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Past, present, and future of baseball. SABR member. Baltimore Elite Giants Fan, Charlie Keller Stan. IRL: @MarkAShirk

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If you have a long drive for the holidays, you should spend it hearing us talk about 24 guys who WILL NOT appear on the 2024 Classic Era HOF ballot... ...but probably should!

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🚨 NEW EPISODE: Building the Ballot #26 : Outside the Box Hall of Fame Candidates with Mark Shirk ( @bballhist ) and Justin McKinney ( @Just_Mckinney ). We look at 24 HOF candidates (or non-candidates) that are truly outside the box for a variety of reasons.

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Guys, is it annoying to be happy for the people you love?

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Is there a more annoying human being on planet Earth than Taylor Swift?

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I think Ron Santo might be one of the 5 best 3B of all-time. Schmidt, Boggs, Mathews, Brett are the only ones clearly better.

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Not enough people talk about Ron Santo • 70.5 WAR, 342 HR, 1331 RBI, .826 OPS • Played 160+ games 7 times; high of 164 • 30+ HR 4x, 100+ RBI 4x, 300+ TB 5x • Led league in walks 4x, OBP 2x, SF 3x • Oh, by the way, won 5 Gold Gloves at 3B • Among all third basemen in MLB

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Fred Lynn belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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I really do think Bo Jackson could have been the greatest RB of all-time. But what he did do was 1000x cooler.

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Kids today just don’t understand.

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Rick Schu isn't available, who is the best Third Baseman of all-time?

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Bill Almon in no longer available, who is the best SS of all-time?

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Ryan Doumit isn't available, who is the greatest Catcher of all-time?

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From 1951 to 1955 the top 4 IP in MLB in a season by a single pitcher were: 1) Robin Roberts 1953, 2) Robin Roberts 1954, 3) Robin Roberts 1952, 4) Robin Roberts 1951. His 1955 was ONLY 7th. I think we forget how good this man was!

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Willie Randolph belongs in the Hall of Fame! #BigHall

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Joe Jackson belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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Lou Whitaker belongs in the Hall of Fame! #BigHall

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Listening to an old @sabrcast ep with @robneyer and @MarkArmour04 and inspired to ask: what do you think is the perfect Topps card? Try not to pick your favorite player's rookie card or the most valuable card. Which card strikes you the most? I could stare at this all day:

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Are these uniforms underrated or does everyone on this app agree that they (in their many forms) are the best ever?

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This Man Was Underrated

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Barry Bonds belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak Find more players w/ #BigHall

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One knock against Evans is that he was merely pretty good for a long time. 1) That is underrating him given his broad-based skill set, his talents were often 'hidden'. 2) His 1981 (163 OPS+, 14RField, 6.7bWAR) could have been a 9+ WAR season w/o the strike.

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Dwight Evans belongs in the Hall of Fame See more players w/ #BigHall

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The thing with Bobby Abreu is that sportswriters of the time completely whiffed on him. We get arguments like, 'only in Top 12 in MVP voting one time' as a reason he isn't HoF worthy. But why should we let what sportswriters thought 20-25 years ago affect our analysis?

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@BGreporting @notgaetti Those 8 GGs provide a hint. This is one where WAR is right.

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To clear up: If you think Nolan Ryan was one of the 10 best pitchers ever, you are overrating him. If you think he was not one of the 40 best pitchers ever, you are underrating him. I think most people have him 10-40 and that is the correct range (I have him 22nd).

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Best player of each decade (starting in 1900). 1900s - Wagner 1910s - Cobb 1920s - Ruth 1930s - Gehrig 1940s - Williams 1950s - Mantle 1960s - Mays 1970s - Morgan 1980s - Rickey 1990s - Bonds 2000s - Pujols 2010s trout 2020s (so far) Ohtani What does everyone think?

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Dave Parker belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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The Orioles must lead the league in annoying white-kid names: Gunnar, Colton, Heston, Grayson, Adley. Sounds like my son's soccer team.

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Thurman Munson belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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From 71-75 Wood throw 1681.2 innings. Read that again. That is an average of 336.1 (or two big seasons in 2020s...). In one of those years (1971) he led the AL with an 189ERA+! That season was worth 11.7 bWAR. Over the 5 years he was worth 39.1 bWAR! All Hail the Knuckleball!

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Wilbur Wood belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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Todd Helton belongs in the Hall of Fame!

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Ron Guidry belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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Something that blew my mind during the broadcast last night. Semien broke the single-season PA record with his 834th. Record of 833 was set by...in 1993! Before the Wild Card! How is that possible?

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Marcus Semien played in ALL 179 of the Rangers games this year. Warrior ⚔️

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Bill Freehan belongs in the Hall of Fame! See more players w/ #BigHall

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There has been some recent Harold Baines HoF discourse. My take: Baines is one of the 5-10 worst players in the Hall. HOWEVER, he doesn't sully the Hall. Hall is more sullied by it's absences than a guy like Baines. Bonds, ARod, Allen, Beckwith, etc.

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Jim Edmonds belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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One thing I have learned while I begin to rank pitchers is just how good Bert Blyleven is. I always thought he was a clear HOFer, on par with say Gaylord Perry or Jim Palmer. But damn, he is Seaver/Carlton good. As in, my system likes him more than Steve Carlton!

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1980s! Decade all-star teams by league! Rules: 1) 3 years played in league, 5 years total required 2) Player can only appear in one league 3) Player is judged on whole decade, not just time in league 4) Position fudging will happen 5) No NL DH (for now)

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1990s! Decade all-star teams by league! Rules: 1) 3 years played in league, 5 years total required 2) Player can only appear in one league 3) Player is judged on whole decade, not just time in league 4) Position fudging will happen 5) No NL DH (for now)

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Bobby Abreu belongs in the Hall of Fame! #BigHall

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I feel that Luis Tiant, like Lou Whitaker and Dick Allen, maybe Dwight Evans, is a player that lots of different types of fans support for HOF (peak heavy, career heavy, Analytical, old head, etc.). Is he the pitcher with the most 'consensus' outside the Hall?

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Luis Tiant belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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Guys like Tony Phillips and my man Jim Gilliam are underrated in part because there is value in the ability to switch positions that stats cannot (yet) pick up.

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Jim Miloch

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Happy Birthday, Tony Phillips: 1989 WS Champ 1992 AL Run Leader (114) 50.9 WAR 2X AL Walks Leader 2,023 Hits 1,300 Runs (127th All-Time) 1,319 Walks (42nd All-Time) .266 Hitter with 109 OPS+ One of the best players in MLB history to never have made an all-star team.

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It just realized that I now have 2000 followers! Assuming that you aren't all porn bots, I guess people like lost cause HOF cases and long threads on historical baseball minutiae! Thank you!

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I have no problem with Jim Rice in the HOF, but I don't get the disparity between the support of Rice and Foster. I have Foster slightly ahead. I will explain why in this thread. Let's start here. It is their best 7 consecutive season (75-81 for GF, 77-83 for JR)

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George Foster belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players with #BigHall

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Here are my top 15 CF of all-time. yes, this includes Edmonds. He was done dirty. You can also see another guy who will appear this week and someone currently on the ballot!

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Jim Edmonds belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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Sad News: I recently learned that @CypressRick passed away. He was one of the best follows on baseball twitter and a great credit to the @sabr community. I would love to show his widow his impact. If anyone has anything they want to say, respond here and I can pass it on.

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Dwight Evans belongs in the Hall of Fame See more players w/ #BigHall

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Bobby Grich belongs in the Hall of Fame! #BigHall #HighPeak

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I am not a big fan of save percentage (or anything dealing with saves) BUT Joe Nathan is probably the most underrated closer of the 21st century.

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Jerid T Colwell

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Interesting list

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Lance Parrish belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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My 3B tiers (HOF eligible only) 1 - Schmidt, Mathews, Brett, Boggs 2 - Brooks, Jones, Santo, Beltre, Wilson, Beckwith In b/w - Rolen 3 - Nettles, Baker, Bando, Bell, Wright, McGraw, Evans, Boyer, Molitor, Cey, Collins, Rosen 4 - Groh, Hack, Williamson, Harrah, Williams

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I think Ron Santo might be one of the 5 best 3B of all-time. Schmidt, Boggs, Mathews, Brett are the only ones clearly better.

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My unpopular HOF takes 1. Peak matters most 2. HOF should be MUCH larger (like 100-125 guys) 3. We should drop 'NATIONAL' and not obsess over 'FAME' 4. Don't really care about PEDs What are yours?

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Kenny Lofton belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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My answer is Blyleven!

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Best pitcher to never have won a Cy Young:

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I am sorry, I am going to wade into one of today's hot button issues. It is ok for a man to eat ice cream.

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More people think Francisco Rodriguez is worthy of the Hall of Fame than Mark Buehrle. We live in wild times man.

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Ryan Thibodaux

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With 58 ballots revealed/~15.1% known: Beltré - 98.3% Helton - 81.0% Mauer - 81.0% --- Sheffield - 72.4% Wagner - 70.7% Jones - 65.5% Beltrán - 62.1% Utley - 46.6% Ramírez - 44.8% A-Rod - 44.8% Abreu - 17.2% Vizquel - 15.5% Rollins - 13.8% Pettitte - 12.1% K-Rod - 12.1% Buehrle

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To me this is the beauty of baseball. A big slugger and a do everything type are just as valuable as each other.

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Manny Bein Manny 😎

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According to WAR Ben Zobrist is > than Carlos Delgado .... Agree ? 🤔

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New short series, team of each decade. Player must have played 5 years in that decade to be eligible. 1900s C Bresnahan 1B Chance 2B Lajoie 3B Bradley SS Wagner LF Flick CF Cobb RF Crawford P Young, Matthewson, Waddell, Plank, Munoz Thoughts?

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Clayton Kershaw has an argument to be the best pitcher ever.

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Check out the top 5 pitchers on the active ERA leaderboard. Kershaw leads the way, with deGrom –– who has thrown HALF as many innings as Kershaw –– in second. If you applied a 1400-inning minimum to this list, the gap between Kershaw and Sale in 2nd is MASSIVE. Over half a run!

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@GreenfieldMax18 I agree, its great when used correctly but how often does that happen?

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Taking my little buddy to his first Major League Game this afternoon! Burnes vs. Rea! Can't wait!

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This is crazy

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Manny Machado needs 26 home runs this season to become the Padres all-time leader. #MLB | #Padres

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I am just begging people not to use WAR (positively or negatively) until at least well into the summer.

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This is ridiculous. Aaron, Williams, et al are not tarnished, no one will think they are worse because Beltre is honored. Even putting aside being wrong about at top 10 (at least!) 3B in history, the whole line of argument is stupid.

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“He was never that guy that you had to see play…. Does it really diminish the Ted Williams’s and Henry Aaron’s if someone like Adrian Beltre is in the Hall of Fame? It does” Hall of Fame Voter Bill Ballou explains his decision to NOT vote for Adrian Beltre. @NotMrTibbs

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Mickey Lolich belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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Adrian Beltre belongs in the Hall of Fame! #BigHall

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Steve Rogers belongs in the Hall of Fame! See more players w/ #BigHall

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I would like everyone to stop talking about payroll when discussing teams. 1) cheaper teams are not more virtuous - often the opposite it true. 2) It's just carrying water for billionaires. Stop it.

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Before harping on the Rangers “buying” their way to the World Series, let’s take a look at the top payrolls in MLB: 1. Mets 2. Yankees 3. Padres 4. Rangers It takes more than just money to be successful.

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Ferris Fain has the 13th highest on base percentage of any player with 4000 PA. Ever. He has the 3rd highest since 1940. Ferris Fain!

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Anyone ever notice that the 88-90 A's rotation was basically a series of no-name castoffs who became 19 (or 20+) game winners? Storm Davis, Mike Moore, Dave Stewart. Did anyone want these guys before? Only real exception is Bob Welch. Dave Duncan was 🔥

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Jeff Kent belongs on the Hall of Fame! #BigHall #HighPeak

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This year Shohei Ohtani had a 184 OPS+ and a 142 ERA+. That's awesome! But I wanted to remind everyone that Bullet Rogan had a 161 ERA+ and a 152 OPS+ FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER!

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Jorge Posada belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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I don't mean to step on anyone's toes but I have this guy ranked as the 49th best 2B ever and NO ONE talks about him. He might even be...underrated? @notgaetti ?

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Does anyone else sometimes think that Jackie Robinson was a player whose potential we only saw a bit of? War Service He started late. He had to deal with so much shit. He got moved around positionally in a way no one of his talent ever should have been.

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So this account has somehow passed 1K followers! No idea how this happened and I am quite surprised since this account had like 5 or fewer followers for MONTHS! Thank you to my followers out there and let's keep having fun conversations about baseball!

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As ridiculous as this will seem to people, here is the thing... He could have just gotten into the box.

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Jeff Passan

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Bottom of the ninth. Tie game. Bases loaded. Full count. The dream scenario. And ... Cal Conley didn't get set in the batter's box with 8 seconds left on the pitch clock. Umpire calls an automatic strike. At-bat over. Inning over. This is the new reality.

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I will not be dragged into a Steve Garvey argument, I will not be dragged into a Steve Garvey argument, I will not be dragged into a Steve Garvey argument, I will not be dragged into a Steve Garvey argument, I will not be dragged into a Steve Garvey argument, I will not be dragge

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Can someone explain me why these aren't the Angels uniforms?

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Trey Cabbage - Los Angeles Angels (1)

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@YankeeWRLD you misspelled 'more deserving' *ducks*

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Everyone can now refer to me as COACH Exploring Baseball History as I have accepted a position to coach the Angels in the prestigious Gambrill-Odenton Recreation Center Tee Ball league. Bad News: we don't get Ohtani or Trout Good News: We don't get the rest of the team!

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Ok, this has to be the greatest set of uniforms in a single World Series game ever! What are some other contenders?

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Today In 1979: Relief pitcher Kent Tekulve gets the save as the "We Are Family" Pittsburgh #Pirates win the World Series in seven games vs. the Baltimore Orioles! #MLB #Baseball #History #Postseason

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Discourse I find exhausting: How long should Ohtani be allowed to both pitch and hit? Seriously, he is awesome right now why even spend time contemplating the less awesome future?

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Luis Tiant belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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1982 was out of line with the rest of Rogers career but I want to take the opportunity here to say that he was REALLY GOOD. He had 9 All-Star quality (4+ fWAR) seasons. Only 39 Pitchers have had that many and only 25 have had more! Incredibly overlooked pitcher!

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Not Gaetti

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Random Huge Season: Steve Rogers, 1982 Montreal Expos • 19-8 (.704), 2.40 ERA, 152 ERA+ • 7.6 WAR, 277.0 IP, 14 CG, 4 SHO • Led MLB in WAR, ERA, and ERA+

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The HoF's 10 yr rule is stupid. Put Charlie Smith into the Hall of Fame.

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In 20 years, I will be on some social media app beamed straight into our brains talking about how good Curtis Granderson was and how he has a good HOF case and most of you will be dismissive. Mark my words!

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Biggest Question: Are those jerseys underrated?

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This Man Was Underrated

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1970s! Decade all-star teams by league! Rules: 1) 3 years played in league, 5 years total required 2) Player can only appear in one league AS team 3) Player is judged on whole decade, not just time in league 4) Position fudging will happen 5) No NL DH

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Two types of people read this tweet. 1) those who realized it was tongue in cheek 2) Those who were mad that George Brett wasn't mentioned. Which one are you?

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Guys, 3B Rushmore is simple. Just ask me next time.

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Oscar Charleston's house during his time with the Giants @scott

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Elston Howard FINALLY became the starting catcher of the Yankees at age 32. From ages 32-35, I have him worth 22.1 WAR (framing included). That is more than 5 WAR over the next highest player at those ages - Jorge Posada. Again, what could he have been?

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Elston Howard belongs in the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall

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Bobby Grich was a top 10 2B all-time. The Chase Utley (or Joe Gordon) of the 70s and 80s.

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Not Gaetti

1 year

This Man Was Underrated

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Obligatory congrats to Helton, Mauer, and Beltre! 3 is better than I had feared. A little bummed that Sheffield will now go I to the giant morass of deserving players in the era committees. We really just need to elect like 12 PED guys and get this over with soon.

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I am a Yankees fan, and the numbers say Utley is a Hall of Famer.

@HOFUtley

Chase Utley HOF

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I'm a Cardinals fan, and the numbers say Utley is a Hall of Famer.

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My 1st SABR publication is now live! Its a game story of Bus Clarkson's debut with the Braves on April 30, 1952! Check it out!:

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Reggie Smith belongs in the Hall of Fame! See more players w/ #BigHall

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Nomar Garciaparra belongs on the Hall of Fame! #HighPeak See more players w/ #BigHall !

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My son's first full day of kindergarten is today. How the hell did that happen?

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7 months

Gotta love the Jim Gilliam content!

@flagstafffilms

Flagstaff Films

@flagstafffilms

7 months

(A GREATEST HIT) ⚾️⚾️Your Montreal Royals and the beautiful Delorimier Stadium (1952)⚾️⚾️⚾️ from the @flagstafffilms home movie baseball archive.

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Is Roy White the most underrated yankee ever? I might go with Keller but White has an argument.

@KeithFCollins

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“All the little things Roy White did well weren't the sexiest, nor did they always show up in the box scores — the good wheels, getting on-base, moving runners over, a fine glove — but make no mistake about it; Roy was a damn good ballplayer.” ~ Sean Buckley #Yankees #RepBX

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Wonder what everyone thinks. Who is/was the best African American catcher never to play in the Negro Leagues. I think it might be Earl Battey.

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Graig Nettles belongs in the Hall of Fame! See more players w/ #BigHall

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As a pitcher only he falls a bit short (though he is quite underrated given that he pitched in a Yankee Dark Age). However, he has an interesting Rule B case as really good pitcher + pitching coach for 86 Mets and Yankee Dynasty.

@podoffame

Jim Miloch

8 months

Mel Stottlemyre was born on this day in 1941: 5X All-Star 164 Wins 2.97 ERA 1,257 Strikeouts 152 Complete Games 40 Shutouts (44th All-Time) Do you think think Mel belongs in the HOF?

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I am just a WAR-friendly twitter account asking everyone not to use CAREER WAR as a HOF benchmark. There should be a place for high peak guys who didn't have long careers. Murphy (and Mattingly, Nomar, etc.) would arguably fit that niche.

@TensionShoppers

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@TensionShoppers

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@notgaetti 46.5 WAR Like I’ve said before: they’ve dumbed down the HOF /recent inductions of the mediocre Baines, Morris & now McGriff It is ONLY in that context that u can even mention a 46 WAR guy & the HOF in the same sentence And I’ll never understand this whataboutism argument

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Utley is a demonstration that we should also look at height of peak, not just length.

@HOFUtley

Chase Utley HOF

6 months

Utley had 39.6 WAA from age 26 on, which is 34th in MLB history, and 4th among players not in the Hall. For those curious, the three ahead of him are Bonds (PEDs), A-Rod (PEDs), and Beltre (being inducted this summer).

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My opening day petition to retire the phrase 'know ball'. Why does it matter? If someone likes baseball, that is awesome! And there are many reasons to love baseball (poetic, analytical, athletic, casual, etc.). Policing that is garbage.

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Going to start a new series (I hope). Everyday I want to cover a 'forgotten' team for each Franchise. A few rules: 1. That team cannot have won a division title or gone to World Series 2. It cannot be within 3 years of doing either of the above.

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