It's that time of year again, where does your Screen Name come from?

[callitwhatyouwant]

I think I had a name on here called Mikemartzismyidle. Was a youngin when I made it. But it also might have been on footballsfuture. cant remember. Well I had to make a new one and was listening to foster the people. No real reason. Call It What You want

[Hazelwood72]

My screen name is based on the 1964 Cardinals.

Opti mist

Please elaborate!

The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1964 National League pennant through a dramatic late-season surge, capitalizing on the Philadelphia Phillies' historic collapse. On September 20, the Phillies led the NL by 6.5 games with 12 games remaining, while the Cardinals were tied with the Cincinnati Reds for second place. The Cardinals, who had been 11 games back on August 23, went 8-2 in their final 10 games, including a crucial three-game sweep of the Phillies from September 29 to October 1, where they outscored Philadelphia 17-7.

Key performances included Bob Gibson starting four of the last 10 games, pitching 35 innings with a 2.31 ERA, and earning three wins. The acquisition of Lou Brock earlier in the season added speed and offensive spark, with Brock hitting .348 in the final stretch. Meanwhile, the Phillies lost 10 straight games, including the sweep by St. Louis, due to injuries to key players like Frank Thomas and over-reliance on fatigued pitchers Jim Bunning and Chris Short, who lost all six starts on short rest.

On the final day, October 4, the Cardinals clinched the pennant with an 11-5 victory over the New York Mets, finishing 93-69, one game ahead of the Phillies and Reds, who both ended at 92-70. The Cardinals’ strong finish, driven by Gibson’s pitching and timely hitting from players like Ken Boyer and Bill White, combined with Philadelphia’s collapse, secured their first pennant since 1946.[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_St._ ... als_season)[](https://thisgreatgame.com/1964-baseball-history/)[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Phil ... ies_season)

Great recap....but it might have busted a memory of mine that has never left my head.

Did not the Cards actually have to wait to clinch for a loss by either the Reds or the Phillies? Whichever team that played Pittsburgh?

I remember KMOX tuning into that Pittsburgh game and carrying it live to STL and the Pittsburgh announcer (was it Prince) saying ....something akin to...."Jack (Buck)....the Cardinals won the pennant".

Am I crazy?

Hi DH,
Your memory is a bit jumbled up. In the last 3 days of the ‘64 season, the Cards played the lowly Mets (but we lost the first 2, D’OH!). The Phils played the Reds so that helped the Cards since one of the 2 fighting for the pennant had to lose. The end of the season was on Sunday afternoon, and since the Phils-Reds game was in Eastern time, it finished ahead of ours. The Reds and Cards were tied for first going into the last game. If the Reds won, we had to win for a tie and playoff. If the Phils won and we lost, it would have been a 3-way tie.

Fortunately, the Phils woke up from their epic slump and beat the Reds. So late in our game, we knew if we won, we had the pennant.

When the last Met batter in the top of the 9th popped it up foul, Harry Caray shouted, “It’s a high pop foul. McCarver’s under it…THE CARDINALS WIN THE PENNANT! THE CARDINALS WIN THE PENNANT!

So that was the last day.

What you’re remembering about Bob Prince and the Pirates was in the previous 3 game series. We beat the Phils 3 in a row at old Busch Stadium while the Pirates were at Cincinnati. The Pirates game went into the 12th or 13th. The Buccos scored in the top of the inning to take the lead. All the while, Harry was on the line with Bob Prince. The last batter for the Reds hit a grounder to Dick Schofield, the Bucs SS. Prince said something like, “Grounder to Schofield. The “Duck” throws it…YOU’RE IN FIRST PLACE, HARRY!”

All that was on a LP record album chronicling the epic 1964 season which I had as a 10 year old kid. I listened to it so much that I can still recite a lot of the highlights. (I gotta get a life, eh?)

[dhsux]

My screen name is based on the 1964 Cardinals.

Opti mist

Please elaborate!

The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1964 National League pennant through a dramatic late-season surge, capitalizing on the Philadelphia Phillies' historic collapse. On September 20, the Phillies led the NL by 6.5 games with 12 games remaining, while the Cardinals were tied with the Cincinnati Reds for second place. The Cardinals, who had been 11 games back on August 23, went 8-2 in their final 10 games, including a crucial three-game sweep of the Phillies from September 29 to October 1, where they outscored Philadelphia 17-7.

Key performances included Bob Gibson starting four of the last 10 games, pitching 35 innings with a 2.31 ERA, and earning three wins. The acquisition of Lou Brock earlier in the season added speed and offensive spark, with Brock hitting .348 in the final stretch. Meanwhile, the Phillies lost 10 straight games, including the sweep by St. Louis, due to injuries to key players like Frank Thomas and over-reliance on fatigued pitchers Jim Bunning and Chris Short, who lost all six starts on short rest.

On the final day, October 4, the Cardinals clinched the pennant with an 11-5 victory over the New York Mets, finishing 93-69, one game ahead of the Phillies and Reds, who both ended at 92-70. The Cardinals’ strong finish, driven by Gibson’s pitching and timely hitting from players like Ken Boyer and Bill White, combined with Philadelphia’s collapse, secured their first pennant since 1946.[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_St._ ... als_season)[](https://thisgreatgame.com/1964-baseball-history/)[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Phil ... ies_season)

Great recap....but it might have busted a memory of mine that has never left my head.

Did not the Cards actually have to wait to clinch for a loss by either the Reds or the Phillies? Whichever team that played Pittsburgh?

I remember KMOX tuning into that Pittsburgh game and carrying it live to STL and the Pittsburgh announcer (was it Prince) saying ....something akin to...."Jack (Buck)....the Cardinals won the pennant".

Am I crazy?

Hi DH,
Your memory is a bit jumbled up. In the last 3 days of the ‘64 season, the Cards played the lowly Mets (but we lost the first 2, D’OH!). The Phils played the Reds so that helped the Cards since one of the 2 fighting for the pennant had to lose. The end of the season was on Sunday afternoon, and since the Phils-Reds game was in Eastern time, it finished ahead of ours. The Reds and Cards were tied for first going into the last game. If the Reds won, we had to win for a tie and playoff. If the Phils won and we lost, it would have been a 3-way tie.

Fortunately, the Phils woke up from their epic slump and beat the Reds. So late in our game, we knew if we won, we had the pennant.

When the last Met batter in the top of the 9th popped it up foul, Harry Caray shouted, “It’s a high pop foul. McCarver’s under it…THE CARDINALS WIN THE PENNANT! THE CARDINALS WIN THE PENNANT!

So that was the last day.

What you’re remembering about Bob Prince and the Pirates was in the previous 3 game series. We beat the Phils 3 in a row at old Busch Stadium while the Pirates were at Cincinnati. The Pirates game went into the 12th or 13th. The Buccos scored in the top of the inning to take the lead. All the while, Harry was on the line with Bob Prince. The last batter for the Reds hit a grounder to Dick Schofield, the Bucs SS. Prince said something like, “Grounder to Schofield. The “Duck” throws it…YOU’RE IN FIRST PLACE, HARRY!”

All that was on a LP record album chronicling the epic 1964 season which I had as a 10 year old kid. I listened to it so much that I can still recite a lot of the highlights. (I gotta get a life, eh?)

Wow....thanks so much for that and going easy on me for being "jumbled up".

It's crazy some of the things that stick and don't.....'64 was such an incredible team and year.

You and Opti have memory as good as a bear trap........thanks again!

[IsDurbanodoingtime]

After I saw Steve go toe to toe with Nick Fotiu at the Garden and then moon those blowhard fans well.. I was a fan. Sadly things went sideways for him after is career ended.

[Hazelwood72]

My screen name is based on the 1964 Cardinals.

Opti mist

Please elaborate!

The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1964 National League pennant through a dramatic late-season surge, capitalizing on the Philadelphia Phillies' historic collapse. On September 20, the Phillies led the NL by 6.5 games with 12 games remaining, while the Cardinals were tied with the Cincinnati Reds for second place. The Cardinals, who had been 11 games back on August 23, went 8-2 in their final 10 games, including a crucial three-game sweep of the Phillies from September 29 to October 1, where they outscored Philadelphia 17-7.

Key performances included Bob Gibson starting four of the last 10 games, pitching 35 innings with a 2.31 ERA, and earning three wins. The acquisition of Lou Brock earlier in the season added speed and offensive spark, with Brock hitting .348 in the final stretch. Meanwhile, the Phillies lost 10 straight games, including the sweep by St. Louis, due to injuries to key players like Frank Thomas and over-reliance on fatigued pitchers Jim Bunning and Chris Short, who lost all six starts on short rest.

On the final day, October 4, the Cardinals clinched the pennant with an 11-5 victory over the New York Mets, finishing 93-69, one game ahead of the Phillies and Reds, who both ended at 92-70. The Cardinals’ strong finish, driven by Gibson’s pitching and timely hitting from players like Ken Boyer and Bill White, combined with Philadelphia’s collapse, secured their first pennant since 1946.[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_St._ ... als_season)[](https://thisgreatgame.com/1964-baseball-history/)[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Phil ... ies_season)

Great recap....but it might have busted a memory of mine that has never left my head.

Did not the Cards actually have to wait to clinch for a loss by either the Reds or the Phillies? Whichever team that played Pittsburgh?

I remember KMOX tuning into that Pittsburgh game and carrying it live to STL and the Pittsburgh announcer (was it Prince) saying ....something akin to...."Jack (Buck)....the Cardinals won the pennant".

Am I crazy?

Hi DH,
Your memory is a bit jumbled up. In the last 3 days of the ‘64 season, the Cards played the lowly Mets (but we lost the first 2, D’OH!). The Phils played the Reds so that helped the Cards since one of the 2 fighting for the pennant had to lose. The end of the season was on Sunday afternoon, and since the Phils-Reds game was in Eastern time, it finished ahead of ours. The Reds and Cards were tied for first going into the last game. If the Reds won, we had to win for a tie and playoff. If the Phils won and we lost, it would have been a 3-way tie.

Fortunately, the Phils woke up from their epic slump and beat the Reds. So late in our game, we knew if we won, we had the pennant.

When the last Met batter in the top of the 9th popped it up foul, Harry Caray shouted, “It’s a high pop foul. McCarver’s under it…THE CARDINALS WIN THE PENNANT! THE CARDINALS WIN THE PENNANT!

So that was the last day.

What you’re remembering about Bob Prince and the Pirates was in the previous 3 game series. We beat the Phils 3 in a row at old Busch Stadium while the Pirates were at Cincinnati. The Pirates game went into the 12th or 13th. The Buccos scored in the top of the inning to take the lead. All the while, Harry was on the line with Bob Prince. The last batter for the Reds hit a grounder to Dick Schofield, the Bucs SS. Prince said something like, “Grounder to Schofield. The “Duck” throws it…YOU’RE IN FIRST PLACE, HARRY!”

All that was on a LP record album chronicling the epic 1964 season which I had as a 10 year old kid. I listened to it so much that I can still recite a lot of the highlights. (I gotta get a life, eh?)

Wow....thanks so much for that and going easy on me for being "jumbled up".

It's crazy some of the things that stick and don't.....'64 was such an incredible team and year.

You and Opti have memory as good as a bear trap........thanks again!

Glad I could help, DH. And hey, at my age my brain gets jumbled up on the least little things anymore. Like the name of the restaurant that the Missus and I went to last week. It’s like the old [shirt] in my brain sticks and I remember it forever — like the ‘64 Cards and other useless stuff like the entire lyrics to the Gilligan’s Island theme. But I have a hard time remembering important stuff like the name of my cardiologist and my atrial fibruation doc.

Or how to spell “fibruation” for that matter!

But I think “Atrial Fibruation” would make a great name for a rock band. (Apologies to Dave Barry for stealing one of his often-used lines.)