Talk:Jim Gilliam
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[edit] LA Times remark
I've deleted the anecdote about the LA Times story. Looking into it a bit, I find that Gilliam only hit three triples in his career at Dodger Stadium, and two of those were in the spring rather than during football season. The other was on August 30, 1963 against the Giants, which was a Friday game. His four triples in 1965 were all hit on the road - one was in July, and two were on August/September weeknights. It's possible that it would be the one he hit on September 5 (a Sunday) at Houston, but the Rams season didn't begin until two weeks later. The Rams had home games on September 25 and October 3, but Gilliam doesn't appear to have done anything remarkable in those games; the Rams only had a road game during the 1965 World Series, so that can't be it either. Maybe it was a preseason NFL game; I'll check that later, but for now I'm deleting the remark. MisfitToys (talk) 00:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Go ahead, but I bet you'll find something in the remarks of one of the Times' sportswriters-- Sid Ziff, Paul Zimmerman, Jim Murray or Charles Maher-- about Gilliam and cheers for him by Ram fans in a game at the Coliseum. Dougie monty (talk) 04:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Found it (it was indeed a preseason game); restored the paragraph, with more detail. MisfitToys (talk) 00:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
