Talk:Babe Herman
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[edit]Also note http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100402109.html seems to use this article as a source.
- Well, he cites some of the same quotes, but they didn't necessarily come from here. MisfitToys 19:50, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Funny Incident
[edit]They say that . . .
Babe Herman once called a press conference at which he excoriated the Brooklyn press for making him out to be a zany screwball, said it hurt his family and his career. It was an eloquent speech, and it truly shamed the assembled reporters. Babe, no longer a screwball but now man of the hour, punctuated the conclusion by pulling a cigar out of his coat pocket and jamming it into his mouth. As a conciliatory gesture, numerous men of the press offered lighters and matches. "Don't bother," said Herman, puffing away, "it's still lit."
It would be a nice addition of someone can verify it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WHPratt (talk • contribs) 13:10, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
One of you bums is out ... make that two!
[edit]Re three men on third: I changed the info box that said Herman tripled into a double play. I recalled the line "Herman didn't triple into a triple play, but he doubled into a double play, which is almost as good." Retrosheet.org doesn't have play-by-play for the game, but the box score shows Herman with a double but no triple.
However, I'd guess that we can't be sure he's the ONLY major leaguer to 2B into a DP. So, maybe the item should be restored to something like "only major leaguer to 'triple' [sic] into a triple play," i.e., make it clear that it's a popular but incorrect notion. Any thoughts? WHPratt (talk) 15:15, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
[Nine years later:] Retrosheet.org has since added the play-by-play. Here it is.
ROBINS 7TH: Butler singled to left; DeBerry doubled to left
[Butler scored]; On a bunt Vance singled to third [DeBerry to
third]; Fewster was hit by a pitch [Vance to second]; MOGRIDGE
REPLACED WERTS (PITCHING); Jacobson popped to pitcher; Herman
doubled to right [DeBerry scored, Vance to third, Fewster out at
third (right to second to catcher to third), Herman out at third
(third to second)]; One of the strangest and most famous
plays in baseball history! With one out and the bases loaded
Babe Herman hit a flyball off the Ebbets Field right field
screen. Hank DeBerry easily scored from third base. Dazzy Vance,
the runner at second base, held up to see if the ball would be
caught and then proceeded around third base and headed for home.
Chick Fewster, the runner at first base, also held up before
beginning his journey around the bases. Babe Herman, not paying
attention to what was transpiring in front of him, charged
around second base and headed for third. Brooklyn's third base
coach, seeing Herman close on the heels of Fewster, both on
their way to third base, yelled 'Go back, go back' in attempt to
get Babe to return to second base. However, for some strange
reason, Vance thought those words were meant for him, so he
returned to third base! Fewster saw Vance returning to third
base so he slowed his approach. Herman, though, never slowed and
slid 'safely' into third. Confusion reigned at Ebbets Field
since nobody had ever seen three baserunners on the same base
before! Boston infielders tagged all three Dodgers during the
ensuing confusion. After huddling, the umpires ruled that Herman
was out for passing Fewster (Babe had slid into third base
moments before Fewster had arrived), and Fewster was out when he
was tagged since Vance was the rightful occupant of third base.
So receiving vital assists from bad baserunning in front of him
and a woefully ineffective third base coach, Babe Herman had
just doubled into a double-play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Robins 2.
WHPratt (talk) 11:15, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
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