Bill Simmons and Holy Cross

Reading your baseball posts is like watching Ken Burns' Baseball, which I'm going to stick into my DVD player in a little while.

 

Nap Lajoie was the greatest player ever from Rhode Island. Other great Rhode Island baseball players include:

1. Nap Lajoie - one of the most under-rated players in history. Five-time batting champion, 11th all time in hits (3,242) and holder of a career .338 batting average
2. Hugh Duffy - Hall of Famer and holder of a career .324 batting average
3. Gabby Hartnett - Hall of Fame catcher, 1935 NL MVP and 6-time All-Star
4. Davey Lopes - 4-time All-Star and Dodger mainstay
5. Clem Labine - 2-time All-Star and twice led the NL in saves
6. Rocco Baldelli - I'm counting on Rocco in 3 fantasy leagues this year

 

Thanks, Xan. Amazingly, I haven't seen that since it aired in 1994. Never had $200 to shell out for all nine innings of the DVDs.

I'm interested to see how good it is again. (And how bad it is, sometimes, in accuracy. :)

 

It's extraordinarily inaccurate, but I could watch the DVDs about The Babe and the Negro Leagues over and over.

 

Boy, that's a dropoff after No. 4.

How about Paul Konerko, from Providence?

 

In a million years I never would've guessed Davey Lopes, who hit the 2nd pitch of the 1978 World Series for a home run, was from Rhode Island.

 

Brook Fordyce could kick Rhode Island's ass.

 

Yeah, but he's no Ron Karkovice.

 

Who in turn was no Carlton Fisk. thereby proving it all comes back to New England baseball.

 

I keep forgetting Konerko is from Providence. Good catch

 

Carlton Fisk, pride of Charlestown, and Bellows Falls Post 37 legion ball.

 

Guilty and...

Guilty. My, this foot is quite delish.