totally... i mean obviously Carrasco is no Kluber but he was probably the 4th or 5th best pitcher in the AL this year, and they could have run him out there twice.
― nomar, Thursday, 12 October 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
Important question: what's blue collar baseball?
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
yeah it's a pretty amorphous term, seems to refer to non-established stars in this case?
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 October 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
The '93 Phillies were "blue-collar": rough and tumble, no glamorous stars, cast-offs, looked like they should have been in a bar band or something. To a certain extent, I think it can be code for white--but the Phillies did have Mariano Duncan, Kim Batiste, and Ben Rivera in prominent roles. I remember it as a mostly white and disheveled-looking bunch, though: Dykstra, Kruk, Mitch Williams, Incaviglia, etc.
The Jays at the time were viewed as aristocratic and machine-like by contrast, best exemplified by Alomar.
― clemenza, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
No baseball player is blue collar. Minimum salary is $500k right? So
― calstars, Friday, 13 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
iirc the 2004 red sox were supposed to be blue collar because johnny damon and kevin millar were scruffy
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
marketing is a helluva drug
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 October 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
white people who would've had mullets in 93
― qualx, Friday, 13 October 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
Only Matt Stairs, even if he's a billionaire now.
― Andy K, Saturday, 14 October 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
greatest player ever out of new brunswick, presumably
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 October 2017 01:52 (six years ago) link
Canadian HRs, OK?
1. Walker 3832. Stairs 2653. Votto 2574. Morneau 2475. Bay 222
― Andy K, Saturday, 14 October 2017 02:23 (six years ago) link
Fergie Jenkins is 32nd all-time with 13.
― Andy K, Saturday, 14 October 2017 02:24 (six years ago) link