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3 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:
If the Tigers have a “natural rival” it’s the Cubs. Especially because the Cubs denied World Series championships to Ty Cobb over 100 years ago and this is something that we should not forget. Myself, I hold a grudge.
Using that theory, the Pirates last denied Cobb the World Series in 1909. Do you hold a grudge against them as well?
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3 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:
If we win, the MVP is Reese. Not as dominant as Maenea was, but just as effective.
Yes. And second star goes to Alex, who kept the door shut for two innings.
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Good job Alex.
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4 minutes ago, clark1mt said:
Bobby Scales, I think.
Yes, bobby scales. He did about 1/2 the road games with Dan last year. He definitely has good potential in the booth.
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Kevin pillar is still in the league? Seems like he has been around forever.
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1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:
How is anyone going to take them seriously if they forbid gambling and promote it at the same time? Let's see if they make a serious investigation of Ohtani or just sweep it under the rug to protect themselves. How do you take them seriously if they do that? They have done a good job punishing wife beaters and sexual predators, but that's only because they don't profit off those activities.
Let's not forget that both Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were banned for life for there associations with casinos and then let back into baseball with the next regime (Uberoth). Now baseball is fully in bed with casinos. Rose is a HOF player and should be there.
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46 minutes ago, theroundsquare said:
kennedy went to the same HS as mike trout. no known significance.
And is the grandson of 4x allstar third basemen Don Money.
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1 minute ago, alex said:
Are you kidding me ? 🙂
Aye aye aye...
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8 hours ago, KL2 said:
Wife let me pick this one up over the summer as pre-wedding present
That is a really nice Gehrig!
I collected for 35 years before I moved down to VA 9 years ago now. I sold 99% of what I had at a high profile memorabilia auction, and don't regret it or really miss it at all. I kept some stuff that was very personal to me, and some very random stuff like I didn't mean to keep. Like I came across a few autographed Rickey Peters cards the other day in a random box.
But, I still salivate at a lot of stuff, like the cards posted in this thread.
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I dream of a find like that...
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5 hours ago, HeyAbbott said:
My rule has always been: young enough to be my daughter and old enough to be my mom is off limits.which would put the acceptable range between 30-70 now.
5 hours ago, HeyAbbott said:Under 18 they are protected by law, over 75 they are protected by nature. Anywhere in between is fair game.
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Sweet may be a surprising piece in the bullpen this year, stay the summer in toledo, or be released before spring training.
But being on 4 teams 40-man roster in 6 months is impressive. More impressive, he only had two good outings out of ten, managed to pick up a win, AND stay in the show for 47 days. (Enough time to qualify for a pension.)
Maybe luck is on his side and he will be useful.
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4 hours ago, CMU97 said:
Well, let's dissect like you wanted.
Reyes' slash line last year in AAA was .279/.330/.462 with 20 homeruns, and an ops of .792.
The Lotte Giants finished 7/10 in the KBO with a record of 67-76.
Of note, Niko Goodrum hit .295/.373/.387 with 0 hrs and an ops of .760 for these same Giants.
Does the Reyes signing make the Giants better? Contenders? Or does the addition of Reyes make both him and Goodrum revert back to their Tiger norms?
I would love to hear any and all thoughts!
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2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:
Ugh. This board is in desperate need of a transaction to dissect. Any transaction will do.
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Back in '92 or '93, mickey stanley played in a charity softball game at CMU. I had a friend who was a journalism major who interviewed him, and I got to tag along. He asked Mickey what was the biggest difference between players today and his era. Without batting an eye, he said "money". Then my friend followed up with something like " besides that?". Then Mickey said, "training. These guys can play baseball year around now. I had to go to work in the off season". He seemed pretty bitter about it.
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RIP Willie. I met him once in 2009 and he could not have been a nicer, more down to earth guy. He seamed to be really enjoying retirement and his family. I did not know about his heart problems until today. I also didn't know he tried to make a comeback with the Yankees in 1995 at age 40. Any else remember that?
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22 hours ago, casimir said:
Can't find the official statistic to prove it, but pitchers never used the inside part of the plate against Kluszewski while he wore this shirt.
Interesting side story: Milt Wilcox once told me a story that **** Allen Always wore sleeves under his jersey because he thought pitchers would be intimidated by his muscles and not pitch to him. Wilcox also said Allen hit a homerun off of him in old Comisky Park that is still going.
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That was not what I expected. AZ to the series.
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4 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:
I can confidently say that I could not have come up with any of those.
LOL
Too much old baseball in my head. I've done a ton of research on players who had a very brief time in the show. That helps a ton with players who have a lifetime .300 avg or hit .300 in a season.
When the Rockies came into the league, Topps made cards of all the players they had drafted from the other teams. For some reason, I have a photographic memory of baseball cards.
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22 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:
I have long suspected that Fidrych's injury was caused more by overuse than trying to compensate for his knee injury. Probably Rozema too.
Wow! I don't remember looking at his usage before, but wow. 34 innings in rookie ball at age 19, 170 innings at age 20 over 3 levels, and then 250 I'm MLB at age 21.
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8 hours ago, Shinzaki said:
In the late 70's the Tigers were viewed as having a really deep prospect pool of young arms. Even after Fidrych flamed out, you had Morris, Petry, Chris, Underwood, Robbins who were all pretty highly thought of. Really only Morris and Petry made it...Right now we seem to have even more young pitching in the system. I'm kinda excited about that
Don't forget about Dave Rozema, who won 15 games as a 20-year-old rookie in 1977. He threw 218 innings that year. In 1978 he threw 200 more. Arm issues ensued, and he was never the same. Back then, and well before and after, I think the pitchets were blamed for their injuries. I don't know if "overuse" for a young pitcher was ever thought of.
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1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:
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1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:
This has nothing to do with anything and I know hardly anybody pays attention to this stat anymore but I just heard a fact that shocked me and that's that Gerrit Cole is the only active pitcher under 35 with even 100 career wins.
If the current trends continue, I think going forward getting 200 wins will be more difficult than getting 300 used to be.
Spencer Torkelson
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You know all this talk about Spencer reminds me of another 1st round draft pick by the Tigers who was much heralded as the greatest thing since sliced bread coming out of college. He too made his debut at age 22, and struggled mightily his first 3 years in the majors. More so than Spencer, and it can be argued he was a worse defender than Tork. That player went on to a 17-year career, 2 WS championships, and an MVP award. That of course was Kirk Gibson.
I think everyone one of us would be thrilled if Spencer had that career. Or even the career of Bob Horner. Point is that not everyone, and maybe only a couple of people a generation come up and play like gangbusters and keep it up for their entire career. He is still figuring things out, and there will good and bad days. Way too early to write him off.