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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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I can tell ;-)

Frank left in the middle of the game on June 27th vs. the White Sox. After Frank singled, it was a force play at 2nd on a GB by Brooks. The 2B-man left the game too. Frank missed a tad more than a month.

At the time he left the lineup, Frank was hitting .337 (1.109 OPS) with 21 HR, 59 RBI.

After his game on the same day, Yaz was hitting .336 (1.075 OPS) with 18 HR, 53 RBI.

On the same date, Harmon Killebrew was hitting .270 (1.007 OPS) with 22 HR, 57 RBI.

So, Frank was indeed leading Yaz by a tad in all 3 categories, but not the league.

Frank's '66 Triple Crown: .316 (1.047), 49 HR, 122 RBI (367 TB)

Yaz's '67 Triple Crown: .326 (1.040), 44 HR, 121 RBI (360 TB)

ps: This is the first time I ever heard anybody describe a freakin' Triple Crown as "cheap". Even in jest. (Not that I think you're kidding ;-)

I was essentially kidding, but I wasn't kidding that when it happened, as a 10-year old kid it burned me up. I despised Yaz for it. He was my most hated player for many years, but I softened on him when he got to be 40+ and was still out there giving 100%. I had to respect that.

Now Al Weis (the 2B who collided with Frank), him I will never, ever forgive. Especially since he literally added insult to injury by hitting .455/.563/.727 in the 1969 World Series while playing for the Mets. Talk about your all-time fluke performances. Yes, it still irks me to this day.

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Now Al Weis (the 2B who collided with Frank), him I will never, ever forgive. Especially since he literally added insult to injury by hitting .455/.563/.727 in the 1969 World Series while playing for the Mets. Talk about your all-time fluke performances. Yes, it still irks me to this day.

Hmmm. Frank on 1B, and Brooks hits a DP ball? I don't really know, but I'm guessing it was Frank who collided with Weis, not the other way around ;-)

However, I agree with you about the fluke performance part. Combine that with Baltimore-bred Clank Swoboda making what we would now call web-gem plays, and it was a clear case of the planets being aligned the wrong way. Sometimes there's just nothing you can do. The whole dang year was like that...

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Hmmm. Frank on 1B, and Brooks hits a DP ball? I don't really know, but I'm guessing it was Frank who collided with Weis, not the other way around ;-)

However, I agree with you about the fluke performance part. Combine that with Baltimore-bred Clank Swoboda making what we would now call web-gem plays, and it was a clear case of the planets being aligned the wrong way. Sometimes there's just nothing you can do. The whole dang year was like that...

That was a tough year to be 12 years old. Although I'm not sure I'd take it any better at 52.

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