tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post3090332575795280047..comments2024-01-21T00:40:03.840-05:00Comments on Topps 1971: no. 737 - preston gomeznight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-80887561756075835702021-05-01T22:04:10.936-04:002021-05-01T22:04:10.936-04:00Not as well remembered is that when Gomez was mana...Not as well remembered is that when Gomez was manager of the Astros, he pulled Don Wilson while he was pitching a no-hitter under circumstances identical to the Clay Kirby game. It would have been Wilson's third no-hitter. Gómez was an ass. In both circumstances his team was so far out of any pennant contention that it seemed to me a case of "phony hustle" his pulling his pitchers that way.Flitgun Frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474023909860316340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-24947033215448762292020-12-06T08:56:38.953-05:002020-12-06T08:56:38.953-05:00Over 1700 HRs in one season?! Talk about underach...Over 1700 HRs in one season?! Talk about underachieving?!? How’d they ever lose???Witzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097478168797068657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-87982085431109068832017-12-26T08:57:04.730-05:002017-12-26T08:57:04.730-05:00After 1969 there was no where to go but up. One t...After 1969 there was no where to go but up. One thing the 1970 Padres did over first year squad was up their run production by over 200 runs over the course of the season. Most of it was due to 1721 home runs a club mark until the 2016 and 2017 seasons.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050857323785108411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-34301018191446526202017-12-24T13:43:56.362-05:002017-12-24T13:43:56.362-05:00Well the Padres did improve by 11 games from '...Well the Padres did improve by 11 games from '69 to '70 so maybe he thought he did know what he was doing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11696588793991359183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-68390397144226186712017-12-22T10:35:11.489-05:002017-12-22T10:35:11.489-05:00Gomez was the manager of the 1959 Havana Sugar Kin...Gomez was the manager of the 1959 Havana Sugar Kings who won the AAA minor league Championship. It's an entertaining story with the backdrop being the political chaos that was the Castro led revolution. It wasn't so much the Minneapolis Millers lost they were just happy to have survived the ordeal.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050857323785108411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-2031521047816685932017-12-22T09:06:15.447-05:002017-12-22T09:06:15.447-05:00Finished last as a manager every year but one, whe...Finished last as a manager every year but one, when he took the Astros to a .500 record in 1974. The next year was over thirty games worse when he was fired.Eric C. Loyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976398985735064343noreply@blogger.com