I grew up a Cubs fan and Jody Davis was always my favorite player.

People nowadays don't remember this, but there was actually an MLB player strike in 1985. Unlike 1981 and 1994, this one was settled quickly, it only lasted two days, and the games were made up. I bring this up because this strike took place August 6-7 of that year, and the game in question took place August 8, the first day back. Could be a contributing factor to management's chippiness.

@mfm4205

Жыл бұрын

that strike also nearly led to a what if situation that we'd never see before or since. they only made up 1 game, and going into final weekend, blue jays were 3 up on the yanks with 3 to play. they were playing each other, so if yanks sweep, it's a tie. so we'd have a tie, but no idea if mlb would make jays/yanks play the missed game (which wasn't against each other) or just declare it a tie, make game 162 the winner take all game. and beyond that, gaylord perry was looking for win number 300, but had slumped so bad over last 5 starts yanks probably wouldn't risk it had they not lost the friday game to give jays the win.

@big8dog887

Жыл бұрын

@@mfm4205 Looked into that, turns out that's only partially correct. The Blue Jays only made up one of their two games against the Orioles. The Yankees actually did make up both of their games against the Indians. But, you are accurate in the situation set up at the end of the season because the Yankees had a game against the Tigers rained out on September 27. According to the New York Times article the following day, the plan was to make up both the Jays-O's and Yankees-Tigers games at the end of the season if it was necessary. The pitcher looking for his 300th win was Phil Niekro, not Gaylord Perry, but otherwise, you're right, he had 3 straight losses with a no-decision before getting that 300th win after the Jays had clinched. Despite some of details being slightly off, though, you made a very interesting comment, thank you.

I love seeing three Cubs videos in four days

@Vabrejuro

2 ай бұрын

Believe in miracles.

I suppose that you could use family planning and project out 9 months to see when your child will be born.

Take note managers reading this. Little things like this make people resentful of an organization. How many other petty things did Frey do made the camaraderieship disapear.

As a Cubs fan I am DEEPLY ASHAMED of the General Manager and FIELD Manager's ACTIONS HERE.

@paulkeilman3510

4 ай бұрын

See this is how people get chippy with a company, and others notice too. The little things add up.

As a Cubs fan, whoever made the decision to fine him should have been fired on the spot

another instance would be that player from the 1993 Oilers which caused a big controversy

@DanStrayer

Жыл бұрын

Indeed: I believe that’s the NFL video he referenced. David Williams, offensive lineman.

@veggieoilerfan2940

Жыл бұрын

@@DanStrayer The card in the upper right hand corner of the screen was actually from when Jimmy Johnson benched Karim Abdul-Jabbar for missing a Friday practice to attend the birth of his child.

@pronkb000

Жыл бұрын

One of about 57 wacky controversies involving that team. Did the '93 Oilers ever get a 30 for 30? They need one.

@veggieoilerfan2940

Жыл бұрын

@@pronkb000 A Football Life has an episode for the 1993 Houston Oilers.

In today’s world it’s not even an issue anymore. If you’re having a baby and you need to take time off to have the baby it’s understood. Why is why we have paternity and maternity leave. But 40 years ago this was not the case

@pronkb000

Жыл бұрын

In baseball it's spelled out in the CBA now, and teams can call up someone to replace you on the roster while you're away.

@phillyfan-182

Жыл бұрын

@@pronkb000 that’s smart

I will just go (in layman’s terms of my own) the cubs were getting the process started on forcing him out, and that was a way to hint him

You on a Cubs kick or something? I mean not complaining haha

@benjaminrealy5661

Жыл бұрын

Cubs? I've seen more Dave Drombowski mentions in the last month on here for all of his controversies as a GM, and he hadn't even gotten to his stint in Detroit. Lol

A 13 game losing streak for the Cubs in June 1985 was a major contributing factor for their disappointing 1985 season. They also had a 7 game losing streak and a couple 5 game losing streaks in 1985.

Here's a what If and a question 1. What if it happened now adays and how would people react to it. 2. Is there a rule for this if there's not then mlb get on it now

Kindly do a story in August 1985 when Yankees' manager, Billy Martin, sent to base runners home and were thrown out at the plate. The Yankees would eventually lose to the Chicago White Sox in extra innings, 6-5.

You're a pro. Having your THIRD baby shouldn't affect your focus. That be said, F**K YOU CUBS."

#HappyFathersDayNextMonthEarly!

Where was that Cubs vs. Expos footage from?

@TimEric4d3d3d3

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if it's from Sept of 1985. That's Andres Galarraga playing first for the Expos and by the looks of the trees, ivy and emptyish bleachers it appears to be a late season game

@danielbowden6330

Жыл бұрын

@@TimEric4d3d3d3 Thanks!

@big8dog887

Жыл бұрын

@@TimEric4d3d3d3 The Expos played the Cubs in Wrigley on September 23 and 24th that year. Galarraga played both games. You'll note that Galarraga isn't holding Davis on, meaning that there must be a runner on 2nd. Unfortunately, both games had that situation, so I can't narrow it down further than that. That game on the 24th must have been entertaining, though. The Expos scored 12 runs in the 5th inning to take a 15- 2 lead. The Expos pulled their starter, Bryn Smith in the 6th, and the Cubs emptied their bench for some garbage time, and that's when the fun started. The Cubs, trailing 15-3 put up 3 runs in the 7th to narrow it to 15-6. The Expos came back with 2 in the 8th to make it 17-6. Those 2 runs ended up being important, though, as the Cubs scored 4 in the 8th and 5 in the 9th, before Jeff Reardon nailed down an unexpected save opportunity as the Expos won 17-15. Future Cub Andre Dawson had 3 homers and 8 RBI. Our man Jody Davis also homered, going 2 for 2 before being pulled early. If this footage is from that game, it would have been in the bottom of the 6th after he drew a walk to load the bases.

Tweeted.

ONE of the most underrated Cubs of ALL time. Jody Davis had GREAT years in a cub uniform, that many forget. sometimes even I.

@mysticakhenaton1701

5 ай бұрын

ALL those day games at Wrigley, from the early 80's to the mid 80's/81-86... took their toll on Davis body.

When I was a kid in Manhattan in the mid-80s, a new student from Chicago and I would argue who was a better catcher: Jody Davis or Gary Carter. If you're watching/reading this David Cook, I hope you're well 😀

@walterdelsol9978

8 ай бұрын

I was that kid in Miami. Long Live your friend & long Live The Iron Man Jody Davis

@muggsyaxton8085

8 ай бұрын

@walterdelsol9978 heck yeah!

Well worth the money. 🤑

Jim Fry, Lee Elia, and Dallas Green had it in for my boy, Bill Buckner too. from 1982-84

Reposting .

The Cubs were 8 games back of the Cardinals going into that game which was a makeup game not the start of a three game series. They were never going to catch the Cardinals the heat was on!

@veggieoilerfan2940

Жыл бұрын

Baseball Reference doesn’t specify that the August 8, 1985 game against St. Louis was a makeup game. It lists the September 5 and September 9 games as makeup games that were postponed by the strike.

Hey jaguargator. Been watching for years now. Love your deep dives. Being a baseball enthusiast, I was excited to hear you going to do a baseball channel. But I'm feeling disappointed. Maybe it's because you're trying to crank out so many videos that the quality is taking a hit. I'm not sure. But being a young channel, I would have thought more well known events would be highlighted, like Armando Galarraga. Or Cal Ripken taking a day off with no heads up until the day. But, for instance, in this case a player gets a small fine for missing a game for birth of his son. It felt like it wasn't much of a deep dive. But rather fluff to extend a small story into a 13 minute video. It could have worked as a minute video if you dove into KZread shorts, but left something to be desired. I'm not sure if it's the topic selection, or the number of videos you're producing, or it could just be the case of trying to figure out the right style/fit for the baseball channel, that there's going to be misses. I hope you don't take my critique as me not supporting your channels. I will continue to do so. I just felt like I'd share my opinion of how I think this new channel is doing from the watchers (at least mine possibly)end compared to the other two channels

The Cubs' powers that be should've used common sense and understood how logistics work. Davis shouldn't have lost a dime for seeing his kid born. Thank goodness for the paternity list existing today.

@lenninreyes9552

11 ай бұрын

You forgot who was the Cubs' powers that be -- the acerbic general manager, former Phillies skipper Dallas Green.