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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,650
    There might be 5 managing jobs at the end of the season. Angels, White Sox, Rockies, Orioles, and Pirates. Yankees maybe if they don't go far in the playoffs. But Boone probably has something on Hal
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  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Every comment in this thread should be about Aaron Judge
    Okay. Aaron Judge has zero World Series rings.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    mookieblalock said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Every comment in this thread should be about Aaron Judge
    Okay. Aaron Judge has zero World Series rings.
    Booooo.  Dude is a beast.  You have to appreciate that!
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,543
    I feel bad for these top pitching prospects that get drafted by Colorado. Jeff Francis, Jeff Hoffman, Jon Gray, Chase Dollander. What would their careers be like if they were drafted by any other team?
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,383
    I liked when the Phillies played in George Steinbrenner Field. Aaron Judge plays there in March, right.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    Remember when Barry Bonds as the MLB poster boy for steroids? Now it's Aaron Judge.

    I like this game.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    edited May 13
    Poncier said:
    Remember when Barry Bonds as the MLB poster boy for steroids? Now it's Aaron Judge.

    I like this game.
    WRONG. Imagine trading your franchise player, then probably trading your next franchise player?  Yankees would never trade Judge
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    I liked when the Phillies played in George Steinbrenner Field. Aaron Judge plays there in March, right.
    Good work!

    Bizarre that 2 MLB teams are playing in minor league stadiums.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    2009 is a long time ago, and Aaron Judge won't end that curse.

    Such fun.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,383
    It's obviously been pretty good for Boston fans but trading Mookie Betts is the craziest thing I've seen in baseball in my years. Maybe it's not quite trading Babe Ruth but it's up there.
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    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    It's obviously been pretty good for Boston fans but trading Mookie Betts is the craziest thing I've seen in baseball in my years. Maybe it's not quite trading Babe Ruth but it's up there.
    When you have a chance to land a guy like Alex Verdugo, you do whatever is necessary to get him on your team.
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
    pjl44 said:
    I feel bad for these top pitching prospects that get drafted by Colorado. Jeff Francis, Jeff Hoffman, Jon Gray, Chase Dollander. What would their careers be like if they were drafted by any other team?
    Don’t forget Jon Gray!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Poncier said:
    Remember when Barry Bonds as the MLB poster boy for steroids? Now it's Aaron Judge.

    I like this game.
    I've heard some pretty bad and bold takes before and this ranks high up there on the list.

    If Judge was to be hit w a Steroid tag I'd be pissed.  It will never happen but it would be egregious for me.  I can forgive Tatis but Judge is a different breed.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Poncier said:
    Remember when Barry Bonds as the MLB poster boy for steroids? Now it's Aaron Judge.

    I like this game.
    I've heard some pretty bad and bold takes before and this ranks high up there on the list.

    If Judge was to be hit w a Steroid tag I'd be pissed.  It will never happen but it would be egregious for me.  I can forgive Tatis but Judge is a different breed.
    You have proof he's not?
    Do you believe Griffey Jr. was clean too.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Poncier said:
    Remember when Barry Bonds as the MLB poster boy for steroids? Now it's Aaron Judge.

    I like this game.
    I've heard some pretty bad and bold takes before and this ranks high up there on the list.

    If Judge was to be hit w a Steroid tag I'd be pissed.  It will never happen but it would be egregious for me.  I can forgive Tatis but Judge is a different breed.
    You have proof he's not?
    Do you believe Griffey Jr. was clean too.
    Griffey was never a lifter.  Never was big in the muscle department.  He used to brag that Arod could lift more than him and Arod was smaller. Way too many other ballplayers and investigators to back that up.  Also his numbers were never inflated or got better when he got older.  There was a decline.

    I'll retort with this.  Prove to me that Judge IS on steroids.  He's hit bombs since he was in High School so unless he was juicing back then I would bet that he isn't now.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Also if Griffey was on roids maybe he wouldnt have been injured so much.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    edited May 13
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Also if Griffey was on roids maybe he wouldnt have been injured so much.
    Counter point: Griffey's injuries are consistent with what happens with steroids:

    Starting with the 2001 season (when Griffey, Jr. was only 31 years old), the next six seasons saw Griffey, Jr. miss considerable time with nagging injuries. The types of injuries that could be caused by long-term steroid abuse. 

    Did Ken Griffey, Jr. Take Steroids?

    And look at his power numbers over his career, a near perfect bell curve which can pinpoint when he began juicing and when the effects started to break down his joints etc.


    This weekend we rock Portland
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
    Jacoby Ellsbury was never on steroids. I’ll die on this hill.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,383
    You obviously can't prove someone isn't or never was using steroids.
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    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Also if Griffey was on roids maybe he wouldnt have been injured so much.
    Counter point: Griffey's injuries are consistent with what happens with steroids:

    Starting with the 2001 season (when Griffey, Jr. was only 31 years old), the next six seasons saw Griffey, Jr. miss considerable time with nagging injuries. The types of injuries that could be caused by long-term steroid abuse. 

    Did Ken Griffey, Jr. Take Steroids?

    And look at his power numbers over his career, a near perfect bell curve which can pinpoint when he began juicing and when the effects started to break down his joints etc.


    If you got bigger maybe.  I don't see it.  Bonds never hurt, McGwire, Canseco, Sosa, Arod Palmiero.  Those guys all known juicers and none of them deteriorated like Griffey did so I will still say no. None of them had a history of injury like he did either.

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