dinosaur jesus
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I can't dispute your point--home runs are much, much more common now than in the 1930s (though teams scored somewhat more runs then). But I think it's a little misleading to use team home runs. In those days, only a few players hit very many home runs, but they hit them at a rate that compares very well with the best home run hitters today. The real difference is the rest of the team. The Tigers in 1938, for instance, when Greenberg hit 58 home runs, also featured Rudy York, who hit 33, and Charlie Gehringer, who hit 20--those would still be pretty good numbers for a catcher and a second baseman. But no one else on the team hit more than 7, and the team total was 137 (which was a lot for the time, but didn't lead the league). So it's true that hitting 300 or 400 home runs in a career isn't nearly the distinction that it was then. But that's not quite the same thing as saying that it was harder for Greenberg.
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IGT 08/28/2006 Phillies at Mets: Gay Dame Makeup
dinosaur jesus replied to a topic in Archived Game Threads
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IGT 08/28/2006 Phillies at Mets: Gay Dame Makeup
dinosaur jesus replied to a topic in Archived Game Threads
Yancy Street Gang wrote: ="metirish"]How many players won rookie of the year and the following year got MVP? I can think of someone who won a ROY in 1984 and a Cy Young in 1985. http://www.getalifealready.com/cpf/MilestonePostAvatars/SacredSeaver2.jpg And should have won the MVP, too. They gave it to that Clemens kid the next year, and he wasn't nearly as good. -
I get Ventura on August 18, 1999, and Piazza on the same date the next year.
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Another factor--and I don't really know what to make of it--is the trend back to natural grass. I think that in the seventies, artificial turf was seen as a reason why fielding percentages were improving, since it provided a more uniform surface. That sounds strange now, with almost no artificial turf fields left and fielding percentages continuing to rise, but at the time it was probably true, given the state of some of the natural grass fields in those days. Could it be, though, that the ideal surface for fielding is a well-maintained grass field, which most parks have these days? Something else to look at is the age of the players. Seriously. If the average age of starting players is higher than it used to be--I don't know if this is true, but it might be, since better conditioning means that good players tend to have longer careers now--then you should expect fewer errors. Older players, as a rule, have a smaller range but a higher fielding percentage.
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Iubitul wrote: ="dinosaur jesus"]I can't remember the last time a rookie threw a shutout for the Mets. It must have been ages ago. It was - Alay Solar did it... Yes, I know. Sorry for playing dumb.
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I can't remember the last time a rookie threw a shutout for the Mets. It must have been ages ago.
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With a lot of those guys, of course--Hebner, Coleman, Herr--it didn't help that as Mets they weren't any good. There are relatively few players I actually dislike apart from who they play for, so in most cases it's an easy question to answer. A related question would be, which players do you like as Mets that you know you would hate if they left the team--in other words, are there players you're forcing yourself to like?
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IGT 7/19/06 - Mets (Trachsel) at Reds (Harang)
dinosaur jesus replied to Gwreck's topic in Archived Game Threads
I'm watching the game in Ohio. The rain is pooled up on the warning track, and they're digging up the mud with shovels and a backhoe. It seems never to have occurred to the builders of the Great American Ballpark that some sort of drainage system ought to be in place. It certainly looks like they'll be playing, but we could have some slippery fun on balls hit to the wall. -
Aaron Heilman... What The Hell Happened?
dinosaur jesus replied to seawolf17's topic in New York Mets Talk
I've been wondering all year why Heilman hasn't been getting a chance to start, but I think Oliver should actually be next in line. He's been going long innings anyway, and pitching very well. -
The other beavers have been gnawing at his face.
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Nomar and Pierzynski are your Final Man winners
dinosaur jesus replied to stevejrogers's topic in New York Mets Talk
I want to know who picked Pierzynksi over Hafner. I'm taking names. Is the ghost of Arnold Rothstein trying to fix this game for the National League? -
I'm delighted he was wrong. I just don't think that what he was saying was completely unreasonable at the time.
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He was wrong that Reyes wouldn't improve, but I think it's been a surprise to most people just how sudden and dramatic that improvement has been. He wasn't wrong about Reyes's performance last year, though he might have overstated his position a little. I'm not sure what there is to gloat about.
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.613! My goodness. I remember Jesse accomplishing that. He was amazing that year.
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I just posted the same answer a second too late. It was actually 10-1.
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A hit is better than a walk. Even a single with no one on is marginally better, since it sometimes results in an error. Unless there's no one on base and you're going to steal second anyway, I don't think walking should ever be the primary goal. The walks should come when you're not getting good pitches to hit--that is, when the chances of getting a hit are quite low. And if you're willing to take the walks, you'll get more pitches to hit. Rickey did it with walks, especially late in his career, but I don't think anyone ever complained that Tony Gwynn didn't walk a lot. The ideal balance is what Boggs had: if it's in the strike zone it's a hit; if not, it's a walk. I don't see Reyes ever walking 100 times anyway; it's just not the kind of player he is. If he can hit for average, 60 would be plenty.
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Is he really swinging for the fences when he hits it out, or is he just trying to make good contact?
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I meant to say, if you turned the tables and gave Trachsel Pedro's run support. I guess that was fairly clear.
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Trachsel gets the benefit of some run support again. I wouldn't mind if he stayed this luck for the rest of the season. If you gave Pedro, game for game, the runs that Trachsel has gotten, he'd be 13-2. The weird part is that Trachsel would still e 6-4. Obviously the solution is to switch them in the rotation. Is there any way to let Willie know about this?
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Gotta be Wagner.
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Ty Taubenheim's last name means "home of doves," which is very poetic for a relief pitcher. How come this site is on Rocky Mountain Time?
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Keep on talking. I'm listening.
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Roger Angell had that great piece about talking baseball with Smoky Joe Wood while they watched Yale play St. John's--Darling vs. Viola. Say what you want about Maz, but he was a pretty good player for a couple of years. I don't know what the hell happened to him after that.
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Best-hitting relief pitcher has to be Mahomes. And the worst-hitting pitcher who looked good up there might be Gooden--he wasn't terrible, and he had some pop, but he looked much better than he was.
