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Just in the last month we lost two of the best pitchers of that era (Seaver and now Gibson). Lou Brock also died not that long ago.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 05:07 |
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 17:17 |
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Fun Fact: apparently Gibson needed glasses https://twitter.com/JohnSheaHey/status/1312238505376923648
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 05:11 |
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Fun Fact: apparently Gibson needed glasses Sometime in the mid 80-s I found a biography of him in the elementary school library and it included some old family photos and there was one of Gibson in some full on Poindexter Coke bottle glasses. Funner Fact: Bob Gibson played for the Harlem Globetrotters before making the majors. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/just-because-bob-gibson-basketball-star/
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 05:22 |
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lvh6NLqKRfs I knew about bob Gibson before the bob emergency but I didn't Know About Bob Gibson before the Bob emergency
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 06:09 |
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Tim McCarver once thought he could talk Gibson through a scenario. Gibson told him to get back behind plate, that the only thing he knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit. I realized I didn't know much about Gibson except he was great, so I've been reading his SABR biography. It includes this bit from 1967. quote:The development of the young pitchers was critical to the Cardinals’ drive to the pennant when Gibson was forced onto the disabled list on July 15 after suffering a broken leg. In that day’s game against the Pirates, a liner off the bat of Roberto Clemente caromed off Gibson’s right shin. Gibson pitched to three more batters before his leg finally snapped just above the ankle. The episode cemented Gibson’s reputation as a competitive, gutsy player. He returned to the rotation in September and finished the regular season with a 13-7 record. He won all three of his starts in the 1967 World Series as the Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games. All three of his starts were complete games, giving him five consecutive World Series-game victories... Gibson's ERA in 1968 was 1.12. No wonder they lowered the mound after that season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YldXACT668g
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 06:36 |
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Julio Cruz posted:holy hell did Javy Baez fall off an absolute loving cliff this year Teams finally realized that all you need to do is spam breaking balls low and away at him like you're playing The Show and he'll swing at them all day long.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 07:39 |
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Timby posted:Teams finally realized that all you need to do is spam breaking balls low and away at him like you're playing The Show and he'll swing at them all day long. It's not even that, they figured that out in 2017, and then he figured out that they're gonna hang them occasionally and he can just sit on those and put divots on Waveland. He's swinging through FBs now. He apparently really depended on looking at film on the ipad in the dugout, and they don't let you do that anymore. Basically gently caress the astros
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 07:48 |
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I’ll give you one guess why
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 07:54 |
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Popete posted:ACAB (All Centrals Are Bad) Fun 2020 Fact: The Cardinals lead the NL Central in team wRC+ with 93. more falafel please posted:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lvh6NLqKRfs This was exactly my experience. His domination of the league was utterly insane.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 14:17 |
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more falafel please posted:It's not even that, they figured that out in 2017, and then he figured out that they're gonna hang them occasionally and he can just sit on those and put divots on Waveland. He's swinging through FBs now. He apparently really depended on looking at film on the ipad in the dugout, and they don't let you do that anymore. Basically gently caress the astros That smacks of a poor excuse, not convinced Javy watching footage of himself swinging through three straight up and in fastballs was going to help him next AB.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 17:54 |
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You can blame the Astros for a lot but you can't pin Baez's struggles on them. Hopefully he owns it and comes back strong next year.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 18:01 |
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more falafel please posted:It's not even that, they figured that out in 2017, and then he figured out that they're gonna hang them occasionally and he can just sit on those and put divots on Waveland. He's swinging through FBs now. He apparently really depended on looking at film on the ipad in the dugout, and they don't let you do that anymore. Basically gently caress the astros Now it's the Astros fault Javy can't hit a fastball, good poo poo
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 18:22 |
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Intruder posted:
they banged the cans
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 18:31 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:they banged the cans Mark Grace calls that a slumpbuster
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 18:41 |
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Intruder posted:Mark Grace calls that a slumpbuster I get it
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 18:54 |
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Important news: Dodgers-Padres will be called by an actual good, skilled broadcaster https://twitter.com/Joe_Davis/status/1312232032143982592
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 18:55 |
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Round 2 bandwagon tier list: S: Padres A: A's, Rays, Braves B: Dodgers, Marlins C: Yankees F: Astros
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 18:58 |
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bees x1000 posted:Round 2 bandwagon tier list:
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 19:07 |
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Julio Cruz posted:S tier: Padres, A's the dream of a Padres-A's Series is still on the table
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 19:43 |
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S: Marlins F: Yankees That is all
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 19:56 |
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the marlins need to win it all just to keep it going and also so i will be less mad
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:00 |
The only thing that bumps Marlins off the top of the list for me is a smug Derek Jeter feeling justified for tearing the team apart and lucking into a World Series 2 years later. Let's go A's.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:04 |
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Its funny that both Cy Youngs and most likely the AL MVP are all coming from the dead Central.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:04 |
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Popete posted:The only thing that bumps Marlins off the top of the list for me is a smug Derek Jeter feeling justified for tearing the team apart and lucking into a World Series 2 years later. that is the Marlins Way and I accept it, plus that is going to be the only way the cubs win another world series while the ricketts family owns the team.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:05 |
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Popete posted:The only thing that bumps Marlins off the top of the list for me is a smug Derek Jeter feeling justified for tearing the team apart and lucking into a World Series 2 years later. lmao the 2021 fire sale of noted baseball guys Garrett Cooper and Brandon Kintzler will be incredible
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:07 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:that is the Marlins Way and I accept it, plus that is going to be the only way the cubs win another world series while the ricketts family owns the team. Marlins way is lucking into a WS, then do the tear down Jeter has it backwards
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:08 |
My man Starlin Castro gets traded to the Yankees in 2016 from the Cubs, Cubs win World Series that year. Becomes a free agent in 2019, isn't resigned by the Marlins and goes to Washington the year after they won the World Series, Miami will not probably win it this year. I want him to get a ring.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:14 |
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if Matt Chapman was alive I’d be feeling a lot more confident
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:32 |
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Popete posted:My man Starlin Castro gets traded to the Yankees in 2016 from the Cubs, Cubs win World Series that year. Becomes a free agent in 2019, isn't resigned by the Marlins and goes to Washington the year after they won the World Series, Miami will not probably win it this year. Except Starlin Castro sucks and has always sucked. Why do Cubs fan have a perpetual boner for a guy who is lucky enough to get on base at a .300 clip if he has an otherworldly BABIP?
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:54 |
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Paperback Writer posted:if Matt Chapman was alive I’d be feeling a lot more confident I completely forgot about that
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 20:55 |
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Couldn't find the losers thread so here. https://twitter.com/Phillies/status/1312482866849181696
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 21:04 |
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mentholmoose posted:Couldn't find the losers thread so here. oh come on, "reassigned?" I dont want his moron brain anywhere near this organization
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 21:07 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:oh come on, "reassigned?" I dont want his moron brain anywhere near this organization he's gonna end up as 1B coach if previous Phillies GMs are any indication
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 21:13 |
Timby posted:Except Starlin Castro sucks and has always sucked. Why do Cubs fan have a perpetual boner for a guy who is lucky enough to get on base at a .300 clip if he has an otherworldly BABIP? Hey OP, you suck
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 21:39 |
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do the LDSs/LCSs get separate threads? i hope not
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 21:43 |
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Popete posted:Hey OP, you suck wow rude I didn't even say anything about how awful starlin castro is 1/1 Kyle Hendricks's agree with me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXVo0J18s4w IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Oct 3, 2020 |
# ? Oct 3, 2020 22:10 |
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Go Yankees and Marlins especially. Boo Houston and Tampa specifically.
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 22:12 |
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Hard to follow baseball you know with the president maybe dying but https://twitter.com/tommoorephilly/status/1312498812070424576?s=21 Lamo
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 22:39 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:oh come on, "reassigned?" I dont want his moron brain anywhere near this organization Resigned means he agreed to take less money to stay employed
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# ? Oct 3, 2020 22:40 |
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euphronius posted:Resigned means he agreed to take less money to stay employed But Klentak shouldn't be still employed. Phillies should have sent him back to the Angles, not let him keep loving around in philly
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