Wade Boggs slashed 363/461/588 (1.049 OPS) in 87 and finished 11th in the MVP race.
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Feel free to double check my work on this, but 3rd base is the most under represented position in the MLB Hall of Fame. I think that’s why you are starting to see guys like Scott Rolen get the nod, despite not really having any of the key counting stats. Turns out that position is harder to play than we realize.
Micheal Jack Schmidt, as Harray called him, once hit 4 homers at Wrigley in a 23-22 win or some crazy score like that. I think he was a rookie in 78 and was probably the most feared 3rd basemen of the early/mid 80’s. Dude was a badass that rocked a bad ass Fire Engine Red white man afro that he could barely contain under that Phillies cap. I couldn’t stand him.
I think you’re gonna get your beaten next month.
I’m natty AF! Keep chowing at your chain NoItal Steakhouses with clients tho… I need you on your back foot.
In a semi-related note, Cal Raleigh is one of the baddest MLB names in quite some time.
His nickname, The Big Dumper, is absolute ass.
His nickname, The Big Dumper, is absolute ass.
I was oddly mesmerized by him when the Reds went to Seattle last year and got destroyed. He’s obviously got huge power, but is elite defensively as well. His catching skills are incredible. Just a very fun guy to watch play the game.
I didn’t follow baseball until 1985ish and KC vs STL is the first WS I remember. By then we were well past Schmidt’s prime but he was still a steady, consistent and boring .285 with 25 HRs a year and 90 RBI but the Phillies just weren’t good.
They just couldn’t get over the hump in the mid 70s but he was clearly a monster of a hitter and fielder. Hell even when Rose joined them Schmidt was still the best player that year in 1980.
What kind of acknowledgment is one expecting a mid 70s-80s star to get in 2025?
They just couldn’t get over the hump in the mid 70s but he was clearly a monster of a hitter and fielder. Hell even when Rose joined them Schmidt was still the best player that year in 1980.
What kind of acknowledgment is one expecting a mid 70s-80s star to get in 2025?
I was born in 1984 and could tell you about every single player I listed.
Schmidt won NL MVP in 1986 so he was not “well past his prime”. If Schmidt is now “forgotten” it’s only because the steroid guys came along and made his numbers looks pedestrian.
I mean, it’s been the only thing that’s kept us out of a full-scale war since WWII. The same rules remain. Why would that change?
Didn’t China get get that sophisticated hot air balloon all across our United States, although that was under a different administration 😀.
Speaking of WWIII, what's up with all the NBA stars tearing their achilles?
Tyrese Haliburton (apparently) tonight
Jayson Tatum earlier in the playoffs
Damian Lillard earlier in the playoffs
Previous years:
Klay Thompson (2020)
Kevin Durant (2019)
Demarcus Cousins (2018)
Kobe Bryant (2013)
Krazykats (20??)
I don't remember that injury being very common in the 80s and 90s NBA.
Tyrese Haliburton (apparently) tonight
Jayson Tatum earlier in the playoffs
Damian Lillard earlier in the playoffs
Previous years:
Klay Thompson (2020)
Kevin Durant (2019)
Demarcus Cousins (2018)
Kobe Bryant (2013)
Krazykats (20??)
I don't remember that injury being very common in the 80s and 90s NBA.
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Something has changed with basketball players in general. Not sure if they’re playing too much from a younger age, training different, eating different, but you didn’t have stuff like this “back in the day.” Used to be a rolled ankle or an ACL was about all your heard about in hoops. Maybe a lower back from time to time.
Catchers (20), first basemen (28), second basemen (20), third basemen (19), shortstops (26), left fielders (23), center fielders (24), and right fielders (29)
Has nothing to do w/ the position being hard....they are all hard. 3B and 1B are the easiest IF positions to platoon (L/R) and insert "fielders", for example, use DH, etc. Gone are the days where we will see a "career 3B" for 10+ years come into the league. The Reds have 5 guys on the roster now who have played/can play 3B on a regular basis, for example.
Ramirez, Machado, Arenado....dying breed.
Yeah he was. He was 36 and played barely over 1 1/2 years after this. Players can have one more career/great season in the sun well past their prime.
Ryan led the league in K's at age 42 w/ 301.
Gwynn's last full year at age 37 he led the league w/ a .372 avg.
Jeter's last full healthy year at age 38 he hit .316 and led the league w/ 216 hits.
Seaver went 16-11 w/ a 3.17 era at age 40....played 1 more year.
Tom Brady's exploits in his 40's are well known.
You guys are missing my point on Mike Schmidt. I'm not saying people don't recognize his greatness. I'm also not saying he wasn't really good in the 80's, or even more ridiculous that "nobody heard of him". What I was saying is that he wasn't that popular among my friends when we followed baseball starting in the mid-80s.
So among my friends:
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Most popular guys of the mid-80s:
Most popular guys in the late 80's
2nd Tier of Very Popular Guys Who Played Most of 80's. Cardinal fans had Ozzie number 1. KC fans had George Brett. And the goody two-shoes kids always loved Cal Ripken.
Guys who just seemed old and we never talked that much about.
And my point on Schmidt is that he was still WAY too good to be an afterthought by me and my buds during the mid-80s.
And it's not like Schmidt is on TV or talked about that much anymore, hence why I felt like he was overlooked.
So among my friends:
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Most popular guys of the mid-80s:
- Dale Murphy
- Don Mattingly
Most popular guys in the late 80's
- Jose Canseco
- Eric Davis
- Darryl Strawberry
2nd Tier of Very Popular Guys Who Played Most of 80's. Cardinal fans had Ozzie number 1. KC fans had George Brett. And the goody two-shoes kids always loved Cal Ripken.
- Ozzie Smith
- Cal Ripken
- George Brett
- Nolan Ryan
- Tony Gwynn
- Ricky Henderson
- Dave Winfield
- Wade Boggs
- Roger Clemens
Guys who just seemed old and we never talked that much about.
- Pete Rose
- Reggie Jackson
- Mike Schmidt
And my point on Schmidt is that he was still WAY too good to be an afterthought by me and my buds during the mid-80s.
And it's not like Schmidt is on TV or talked about that much anymore, hence why I felt like he was overlooked.
I feel like "Out: strained calf" is going to be a popular way for players to sit out games going forward. The public now associates a strained calf as a prerequisite to an Achilles tear so everybody not named Skip Bayless will understand. Consider it the future of Load Management strategy , , , in my non-medical expert opinion.
With no scientific evidence on this, but just a view on who is getting hurt and what they look like, it seems to me that as players get taller and thinner while also spending more time out on the perimeter and having to make more sharp cuts to score, it's leading to more snapping of the Achilles.
Injuries in general are up in sports because athletes don't lift weights enough and are using bands, cable resistance, etc. instead more these days. You do a compound movement by lifting weights that sends muscles and electric stimulus that can't be duplicated by other methods that studies show prevent injuries.
Tempo and more possessions also is a factor to more injuries in the NBA. Over the past 30 years, possessions per game team leaders have gone from 87 to 107. Modern style of play = more lateral movements & change of direction, resulting in more acute joint angles of the ankle, knee and hip.
Over the past 10 seasons, teams have gone from covering 1,384.1 miles per 82 games to 1,528; 30 years ago it was under 1,300.
- My mom blew out her Achilles while were on vacation playing pickleball. Obviously in the same class of athleticism as Lillard and Halliburton. She had surgery a week ago. It's her right leg, so she's probably not going to be allowed to drive til this fall.
I was shocked her MRI said full thickness tear, though. She walked around on it for five days, including ON THE BEACH CARRYING MY KID, before going back to the doc and getting another eval. I do not understand how she did that while Halliburton/Rodgers/Watson went down like they got shot.
In related news, I have a new phobia of Achilles injuries!
- I am torn between thinking Iran had no business with access to a nuclear program and pure terror alternating with nihilism about impending war with, well, these people in charge. Since I can do nothing about it I think I will watch Top Gun 2 a few more times.
I was shocked her MRI said full thickness tear, though. She walked around on it for five days, including ON THE BEACH CARRYING MY KID, before going back to the doc and getting another eval. I do not understand how she did that while Halliburton/Rodgers/Watson went down like they got shot.
In related news, I have a new phobia of Achilles injuries!
- I am torn between thinking Iran had no business with access to a nuclear program and pure terror alternating with nihilism about impending war with, well, these people in charge. Since I can do nothing about it I think I will watch Top Gun 2 a few more times.
Pickleball and Achilles injuries apparently go hand in hand.
Pickleball, which I'm sure has become the Olympic sport of Norton Commons, has been a goldmine for the Ortho surgeon set.
As an older guy, an Achilles injury is a huge fear. Played basketball into my early 30's, now I don't even fast walk as I push 60.
As an older guy, an Achilles injury is a huge fear. Played basketball into my early 30's, now I don't even fast walk as I push 60.
-Reds just DFA'd Canderlario
-Hope they are close enough to the playoffs in a month that they are buyers. I'd scoop up Jake Bird, Kyle Finnegan or Danny Santana and make them the 8th inning setup man. Then give me Dane Myers, Refsnyder or Laureano for the OF. (being reasonable here since the Reds like to horde prospects)
-Burns vs Judge tomorrow
-Reds dodged a bullet by not signing Santander/Conforto/Verdugo/Profar
-I think OKC should trade Hartenstein + and 4 1sts for Giannis or Bam at the trade deadline if they are sellers next year.
-Would like to see the Lakers get Myler Turner or Daniel Gafford.
-Phoenix wanted Reed in the Durant trade but they refused to include him. Hopefully, he plays more next year with Green gone. A Booker/Reed backcourt would've been fun though. Malik Monk could be on the move again as well.
-Draft is Wednesday and Thursday; I like breaking it up to two days. Brea and Amari have been showing up in some recent mocks.
-Hope they are close enough to the playoffs in a month that they are buyers. I'd scoop up Jake Bird, Kyle Finnegan or Danny Santana and make them the 8th inning setup man. Then give me Dane Myers, Refsnyder or Laureano for the OF. (being reasonable here since the Reds like to horde prospects)
-Burns vs Judge tomorrow
-Reds dodged a bullet by not signing Santander/Conforto/Verdugo/Profar
-I think OKC should trade Hartenstein + and 4 1sts for Giannis or Bam at the trade deadline if they are sellers next year.
-Would like to see the Lakers get Myler Turner or Daniel Gafford.
-Phoenix wanted Reed in the Durant trade but they refused to include him. Hopefully, he plays more next year with Green gone. A Booker/Reed backcourt would've been fun though. Malik Monk could be on the move again as well.
-Draft is Wednesday and Thursday; I like breaking it up to two days. Brea and Amari have been showing up in some recent mocks.
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These people in charge are doing all they can to keep this country safe, contrary to the dementia patient the last 4 years, so don't go there with that.
Looking back, that idiot Lamar Wilkerson turning us down (after getting the royal treatment at Keenland, no less) to go to Indiana for more money and far uglier women is going to be one of the best things that happened this offseason. I got dibs on Denzel Aberdeen as my favorite player and he might not have even entered the transfer portal if Wilkerson picked the Cayts.
Denzel has an energy that is contagious. He, 00, and Mo Dioubate are going to the backbone of the squad next year. I think Denzel will eventually be our sixth starter (like Cliff Hawkins back in the day) and fill in whatever role we need as a third perimeter player alongside Lowe and Oweh. Oddly, I think Colin Chandler will end the year as the back-up point guard. Jasper is going to fill out a ton and be a playmaking small forward at Kentucky. It wouldn't surprise me if Jasper started all year at the three.
Seems highly likely to me that our March crunch-time lineup will be Lowe, Oweh, Aberdeen, Dioubate, and Quaintance.
Denzel has an energy that is contagious. He, 00, and Mo Dioubate are going to the backbone of the squad next year. I think Denzel will eventually be our sixth starter (like Cliff Hawkins back in the day) and fill in whatever role we need as a third perimeter player alongside Lowe and Oweh. Oddly, I think Colin Chandler will end the year as the back-up point guard. Jasper is going to fill out a ton and be a playmaking small forward at Kentucky. It wouldn't surprise me if Jasper started all year at the three.
Seems highly likely to me that our March crunch-time lineup will be Lowe, Oweh, Aberdeen, Dioubate, and Quaintance.
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Wow, WWIII seemed really, you know, short.
Doubt Jasper starts early this year. Pope will lean on experience early (especially given how tough the noncon schedule is) and Jasper I’m guessing will come on slowly defensively and possibly offensively too.
He’s rail thin and needs to put on some weight and the offense might be tough for him to pick up (for a while at least). If he’s playing well enough by mid season or later and pushing for a starting spot, we’ll be cooking with gas though.
Year two under Pope is going to look like Pitino 2.0 IMO. Run teams ragged with endless bodies (barring injury) and make them beat you on tired legs.
I don't think we'll shoot it nearly as well as we did this year, but we're trading that for rebounding and defense (and I still don't think the drop will be that dramatic). Should be a lot of fun.
I don't think we'll shoot it nearly as well as we did this year, but we're trading that for rebounding and defense (and I still don't think the drop will be that dramatic). Should be a lot of fun.
Word. I don't think we will have platoons, but it seems to me that we clearly have 2 primary squads with thousands of permutations to take advantage of individual match-ups. If they could upgrade Walker Horn, our third team might make the tournament.
We almost have to press.
I thought about that and realized I'm not familiar with Pope's defensive philosophy enough to know if he has ever full court pressed consistently. This has to be his most talented and deep squad he's ever had, will be interesting to see what route he takes.
Don’t look now but Elly is putting up MVP numbers all of a sudden.
Might have something to do with Achilles’ tendons.
And I think I heard Fox Network had declared we’d won it.
