― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 5 December 2003 05:17 (twenty years ago) link
That is a very good question.
Blyleven's win/loss percentage (287-250 .534) is better Nolan Ryan (324-292 .526) similar to Phil Niekro (318-274 .537) or Jim Bunning (224-184 .549), none of which won a world series game and all are Hall Members. Blyleven post season mark is 5-1 winning two rings, one with "We Are Family" Pirates and the Twins. The guy is also #5 in the all time K list (3701) and is widely considered to have one of the best curveballs in the history of the game, that has to be worth something.
― earlnash, Friday, 5 December 2003 13:45 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 6 December 2003 06:25 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 6 December 2003 06:26 (twenty years ago) link
molitor, sandberg, eckersley, carter (and a few others too to be honest but these first)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 6 December 2003 06:34 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 December 2003 05:36 (twenty years ago) link
Beyond the ones I mentioned, Blyleven's wins & winning percentage are also better than Robin Roberts.
― earlnash, Monday, 8 December 2003 06:46 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 8 December 2003 20:16 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 21:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee Smith (Leee), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 8 January 2004 02:08 (twenty years ago) link
The guy was great with both the glove and stick, he didn't have long enough career to pile up the 3000 hits or 500 hr kind of bedrock career stats.
As pointed out above, the odd ending of his career for a year and a half, which was followed with a couple of years of not nearly the same hitting consistency, probably raises some questions.
Sandberg is also a very rare right handed hitter that had a real smooth looking swing.
― earlnash, Thursday, 8 January 2004 23:45 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 January 2004 19:59 (twenty years ago) link
― earlnash, Friday, 16 January 2004 16:53 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Wow, I didn't know they were inducting Morissey.
― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Somebody asked Molitor/Morissey about that yesterday and this was his answer:
We hate it when ours closers become successful.
― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9906/16/lyle.lovett/lovett.jpg
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link
The more you ignore me, the closer I get.
― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
But I can't keep the Morissey-baseball puns bottled up due to a technicality like that.
― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link