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Post by noetsi on May 10, 2022 19:53:33 GMT -5
YES desperately trying to make the game exciting..
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Post by kaybli on May 10, 2022 19:54:57 GMT -5
Remember that week we could hit? Why don’t we try it out again.
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Post by inger on May 10, 2022 19:56:13 GMT -5
Last-place Boston is leading Atlanta 6-1. But Baltimore is up 3-0 over St. Louis. We need to keep rubbing Boston's face in the dirt at every opportunity. Let us all send a prayer of thanks for Cashman’s decision when the SS field was depleted to Story or Alfafa-Heylefa, that he chose not to play the Story out in NY… I remember that feeling when my longest golf drives went from 310 (longest) in the heavy humid Maryland air to 350+ in Colorado (estimated 365 longest) and the back to about 290 in KY… That feeling that Story must be feeling… So why not DJ? Because DJ is not an upper-cutter and can place hit to hit screamers to RF… |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2022 19:57:04 GMT -5
Hey, I was going to call for you to back me up Inger. As charter members of the Fair Play For Tom Tresh Committee. Actually, though it was never officially announced, Treshism has been adopted as a branch religion of Gardnerism. We also must recall that Tresh’s loss of prolific numbers was also tied to the dead ball era of the mid-60’s. If anyone here wants to argue it was NOT a true deadball era, just take a peek at the painfully constructed chart below (if the format is kind enough told hold together: TOM TRESH 1964-5-6 1964 .279/26/74/.348/.477 OPS + 134 1965 .233/27/68/.341/.431 OPS+ 123 1966 .219/14/53/.301/.377 OPS+ 104* * Even in todays “dead ball” era, those numbers are not going to post at 104 OPS+. No way… Add to that, and I find this to be impressive, he breaks in as a ROY 23 year old SS. The next season Injury to Mantle forces him to takeover CF. When Mantle returns he shifts to left field, afterward, with Mantle being sent to 1B to save his legs, Tresh returns to CF. At 29, one season away from his final season in the game he is shifted back to starting SS. Simply a remarkable Swiss Army knife of a player… Excellent points Inger. Tresh came in at SS when Tony Kubek had to do a National Guard stint. I remember it was a spring training battle between Tresh and Phil Linz to fill in for Kubek. But Tom was good anywhere they put him. As was Kubek for that matter. Yes, in context his poor numbers don't look so bad. He had the misfortune to play his prime years in the worst offensive period of the live ball era. |
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Post by inger on May 10, 2022 19:59:18 GMT -5
Actually, though it was never officially announced, Treshism has been adopted as a branch religion of Gardnerism. We also must recall that Tresh’s loss of prolific numbers was also tied to the dead ball era of the mid-60’s. If anyone here wants to argue it was NOT a true deadball era, just take a peek at the painfully constructed chart below (if the format is kind enough told hold together: TOM TRESH 1964-5-6 1964 .279/26/74/.348/.477 OPS + 134 1965 .233/27/68/.341/.431 OPS+ 123 1966 .219/14/53/.301/.377 OPS+ 104* * Even in todays “dead ball” era, those numbers are not going to post at 104 OPS+. No way… Add to that, and I find this to be impressive, he breaks in as a ROY 23 year old SS. The next season Injury to Mantle forces him to takeover CF. When Mantle returns he shifts to left field, afterward, with Mantle being sent to 1B to save his legs, Tresh returns to CF. At 29, one season away from his final season in the game he is shifted back to starting SS. Simply a remarkable Swiss Army knife of a player… Nice research, inger!  Research? Hah! Those numbers are etched on my brain. I was 10-12 years old in those years… ALL I DID WAS BASEBALL!… |
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Post by noetsi on May 10, 2022 19:59:47 GMT -5
Umpires giving free bases
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Post by noetsi on May 10, 2022 20:01:12 GMT -5
Stolen base most exciting play in 5 innings
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Post by inger on May 10, 2022 20:01:26 GMT -5
Gurriel screams like a little girl and the ball appeared to evade his widdle hands…
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Post by rizzuto on May 10, 2022 20:05:14 GMT -5
Castro with a strong inning of relief!
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Post by kaybli on May 10, 2022 20:05:16 GMT -5
Three straight strikeouts by Castro, all looking.
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Post by rizzuto on May 10, 2022 20:06:24 GMT -5
Three straight strikeouts by Castro, all looking. That's the only way I shall approve of his cap sitting crooked, so he better keep it up! |
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Post by kaybli on May 10, 2022 20:08:20 GMT -5
Three straight strikeouts by Castro, all looking. That's the only way I shall approve of his cap sitting crooked, so he better keep it up! Cap more crooked than his slider! |
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Post by kaybli on May 10, 2022 20:10:20 GMT -5
Finally some offense! Leadoff double for DJ!
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Post by pippsheadache on May 10, 2022 20:10:24 GMT -5
Okay, DJ gets it started.
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Post by noetsi on May 10, 2022 20:10:24 GMT -5
lmh double thank the Lord
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