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| Name: | Scott Hercher |
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How the '77 Blazers went from chumps to champs in one season "I stopped practice at one point," former GM Dr. Jack Ramsay says. "I could barely keep from laughing, I was so happy with what I was seeing. I knew, even before we'd played a game, what we had. 'Listen,' I said. 'If we play like this, we can win!'"
posted by wfrazerjr at 02:12 PM on June 12
Time to restore 61 as the gold standard in baseball It was 45 years ago last week, and Roger Maris' hair had not yet begun to fall out. A bigger milestone awaited, but on Aug. 22, 1961, Maris hit a home run off of Ken McBride of the Los Angeles Angels that had its own place in history.
posted by irunfromclones at 03:43 PM on August 28
"I just don't understand the continued contempt towards baseball while football seems to be getting a free pass." Because we all assume football players are using.
posted at 05:33 PM on August 28
Time to restore 61 as the gold standard in baseball It was 45 years ago last week, and Roger Maris' hair had not yet begun to fall out. A bigger milestone awaited, but on Aug. 22, 1961, Maris hit a home run off of Ken McBride of the Los Angeles Angels that had its own place in history.
posted by irunfromclones at 03:43 PM on August 28
The fact is that these numbers really don't matter much. In my mind, 60 and 714 are still the key numbers. Why? With all due respect to Roger Maris and Henry Aaron, who were fine ball players and and better people, only Babe Ruth remains larger than life. Passing Babe Ruth on the all time list will be a bigger deal to Bonds, A-Rod, Pujols, and anybody else in the foreseeable future because that name and that number are part of our (sports) cultural identity; 61 and 755 are not. Steroids don't matter: Ruth would have hit 100 home runs in the steroids era because he would have been more juiced than anybody. Aaron and Maris would have been bigger and stronger because they would have had the benefits of more modern medicine and training facilities and science. The new numbers are fine because they are both irrelevant and appropriate. Keep in mind, to do what Ruth did in 1927, Bonds would have had to hit 240 home runs: Ruth hit more than most teams!
posted at 05:31 PM on August 28
Larry Brown announces this will be his last coaching stop No kidding ..... he's 64 now and missed time for health reasons last season, i'd be shocked if he made it through his new contract with Knicks with their potent line-up . Being a defensive minded coach handed a team that can't score if their life depended on it , I would think he like all Knicks fans should slip into a coma watching them "perform" .
posted by evil empire at 06:30 PM on July 29
I still don't understand why he didn't go to the Cavs. A front office job would be a lot less physically taxing the being head coach, plus it would allow him to abandon several more clubs over the next few years.
posted at 07:38 PM on July 29
How to Throw a No-Hitter on Acid And other lessons from the career of baseball legend Dock Ellis. [Brazenly pilfered from MetaFilter.]
posted by kirkaracha at 02:26 PM on June 23
I agree - this is a tremendous piece. I remember Ellis as a really good pitcher and a controversial figure. It's a pity he didn't translate that intelligence and "dangerous" honesty into a more productive and long term force.
posted at 03:53 PM on June 23
I remember that team so well. I was 16 years old, and became hooked on the game of basketball. I don't think I have ever seen the game played so well -- and that includes Jordan's Bulls that won 72 games. The Blazers didn't win because they had the best talent, or even the best player, as great as Walton was, but because they had the best team. The backdoor play was money for them -- other teams knew it was coming, but couldn't stop it because Portland ran it so well. They seemed to see the game, before it happened. The next year the magic continued: 50-10, Brent Musberger saying every Sunday, several times, "It's like watching a clinic." Then Walton broke his foot, and Weinberg broke our hearts. I'm still a diehard Blazer fan, even living in Pennsylvania. I loved Clyde, Porter, and Kersey, I loved Sabonis, I still think they should have beaten the Pistons, and would have with a better coach. But no team will take away the memory of the 77 Blazers. Rip City!