ESPN Classic: Astros v. Dodgers on right now (20 inning classic)

[codell]

I was flipping through the channels and I was like .........WTF is Gerald Young doing on there???

:D

[MadMax]

i was there. i know everyone says that. but i really was! left early, though. came home and listened to the game in bed.

[codell]

Originally posted by MadMax
i was there. i know everyone says that. but i really was! left early, though. came home and listened to the game in bed.

That game was on a Saturday night, so my parents let me stay up past 12 (midnight) to watch it.

Hey thats Bob Knepper???

Anyone remember what Bob Knepper was famous for?

[MadMax]

Originally posted by codell
That game was on a Saturday night, so my parents let me stay up past 12 (midnight) to watch it.

Hey thats Bob Knepper???

Anyone remember what Bob Knepper was famous for?

game 6??

screaming about female umps??

[codell]

Originally posted by MadMax
game 6??

screaming about female umps??

He called the N.O.W. (National Organization of Women) a "bunch of lesbians".

Bob was not exactly what you would call a "progressive thinker".

[MadMax]

Originally posted by codell
He called the N.O.W. (National Organization of Women) a "bunch of lesbians".

Bob was not exactly what you would call a "progressive thinker".

that's right. it all stemmed from the female umps thing.

[codell]

BTW, ....they are condensing this game into a 2 hour slot. What a shame..................:(

Madmax,

Do you remember the game the next day????

[MadMax]

Originally posted by codell
BTW, ....they are condensing this game into a 2 hour slot. What a shame..................:(

Madmax,

Do you remember the game the next day????

yeah...18 innings?? something like that

[BrianKagy]

Eric "Cool Breeze" Yelding! Awesome.

And Jim Clancy on the mound, the guy signed to "replace" Nolan Ryan. Jim Clancy, the most evil, untalented piece of garbage pitcher ever to wear the rainbow stripes. I still remember Clancy fielding a routine grounder back to the mound, turning to first, and throwing the ball into the ****ing stands.

I also remember Milo Hamilton nearly blowing a gasket when the pitching coach went out to talk to Clancy after one of his typical walk-single-walk-double outings-- "Needs to go out there and talk to him LIKE A DUTCH UNCLE!!!!!" thundered Milo.

[nWo34Life]

Ahh, the good ole' days. That's when baseball was fun to watch.

[MadMax]

Originally posted by nWo34Life
Ahh, the good ole' days. That's when baseball was fun to watch.

why was that the good old days?

as an astros fan, i'll take the last 10 years over the 10 proceeding it every day of the week.

[codell]

Originally posted by MadMax
yeah...18 innings?? something like that

I believe it was 13 actually. And if I remember correctly, we won it when Mike Scott hit a sacrafice fly. :)

[rockets-#1]

So did the Astros win that 20 inning game?

[codell]

Originally posted by rockets-#1
So did the Astros win that 20 inning game?

Yeah.

I forgot how we won it though. All i remember is, they had Fernando Valenzuela playing 1st base and a position player on the mound.

Im anxious to relive this game once again.

[codell]

What an awesome game.

Totally forgot about having those two runners thrown out to end it.

Is anyone else kind of irritated trying to watching this without that lil thing in the upper left hand corner that keeps track of the score, inning, etc.?? :mad:

[codell]

Heh. So it was Rafael Ramirez driving in Doran from 2nd to win it. LOVED Raffy Ramirez. Fernando Valenzuela jumped up and almost caught that line drive!!

I remember how good Scoscia was at blocking the plate back then. I thought Doran was a dead duck.

I almost felt sorry for Jeff Hamilton after seeing that pained look on his face.

Good times. :)

[JBIIRockets]

This was actually a 22 inning game, not 20, and the game the next day went 13 innings.

[Sattle]

I was at that game! No really, I was!! I remember it like it was yesterday. About 1pm that day we we're dropped off at Astroworld and went to the game at about 8-8:30pm (this is about the time they would let you walk into the stadium without a ticket). My dad was supposed to pick us up at 10pm, but he knew we were at the game, so he listened to the game in the car for the next 3 hours and waited for us.

The game definetly was 22 inning and I remember Hershiser pitched a bunch of shutout innings. I definetly remember Fernando playing first base and some infielder was pitching when Astros won the game. That was fun. I wish I knew it was on Classics.

[PhiSlammaJamma]

From New York, I watched the ticker on CNN all night for the score updates. The only ticker in service at the time. It was kinda boring doing that. But I had to know if we won.

[DFW_Rockets_Fan]

Originally posted by codell
Anyone remember what Bob Knepper was famous for? [/B]

A 20 mph fastball? :D

[codell]

Originally posted by DFW_Rockets_Fan
A 20 mph fastball? :D

Hey now.

The term "crafty lefthander" was coined based on Knep.

[nWo34Life]

Originally posted by MadMax
why was that the good old days?

as an astros fan, i'll take the last 10 years over the 10 proceeding it every day of the week.

Check the history, MadMax:

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/hou/history/timeline4.jsp

In 1997, it was the 1st time in 11 years they made the playoffs. They haven't got past the 1st round since 1986. In the proceeding 10 years, they went to the championship series twice. More progress there than the past 10-15 years.

[Groogrux]

They've never got past the first round.

I'll take the last ten years of competeting and four playoff experiences over any other part of our history, honestly.

[nWo34Life]

Originally posted by Rocketman95
They've never got past the first round.

I'll take the last ten years of competeting and four playoff experiences over any other part of our history, honestly.

According to this:

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp

They reached the Championship Series twice.

[Groogrux]

Originally posted by nWo34Life
According to this:

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp

They reached the Championship Series twice.

Which, until the advent of the wild card, was the first round.

[nWo34Life]

Originally posted by Rocketman95
Which, until the advent of the wild card, was the first round.

What?

Dude, if you look on that list, those are the NL Championship Series. If you look at last year's, it shows Florida beating Chicago to get to the World Series. So, even thought the wild card wasn't invented then, they did go as far as the League Championship Series before the World Series.

[codell]

Originally posted by nWo34Life
What?

Dude, if you look on that list, those are the NL Championship Series. If you look at last year's, it shows Florida beating Chicago to get to the World Series. So, even thought the wild card wasn't invented then, they did go as far as the League Championship Series before the World Series.

There is still no difference between what they did in 86 and what they did in 97-00.

They won their division. They went to the playoffs and lost.

They haven't won a playoff series before 1997 and tey haven't won a playoff series after 1997.

[Groogrux]

The Astros have never won a playoff series. That's the entire point.

[codell]

Originally posted by Rocketman95
The Astros have never won a playoff series. That's the entire point.

Exactly.

Since the wild card was implemented in 1995, there is no difference between a NLCS pre 1995 and a NLDS post 1995 IMO.