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New article alert!🚨Today’s piece highlights the four pitchers who captured ERA titles during the 1980s despite posting poor-to-mediocre win-loss records tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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🎂 Happy Birthday to Should-be-HOFer Lou Whitaker. Blindly pick any year from 1978-95 & you’re almost certain to land on a good or very good year by the underrated #Tigers second baseman. What does it all add up to? A great career that belongs in Cooperstown.
#RepDetroit
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🚨New article alert! Today’s piece centers on the 1989-1990 #Rangers which featured Nolan Ryan, Charlie Hough, Jamie Moyer, Kevin Brown, & Kenny Rogers who stand alone as the only quintet of existing/future 200-game winners to share the same pitching staff tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Happy Birthday to Should-be-HOFer Lou Whitaker. Blindly pick any year from 1978-95 & you’re almost certain to land on a good or very good year by the underrated #Tigers second baseman. What does it all add up to? A great career that belongs in Cooperstown.
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🎂Happy 62nd Birthday to my favorite player during my childhood, Jimmy Key. Here’s my article where I took a look at the highlights from Key’s 9 years pitching for the #BlueJays & my favorite cards of the southpaw while he played up in 🇨🇦 tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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🎂Happy Birthday to one of my all-time favorite players #Yankees slugger Don Mattingly. In 2021, I wrote about Donnie Baseball’s impressive achievements & the unforgettable Topps cards from his 1984-89 peak seasons tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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During the franchise’s 50+ years in Oakland, the A’s have featured several excellent combinations of starting pitchers.
This week’s poll question is: Which of these trios of A’s starters is your favorite?
#Athletics #SellTheTeam
51%
Catfish, Vida, & Holtzman
19%
Stewart, Welch, & Moore
28%
Hudson, Mulder, & Zito
1%
a different A's trio
1,376 votes • Final results
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In honor of should be HOFer Tim Hudson’s bday, here is an update to my Hudson article from last fall where I compared the hurler to recent HOF inductees & current candidates using alternative advanced metrics
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@SwiiFFtAyala
@TimHudsonHOF
@Martin42590650
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In 1989 & 1990, Moyer shared the Texas Rangers pitching staff with Nolan Ryan, Charlie Hough, Kevin Brown, & Kenny Rogers. This is the only time that 5 pitchers who finished their careers with 200+ wins played alongside each other
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Happy Birthday to Tommy John! 🎂 In a prior article, I wrote about my 3 favorite baseball cards of John & why I believe he belongs in the #HOF. John won 288 games in an impressive career mostly spent w/the #Yankees #Dodgers #WhiteSox tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Happy Birthday to Should-be-HOFer Lou Whitaker. Blindly pick any year from 1978-95 & you’re almost certain to land on a good or very good year by the underrated #Tigers second baseman. What does it all add up to? A great career that belongs in Cooperstown.
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Happy Birthday to should-be-HOFer Dwight Evans! Over the years, I’ve written several articles about Dewey, my favorite is this one which focuses on him changing his batting stance & overcoming a couple of vicious beanballs to become a top slugger #RedSox
tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Happy Birthday to Tommy John! 🎂 Three years ago, I wrote about my 3 favorite baseball cards of John & why I believe he belongs in the #HOF. John won 288 games in an impressive career mostly spent w/the #Yankees #Dodgers #WhiteSox
tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Catching great Thurman Munson was born on this date 76 years ago. In one of previous articles, I wrote about why I believe Munson belongs in the Hall of Fame and I also pick out & discuss my three favorite baseball cards of the #Yankees captain tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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🚨New article alert! My latest piece examines the oddly productive 2023 of #Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber who registered the lowest batting avg for a 100-RBI or runs scored campaign & set highs for a sub-.200 hitter in a slew of categories including HR
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🎂 🐍 Happy 72nd Birthday to Dave Parker! One of my previous articles was about Cobra’s 4 years playing for Cincinnati where he was forced to shave his beard but experienced a career resurgence & rebuilt his reputation #Reds #Pirates tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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This week’s poll question is: Based on results on the field, which of these four teams do you consider the best franchise of the 1980s?
(Be sure to base your decision on the entire decade, not just one individual season)
#RepDetroit #Royals #STLCards #Dodgers
8%
Detroit Tigers
12%
Kansas City Royals
68%
St. Louis Cardinals
12%
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Since I don’t have the time to write new articles right now, instead I’ll be doing a weekly poll each Monday. The first one is:
Which of these pitchers had the most impressive season in which they finished runner-up for the Cy Young Award?
See stats for each player in comments
7%
Mike Caldwell 1978
19%
Dan Quisenberry 1983
65%
John Tudor 1985
8%
Teddy Higuera 1986
636 votes • Final results
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The San Diego Padres had some great looking jersey designs during the latter half of 1970s. For this week’s poll, I will ask: Which of these 4 #Padres jerseys is your favorite? (Examples & pictures of the jerseys are in the comments.)
16%
1974-1975
13%
1976-77
53%
1978
18%
1979
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The acquisition of Ken Holtzman prior to the 1972 season solidified the A’s rotation & helped the team emerge into a dominant postseason team, winning 3
WS titles in a row. In 1973, Holtzman, Catfish Hunter, & Vida Blue became the final trio of pitchers to win 20 games together.
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This week’s poll question is: Which of these teams do you consider the best single-season team of the 1980s?
#RepDetroit #LGM #SellTheTeam
46%
1984 Detroit Tigers
29%
1986 New York Mets
20%
1989 Oakland Athletics
5%
a different team-comment
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A career .305 hitter, Bill Madlock retired w/2,008 hits. Madlock batted .375 in the 1979 WS to help the Pirates beat the O’s. Madlock won 4 batting titles yet never ranked higher than 6th in a MVP vote & drew just 4.5% in his 1 yr on the HOF ballot.
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Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Fred McGriff! The Crime Dog’s overlooked HOF candidacy was the focus of many of my initial articles & served as the catalyst for me to get back into writing & start my website.
tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Happy 101st Birthday to Rachel Robinson!
Happy 101st birthday to Rachel Robinson!
Unrelenting in her fight for racial equality, Robinson has done invaluable work since her husband Jackie’s passing in 1972. In 2017, Robinson received the Hall of Fame’s Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award.
(Rob Leiter/MLB Photos)
ALT Rachel Robinson
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Jimmy Key is one of those players that people forget how good he was. He had some great years in Toronto and helped the club win its first World Series championship. Then he went to New York and was a big part of getting the Yankees out of their early 90s slump.
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🎂Happy 63rd Birthday to my favorite player during my childhood, Jimmy Key. Here’s my article where I took a look at the highlights from Key’s 9 years pitching for the #BlueJays & my favorite cards of the southpaw while he played up in 🇨🇦 tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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1st Half of 2-Part Poll: Among these 4 players, who do you think was the most deserving of the 1987 NL MVP?
(Please also vote in the other half of my poll which has 4 different 1987 MVP candidates. I will conduct a separate poll later this week to decide the overall winner)
35%
Andre Dawson
5%
Tim Wallach
42%
Eric Davis
17%
Dale Murphy
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Cecil Cooper picked the wrong year to bat .352. Usually that high a figure will win the batting title but the 1980 AL leader was George Brett who hit .390. Between 1958-1986, Cooper’s .352 was highest avg for a player who did not win the batting title
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Carney Lansford came up with the Angels & helped the club make its first playoff. In 1981 won AL batting title w/.336 avg in BOS, the 1st of 4 straight .300 seasons. In 1989 w/Oakland repeated .336 avg & won WS ring. Retired w/.290 avg & 2074 hits. Knowing for diving a lot at 3B
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Happy Birthday to Should-be-HOFer Lou Whitaker. Blindly pick any year from 1978-95 & you’re almost certain to land on a good to very good to excellent year by the underrated #Tigers second baseman. What does it all add up to? An outstanding career that belongs in Cooperstown.
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Bill James has written a lot of interesting stuff on Norm Cash who played in a pitchers era & still got 377 HR in just 7914 PA. Won batting title in 61, w/.361 AVG. Also hit career high 41 HR & 132 RBI. Batted .311 in postseason, helped Tigers win 68 WS
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🚨New article alert! Today’s piece is a guest post from author Douglas J. Gladstone about former #Phillies closer Mac Scarce who is among 500+ retirees w/o MLB pensions. Scarce pitched for parts of 5 seasons, also making appearances w/the #Mets & #Twins tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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This week’s poll question is: Among these 4 Yankees players, which of their swan song seasons did you enjoy the most?
(For people who strongly dislike the Yankees, pick the player you found least reprehensible😉)
#RepBX #Yankees
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Don Mattingly 1995
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Mike Mussina 2008
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Mariano Rivera 2013
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Derek Jeter 2014
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This week’s poll question is: Based on results on the field, which of these 3 teams do you consider the best AL franchise of the 1970s?
(Be sure to base your decision on the entire decade, not just 1 individual season)
#Athletics #SellTheTeam #Orioles #Birdland #Yankees #RepBX
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Baltimore Orioles
14%
New York Yankees
54%
Oakland Athletics
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Happy Birthday 🎂 to underrated hurler Tim Hudson! While Huddy was on the HOF ballot, I wrote an article comparing him to a variety of HOF inductees and candidates using a variety of metrics #Braves #Giants #Athletics
tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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For yesterday’s poll, I asked Which of these pitchers had the most impressive season in which they finished runner-up for the Cy Young?
The overwhelming majority selected John Tudor who was my choice as well. I thought Teddy Higuera would’ve posed a bigger challenge, I was wrong
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This week’s poll question is: Which of these 4 starting pitchers (who never won the Cy Young Award) had the best sub-20 win CY runner-up season of the 1980s?
#Dodgers #Expos #Reds #BlueJays #ATOBTTR #TOTHECORE
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Jerry Reuss 1980
41%
Steve Rogers 1982
19%
Mario Soto 1983
30%
Jimmy Key 1987
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Today’s poll question is: Which of these 4 active veteran sluggers are you most surprised has never won a batting title?
#Dodgers #STLCards #RepTheHalo #ATOBTTR #BravesCountry #Dbacks #Angels
38%
Freddie Freeman
8%
Paul Goldschmidt
28%
Mike Trout
26%
Joey Votto
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For yesterday’s poll I asked: Which of these teams do you consider the best single-season team of the 1980s? (The 1984 Tigers, 1986 Mets, or 1989 A’s)
The results are in w/the Tigers taking top honors! Thank you to everyone who voted! 🐅
#RepDetroit
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Another cool idea for a series of tweets by Scott. Over the next few wks it will be interesting to see who people pick for each team. My pick today is the same as Scott’s. Dewey should’ve retired w/Boston but he still had some ⚾️ left in him & posted a .393 OBP for the 1991 O’s
Who is your personal favorite player that people might forget played for the Baltimore Orioles?
Probably not many Red Sox fans as myself forget, but I think Dwight Evans finishing up in Baltimore qualifies, he's my favorite.
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For yesterday’s poll, I asked: which of these 4 teams (DET, KCR, STL, LAD) do you consider the best franchise of the 1980s? The overwhelming majority of you selected the Cardinals. RIP Whitey Herzog who managed the Cards for nearly all of the decade.
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Wallach’s 26 HR 123 RBI stat line from 1987 is forever seared into my brain along with his 1988 Topps cards. This was also one of two times he led the NL with 42 doubles
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Of these four legendary Pittsburgh Pirates, who do you think most belongs in the Hall of Fame?
I have separately tagged several #Pirates 🏴☠️ fans & followers who regularly discuss the #HOF
#LetsGoBucs
6%
Bill Madlock
11%
Al Oliver
75%
Dave Parker
8%
Danny Murtaugh
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🚨 New article alert! My latest piece takes a look at HOFer Rod Carew’s 7 batting titles as well as the hitters he denied the honor by annually capturing the crown #twins #angels tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Happy Birthday to Tim Hudson who makes his debut on this year’s HOF ballot. Hudson had 222 career wins w/a .625 W-L pct. Every pitcher to retire with that combo except Roger Clemens & Andy Pettitte is in the HOF.
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Tony Fernandez had 4 separate stints with the Blue Jays. The second one included him winning the 1993 World Series
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These 4 uniforms have sometimes been described as ugly. This week’s poll question is: Among these 4 uniforms which do you like best or find the least objectionable
(Examples of the unis are in the comments)
I actually kinda like most of these😬🤣
33%
Cubs 1979-1981
36%
Padres 1985-1990
18%
Angels 1997-2001
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Marlins 2012-2018
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Dave Magadan eventually replaced Keith Hernandez at 1B & was sort of a poor man’s Hernandez but a good player nonetheless. Magadan nearly won the 1990 batting title when he hit .328. Career .288 AVG & .390 OBP. Despite never hitting more than 6 HR in a yr he retired w/a 112 OPS+.
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Here are the results of my poll for which of these four legendary Pittsburgh Pirates, who do you think most belongs in the Hall of Fame:
Dave Parker 74.6%
Al Oliver 11.3%
Danny Murtaugh 8.2%
Bill Madlock 5.9%
Congrats, Cobra! 🐍 ⚾️
Thanks for voting!
#Pirates #LetsGoBucs #HOF
Of these four legendary Pittsburgh Pirates, who do you think most belongs in the Hall of Fame?
I have separately tagged several #Pirates 🏴☠️ fans & followers who regularly discuss the #HOF
#LetsGoBucs
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In 1986, Davis hit 27 HR while stealing 80 bases. In the entire history of baseball, only one other player has had both more HR & SB than Davis’ 27/80 combo & that was Rickey Henderson who coincidentally in 1986 hit 28 HR with 87 SB.
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I’m sadden to hear the news of Ray Fosse’s passing. Fosse is my all-time favorite broadcaster. He was a link to the Swingin’ A’s dynasty & always told great stories. He will be missed.
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Doubled as a wrestler during his baseball career and won the AWA tag team title with Jim Brunzell 😉
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We’ve reached the All-Star break. This week’s poll centers on the first-half batting average leaders. Among the NL top-3, who do you think will win the batting title? Or will it be someone outside the top-3?
(Tomorrow I will run a poll for the AL batting average leaders)
23%
Yelich .326 in 302 PA
20%
Ohtani .316 in 429 PA
46%
Arráez .310 in 416 PA
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someone else will win
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🎂🐍Happy 73rd Birthday to Dave Parker! One of my previous articles was about Cobra’s 4 years playing for Cincinnati where he was forced to shave his beard but experienced a career resurgence & rebuilt his reputation #Reds #Pirates #LetsGoBucs #ATOBTTR
tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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New article alert! My latest piece takes a deeper look into HOF candidate Tim Hudson’s excellent .625 W-L Pct & compares the hurler to recent HOF inductees & other prominent pitchers from the era he played in #athletics #braves #giants tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Before injuries took their toll & brought an early end to his career, Teddy Higuera was one of the top pitchers in the mid-late 80s. In 1986, Higuera went 20-11 w/a 2.79 ERA for a 6th place Brewers team & finished runnerup to Clemens in the CY vote. His 9.4 pWAR led MLB
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Sadaharu Oh retired w/a record 868 HR. He played from age 19-40 & in his final season he hit 30 HR which marked his 19 consecutive season with 30 or more HR. His personal high was 55 at age 24 & he also had 51 at age 33 & 50 at age 37. He retired w/a .301 & .446 OBP
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For yesterday’s poll I asked: Which of these trios of A’s starters is your favorite?
The dynamic trio of Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, & Ken Holtzman proved to be the popular choice. They helped lead Oakland to 3 straight WS titles
Thanks for voting!
#Athletics #SellTheTeam
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Dwight Evans is one of my favorite players to write about. 8x Gold Glover who emerged into a top hitter in his late 20s. 81 strike shortened his career yr & cost him a better shot at 2500 hits, 400 HR & 1500 runs. Great all around player. 4 100 RBI & 4 100 run seasons
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Happy Birthday to Walt Hriniak! In one of my past articles I wrote about Hriniak helping Dwight Evans evolve into a HOF-caliber slugger & also touched on his work w/Frank Thomas, Carlton Fisk & Wade Boggs who each mentioned Hriniak in their HOF speeches tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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This week’s poll question is Which of these four players (who never won the MVP Award during their careers) had the most impressive MVP runner-up season?
#RepBX #Yankees #Orioles #RepDetroit #Tigers #SFGiants #Giants
51%
Ron Guidry 1978
19%
Eddie Murray 1983
14%
Alan Trammell 1987
17%
Will Clark 1989
683 votes • Final results
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Toby Harrah! This is one of your best picks yet. Harrah had the misfortune of playing the majority of his career with uncompetitive teams but he could play 3 different infield positions, had power, and some speed along with a great batting eye
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With better health & not playing so much of his career in the unfriendly confines of Candlestick Park, Jack Clark probably challenges for 500 HR. In his early 30s, he developed more power & a better batting eye & probably wins the 87 NL MVP if not for injury
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Before he reached the majors, Al Bumbry won a Bronze Star as a platoon leader while serving in Vietnam. He won the 73 ROY, batting a career-high .337. He had a 200-hit campaign in his one AS season, 1980, batting .318. He was the O’s leadoff for their 79 pennant & 83championship
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For yesterday’s poll, I asked people to choose their favorite #Padres jersey among 4 choices from the mid-to-late 1970s. The majority of you selected San Diego’s 1978 jersey which was my favorite as well. Thank you to everyone who voted!
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Final portion of this week’s poll -includes the top-2 finishers from Monday’s polls:
Among these 4 players, who do you think was the most deserving of the 1987 NL MVP?
15%
Jack Clark
30%
Eric Davis
26%
Andre Dawson
29%
Tony Gwynn
337 votes • Final results
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19th century pioneer Harry Stovey was born on this date in 1856. Stovey mixed power & speed like few others & is one of the top 19th century players not in the #HOF. I wrote about Stovey’s career in 2021
tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Jeff Conine retired w/a solid .285 AVG & just under 2k hits. He had 2 separate stints w/the Marlins & won 2 WS w/the club. Batted .300+ 4xs & hit 20 or more HR 3xs. Known as Mr. Marlin, he worked for the franchise in retirement but was fired by Jeter along w/Dawson, Perez &McKeon
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Kent Tekulve & the bullpen as a whole were underrated parts of the 1979 Pirates. Tekulve had back-to-back 31 save seasons in 78 & 79. Led in appearances 4 times w/85 or more app. 7 times hurler 100+ relief inns. Retired w/2.85 ERA & 1050 app which at the time only trailed Wilhelm
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Happy Birthday to Fred McGriff! The Crime Dog’s overlooked HOF candidacy was the catalyst for me to start writing about baseball. Although, I haven’t written about McGriff in several years, I still 100% support him for the HOF & hope he receives the call to Cooperstown this fall!
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Catching great Thurman Munson was born on this date 75 years ago. In one of previous articles, I wrote about why I believe Munson belongs in the Hall of Fame and I also pick out & discuss my three favorite baseball cards of the #Yankees captain tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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My pick is John Tudor: how do you go 21-8 with a 1.93 ERA, have 10 shutouts, and not win the Cy Young or even garner a 1st place vote? Well Dwight Gooden went 24-4 with a 1.53 ERA & 8 shutouts so Tudor was runner up
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🚨New article alert! Today’s piece is a guest post from author Douglas J. Gladstone centering on Steve Whitaker & Bill Dillman who are among 516 pre-1980 MLB retirees currently ineligible for a pension tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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2nd Half of 2-Part Poll: Among these 4 players, who do you think was the most deserving of the 1987 NL MVP?
(Please also vote in the other half of my poll which has 4 different 1987 MVP candidates. I will conduct a separate poll later this week to decide the overall winner)
13%
Ozzie Smith
28%
Jack Clark
36%
Tony Gwynn
22%
Tim Raines
148 votes • Final results
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This is a cool series Scott is starting. He’ll do a post each day for a different MLB team. If you request, he’ll tag you on the posts. As far as my favorite O’s mgr, I liked Joe Altobelli who was at the helm when I started following the O’s & piloted them to the 1983 WS title.
Who is your personal favorite Baltimore Orioles Manager? (And coach if want)
Have to mention the legendary Earl Weaver from before my time. But for a guy I saw manage I'll go Davey Johnson. Couldn't believe how long he went without job.
Favorite coach, Cal Ripken Sr at 3b.
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Final portion of this week’s poll -includes the top-2 finishers from Monday’s polls:
Among these 4 players, who do you think was the most deserving of the 1987 NL Cy Young Award?
A battle of a pair of #Dodgers pitchers and a pair of #Astros pitchers 👀
36%
Orel Hershiser
34%
Nolan Ryan
18%
Mike Scott
12%
Bob Welch
256 votes • Final results
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For yesterday’s poll I asked: Among these 4 players, who do you think was the most deserving of the 1987 NL MVP?
The results are in & Eric Davis wins by the slimmest of margins. This was the closest poll I’ve done yet. All 4 players had a great case for MVP
#ATOBTTR
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Every morning at 8am EST @notgaetti chooses a different player for “This Man Was Underrated.” It’s always fun to see who he picks & gives me a chance to offer info about these players ⚾️
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I’ll go with Edgar Renteria. He had some big postseason moments & at one point looked like he might have a shot at 3,000 hits. He retired at age 34 w/2,327.
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Happy Birthday to one of my all-time favorite players #Yankees slugger Don Mattingly. In 2021, I wrote about Donnie Baseball’s impressive achievements & the unforgettable Topps cards from his 1984-89 peak seasons.
tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.c…
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Below is your reminder of Jimmy Key’s quiet excellence, brought to you by the talented Kevin Glew
Who is the most underrated player in Toronto Blue Jays' history?
A lot of longtime fans would answer Jimmy Key.
I wrote about him in my latest Blue Jays Flashback for @BodogCA
bodogsportsbook.com/sports/b…
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MLB Bro released an unpublished chapter from Dave Parker’s Cobra book where the slugger talks about playing for the 1988 Oakland A’s. Great stories including the Bash Brother that made the mistake of playing a prank Parker
@instreamsports
@MLBbrodotcom
mlbbro.com/2021/05/28/cobra-…
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During the franchise’s 30+ years of existence, nine different #Rockies hitters have won the NL batting crown.
This week’s poll question is: Which of these Rockies hitters are you most surprised won the batting title?
68%
Michael Cuddyer
13%
Carlos González
14%
Justin Morneau
5%
A diff Rockies batting 🏆
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19th Century Baseball Pioneer George Gore was born on the date in 1854 🎂 In addition, to having a fabulous mustache, Gore was a star player for several pennant winners & is one of the few sluggers to average more than a run scored per game for his career. Nicknamed “Piano Legs”
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Greg Luzinski was a power hitter who helped the Phillies become a perennial playoff contender & win the 1980 World Series. He then moved to the WSox & helped them win the 1983 AL pennant. Had 4 100+ RBI seasons including 130 in 1977 & a NL-best 120 in 1975. Had 4 30+ HR campaigns
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