JimH5
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In Walker's first year on the ballot, he was crowded out by others who eventually were elected. Bert Blyleven Roberto Alomar Barry Larkin Jack Morris Lee Smith Jeff Bagwell Tim Raines Edgar Martinez Alan Trammell Later, he was joined by Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, Pedro Martinez, Ken Griffey, Trevor Hoffman, Ivan Rodriguez, Vlad Guerrero, Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay. PLUS, the controversial guys (Bonds, Clemens, Schilling, Sosa, Sheffield, McGwire, Manny, etc.). He was in the mix with a ton of guys who took ballots away as writers were directing them to others who were running out of time. The BBWAA has done a good job of clearing the backlog of deserving players. Walker just needed to wait until his case became urgent.
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The HOF makes no distinction if someone entered from the writers' ballot or the veterans committees. Mariano Rivera is no more of a hall of famer than Harold Baines or Rick Ferrell. The obsession that we have over who didn't vote for who seems unnecessary. BBWAA members have earned the right to vote however they want, and to keep it private from others. Vote totals and percentages make for fun sportstalk fodder, but that's it.
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Jeter wasn't a bystander on those teams. He was in the center of them, and near the top of their lineups. And postseason opponents aren't league average opponents, they're the best teams, often with excellent pitchers. To waive off his accomplishments in the biggest games, against the best opponents seems a little dismissive.
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Borland is a hero for exposing a side of the game that is hidden from us. Sports reporters really have no incentive to tell dirty truths when their consumers just want happy football talk. But it's important for us to know if a program is worth our fandom and our money.
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I think the June 25 & 26 weekend looks pretty great, with the return of all of the Wall of Honor guys. There should be some player signings around town, besides those who sign at the games. Otherwise, I think the giveaways look pretty uninspired. Like they are stuck in a bobble & tshirt mode. Still, they'll probably sell out those dates, so it works for them.
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The list of stadium giveaways and promotions is out for the 50th anniversary season. https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-2020-promotions-celebrations Bobbles and theme weekends, etc. Thoughts?
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Never set any records of note?? He has 200 postseason hits. Bernie Williams is 2nd with 128. He has 302 postseason total bases. Williams and Manny are 2nd with 223. He scored 111 postseason runs. Williams is next with 83, then Manny with 67. He set records that could be around for a long time.
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His time in Miami has taken away from the strength of his candidacy. I wonder if a voter took that into account.
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American Family Field AKA Miller Park
JimH5 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I'm glad that the Brewers are able to get more money in naming rights. There are so many financial services companies with their names on sports venues, so this isn't out of the ordinary. But it's ordinary. Beer is a lot more fun than an insurance policy. -
Jeter had 3465 hits PLUS another 200 in the postseason. Whatever you want to downgrade him for his defense, that's fine, but he was a key part of 5 World Series winners, scored over 1900 runs, had over 4900 total bases, reached base over 4700 times. WAR might say he provided similar value to Walker and Rolen, but Jeter was far and away a more worthy Hall of Fame choice than those guys.
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It's just voters changing their minds and the electorate changing with new BBWAA voters replacing old/deceased ones.
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Announcement day today. Bumping this up.
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Swift Premium is also a brand of pork products. Maybe in the interview you could ask him if he prefers St. Louis cut or maybe Country Style or Baby Back ribs. Does he like a dry rub or a wet sauce? Just trying to be helpful.
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I find it entertaining, in a WWE sort of way. Good guys and bad guys and heel turns. I like the rogue Twitter accounts who turn out to be right and the "the evidence was right there all along and we failed to see it" stuff. The game is fine. It has endured gamblers, drug users, criminals, systemic racial exclusion, collusion, failed franchises and more. Baseball will be better for exposing the truth. Now there are 3 good to great teams looking for a manager less than a month before pitchers and catchers report. That's interesting. It's the dead of winter and there's baseball stuff to talk about instead of just politics and football.
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I want it to be true, just for the chaos and to pass the time before the season starts. The hand-wringing and finger pointing and wild speculation is a lot of fun. Moreso than roster construction and who overpaid on contracts stuff. I want to see pics of suspicious wires and circumstantial evidence and hear players complaining about other players. That stuff is delicious, like when the Mitchell Report came out.
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It's funny, I was feeling the exact opposite. The NFL does everything it can to protect the league, whether good or bad. Whatever MLB is trying to do here, it's only getting bad press and turning fans against players and teams. They've pretty much opened up pandora's box on what's been going on and they're going to find out how widespread it is and totally botch their handling of it. Just like with steroids. I guess I'd rather have that than some edict where everyone's reluctant to talk publicly about what they're saying privately. To me, the NFL protecting its shield almost always comes off like a corporate communications department "nothing to see here" kind of operation. I don't get that sense with MLB.
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I think that’s his necklace and a piece of confetti Dang it. I was hoping for something blatantly obvious. Still, this story is my new favorite thing.
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This is tremendous, and huge, if true.
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I know that Chris Russo isn't everybody's favorite. But it is so refreshing to hear this rant about the Astros --ON AN MLB NETWORK SHOW. Contrast this with how the NFL tries to control every narrative and silence any criticism about their product. MLB is so vastly better than football in every way.
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Me, too. Counsell's contract extension says to me that Attanasio thinks he's clean. Though the conspiracy theorist in me says he's giving him a golden parachute for some bad news about to drop. The Brewers have been suspected/accused of being sign stealers. I guess we'll have to wait and see if there is any merit to that. Hopefully not.
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Joins a growing list of guys who are getting out before they are completely broken. Hoping for more...
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Of all the scandals in baseball, this one seems the most tame, though the punishments levied seem pretty severe to me. I think part of that is the outright defiance of the Commissioner's orders following the Apple Watch case. They went right back to a technology-aided sign stealing system after being told not to, and so Manfred needed to respond firmly, if for no other reason than to establish his authority.
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Would you have rather that he kept his mouth shut so the cheating was never known? Everybody else on that team had just as much time to tell the truth, but for reasons known only to them, they kept the dirty secret to themselves. They kept their rings and WS shares AND did what they could to bury the truth.
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It wasn't a little incident. He was the MVP of the league who was doping and lying and pointing fingers at innocent people. He took his suspension and has been contrite and professional since then, but he brought great shame onto himself and the team back then.
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It requires courage to speak up when everybody else is silent, regardless of when and how it happens. He's going to be seen as a pariah in some circles, and who needs that drama? I would put the blame on the cheating players and coaches, not the guy who exposed it. The truth shall set you free.
