How did your team fare the day you were born?

[Chelle]

Thanks for the link Chelle.

Welcome

[RuthMayBond]

:o I'm embarrassed I used the word. I shouldn't have wasted the second 1/2 of the day on work

Post of the day

[AstrosFan]

They lost 2-5 to the Cincinnati Reds. Aw shucks.

[redlegsfan21]

The Reds lost 1-0 to the Expos.
W:Bryn Smith
L: Tom Browning
SV: Joe Hesketh
GW-RBI: Spike Owen

[DodgerBlue8188]

Can anybody tell me May 12 1982? Also, anybody know of a site that can tell me this type of info for any given day?

[BaseballHistoryNut]

Can anybody tell me May 12 1982? Also, anybody know of a site that can tell me this type of info for any given day?

I can answer your question, and despite having been a Giants fan for nearly half a century, I'll try not to gloat. After all, since you guys have won World Series in 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981 and 1988 during my lifetime, and my Giants won the famous 1954 Series when I was all of one year old, I'm not in much of a position to gloat.

Anyway, on May 12, 1982, your Dodgers played at Philadelphia... and got their heads handed to them, by a score of 11-3. At least it wasn't a tough loss.

I cannot tell you if they faced Steve Carlton that day, but this was the last of his four truly Cy Young years, the fourth one having been then-unprecedented. He probably didn't deserve that award, however, as his Adjusted ERA was only 119--a scant 4 points better than in 1983, when he went a stunning 15-16, BUT punched your Dodgers' ticket home in the NL Championship Series.

I remember that series well, because it was, thank god, one of the last in which they used the best-of-5 format for the LCS--a real harsh system to decide who goes to the World Series, and on NOBODY was it ever harsher than the 1983 Dodgers, who had to face Carlton twice. He won Game One 1-0, going 8 innings, and won Game Four 7-2, going 6 innings and giving up 1 run. Basicaly the Dodgers had to win all three of their other games, which is a hell of a burden to overcome. For what it's worth, that was Carlton's last hurrah. The next year, his world-class slider, once deemed the best pitch in MLB, was inexplicably gone and he was never the same pitcher again, leading to several years of embarrassing himself before he finally retired.

How's that for not only answering your question, but providing all sorts of unsolicited info which you may or may not give a tinker's damn about?

BHN

[RuthMayBond]

They lost 2-5 to the Cincinnati Reds. Aw shucks.

We could help you out more, if you like

[RuthMayBond]

The Reds lost 1-0 to the Expos.
W:Bryn Smith
L: Tom Browning
SV: Joe Hesketh
GW-RBI: Spike Owen

Well, Pete Rose brought a lawsuit against Giamatti & co. 26 days before you were born, Tom Browning got within 3 outs of his second perfect game 10 days before you were born, Paul O'Neill did the drop kick back into the infield 9 days before you were born, and the Reds had 16 hits and 7 batters had 2 hits in the first inning 20 days after you were born (and Pete Rose knocked into Ray Fosse exactly 19 years before you were born) so no wonder you're a Reds fan. You share a birthday with Jesse Tannehill, Happy Chandler, Earl Williams and Robin Ventura.

[RuthMayBond]

Can anybody tell me May 12 1982?

On your exact birthday, the Angels traded Mike Walters AND Tom Brunansky AND $400K for Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong, DOH! Former Dodger Rick Rhoden hit a double AND a homer in the third inning when you were 3 days old. You share a birthday with Lave Cross and Yogi Berra. Exactly 20 years before you were born, former Dodger Gil Hodges was one of the 2 Mets with a walkoff HR in their twinbill. Exactly 13 years before you were born, the Dodgers didn't do so well against Bob Gibson in the 7th inning.

[Chelle]

Post of the day

Thank you! Thank you!

I'm so happy an Oriole finally won something.

[RuthMayBond]

Thank you! Thank you!

I'm so happy an Oriole finally won something.

Stop complaining, you only have to go back twenty-three years

[Chelle]

Can anybody tell me May 12 1982? Also, anybody know of a site that can tell me this type of info for any given day?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=5&day=12

Yogi Berra! For May 12th....

Go to the top, and the drop down menu lets you put in any day.

[Chelle]

Stop complaining, you only have to go back twenty-three years

OOO, sorry. Hey...at least you were there in 97. *sigh*

[BaseballHistoryNut]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/fr...month=5&day=12

Yogi Berra! For May 12th....

Go to the top, and the drop down menu lets you put in any day.

Yep. That's the one.

[soberdennis]

I can answer your question, and despite having been a Giants fan for nearly half a century, I'll try not to gloat. After all, since you guys have won World Series in 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981 and 1988 during my lifetime, and my Giants won the famous 1954 Series when I was all of one year old, I'm not in much of a position to gloat.

Anyway, on May 12, 1982, your Dodgers played at Philadelphia... and got their heads handed to them, by a score of 11-3. At least it wasn't a tough loss.

I cannot tell you if they faced Steve Carlton that day, but this was the last of his four truly Cy Young years, the fourth one having been then-unprecedented. He probably didn't deserve that award, however, as his Adjusted ERA was only 119--a scant 4 points better than in 1983, when he went a stunning 15-16, BUT punched your Dodgers' ticket home in the NL Championship Series.

I remember that series well, because it was, thank god, one of the last in which they used the best-of-5 format for the LCS--a real harsh system to decide who goes to the World Series, and on NOBODY was it ever harsher than the 1983 Dodgers, who had to face Carlton twice. He won Game One 1-0, going 8 innings, and won Game Four 7-2, going 6 innings and giving up 1 run. Basicaly the Dodgers had to win all three of their other games, which is a hell of a burden to overcome. For what it's worth, that was Carlton's last hurrah. The next year, his world-class slider, once deemed the best pitch in MLB, was inexplicably gone and he was never the same pitcher again, leading to several years of embarrassing himself before he finally retired.

How's that for not only answering your question, but providing all sorts of unsolicited info which you may or may not give a tinker's damn about?

BHN

To add to the info you gave, the Philly pitcher was Ron Reed, a veteran who I remember seeing play Minor League ball in the Braves organization. He pitched 7 innings gave up 6 hits and 2 runs including a HR to Pero Gur=errero in the 7th.
Bob Welch started for the Dodgers and got bombed.