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I think the list mentioned was STL players of which Foxx was not. I don’t think Hornsby was on it though.
As to the HoF issue, credentials be damned, a lot more of his career money came from the Angels, so that settles it.
The dimensions of many parks Ruth played in were quite expansive. It would be interesting to see what great historical hitters could do if you put them in a band box stadium with a maple bat facing a pitcher on a lowered mound having to hit a shrunken strike zone.
That’s Macho Man above in the GCL Cards uni. Took a while to figure it out. Its too bad he couldn’t make a team after switching arms. RIP.
I did see the blurb in the article. My guess is based on him likely being a bit less than the 5’10” his bio says. We will see how things go after he signs. If he even plays this year.
Winn seems interesting for some reason. I don’t usually like short arm type pitchers, but I liked his motion and delivery on the youtubes I could find. It looks like not as much of an upper body powered delivery as Jason Motte (and he doesn’t start out with the ball behind his head). He also gets on top of it quickly rather than leading with his shoulder like Boggs. It strikes me as an arm that might hold up. My guess is they want him to play shortstop, but It would be interesting to see if he could pitch.
Matt Keough’s ex-wife has now discussed cause of death and a few things about his recent personal life. Interestingly, she suggests that Covid-19 related forced inactivity may have played a part, as he went from riding his bike 20-30 miles a day to nothing.
Long ago I listened in as a few old baseball guys talked about the MLB Anti-trust exemption. They thought is was brilliant, whether planned or by chance, that unlike all other professional sports, baseball had it spread out into every nook and cranny of the nation so that scarcely a member of Congress had no incentive to back the club owners on the issue. Affiliated baseball has been pulling out of the nooks and crannies ever since.
In recent times, Federal courts have shown no interest in upsetting what Congress did 100 years ago, saying that Congress certainly can if it wishes.
Yeah, I expect them to be willing to crash into each other at home plate if they want the big bucks, so maybe I’d be one of those tough guys. Man up or go flip burgers, grrrrrr.
If a player with a guaranteed contract declines to show up for scheduled games, what then? What if his wife or kid is vulnerable for some reason and he doesn’t want to risk bringing it home.
To Joe Lunchbucket, neither the game nor the players are defined solely by stats. So a player’s value to the organization isn’t either. Not solely. I do not follow the game like I did, so I likely will not know at any given time who leads the staff in WAR, or ERA, or wins (which doesn’t matter, except to Joe Lunchbucket), but if I happened to notice Waino was scheduled to start I just might tune in to see him. Which is more than can be said about whoever is atop the WAR ranking.
A lot of what can be said of Molina could be said of Simmons in his time. A lot of times he was the glue on some bad teams that didn’t have much else. Yadi has always had a a big star or two and a decent ensemble cast. No so for Ted.
Hi Brian and thanks for the mention. After a couple years of frustration trying to get Scout to stop charging me they finally just disappeared some while ago. There were times I would have dropped you into boiling lava for getting me mixed up with them. (I am the type to find someone to blame and sticking to it). BTW, I think I still owe you pizza and beer for something. Hope all is well.
No one knows what the economics of an MLB are going to look like going forward. Or the economics of a player’s post-playing days. Yadi and anyone else are smart to keep their future options as open and unrestricted as possible at this moment. On the other side, an organization is taking a chance when it makes a commitment based upon assumptions of what future revenue will look like for them.
I agree but it should not fall solely on the owners. I assume they have guaranteed contracts to pay.
I have always liked this one, and others like it. Looks like a bird of prey swooping in for the kill. Wouldn’t want to look at that coming at me from 60′
The team was in it for post until now so I think that meets Mo’s definition of competitive. I wish the bar was higher but that’s where we are. I expect this winter to be much last last with another competitive team next year.
Anyone know what the smart people think about Reyes next season? And maybe the Yadi heir thing will clarify.
