A lot of people don't like "grinders" and "compilers" for the Hall, but I never understood that. Longevity with the resulting numbers is just as important. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Mike, I was at the game that Tommy John got hurt in 1974. I am glad his bad day was WAYYY after his Dodger career! TJ seemed distracted after his first error. That second error was BRUTAL that led to the third error! ! hahaha That play sounded like a little league play. This is a great story. I have never heard it before. Thanks for sharing! I knew you'd play an Oasis song after all the big news the past week. Have a great rest of your weekend!
Oasis is back and the tour will be epic...and expensive. LOL I often wonder how much better the Dodger would have done in the 74 series with a healthy Tommy John. He was having a great year when he got hurt...something like 12-3 with a sub 3 era.
Fantastic Tommy John story. I hope he day he gets recognized by the HOF before he leaves us. I have him as my next Autograph highlight! Enjoyed Mike. Busy past few weeks. Getting caught up on YT slowly
Hi Mike! I gave you “like” unlucky 13. Hopefully you or I don’t have a bad day. I really enjoyed this video. I never heard that story before. It turned out to be a good day in the end. Nothing like a happy ending unless you’re a Brewers fan or Yankee hater. Thanks for sharing.
Hahahaha! Well…. It was three errors in 12 seconds but it was an an anomaly and he still got the win! Tommy John was an excellent pitcher and anyone that has a surgery named after them should be in the HOF! 😁 The autographed 84 Topps card is awesome and he actually has a very nice signature!
We all have those days. Thankfully, we're not center stage when it happens. It's time Tommy gets his call to the Hall along with Dr Jobe who revolutionized the surgery.
Is that a record (3 errors on one play by one player)? It seems impossible to achieve. Also, why in the world was the pitcher taking a cut? 😂 A friend of mine recently talked to me about TJ and how he's one of only a handful of guys with more than 280 wins and not in the HoF. Thanks for sharing!
For many years it was believed that Mike Grady held the record for 5 errors on a single play back in 1895. 100 years later it was debunked by baseball historians leaving Tommy John to hold the record all by himself. As for the cut, there's different rotation schemes for backing up a play depending on the situation, but for the most part TJ should have been backing up the catcher I believe. If you remember the famous Derek Jeter flip, the pitcher was backing up home, and Jeter ran from SS to pick off the offline throw because he had no other play at his position. It's funny how some of the greatest, or at least most interesting events in baseball often stem from players being out of position or odd decisions that were made. Have a great holiday weekend Gordon.
It would have been no errors but Tommy just couldn't believe he saw a Don Mossi puppet in the stands. Glare is good my friend...it shows it's a video of and for the people. LOL
@@mikethesportshistorycollec1947 Mike, I am trying to find military service information on Gil McDougald. I see a reference that he served, but little information. Do you have a site that you use that might help me?
@@CleanCheapShots Not one set site. Baseball in wartime, SABR, Chevrons and Diamonds, and Wiki will usually have tid bits that can be sewn together, but even then there's sometimes (like with McDougald) that you're lucky if you can find if he even served. Some players just don't or didn't talk about it much, and if they didn't win any major medals, they are kind of forgotten...even though they were good soldiers.
Great stuff, love these kinds of stories!
Thanks Aaron!
Super video Mike. I enjoyed hearing about Tommy John's bad day. Fantastic looking Tommy John card. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Ed! This was a fun one to make.
Awesome ink of Tommy John, enjoyed the episode! Thanks for sharing and have a great rest of your weekend!
Thanks! I think Tommy John is very underrated (even if he did have an occasional bad day, LOL).
Gave a video like. Great story, Mike. Tommy should be in the Hall of Fame. Loved the clip at the end, wild play.
A lot of people don't like "grinders" and "compilers" for the Hall, but I never understood that. Longevity with the resulting numbers is just as important. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@mikethesportshistorycollec1947 100% agree.
Ha! Great story and enjoyed the video at the end. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words!
Great story Mike. Tommy John certainly deserves to be in the HOF. Had he not missed a year he probably would have reached 300 wins. Thanks.
I agree 100 percent. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Mike, I was at the game that Tommy John got hurt in 1974. I am glad his bad day was WAYYY after his Dodger career!
TJ seemed distracted after his first error. That second error was BRUTAL that led to the third error! ! hahaha That play sounded like a little league play. This is a great story. I have never heard it before. Thanks for sharing!
I knew you'd play an Oasis song after all the big news the past week. Have a great rest of your weekend!
Oasis is back and the tour will be epic...and expensive. LOL I often wonder how much better the Dodger would have done in the 74 series with a healthy Tommy John. He was having a great year when he got hurt...something like 12-3 with a sub 3 era.
Enjoyed the video, Mike! Great stuff!
Thanks Scott, I appreciate it.
Fantastic Tommy John story. I hope he day he gets recognized by the HOF before he leaves us. I have him as my next Autograph highlight! Enjoyed Mike. Busy past few weeks. Getting caught up on YT slowly
Thanks Steve. It's almost impossible to keep up with everyone's videos these days. Too many great channels and content.
@@mikethesportshistorycollec1947 for sure. I always prioritize channels. You are at the high end of my list. 👍🏻
@@vintagecardssteve8582 As are you my friend!
Great video
Thank You my friend.
Enjoyed it brother🤙🏽
Thanks Lou! I'm trying to get more Yankee content. LOL
Hi Mike! I gave you “like” unlucky 13. Hopefully you or I don’t have a bad day. I really enjoyed this video. I never heard that story before. It turned out to be a good day in the end. Nothing like a happy ending unless you’re a Brewers fan or Yankee hater.
Thanks for sharing.
Fortunately someone watched after you and gave it a 14, so we both should be ok. LOL. Have a great week my friend.
Hahahaha! Well…. It was three errors in 12 seconds but it was an an anomaly and he still got the win! Tommy John was an excellent pitcher and anyone that has a surgery named after them should be in the HOF! 😁
The autographed 84 Topps card is awesome and he actually has a very nice signature!
Thanks Jim. I think he's well over due for the hall.
We all have those days. Thankfully, we're not center stage when it happens. It's time Tommy gets his call to the Hall along with Dr Jobe who revolutionized the surgery.
Good call Hammer!
Is that a record (3 errors on one play by one player)? It seems impossible to achieve. Also, why in the world was the pitcher taking a cut? 😂
A friend of mine recently talked to me about TJ and how he's one of only a handful of guys with more than 280 wins and not in the HoF.
Thanks for sharing!
For many years it was believed that Mike Grady held the record for 5 errors on a single play back in 1895. 100 years later it was debunked by baseball historians leaving Tommy John to hold the record all by himself. As for the cut, there's different rotation schemes for backing up a play depending on the situation, but for the most part TJ should have been backing up the catcher I believe. If you remember the famous Derek Jeter flip, the pitcher was backing up home, and Jeter ran from SS to pick off the offline throw because he had no other play at his position. It's funny how some of the greatest, or at least most interesting events in baseball often stem from players being out of position or odd decisions that were made. Have a great holiday weekend Gordon.
It would have only been three errors, but someone was shooting a RUclips video and the glare of his card distracted him.
It would have been no errors but Tommy just couldn't believe he saw a Don Mossi puppet in the stands. Glare is good my friend...it shows it's a video of and for the people. LOL
Fun story of Tommy John who should be in the HOF. I am surprised you were able to find this video.
Thanks Drew! I'm starting to think that YT has videos of every play from every year. LOL
@@mikethesportshistorycollec1947 Mike, I am trying to find military service information on Gil McDougald. I see a reference that he served, but little information. Do you have a site that you use that might help me?
@@CleanCheapShots Not one set site. Baseball in wartime, SABR, Chevrons and Diamonds, and Wiki will usually have tid bits that can be sewn together, but even then there's sometimes (like with McDougald) that you're lucky if you can find if he even served. Some players just don't or didn't talk about it much, and if they didn't win any major medals, they are kind of forgotten...even though they were good soldiers.
@@mikethesportshistorycollec1947 Thanks Mike. I might be running into a dead end on this one.