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Post by fjenkins on Jan 25, 2018 3:44:18 GMT
This guy deserves to be a first balloter. I almost crapped my pants when I saw his 614 home runs were EIGHT BEST. There are 7 players with more home runs?  My god, I looked it up, very very sad. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 25, 2018 3:51:51 GMT
If I had learned this in say 1990 when I was getting into the nitty gritty of the game, that someone in 2018 with 614 HRs would still have to make a bit of a case... I'd still blame Jose Canseco.
McGwire surely paved his career in Canseco's juicing wake, even amping it up beyond. Bonds was already a HOF lock with years to go, & his stupid ego wanted to big time McGwire's attention.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 23:13:32 GMT
Don't understand title and OP. Thome got in on the first ballot. What are you talking about?
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Post by fjenkins on Jan 26, 2018 0:22:06 GMT
If I had learned this in say 1990 when I was getting into the nitty gritty of the game, that someone in 2018 with 614 HRs would still have to make a bit of a case... I'd still blame Jose Canseco. McGwire surely paved his career in Canseco's juicing wake, even amping it up beyond. Bonds was already a HOF lock with years to go, & his stupid ego wanted to big time McGwire's attention. Even more surprising is only 2 of the eight guys ahead of Thome were juicers (arod and bonds). Man, the game really has changed. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 26, 2018 0:55:28 GMT
If I had learned this in say 1990 when I was getting into the nitty gritty of the game, that someone in 2018 with 614 HRs would still have to make a bit of a case... I'd still blame Jose Canseco. McGwire surely paved his career in Canseco's juicing wake, even amping it up beyond. Bonds was already a HOF lock with years to go, & his stupid ego wanted to big time McGwire's attention. Even more surprising is only 2 of the eight guys ahead of Thome were juicers (arod and bonds). Man, the game really has changed. And no one will get near 600 for a long time. Current leaders: 1. Adrian Beltre - 462 Miguel Cabrera - 462 3. Edwin Encarnacion - 348 4. Jose Bautista - 331 5. Nelson Cruz - 323 |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 26, 2018 4:53:30 GMT
Even more surprising is only 2 of the eight guys ahead of Thome were juicers (arod and bonds). Man, the game really has changed. And no one will get near 600 for a long time. Current leaders: 1. Adrian Beltre - 462 Miguel Cabrera - 462 3. Edwin Encarnacion - 348 4. Jose Bautista - 331 5. Nelson Cruz - 323 Aaron Judge looks like the only eye test today & it's waaay f'n early. Trout & Harper simply aren't pure mashers to accumulate that much me thinks. On the subject, I'd love to see Trout reach the 500-500 club. |
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Post by fjenkins on Jan 26, 2018 16:06:17 GMT
And no one will get near 600 for a long time. Current leaders: 1. Adrian Beltre - 462 Miguel Cabrera - 462 3. Edwin Encarnacion - 348 4. Jose Bautista - 331 5. Nelson Cruz - 323 Aaron Judge looks like the only eye test today & it's waaay f'n early. Trout & Harper simply aren't pure mashers to accumulate that much me thinks. On the subject, I'd love to see Trout reach the 500-500 club. Harper's just injured too much. I predict his injuries will derail his career completely. Trout however, will put up sure fire HOF numbers. |
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