Valadius
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5. Dick Allen?
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Ruben Gotay is awesome.
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6. Ray Pepper.
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I've been in NJ all summer, and I'm heading back down to DC in two weeks. So sorry, can't make it this weekend.
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I've had a really crappy evening... give me something to cheer about!
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6. Tony Conigliaro?
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5. Pie Traynor?
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4. Or maybe it's that other tub of lard, David Wells?
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Fathead Sabathia hasn't had a 20-win season, has he?
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1. Willie Mays?
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1. If not Harold Baines, it's got to be Tony Perez.
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1. Harold Baines
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Jeff Kent for the second one?
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Hall of Fame Voting: This Year, Next Year, and Beyond
Valadius replied to Valadius's topic in New York Mets Talk
Steve, you're absolutely correct. Gil Hodges, Ron Santo, and Jim Kaat all deserve to be in the Hall, in my opinion. Tony Oliva, maybe - only knock against him is that he didn't play long enough, but that didn't keep out Kirby Puckett. Oliva, from 1964 to 1971, was a great player. He just doesn't have the numbers because his career was on the short side. Same thing with Lefty O'Doul - started his career as a barely-used mop-up pitcher, came back as a hitter and finished with a .349 average and a .9451 OPS - better than Cobb, Mays, and Aaron. Only problem is when he came back as a hitter, he was 31. Dick Allen, again, same thing - not long enough of a career. We focus so much on numbers and milestones that we put players with shorter careers at a severe disadvantage. -
I do hope we've got some young catchers in the minors waiting in the wings - Dookie's not getting any younger.
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Hall of Fame Voting: This Year, Next Year, and Beyond
Valadius replied to Valadius's topic in New York Mets Talk
I never thought the Veterans' Committee elected too many players. Even if they did, now it's gone to the other extreme. It's also ludicrous to have them meet every other year - good lord, at least do this every year like everybody else. -
Hall of Fame Voting: This Year, Next Year, and Beyond
Valadius replied to Valadius's topic in New York Mets Talk
Unfortunately, Jim Kaat's fate is now in the hands of the Veteran's Committee, which is need of reform in the worst way. They haven't elected anybody in 6 freaking years. They hold elections only every two years. If they loosened their requirements for induction - say 60% or 65% instead of 75% - then it would be a functional body. But getting 75% of the living Hall of Famers to agree on anything seems impossible to me. -
Speaking of our new stadium... What the FUCK is wrong with EVERY SINGLE EXECUTIVE who signed off on the deal with Citigroup?!?!?!? They couldn't go with Citibank Park or Citigroup Stadium, or with another company altogether. They HAD to approve the STUPIDEST name they could have POSSIBLY come up with. Citi Field?!?!?!?!? Does ANYONE in the front office have a fucking BRAIN?!?!?!? Have you realized what you've done?!?!?!? You've opened the name of the stadium up for ridicule, as anyone can plainly see what MFY fans and the like are gearing up to call it: Shitty Field. We need a name change, and fast.
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That's what they're doing with this movie. It takes place before the original series began, therefore they have to cast young actors to play the roles. The scuttlebutt is that the story will focus on the crew first meeting each other (particularly Kirk and Spock), possibly the first mission of the Enterprise after Kirk becomes Captain, or the events that lead him to be named Captain. All of these parts require actors in their 20's or early 30's (with the exception of Chekov, who I believe is being played by an 18-year-old).
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I know, casting a new James T. Kirk is going to be an extraordinarily hard job. I pray they get it right.
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Thank God we put up numbers like we're supposed to!
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Freaking Easley....
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Fucking bullpen...
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What the fuck is wrong with our bullpen?!?!?!?
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Paging Rick Down...
