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  1. OleMissCub
    Well, he only out homered entire teams in 1921 when the small ballers still hadn't adapted to the new live ball, but aside from him being an amazing talent, he was on a plain by himself because among other things: a) he developed a power swing because as a pitcher for all those years he wasn't expected to do too much with the bat, so he was able to swing for the fences as he pleased. b) they switched to a livelier ball in 1920, so a guy with an uber-power swing was naturally going to hit more HR's and the guys who were small ball hitters (the entire rest of the league) also saw enormous success in their own way, including more homers for them too. Check out the AL league numbers from 1919-1922 1919: .268 avg, 240 total HR in the league 1920 (first year of new ball): .283 avg, 369 HR 1921: .292 avg, 477 HR 1922: .285 avg, 525 HR c) Even though the live ball was causing more homers for everyone, most players in the early 20's were still playing in a small-ball mentality, so they weren't even trying to swing for the fences yet. But you did start to see more guys hit the long ball once Ruth started doing it: In 1919, your top 5 individual HR totals were 29 (Ruth), 10, 10, 10, 9 1920: 54, 19, 17, 14, 12 1921: 59, 24, 24, 23, 19 1922: 39, 37, 35, 21, 21
  2. OleMissCub
    VERY cool photos taken of an Ernie Banks AB on August 15, 1955 from several different angles. This is very cool I think.
  3. OleMissCub
    that little scumbag Mel Ott.
  4. OleMissCub
    haha, awesome
  5. OleMissCub
    Correct. 61 and 755 are still the records as far as I'm concerned.
  6. OleMissCub
    Cheating in some form or another has always existed in baseball. In the modern era, we have steroids obviously. In the 1950's-60's certain players used some form of amphetamines. You go back to the deadball era and you have trick pitches being used to doctor the ball such as shineballs and spitballs. There are also documented cases of home teams having spies in centerfield flashing signs using flashin lights or some other form of communication indicating to the batter whether the next pitch was a breaking pitch or a fastball, and other types of shenannigans of that ilk.
  7. OleMissCub
    I'm with you. The guy was a freakin' giant the second he came into the league. I'd be surprised if it came out that he roided. Thomas had a very consistent and typical career arc for a traditional power hitter. He never hit over 43 HR's in a season and during the "height" of the steroid era from 1998-2003 he only averaged 26 HR. He did however have a brief power resurgence in 2006 when he hit 39 HR. Nevertheless, he never had an out of character spike in power like most of the known juicers did.
  8. OleMissCub
    and I think you're wrong.
  9. OleMissCub
    his entire career that almost exactly spanned the Steroid Era? Yes, the guy who hit 257 HR including three 40+ HR seasons and a 38 HR season before 1998*. *I'm aware that players juiced before 98, but I think that is the year that is generally considered to be the start of the "steroid era".
  10. OleMissCub
    I guess nobody is free from suspicion now, but I think Frank Thomas was completely legit. He was a monster his entire career.
  11. OleMissCub
    Why don't they just release the whole damn list from 2003. Seems like these sportswriters are obviously trying to milk it by leaking these names slowly. That's bullcrap. Just release all the names and be done with it. Jesus.
  12. OleMissCub
    http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/027669_27.jpg ...except not
  13. OleMissCub
    Cubs - 0 Saints - 0 Rebels - 0
  14. OleMissCub
    Yes, I wish we could have gotten him instead of what we got in the first round.
  15. OleMissCub
    they should isolate that soundbyte from Bob: "why can't the Cubs do that?....because you have to be skilled..."
  16. OleMissCub
    my cousin is leading off for the Twins, woooot! He's been sucking this year, so I don't expect him to do much, which is good for the Cubbies of course.
  17. OleMissCub
    [expletive] it's bleeding gums murphy
  18. OleMissCub
    should just rehire Frank Robinson. He actually won 81 games with them.
  19. OleMissCub
    Geo has been skying alot of balls lately.
  20. OleMissCub
    Cubs as a team: .247/.326/.401, 87 OPS+ Twins: .274/.348/.427, 110 OPS+
  21. OleMissCub
    Yuck. No kidding. Not a decent hitter to be had.
  22. OleMissCub
    boo, my cousin is Matt Tolbert. The return of Nick Punto has relegated him to the bench it seems.
  23. OleMissCub
    Twinks lineup?
  24. OleMissCub
    so revolting
  25. OleMissCub
    so because it starts at noon, does that mean I'll be able to watch it on my Extra Innings package?
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