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Darrell Ray Porter (January 17, 1952 – August 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball catcher. [1] He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1971 to 1987 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, and Texas Rangers. [1]
The 1977 Kansas City Royals season was their ninth in Major League Baseball. The Royals' franchise-best 102–60 record led the majors and Kansas City won its second consecutive American League West title. Once again, the Royals lost to the New York Yankees in the postseason, falling 3–2 in the ALCS.
His best season with the White Sox was in 1975 when he batted .264, led American League shortstops with a .981 fielding percentage and was selected as a reserve for the MLB All-Star Game. After his $50,000-a-year contract expired at the conclusion of the 1976 campaign , [ 6 ] he rejected the White Sox's three-year $500,000 offer. [ 7 ]
Pine Tar Game: July 24, 1983 Kansas City Royals: 5–4 New York Yankees: Game featuring a controversial umpire ruling stating that Royals batter George Brett had exceeded the amount of pine tar allowed on his bat, negating a two-run home run with an out that required the game to be restarted from the point of the home run. [19] [20] Sandberg ...
The 1977 American League Championship Series was a five-game series in Major League Baseball's 1977 postseason played between October 5 and 9, 1977, between the Eastern division champion New York Yankees and the Western division champion Kansas City Royals. The games were played at Yankee Stadium (Games 1–2), and Royals Stadium (3–5).
Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen. Getty Images (2) The Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills competed in a divisional playoff game on Sunday, January 21, to determine who will proceed to the AFC ...
The Kansas City Royals, the only multiple winner, entered in three competitions, their winning 1978 and 1979 efforts and a return trip in 1981. Baseball was also represented twice each by the Cincinnati Reds , in 1976 and 1977, and the Oakland Athletics, in 1975 and 1982.
In 2008, Game Jolt was registered as an LLC, [47] then incorporated as Game Jolt Inc. in September 2020. A new site launched in 2015 featuring a responsive design, automated curation for both games and game news articles which weighs how recent a game was uploaded and how popular it is ("hot") and filtering options on game listings for platform ...