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BravesPaul retweeted
OnThisDay in 1991, Atlanta hosted its first-ever World Series game! Down 2 games the to the Twins in Game 3, Mark Lemke drove in David Justice in the 12th for a walk-off win—the #Braves first World Series game victory since 1958. ⚾️
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You and a friend decide to split a pizza. There are eight slices. You each get four.
That's not MLB's "50/50" revenue split. MLB's proposing they just get to call some of the slices "non-pizza" and only *then* split the pizza. So they get 5 or 6 slices and you get 2 or 3.
BravesPaul retweeted
One more stat:
Foxx hit 58 home runs in 1932 and two more that did not count because the games were eventually rained out. He would have been tied with Ruth and his legacy and baseball history would have been entirely different.
Not enough people talk about Jimmie Foxx
• .325/.428/.609 (1.038 OPS), 163 OPS+
• 92.7 WAR, 2646 H, 534 HR, 1922 RBI
• Had 30 HR 12x, 40 HR 5x, 50 HR 2x
• 2x Batting Champion, Triple Crown
• 3x MVP, 2x WS Champion w/ PHA
• Had more BB (1452) than K (1311)
• Came up (at age 17) as a catcher
• Thrice drove in at least 163 runs
• 5x leader in SLG, OPS and OPS+
• Reached 120 RBI 8x, 100 RBI 13x
• Top Similarity Score Ted Williams
• Homered in every WS he played in
• Had multiple seasons with 400 TB
• 1.52 ERA across 23.2 IP as a pitcher
• Retired with 2nd-most HR in history
• Nicknamed "Double X" or "The Beast"
• .344/.425/.609 over 73 postseason PA
• (Almost identical to his reg season slash)
• Hailed from Maryland's rural Eastern Shore
• His 12 years with 30+ HR were consecutive
• His 13 years with 100+ RBI were consecutive
• TOOK HIM 8 BALLOTS TO GET INTO THE HOF
• Only 8 players in MLB history have recorded at least 3 seasons with a .330+ BA and 130+ RBI; Jimmie Foxx did it 6 times, trailing only Ruth and Gehrig
Subscriber nomination by @seaphil68
Love seeing my franchise-single-season-homer-record-holding first baseman win yet another Fielding Bible Award
Sometimes I forget to remind my colleagues that I have a substantial portion of a cabinet in my office dedicated to the collection of hot sauces that my wife doesn't want me to keep at home.
For 17 seasons (1947 to 1963, or age 26 to 42), Warren Spahn was 342-211 in 648 game.
That's 20 wins per season for 17 years starting at age 26.
Anyway, here's a portion of Jim Kaplan's @SABRbioproject on Spahn.
BravesPaul retweeted
Sporting News 140 Greatest Players
The Beloved
Freddie Freeman found a home in Atlanta and a homecoming in Los Angeles, embraced by both cities as few ballplayers have ever been.
Sporting News 140 Greatest Players
They proved that if you embrace the fans, their love lasts forever. Their greatness was forged through that bond.
Welcome to the Beloved!
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Jacob Woodford has a World Series ring coming to him, but from which team?
March: Traded by Rays to Brewers
July: Released by Brewers
August: Signed by Rays
September: Released by Rays
BravesPaul retweeted
I obviously prefer that the Braves be in the World Series. However, Rays vs. Brewers is a tremendous matchup. It should be a fantastic series.
I'm all for the salary floor, man. If a team is under but has to pay somebody to get up to the minimum, I'll play!
It isn't Braves/Mariners, but it's the next best thing:
a World Series matchup guaranteed to result in a first-time World Series champion.
THIS is excitement!
#Postseason
The last World Series starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers was Pete Vuckovich, who won the Cy Young Award that year.
Better known to many of us as Clu Haywood, the salivating star slugger Clu Haywood in the movie Major League.
I can think of a few obvious Hall of Fame snubs, but the more I look into it, @Kenny_Lofton7 is tops among them. Just an incredible player. One and done on the ballot? Doubleyou. Tee. Eff.