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Henry Louis Gehrig aka The Iron Horse: 1927 & 1936 American League MVP New York Yankees (1923-1939) 162 Game Avg: .340/.447/.632, 179 OPS+, 37 HR, 40 Doubles, 12 Triples, 149 RBI, 141 Runs, 113 Walks Best Season (1927): .373/.474/.765, 221 OPS+, 47 HR, 52 Doubles, 18 Triples, 175 RBI, 149 Runs 3rd All-Time Slugging: .632 3rd All-Time OPS: 1.080 4th All-Time OPS+: 179 5th All-Time OBP: .447 5th All-Time RBI: 1995 8th All-Time Runs Created: 2233 10th All-Time Runs: 1888 photos inside spoiler:

this would be nice, hes still cheap too isn't he? Yes, he is. He's 29 though. I'd imagine that Seth Smith at 25 could put up similar numbers as Hawpe if he were allowed to play a full season...although Smith's age might make the Rockies not want to part with him. Unlike Hawpe, Smith can steal some bases too (11 SB, 0 CS, in just 68 games in AAA this year).

Roberto Walker Clemente aka Bob: 1966 National League Most Valuable Player Pittsburgh Pirates (1955-1972) 162 Game Avg: .317/.359/.475, 130 OPS+ photos inside spoiler

The Rockies have a bunch of outfielders. I'd say get Seth Smith from them for cheap. He's a left handed hitting 25 year old right fielder with pretty good defense (young guy who tripped over the bullpen mound this past season) His past two years in AAA he's put up: .317/.381/.528/.909 .323/.426/.524/.950

Awesomeness. Casey Stengel bitching about how players can't leave their gloves on the field anymore: http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8612/glovesonfieldez4.jpg Typical Casey right there. How on earth does a player taking a glove into the dugout with him slow down the game?

Figure out how to hit a sinker and he'll be alright.

Surprised no one has mentioned on here the reported doucheness that came out today about Favre supposedly talking to Lions management for 90 minutes about the Packers offense.

Just wanted to point out some more things about that deadball footage that I compiled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz8CC-kwtU 0:50: the dancing third base coach is Hall of Famer Hughie Jennings, former manager of the Tigers for 20 years and at that time a third base coach for the Giants. He was an extremely interesting person in baseball history and was considered by Connie Mack to be one of the greatest minds in baseball history. He was shortstop of the badass Baltimore teams of the late 1890's along with John McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, and the other guys who came up with the Baltimore Chop and other unique baseball moves. McGraw and Jennings took their brains to successful managing careers after playing on that team. Jennings was famous for jumping up and down in the third base box and shouting out gibberish codes to his players instead of using hand signs. Strangely enough, Jennings was also a licensed lawyer and practiced law in the offseasons. Picture of Hughie doing one of his jigs: 1:11: That's Frank Chance shaking hands with A's first baseman Harry Davis. 1:30: Make sure to note the people on the rooftops. That's a Cubs tradition going back 100 years. Pretty neat. 2:00: Check out left field....looks like photographers IN the field of play!! No zoom lenses back then I suppose, so you gotta do what you gotta do. 2:20: That's Eddie Collins in the batters box. I wish he would have swung at that pitch. I've never seen any footage of him swinging. Of course, Eddie Collins was hated by many members of that Black Sox team. Chick Gandil hadn't spoken to him in years and during the whole year the other infielders NEVER threw him the ball in between innings or going around the horn. 3:27: Check out the Reds infielders throwing the gloves behind the infield as they head toward the dugout. 6:17: My favorite moment of the video. That's perhaps baseball's greatest mind John McGraw tipping his cap to the camera. He was only 31 at the time and had already been managing for 5 years and would manage for another 28 more! That's Christy Mathewson walking right behind him btw. 8:37: I like that shot of the 1909 Pirates Bullpen. It's 100 years old but looks like it could have been filmed last night. 8:52: That's Hall of Famer Fred Clarke hitting a home run. Honus Wagner is walking up to bat as Clarke scores. You can also see Cobb playing a pretty shallow center field, as he was known to do.

Earliest webbing I've seen was in the 20's. I think this is one reason why fielding stats were so terrible in the old days. For example, Tinker had 56 errors in 1905, yet only had a fielding percentage of .940. God knows what that would be nowadays in FP of an average shortstop. One of the reasons (among many) that ballplayers back in the deadball era had to be extremely hard individuals involved fielding. In some of the books about that era I've read they mention infielders basically sacrificing their bodies to knock down line drives. They obviously also had to use two hands on just about every catch. Regarding outfielders in that era, this statement by Connie Mack about Ty Cobb's fielding always stuck out as just bizarre. Sounds nuts, but if there is one patron saint in baseball it's Connie Mack.

He probably just hates them b/c they suck. It never ceases to amaze me how many people in Louisiana hate the Saints. The Saints really are a Mississippi team for all intents and purposes.

I wonder if God hates the Saints because our name is somehow a form of blasphemy. Shockey reinjured, Bush out for a month, etc.

It'd be a good night to be the boyfriend of that hot Rays girl they kept showing during game 5

Upton running in from center was hilarious.

The guy I'm happiest for on earth right now is probably Carl Crawford.

Must be nice. Good for the team. Screw the fans though. They don't deserve this.

who are you nervous for

GULP

Hah, they are referencing the Barroid trying to throw out Sid Bream play. I think that ball is still rolling to the plate.

Link to massive sawks' bitching plz. http://www.talksox.com/forum/game-thread-forum/11444-10-19-lester-hill-all-marbles-51.html I love the ONE rational sox fan:

I'm pulling for the Rays, but all their cheering fans piss me off. I wonder how many of them still have price tags hanging off the back of their jerseys. Rays fans have to be the biggest bandwagon fans in the history of organized baseball.

game of inches. Congratulations Carolina. Good game.

lol imb, 32 points.

One would think. But it's apparent that Colston isn't healthy given that he's had three easy drops and Colston doesn't drop anything normally. Now with Bush out, it really makes things tough. Carolina has some monster on D though too. 27-7 now. Vomit.

wake the F up Brees. Ugh.

lucky howryhead