[cardcrimson]

No on 1 and 2 so far.

Mick is right on #3, County Stadium

Mick is basically correct on #4 and #5 although Clark himself says it was on a 1-1 count. (I recall it as 0-1 but hey, I wasn’t in the batter’s box)

The reason Mays hit leadoff that day: he and Richie Ashburn were in a tight battle for the batting title. Word came that Ashburn had gone 3 for 4 in his game to finish at .350. Someone calculated that Willie would have to go 5 for 5 to win the crown. So Rigney put him at leadoff to give him a chance at 5 ABs. Mays got hits his first two times up, but “only” finished 2 for 5, .347

Clark hit second that day  I believe.  HR was his first major league swing.   HR to straight away CF.  Which was darn hard to do in the Astrodome.  IIRC Nolan struck him out second time up.

Not sure if it's correct and I may be getting my players confused, but was listening to a story the other day on KNBR. Clark hit the homer, got back to the dugout and chatted with a veteran and Clark asked: "He's going to hit me next time, right?"  "Yup." Baseball in the good ole days. . .. .

[cardcrimson]

No on 1 and 2 so far.

Mick is right on #3, County Stadium

Mick is basically correct on #4 and #5 although Clark himself says it was on a 1-1 count. (I recall it as 0-1 but hey, I wasn’t in the batter’s box)

The reason Mays hit leadoff that day: he and Richie Ashburn were in a tight battle for the batting title. Word came that Ashburn had gone 3 for 4 in his game to finish at .350. Someone calculated that Willie would have to go 5 for 5 to win the crown. So Rigney put him at leadoff to give him a chance at 5 ABs. Mays got hits his first two times up, but “only” finished 2 for 5, .347

Clark hit second that day  I believe.  HR was his first major league swing.   HR to straight away CF.  Which was darn hard to do in the Astrodome.  IIRC Nolan struck him out second time up.

Not sure if it's correct and I may be getting my players confused, but was listening to a story the other day on KNBR. Clark hit the homer, got back to the dugout and chatted with a veteran and Clark asked: "He's going to hit me next time, right?"  "Yup." Baseball in the good ole days. . .. .