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Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:30 am
by Norah
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Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:41 am
by Chris_H_2
Norris wrote:Image
GOD. DAMN. INTERNATIONAL. TREASURE.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:41 am
by Norah
Yes, but is he a hall of famer?

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:42 am
by Chris_H_2
anyone that goes a million ab's with never popping out to 1b is a hof'er in my book

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:42 am
by Norah
my man

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:42 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
yes but only because of that ridiculous pop-up outs stat

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:43 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
lol

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:45 am
by Norah
He led the national league in OBP 7 times, 3 of those instances he led all of mlb. His career OBP is .419, which is best among all active players.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:45 am
by Norah
8 seasons with an OPS+ about 150.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:46 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
plus he's better than mo vaughn

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:47 am
by Norah
In 2008 he finished 2nd in NL RoY voting to Geovany Sotto. All the while beating Sotto in games played, total at bats, hits, runs, home runs, stolen bases, avg, obp, slg, ops, and ops+. They tied in WAR.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:53 am
by Simple Torture
I think so, but I also don't think he will be a first-ballot HOFer.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:54 am
by Chris_H_2
i mean, he's no harold baines. but still . . .

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:55 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Simple Torture wrote:I think so, but I also don't think he will be a first-ballot HOFer.
probably true

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:55 am
by Norah
That seems to be a popular stance. If you look at his baseball reference page he has that 7-8 year period of lots of stats in bold, but JAWS has him a bit below average for a HoF first baseman.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 12:58 am
by Norah
Hey ST, do you think stip had any idea what I was talking about when I said the light dawned on Marblehead in the march madness thread?

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 1:36 am
by doug rr
that guys folks really know their food and wine just so you know

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri March 19, 2021 2:47 am
by Simple Torture
Norris wrote:Hey ST, do you think stip had any idea what I was talking about when I said the light dawned on Marblehead in the march madness thread?
I think North Shore humor is probably not in his wheelhouse.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri April 02, 2021 1:17 pm
by Chris_H_2
From Jayson Stark on yesterday:
Jayson Stark wrote:
Finally, Joey Votto made it into the batter’s box 223 times last year. Want to guess how many times he hit a pop-up in the infield? If you know your Joey Votto trivia, you know that answer is zero. Well, it isn’t 2020 anymore. So what do you think he did in his very first trip to the plate in 2021? Yessir. He popped up to Nolan Arenado. Baseball!

But hang on. We’re not even done here. You’ll never believe what transpired in Votto’s fourth at-bat of the season. Yup. He popped up to Yadier Molina.

Re: Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Posted: Fri April 02, 2021 8:40 pm
by Norah
you can't predict ball!