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Jul 21, 2007 12:04:44 GMT -5
Post by chandler44 on Jul 21, 2007 12:04:44 GMT -5
OK, here's one for you. In 1977, this "poor man's" Dave Kingman -a VERY poor man's Dave Kingman struck out 45 times in 100 at bats for the Astros. I scored a game where he struck out for the cycle - on counts of 0-2, 1-2, 2-2 and 3-2, unfortunately, not in progressive order, that would have been TOO rich. (I wonder how many times THAT has happened in MLB history?). Anyway, who was this King of the K? Jim Fuller. He managed to K 130 times in 315 career at bats.
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Jul 21, 2007 13:07:15 GMT -5
Post by sadoug on Jul 21, 2007 13:07:15 GMT -5
Trout- Roger Metzger Flea..Bob Lillis Rooster..Doug Rader Dawg.....uh...Cliff johnson
Rats...I dont remember who else you said...Great post...keep it up
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Jul 21, 2007 14:28:37 GMT -5
Post by sadoug on Jul 21, 2007 14:28:37 GMT -5
Don Zimmer coached here for a while...he might be in the running with Nellie Fox for biggest tobacco wad
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Jul 21, 2007 19:28:08 GMT -5
Post by crashtest on Jul 21, 2007 19:28:08 GMT -5
Trout- Roger Metzger Flea..Bob Lillis Rooster..Doug Rader Dawg.....uh...Cliff johnson Rats...I dont remember who else you said...Great post...keep it up Name the nickname: 1. The Trout x 2. The Flea x 3. The Dawg 4. The Grouper 5. The Dalton Gang 6. The Guv'ner 7. Snuffy 8. The Rooster x 9. Sluggo 10. La Malita Bonus Question: Which Astro pitcher lost a testicle after taking a one-hopper back to the mound?
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Jul 21, 2007 19:44:41 GMT -5
Post by crashtest on Jul 21, 2007 19:44:41 GMT -5
1. Who were the first three announcers in the booth for the Colt .45s in 1962?
2. Who was the first new announcer added?
3. What station was the inaugural flagship radio station?
4. What channel in Houston televised the Sunday road games circa 62-64?
5. Who was the post-game color guy (an ex-player) who commented on the (probable) loss circa 62-64?
6. Which was the official beer of the 1962 Colt .45s?
7. Which petroleum company had its logo on the huge scoreboard when the Astrodome opened in 1965?
8. Name the colors of the different levels of seating when the Astrodome opened in 1965, from field level to the skyboxes.
9. Where was Judge Roy's apartment?
10. What was the parking lot theme at Colt Stadium?
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Jul 21, 2007 19:48:44 GMT -5
Post by crashtest on Jul 21, 2007 19:48:44 GMT -5
OK, here's one for you. In 1977, this "poor man's" Dave Kingman -a VERY poor man's Dave Kingman struck out 45 times in 100 at bats for the Astros. I scored a game where he struck out for the cycle - on counts of 0-2, 1-2, 2-2 and 3-2, unfortunately, not in progressive order, that would have been TOO rich. (I wonder how many times THAT has happened in MLB history?). Anyway, who was this King of the K? Jim Fuller. He managed to K 130 times in 315 career at bats. BINGO! I wonder if any player had as high a strikeout ratio with a minimum of 300 at bats. One would think it would be hard to be given 300 at bats if you K more than one out of three at bats. My nomination for the WORST position player in franchise history.
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Jul 21, 2007 19:57:47 GMT -5
Post by crashtest on Jul 21, 2007 19:57:47 GMT -5
Name every man who ever sat in the dugout wearing a Colt .45 uni who is in the Hall of Fame.
Ditto for an Astros uni.
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Jul 21, 2007 21:44:50 GMT -5
Post by jamesa46 on Jul 21, 2007 21:44:50 GMT -5
Trout- Roger Metzger Flea..Bob Lillis Rooster..Doug Rader Dawg.....uh...Cliff johnson Rats...I dont remember who else you said...Great post...keep it up Name the nickname: 1. The Trout x 2. The Flea x 3. The Dawg 4. The Grouper 5. The Dalton Gang 6. The Guv'ner 7. Snuffy 8. The Rooster x 9. Sluggo 10. La Malita Bonus Question: Which Astro pitcher lost a testicle after taking a one-hopper back to the mound? Crash- I'll stay away for a while from answering these since I do still have the complete copy of our "Official List" of nicknames and give somebody else a chance first. ;D
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Jul 21, 2007 21:54:28 GMT -5
Post by jamesa46 on Jul 21, 2007 21:54:28 GMT -5
1. Who were the first three announcers in the booth for the Colt .45s in 1962? - Gene Elston, Loel Passe and Al Helfer.
2. Who was the first new announcer added? - Harry Kalas
3. What station was the inaugural flagship radio station? - KPRC?
4. What channel in Houston televised the Sunday road games circa 62-64? - Channel 2 I believe.
5. Who was the post-game color guy (an ex-player) who commented on the (probable) loss circa 62-64? - You've got me on that one - I thought Loel did the post games.
6. Which was the official beer of the 1962 Colt .45s? - Lone Star Beer - From the country of 1100 Springs!
7. Which petroleum company had its logo on the huge scoreboard when the Astrodome opened in 1965? - Shell Oil I believe
8. Name the colors of the different levels of seating when the Astrodome opened in 1965, from field level to the skyboxes. - Ok....I'm not going to look this up, I'm going to go from memory. Field Boxes were red. The Mezzanine was orange. The Loge (or Club Level) was purple. Next was the Yellow (or Gold as some called it) seats. I think those nose bleed sky boxes were gray in color.
9. Where was Judge Roy's apartment? -Above the right field Mezzanine section
10. What was the parking lot theme at Colt Stadium? - My mind has gone blank on this one but it was nicknamed due to the mushy and soft texture of the asphalt used to cover the parking lot.
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Jul 21, 2007 22:53:50 GMT -5
Post by sadoug on Jul 21, 2007 22:53:50 GMT -5
James...I know you are way ahead of me here, but I thought pearl was the beer from 1100 springs, and I thought the judges apt was way on top in dead center....The first oil company logo I saw out there was texaco
I also thought the field boxes were red...the mezzanine was also red...the Loge was brown, the club level was black ...the sky boxes were purple, and the top level was gold hmmm....something was orange, but I dont know what.
Joe Morgan wore both an astro uni, and a colt 45 uni...Nolan Ryan wore an astro uni..Yogi berra wore an astro uni...oh well...
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Jul 21, 2007 22:59:20 GMT -5
Post by jamesa46 on Jul 21, 2007 22:59:20 GMT -5
James...I know you are way ahead of me here, but I thought pearl was the beer from 1100 springs, and I thought the judges apt was way on top in dead center....The first oil company logo I saw out there was texaco I also thought the field boxes were red...the mezzanine was also red...the Loge was brown, the club level was black ...the sky boxes were purple, and the top level was gold hmmm....something was orange, but I dont know what. Joe Morgan wore both an astro uni, and a colt 45 uni...Nolan Ryan wore an astro uni..Yogi berra wore an astro uni...oh well... I think Texaco is right. The Pearl Beer 1100 springs commercial probably is the right one. They had both Lone Star and Pearl Beer as sponsors over the years. I just can't remember the correct sequence. I'm pretty sure the Judges suite was above the right field section. As for the seating color sequence, I was guessing to see how good my memory was....we'll see what Crash has to say.
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Jul 22, 2007 12:05:06 GMT -5
Post by sadoug on Jul 22, 2007 12:05:06 GMT -5
ok...I didnt realize nellie fox was in the hall...he also played for the colt 45's...as did Ronin Roberts...Leo Duroscher was for the Astros, as well as Don Sutton
I am sure Crash will fill in the list.
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Jul 22, 2007 16:32:58 GMT -5
Post by crashtest on Jul 22, 2007 16:32:58 GMT -5
OK, I'll do the colors from the best of my memory: 1. The field boxes were RED. 2. The mezzanine seats were ORANGE. 3. The club/press level seats were BLACK. 4. The loge level seats were PURPLE. Although they were at a great level for viewing, unless you were in the front row or two, you got a periscope view where you couldn't track a fly ball or maybe even see the scoreboard. 5. The upper reserved seats were commonly called the GOLD. I got a seat just to the first base side on the second row for 10 bucks in the parking lot to see game 5 of the 1980 NLCS vs the Philles. Awesome seat, awesome game - the most memorable baseball game of my life. 6. The skybox seats were ROYAL BLUE. 7. The outfield pavillion seats were a bronze-brown, weren't they?
After they tore down the scoreboard to complete the circle of the GOLD level - and completely destroy the personality of the Dome, they changed some of the colors - most noticeably making the GOLD inro RAINBOW.
The first petroleum logo was GULF - a round sign in blue/orange and white - a duplicate of the Astros colors back then.
Judge Roy's apartment was indeed in right field - at about the level of the GOLD where those seats ended about 30 feet past the foul pole. His apartment was shaded to the power alley as I recall.
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Jul 22, 2007 16:43:32 GMT -5
Post by crashtest on Jul 22, 2007 16:43:32 GMT -5
Now for the Colt .45s:
James nailed most of them.
It was PEARL BEER - "From the Country of 1100 Springsā.
KPRC was the station, isn't it 960 AM?
The TV station was Channel 13, KTRK.
Try again on the post-game guy - he was a former player of some reknown - I think he had a position on the Houston city council at the time.
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Jul 22, 2007 16:54:34 GMT -5
Post by jamesa46 on Jul 22, 2007 16:54:34 GMT -5
I'm going to name some of these guys because some have great stories behind them.
Name the nickname:
1. The Trout Roger Metzger (nicknamed by Doug Rader)
2. The Flea - Bob Lillis
3. The Dawg - I don't have "Dawg" on my list unless your referring to Hidalgo?
4. The Grouper - Lee May -( Apparently, Doug "Red Rooster" Rader enjoyed fishing. He lovingly tagged his teammates with the names of their piscine look-alike cousins. (rainbow trout - not the speckled trout of the Gulf Coast and the grouper is a big, lumbering Caribbean fish - separated at birth post to follow). ) forget who came up with this story so if someone could refresh my mind. Was it CrashTest?
5. The Dalton Gang - Can't remember
6. The Guv'ner - Jim Pendleton
7. Snuffy - Mike White - According to Dierker, Mike was given this nickname because he was tongue-tied. 8. The Rooster - Doug Rader
9. Sluggo - Larry Dierker - which he prefers over the nickname "Wrangler" (which he would like to forget) ;D
10. La Malita - Hector Torres
Bonus Question: Which Astro pitcher lost a testicle after taking a one-hopper back to the mound? - Jose Lima? ;D
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