Comments on: Jason Giambi is one of the oldest players to hit 3 homers in a game

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 21 May 2011 06:52:42 +0000

Williams doing it twice in 5 weeks - that is impressive.

And, both were road games, one in Cleveland Stadium !

By: John Autin

John Autin — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:17:31 +0000

Frankly, I'm disappointed in that game by the 38-year-old Cobb. If he had stretched one of his singles into a triple, he could have been the only player ever to hit for the cycle with 3 HRs! In fact, I'll bet that he should have had a triple, but thought he had hit a 4th HR, got caught admiring the blast, then jogged sheepishly to 1st base....

By: Lawrence Azrin

Lawrence Azrin — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:37:19 +0000

@12/ Doug B Says: "How about that game by Cobb! 6 for 6 with 3 home runs in a game in 1925!"" Even better, he told reporters before that game that for the first time in his life, he would be deliberately trying to hit home runs. I guess he was trying to show that he could "out-Babe" the Babe if he felt like it.

By: Doug B

Doug B — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:13:43 +0000

The best thing about this list for me is it made me look up Bob Thurman who I had never heard of.

He made his MLB debut a month before turning 38. He slugged .542 as a part-time outfielder at age 40.

He didn't play in the minors before age 32. I wondered why and then looked up his bio. He played Negro Leagues before that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Thurman

So here you have a Negro League star who didn't make his MLB debut until 1955. Man we missed out on a lot of good players even 6 or 7 years after jackie Robinson. What a bunch of dopes back then...

By: Doug B

Doug B — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:59:59 +0000

How about that game by Cobb!

6 for 6 with 3 home runs in a game in 1925!

By: DD

DD — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:56:23 +0000

Also, surprised there isn't more DHs.

By: DD

DD — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:55:48 +0000

No middle infielders, no catchers. Not a surprise since guys usually get moved off those positions by the above ages, not to mention many years of light hitting at those spots.

By: Larry R.

Larry R. — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:28:16 +0000

Finley, Williams...and now Giambi. The 3 geezers whose HRs accounted for all their team's runs.

By: Nash Bruce

Nash Bruce — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:37:38 +0000

@6: grew up in So. Jersey, but still got the WOR, and WPIX, on basic cable.....a little later in my life. Would have been two years old, when Rose's game occurred (Rose's name, as Mccombe also said, is the one, from this list, that jumped out at me, as well), but, guess the point is, I still do remember "Kiner's Korner". So I can kind of see it all happening, including Kingman- (the second time around w/the Mets, anyways) god the Mets were awful in the early 80's! *smiles Thanks for the memories!!

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 20 May 2011 04:26:46 +0000

In fairness, Giambi hit his HR off Kendrick and Baez so it's like he hit them in AAA