Coral Gables, Fla. (VIP-WIRE).
It is clarified as a public service that Joan of Arc was not a soccer goalkeeper.-
Unbeatable records, but little mentioned. I often read or hear about Cy Young’s 511 wins, noting in passing that he’s the only one in the Hall of Fame with 300 games lost (315). They talk about Joe DiMaggio’s 56 consecutive games hitting hits, Johnny Vander Meer’s two consecutive no-hitters and Don Larsen’s no-hit in the World Series…
But nobody, or few mention, that receiving 120 intentional walks in a season, like Barry Bonds in 2004, is also an unattainable number. The best hitters usually get only about 100 free bases, but add up the intentional and unintentional ones.
They have also been forgotten Charles (Old Hoss) Radbourn’s 59 wins in one season, 1884. While 54 years ago Denny McLain was the last 30-game winner. In addition, it is still a long-standing scandal that Julio Urías won 20 last year, because very few reach that number.
And now, a naive question: Will there be someone these days who connects more than 12 home runs inside the field in a season? That is the mark set 121 years ago, in 1901 by Sam Crawford.
The truth is that we now live entire seasons without even an inside-the-park home run.
The infield home run is the hardest hit to pull off, because it takes a very precise combination. First you have to find three baserunners, then hit hard, have good luck and move your legs fast.
So rare are these home runs, that in 152 years of Major League Baseball only once has he connected with three on bases to leave in the field.
It happened on July 25, 1956, when Puerto Rican Roberto Clemente appeared at bat in the bottom of the ninth inning, at the Pirates’ Forbes Field with the visiting Cubs, who were winning 8-5.
Of course there were three runners on base when Clemente slammed a line drive over centerfielder Solly Drake’s head. The coach from third made signs for Roberto not to follow home, but he ignored it and arrived on a slide, fractions of a second before shortstop Ernie Banks’ relief throw, and in the midst of the uproar due to the ovation and cheers of 31 thousand 267 fans who filled the park. And there are more forgotten records.
Thanks to life that has given me so much, even a reader like you.
ATTENTION.- By Google, the file of “Juan Vené in the Ball”, in “sport unites us again”.
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