jay@npois.UUCP (Anton Winteroak) (09/11/85)
I saw someone get charged with an error for letting a playable foul ball drop, during Sunday's Mets-Dodgers game. Only the discussion here made me remember the incident. Interesting that the Reds-Cubs game was declared a tie, so as to let Pete Rose's two hits count now towards the record, and remove any doubt as to which hit broke the record. Who has 150+ wins, and 2000+ hits? Good Heavens, was this done in this century? How about Red Lucas of the Cincinatti Reds. I know he is a pitcher with a lifetime .300 to .310 batting average, and is third all-time in pinch hits, and did sometimes play positions other than pitcher. Well that's my guess. Denton True (Cy) Young would have had to bat .625 in his 800 games to have made 2000 hits. Looking for a new topic now that Carter-Pena is past. How about who was the worst second baseman of all-time Ed Delahanty, or Zeke "The dumbest man to ever play baseball" Benura. Neither played second full time, but both were bad there. (Worse than Danny Ainge would have been).