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Started by jimmy olsen, January 04, 2012, 10:18:54 PM

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CountDeMoney

#150
May 01, 2012, 02:19:29 PM
Hey Valmy, I dug this out just for you

Barrister

#151
May 01, 2012, 02:20:05 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on May 01, 2012, 02:07:46 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 01, 2012, 01:09:55 PM
I still not sure how you dorks picked the Royals, i mean i guess Beeb is old enough to have bandwagonned on when they were good, but wtf is your excuse BA?
I grew up in a Yankee household (aka an older sister and dad who were and are diehard Yankees fans and a mom who doesn't care) as a Rickey Henderson fan.  My loyalties went with him till he hit the Angels in '97.  Getting sick of just getting to know a team and then having be traded yet again, I decided to pick one team and run with them as my primary team while still being a Henderson fan.  Growing up in a Yankee household, I was partial to the American League, and I didn't want to bandwagon onto a popular team, so I narrowed it down to two teams in need of fans: the Tigers and the Royals.  I flipped a coin on it which came up heads, and I've been a Royals fan ever since.  I've witnessed one .500 or better season since then. :XD:

:tinfoil:

You know you can pick a new team.

Me, I just gave up following baseball.
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Sophie Scholl

#152
May 01, 2012, 02:20:35 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 01, 2012, 02:14:33 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on May 01, 2012, 02:07:46 PM
I've witnessed one .500 or better season since then. :XD:

Once more than the Orioles have had since 1997.
Ah, but if you include '97 you have a trip to the ALCS.  One in '96 as well.  The Royals haven't made the playoffs since '85, let alone advance.
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Barrister

#153
May 01, 2012, 02:20:59 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 01, 2012, 02:18:25 PM
Quote from: sbr on May 01, 2012, 02:14:22 PM
He may be in the top 5 but Brett and Schmidt are so far ahead of whoever might be in 3rd place i never really considered it.

16 Gold Gloves say otherwise -_-

What was his batting %? :contract:
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katmai

#154
May 01, 2012, 02:22:07 PM
All glove and no stick does not make one the greatest :rolleyes:
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Valmy

#155
May 01, 2012, 02:23:07 PM
Yeah where was your GOAT Mike Schmidt in the '83 series eh?

That's right...going 1 for 16.
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katmai

#156
May 01, 2012, 02:25:45 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 01, 2012, 02:23:07 PM
Yeah where was your GOAT Mike Schmidt in the '83 series eh?

That's right...going 1 for 16.

Still better than the 1 for 19 stinker in choking to METS your guy did.... :sleep:
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

sbr

#157
May 01, 2012, 02:28:52 PM
This has Robinson 4th behind Schmidt Brett and Eddie Matthews.

Just sayin'.

http://baseball.about.com/od/majorleaguehistory/tp/Top-10-Third-Basemen-In-Major-League-Baseball-History.htm

derspiess

#158
May 01, 2012, 02:31:10 PM
Quote from: sbr on May 01, 2012, 02:28:52 PM
This has Robinson 4th behind Schmidt Brett and Eddie Matthews.

Just sayin'.

http://baseball.about.com/od/majorleaguehistory/tp/Top-10-Third-Basemen-In-Major-League-Baseball-History.htm

The answer is: Ken Boyer.  With Scott Rolen running a close second :P
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

katmai

#159
May 01, 2012, 02:33:05 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 01, 2012, 02:31:10 PM
Quote from: sbr on May 01, 2012, 02:28:52 PM
This has Robinson 4th behind Schmidt Brett and Eddie Matthews.

Just sayin'.

http://baseball.about.com/od/majorleaguehistory/tp/Top-10-Third-Basemen-In-Major-League-Baseball-History.htm

The answer is: Ken Boyer.  With Scott Rolen running a close second :P
Matt Williams with John McGraw 2nd Duh Derspicy.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

The Minsky Moment

#160
May 01, 2012, 02:35:38 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 01, 2012, 02:20:59 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 01, 2012, 02:18:25 PM
Quote from: sbr on May 01, 2012, 02:14:22 PM
He may be in the top 5 but Brett and Schmidt are so far ahead of whoever might be in 3rd place i never really considered it.

16 Gold Gloves say otherwise -_-

What was his batting %? :contract:

It's very hard to hit while wearing a gold glove.
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The Minsky Moment

#161
May 01, 2012, 02:36:18 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 01, 2012, 02:31:10 PM
The answer is: Ken Boyer. 

Clete's brother?
We have, accordingly, always had plenty of excellent lawyers, though we often had to do without even tolerable administrators, and seen destined to endure the inconvenience of hereafter doing without any constructive statesmen at all.
--Woodrow Wilson

The Minsky Moment

#162
May 01, 2012, 02:45:12 PM
Fangraphs has the following Top 5 by Wins Above Replacement:  Schmidt, Mathews, Boggs, Robinson, Brett  (ARod excluded).
Chipper Jones is close behind at #6 and still gaining.  A big chunck of Brooks' value is defense which is hard to measure so arguments could be made to push him up ro down.  Brett is knocked down due to spending a lot of time at 1B.


We have, accordingly, always had plenty of excellent lawyers, though we often had to do without even tolerable administrators, and seen destined to endure the inconvenience of hereafter doing without any constructive statesmen at all.
--Woodrow Wilson

Sophie Scholl

#163
May 01, 2012, 02:53:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 01, 2012, 02:20:05 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on May 01, 2012, 02:07:46 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 01, 2012, 01:09:55 PM
I still not sure how you dorks picked the Royals, i mean i guess Beeb is old enough to have bandwagonned on when they were good, but wtf is your excuse BA?
I grew up in a Yankee household (aka an older sister and dad who were and are diehard Yankees fans and a mom who doesn't care) as a Rickey Henderson fan.  My loyalties went with him till he hit the Angels in '97.  Getting sick of just getting to know a team and then having be traded yet again, I decided to pick one team and run with them as my primary team while still being a Henderson fan.  Growing up in a Yankee household, I was partial to the American League, and I didn't want to bandwagon onto a popular team, so I narrowed it down to two teams in need of fans: the Tigers and the Royals.  I flipped a coin on it which came up heads, and I've been a Royals fan ever since.  I've witnessed one .500 or better season since then. :XD:

:tinfoil:

You know you can pick a new team.

Me, I just gave up following baseball.
I did somewhat.  I picked up the Cleveland Indians at the end of the '10 season.  They've been far more impressive and fun to watch.  The team plays with a lot more heart and their stadium is closer and more reachable for road trips for me.  I'll be heading back there this year actually for a three game set with some friends, all using free tickets I've won from or received for joining the Tribe Fanclub (best deal in baseball!). :)
"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

derspiess

#164
May 01, 2012, 02:55:28 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 01, 2012, 02:33:05 PM
Matt Williams with John McGraw 2nd Duh Derspicy.

:rolleyes:  Those guys weren't Cardinals.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall
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