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soberdennis
05-22-2006, 10:08 PM
What HOFer
1. was a backup on the 27 Yankees.
2. Hit over .300 while winning 3 games in the WS.
3. was the manager who switched Ruth to the OF.
4. What 2 HOF managers never had longer than a 1 year contract.
5. was Carl Hubbell's 6th k victim in the 1934 All star game.
Yankwood
05-22-2006, 11:04 PM
5. Lefty Gomez
Yankwood
05-22-2006, 11:07 PM
3. Ed Barrow
soberdennis
05-22-2006, 11:58 PM
Both are correct.
Barrow earned his HOF credentials by following Ruth to NY and becoming the first of many great GM's the Yanks have had
After Hubbell k'd Ruth Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons, and Cronin, Dickey singled and Gomez reportedly said "What am I doing up here?" before becoming Hubbell's sixth victim.
Yankwood
05-23-2006, 01:04 AM
4. Half of the answer is Walter Alston.
Brooklyn
05-23-2006, 06:55 AM
4. Half of the answer is Walter Alston.
Is the other one Lasorda?
Captain Cold Nose
05-23-2006, 07:28 AM
Is 1 Leo Durocher?
soberdennis
05-23-2006, 09:03 AM
Alston, Lasorda, and Durocher are correct.
Durocher was Mark Koenig's backup on Murderer's Row. Then he played for the Gashouse Gang. Played for two of the most famous teams in history. How many players can claim that? I'm sure there aren't too many.(not a trivia question. just a comment.)
The O'Malleys never signed a manager to more than a 1 year contract. So Alston and Lasorda had to renew their contracts every year during their HOF careers.
# 2 is still out there.
Budtaff
05-23-2006, 09:10 AM
#2 Jack Coombs
soberdennis
05-23-2006, 09:11 AM
#2 Jack Coombs
Yep in 1910.
Budtaff
05-23-2006, 09:17 AM
Coombs isn't a HOFer though? at least not as a player.
soberdennis
05-23-2006, 09:22 AM
Coombs isn't a HOFer though? at least not as a player.
My mistake I thought he was. sorry.
soberdennis
05-23-2006, 09:38 AM
To make up for that mistake, I'll ask this one.
What HOFer gave up Willie Mays' first homer.
Yankwood
05-23-2006, 09:50 AM
To make up for that mistake, I'll ask this one.
What HOFer gave up Willie Mays' first homer.
I think I remember this as being Warren Spahn.
soberdennis
05-23-2006, 10:26 AM
I think I remember this as being Warren Spahn.
That is correct.
LivnLegend
05-23-2006, 05:00 PM
My mistake I thought he was. sorry.
Maybe thinking of Earl Combs?
soberdennis
05-24-2006, 12:25 AM
Maybe thinking of Earl Combs?
Earle Combs didn't win 3 WS games?! Cute though.