Matt and Tom Discuss – Bob Feller, Pitching Machines, December 15th, Free Agency, Bill Hamilton and Tommie Agee December 15th Show Notes December 15, 1896 – THE PITCHING CANNON AT WORK In 1896, Princeton University mathematics instructor Charles Hinton designed a gunpowder-powered baseball pitching machine for the Princeton University baseball team’s batting practice….
Jack Fisher Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 215 Born: Saturday, March 04, 1939 in Frostburg, MD USA Died: in , Debut: 4/14/1959 Last Game: 9/26/1969 Full Name: John Howard Fisher
The Mets obtain Tommy Agee, the 1966 Rookie of the Year, and utility infielder Al Weis from the White Sox in exchange for Buddy Booker, Tommy Davis, Jack Fisher, and Billy Wynne. New York’s newest additions will both play a pivotal role in the team’s 1969 World Championship season.
Chicago’s Ron Santo singles in the 1st and his next time up is struck in the face by a Jack Fisher pitch that fractures his cheek. Before Santo’s at bat, the Mets’ Ron Hunt and the Cubs’ Adolfo Phillips had both been hit by pitches. Santo will be operated on the following day but will return to action in a week. The injury ends his consecutive game streak at 390, but his 27 game hitting streak continues one shy of the franchise mark, stays intact with a first-inning single.
Ron Santo establishes a National League record when he appears in his 364th consecutive game at third base. The Cubs infielder’s streak, which started on April 19, 1964, will end at 390 contests after he is struck in the face by a Jack Fisher pitch that fractures his cheek.
Giants center fielder Willie Mays breaks Ralph Kiner’s record for home runs in a month when the ‘Say Hey Kid’ hits a moon shot off Jack Fischer for his 17th round-tripper in an 8-3 victory over New York. The former Pirates outfielder, now a broadcaster for the Mets on WHN radio and WOR-TV, calls the four-bagger which breaks the monthly mark he established with 16 round-trippers in 1949 during September.
On August 13 , 1965 — At the Astrodome Rusty Staub singles home the game-winner in the ninth to slip past New York, 3-2. In the typical fashion of those early Met teams, they couldn’t stand a 2-0 lead and let the winning run on base when two Mets collide under Joe Morgan’s pop fly. Both…
April 22, 1965 at Dodger Stadium Jack Fisher and Sandy Koufax battle to a 1-1 tie, until John Roseboro delivers a walk off hit giving Sandy Koufax the win.
On September 26, 1961 — At Yankee Stadium, with fewer than 20,000 fans in attendance, during a 3-2 Yankee win over the Baltimore Orioles, in the bottom of the 3rd inning Roger Maris ties Babe Ruth’s 34 year-old single-season record with his 60th home run of the year, a high drive down the right-field…
1961 – The 155th Yankees game of the season (including a tie) is Roger Maris’ last chance to beat the 60 home run mark set by Babe Ruth in compliance with Commissioner Ford Frick’s statement, for the record to be broken Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris’ 59th home run of the year, off Jack Fisher, is short of the record, but helps the Yankees beat Baltimore, 4 – 2 to clinch their 26th American League pennant.
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