RIPPA Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Todd Helton is finally retiring at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Casey Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Todd Helton is finally retiring at the end of the season. I also saw that Vladimir Guerrero has finally taken the hint and called it a career as well. I looked up their (Vlad and Helton) career numbers, and I was a bit surprised to find that, aside from power numbers, which Vlad has the clear edge, their offensive numbers are very similar. I think both are borderline Hall of Famers, with me leaning in the direction of "should be". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 BTW - in regards to Vlad and the Hall of Fame, even though he only officially retired now, since he hasn't played since 2011, so he is eligible for the 2017 class while Helton is 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Helton is not an HoFer for me. His peak is Coors-inflated, and he's had too many years of mediocrity since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Didn't a Brave admire a homer off him earlier in the game? Evan Gattis, most known for his long home runs, tremendous whiffs, and past drug addiction that never gets brought up when commentators are talking about "his remarkable story". He smoked a ton of weed. Little different than a "drug addiction." He's a kid who freaked out as a 17 yr old, went on a journey to "find himself." came back to baseball and appears to be having a ton of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Not really current MLB, but interesting. Also, MR. BASEBALL comes true! Sort of. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9677029/wladimir-balentien-belts-56th-homer-japan-surpass-sadaharu-oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 BTW - in regards to Vlad and the Hall of Fame, even though he only officially retired now, since he hasn't played since 2011, so he is eligible for the 2017 class while Helton is 2019.Another Expo in the HOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Didn't a Brave admire a homer off him earlier in the game? Evan Gattis, most known for his long home runs, tremendous whiffs, and past drug addiction that never gets brought up when commentators are talking about "his remarkable story". He smoked a ton of weed. Little different than a "drug addiction." He's a kid who freaked out as a 17 yr old, went on a journey to "find himself." came back to baseball and appears to be having a ton of fun. Potheads don't go into rehab. He was also a hardcore alcoholic and cokehead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Didn't a Brave admire a homer off him earlier in the game? Evan Gattis, most known for his long home runs, tremendous whiffs, and past drug addiction that never gets brought up when commentators are talking about "his remarkable story". He smoked a ton of weed. Little different than a "drug addiction." He's a kid who freaked out as a 17 yr old, went on a journey to "find himself." came back to baseball and appears to be having a ton of fun. Potheads don't go into rehab. He was also a hardcore alcoholic and cokehead. I feel like you could have just posted the video from Half Baked where Dave Chappelle is at the group meeting for drug addicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Helton isn't a HOF'er. His peak was great - his 2000 season was ridiculous - but too short and too Coors-aided. Vlad is a HOF'er. 449 HRs, 10 seasons of 100+ RBI, great defensive player, career .318 hitter. Career OPS+ of 140. He's got all the marks of a HOF'er - very high-end peak, long stretch of excellence, no long slide of suckiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 The Nats/Braves game tonight has finally been cancelled due to the shootings at the Navy Yard. For those that aren't familiar with the DC area, Nats Park is about 2 blocks from the Navy Yard and that is the Metro stop used to access the stadium. I am surprised it took that long to cancel the game but whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I await the appropriate cuddly response to the reports that (not surprisingly) Jeffrey Loria is making the baseball decisions in Miami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I await the appropriate cuddly response to the reports that (not surprisingly) Jeffrey Loria is making the baseball decisions in Miami God motherfucking damn it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 If there is somehow a 6 way tie for the two AL wild cards spots - I don't think I will be able to contain my joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 If there is somehow a 6 way tie for the two AL wild cards spots - I don't think I will be able to contain my joyI asked jonah keri about multiple teams for wild card slits and he said "tie breaker games." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 If there is somehow a 6 way tie for the two AL wild cards spots - I don't think I will be able to contain my joyI asked jonah keri about multiple teams for wild card slits and he said "tie breaker games." Yeah - per Wiki (assuming none of the teams are also in a tie for the division) Three-way tie for two Wild Card spots In a situation where there is a three way tie between non division winners and there is no other non division winner with a better record claiming wild card 1; a tiebreaker eliminating 1 of the 3 teams will follow. Based on a group head to head record. Teams A, B and C will be created. Team B will travel to team A. The winner wins wild card one. The loser will go to team C. The winner of that game wins wild card two. After those two games, wild card teams one and two will play each other in the wild card round. Can be an" A/B rematch". This information was provided by the MLB Commissioners office. Ties among four teams The four teams draw lots, as teams A, B, C, and D. On the first day team B plays at team A and team D plays at team C. The next day the winners of these games play each other at the ballpark of either team A or B (depending on who won the game). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Ugh. Just thought about it again. Loria. . . just.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Did i read right that even Samson is out of the loop with Loria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Did i read right that even Samson is out of the loop with Loria?Correct - reports are that Dan Jennings is the only person who Loria kinda sorta talks things with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Did i read right that even Samson is out of the loop with Loria?Correct - reports are that Dan Jennings is the only person who Loria kinda sorta talks things with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 http://sbn.to/1f3msjf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 There's those October Braves. The best kind of Braves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 The division was wrapped up a month ago bruh lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 And I'm sure the divisional champion 2013 flag will look splendid next to all those other little divisional championship flags from this century. Do we call those little guys flags? They're pretty tiny. Maybe like "certificates of participation on a stick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Have fun with the play-in! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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