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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:22 am 
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Prior to 1931, a ball that bounced over an outfield fence during a major league game was considered a home run.

i had no clue.

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Until 1994, the NFL didn't use the 2-point conversion.

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Sunny wrote:
Until 1994, the NFL didn't use the 2-point conversion.


Even I knew that :?

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corduroy_blazer wrote:
Prior to 1931, a ball that bounced over an outfield fence during a major league game was considered a home run.

i had no clue.


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Pitcher Dick Radatz faced Mickey Mantle 66 times throughout their careers. He struck him out 44 times.

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Sunny wrote:
Until 1994, the NFL didn't use the 2-point conversion.

What's crazy is that until about 1978, the goal posts were on the goal line, not the end line.

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1. When the ball went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 86 world series the Red Sox did not lose the world series. They lost game six of a seven game series. They still had to play game seven.

2. If Bill Buckner catches the ground ball and tags first base, the Red Sox do not win the world series. The game was already tied at this point.

Seems I meet a lot of people that don't know this.


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gregkitefan44 wrote:
1. When the ball went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 86 world series the Red Sox did not lose the world series. They lost game six of a seven game series. They still had to play game seven.

2. If Bill Buckner catches the ground ball and tags first base, the Red Sox do not win the world series. The game was already tied at this point.

Seems I meet a lot of people that don't know this.


also, Clemens gets crap for allegedly asking out of the game, but people don't know he had already thrown 135 pitches.

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gregkitefan44 wrote:
1. When the ball went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 86 world series the Red Sox did not lose the world series. They lost game six of a seven game series. They still had to play game seven.

2. If Bill Buckner catches the ground ball and tags first base, the Red Sox do not win the world series. The game was already tied at this point.

Seems I meet a lot of people that don't know this.

This cannot be stated enough.


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also, Clemens gets crap for allegedly asking out of the game, but people don't know he had already thrown 135 pitches.

I think people gave him crap for saying he was pulled when he really asked out. But yeah, I don't see anything wrong with taking yourself out if you don't think you have it.

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During WWII, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged for a season because of lack of players due to the war. They were dubbed "The Steagles."

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During WWII, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged for a season because of lack of players due to the war. They were dubbed "The Steagles."

:shock:

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warehouse wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
During WWII, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged for a season because of lack of players due to the war. They were dubbed "The Steagles."

:shock:


You seriously didn't know that?

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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
warehouse wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
During WWII, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged for a season because of lack of players due to the war. They were dubbed "The Steagles."

:shock:


You seriously didn't know that?

this is the first ive heard. that team must have been awesome

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warehouse wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
warehouse wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
During WWII, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged for a season because of lack of players due to the war. They were dubbed "The Steagles."

:shock:


You seriously didn't know that?

this is the first ive heard. that team must have been awesome


You NEED to own this DVD set. It's fucking awesome.

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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
Pitcher Dick Radatz faced Mickey Mantle 66 times throughout their careers. He struck him out 44 times.

That may be an urban legend. The number of ABs and KS changes each time I hear it and some claim that Mantle only had 16 ABs (12 Ks :)) against him. Mantle DID give him his nickname though.

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Ozymandias wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
Pitcher Dick Radatz faced Mickey Mantle 66 times throughout their careers. He struck him out 44 times.

That may be an urban legend. The number of ABs and KS changes each time I hear it and some claim that Mantle only had 16 ABs (12 Ks :)) against him. Mantle DID give him his nickname though.


I read it on the back of a baseball card when I was a kid. Take that for what you will.

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another steelers fact:

they originally were called the pittsburgh pirates.....


while the "real" pittsburgh pirates were already an established MLB club.

they ended up changing the name because people were always getting confused

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gregkitefan44 wrote:
1. When the ball went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 86 world series the Red Sox did not lose the world series. They lost game six of a seven game series. They still had to play game seven.

2. If Bill Buckner catches the ground ball and tags first base, the Red Sox do not win the world series. The game was already tied at this point.

Seems I meet a lot of people that don't know this.

Also, he was wearing a Chicago Cubs batting glove, so he had no chance in hell of ever making that play. :P

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