I was on the other side of the argument. The guy had five seasons that were at or near HOF levels and the rest of his career was good not great. There were really only three that I think jump off the page looking at his stats (50/50 season and the .357 season most obviously then the 1998 season as well). Other than that he had two other seasons that were great, but nothing all-time. And the rest were good but not great. IMO, that doesn't get you in the HOF especially when like you said it wasn't like he was stealing a ton of bases or robbing HRs left and right. Plus the corked bat and I will admittedly say I don't recall the halloween incident but it sounds spooky.DFF: Regarding your question about Albert Belle, in Fantasy Baseball (yeah, I know), if someone took him with the first overall pick, I would not bat an eyelash. The man was a formidable talent - hit for power and average. Not the fleetest of foot nor the best glove man, but the man had HOF rake-age. The fact he was a less-than agreeable person definitely hurt his chances for the HOF. He really only played 10 full seasons with a slash line of .374/.571/.945 over those 10 years. There was also the Halloween incident and the damning corked bat thing - neither of which worked in his favor with voters.
That being said, he was one hombre you didn't want to face in a close game. Griffey, Thomas, Rodriguez, Bonds...I'd put Belle right up there with them.
One of them has to make it to the big leagues, right?This is pretty crazy the Angels have made 19 draft picks so far. *EVERY SINGLE PICK* has been a pitcher. One high school pitcher, the rest all college pitchers.
Last pick coming up... Can they throw the first MLB draft no-hitter?
*EDIT* and they've done it! another pitcher taken in the the 20th round(last round).
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
I like how our upside down P looks like a middle finger (or a dick) Can't get more Philly
Guy should have lost his job a long time ago and yet somehow he managed to find himself as the highest paid ESPN personality.Man Stephen A. is still going trying to defend himself after those Ohtani comments.
Guy should have lost his job a long time ago and yet somehow he managed to find himself as the highest paid ESPN personality.
If that doesn’t sum up sports media today I don’t know what does.
I like how our upside down P looks like a middle finger (or a dick) Can't get more Philly
That’s the world we live in now sadly. Shock value is more important than anything. They want this type of thing obviously by how they have decided to compensate someone like SAS.I don’t know why they even have shows like that. It’s just begging to get in trouble given the usual topics & the push for outrageous personalities/takes.
Fire Manfred.
These jerseys are an abomination.
They should have never changed from the players wearing their normal jerseys with a patch. It’s a disgrace. It’s fine if they wanted to wear these for the HRD like they normally do but not in the game.Why are these things so hard for sports to get right?