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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:04 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
The last guy i think you could argue that “changed the game” would be A-Rod. And that is in the sense that he was 6’3” and weighed over 200 pounds and could still legitimately play shortstop. All while hitting 300 with lots of home runs. The counter point would be that since A-Rod, there really haven’t been a ton of tall athletic shortstops hitting bombs (Tulowitzski? Anyone else?)
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:04 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
Okay, you think Bryce Harper matters. Now I'm lost.
I'm saying Harper matters more than Trout
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:05 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
What
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:05 pm
by count2infinity
Mike Trout, the best player in the game, is irrelevant.
I think I understand what you're trying to say; however, what you originally said and what you're currently trying to say are roughly 309000 miles apart.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:06 pm
by MR25
I'm not sure this discussion is worth it anymore lol
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:06 pm
by dodint
Okay, you think Bryce Harper matters. Now I'm lost.
I'm saying Harper matters more than Trout
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:07 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
Mike Trout, the best player in the game, is irrelevant.
I think I understand what you're trying to say; however, what you originally said and what you're currently trying to say are roughly 309000 miles apart.
I'll admit it's hard for me to articulate
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:08 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
I also concede that it's a very Tony Kornheiserian perspective
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:19 pm
by shmenguin
johnny damon had a bigger cultural resonance than mike trout, so he has a better HOF case. is that the point here?
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:21 pm
by dodint
Won a WS with two different teams, after playing for a dud team. Rises above novelty, imo.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:31 pm
by willeyeam
Okay, you think Bryce Harper matters. Now I'm lost.
I'm saying Harper matters more than Trout
This is tremendous content
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 4:00 pm
by robbiestoupe
Source of the post again, I'm not saying he's not a good player. I'm saying in 50 years he will be a "fun fact" and that's it
Are you basically trying to say he played on a team that nobody cares about, and that even if he won 5 WS on said team, he wouldn't be as popular as he would if he had the same stats and won 0 WS with the Yankees?
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 4:08 pm
by shmenguin
did tony gwynn ever win a WS?
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 4:09 pm
by dodint
Who?
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 4:12 pm
by faftorial
I also concede that it's a very Tony Kornheiserian perspective
So you're trying to generate conversation like a talk show host by taking a position that most everyone will disagree with?
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 4:13 pm
by shmenguin
just checked. 2 appearances and no titles. and when i was a kid, i thought he was awesome, so i now remember him as an adult. funny how that works
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 4:15 pm
by dodint
Kirby Puckett was my favorite. Kids are dumb.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 10:07 pm
by Orlando Penguin
just checked. 2 appearances and no titles. and when i was a kid, i thought he was awesome, so i now remember him as an adult. funny how that works
A part of me died the day he passed. One of the best things I've ever gotten to do in my work life was sit in a show meeting and talk hitting with him.
Kirby Puckett was my favorite. Kids are dumb.
You, sir, are a very smart man.
The last guy i think you could argue that “changed the game” would be A-Rod. And that is in the sense that he was 6’3” and weighed over 200 pounds and could still legitimately play shortstop. All while hitting 300 with lots of home runs. The counter point would be that since A-Rod, there really haven’t been a ton of tall athletic shortstops hitting bombs (Tulowitzski? Anyone else?)
I think you could put Mike Piazza in this same category as far as the catcher position is concerned.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 10:11 pm
by Dickie Dunn
Gwynn and Puckett were childhood favorites for me as well.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 10:22 pm
by meow
Kirby Puckett was my favorite. Kids are dumb.
Same
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 10:22 pm
by meow
Gwynn and Puckett were childhood favorites for me as well.
Same
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 10:45 pm
by Ad@m
Kirby was so enjoyable to watch,
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 11:04 pm
by dodint
It took a long while but MiMH's horrifically bad take finally brought us together.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 11:11 pm
by King Colby
I was just gonna say, I just read a lot of tremendous takes in a thread of bad takes. Gwynn was maybe my favorite ever and i got Pucketts autograph at the 1994 asg so obviously he became a favorite.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 11:52 pm
by PFiDC
Baseball was essentially banned in our house in 1995 but I always had a fondness for Puckett and Gwynn. Not only were they good players, they seemed like genuinely good people.