MLB 2022

MrMarcello said:
Rant... I am sick of these holier than thou analysts and commentators talking about this will be the "true" record. The same crowd cheering on Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa back in the day when it was "saving baseball." Now it's cliche to be against that era and cite "asterisks should be attached." That's how many felt of Maris' mark as it took him eight additional games to break Ruth's record, and he did such in game 162 in the 1961 expansion year so spare me any plate appearance argument.

So, if these assclowns are going to disregard the late 90s/early 00s marks and cry asterisk, let's return to the same for Maris. I mean he had an additional advantage and under the prior 154-game seasons he'd have finished on 58. We also do not know if Judge is clean or any other player since the 80s. Nor has MLB cancelled any records, vacated playoff wins, and refunded fans expenses. Feck off.
Click to expand...
 
Some intriguing stats on Judge's season.
- Trivia - When was the last time a player hit at least 50 home runs and finished in the top five in his league in batting average?
- No player has had a 20-plus home run lead since Ruth finished 1928 with 54. Hack Wilson and Jim Bottomley finished tied for the NL lead with 31; Lou Gehrig was second in the AL with 27. Judge leads the Majors by 19 and the AL by 23.
- Judge leads the AL and/or MLB in runs scored, runs batted in, total bases, extra base hits, walks, intentional walks, times on base, slugging, OBP, OPS, OPS+, and WAR.
- He's 4th in the AL in hits (7th in MLB) despite the walks limiting his official at bats.
- He's 2nd in the AL in batting average, .00063 behind the leader. No player has hit 60 homers and won a batting title.
- None of the triple crown winners reached 60 homers with only Mantle surpassing 50.
- Answer - George Foster in 1977, when he hit .320 with 52 home runs.
 
Last edited:
ESPN can feck off cutting into football games with these at bats for Judge. If you want to put a video window in then fine but switching the audio too is obnoxious.
 
Damn you gotta feel for the Mets, leading for the majority of the season just to let it slip now

hqdefault.jpg
 
Christ we are backsliding into the playoffs. Probably certain to face Cleveland who don’t match up well with us at all.
 
I’ve only watched Judge and Yankees twice this season just to see if he could hit 61 and 62. Only seen him bat twice and seen both home runs which 62 was 5 min ago.
 
Verducci in 1998. Not a single mention of andro, steroids, whatever despite everyone knowing at the time of his physique change over a few years, along with dozens of other MLB players. It's not like suddenly in the early 2000s we all realized it, it was common knowledge in 1998 and before then. Just that fans, analysts, journalists, and the league itself didn't care.

https://vault.si.com/vault/1998/09/...elf-into-a-special-place-in-americas-pantheon
Record Smasher
With this mighty swing, Mark McGwire sent his 62nd home run over the fence and himself into a special place in America's pantheon
 
Vidyoyo said:
So who are we rooting for in the postseason? I'd love to see Cleveland win it but more realistically it'd be nice to see Braves win it two years on the trot
Click to expand...
After the Rays, I’d like to see the Mets win it. An uncle played in the Mets farm system, topping out at AAA Tidewater.
 
Vidyoyo said:
Sounds to me like you'll be gunning for the Mets than after the Wildcard game :cool:
Click to expand...
We're trotting out McClanahan & Glasnow (& Rasmussen if the Guardians push the series to three games), feel pretty good. We just need to shake off the malaise of backsliding into the playoffs
 
Have a Cardinals,Blue jays and Mets acca for the wildcard series. Rays series I had no idea
 
Whomever had Jose Siri as the first player to hit a HR in this series just made a pretty penny.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.