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 13 hours 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 12 hours 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. 

[oblong]

7 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

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

The guy next to Ted is like "Can you ****ing believe this?"

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

The guy next to Ted is like "Can you ****ing believe this?"

summer of 46 he would have been a returning war hero campaigning for his 1st House seat in Boston.

[gehringer_2]

9 hours 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.  😀

    

Rico played 848 games over 9 seasons and managed to amass a whopping -1.1 WAR. Much like left handed relief pitchers, if you can hit 20 hr you keep getting chances. Zinter spent 13 yrs in AAA with an overall 838 OPS. A worthy nominee for the Mike Hessman association.

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Rico played 848 games over 9 seasons and managed to amass a whopping -1.1 WAR. Much like left handed relief pitchers, if you can hit 20 hr you keep getting chances. Zinter spent 13 yrs in AAA with an overall 838 OPS. A worthy nominee for the Mike Hessman association.

Brogna had a couple of decent years with the Mets in 94-95, but was below replacement level after that.   

[oblong]

36 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

summer of 46 he would have been a returning war hero campaigning for his 1st House seat in Boston.

Joe Sr arranged for some dude with the same name as his opponent to also be on the ballot, splitting that vote even further.  The grandson of the former mayor of Boston and son of a wealthy, if disgraced somewhat, ambassador didn't need much help winning a seat.  His campaign would announce fundraising opportunities and send them out to all the single women in town with the promise that the rich young eligible bachelor may show up... thus all the mothers of these women would push their daughters to go in the hopes of finding a husband.

 

[IdahoBert]

I remember when JFK was shot there was this strange hubub in the halls as all the teachers left their classrooms and they were hugging each other and crying and then our teacher Mrs. Vaughn returned from the hallway choking back the tears and told us all to leave and that the President had been shot dead and school was canceled for a few days. 

[gehringer_2]

9 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I remember when JFK was shot there was this strange hubub in the halls as all the teachers left their classrooms and they were hugging each other and crying and then our teacher Mrs. Vaughn returned from the hallway choking back the tears and told us all to leave and that the President had been shot dead and school was canceled for a few days. 

It was such a different era. Today it would be like: "Oh- someone shot the President? Hmmm. Well, on to lesson II" 

The other funny thing to contemplate is whether anyone would be crying in the hall if it had been Nixon. Even if you had voted for RMN, it's hard to imagine having much emotional investment in him! 🤷‍♂️

[IdahoBert]

As children  we were just stunned and none of us were crying because it was just unbelievable and it was hard for us to process, and I don’t think any of us had much investment in his persona as the adults might. I do remember they brought TVs into all the classrooms for his inauguration and it was pretty impressive. He definitely had a lot of charisma or an aura about him that even children could pick up on. 

[CMRivdogs]

The player between Williams and Kennedy is Eddie Pellegrini. Back up third baseman and catcher who played for several team. He later served as heah coach of the Boston College Baseball team for 30 years

 

 

For what it's worth

[NorthWoods]

1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said:

For what it's worth

Buffalo Springfield.