Wednesday, October 24, 2018

 

The Last Time the Dodgers Faced the Sox in the World Series...


The New York Times had a fascinating piece yesterday about the last time that the Red Sox and the Dodgers met in the World Series: 1916.

What was different?

Well, the Dodgers played in Brooklyn then, of course (and the name made more sense, as streetcar dodgers). Though they apparently couldn't quite decide on a name, and switched off between Dodgers, Robins, and the "Superbas" (which I kind of like, since it is almost "Superbad" and derives from the too-rarely used word "superb." Babe Ruth was pitching for the Sox. 

IPLawGuy was actually in attendance at that particular game 5, in Boston, and remembers that it was a lopsided game. "Why yes!" he told me, tamping out his pipe into my unfinished salad, "the Superbas folded like a well-used linen napkin. I think I still have the scorecard here someplace...." At that point he went down into his basement, and we haven't seen him since.




# posted by Mark Osler @ 12:00 AM
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Babe Ruth pitched 14 innings in game two and only gave us 6 hit and one run. Take that Chris Sale. One of the Dodgers hitters was a guy named Casey Stengel.

I wish I had been there for any of those games. The 14 inning game lasted 2-1/2 hours. The others were less than 2 hours. Baseball is trying to address the length of game problem, but it may take something drastic. NOt sure what. The use of analytics on EVERYTHING has really changed the game.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/world-series-102-years-before-red-sox-vs-dodgers-it-was-babe-ruth-and-boston-vs-brooklyn/

# posted by Blogger IPLawguy : 5:50 PM
 
OH, and the Future Red Sox and Dodgers did NOT play their games at Fenway, then in its third season. It was deemed too small, so the games were played at much bigger Braves Field, home of Boston's N.L. Team

# posted by Blogger IPLawguy : 5:52 PM
 
I guess in 102 years, at least, you will be able to tell us about being at some Nationals' game...
# posted by Blogger Mark Osler : 7:22 PM
 
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