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  1. Nine of twelve
    I was a student at Ohio State during the early 1980's and knew a guy from Anderson's home town, Lancaster, OH. Apparently he was touching the 90's in high school before having an elbow incident. Still made himself into a very good pitcher, albeit for a short time.
  2. Nine of twelve
    To be more accurate, he was the Bert Blyleven of the '60's. I remember going to see the Twins with a friend of mine in Milwaukee in 1979. Camilo was the pitching coach at the time, and he was goofing around in the outfield during BP. He picked up a ball and threw a deuce to one of the players. Even then he could still put a big bend on it.
  3. Nine of twelve
    No problem. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Even when it's wrong.
  4. Nine of twelve
    This is a hot-button issue for me, so I'll repeat what I've said before in an effort to change your mind. When Blyleven retired he was third all-time in strikeouts behind only Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton. (He's now fifth.) Moreover, Ryan and Carlton are first and second in career walks. Blyleven is 29th. Not electing him to the HOF would be analogous to not electing a player who was third all-time in home runs. He should have been a first-ballot inductee.
  5. Nine of twelve
    There are dozens of major league players in the same boat, and probably hundreds of minor leaguers.
  6. Nine of twelve
    Since nobody has identified him, I'll do it. Alfred Martin, Jr.
  7. Nine of twelve
    His name as mispronounced by Patrick Reusse: Pedro Mew-noze.
  8. Nine of twelve
    Before I looked up the answer I was thinking maybe Rick Sofield. But I remember your guy too. Sometimes potential just doesn't translate into a major league level of skill.
  9. Nine of twelve
    As we all know, this list is incomplete, very much so. There must be more than 100 former players who could be included, going back to 1961. I'll add one to the list from that first season. He was a journeyman reserve infielder who finished his playing career that year, appearing in 108 games at shortstop and second base. He only hit .246 but still managed to produce 5 triples and 6 home runs. I'll chime in with his name later if no one else can come up with it.
  10. Nine of twelve
    Can we get an honorable mention for Joe Decker? Had 15 K's in a game in 1973.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Statistically speaking, every now and then there will be an statistical outlier.
  12. Nine of twelve
    Good one, but it was not quite a true trade. The Twins had the first pick of the Rule 5 draft and would have taken Santana straight up but there was a pre-arranged deal with the Marlins that allowed this trade to be made with a bit of additional cash coming to the Twins.
  13. Nine of twelve
    If Mauer would have been moved early in his career I think third base is where he would have wound up. He had the hands of an infielder and had less than ideal speed for an outfielder. The thing is that at that time the Twins were well-situated at third. And when Mauer was finally moved it was to first base mainly because that's where the team had a hole that needed to be plugged.
  14. Nine of twelve
    There have been numerous articles published by numerous sources about how the current Presidential administration took certain actions and failed to take other certain actions during the last three years which resulted in poor control of the spread of the virus in this country.
  15. Nine of twelve
    I would much rather have baseball to watch than not to have baseball to watch. But with all the current concerns to be concerned about I find that the lack of baseball doesn't really make a difference.
  16. Nine of twelve
    This is true, but the question is when there will be enough reliable tests. And as I said on another thread, there are tens of millions of people who should be a higher testing priority than professional athletes. From what I read it will be many months.
  17. Nine of twelve
    I clicked like not because I liked what was written but because I agreed with what was written.
  18. Nine of twelve
    Kaat was also a very good baserunner. He was sometimes used as a pinch runner on his days off.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Regarding Gerrit Cole: the AL East is an easier division than the AL West.
  20. Nine of twelve
    I think the thrust of the original post was that warming up with a heavy bat should not be done immediately before an at-bat. It would seem that the time to do this training would be after a game, on a day off, or much earlier on the day of a game.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Here's a note that was alluded to in the opening post. I don't have a citation on this but I have read that a study was done showing that the length, weight, and weight distribution of a bat do not factor in to exit velocity of a batted ball. In the study balls were struck (I think from a tee) by different-sized bats all set at the same speed and there was no difference in the distance the balls traveled. There are other factors of course, primarily pitch speed, the angle of the swing, and how the ball is struck, but in order to get the exit velocity as high as possible you have to get the bat moving as fast as possible. So it would seem to me that players should use the lightest bat that they can control.
  22. Nine of twelve
    He finished 4th in the AL in batting in 1976. Not really a one hit wonder.
  23. Nine of twelve
    As you stated, in spite of the fact that there is a very good and very obvious reason for the name change some people just refuse to understand.
  24. Nine of twelve
    That's all well and good, but it's irrelevant to this discussion. This discussion is about Mauer's 2009 season and how it ranks with the other four Minnesota Twins MVP seasons. And that season is quite likely the best season a catcher has ever had.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Of course it's because of the positions they played. That's exactly the point. Being a top-flight catcher was a big part of what made him the best baseball player in the world in 2009. It's far more valuable than being a top-flight first baseman.
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