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  1. spinowner
    Reminds me of an interesting bit of trivia. When is the most recent time that two players with 600 or more home runs played in the same game? When was the most recent time before that?
  2. spinowner
    I cited Rodriguez as an example of a very talented current player still able to produce at age 40. I could just as well have cited Aaron. The season before he turned 40 he hit 40 and the season after he turned 40 he hit 20. Or Stan Musial, who played until he was 42. Actually, I needn't have cited any particular previous player because my point has nothing to do with any particular previous player. My point was to calculate what would be needed for Sano to reach 700 if he is able to play well until he's 40. And I think he has enough talent to make that possible. Edited to add: And besides, it's just a talking point. I think he has as good a chance as anyone, but obviously it's an unlikely occurrence. Only 2 players in history have done it legally.
  3. spinowner
    I'll cite Alex Rodriguez, not for career numbers but for current performance. I'm going to assume that he's playing clean, which I think is reasonable. He has 26 dingers in 113 games this year in the season in which he turned 40. If Sano can play until he's 40 (definitely speculative) what would he have to do to reach 700 by the end of that season? He needs 689 in 18 seasons plus the remaining portion of this season. That's an average of about 38 per year. As I said, he'd have to remain healthy and have a good batting order situation but I think 38 per year is within reach.
  4. spinowner
    And by the way, I don't want to jinx anything but dude is only 22 years old. He's got 700-HR talent if he stays healthy and has a good hitter behind him in the batting order.
  5. spinowner
    My guess is that right now there are very few because very few have been made. And the next thing is, is he going to keep #22 or get something else? A number of players take whatever is available on their first call-up and then switch to something they like better after a year or two. Hrbek and Morneau are two who immediately come to mind.
  6. spinowner
    I remember that game. Lou Piniella was managing the Mariners then, and there was a shot of him in the dugout in about the 8th inning. His team still had a good lead but he knew what was happening and he knew what was going to continue to happen and he knew that it wouldn't matter what he did because in a game like that you'll always make the wrong move. I have never seen a more sour look on a human face in my life.
  7. spinowner
    You mean the blendah!
  8. spinowner
    I'll go one past that. I had chicken for breakfast. (Are we turning into OCD Wade Boggs clones?)
  9. spinowner
    Well, that's four improbable wins in Baltimore, the first because of how large the margin was and the last three because of, well, we all know what I mean. So 4-3 on the road trip, which is good, and 4-0 vs Baltimore, which is good because of their proximity in the WC race. But I almost think I'd have felt better if we had beaten the Yankees 3 times and gone 1-3 against the O's. Almost.
  10. spinowner
    Easy. Can o corn.
  11. spinowner
    Not at the moment. Did you see Hardy hobbling around the bases the last half inning?
  12. spinowner
    Two different songs. "Keep-a-Knockin" is best known as the Little Richard song but dates back well before then. "I Hear You Knockin" is the Smiley Lewis song.
  13. spinowner
    I know an adult who would occasionally take a spoon of packed brown sugar, soak it with half-and-half and eat it.
  14. spinowner
    The thing about your brother is that he rarely has the time and/or attention span for that sort of thing.
  15. spinowner
    My daughter sometimes puts avocados in hers.
  16. spinowner
    My daughter sometimes puts avocados in hers.
  17. spinowner
    It's probably similar to win probability calculations. While it's possible to win a game after trailing by 13 runs no major league team has ever done it, so the win prob for a team with a 13-run lead is 100%.
  18. spinowner
    Why oh why can't we play games like this against the Yankees?
  19. spinowner
    GMTA
  20. spinowner
    Nice dig by Mauer!
  21. spinowner
    So what about the 2002 All Star Game?
  22. spinowner
    Can't we get Jepsen a glove that doesn't have Tampa Bay Rays colors?
  23. spinowner
    Maybe I shouldn't say this, but I can't help it. If you start at 50 feet away and move 10 feet closer each time that means 10 feet away would be the fifth time you asked. (So obviously that means she didn't hear you the first time.)
  24. spinowner
    Cool item: Torii Hunter's first MLB game was 18 years ago tonight in Baltimore.
  25. spinowner
    C'mon young man, make him pay for the BB!
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