whippoorwill

Speaking of complete games, and I do not want to railroad this awesome thread, but I came across "Mookie" in my bookshelf last week, and the complete games that were pitched in the 80's were incredible. They were expected, even that recently, to finish a game unless it was a bad start. Now I think I understand why I really don't have much patience for baseball anymore. The pitching is just so watered down.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I can only identify (in addition to Doc, of course) Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth. Who's the third guy in the top row? He stands out because he, unlike the others, has a facial expression. not to mention it looks like a mug shot

If you explain WAR to me I'll enjoy this more. I love the pictures!

LOL Harvey

Benjamin Grimm wrote: At least now we know how to pronounce his name, thanks to G-Fafif. Now if we could only get Gary Cohen to learn it. I want a wav file

I think it's adorable that he sent his wife a picture of his meal

Did you guys see that Brandon Nimmo got sick from eating his own cooking?

I like that you used "Dark Horse" close to George Harrison's birthday

=G-Fafif post_id=3317 time=1550879431 user_id=55] Both sites have been longtime inspirations as well as resources. Congratulations to both!!

yowzers

Have not seen it. I'm actually waiting to see if my mom asks me to take her, otherwise I doubt I will go

Good god, talk about living in the past...I almost texted my son about this. He was a big Manny Ramirez fan. Brain fart. Senior moment. Whatever. Glad I didn't...I'd never live it down, lolol

Everybody hide the Jeff Wilpon threads

I can remember yelling "Lets Go Mets Go" at the TV in the 70s when the Mets scored. Not saying I made it up as a little kid, but surely it's an obvious battle cry. Cripes a trademark? Now we can't put it on banners?

Wow this looks great! Makes you wonder what you'd do if it happened to you Are you guys all familiar with the Paul/Faul story?

=Centerfield post_id=446 time=1546543646 user_id=65] Holy crap. Why didn't anyone warn me about this movie. Hey dad. Wanna watch this movie about a floating balloon house? Sure. Sounds silly and fun. [bawls]

Wow the Wally Pipp of TV shows

There was a show in the seventies called Three for the Road. It featured Vincent Van Patten, a very young Leif Garrett, and some guy who was their dad, whom I barely looked at obviously. Leif's character was named Endy. I wonder if Endy Chavez's mom was a Leif Garrett fan too, because I planned to name a son that someday. Endy, not Leif. Didn't though.

=Fman99 post_id=1913 time=1548644555 user_id=86] She's easy on the eyes.

I can't go for David Wright the past few years when he was basically absent. Any new fan wouldn't have a clue. Pick a costar, please

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The name change will take some getting used to. Maybe they should just call it the "cooby list". Cooby isn't injured, unless you count her shoulder which hurts from years of diaper changing This is a sudden change; I guess it's okay. Football calls it IR so I guess baseball could be IL

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I guess we should be grateful for the past 46 years that we had without the DH. I think it makes the game less interesting. I remember Art Rust Jr. (remember him?) saying that fans don't want to see "a chess match" but I happen to like that aspect of the game, trying to think along with the managers. I bet the sport's most loyal fans DO want to see a chess match. Benjamin Grimm wrote: I do agree that the one-batter reliever adds tedium to the game. I kind of like the idea of the three-batter minimum, as it would add a new element of strategy to the game. I'm not a huge fan of LOOGYs, but I believe the manager and GM should decide which players to use and how to use them, not the league front office. Yes the LOOGY adds tedium, but so do replays, fouling people, kneel-downs, and the last two minutes of a close football or basketball game taking half an hour of real time. And yet the NBA and NFL aren't looking to tweak absolutely everything. Benjamin Grimm wrote: The change to the trade deadline is supposed to somehow deter teams from cashing in their chips. By making the buyer-or-seller decision have to come earlier, I guess they're hoping that fewer teams will opt to be sellers. I'm not so sure that that will have much of an effect, but perhaps we'll see. I don't have a problem with teams who stop trying to win in July. I have a problem with teams like the Pirates, who stopped trying to win in 1993. If the league wants more people to go to games, start with that. And then go on to address the two star free agents in their prime that nobody seems to want. Like I said before, there will be more than a year between pitches if Manfred cares more about doing stupid shit that nobody really wants than in addressing the real problem. The Pirates have had some good seasons lately. Pittsburgh fans are wild about their guys.

But the recent development of specialist pitchers is not a good thing (imo). They suck up space on the roster, add zero interest to a game, and making pitching changes just for the sake of a one batter specialist does take up time which would be better served in a real baseball kind of way: That is: a good pitcher against a threatening batter Can you tell I am not a fan of middle relievers unless it's a mop up job? Pitchers should have some class. One batter pitchers are a waste of space Baseball has become like life. Mediocracy gets a job.

What is a LOOGY ? I like this idea! Hi Whippoorwill, it means left-handed, one-out guy -- when the managers start making the lefty-righty switches in the seventh and eighth inning. Thank you! Also from Vic Sage * A three-batter minimum for pitchers - I think specialization has hurt the game, from DHs to LOOGies and ROOGies. It rewards limited players, and leads to over-managing for the slightest of statistical advantages while slowing the pace of play. I'd prefer to see pitchers build careers on being able to get anybody out. With regard to the concern over an "injury loophole", where guys fake an injury (at instruction of manager) to allow for manipulation of the rule, simply require any pitcher taken out for an injury under these circumstances to be placed on a 5-day DL, so the pitcher couldn't be active for 5 days and the team couldn't fill that slot unless the pitcher goes on a longer DL (10, 15, 30 or 60 day). I think teams would then think twice about such manipulations if they were then forced to lose a reliever for a week and had to play shorthanded (literally). I love that idea

What is a LOOGY ? I like this idea!