OleMissCub

From a Baseball Hall of Fame dinner in the early 50's. Imagine having a box full of baseballs there! You could damn near set yourself up for life. http://baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=47584&d=1216612120

He's wearing shoes in all of those pictures. Indeed he did. In that high-res Cobb/Jackson photo his cleats do look kind of funny though. http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/39/joeshoesdz0.jpg

Shoeless Joe Jackson 162 game avg: .356/.423/.517, 170 OPS+, 7 HR, 37 doubles, 20 triples, 95 RBI, 106 Runs, 25 stolen bases "He was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game." - Ty Cobb "I copied Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter." - Babe Ruth http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson-1.jpghttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson13.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson2.jpghttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson3.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson5.jpghttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson6.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson7.jpghttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson8.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson4.jpg With some of his fellow superstars of the 1910's... Ty Cobb, Jackson, & Sam Crawford: http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson9.jpg Jackson, Cobb, & Napoleon Lajoie: http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson10.jpg Jackson & Babe Ruth: http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson11.jpg Great high-res shot of Cobb & Jackson http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/joejackson12.jpg Swing and a miss!! http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9678/joejacksonfp8.gif

Some photos from when Babe was a pitcher with the Red Sox. Perhaps we can get a sense of what his delivery might have looked like from these pics of him warming up: http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6583/ruthpitchlv7.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8525/ruthpitch2jp3.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/s0608/s060862.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/s0597/s059778.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/s0611/s061192.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/s0611/s061193.jpg

1. Derek Jeter, SS, New York Yankees, Age 34

His smugness is suffocating. Like, it's literally painful to watch.

Interesting photo of the 4 Hall of Famers from the 1898 Baltimore Orioles: (clockwise from top left) Wee Willie Keeler, John McGraw, Hughie Jennings, and Joe Kelley. http://baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26246&d=1184441132

Holy Crap, Lou just said that Z cracked his molar during the game!

AWESOMENESS: Check out Frank Chance and John McGraw walking the plank, and Wagner at the bow. http://baseball-fever.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=48464&d=1217471591

NL MVP voting, 1962: 1) Maury Wills: .299/.347/.373, 100 OPS+, 6 HR, 13 doubles, 10 triples, 48 RBI, 130 runs, 104 SB, 60.5 VORP 2) Willie Mays: .304/.384/.615, 165 OPS+, 49 HR, 36 doubles, 5 triples, 141 RBI, 130 runs, 18 SB, 84.9 VORP 4) Frank Robinson: .342/.421/.624, 173 OPS+, 39 HR, 51 doubles, 2 triples, 136 RBI, 134 runs, 18 SB, 78.4 VORP 6) Hank Aaron: .323/.390/.618, 170 OPS+, 45 HR, 26 doubles, 6 triples, 128 RBI, 127 runs, 15 SB, 77.2 VORP #-o #-o

You better be having a Sandy Koufax type year if you want to win an MVP as a pitcher. Z's nowhere close to that.

Aramis, please roll your pants legs back up. Please.

Reds broadcast showing Bartman play. Wheeeeee

Depends, has she OPS'd over .750 since April with her one good eye? yes i guess you could say she has a good EYE at the plate (but just one though) lame

Have you been taking PHD's lately? It's like IMB on steroids.

ribbit

Some pretty dreadful ones: Bobby Mattick, 1940: 128 games, 441 AB's, .218/.250/.252, 40 OPS+ Sheriff Blake, 1925: 10-18, 4.86 ERA Warren Hacker, 1956: 3-13, 4.66 ERA

With all the talk about 16 year old gymnasts...check out a truly beautiful woman: javelin thrower from Paraguay named Leryn Franco....one of the hottest girls I've seen in a long time. http://www.pbase.com/crespoide/personal_2007_calendar

snuff stirnweiss??? i've never even heard of that guy, and i know a whole lot of baseball history. i guess that happens when all the good players are away in the war. Yeah, I never heard of him either. His career line: 1028 games, .268/.362/.371, 102 OPS+, 29 HR, 157 doubles, 68 triples, 281 RBI, 50.0 WARP3 From his wikipedia page: He was in his early 20's during WWII...he must have been colorblind or flatfooted or something to have not been drafted.

Bill James' best player and pitcher per year: 1900: Honus Wagner - Joe McGinnity 1901: Napoleon Lajoie - Cy Young 1902: Honus Wagner - Cy Young 1903: Honus Wagner - Joe McGinnity 1904: Honus Wagner - Jack Chesbro 1905: Honus Wagner - Christy Mathewson 1906: Honus Wagner - Three Finger Brown 1907: Honus Wagner - Ed Walsh 1908: Honus Wagner - Ed Walsh 1909: Ty Cobb - Three Finger Brown 1910: Napoleon Lajoie - Jack Coombs 1911: Ty Cobb - Pete Alexander 1912: Tris Speaker - Walter Johnson 1913: Eddie Collins - Walter Johnson 1914: Tris Speaker - Walter Johnson 1915: Ty Cobb - Pete Alexander 1916: Tris Speaker - Pete Alexander 1917: Ty Cobb - Pete Alexander 1918: Babe Ruth - Walter Johnson 1919: Babe Ruth - Eddie Cicotte 1920: Babe Ruth - Pete Alexander 1921: Babe Ruth - Red Faber 1922: Rogers Hornsby - Red Faber 1923: Babe Ruth - Dolf Luque 1924: Babe Ruth - Dazzy Vance 1925: Rogers Hornsby - Pete Donohue 1926: Babe Ruth - George Uhle 1927: Babe Ruth - Ted Lyons 1928: Babe Ruth - Dazzy Vance 1929: Rogers Hornsby - Lefty Grove 1930: Lou Gehrig - Lefty Grove 1931: Babe Ruth - Lefty Grove 1932: Jimmie Foxx - Lefty Grove 1933: Jimmie Foxx - Carl Hubbell 1934: Lou Gehrig - Dizzy Dean 1935: Arky Vaughan - Wes Ferrell 1936: Lou Gehrig - Carl Hubbell 1937: Joe Medwick - Lefty Gomez 1938: Mel Ott - Bill Lee 1939: Joe DiMaggio - Bucky Walters 1940: Johnny Mize - Bob Feller 1941: Joe DiMaggio - Thornton Lee 1942: Ted Williams - Mort Cooper 1943: Luke Appling - Spud Chandler 1944: Stan Musial - Dizzy Trout 1945: Snuff Stirnweiss - Hal Newhouser 1946: Ted Williams - Hal Newhouser 1947: Ted Williams - Warren Spahn 1948: Stan Musial - Johnny Sain 1949: Stan Musial - Mel Parnell 1950: Phil Rizzuto - Robin Roberts 1951: Stan Musial - Sal Maglie 1952: Stan Musial - Bobby Shantz 1953: Al Rosen - Robin Roberts 1954: Willie Mays - Robin Roberts 1955: Mickey Mantle - Robin Roberts 1956: Mickey Mantle - Early Wynn 1957: Mickey Mantle - Jim Bunning 1958: Mickey Mantle - Warren Spahn 1959: Hank Aaron - Vern Law 1960: Eddie Mathews - Lindy McDaniel 1961: Mickey Mantle - Warren Spahn 1962: Frank Robinson - Bob Purkey 1963: Hank Aaron - Sandy Koufax 1964: Dick Allen - Dean Chance 1965: Willie Mays - Sandy Koufax 1966: Frank Robinson - Sandy Koufax 1967: Carl Yastrzemski - Jim Bunning 1968: Carl Yastrzemski - Bob Gibson 1969: Willie McCovey - Tom Seaver 1970: Carl Yastrzemski - Sam McDowell 1971: Joe Torre - Ferguson Jenkins 1972: Dick Allen - Steve Carlton 1973: Joe Morgan - John Hiller 1974: Joe Morgan - Gaylord Perry 1975: Joe Morgan - Jim Palmer 1976: Joe Morgan - Mark Fidrych 1977: Rod Carew - Jim Palmer 1978: Dave Parker - Ron Guidry 1979: Fred Lynn - Jim Kern 1980: Mike Schmidt - Steve Carlton 1981: Mike Schmidt - Steve McCatty 1982: Robin Yount - Steve Carlton 1983: Cal Ripken - Dan Quisenberry 1984: Ryne Sandberg - Dave Stieb 1985: George Brett - Dwight Gooden 1986: Wade Boggs - Roger Clemens 1987: Alan Trammell - Roger Clemens 1988: Jose Canseco - Orel Hershiser 1989: Will Clark - Bret Saberhagen 1990: Rickey Henderson - Roger Clemens 1991: Barry Bonds - Roger Clemens 1992: Barry Bonds - Greg Maddux 1993: Barry Bonds - Kevin Appier 1994: Jeff Bagwell - Greg Maddux 1995: Barry Bonds - Greg Maddux 1996: Jeff Bagwell - John Smoltz 1997: Frank Thomas - Roger Clemens 1998: Mark McGwire - Greg Maddux 1999: Derek Jeter - Pedro Martinez

Here's Babe's WWII draft card with the correct birthday: http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/Military_BabeRuthWW2DraftC.jpg Here's what happened apparently. Ruth didn't learn his correct birthdate until he applied for a passport in the 30's. Heck, Ruth apparently got the year wrong too on the first one. On his WWI draft card he lists his birthyear as 1894, whereas on the correct one it's 1895.

I want to change my vote to France (the French) http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/825/frenchmancryingtr3.jpg

I abstained until I saw the option for France go up.

Soto TRIPLE & C-Patt sliding ten feet deserves.... http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t119/execute2587/blackkid.gif

got an AIM chat up, PM me with your SN if you want an invite