Random Baseball Musings

[El Duderino]

As in Mo Vaughn? hahaha

[SouthSideRyan]

As in Mo Vaughn? hahaha

 

Arky

[Guest]

As in Mo Vaughn? hahaha

 

Arky

Should be Vaughan, then.

[El Duderino]

As in Mo Vaughn? hahaha

 

Arky

 

damn

[Geech]

As in Mo Vaughn? hahaha

 

Arky

 

Man, how could anyone vote for Gabby Hartnett as MVP over Vaughan that season? Madness.

[Guest]

As in Mo Vaughn? hahaha

 

Arky

Should be Vaughan, then.

 

Yeah, Arky. Didn't double check my spelling.

[TruffleShuffle]

Man, how could anyone vote for Gabby Hartnett as MVP over Vaughan that season? Madness.

 

some other good ones:

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1944.shtml#NLmvp (maybe everyone too distracted by the war to notice that they were voting for a sub .700 OPS guy over stan musial?)

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1960.shtml#NLmvp

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1962.shtml#NLmvp

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1964.shtml#NLmvp

(willie mays led the NL in WAR a LOT - 10 times - but only won MVP twice. guess he didn't know how to win)

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1941.shtml#ALmvp (dimaggio had a great year, but how does .406/.553/.735/1.287 not win it?)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1942.shtml#ALmvp

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1947.shtml#ALmvp

 

(ted williams led the AL in WAR 6 times; only won MVP twice.)

[CubmanPi]

.406/.553/.735/1.287

I will never wrap my head around how this was ever possible. (ETA - and I'm not getting hung up on the face-value math either)

[Hairyducked Idiot]

.406/.553/.735/1.287

I will never wrap my head around how this was ever possible. (ETA - and I'm not getting hung up on the face-value math either)

 

.362/.609/.812

[TruffleShuffle]

.406/.553/.735/1.287

I will never wrap my head around how this was ever possible. (ETA - and I'm not getting hung up on the face-value math either)

 

.362/.609/.812

 

well i know how that was possible.

 

 

http://www.photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/4898/6467hypodermic_needle.jpg

 

[Guest]

.406/.553/.735/1.287

I will never wrap my head around how this was ever possible. (ETA - and I'm not getting hung up on the face-value math either)

 

.362/.609/.812

 

well i know how that was possible.

 

 

http://www.photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/4898/6467hypodermic_needle.jpg

That doesn't look like the cream or the clear.

[weis21]

I was watching the Nats/Yankees this weekend too and had to look up whether Xavier Nady actually played for the Cubs or if I just made that up in my head. Maybe the most forgettable Cub of all time for me for some reason.

[Yeti]

roger clemens can kiss my ass!!!

 

not guilty, my left nut!

[champaignchris]

roger clemens can kiss my ass!!!

 

not guilty, my left nut!

The 8 Black Sox were acquitted, too. History hasn't been kind to them.

[Post Count Padder]

I was watching the Nats/Yankees this weekend too and had to look up whether Xavier Nady actually played for the Cubs or if I just made that up in my head. Maybe the most forgettable Cub of all time for me for some reason.

I was in a Modell's in the area a year or so ago and on the clearance rack was a Xavier Nady Yankees shirt for $2. I bought it, of course. It's probably the only one in existence.

[Geech]

I'm glad Clemens was acquitted. What a ponderous prosecution for a crime that, frankly, is not very serious.

[OleMissCub]

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1944.shtml#NLmvp (maybe everyone too distracted by the war to notice that they were voting for a sub .700 OPS guy over stan musial?)

 

Holy dogcrap. That is surely the worst counting stats for any MVP ever. That's truly baffling. The three guys directly behind him in voting had higher OPS+'s of 160, 172, and 174 compared to his 90.

[Soul]

In 7 months, Clemens, Bonds,and Sosa all will appear on the HOF ballot. And then, we'll see much about the lay of the land over the steroid era.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/voters-face-difficult-decision-roger-clemens-hall-fame-article-1.1098175

 

This might be known as the great HOF steroid vote.

 

By the way, I think Timmy nailed what will eventually become the stock description of the era:

 

Kurkjian believes Clemens “did something, but they just couldn’t prove it.” Still, he looks at steroids as “an era-wide issue,” adding that “a whole lot of people did something during that era and no one seemed to be stopping them from doing it.

[TruffleShuffle]

miggy cabrera's little league home run

[Guest]

http://www.bbtia.com/the-clubhouse/2012/6/19/the-strangest-moment-of-dave-barnetts-broadcasting-career.html

 

 

reallly, uh, weird.

Edited June 19, 2012 by David

[weis21]

miggy cabrera's little league home run

Was I the only one expecting a 300 foot shot as an 11 year old when I clicked on this?

[Guest]

miggy cabrera's little league home run

Was I the only one expecting a 300 foot shot as an 11 year old when I clicked on this?

 

yes

[Clem Fandango]

miggy cabrera's little league home run

Was I the only one expecting a 300 foot shot as an 11 year old when I clicked on this?

 

yes

 

I actually was expecting that. I thought "Why the hell would MLB.com have footage of Miguel Cabrera form Little League?"

[SouthSideRyan]

Me too, don't listen to stupid David.

[Guest]

then you guys don't follow the rest of the league that closely... :-"