05/04/2026 6:40p EDT Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

[Tiger337]

Sparky Anderson after Brogna was traded:"He's got a chance to be a good one some day, but I didn't want to wait to find out".   

[Tiger337]

Brogna was traded for Alan Zinter.  I remember having an argument on the AOL board with one of the dumbest baseball fans on the internet.  He said that Tony Clark was going to be another Alan Zinter.  I told him that Zinter was never a good prospect and was nothing like Clark.  He got really upset telling me I knew nothing about baseball and to get my head out of the spreadsheets. He assured me that Zinter was a stud prospect who flamed out.  The same guy once told me that Brookens was a good hitter because he was clutch.  That pretty much summed up my early days on social media. 

This guy was a high school teacher from Ohio.  😀

    

Edited 1 hour ago by Tiger337

[IdahoBert]

Future President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, meeting with Hank Greenberg and Ted Williams at Fenway Park in 1946. 

[monkeytargets39]

28 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Brogna was traded for Alan Zinter.  I remember having an argument on the AOL board with one of the dumbest baseball fans on the internet.  He said that Tony Clark was going to be another Alan Zinter.  I told him that Zinter was never a good prospect and was nothing like Clark.  He got really upset telling me I knew nothing about baseball and to get my head out of the spreadsheets. He assured me that Zinter was a stud prospect who flamed out.  The same guy once told me that Brookens was a good hitter because he was clutch.  That pretty much summed up my early days on social media. 

This guy was a high school teacher from Ohio.  😀

    

I feel like proper baseball acumen should be a prerequisite for being allowed to teach children.  That’s why we had an entire generation who thought wins were an important pitcher statistic.  It directly correlates to the decline of this country. 

Edited 43 minutes ago by monkeytargets39

[monkeytargets39]

MUST WIN

MUST WIN

MUST WIN

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, monkeytargets39 said:

I feel like proper baseball acumen should be a prerequisite for being allowed to teach children.  That’s why we had an entire generation who thought wins were an important pitcher statistic.  It directly correlates to the decline of this country. 

When I hear commentators, especially on national broadcasts, gushing about who is hitting in the “three spot” or batting “cleanup” even a generally emotional fan as myself has to roll his eyes and wonder if they’ve been paying attention to what’s been going on in analytics for the last 25 to 30 years.