Denny Hocking Injury

Max Power · 10-07-2002, 07:20 PM

Bad luck or just stupid?

Duque · 10-07-2002, 07:26 PM

I always thought dogpiles were pretty stupid, but I haven't played through an 162 game season, been threatened with contraction, and written off by nearly every baseball analyst.

soxfan121 · 10-07-2002, 07:45 PM

Equal parts bad luck and stupidity. One the one hand, I've yet to see ANY team that doesn't react that way, and in the case of the Twins, they had extra reason to celebrate joyously. On the other hand, I think spitball's wife summed it up: "Someone is going to get hurt". It's amazing that it hasn't happened before.

moose · 10-07-2002, 08:20 PM

didnt mookie wilson break his leg in 86?

sweaver · 10-07-2002, 08:33 PM

At least it wasn't Hunter.

JamesI · 10-07-2002, 10:06 PM

This kind of injury was inevitable the way they celebrate after a series. The Twins should be thankful it wasn't Hunter, Radke, Milton, Reed, Jones.

gyb13 · 10-08-2002, 11:04 AM

stupid - there are plenty of ways to celebrate in which there is little or no injury risk.

that aside, i was part of our h.s. softball team dogpiles in both our back-to-back championship seasons, so what does that say?

SmedIndy · 10-09-2002, 12:27 AM

As a child, I used to pretend I was in the dogpiles. I kind of like them.

I was in Columbus, GA, when the Indianapolis Ice won the CHL title in 2000. In hockey, the don't have the true "dogpiles" but since I worked as a scorer for the team and drove down there I was invited to the on-ice celebration and the locker room celebration. I sense what the Twins players were going through, because the emotion on some of the players winning a championship in a AA hockey league made a vivid impression on me.

b-ball-lunachik · 10-09-2002, 01:18 AM

bad luck I think -- many times guys could have been hurt in those things before -- had to have someone hurt before people started being more careful -- I'm sure it was in the Giants minds last night...

KCBOOMER · 10-10-2002, 12:14 PM

Bad luck, that sooner or later was going to happen to some team.

RichG · 10-10-2002, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KCBOOMER
Bad luck, that sooner or later was going to happen to some team.

It happened in 1960 when Vern Law's ankle was twisted during the N.L. pennant winning celebration.

10-07-2002, 07:20 PM	#1
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Duque NetShrine's Desperado Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Southern CA Posts: 2,638	I always thought dogpiles were pretty stupid, but I haven't played through an 162 game season, been threatened with contraction, and written off by nearly every baseball analyst. __________________ Bad Andy It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

10-08-2002, 11:04 AM	#7
gyb13 NS Omnipresent Brasilian Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Crazy George's playground Posts: 10,903	stupid - there are plenty of ways to celebrate in which there is little or no injury risk. that aside, i was part of our h.s. softball team dogpiles in both our back-to-back championship seasons, so what does that say? __________________ Gustavo NDF Moderator Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

10-09-2002, 01:18 AM	#9
b-ball-lunachik Inducted Into The NetShrine Assembly of Fame Join Date: May 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 867	bad luck I think -- many times guys could have been hurt in those things before -- had to have someone hurt before people started being more careful -- I'm sure it was in the Giants minds last night... __________________ b-ball or luna...

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KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	Bad luck, that sooner or later was going to happen to some team. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

10-07-2002, 07:45 PM	#3
soxfan121 Renounced Membership 7/9/03 Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Live Free Or Die, USA Posts: 1,335	Equal parts bad luck and stupidity. One the one hand, I've yet to see ANY team that doesn't react that way, and in the case of the Twins, they had extra reason to celebrate joyously. On the other hand, I think spitball's wife summed it up: "Someone is going to get hurt". It's amazing that it hasn't happened before.

10-07-2002, 08:20 PM	#4
moose Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Socs Posts: 3,400	didnt mookie wilson break his leg in 86?

10-07-2002, 08:33 PM	#5
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	At least it wasn't Hunter.

10-07-2002, 10:06 PM	#6
JamesI Netshrine Vacuum Cleaner Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Potsdam, N.Y. Posts: 3,723	This kind of injury was inevitable the way they celebrate after a series. The Twins should be thankful it wasn't Hunter, Radke, Milton, Reed, Jones.

10-09-2002, 12:27 AM	#8
SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	As a child, I used to pretend I was in the dogpiles. I kind of like them. I was in Columbus, GA, when the Indianapolis Ice won the CHL title in 2000. In hockey, the don't have the true "dogpiles" but since I worked as a scorer for the team and drove down there I was invited to the on-ice celebration and the locker room celebration. I sense what the Twins players were going through, because the emotion on some of the players winning a championship in a AA hockey league made a vivid impression on me.

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