Well, I was going to do a pre-weekend Rays Report today but Dayn Perry did an OK one on the front page and saved me the trouble. So instead I'll offer a trivia question.
TRIVIA QUESTION:
The set-up: In 1977, George Foster hit 52 home runs for the Cincinnati Reds. He became only the 10th player in the history of Major league Baseball to hit 50 or more home runs in a single season. Between 1978 and 2007, 15 additional players have passed the 50-homer plateau in a single season.
The question: Who were the nine players to have hit 50 home runs in a single season before George Foster did it?
I don't think Hammerin' Hank ever hit 50 in a single season, he just had lots of 45 home run seasons...
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Willie Mays, Hank Greenberg, Vic Wertz, Harmon Killebrew and Frank Robinson (not sure on the last four...)
My mom was all upset today about the game last night and I had to console her... I told her that no one is perfect (just look at me!) and if you have to get beat, that's the way to do it. Just get pounded. It's a lot better than losing late in the game by a single run. Now that is demoralizing...
Its all about baseball! Big Leagues, Minors, College, HS or Little League. I seem to be happiest when I'm watching it in one form or another.
As a "long-in-the- tooth" Red Sox fan I have buried many familly members who only got to see my beloved Sox get close. The adjustment in going from a fatalist to a believer concerning the Sox has not been easy for me. I think I may have behaved badly as a fan during this years championship season.It's like learning to write left-handed when you have been right-handed all your life. I follow the Patriots, Boston College Football and college basketball. There is only a little bit of baseball when those sports play.
I only care about the game. If it happens outside the stadium, it is not my business.a>
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