Reminds me of the time Ozzie Guillen said the year after they scored the fewest runs in the AL that they were gonna throw analytics out the window and work on fundamentals by doing things like bunting and hit and running even if the situation didn't call for it.

Havent checked the scoreboard in awhile, but considering the Yankees have beat them in 13+ straight, I can't imagine what you could be referencing.


Edit: Oh yeah. Jose Ramirez isn't on Baltimore.

Yankees lost their opening series vs Baltimore 2 games to 1 and have since won 16 in a row vs them.

He's referencing the Yankees being blown out by Cleveland today.

Consensus among most fans is top-5 all-time I think.

Depending on how high you value his peak vs his career value he's somewhere between the top 20 and top 30 imo. His peak was also in an extremely pitcher-friendly environment.

Man I'd be surprised if most people had him top 5 but you could be right.

Yankees are still playing 100 win ball against "not the Orioles". Think they'll be ok.

Oh my Bryce just absolutely destroyed a grand slam to walk off in the 9th. Absolutely crushed

yeah.. saw it.. bet 'em at +185 before his AB

lol cubs swept

#6 Bleacher Report: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...src=rss#slide6
#8 Athlon: https://athlonsports.com/mlb/25-grea...all-history#19
#7 Fox Sports: https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/galler...ll-time-092111
#1 Left Hander by ESPN: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/pag...-pitchers-ever


This guy sorted by WAR and he didn't make top 25: https://www.sportscasting.com/mlb/gr...s-of-all-time/

Bryce Harper smash! What the hell are the #mycubbies plan for the bullpen and the the SP for that matter?

Yu Darvish has been good lately. He's good in the playoffs, right?

I think Yuli and I got banned for posting a different pic. Tipping pitches wasn't his only problem, he's older and doesn't have the movement he once had.

Surreal that Beltran was on the 17 champion Stros.


He was better for the Mets than I recall. Gave them 31 WAR.

Sandy Koufax has some really ardent supporters out there, I wasn't around then, but whatever it was when he was in his prime, it made people worship him.

On several occasions when discussing Pedro's magical season, I've had a number of old timers butt in and tell me Pedro was nothing compared to Koufax, they didn't care what the analytics said, they refused to believe anyone had any single season as dominant as Koufax.

I think it's a mixture of the market he played, being jewish, leaving the game early, starting off not being so great and just being really damn good before he bowed out. It made for quite a story.

I'm terrified to bring up the ethnic aspect of it, but it certainly plays a role in getting you more attention in certain communities and I hope people realize there is no tin foil hat nor slander involved in making that statement.

Well obviously if you sort by career WAR he's not gonna look as good.

Do people enjoy this brand of baseball? That Oakland game is something else, every scoring play was a HR. Pitchers can’t even throw the ball over the plate anymore because just making contact leads to a HR. They need to do something because watching men’s softball isn’t fun, really tough product to digest right now.

Peak Yu was one of my favorite baseball players to watch, ever. Not sure how long it'll last, but glad to see him bounce back a bit and I'll always be rooting for him.

Mickey is such a goddamn moron. If he wants to think he's better than the nerds because he actually played the game, fine. I kind of get that. But this quote doesn't even make any sense. And the Mets are in fourth.

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS??? What, what, Playoffs??

(in my best Jim Mora voice)

It’s really not that difficult. He was a pitcher who started OK and then a little more than halfway through his career everything clicked and he was the best and then an elbow injury forced him to retire at 30 years old. He was voted into the HOF at 36.

For five years he was from another world. And something not often mentioned was he got stronger in the late innings. In his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game, he struck out the side in the 8th and 9th. In that game Ernie Banks’ bat never touched the ball.

Something also forgotten is how lousy the Dodgers hitting was in that period. Koufax only went 4-3 in the World Series but his ERA was 0.95.

I still remember a film I saw in the 80s where they asked the greats from that era who had faced him or at least seen him pitch (Mays, Aaron, Mantle, Berra etc.) who they would start if they had one game they needed to win, and they all said Koufax.

And industrial- strength LOL @ the being an overrated Jew theory.

Not that either team matters but Injuns and Twins both have the same number of wins. How did the Twins screw that up, and whats up with the Indians putting together these crazy win streaks the past couple of years? I had no idea that Rocco Baldelli was the Twins manager.

Listen to Pat Tabler or Buck Martinez (Jays) in the booth for a whole season and it is scary to think that Martinez was at the helm at one time making decisions. Sometimes they have Shulman fill in and the dynamic of Shulman trying to convey some basic metrics to the fans and get Tabler to buy in is interesting. One night Tabler asked the viewers to let him know what FWAR was, and Tabler is the "Analyst"..lol..

Shulman does an awesome job and is never disrespectful to these guys but you can't help but think that he is trying to describe the game and certain decision points in the context of an information era, all while hoping Tabler and/or Martinez might breastfeed just a little of this without spitting up old-school dribble all over themselves.

Buck and Tabby together is pretty much an old school love-in.

agreed. 8 solo homers, one 2-run homer and one 3-run homer in wtf that game was.

I don't watch enough anymore to find the odd game or passage within a game that isn't unwatchable garbage for umpiring, pitchers walking the lead-off batter in close contests(I empathize because of the turbo juiced ball, but come on), etc., etc.

The Joe Buck variable awaits to make things worse in the postseason, too.

First batter of the inning has been taking walks for centuries.

Tatis out for season with back injury.

it's not mentioned bc it's not actually true.you're cherry picking one game but his numbers for his career as well as almost every individual season get worse as they do for anyone.