Post by crashtest on Sept 12, 2007 22:46:01 GMT -5
crashtest said:
I found a site that discussed the ULTIMATE GRAND SLAM - down by 3, bottom of the 9th (plus), TWO OUT. Here is the complete list. The Astros are on it TWICE --- as the BBG besmitten, castrated, humiliated loser:September 9, 1881 Roger Connor - 2 outs
September 24, 1925 Babe Ruth - 1 out (10th inning)
May 23, 1936 Sammy Byrd - 0 outs
July 8, 1950 Jack Phillips - 1 out
June 16, 1952 Bobby Thomson - 0 outs
July 15, 1952 Eddie Joost - 0 outs
September 11, 1955 Del Crandall - 2 outs
May 11, 1956 Danny Kravitz - 0 outs
July 25, 1956 Roberto Clemente - 0 outs (inside the park!)
August 31, 1963 Ellis Burton - 2 outs
August 2, 1970 Tony Taylor - 0 outs
August 11, 1970 Carl Taylor - 2 outs
April 22, 1973 Ron Lolich - 2 outs
May 1, 1979 Roger Freed - 2 outs********************************
April 13, 1983 Bo Diaz - 2 outs
August 31, 1984 Buddy Bell - 2 outs
April 13, 1985 Phil Bradley - 2 outs
August 29, 1986 d*ck Schofield - 2 outs
June 21, 1988 Alan Trammell - 2 outs
May 17, 1996 Chris Hoiles - 2 outs (full count)
July 28, 2001 Brian Giles - 2 outs**********************************
May 17, 2002 Jason Giambi - 1 out (14th inning)
Check that out again. Only TWELVE times in MLB HISTORY has a game ended with a 2 out Grand Slam with the home team down by 3. It happened against us TWICE. It is perhaps one of the rarest events in MLB ---- there have been 13 unassisted triple plays (Trulowitzki pulled off number 13 earlier this year).
Houston Astros, major league baseball team, most often sodomized by the BBGs .....
OK, a couple of mistakes here. First, the 2-out Ultimate Grand Slam has occurred 13 times, (not 12, I miscounted) which is the same number of times as unassisted triple plays. Now, get this. The 8/31/1963 one by Ellis Burton was against ....you guessed it, the HOUSTON COLT .45s!!. It was off Woody. Please note, all THREE TIMES (something happens only THIRTEEN TIMES in the history of mlb and we're on the cannon fodder side THREE of those times) we had our stud LEFTY on the mound --- Woody, Sambito and Wagner. Have we had any other LEFTY CLOSERS? Each and every one of ours has given up the RAREST OF HRS - a 2-out Ultimate Grand Slam. Betcha didn't know that.
www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196308310CHN