The History Game

[Ford Prefect]

here how it work. i will start off by posting a this date in Dodgers history and you come up with what happen on that date. if you get it right, then you ask the next this date in history question.

i start

4th OCTOBER 1955

[Number 4]

Johnny Podres and the Dodgers win the 7th game of the 1955 World Series, by a score of 2-0 at Yankee Stadium. Gil Hodges got both RBIs and Sandy Amoros made THE catch in the bottom of the 6th.

[Number 4]

OK, I'm assuming that was the answer for which FP was looking. Thus, how about this date in Brooklyn Dodger history: August 31, 1950.

[DODGER DEB]

OK, I'm assuming that was the answer for which FP was looking. Thus, how about this date in Brooklyn Dodger history: August 31, 1950.

I believe August 31, 1950 is the day that GIL HODGES hit FOUR HOME RUNS in a game at OUR Ebbets Field against the then, Boston Braves.

c.

[Number 4]

Correct. He picked up 9 RBIs as the Dodgers beat Warren Spahn and the Braves, 19-3. Carl Erskine pitched a complete game.

[DODGER DEB]

OK! Let's try these three dates, all of which aare connected to one player....

October 2, 1951
July 4, 1955
October 9, 1956

c.

[Number 4]

Clem Labine started and won all three games; 10-0 against the Giants on 10/2/51, 6-3 against the Phillies on 7/4/55 and 1-0 against the Yankees on 10/9/56. I know he pitched complete games against the Giants and Yankees and I suspect he did against the Phillies too.

[DODGER DEB]

Clem Labine started and won all three games; 10-0 against the Giants on 10/2/51, 6-3 against the Phillies on 7/4/55 and 1-0 against the Yankees on 10/9/56. I know he pitched complete games against the Giants and Yankees and I suspect he did against the Phillies too.

YOU are absolutely right, Number4! Clem's Phillies win was the second game of a holiday DH......remember them?

c.

[Number 4]

YOU are absolutely right, Number4! Clem's Phillies win was the second game of a holiday DH......remember them?

c.

Age plays funny tricks on remembering the good ole days of baseball; but, yes I do, though barely.

How about May 27, 1954?

[Number 4]

OK, here's the answer (pehaps the question was a little too obscure): The Dodgers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field, 11-5, despite Duke Snider getting his 1,000th career base hit with a third inning single.

Someone else can ask the next question.

[kramer_47]

The History Game

What happened on August 26, 1947.

[Number 4]

What happened on August 26, 1947.

Dan Bankhead became the first African-American to pitch in a ML game. He pitched 3 1/3 innings for the Dodgers that day, giving up 8 runs and 10 hits as the Dodgers lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-3 at Ebbets Field. Despite his rough pitching start, Bankhead hit a home run in his first ML at-bat.