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What major league record is held by Bill Wambsganss?

(And it has nothing to do with the unassisted triple play he pulled off in the 1920 World Series.)
 
King of Sweden, as he presents the gold medal: “You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.”
Athlete’s reply: “Thanks King”
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Jim Thorpe, at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
He said it to King Gustaf V after winning the Pentathlon (an event no longer held in the Olympics -- not to be confused with the Modern Pentathlon). A few days later, he also won the gold medal in the Decathlon, with a record score that lasted for 40 years.
 
“THE YANKEES WIN THE PENNANT!!!! THE YANKEES WIN THE PENNANT!!!!”

I’ll never forget hearing those words.
That's after a walk-off home run in the ALCS, either by Chris Chambliss in 1976 or Aaron Boone in 2003.
 
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That's after a walk-off home run in the ALCS, either by Chris Chambliss in 1976 or Aaron Boone in 2003.
1976 was much bigger since it was 12 years since the last pennant …..Rizzuto screaming it……”The Yankees win the pennant……the Yankees win the pennant…..The Yankees win the pennant”…….really resonated when the Chambliss’s shot cleared the fence. Sure Boone’s shot in 2003 was big but the Yankees had already made the past 8 or so post seasons, and the announcers were not former Yankees IIRC.

“Holy Cow”
 
1976 was much bigger since it was 12 years since the last pennant …..Rizzuto screaming it……”The Yankees win the pennant……the Yankees win the pennant…..The Yankees win the pennant”…….really resonated when the Chambliss’s shot cleared the fence. Sure Boone’s shot in 2003 was big but the Yankees had already made the past 8 or so post seasons, and the announcers were not former Yankees IIRC.

“Holy Cow”
I must admit, I never heard the call, because I was at the game. Chambliss hit the first pitch in the 9th off a tired reliever, Mark Littell -- his 11th hit of the 7-game series, in which he batted .524. Fans were all over the field as Chambliss rounded 2nd base, and by the time he fought his way around third, home plate was gone. They had to bring him out onto the field a half hour later to touch the hole where the plate had been ripped out of the ground. Sportswriters compared it to Bobby Thomson's shot-heard-'round-the-world 25 years earlier, but it really didn't compare. Chambliss' HR was a lead-off tie-breaker. Thomson's came with two on, down by two, and capped a 4-run 9th inning.
 
I must admit, I never heard the call, because I was at the game. Chambliss hit the first pitch in the 9th off a tired reliever, Mark Littell -- his 11th hit of the 7-game series, in which he batted .524. Fans were all over the field as Chambliss rounded 2nd base, and by the time he fought his way around third, home plate was gone. They had to bring him out onto the field a half hour later to touch the hole where the plate had been ripped out of the ground. Sportswriters compared it to Bobby Thomson's shot-heard-'round-the-world 25 years earlier, but it really didn't compare. Chambliss' HR was a lead-off tie-breaker. Thomson's came with two on, down by two, and capped a 4-run 9th inning.

Great story. Thanks!
 
1976 was much bigger since it was 12 years since the last pennant …..Rizzuto screaming it……”The Yankees win the pennant……the Yankees win the pennant…..The Yankees win the pennant”…….really resonated when the Chambliss’s shot cleared the fence. Sure Boone’s shot in 2003 was big but the Yankees had already made the past 8 or so post seasons, and the announcers were not former Yankees IIRC.

“Holy Cow”
"Huckleberry"
 
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“Gentlemen, if you attempt to do away with girls’ basketball in Iowa, you’ll be standing in the center of the track when the train runs you over."

John W. Agans, 1925, speaking to the Iowa High School Athletic Association whose members were voting to ban girls’ tournaments.

In case folks were wondering, this was in response the push to shut down "competitive" girls' basketball in the mid/early 20's. It was successful in most states, thereby hamstringing the growth of women's basketball for years.

 

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