Rest of Baseball Thread 2009

BigEd76 · September 10, 2009, 12:39:07 PM

Kaline

ice grillin you · September 10, 2009, 12:42:05 PM

FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MDS · September 10, 2009, 03:59:41 PM

babe ruth

QB Eagles · September 10, 2009, 05:52:16 PM

No Honus Wagner?

Just looked it up, he had 2967 for the Pirates. So close.

QB Eagles · September 10, 2009, 05:55:30 PM

So, will Jeter and Suzuki be on that list one day?

Sgt PSN · September 10, 2009, 06:11:17 PM

jeter has 2721 hits, so he'll likely be joining that list in 2011. it's not even a question of if he'll be a yankee when it happens because he will not play for another team in his career.

ichiro only has 2001 hits but if he plays another 5 years, and plays them all with the mariners, then he could do it. but i doubt he will. he's already 35 and you've got to figure that if he does stick around 5 more years, he's not going to be legging out as many infield singles.

PhillyPhreak54 · September 12, 2009, 01:34:03 AM

QuoteApparently, according to the post, Manny has no idea who Jim Thome is. Never mind the fact that Thome and Manny were teammates for 10 years in Cleveland.

Conjuring the famous and debunked story about Rickey Henderson and John Olerud in which Rickey was said to explain to Olerud when both players were on the Mariners that he once was teammates with a guy who wore a helmet in the field with the Mets.

"Yeah, that was me, Rickey," Olerud said in the myth.

So now we have Manny, who according to the author of Diamond Hoggers, just couldn't figure out who the hell some guy named Jim Thome was.

To wit:

This comes from a guy we know who works in the Dodgers organization. He wrote us an e-mail because he thought the story would please us. He was right.

Hey fellas,Hope all is well. Had a story for you that you might find kind of funny and that might go well on your site. Just leave my name out of it. So here goes:

Alright so we all know that Jim Thome was traded to the Dodgers at the end of August, reuniting him with Ramirez after all those years in Cleveland. That's all fine and dandy and all, but get this..... hours before the trade is made official news to the media one of the clubhouse coaches goes over to Manny and says "hey we're bringing Jim Thome back here to play with you". Ramirez looks at him, stares off into the distance for a few minutes. Our coach starts to realize that either Manny isn't happy or he's got no ****ing clue what is going on. Our coach couldn't believe it was that though, since they played together for almost 10 years in Cleveland. Finally our coach says "Manny aren't you happy about Jim coming to LA?"

Ramirez looks him dead in the eye and says "I've never played with anyone named Jim." Gets up, and walks away. No [bleep]. Our coach left it at that.

Wonder if that coach is a certain ex-Phillies manager?

Nevertheless, add this to the absent-minded legend that is Manny Ramirez. Or add it to the pile of Manny stories that Manuel likes to tell from their days in the Indians' organization. Apparently, it wasn't uncommon for Manny to show up at the ballpark with no money to pay for a taxi, no suitcase for a road trip or equipment.

Call him Manny Gump – the baseball hitting savant.

Or just call this episode a case of Manny being Rickey.

phattymatty · September 16, 2009, 10:18:06 AM

so good...

http://deadspin.com/5360379/the-utterance-of-this-word-should-be-punishable-by-death

ice grillin you · September 16, 2009, 10:28:53 AM

writers and sportscasters i dont think intend to do this but an off shoot of their promotion that slow small white guys are gritty ultra intelligent athletes creates a belief with racists as well as non racist ignorants that black athletes dont work hard are stupid and only make it because they are animalistic by nature and bred to play sports

rjs246 · September 16, 2009, 10:53:39 AM

Jimmy Rollins is scrappy.

ice grillin you · September 16, 2009, 11:06:46 AM

tim dwight is fast

Seabiscuit36 · September 16, 2009, 11:15:15 AM

Where dat Chase Utley?

ice grillin you · September 16, 2009, 11:17:15 AM

so cal milquetoast

Seabiscuit36 · September 16, 2009, 11:31:03 AM

He must be on the "Top 10 Grittiest Players"

Sgt PSN · September 16, 2009, 11:31:41 AM

QuoteNo. 2 Shane Victorino, Phillies

This guy is amazing. He was an integral player on last year's World Championship Phillies team. This guy does it all; he sprints down the line, he takes great routes, hustles in the outfield, and can lay down a bunt. If you want a championship team, you need at least one player like Victorino on the roster.

My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3.

lolz