Red Mosquito

That Yankees were really good that year, if I remember correctly.

White Sox, Indians, and Yankees all looked awesome in '94.

The 1994 strike did save MLB the embarrassment of a sub .500 team making the playoffs out of the AL West, though.

Yes numbers. Yankees had the best record in the AL. Paul O' Neil was out of his mind that year.

Lament wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:We have debates all the time though about 1994. I think that was Montreal's year.

My boys were gonna finish the job in '94.

I did love Tim Raines, Warren Newson and Joey Cora.

Lament wrote:The 1994 strike did save MLB the embarrassment of a sub .500 team making the playoffs out of the AL West, though.

I even agree with this.

BigRedLedbetter wrote:I did love Tim Raines, Warren Newson and Joey Cora.

Your boy Julio Franco was tearing it up for the Sox in 1994 too.

Lament wrote:White Sox, Indians, and Yankees all looked awesome in '94.

Royals finished on a tear too. The AL Central was gonna be awesome down the stretch that year. David Cone was incredible that year.

Lament wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:I did love Tim Raines, Warren Newson and Joey Cora.

Your boy Julio Franco was tearing it up for the Sox in 1994 too.

Indeed. Man I loved Franco. I had Rangers Julio Franco wrist bands as a kid circa 1992. Guy could fucking rake.

It makes no sense Raines isn't in the hall of fame.

philpritchard wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:I still think of the Brewers as an AL team and the Stros as an NL team sometimes.

I was shocked Will Clark was not on the list but just missed it (1,000) in the AL. Loved me some Will Clark. Dat swing!

Also, I knew Griffey wasn't good in Cincy but a 7.2 WAR from 2001-2007? Good lord! Shows how great he was in Seattle.

Bobby Abreu, Tim Raines and Carlos Beltran were the ones I really thought would be there.

Yeah I was really surprised when Beltran wasn't.

Looks like ESPN went and ran a small read on Quintana after our discussion about him the other day...

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/ ... e-quintana

Lament wrote:Going to baseball games in the 90s, the three guys who I most remember just being totally in awe of them at the plate were Bonds, Belle, and Frank Thomas.

The first game I ever went to was a Sox-Sox game at Fenway in 1994. Frank Thomas hit a homerun that I swear to god was still going up when it hit the screen at the top of the Green Monster...just a rocket.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

philpritchard wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:I still think of the Brewers as an AL team and the Stros as an NL team sometimes.

I was shocked Will Clark was not on the list but just missed it (1,000) in the AL. Loved me some Will Clark. Dat swing!

Also, I knew Griffey wasn't good in Cincy but a 7.2 WAR from 2001-2007? Good lord! Shows how great he was in Seattle.

Bobby Abreu, Tim Raines and Carlos Beltran were the ones I really thought would be there.

Yeah I was really surprised when Beltran wasn't.

Beltran is very close. He is only 22 hits away in the AL.

Lament wrote:Looks like ESPN went and ran a small read on Quintana after our discussion about him the other day...

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/ ... e-quintana

Wow. I didn't realize his swing and miss % on fastballs was that high. He'd be a #1 on a few teams.

Pretty sure he's arb eligible this year? Playing himself into a nice little pay day. I'm sure the Yankees would like to have him right now.

Simple Torture wrote:

Lament wrote:Going to baseball games in the 90s, the three guys who I most remember just being totally in awe of them at the plate were Bonds, Belle, and Frank Thomas.

The first game I ever went to was a Sox-Sox game at Fenway in 1994. Frank Thomas hit a homerun that I swear to god was still going up when it hit the screen at the top of the Green Monster...just a rocket.

I am jealous of both of you. I went to White Sox and Brewers games up until 1995 (we moved out west) but do not have a single memory of any of the games. I do not even remember what Milwaukee County Stadium or Comiskey Park look like, other than in pictures, which makes me sad. I have a brief memory of U.S. Cellular Field where I was looking at the field while thinking the steps were steep. However, unfortunately, I have memories of Cubs games from the TV. My Grandmother liked them, for whatever reason, and I have some memories of watching Dawson, Dunston, Grace and Sandberg playing. The town I lived in had a Single A team that had been affiliated with the Cubs and I was at a game where Sandberg threw out the first pitch. I have pictures somewhere.

Lament wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:We have debates all the time though about 1994. I think that was Montreal's year.

My boys were gonna finish the job in '94.

Montreal's roster that year was ridiculous.

philpritchard wrote:

Lament wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:We have debates all the time though about 1994. I think that was Montreal's year.

My boys were gonna finish the job in '94.

Montreal's roster that year was ridiculous.

Alou, Grissom and Walker was a sick OF.

The Expos were almost as impressive through the middle of August as the 2001 World Series Champion Seattle Mariners were.

Wait...what?

oh shi...

In the 19 LDS-era seasons, only four teams who finished with the best record in baseball won the World Series (2013 Red Sox*, 2009 Yankee, 2007 Red Sox*, 1998 Yankees).

Some stats from the first sixteen seasons of LDS-era ball (I can't find them for all 19, and I really don't feel like crunching the numbers myself)...

On average the team who won the World Series had 7.1 less wins than the team with the best record (102-94.9). The average World Series champion had the fourth most wins in the league that season (well, 4.3 to be exact).


*These teams were tied for the most wins

Lament wrote:In the 19 LDS-era seasons, only four teams who finished with the best record in baseball won the World Series (2013 Red Sox*, 2009 Yankee, 2007 Red Sox*, 1998 Yankees).

Some stats from the first sixteen seasons of LDS-era ball (I can't find them for all 19, and I really don't feel like crunching the numbers myself)...

On average the team who won the World Series had 7.1 less wins than the team with the best record (102-94.9). The average World Series champion had the fourth most wins in the league that season (well, 4.3 to be exact).


*These teams were tied for the most wins

Baseball is a funny game. The best team almost never wins the World Series as these numbers prove. Without looking it up the Cardinals in 2006 won the World Series and were barely over .500. Fucking Cardinals. For you Red Sox folks they are my New York Mets. I digress............

As soon as you know what's going on something ridiculous happens. I think that is why I love it so much. Two of my favorite quotes about baseball.......

"In baseball, you don't know nothing." ~ Yogi

"That's the way baseball go." ~ Ron Washington