Bill's Baseball Thread [Experts ONLY]

#733
#733
95 Vol Alum said:
The other choices are:

NYY - nope
Cleveland - maybe?
Philly - nope
Houston - cheaters

So, yeah, SD it is.
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Cleveland is my 2nd choice. Used to see Francona play for the Chicks and as his career progressed.

I have photos with him at games when he was in AA, AAA and the bigs.
 
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#736
#736
Four infielders that came up in the A’s organization are finalists for gold gloves. Only one is an actual A now.

And this is why I’m on strike
 
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#738
#738
Fox isn’t even trying with this NLCS.

Last night they pointed out that Bryce Harper was the first a Phillie with an 8 game postseason hit streak since 2011. Sounds nice right? Well, until this year, Philly hadn’t made the playoffs since… 2011.

Tonight, this was an honest open to interviewing Bob Melvin:

“It’s not often you have to ask your bullpen to get you 27 outs in a game Bob…”

-Melvin and the A’s were mocked the previous 3-4 seasons for how large their bullpen was. They had full bullpen games almost weekly. They’d always show the 11-12 bullpen pitchers each time they ran out to the pen after the first inning.
 
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#744
#744
Tin Man said:
Once, I watched Dale Murphy foul off five pitches in a row before sending one over the right field wall. The young southern girls screaming his name in two syllables - "Day-yull!"
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Once I watched Dale Murphy sign autographs for a bunch of little kids running around screaming at a spring training game in W. Palm. One little kid was standing back watching, obviously not as well to do as the rest. Murph asked him if he had anything for him to sign, little kid just shook his head. Murph pulled a batting glove out of his back pocket, signed it and gave it to him. Dale Murphy was one of a kind.
 
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#746
#746
82_VOL_83 said:
Once I watched Dale Murphy sign autographs for a bunch of little kids running around screaming at a spring training game in W. Palm. One little kid was standing back watching, obviously not as well to do as the rest. Murph asked him if he had anything for him to sign, little kid just shook his head. Murph pulled a batting glove out of his back pocket, signed it and gave it to him. Dale Murphy was one of a kind.
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Dale was making an appearance at a newly opened bank branch in the '80s. My Aunt Mary was a Braves fan who first saw Dale as a catcher for the A-league Savannah Braves. I approached him and told him this. He asked if I had anything he could sign for her. When I produced a Savannah Braves cap, he smiled, muttered "perfect," signed it, and handed it back to me - "To Aunt Mary, Go Braves! Dale Murphy." She treasured it.
 
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#747
#747
Tin Man said:
Dale was making an appearance at a newly opened bank branch in the '80s. My Aunt Mary was a Braves fan who first saw Dale as a catcher for the A-league Savannah Braves. I approached him and told him this. He asked if I had anything he could sign for her. When I produced a Savannah Braves cap, he smiled, muttered "perfect," signed it, and handed it back to me - "To Aunt Mary, Go Braves! Dale Murphy." She treasured it.
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He was an awesome guy and an example for athletes.
 
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#749
#749
@Toucan Sam there’s only so much baseball talk allowed in one of @Behr ’s threads so I’ll answer here:

USCjr
Virginia
Or
LSU

before you get too confused, that other baseball league is currently dead to me
 
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