Three World Series rematches are on the schedule in the next series beginning tonight.
All 6 teams involved, have current, multiple World Series winning or losing streaks.
The 1915 W.S. redux of Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies has Boston with a 4 game win streak and the Phils, having lost in their last 2 W.S. appearances. Boston won in 2004, 2007 2013, and 2018 while the Phillies, were 6’d in both 2009 and 2022.
Also Boston won the first World Series, that in 1903, while Philadelphia (Phillies) were the last original team to “title,” that not happening until 1980.
Also on “el” docket– there is Pittsburgh hosting Detroit. Those franchises the Pirates and Tigers respectively, clashed in the first maximum games/7 such World Series, in 1909.
Pittsburgh won it, the entity was billed to a great publicity extent, as the Pirates’ Honus Wagner vs the Tigers’ Tyrus Raymond Cobb, two all-time baseball immortals.
The Pirates have victories in their last 3 World Series (1960, 1971 and 1979 evoking Bill Mazeroski and Hal Smith in ’60, Roberto “The great” Clemente in ’71 and Wilver Stargell in ’79) while “Det” lost in their last 2 (2006 and 2012, winning just 1 of the 9 tilts played).
Finally, the Minnesota Twins visit L.A. to face the so over rated and still huge plurality/relative favorites to repeat as champions, something (the team, second to the Yankees with 11 crowns, 16 less than the Yankees and try 9 and 11, those #’s as last years either won a W.S.–the Yankees in 2009 and St. Louis Cardinals in 2011, the Cards also have never repeated as W.S. winners) the Dodgers have never accomplished.
In ’65, Sandy Koufax, Lou Johnson and the Dodgers prevailed in #7 at Minnesota’s outdoor Metropolitan Stadium, to win the title.
Each team has won its last 2 World Series. L.A. got a “B.S.” 2020 crown before last year’s very accomplished title. Minne (11-1) as the Twins in home World Series tilts, won it all in both 1987 and 1991, each clinched at the indoor, very loud Metrodome, in a decisive 7th game.
8 time N.L. batting champion and consensus greatest shortstop and among the greatest at any baseball position, Honus Wagner, is pictured above.
Beautifully and in meaningful fashion, going from sexually charged 1970 to 2010 and back, the superb play Transgression (“Here Arts Center 145 6th Avenue, New York City through August 2nd) written by Terry Curtis Fox (a story editor on Hill Street Blues), and directed by his daughter, Avra Fox-Lerner, includes so much so relevant and emotional, if nothing else, in the age of “Me Too,” and makes one contemplate far greater issues of truth and justice–neither lately the American way– even if Superman is appearing again.
“Transgression” is thought provoking, at times brilliant and eye opening– A superb line: “often a bribe and settlement are the same.” Many such are sprinkled throughout.
Those actors, far more than they being outwardly attractive (one thing my mother and Rod Serling were right about among many, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”) were superb in bringing out thoughts regarding art, even great and what might be the better, if not right thing to do.
No easy answer and the play reveals that.
Those actors are Susan Bennett, in a dual role, Yuval Boim, Jane Ives, James Jelkin and Ivy Rose.
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Jannik Sinner, who went on to win his first Wimbledon crown, was both extremely lucky, but also showed great compassion, when in the tournament’s round of 16, Grigor Dimitrov, who had been forced to do so before, “retired” leading Sinner (2-0) with “el” third set tied (2-2).
Sinner showed compassion, downplayed that “advance,” but took advantage, culminated by winning an all (6-4) final, 3 sets to 1 vs Carlos Alcaraz.
A 4th major tournament win manifested for Sinner (“Pay up” if you were vs him, as Andy Roddick did via delivery of pizzas,– my ode to Edward Asner’s “pay up sinner as Axel in Rich Man, Poor Man) after he “quartered” Ben Shelton and eased in the semis vs Novak Djokovic, before reversing the French Open Final and winning vs fellow “cream of men’s tennis, ” Carlos Alcaraz.
Jannik Sinner, pictured above.
Iga Swiatek, now a 6 time “Grand Slam” winner on the women’s side was incredibly dominant riding a pretty paved path to her first Wimbledon crown.
The performance exceeded the “paved” by a nice margin as she did not lose a set (12-0) in winning the required six matches.
In the final (see below from Wikipedia) Swiatek did what had not been done on the women’s side at Wimbledon, winning (6-0) (6-0) vs Amanda Anisimova, a “paver” as she upset the slumping Aryna Sabalenka in the semis, this after Sabalenka got “Gauff’d” in the French Open.
Th reigning champion Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Boothby 6–0, 6–0 in the challenge round to win the ladies’ singles tennis title at the 1911 Wimbledon Championships.
Iga Swiatek, pictured above.
These last baseball tilts before the 4 day “exhibition game” break, include World Series rematches from both 100 and 10 years past.
In 1925, the Pittsburgh Pirates won the decisive #7 on a questionable for playing and certainly for a game of that magnitude, wet Forbes Field, (9-7) vs the Washington Senators, since 1961, the Minnesota Twins.
Ten years ago, the Kansas City Royals, who won their other title 30 years ago, won in 5 games vs the New York Mets.
The Mets won at the Royals while the Twins prevailed at home vs the Pirates in the series opening games last night. Seemingly only the Mets, who are very much in contention, have that this season.
Hazen Shirley “Kiki” Cuyler, a great player, is pictured above.
He delivered the 2 run double, B8 of #7, tuning the last 2 runs of the 1925 (9-7) Pirates win vs the Washington Senators, now the Minnesota Twins.
How’s this? A highway, The Hazen Shirley Kiki Cuyler Memorial Highway, is named for him in Harrisville, Michigan.
The opposing manager in 1925 was Stanley “Bucky” Harris, who did “Title” 22 years later with the Yankees as did another “Bucky,” for them, namely Dent 30 years and much more famously 31 years later, after his huge homer in a one game playoff for 1/4.
Around town, it being New York City, I was fortunate to see “The Last Five Years,” before it closed.
The show was thoroughly enjoyable. Nick Jonas showed his acting chops, giving a fine performance.
‘Twas a nice recall of a relationship that first soared and then soured, so often the case.
Its details illuminate and might help offer perspective if not compromise in the future.
Today at Paley Center 52 West 52nd Street, commencing at 4 P.M. a discussion and look back at “Superman,” the so memorable television show, which starred George Reeves.
My admiration is great for Reeves and then Christopher Reeve, each having played as “The Man of Steel” and the even more entertaining “Clark Kent.”
Jason Robert Brown, pictured above, wrote “The Last Five Years.”
One week before the well past halfway All-Star Game break, 4 teams have at least, fairly sizable division leads, in bids to, at least avoid the extra best of 3 playoffs round.
Detroit (Tigers), sans a W.S. win for 41 years leads its div by 13 plus games with baseball’s best record (57-34).
The defending champion Dodgers who can not blame being swept by the Houston Astros on sign stealing, as they have done in “el” past, do lead their “div” by 7, which in turn is the same lead aforementioned Houston has in its.
Chicago (Cubs), (11-0) Sunday night winners vs St. Louis, evoking the ’34 W.S. #7 final in a Cards win vs Detroit with Dizzy Dean pitching and the fact Mr. Dean hurled in World Series play for both the Cards and Cubs, lead their entity by games.
Top of my head Houston (5-1) to sweep L.A. is the same score by which they won #7 vs them, (both at L.A.) in the 2017 World Series.
George Springer currently with the Toronto Blue Jays, whose (7-0) homestand has moved them 3 ahead of the Yankees and Tampa Rays in their div (in the other East, the closest race this week before, shows the Phils up one plus, with the New York Mets second), led off #7/2017 World Series with a home run in the aforementioned Houston (5-1) win at L.A. to claim the crown.
Springer was that World Series award winner as most valuable player.
Nostalgia: Judy Garland on “What’s My Line”
Today, looking back, a real star is recalled.
Fifty six years after her death, Judy Garland is still remembered as a legendary performer. It is so much fun to see her on television!
I loved her as a youngster in ” The Wizard of Oz,” and as an emerging adult in “Meet Me in St. Louis.”
Among other great feats, she also shined in a heavy dramatic role in “Judgment at Nuremberg.” Of course, many remember her as the ultimate torch singer.
Such a talented person!
Enjoy this appearance, by Judy on “What’s My Line.” Click below to view it.
That is the great player, Alex Delvecchio, an integral and great member of the last 3 Detroit Red Wings title teams before a 42 year title drought that ended in 1997, who died days back at age 93, pictured above.
Perhaps he is headed for a good “above” maybe with Gordie (Howe), Ted (Lindsay) and the incomparable netminder Terry Sawchuk, all 4 with others, part of the 1952 Red Wings who swept through the NHL ‘offs, going (8-0) in the magnificent 6 team NHL.
So limited was the coverage of this great player’s death. Let’s entertain and cite the fact that the (8-0) Red Wings/”Vogues” (ode to an animal) ‘offs feat of ’52 is the reason octopi are thrown on the ice in celebration of Red Wings positive exploits.
Delvecchio won the Lady Byng Trophy for positive sportsmanship three times and his number 10 hangs from the rafters as tribute to him, as a great player on one of sports great franchises.
Octopus or octopi, octopusses, octopedes representing eight/8 and after the ’52 Red Wings did it, the team, the great broadcaster Danny Gallivan called the best and personal favorite, the 1960 Montreal Canadiens also (8-0’d) to the title.
The three plurals for octopus come from the different ways the English language adopts plurals. Octopi is the oldest plural of octopus, coming from the belief that words of Latin origin should have Latin endings. Octopuses was the next plural, giving the word an English ending to match its adoption as an English word. Lastly, octopodes stemmed from the belief that because octopus is originally Greek, it should have a Greek ending.
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