Milehi Fan Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: Still ticks me off that he and not Griffey was the first unanimous selection in the Hall. Best closer in the history of baseball vs. an incredible, but not the best player of all time, at his position. I am a Reds and Yankee fan, so I love them both. MR definitely deserves unanimous selection before KGJ. But man, I loved both Sr and Jr. I remember when Jr was traded from Seattle to Cincinnati and the city closed down streets with a police escort to welcome him to the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Milehi Fan said: Best closer in the history of baseball vs. an incredible, but not the best player of all time, at his position. I am a Reds and Yankee fan, so I love them both. MR definitely deserves unanimous selection before KGJ. But man, I loved both Sr and Jr. I remember when Jr was traded from Seattle to Cincinnati and the city closed down streets with a police escort to welcome him to the city. This could be an entire thread unto itself, but who would you put as the best CF of all time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUB74 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Zlinedavid said: This could be an entire thread unto itself, but who would you put as the best CF of all time? Willie Mays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 8 hours ago, Milehi Fan said: Best closer in the history of baseball vs. an incredible, but not the best player of all time, at his position. I am a Reds and Yankee fan, so I love them both. MR definitely deserves unanimous selection before KGJ. But man, I loved both Sr and Jr. I remember when Jr was traded from Seattle to Cincinnati and the city closed down streets with a police escort to welcome him to the city. We can agree to disagree on this 1. The only reason Griffey was not unanimous was the voter knew JR was in and wanted to give first place vote to one of the guys on the ballot for several years in hope of helping another player get in. When interviewed he said he never thought his vote would be the only one and we would have chosen differently if he would have known. IMO Jr should have been the first and Mariano the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 14 hours ago, Proud2BAHoosier said: Not me... Go Yanks Even a guy wearing his pin stripe colored glasses can agree Jr. Should have been unanimous and Mariano as well. We were blessed to see 2 of the all time greats. Mariano is my oldest sons 2nd fave player behind Jeter and Aydens is Judge so we watch a lot of Yankee games in our house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 13 hours ago, Zlinedavid said: This could be an entire thread unto itself, but who would you put as the best CF of all time? Soon to be Mike Trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 13 hours ago, Zlinedavid said: This could be an entire thread unto itself, but who would you put as the best CF of all time? WILLIE MAYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just now, kyhoosier29 said: Soon to be Mike Trout. I will wait to pass judgement still too early. I think we forget just how dominant JR was. JR 1st 9 years RBI: 725 HR 398 AVG: .300 Gold Glove 8 Trout 1st 9 Years RBI: 660 HR 245 AVG .308 Gold Glove 0 Hold off on the anointment for now. 1994 strike shortened stats 40 HR 90 RBI .323 BA in 2/3 of a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergates Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 27 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: I will wait to pass judgement still too early. I think we forget just how dominant JR was. JR 1st 9 years RBI: 725 HR 398 AVG: .300 Gold Glove 8 Trout 1st 9 Years RBI: 660 HR 245 AVG .308 Gold Glove 0 Hold off on the anointment for now. 1994 strike shortened stats 40 HR 90 RBI .323 BA in 2/3 of a season https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_CF.shtml Has Mays #1, Jr at #5, and Trout at #6 already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, cybergates said: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_CF.shtml Has Mays #1, Jr at #5, and Trout at #6 already Not so sure i agree with their assessment. Mays I can live with above JR. Mantel 3 in my book but no way anyone else. I know injury is a major part of it but without injury JR would own the HR record and many others. Gold Gloves when you factor all those things into it and just the flair for the game JR and Willie set themselves far and away above the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, cybergates said: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_CF.shtml Has Mays #1, Jr at #5, and Trout at #6 already In a 5 year span from 96-00 Jr averaged 50 home runs a season 140 RBI and 1 Gold Glove per year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLHoosier Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 23 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: In a 5 year span from 96-00 Jr averaged 50 home runs a season 140 RBI and 1 Gold Glove per year He still has the prettiest swing I've ever seen. It's a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 1 minute ago, StLHoosier said: He still has the prettiest swing I've ever seen. It's a thing of beauty. Amen. They don't make logo's for just anyone's swing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUaic Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Eric Davis at 61??? Blasphemy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Looks like it's time to lock the Kira Lewis thread down...⚾⚾⚾ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Lord help me, and all this coming while there is a MLB thread....JSMH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, rico said: Lord help me, and all this coming while there is a MLB thread....JSMH. Only 4 of us go and check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Only 4 of us go and check it out. Well it is because of where it is at. But that the internet Admin in me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: I will wait to pass judgement still too early. I think we forget just how dominant JR was. JR 1st 9 years RBI: 725 HR 398 AVG: .300 Gold Glove 8 Trout 1st 9 Years RBI: 660 HR 245 AVG .308 Gold Glove 0 Hold off on the anointment for now. 1994 strike shortened stats 40 HR 90 RBI .323 BA in 2/3 of a season Maybe a little early, but I think he’s on pace to be. Has the highest career WAR at his age in history I BELIEVE. But guys aren’t playing as long as they used to, so he may not get to Mays’ stature. We shall see. He was the MVP in ‘13, 2nd in ‘14, MVP in ‘15, and 2nd in ‘16. He missed 8 weeks in ‘17, but I’m pretty certain he was 2nd or 3rd last year as well. Pretty impressive. Exact definition of five tool player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: I will wait to pass judgement still too early. I think we forget just how dominant JR was. JR 1st 9 years RBI: 725 HR 398 AVG: .300 Gold Glove 8 Trout 1st 9 Years RBI: 660 HR 245 AVG .308 Gold Glove 0 Hold off on the anointment for now. 1994 strike shortened stats 40 HR 90 RBI .323 BA in 2/3 of a season Ain’t going to lie...every baseball player my ages hero...we all wore our hat backwards when we saw him do that and we all batted left handed playing wiffle ball to re-enact his swing. Not to mention always the #1 pick in our fantasy baseball league...and there were some great players in his era but it still wasn’t close on who was the best (without the roids). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 16 hours ago, rico said: Well it is because of where it is at. But that the internet Admin in me....... We just have to keep the good fight and promoting the Animal House Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 The beauty of this board is you click on a thread and you know what the subject matter will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Indykev said: The beauty of this board is you click on a thread and you know what the subject matter will be. And that be? The colors of the rainbow...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 I love this thread title. Good stuff. I think its great that we can still talk about things on here after a guy commits, decommits and then recommits even if its baseball that we are discussing. This would be a boring place if we stayed on topic. Would not be much to discuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 22 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: I love this thread title. Good stuff. I think its great that we can still talk about things on here after a guy commits, decommits and then recommits even if its baseball that we are discussing. This would be a boring place if we stayed on topic. Would not be much to discuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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