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Bonafide Baseball Hall of Famers

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Drip, Jul 24, 2009.

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  1. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    Waylon,

    I suspect he might win the Joe Rudi Memorial Trophy before the year is out.
     
    PopeDirkBenedict, Jul 25, 2009
    #181
  2. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    How many of you had heard of this story?

    Somehow, I missed it, as did another friend of mine, a lifelong New Englander....

    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/other/sfl-jim-rice-baseball-hof-s07250sbjul25,0,7029810.story

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    Which I found eerily similar to a far more tragic image....
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    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 26, 2009
    #182
  3. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Sorry, this thread is for bonafide HOFers. Any stories about Rickey?
     
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    Guy_Incognito, Jul 26, 2009
    #183
  4. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    That's the point.

    Rice is more of a Hall of Famer, based on a story that very few of us know of.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 26, 2009
    #184
  5. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Maybe to the people who thought he should be out because he's a bad guy, so now he's a good guy. I never had an opinion about that, just that he was a great baseball player, but not a HOFer.
     
    Guy_Incognito, Jul 26, 2009
    #185
  6. ScribePharisee

    ScribePharisee New Member

    What's the deal with the Rice photo. What was wrong with the girl?

    As far as Hall of Fame....Michael Young of the Rangers has produced consistently and is also a very unselfish player having been asked to move three times in his career. Some egoes wouldn't allow some to have that happen once.

    My only other thought: I hope McGwire is dead before he gets in, if he gets in. After his hypocritical embracing of the Maris clan, who saw or heard of the hell their daddy went through to get that record, anything he gets should be posthumously.
     
    ScribePharisee, Jul 26, 2009
    #186
  7. ScribePharisee

    ScribePharisee New Member

    Never mind. I missed the link about the pic.
     
    ScribePharisee, Jul 26, 2009
    #187
  8. WaylonJennings

    WaylonJennings Guest

    Rice can save a kid AND be an asshole to the media, right? The two things aren't mutually exclusive. So I guess what I'm saying is, spare me the mea culpas.
     
    WaylonJennings, Jul 26, 2009
    #188
  9. luftkopf83

    luftkopf83 New Member


    As far as Ichiro's arm being overrated.



    My favorite is Ordonez at 4:22 just running around home plate because he was thrown out by so much.
     
    luftkopf83, Jul 26, 2009
    #189
  10. shockey

    shockey Active Member

    case closed.
     
    shockey, Jul 26, 2009
    #190
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    His career is much more than just "being Japanese." Do you watch much baseball and Ichiro in particular?

    He was 27 his first year here, and this is only his 9th season in American baseball. He will still have more than 2,000 hits by the end of this season (more than 200 hits EVERY season he has played, which is unreal). If he plays another 5 years at that pace (until he is 40; and he does stay in great shape) he will have 3,000 hits; in as little time as a player has ever needed to reach that mark (although I am not checking that). Even if he doesn't reach the mark, what he has done is extraordinary. He has led the league in hits in 5 out of his 8 completed seasons and is on pace for his 6th time this season. He has batted higher than .300 in every season and has a career average in the states of .332, which is extraordinary. He is very difficult to strike out, never misses games (always been 158 and 162 games played every season). You say he doesn't have a lot of stolen bases? He always has 30 to 50 every season and led the AL with 56 his first season in the states. Numberswise, he is there, when you take into account that he played half his career in Japan -- what he has done here is good enough on its own and it has only been 8 1/2 seasons. But more importantly, the hall of fame should be about dominance and he is clearly a dominant player in his era. Any way you slice it, he is the best contact hitter in the game and a game changer. He's an outstanding fielder. And even subtle things tell you how dominant he is. He has led the league in intentional walks three times, and it's not like he has always been hitting surrounded by a murderer's row.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 26, 2009
    #191
  12. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Visalia... what's the Asian population in Visalia?
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 26, 2009
    #192
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