Baseball was meant to be played in 2 hours - 2 and half hours. Now it's around 3 hour and ten minutes with some of them taking up to 4 hours.
Posted on 09/24/2022 11:17:23 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Twenty-two years. Seven hundred home runs.
Albert Pujols achieved a level of greatness only three other players in the history of the game have matched when he hit No. 700 on Friday night -- his second homer of the evening at Dodger Stadium. He joins Barry Bonds, Henry Aaron and Babe Ruth as the only players in the exclusive 700-home run club.
As the St. Louis Cardinals slugger made his march for history, ESPN's Jesse Rogers, Buster Olney and Alden Gonzalez asked current and former teammates, opposing pitchers and other greats in the game to describe their favorite moments and what it has been like playing with, pitching to and simply witnessing an all-time great home run hitter during Pujols' two decades in the majors.
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Oh Man! Willie Mays too!
How about Mickey Lolich in 68 with Det in the series with Stl?
The Dodgers are doing a good imitation of the 1927 Yankees. they just want the regular season tro end and get on with the playoffs
Greatest WS ever! How the Tigers won it, in arguably Gibson's greatest year, I still don't know. I think it's why Tigers fans over the years still have a great respect for the Cardinals.
Baseball is best when listening on a pocket transistor radio with your grandkids.
Hopefully they’ll be like the Mariners, who won 116 games in 2001.
While I agree that he was great for thirteen years. He was a bit of a drag on his team after that. He swang for the fence and occasionally hit a four bagger. But give me Wllie Mays every time. Willie only got 660 homers. But kept his average over .300 And was hitting over .250 all but his last year. He also stole over 300 bases and scored every third time he got on base. And last but not least he was one of the greatest center fielders ever. When they talk about “the Catch” it was Willie Mays who caught it.
Juicing - Bonds don’t count. Aaron and Ruth count... Two have done it (honestly) previously
Glad you're able to share this with your grandchildren! :)
Yeah, good memories. Always felt sad for Gibson. Man he really gave it all he had. Don’t forget Lou Brock.
Some of the Cardinals players said they got complacent after getting up 3 - 1 in games, and knowing they would have Gibson for Game 7.
Not taking anything away from the Tigers and Mickey Lolich (the Tigers had cruised to the AL pennant that season), but the Cards played it too close and a critical Curt Flood error in Game 7 made the difference.
No problem with making the case that Wilie Mays was the greatest all-around player ever. Speed, hitting, power hitting, and unparalleled in the outfield. Maybe Williams or Musial or Cobb or Rose or Gwynn was the best pure hitter, but none of them had Mays combination. And his prime was before my time, but maybe the young Mickey Mantle before his injuries began to catch up with him.
The media has little noted it, but with HR 700 Pujols climbed to 5 RBI short of tieing the Babe for #2 all-time in RBIs at 2213. They and #1 Hank are the only members of the ‘2200 club.’ He already this summer became #2 in total bases behind Aaron, joining Musial and Mays as the only members of the ‘6000 club.’
If they don’t win it all then just big losers, they are. Lot of pressure on them.
Baseball was meant to be played in 2 hours - 2 and half hours. Now it's around 3 hour and ten minutes with some of them taking up to 4 hours.
Come on. He had an amazing growth spurt after his rookie season.
Brooks Robinson was a great 3rd baseman. Just incredible.
Re: 14 - Good grief.
Have you seen an autopsy report for Aaron?
No? Then you’re making a claim with NO factual evidence to back up that claim. In other words, ‘jackassin.
LOL, I was waiting for that to show up.
Yes. Regular season dominance does not always translate to postseason success.
Now they even run ads between pitches.
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