MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[1060Ivy]

Yogi Berra - better ballplayer/manager or personality?

 

Didn't care much for Yogi when I was younger as thought of him as the Lite beer guy associated with the Yankee dynasty rather than the Hall of Fame catcher. 

[rok]

350+ career HR and 10 WS championships. Funny personality, but no one would care if he weren't a HOF player.





Also, Dusty is under consideration for the Marlins manager job....

[Runnys]

Yogi Berra - better ballplayer/manager or personality?

 

Didn't care much for Yogi when I was younger as thought of him as the Lite beer guy associated with the Yankee dynasty rather than the Hall of Fame catcher. 

Look at his career numbers and I think you will answer your question. The guy won 3 mvps, went a 7 year stretch where he finished in the top 4 in the mvp vote. In that 7 year span he walked about 2.5 times more than he k'd and had almost 30 more homers in that span than strikeouts.


He is probably the best catcher of all time.

[Runnys]

After looking at stats, I would guess most people would say Bench was better than Berra. The fact still remains that Berra was a hell of a ballplayer.

[rok]

Especially given that he was a man of small stature.

[1060Ivy]

Thought Yogi was 5'8" which was most likely well above average height in the late 40's - mid 1960's through his MLB playing career.

[rok]

He's listed at 5'7" according to Baseball Reference, which was generous from what I've read. Also, no way average height for athletes was below 5'10" even back in the olden days.

[1984]

Bow-legged too.  

 

Caught the only perfect game in World Series history.  

 

Just learned only now that he has the most WS rings ever-10.  Amazing, considering everyone else below him.  Might take a long tome to break that, if ever,

[Butcher]

Fucking Pirates just scored 3 in the 8th to take a 5-4 lead. Dammit

[rok]

Game over. The Rockies are useless.

[Kid]

So basically where that leaves things is the Cubs must win this series to have a real shot at the #1 WC.

[Mikey]

I think they will have to sweep for real shot at the #1 WC. 2 out of 3 only gains 1 game.

[Kid]

I think they will have to sweep for real shot at the #1 WC. 2 out of 3 only gains 1 game.

 

Eh.  2.5 back with 7 to play (6 for Pirates) is still feasible, especially with Pirates playing Cardinals in the last week.

[rok]

As much as I'd love to take the #1 WC spot, something tells me there is value in avoiding the media circus in Chicago and playing the game on the road. I just want this team to finish strong.

[rok]

It didn't take long for LaRussa to spread his evil influence around the entire AZ organization. This guy will probably still become a future HOFer after he serves his suspension.

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