Baseball.........Anybody still interested?
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This world series game is crazy 
lol lol
2:53am where I'm at lol
I thought you said you were going to sleep? What happened? Lol
I peeked before I went to bed
Let's go Jays!!!
BASEBALL'S GREATEST PLAYER THAT NOBODY KNOWS
MARTIN DIHIGO
(1906-1971)
MARTIN DIHIGO
(1906-1971)
When so-called experts and historians engage in debates about the best player in baseball history, the argument now typically comes down to two names - Shohei Ohtani and Babe Ruth. Yet, there is a player who most baseball fans have never heard of who just may be the greatest player who ever lived. His name was Martin Dihigo (pronounced Mar-teen Dee-ego).
At 6'2, 210 lbs with great speed and unusual athletisism, Martin Dihigo was a 21st Century caliber athlete trapped in the 1920s. Born on May 25, 1906 in Matanzas, Cuba, Dihigo made his professional debut at the age of 17 with the Havana Reds, a team that competed in both the Cuban Baseball League and the Negro National League in America. During a playing career that spanned 17 years, Dihigo mastered and routinely played all eight defensive positions on the field, with his strongest positions being second base, shortstop, center field, right field, and first base. Famous for his legendary throwing arm, he set records for gunning down runners from right field early in his career before opposing teams gave up ever challenging him again.
A savage hitter who could hit for both average and power, Dihigo, along with Josh Gibson, hit some of the longest home runs in Negro League history. With power to all fields, Dihigo won multiple batting titles in the Mexican League, the Cuban League, and the Negro League. Yet, he saved his most legendary performances for the pitcher's mound.
At 6'2, 210 lbs with great speed and unusual athletisism, Martin Dihigo was a 21st Century caliber athlete trapped in the 1920s. Born on May 25, 1906 in Matanzas, Cuba, Dihigo made his professional debut at the age of 17 with the Havana Reds, a team that competed in both the Cuban Baseball League and the Negro National League in America. During a playing career that spanned 17 years, Dihigo mastered and routinely played all eight defensive positions on the field, with his strongest positions being second base, shortstop, center field, right field, and first base. Famous for his legendary throwing arm, he set records for gunning down runners from right field early in his career before opposing teams gave up ever challenging him again.
A savage hitter who could hit for both average and power, Dihigo, along with Josh Gibson, hit some of the longest home runs in Negro League history. With power to all fields, Dihigo won multiple batting titles in the Mexican League, the Cuban League, and the Negro League. Yet, he saved his most legendary performances for the pitcher's mound.
Credited with at least 260 career Negro League wins by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Dihigo was a complete master on the mound. Known most for an explosive, overpowering fastball, Dihigo had mastery of as many as four other pitches (imagine Greg Maddux with Gerrit Cole's fastball). His most famous pitching performance came on September 5, 1938 in the deciding game for the Mexican Baseball League championship. Dihigo was the starting pitcher for Aguila de Veracruz, facing the heavily favored Agrario de Mexico squad, whose starting pitcher was the legendary Satchel Paige. In an afternoon game played in intense heat, Paige and Dihigo engaged in an eight-inning duel with each pitcher giving up only one run. The battle continued until the eighth inning when Paige gave in to the heat, and was replaced by relief pitcher Ramon Bragana. In the bottom of the ninth inning, after holding Agrario scoreless in the eighth inning, Dihigo, also the League's leading hitter with a .387 average, ended the game with a 430-ft home run over the center field wall to complete Aguila's championship upset. Dihigo not only won the League's batting title, but finished his year on the mound with an 18-2 record, and an unreal 0.92 ERA.
While historians have had little to say about Dihigo, many Hall of Fame players, both black and white, who saw and competed against him, freely testified about his greatness:
Buck Leonard: "He was the greatest all-around player I know. I'd say he was the best ballplayer of all time, black or white. He could do it all. He is my ideal ballplayer, makes no difference what race either. If he's not the greatest, I don't know who is. You can take your Ruths, Cobbs, and DiMaggios. Give me Dihigo and I'd bet I'd beat you about every time."
Monte Irvin: "He was just a great natural athlete. He could run like a deer and had a great arm. He played the infield and the outfield, and he was a great pitcher."
Roy Campanella: "Dihigo was one of the greatest I ever saw. He was a tremendous hitter, had great power, could hit for an average, everything. I played against him in the Cuban Winter League, in Mexico, and in the Negro National League when he was with the New York Cubans."
It wasn't only black icons who sang his praises, but white Hall of Famers, as well:
Johnny Mize: "He was the only guy I ever saw who could play all nine positions, manage, run and switch hit."
After completing his playing career, Dihigo went on to become a legendary manager, winning championships in both Cuba and Venezuela. Martin Dihigo is the only player in the history of baseball to be elected to the Halls of Fame in five different countries: Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.
LETS GO BLUE JAYS!!
First two batters up to the plate hitting back to back home runs is WILD
First two batters up to the plate hitting back to back home runs is WILD
Looks like Toronto is avenging Drake.
This is embarrassing.
Man, Fuck Drake...lol
This bigger than him
Our first world series since winning back to back in 1992 and 1993
Damn damn damn he was himBASEBALL'S GREATEST PLAYER THAT NOBODY KNOWS
MARTIN DIHIGO
(1906-1971)
When so-called experts and historians engage in debates about the best player in baseball history, the argument now typically comes down to two names - Shohei Ohtani and Babe Ruth. Yet, there is a player who most baseball fans have never heard of who just may be the greatest player who ever lived. His name was Martin Dihigo (pronounced Mar-teen Dee-ego).
At 6'2, 210 lbs with great speed and unusual athletisism, Martin Dihigo was a 21st Century caliber athlete trapped in the 1920s. Born on May 25, 1906 in Matanzas, Cuba, Dihigo made his professional debut at the age of 17 with the Havana Reds, a team that competed in both the Cuban Baseball League and the Negro National League in America. During a playing career that spanned 17 years, Dihigo mastered and routinely played all eight defensive positions on the field, with his strongest positions being second base, shortstop, center field, right field, and first base. Famous for his legendary throwing arm, he set records for gunning down runners from right field early in his career before opposing teams gave up ever challenging him again.
A savage hitter who could hit for both average and power, Dihigo, along with Josh Gibson, hit some of the longest home runs in Negro League history. With power to all fields, Dihigo won multiple batting titles in the Mexican League, the Cuban League, and the Negro League. Yet, he saved his most legendary performances for the pitcher's mound.
Credited with at least 260 career Negro League wins by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Dihigo was a complete master on the mound. Known most for an explosive, overpowering fastball, Dihigo had mastery of as many as four other pitches (imagine Greg Maddux with Gerrit Cole's fastball). His most famous pitching performance came on September 5, 1938 in the deciding game for the Mexican Baseball League championship. Dihigo was the starting pitcher for Aguila de Veracruz, facing the heavily favored Agrario de Mexico squad, whose starting pitcher was the legendary Satchel Paige. In an afternoon game played in intense heat, Paige and Dihigo engaged in an eight-inning duel with each pitcher giving up only one run. The battle continued until the eighth inning when Paige gave in to the heat, and was replaced by relief pitcher Ramon Bragana. In the bottom of the ninth inning, after holding Agrario scoreless in the eighth inning, Dihigo, also the League's leading hitter with a .387 average, ended the game with a 430-ft home run over the center field wall to complete Aguila's championship upset. Dihigo not only won the League's batting title, but finished his year on the mound with an 18-2 record, and an unreal 0.92 ERA.
While historians have had little to say about Dihigo, many Hall of Fame players, both black and white, who saw and competed against him, freely testified about his greatness:
Buck Leonard: "He was the greatest all-around player I know. I'd say he was the best ballplayer of all time, black or white. He could do it all. He is my ideal ballplayer, makes no difference what race either. If he's not the greatest, I don't know who is. You can take your Ruths, Cobbs, and DiMaggios. Give me Dihigo and I'd bet I'd beat you about every time."
Monte Irvin: "He was just a great natural athlete. He could run like a deer and had a great arm. He played the infield and the outfield, and he was a great pitcher."
Roy Campanella: "Dihigo was one of the greatest I ever saw. He was a tremendous hitter, had great power, could hit for an average, everything. I played against him in the Cuban Winter League, in Mexico, and in the Negro National League when he was with the New York Cubans."
It wasn't only black icons who sang his praises, but white Hall of Famers, as well:
Johnny Mize: "He was the only guy I ever saw who could play all nine positions, manage, run and switch hit."
After completing his playing career, Dihigo went on to become a legendary manager, winning championships in both Cuba and Venezuela. Martin Dihigo is the only player in the history of baseball to be elected to the Halls of Fame in five different countries: Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.
Had the game recording and got caught up in real time.
When I turned it on earlier I was stunned at those home runs to immediately lead off the game.
That game was something else on Monday.
I was working late that day, so I watched a portion at home ... listened to a few innings in the car and watched the rest at work with others (on the clock, lol). It ended just before midnight PST locally. As soon as I arrived they asked me - "You want something to eat? Cold beer? What?"
I replied - "Order me a pizza ... you got any wings? Let's get to it."
This World Series has nothing to do with no celebrity from our city. Drake is my fam and all but it has nothing to do with him. Nobody in the city is even talking about that Drake and Kendrick stuff regarding this series like that.Looks like Toronto is avenging Drake.
This is embarrassing.
More people are talking about being the underdog and being counted out and still doing what we doing and that It would be one of the greatest stories ever if we won it all and knocking down the mighty dodgers from repeating.
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