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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #100 on: July 25, 2012, 04:18:42 PM »
Quote from: shizzo81 on July 24, 2012, 01:50:14 PM
Maybe this proves that it was much easier to hit for avg. back then.  Nobody hits .370 these days.
bonds, galgalarra,walker, mcuthceon is hitting 373 as we speak.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #101 on: July 25, 2012, 04:20:02 PM »
Mickey could have been the best of them all if he didn't have all the leg injuries.  Dude was lightning fast before his knee got all fucked up.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #102 on: July 25, 2012, 04:43:46 PM »
Quote from: funk51 on July 25, 2012, 04:17:17 PM
bouton had his own tv show for awhile a sitcom about baseball
Hey, he's really, really good.  :)

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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #103 on: July 25, 2012, 05:14:23 PM »
Somebody tell me how many hotdogs he eat in one day
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #104 on: July 25, 2012, 06:44:14 PM »
Quote from: Hulkotron on July 25, 2012, 08:15:49 AM
I don't think Griffey even worked out much, much less bothered with P.E.D.

 griffey didnt even lift weights much at all straight from him. Thnk it was griffey who said that could be wrong.

Always loved watching him play, never seen someone make  hiting a baseball 500 feet look so effortless.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #105 on: July 25, 2012, 06:45:57 PM »
Griffey and Williams had the prettiest swings of all time.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #106 on: July 25, 2012, 06:48:42 PM »
Quote from: The Ugly on July 25, 2012, 06:45:57 PM
Griffey and Williams had the prettiest swings of all time.

While not pretty in any way, shape or form, I always thought that Jeff Bagwell had a really cool looking swing.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #107 on: July 25, 2012, 06:58:49 PM »
Quote from: polychronopolous on July 25, 2012, 06:48:42 PM
While not pretty in any way, shape or form, I always thought that Jeff Bagwell had a really cool looking swing.

Ok. For right handers, I always liked McGwire and Piazza.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #108 on: July 25, 2012, 07:01:49 PM »
And Mike Schmidt.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #109 on: July 25, 2012, 07:06:12 PM »
Quote from: The Ugly on July 25, 2012, 06:58:49 PM
Ok. For right handers, I always liked McGwire and Piazza.

Especially McGwire during his 70 homer year when combined with the way he eyed in on the pitcher with that intense look. EVERYONE was anticipating a homer every time he came to bat during the second half of the season.

I liked Bagwell's swing cause it looked like he used every ounce of his body into that uppercut motion.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #110 on: July 25, 2012, 07:07:40 PM »
I'd bet the house that the games played from 1900 to well after World War II were almost as fake as the WWE. Babe Ruth probably was thrown more cookies than any other player in history. That time period was sketchy as shit. The black socks scandal was just the tip of the iceberg. Much like that ref in NBA who was fixing/betting on games.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #111 on: July 25, 2012, 07:12:27 PM »
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #112 on: July 25, 2012, 07:13:25 PM »
Quote from: The Abdominal Snoman on July 25, 2012, 07:07:40 PM
I'd bet the house that the games played from 1900 to well after World War II were almost as fake as the WWE. Babe Ruth probably was thrown more cookies than any other player in history. That time period was sketchy as shit. The black socks scandal was just the tip of the iceberg. Much like that ref in NBA who was fixing/betting on games.

Right, because having the favorites win championships left and right is always the best course of action for people looking to secure a big score on bets. ::)
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #113 on: July 25, 2012, 07:15:47 PM »
I'm sure there were other situations like the Black Sox thing that just weren't caught though.  If it happened once you know it probably happened other times.

I think something like that happening today in any major pro sports league is unlikely to the point of impossibility since the players make so much money.  Unless you get most of a starting lineup in trouble with the mob or something it's not going to happen.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #114 on: July 25, 2012, 07:44:42 PM »
Quote from: Hulkotron on July 25, 2012, 07:15:47 PM


I think something like that happening today in any major pro sports league is unlikely to the point of impossibility since the players make so much money.  Unless you get most of a starting lineup in trouble with the mob or something it's not going to happen.

It recently happened in the NBA.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #115 on: July 25, 2012, 07:53:11 PM »
Quote from: Grape Ape on July 25, 2012, 07:44:42 PM
It recently happened in the NBA.

With a referee.  They make just a little less money than the players.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #116 on: July 25, 2012, 07:56:40 PM »
I can buy an isolated incident here and there in MLB history...Hell, maybe even a few examples that we don't know about that included Hall of Fame caliber players. But for a period of 50 years to be "almost as fake as the WWE?? Nah...sorry.  too wacked out, conspiracy theory sounding.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #117 on: July 25, 2012, 08:00:39 PM »
I was watching some meaningless mid-season NBA game maybe six or seven years ago and Baron Davis missed a wide open layup with just a couple seconds left and his team up by 3.  I checked the spread on the game and it was 3.5 ;D
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #118 on: July 25, 2012, 08:02:47 PM »
Quote from: Hulkotron on July 25, 2012, 08:00:39 PM
I was watching some meaningless mid-season NBA game maybe six or seven years ago and Baron Davis missed a wide open layup with just a couple seconds left and his team up by 3.  I checked the spread on the game and it was 3.5 ;D

6 or 7 years ago Baron Davis would have dunked the ball on a wide open attempt but since that is harder to fake and miss than a lay up, you might be on to something. 8)
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #119 on: July 25, 2012, 10:00:34 PM »
Quote from: polychronopolous on July 25, 2012, 07:56:40 PM
I can buy an isolated incident here and there in MLB history...Hell, maybe even a few examples that we don't know about that included Hall of Fame caliber players. But for a period of 50 years to be "almost as fake as the WWE?? Nah...sorry.  too wacked out, conspiracy theory sounding.

I'm talking about average pitchers throwing up meatballs to the superstars of the game and getting a little extra pocket money. And because of that, a lot of players stats imop are not legit. Esp/ around the war time stats.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #120 on: July 26, 2012, 08:14:13 AM »
Quote from: snx on July 26, 2012, 06:08:29 AM
Still happens today.

Ref: Alex Rodriguez


Please elaborate.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #121 on: July 26, 2012, 11:00:47 AM »
Quote from: snx on July 26, 2012, 08:40:42 AM
You didn't hear about A-Rod stealing signs? Maybe even getting some pitches he shouldn't have from buddies on the other team as a make-good for tip-offs?

http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/rick-sutcliffe-alexrodriguez-mark-teixeira-stealing-signs-tipping-pitches/7573

Could be conjecture...rumor and innuendo. But with A-Rod, I wouldn't put it past him. Hell, I wouldn't put anything past any pro. You do what you have to do to win. Stealing signs and helping your own teammate...I don't see a problem with that.

Turning over your signs to the opposition in hopes of getting a meatball to hit in your next AB...that's low.

Now I remember.  I didn't make anything of it then, and still don't.   I agree with your assessment completely.    I have no problem with stealing sign, provided it's on the field and not being done using equipment.

As for him turning them over, I don't believe it.
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #122 on: July 26, 2012, 11:02:38 AM »
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Re: Babe Ruth
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Re: Babe Ruth
« Reply #124 on: July 27, 2012, 07:03:10 AM »
Babe Ruth looked the same from the day he started playing , until cancer killed him..... However here is Barry Bonds today, Picuture taken a few days ago




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