Subject: Recent sports oddities
Date: Wed Apr 23 11:18:56 2014
User: Snowguy
Message:Ike Davis was acquired from the Mets this month. While a Met on April 5, he hit a grand slam home run. As a Pirate, he hit a grand slam homer this past week, too. Both Home runs were against the Reds. And the most recent one included a broken bat. He has hit only two homers so far this season, and both were grand slams. (Bases loaded, 4 runs scored.)
He is only the third player to hit two grand slams in the month of April while playing for two different teams, and the first to do it against the same opponent! The Mets were happy to unload him and his $3.5M plus salary, and now the Buccos fans love him.
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Second oddity:
The Penguins are leading the Columbus team in the NHL Playoffs, 2 games to 1. In every game, the losing team had held a 3-1 goals advantage, before finally giving up the tying goal and then losing. But I understand the players on both teams would gladly take a 3-1 lead and then chance giving it up!
Date: Wed Apr 23 14:05:04 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:Third oddity:
Both those things have to do with sports teams *in the same town* (Pittsburgh)!
Just imagine what more might be out there beyond that particular burgh....
Date: Wed Apr 23 14:26:38 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:(I'm trying to imagine Snowy's puzzled look as he ponders the possibility of caring about sports teams outside the boundaries of Pittsburgh.)
Date: Wed Apr 23 17:28:23 2014
User: Snowguy
Message:Remember who has the Power...
Date: Wed Apr 23 21:18:48 2014
User: ejchap
Message:Since Snowguy has the power
and he likes Pittsburgh sports teams.
I was a huge fan of the 1960 Pitt Pirates,
during college staying up late and listening to their games on WWVA.
How could you not love Dick Stuart, he even came to the Bosox.
He couldn't field at all. He once got a crowd error on missing a candy wrapper blown at him by the wind. He was colourful.
Maz was the best 2nd baseman by far. The announcer was Bob Prince.
also
Who did you leave out when you made out your
NL all star ballot ?
Clemente, Mays, Aaron, Frank Robinson
ejchap
Date: Wed Apr 23 22:10:48 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:How could you not like that team (1960 Buckos)?
(Yankee fans don't count, of course.)
Date: Wed Apr 23 22:47:59 2014
User: Snowguy
Message:Dick Stuart's no name was Doctor Strange glove.
I see it happened again. The fourth game of four so far. The Pens led by 3-1 and then Lost the game 4-3. Damn.
Date: Wed Apr 23 23:24:41 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:If "the man with the power" was SI, they'd call it a jinx.
Date: Thu Apr 24 00:05:35 2014
User: MikeC
Message:Sorry Snowguy, but I happen to be from Columbus...
Date: Thu Apr 24 00:33:53 2014
User: Snowguy
Message:Congratulations to the a blue Jackets, Mike. But there are 3 yet to be played.
However, I would consider this an oddity greater than 4 shutouts, 2 games to 2.
Date: Thu Apr 24 10:01:22 2014
User: ejchap
Message:MikeC
I went to the University of Dayton
4 summers 1967 to 1970
I got to see on TV and live
the building of the big Red machine
also
a lot of fun
was going to the new Cincy Bengals
summer camp workouts and watching those
poor sob's pushing those sleds around
ejchap
Date: Thu Apr 24 20:50:17 2014
User: Snowguy
Message:According to the Elias Sports Bureau, after only four games this series set an NHL record. The first series of any length that four games were won by teams that had to overcome deficits of two goals or more.
Again, all four games were won 4-3. We Pirates fans understand how the nation's fans are all hoping for the Blue Jackets to win it. If the Pens keep falling asleep, this will be no problem.
Date: Thu Apr 24 20:58:50 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:I think there was another record: number of times a goalie gave up a score after coming out of the net with 1 goal lead and less than 60 seconds left in the game. The old record was zero.
.headslap
Date: Fri Apr 25 03:26:17 2014
User: tbirdie98TNmtn.man
Message:Snowguy: "We Pirates fans understand how the nation's fans are all hoping for the Blue Jackets to win it."
Not so. Although I only follow the NHL *very* obliquely, and it's somewhat refreshing to know there's a team nicknamed "Blue Jackets", most of the nation must root against all things Columbus (sorry MikeC) - due to: a) it being very flat and boring; b) being a former, long-time home of a Yankees farm team, and c) harboring and tolerating (if not downright worshiping) Woody Hayes.
Date: Fri Apr 25 13:58:59 2014
User: Snowguy
Message:Damn. The an has a point there. Three points actually.
:)
Date: Fri Apr 25 15:28:22 2014
User: MikeC
Message:Naw, he's just hating....LOL And Woody Hayes IS a god...
Date: Fri Apr 25 17:22:20 2014
User: The_Revelator
Message:... cast out of heaven!
Date: Fri Apr 25 17:48:07 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:I *really* have a great deal of trouble envisioning St. Peter letting him in in the first place.
(Not sure if that counts as a "religion" comment or not.)
Date: Fri Apr 25 20:55:41 2014
User: ejchap
Message:TN
After graduating from college in 1964,
I was the manager for a great basketball coach in college.
I coached 3 years of high school basketball,
but I decided to leave coaching behind. I didn't think the other coaches and athletic directors were moral people. I was asked to do unethical things. Like in the off seasons to supervise next year's team, which all the cheaters did.
Most of these cheaters are in their schools Hall Of Fame.
I didn't want to be like them
ejchap
Date: Mon Apr 28 23:30:21 2014
User: MikeC
Message:Well now, that sucked ! Guess you win this one Snowguy.
Date: Tue Apr 29 00:11:07 2014
User: Snowguy
Message:It was an inspiration for the Columbus fans. The team has plenty of reason to be proud.
Date: Tue Apr 29 00:49:52 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:....other than representing Columbus....
And...it didn't happen in Snowguyburgh, but Dejuan Blair was ejected on a questionable call a short while ago, probably costing The Mavs the game.
Date: Thu Nov 24 10:10:38 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:This is pretty incredible - 47 assists on 53 baskets by the Warriors.....
Most in the NBA since Phoenix also had 47 in a game in 1991.
Also, the most points in a game the Warriors have ever scored, and their largest margin of victory ever.
Link: They were dealin'
Date: Thu Nov 24 12:50:59 2016
User: Kaos
Message:And earlier in the day, Kevin Love scored 34 points - in the first quarter - of the Cavs game.
Date: Thu Nov 24 15:59:04 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:Right. I actually meant to include that in my post, as it came to my attention first. Most ever by a player in the first quarter; second-most threes in a quarter; and second-most points in any quarter. Both those latter audacious records belonging to Curry's teammate Klay Thompson from a game in January of last year.
Date: Sun Nov 27 01:53:28 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:Today's crazy basketball scores on the football field:
Pitt 76, Syracuse 61. And yes, that's football (so-called). Yet neither of their basketball teams has scored 76 points in their last 4 meetings.
Check out the stats from the link below. Especially read the "my five favorite things" at the bottom of the story. #5 is just incomprehensible, really. Well, they all are for that matter.
And Navy hung 75 on SMU. Yes, the ponies are weak, but still...
Link: Pitt/Syracuse staggering stats
Date: Sun Nov 27 02:04:25 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:Somewhat less stunning, though still noteworthy, Utah Valley St. overcame a 54-27 deficit Wed. night to beat Denver 88-85. The all-time record for deficit recovered from in the NCAA is 32, by Duke vs. Tulane in 1950.
Date: Sun Nov 27 05:24:38 2016
User: TitanicTony
Message:The Pitt/Syracuse stats sure are staggering! One of the interesting things about statistics is that, if you collect enough of them, you will find some that are very unusual. And, from time to time, records are broken! Some new records in sports are probably due to improved equipment and training techniques (and incentives -- in some sports, millions of $$$ are at stake).
Date: Sun Nov 27 10:42:33 2016
User: BuzzClik
Message:When I saw the Pitt/'Cuse score on the screen crawl during another football game, I assumed it was a hoops scores. It was not until the third time the score moved through that I realized it was a football score.
133 points in 60 minutes: that's a touchdown every three minutes. Pitt's time of possession was 24 minutes -- 2.4 minutes per TD. Pitt had 10 TDs with 20 first downs; averaging 11 yards per play, that meant two plays for a first down, then a TD.
Syracuse was only slightly less effective.
1300 total yards of offense.
Hello defense? Hello?
Date: Sun Nov 27 20:32:43 2016
User: Kaos
Message:I noticed Navy's 75 but also thought the Pitt/'Cuse score was for hoops. Clearly, Syracuse should have been throwing more. Getting 5.1 yards per run was not going to get the job done in this game. Oh, and if the game was on TV, the advertisers must have loved it since it seems like every score is always followed by 2-3 minutes of commercials.
In a somewhat related sports oddity, a 60-something white male who lives in the Seattle area and grew up playing football in the streets checked the score of the Sounders soccer game before playing in the freecell Masters and forgot all about the Seahawks NFL game (which, looks to have been forgettable).
Date: Mon Nov 28 12:34:33 2016
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:I remember when a college football game ended with this score.
#24 West Virginia 24
#17 Pittsburgh 17
Date: Mon Nov 28 12:46:11 2016
User: St._Louis_Rams
Message:Prior to 1967, the NFL record for fewest yards of total offense by one team in a single game was 14, held by the Chicago Cardinals in a game against Detroit.
Second place in that category was 16, held by Detroit, in a game against the Chicago Cardinals.
Yes, it was the same game. Final score, 0-0.
(The record was broken by the Broncos in 1967, managing only -5 yards offense in a 51-0 loss to the Raiders. It was broken again in 1979, by the Seahawks, racking up a whopping -7 yards in a 24-0 loss to the Rams.)
Date: Mon Nov 28 12:50:24 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:Do you remember this one?
Kansas State 41
Texas 21
Or this one?
Texas A&M 12
Texas 7
Or.....
Kansas State 45
Texas 42
Those were some pretty good games.....
Date: Mon Nov 28 16:33:16 2016
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:I remember this one...
Texas 36
Tennessee 13
And this one...
Texas 16
Tennessee 0
(Both Cotton Bowls)
Honestly, I thought this discussion was about sports oddities. I didn't realize it was supposed to be a pissing contest about who can be the biggest asshole. Happy now?
Date: Mon Nov 28 16:39:22 2016
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:Got a lot of time on your hands, playing second fiddle, huh, Colt?
Date: Mon Nov 28 16:48:28 2016
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Sammy! I was wonderin' where you went. Say, when was the last time you beat dallas?
Date: Mon Nov 28 16:49:07 2016
User: St._Louis_Rams
Message:That's what I'd like to know. There's a reason we gave ol' Sammy the boot.
Date: Mon Nov 28 16:53:06 2016
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:I am little worried. I mean, somebody named Colt being a Redskin and all, warmin' the ole bench flexin' his guns. Kinda worried for them that were here first.
Date: Mon Nov 28 17:14:55 2016
User: Bobby_Jindal
Message:I don't want to hear any Indian jokes. Those offend me.
Date: Mon Nov 28 17:20:22 2016
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:We're not all Saints, Bobby.
Date: Mon Nov 28 19:29:00 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:As I suspected.....someone with butt hurt attempting retribution. Although I'm not *anti*-Tennessee (only their mass-hysterical overly-orange uber fans), I'm not a UT (the Tennessee one) fan. Although I share the state's name in my moniker, I didn't go there - except for some great concerts from time to time. Not even a good try. And hey, Colt, you started it with the scores - not that I understood your point since Snowguy wasn't even around.
That said, I do find it mildly heartening that you finally joined the good guys who represent the Native American viewpoint.............so to speak.
Date: Tue Nov 29 07:43:41 2016
User: BuzzClik
Message:I know that "Colt_McCoy" still trolls this discussion board, but I had no idea that the real McCoy was still in the NFL. With no appearances in any games this year and a total of 14 appearances in the previous four....well... that's obscurity.
Date: Tue Nov 29 08:53:06 2016
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:I'm sorry, TNmountainman. Yes, I started it with the football scores, but I really didn't know you were a Pittsburgh Panthers fan. I'll try to respect your thin skin in the future.
Date: Tue Nov 29 08:53:59 2016
User: St._Louis_Rams
Message:I remember Super Bowl XXXIV. It was an oddity, because Tennessee was there.
Date: Tue Nov 29 08:56:25 2016
User: Bobby_Jindal
Message:Who said anything about Native Americans? I must have missed that one.
Date: Tue Nov 29 09:25:14 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:You're even more confused than I thought, Colt. No, I'm not a Pittsburgh Panthers fan, either. Nor a Carolina Panthers fan. (Nor a Titans fan, St._Louis_Rams/Colt.) I *do* like the panther animal, however, and feel fortunate to have seen a real one in the wild in the Everglades a long time ago.
And thin-skinned? Hardly. Look at the abuse I endured from the "Man Club" hereon.
Date: Tue Nov 29 10:03:43 2016
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:Let's give Colt some slack, guys. Sitting on that bench all that time has taken its toll on his grey matter.
By the way, I can't find the St._Louis_Rams in the standings.
Date: Tue Nov 29 12:34:54 2016
User: St._Louis_Rams
Message:None of the usernames in this discussion were created recently for the sake of "trolling". (I don't think that word means what BuzzClik thinks it does.) All have extensive FreeCell stats. My first contribution to this discussion was made under the UserName "Colt_McCoy", because that's what I was logged in as at the time. If you're talking about the NFL standings, look under "Los Angeles". Even an Oklahoma graduate should know that.
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Date: Tue Nov 29 12:36:17 2016
User: Los_Angeles_Rams
Message:There, Sammy. Happy, now?
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