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Growing up, my favorite pitcher was Mad Dog Maddux. As a fellow pitcher I was in awe of his ability to paint corners and work his pitches without over powering speed. Loved that guy.
Favorite hitter was The Kid, Jr. Giffey as my friends used to joke. His love for the game and naturally ability to hit and field CF like a beast was amazing to watch. One of my favorite memories was following his run at the most consecutive games with a HR. Back in '93 the only way for me to do that was check the paper for box scores or listen to the post game wrap of my local Twins as they highlighted games around the league. And then it actually happened against the Twins and I got to hear it live on the radio. Amazing moment.
I'll have to think about my favorite today. I don't watch as much as baseball so it's hard to make a pick based on just stats and highlights. Without Mel Allen and This Week in Baseball to highlight different players, it's not as easy.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Yelich and Trout are must watch at bats. Hopefully Alonzo has another good year.
Cool to see Yelich sign long-term in Milwaukee. Absolute steal in getting him from the Marlins and still doesn’t cost as high as Harper or Machado.
Yeah, crazy good deal for MIL. I feel like Yelich left $100M on the table but I think he will do just fine. It's 10x harder to spend your money in Wisconsin then Florida. They only make bass boats so big ... you live in Miami for six months and you start to become filled with the desire to make a gem bust of yourself to wear around town
I think it's tough in baseball to pay that much to one player though. Hopefully this works out for Milwaukee, but unless you're one of the big boy markets (LA, New York), paying that much to one player makes it pretty rare to build a consistent winner. In baseball, you can't just build around one or two high-paid players, you have to have several good players in their prime at the same time. Usually, you have to build your farm system to accomplish that. A few columns have the Brewers in the bottom 10 of MLB in minor league rankings.
I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
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3 red asses. All awesome players but grade A jerks.
Favorite hitter was The Kid, Jr. Giffey as my friends used to joke. His love for the game and naturally ability to hit and field CF like a beast was amazing to watch. One of my favorite memories was following his run at the most consecutive games with a HR. Back in '93 the only way for me to do that was check the paper for box scores or listen to the post game wrap of my local Twins as they highlighted games around the league. And then it actually happened against the Twins and I got to hear it live on the radio. Amazing moment.
I'll have to think about my favorite today. I don't watch as much as baseball so it's hard to make a pick based on just stats and highlights. Without Mel Allen and This Week in Baseball to highlight different players, it's not as easy.
As a Youngster = Rod Carew/Reggie Jackson
Current = Mike Trout
All-Time = Willie Mayes
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14