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andyfox
09-28-2004, 05:28 PM
My Possession, Dominion, and Control post got me thinking: if I could possess, domin and control one baseball, which one would it be?

I'm open to suggestions, but my two come to mind:

1) The ball that ended the 1926 World Series. It was pitched by Grover Cleveland Alexander and Rogers Hornsby tagged out Babe Ruth with it attempting to steal second base (with Bob Meusel up and Lou Gehrig on deck, a bonehead play by Ruth).

2) The ball that killed Ray Chapman.

KanigawaCards7
09-28-2004, 05:32 PM
The ball that sits in george w. bush white house while he plays golf on the computer, awaiting a bill to sign. The one sitting on the mantle just above his head.

M2d
09-28-2004, 05:40 PM
c: none of the above. I want Ted Williams' hr ball from his last at bat. either that or the all star HR ball where he got on on an eephus pitch (sp?)

nolanfan34
09-28-2004, 05:52 PM
I have a game used ball pitched by Nolan Ryan when he faced the M's one time...that's good enough for me. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

This is a good question though....

Others I can think of that would be pretty good:

- Babe Ruth's "called shot" HR.
- Roberto Clemente's 3000th hit.
- and as an M's fan...the ball Edgar hit for a double against the Yanks in 95, winning the series for the M's.

James Boston
09-28-2004, 06:00 PM
There's too many, but most are too obvious. I guess the one Randy Johnson used to execute that bird would be pretty cool.

M2d
09-28-2004, 06:13 PM
how about the one that hit Jose Canseco on the head?

Ray Zee
09-28-2004, 06:27 PM
the one my first dog buffy ran around with in his mouth.

James Boston
09-28-2004, 06:29 PM
Is that the one that bounced off, went over the fence, and was ruled a home run?

nolanfan34
09-28-2004, 06:41 PM
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how about the one that hit Jose Canseco on the head?

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End of thread, that's outstanding.

skp
09-28-2004, 07:24 PM
I'll take the puck that Mario Lemieux roofed against the Russians in 1987 with a little over a minute left in the deciding game. Best 3 hockey games that ever was or ever will be (all ending in 6-5 scores).

andyfox
09-28-2004, 08:11 PM
Canadians don't read so good. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Oski
09-28-2004, 08:19 PM
Kirk Gibson's Game 1 winner, 1988.

Kurn, son of Mogh
09-28-2004, 09:17 PM
I'd take #2, but I'd rather have Mazeroski's walk-off HR ball that won the '60 Series. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

nothumb
09-29-2004, 12:02 AM
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2) The ball that killed Ray Chapman.

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I must be too young to have heard about this. Wha?

NT

mikech
09-29-2004, 12:16 AM
I want Mookie's little roller down the first-base line.

JoeU
09-29-2004, 12:22 AM
As a Yankee fan, maybe the homer Jim Leyritz hit in the 96 series.

But probably the 2 that would be much better would be DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak (the hit in the 56th game) or Ruth's 60th home run.

Thats just for starters. The Cone, Wells, and Larsen perfect game balls would be ok by me too! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Joe

Beerfund
09-29-2004, 12:40 AM
the one my first dog buffy ran around with in his mouth.

you say the dumbest things

andyfox
09-29-2004, 01:14 AM
1920. Carl Mays was the pitcher who beaned him. Only major leaguer killed on the ball field.

andyfox
09-29-2004, 01:15 AM
That kind of appeals to me too. Maybe it's the tragedy of it. Now that I think about it, the two I picked had tragedy in them too.

Zeno
09-29-2004, 02:20 AM
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and as an M's fan...the ball Edgar hit for a double against the Yanks in 95, winning the series for the M's.


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I second that. The Yanks thought they were going to roll into another WS and got derailed by the upstart M's. Most famous ball, so far, in the Mariner's franchise. Although, with Ichiro going the way he is it may be second most famous ball fairly soon. I wouldn't mind having the ball, if it happens, that Ichiro hits to break Sisler's record.

-Zeno

mmbt0ne
09-29-2004, 02:28 AM
Reggie Ball. Just kidding. How about Dave Justice's HR from the 1995 World Series. The only time anything went right for the Braves in the series.

PhatTBoll
09-29-2004, 02:37 AM
How bout Tommy John's 4-error ball?

Alternatively, it would be fun to have any ball that Gaylord Perry expectorated on.

WDC
09-29-2004, 10:39 AM
Yea Clemente's ball.

B00T
09-29-2004, 11:05 AM
I hate the Mets, but Mookie's dribbler would be a nice piece of baseball history. Walk down the streets of Boston with that one in your hand. Haha.

andyfox
09-29-2004, 11:40 AM
"The Yanks thought they were going to roll into another WS and got derailed by the upstart M's."

Not quite. The Yankees had not appeared in the post-season since 1981 and were underdogs to reach the series. They were the wild card team. Buck Showalter blew the game by first leaving in Cone too long, and then by refusing to bring in John Wetteland to close the game.

Probably the most exciting 5-game series in post-season history though.

On Ichiro: Vin Scully said he wasn't impressed with Ichiro the other night, since he'll have 162 games to beat the record, whereas Sisler had only 154. What a bunch of crap. First of all, Ichiro ended up with 251 hits in 154 games. That's plenty impressive to me. Second, let's compare the pitching Ichiro is hitting against to that Sisler hit against in the lily white league of 1920. Sisler hit .420 in 1920; I have no doubt Ichiro would have too.

Zeno
09-29-2004, 01:38 PM
I knew as I typed out my post that I would be corrected (by a certain someone /images/graemlins/grin.gif) if I was at all 'off' on my assessment about the Yanks, thus; I knew that I could say about anything. This brings a level of comfort to posting that I find enjoyable.

Thank you for filling in the blanks and correcting my 'hyperbole'.


I agree with your Ichiro comments.

Vin Scully should have a wad of silly putty stuck in his mouth.

-Zeno

ericd
09-29-2004, 01:52 PM
Ball 4 to Eddie Gaedel

M2d
09-29-2004, 02:01 PM
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Vin Scully should have a wad of silly putty stuck in his mouth.

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that would be a crime against humanity (or, at least, against humanity's aural abilities). Vin's the man. and it's not even close