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Post by Bick on Jul 19, 2019 7:15:22 GMT -8
Patented leg kick - before the bat to the head.
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Post by ProfessorFate on Jul 23, 2019 14:07:40 GMT -8
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Post by Bick on Jul 26, 2019 7:05:35 GMT -8
Trolley service to the backstop. Classic.
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Post by Credo on Jul 28, 2019 22:55:32 GMT -8
No comment necessary.
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Post by Credo on Jul 29, 2019 18:32:36 GMT -8
I don't care what era they played in, you're going to have a hard time convincing me there are any more feared hitters in baseball history than these two. Maybe Lou Gehrig or Joe DiMaggio, or Albert Pujols in the 2000's.
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Post by RSM789 on Jul 30, 2019 18:08:49 GMT -8
In 7.5 years, Trout has 274 HR, 774 walks with a career .306 average.
The last 4 full years (which included missing 40+ games in 2017 due to injury) he has averaged 35 hrs & 105 walks a season.
So basically he would have to stay healthy and play at the level he is at now for another decade to get there. That is a tough row to hoe.
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Post by Bick on Jul 31, 2019 20:20:09 GMT -8
We sure were a lot tougher back then
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Post by RSM789 on Aug 3, 2019 8:47:10 GMT -8
It actually is a safer play, he went after the infielders midsection instead of ankles or knees.
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Post by Credo on Aug 8, 2019 12:16:08 GMT -8
Those things were awful.
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Post by Bick on Aug 8, 2019 16:45:40 GMT -8
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Post by Luca on Aug 8, 2019 16:55:31 GMT -8
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Post by Bick on Aug 8, 2019 17:56:14 GMT -8
Luca - you're being very irrelevant... or is that irreverent? Hell - it's some kind of irr
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Post by Credo on Aug 12, 2019 21:19:13 GMT -8
Love the eye black.
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Post by davidsf on Aug 13, 2019 14:06:19 GMT -8
I was just reminded of John Huarte (pronounced HEW’art).
Until I was five, we lived on an Orange ranch on the south side of La Palma, two houses east of St. Anthony’s ... The land on which St. Anthony’s was built was donated to the church by Joseph Huarte, John’s Dad, who lived with his family in the Spanish Colonial house between us and the church.
You will likely remember John for winning the Heismann Trophy in, I believe, 1966 while at Notre Dame. But one or two of you will recall his less-than-stellar football career quarterbacking the Mater Dei team in the early to mid 60’s.
Anyway, after a brief sting in the NFL (maybe with the Eagles?) he and his wife, Eileen, started up a Tile business they called Arizona Tile, which he still runs.
A few years back, I got to wondering what he was doing so I dropped him an email. Still a great guy to talk to.
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Post by MDDad on Aug 13, 2019 14:29:02 GMT -8
You will likely remember John for winning the Heismann Trophy in, I believe, 1966 while at Notre Dame. But one or two of you will recall his less-than-stellar football career quarterbacking the Mater Dei team in the early to mid 60’s. That's an interesting evaluation, Dave. Huarte was 22-2 as a varsity starter, and led his team to the 1960 CIF AA championship. He was All-CIF and L.A. Times All-County as a junior and a senior, and he was All-CIF Player Of The Year and L.A. Times All-County Back Of The Year as a senior. He was All-State Medium Schools Player Of The Year as both a junior and a senior. What would you have considered a stellar career? |
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