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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 24, 2024 22:52:46 GMT
The summer schedule for ESPN's 30 for 30
Yawn. The Riot isthe only one that looks good. I'll check Michael Chang. What the blue fuck is the FaZe Clan? Have they run out of topics?
One I'd love to see done is Mark Fidrych. I remember the 1976 season and the Bird. That was all than anyone in sports could talk about. "Did you see the oddball pitcher for Detroit who talks to the baseball?" Those fucking asshole trainers that baseball used at the time wrecked many careers (JR Richard for another). A simple rotator cuff ruined him. he was so good for baseball
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 25, 2024 12:04:17 GMT
They did a SportsCentury episode on him years ago. Not sure if you can find it online anywhere or if it's behind a paywall.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 25, 2024 13:04:27 GMT
They did a SportsCentury episode on him years ago. Not sure if you can find it online anywhere or if it's behind a paywall. Probably a fluff piece. Should be something about the misdiagnosis of his injury. It was still the days of "play through your pain" and "rub a little dirt on it". Fidrych said his arm "went dead" and never did a through scan of his shoulder. His rotator cuff injury wasn't found for years. JR Richard was another. He had all the signs of a heart issue. The Astros sent him to a chiropractor. The Dodgers kept throwing Sandy Koufax out every 4th day, He threw 165 pitches in an exhibition game when his arm was falling off. I don't think Fidrych would have been a HOFer. He was a junkballer with control. i think his antic were a big reason for his success. But he deserved better. Richard was a monster. He got a late start but his five year run from 1975 to 1979 was amazing. Many hitters, Dale Murphy and Willie Stargell, said JR was the pitcher they least like to face. When Nolan Ryan joined the Astros, he was the 2nd fastest pitcher on the staff. He deserved better
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 25, 2024 13:38:59 GMT
They did a SportsCentury episode on him years ago. Not sure if you can find it online anywhere or if it's behind a paywall. Probably a fluff piece. Should be something about the misdiagnosis of his injury. It was still the days of "play through your pain" and "rub a little dirt on it". Fidrych said his arm "went dead" and never did a through scan of his shoulder. His rotator cuff injury wasn't found for years. JR Richard was another. He had all the signs of a heart issue. The Astros sent him to a chiropractor. The Dodgers kept throwing Sandy Koufax out every 4th day, He threw 165 pitches in an exhibition game when his arm was falling off. I don't think Fidrych would have been a HOFer. He was a junkballer with control. i think his antic were a big reason for his success. But he deserved better. Richard was a monster. He got a late start but his five year run from 1975 to 1979 was amazing. Many hitters, Dale Murphy and Willie Stargell, said JR was the pitcher they least like to face. When Nolan Ryan joined the Astros, he was the 2nd fastest pitcher on the staff. He deserved better
That series definitely wasn't as in depth or hard hitting as 30 for 30, but it showed the good and the bad. I think his episode focused more on his antics, at least that's what I remember about it. It aired almost 25 years ago now. Hell, I just realized he's been gone 15 years now. Lousy way to go.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 25, 2024 13:52:40 GMT
Probably a fluff piece. Should be something about the misdiagnosis of his injury. It was still the days of "play through your pain" and "rub a little dirt on it". Fidrych said his arm "went dead" and never did a through scan of his shoulder. His rotator cuff injury wasn't found for years. JR Richard was another. He had all the signs of a heart issue. The Astros sent him to a chiropractor. The Dodgers kept throwing Sandy Koufax out every 4th day, He threw 165 pitches in an exhibition game when his arm was falling off. I don't think Fidrych would have been a HOFer. He was a junkballer with control. i think his antic were a big reason for his success. But he deserved better. Richard was a monster. He got a late start but his five year run from 1975 to 1979 was amazing. Many hitters, Dale Murphy and Willie Stargell, said JR was the pitcher they least like to face. When Nolan Ryan joined the Astros, he was the 2nd fastest pitcher on the staff. He deserved better
That series definitely wasn't as in depth or hard hitting as 30 for 30, but it showed the good and the bad. I think his episode focused more on his antics, at least that's what I remember about it. It aired almost 25 years ago now. Hell, I just realized he's been gone 15 years now. Lousy way to go. I’m going to act like my wife and pretend I live in a world where google doesn’t exist but didn’t a car that he was working on fall on him or something? Or am I mixing him up with someone else. I was around 6 when he came into the league and back then all I knew was Phillies.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 25, 2024 15:14:58 GMT
They did a SportsCentury episode on him years ago. Not sure if you can find it online anywhere or if it's behind a paywall. Probably a fluff piece. Should be something about the misdiagnosis of his injury. It was still the days of "play through your pain" and "rub a little dirt on it". Fidrych said his arm "went dead" and never did a through scan of his shoulder. His rotator cuff injury wasn't found for years. JR Richard was another. He had all the signs of a heart issue. The Astros sent him to a chiropractor. The Dodgers kept throwing Sandy Koufax out every 4th day, He threw 165 pitches in an exhibition game when his arm was falling off. I don't think Fidrych would have been a HOFer. He was a junkballer with control. i think his antic were a big reason for his success. But he deserved better. Richard was a monster. He got a late start but his five year run from 1975 to 1979 was amazing. Many hitters, Dale Murphy and Willie Stargell, said JR was the pitcher they least like to face. When Nolan Ryan joined the Astros, he was the 2nd fastest pitcher on the staff. He deserved better
I watched a documentary about JR Richard a few months ago and it was honestly one of the saddest things I've seen. One of the most talented arms to ever grace the field, and both the team and fans turned on him for being soft, when in reality he was approaching dying. When people whine about people today being soft, or when they criticize people like Simone Biles, JR Richard is who we should point to.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 25, 2024 15:23:06 GMT
That series definitely wasn't as in depth or hard hitting as 30 for 30, but it showed the good and the bad. I think his episode focused more on his antics, at least that's what I remember about it. It aired almost 25 years ago now. Hell, I just realized he's been gone 15 years now. Lousy way to go. I’m going to act like my wife and pretend I live in a world where google doesn’t exist but didn’t a car that he was working on fall on him or something? Or am I mixing him up with someone else. I was around 6 when he came into the league and back then all I knew was Phillies. Close, he suffocated when his clothes got tangled in the power take-off from the truck he was working on. The truck falling on him probably would've been a quicker death.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 25, 2024 20:26:40 GMT
I’m going to act like my wife and pretend I live in a world where google doesn’t exist but didn’t a car that he was working on fall on him or something? Or am I mixing him up with someone else. I was around 6 when he came into the league and back then all I knew was Phillies. Close, he suffocated when his clothes got tangled in the power take-off from the truck he was working on. The truck falling on him probably would've been a quicker death. Fidrych was a rare phenomenon in baseball. There has been others, Fernando Valenzuela, Doc Gooden right up to Paul Skenes. But none could hold a candle to The Bird. Before ESPN, sports talk radio, the internet, sports news was just the newspaper, 10 minutes on the news and the weekly magazines. Yet everyone was raving about Fidrych. He was 9-1 at the beginning of July. His mound grooming and ball talk were only part of it. He had that goofy "aw shucks" charm that fans ate up with a spoon. He was on the cover of Rolling Stone, FFS. ABC put him on Monday Night Baseball in June and he beat the Yankees, 5-1. Then the curtain calls. Baseball, post-Messersmith with free agency a act, really could have used Mark Fidrych
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 25, 2024 20:33:08 GMT
Close, he suffocated when his clothes got tangled in the power take-off from the truck he was working on. The truck falling on him probably would've been a quicker death. Fidrych was a rare phenomenon in baseball. There has been others, Fernando Valenzuela, Doc Gooden right up to Paul Skenes. But none could hold a candle to The Bird. Before ESPN, sports talk radio, the internet, sports news was just the newspaper, 10 minutes on the news and the weekly magazines. Yet everyone was raving about Fidrych. He was 9-1 at the beginning of July. His mound grooming and ball talk were only part of it. He had that goofy "aw shucks" charm that fans ate up with a spoon. He was on the cover of Rolling Stone, FFS. ABC put him on Monday Night Baseball in June and he beat the Yankees, 5-1. Then the curtain calls. Baseball, post-Messersmith with free agency a act, really could have used Mark Fidrych
"He's giving me.....duck bumps"? That's, um, alrighty then.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 25, 2024 20:48:05 GMT
Fidrych was a rare phenomenon in baseball. There has been others, Fernando Valenzuela, Doc Gooden right up to Paul Skenes. But none could hold a candle to The Bird. Before ESPN, sports talk radio, the internet, sports news was just the newspaper, 10 minutes on the news and the weekly magazines. Yet everyone was raving about Fidrych. He was 9-1 at the beginning of July. His mound grooming and ball talk were only part of it. He had that goofy "aw shucks" charm that fans ate up with a spoon. He was on the cover of Rolling Stone, FFS. ABC put him on Monday Night Baseball in June and he beat the Yankees, 5-1. Then the curtain calls. Baseball, post-Messersmith with free agency a act, really could have used Mark Fidrych
"He's giving me.....duck bumps"? That's, um, alrighty then. I think it's like goosebumps. That was longtime Pirates announcer Bob Prince who had a ton of quirky saying, like Yogi
I've hear a lot of announcers use "atem ball" and "tweener"
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Post by ThreeSticks on Jun 25, 2024 22:28:58 GMT
Need a 30 for 30 on the bad MLB promotion nights of the 70s.
10 cent beer night in Cleveland Disco Demolition night in Chicago Wet T-Shirt night in Atlanta
these are most notorious but I'm sure there are more.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 26, 2024 1:53:29 GMT
Need a 30 for 30 on the bad MLB promotion nights of the 70s. 10 cent beer night in Cleveland Disco Demolition night in Chicago Wet T-Shirt night in Atlanta these are most notorious but I'm sure there are more. I've definitely seen a documentary about Disco Demolition night, which was insane, although I don't believe it was a 30-for-30. Wet T-Shirt night in Atlanta?! How have I not heard of this promotion.....
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Post by ThreeSticks on Jun 26, 2024 1:56:25 GMT
Need a 30 for 30 on the bad MLB promotion nights of the 70s. 10 cent beer night in Cleveland Disco Demolition night in Chicago Wet T-Shirt night in Atlanta these are most notorious but I'm sure there are more. I've definitely seen a documentary about Disco Demolition night, which was insane, although I don't believe it was a 30-for-30. Wet T-Shirt night in Atlanta?! How have I not heard of this promotion..... May 20, 1977.
40 women took part with the ground crew hosing them down. A preacher's daughter won the contest.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 26, 2024 15:24:50 GMT
I've definitely seen a documentary about Disco Demolition night, which was insane, although I don't believe it was a 30-for-30. Wet T-Shirt night in Atlanta?! How have I not heard of this promotion..... May 20, 1977.
40 women took part with the ground crew hosing them down. A preacher's daughter won the contest.
It's always the preacher's daughters. God bless em.
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