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Did you see the running back for Curry had 20 rushes for 522 yards and 7 touchdowns. That is an impressive game.

Wow colts just missed a. Extra point. How do you miss an extra point. It was wide Left

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It was a "good" game. But not in Rick Wise’s class. He ‘only’ had two home runs while pitching a NO HITTER. That means he pitched 9 innings,
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that wasn't a playoff game

and the game Ohtani won was not just a playoff game but one that put the Dodgers into the World Series

Wise's game was a meaningless game - he pitched for the Phillies in 1971 who finished in 6th place in the National League with a record of 67-95

he pitched his great game against the less than mediocre Cincinnati Reds who finished the year 79-83

Wise's team finished 30 games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates

you're a very smart guy who I respect a lot

but in this instance what you posted is the exact opposite of what is true

Rick Wise's game was not of the same class as Ohtani's game

and calling Ohtani's game only "good" is quite ridiculous indeed



oh, and worth repeating from the news article:

"Don’t even bother asking: Has any team’s starting pitcher ever mashed three home runs in one postseason game? That’s hilarious. Of course no pitcher has ever had a three-homer game in any postseason.

Perhaps this would put those three long balls in better perspective: Only two starting pitchers have ever even hit two postseason home runs in their entire careers: Bob Gibson (in 1964 and ’68) and Dave McNally (in 1966 and ’74)."

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My post was mildly tongue in cheek. Ohtani’s game was with Dodgers already up 3-0 in the series. Had Ohtani struck out all 3 times instead of homering the Dodgers still win the game.
How about this. Ohtani had the best game in MLB postseason history. Rick Wise had the best game in MLB regular season history.

Ohtani is a true unicorn. In all this hoopla, we forget that he’s one of the best base stealers in MLB when unleashed.

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Wow colts just missed a. Extra point. How do you miss an extra point. It was wide Left
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XP make % has been around 94-95% since they moved it backwards.

Giants just missed one too.

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the other night somebody told me a story of a Larry Bird quote

it made me laugh - and I looked it up and apparently he did say this -

Larry Bird famously said, "You're going to put a white guy on me? You got no chance" and that he was "irritated when they put a white guy on me. Because it's disrespect to my game". He made these statements during a cross-generational chat with Magic Johnson, LeBron James, and Carmelo Anthony, explaining that he felt it was a slight to his abilities when he was guarded by a white player

he was so very, very great -

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the other night somebody told me a story of a Larry Bird quote

it made me laugh - and I looked it up and apparently he did say this -

Larry Bird famously said, "You're going to put a white guy on me? You got no chance" and that he was "irritated when they put a white guy on me. Because it's disrespect to my game". He made these statements during a cross-generational chat with Magic Johnson, LeBron James, and Carmelo Anthony, explaining that he felt it was a slight to his abilities when he was guarded by a white player

he was so very, very great -
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As great a player as Bird was, he was a better trash talker. Years ago, someone had a parabolic mike on him for a game and it was amazing.

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Larry Bird told Bill Walton and others on the Trail Blazers -

"tomorrow's the last game of the trip - I'm going to play it all left handed"

and the end of 3 quarters he had 27 - all left handed___________(-:/

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