:17 +0000

Alex, are you referring to George Scott, the first baseman for the Brewers? He was good no doubt, but Keith turned that 3-6-3 double play better than anyone.Keith was an all around great player, good bat, great on defense, and a leader. I’ve yet to see anyone come close to Keith.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:39:56 +0000

I don’t know if it is really fair to give them a down for one rookie mistake…
Yes it cost us a game but you have to expect those things to happen when you are playing two rookies and one of them was forced out of position from what he was used to to make room to play a sub .200 hitter.

Baxter deserves the goat more tyhan Kirk does on that play. The CF always gets the call and the ball when two OFs can get to it.
It was the charging Baxter that distracted Kirk and while you can blame Kirk for losing concentration it was baxter who should have deferred to his CF.

Small potatoes really. Rookie Mistake that I bet will not happen again!

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:58:58 +0000

The hallmark of these three games was just outstanding pitching by both teams”

Uhhh, the pirates SUCK offensively, they are on pace to be the worst offensive team in the history of baseball, So to say the mets pitch outstanding against the pirates is a bit of an understatement don’t you think? If anything it proves how good of a pitching THEY HAVE or how our offense is not as good as some thought it was going to be…

ohhh, and gregg, i concur with your “Keith Hernandez is the best defensive first baseman to ever have played baseball.”
There was a guy in boston in the late 60′s early 70′s, boomer scott, who was a broom at 1B… Great footwork and instics..