Barry “my head grew 3 hat sizes” Bonds played for your team. I don’t wanna hear shit.If you treat me like MLB treated Ortiz after he tested positive I should be good.
Barry “my head grew 3 hat sizes” Bonds played for your team. I don’t wanna hear shit.If you treat me like MLB treated Ortiz after he tested positive I should be good.
Oh, I’m absolutely willing to admit he used the shit out of some steroids. Hell, in Grad school my go to Halloween costume was my Bonds jersey with an asterisk below the 25 and syringes taped all over it.Barry “my head grew 3 hat sizes” Bonds played for your team. I don’t wanna hear shit.
Oh, I’m absolutely willing to admit he used the shit out of some steroids. Hell, in Grad school my go to Halloween costume was my Bonds jersey with an asterisk below the 25 and syringes taped all over it.
The first few years I smartly used painters tape. The last year, the first year I started drinking, I “may” have been shit face when making my costume and used electrical tape. There is now a permanent asterisk on my jersey.
Just like the one next to his home run numberThe first few years I smartly used painters tape. The last year, the first year I started drinking, I “may” have been shit face when making my costume and used electrical tape. There is now a permanent asterisk on my jersey.
True. He is still the second greatest hitter in MLB history after Williams, but he will be forever tainted.Just like the one next to his home run number
His book changed my baseball “career”True. He is still the second greatest hitter in MLB history after Williams, but he will be forever tainted.
Mine was changed by topping out at 80His book changed my baseball “career”
Mine was changed by topping out at 80
mph ya bastard, although I would have killed to have been 80 kg in high school. Didn’t discover lifting till later. Would love to know what I could have got my FB to if I had been lifting all 4 years.kg or stones?
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Now you know Papi went into the hall as a DH@Carolina Red
Do roids help with defense? Maybe the Sox should hit up Papi for some help.
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I do, and I still bet he could have played better defense. That 3B reminded me of some of the kids I coached on the freshman team.Now you know Papi went into the hall as a DH
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Illegal! Too high! That's like the perfect slow pitch softball trajectory, without the side spin. That was awesome!
Catcher’s glove didn’t move a millimeter.Illegal! Too high! That's like the perfect slow pitch softball trajectory, without the side spin. That was awesome!
I am 90% sure it actually is legal as long as the pitchers motion is consistent with his/her normal motion.Illegal! Too high! That's like the perfect slow pitch softball trajectory, without the side spin. That was awesome!
That was clincher. No frame job, nothing. Just received it as it popped into the glove.Catcher’s glove didn’t move a millimeter.
Haha, it's a legal pitch. The backend, downward plane of the pitch sliced perfectly down at the correct angle. As @calodo2003 said, the catcher's mitt didn't even move! Right when the player released the ball, you can see the catcher's glove move inches right to left in preparation to track the ball, but he recognized it was spot on and just received it. That's sexy baseball. Amazing release point, curvature, tilt into the zone, then the catch.I am 90% sure it actually is legal as long as the pitchers motion is consistent with his/her normal motion.
Ruth started it.Wtf is up with former Red Sox outfielders going to the Yankees?
Also, why would you trade for a guy that can’t play in the country of a division opponent?
Roger Clemens...players like staying within a division or geographic area. Kind of odd but cool.Ruth started it.
Not really happened with LA/SF, at least with players in their prime.Roger Clemens...players like staying within a division or geographic area. Kind of odd but cool.
You're including his two-year sandwich stint in Toronto in this as well? It does stay within the division and sort of same geo.Roger Clemens...players like staying within a division or geographic area. Kind of odd but cool.
You can, but I didn't really. But does prove the division and geo idea. He was insane in Toronto and news was that this is where it was rumored he started to dabble into PEDs.You're including his two-year sandwich stint in Toronto in this as well? It does stay within the division and sort of same geo.
Joc is a Bay Area native so it made sense for him to come back to SF.You can, but I didn't really. But does prove the division and geo idea. He was insane in Toronto and news was that this is where it was rumored he started to dabble into PEDs.
Joc Pederson made his way back to the NL West now with SF and previously with LA.
I liked Schmidt when he was on the Giants, served my fantasy teams well.Joc is a Bay Area native so it made sense for him to come back to SF.
The biggest names I can think of who played for both were:
1. Jeff Kent - Best seasons were in SF (hitting in front of steroid era bonds must have been the best thing ever) but was decent for the Dodgers.
2. Hershiser - Definitely in his decline years as a Giant
3. Brian Wilson - feck that guy, and his shoe polish beard.
4. Jason Schmidt - Great for Giants, dog shit for Dodgers. The perfect combo.
Marichal and Snider both played a year for the opposite teams, but I don't count those.
Don’t forget Benito and Willie McCovey! I always thought McCovey was a lifelong Giant until I perused baseball reference a year back and saw he had a few years with the Padres in the middle of his career before coming back home.I liked Schmidt when he was on the Giants, served my fantasy teams well.
A few players that come to mind for my Padres and Dodgers. Steve Garvey, Kevin Brown, Chris Gwynn, Adrian Gonzalez, and I'm sure I'm missing others. Had a look...Gary Sheffield, Matt Kemp, Fernando Venezuela, Mike Piazza, so quite a few! But the players i first mentioned were more iconic and prime than the later, which were more twilight backend career.
But for Padres and Giants...you got Bochy and Flannery! Such a wild thing to see those guys lead the Giants to multiple WS wins.
Benito is a great shout! Saw some memorabilia of him the other day...rookie of the year w the Padres and such a fun player. And yep, Willie was there for a couple years, but never his best. How many years did he play with the Giants after his Padres stint?Don’t forget Benito and Willie McCovey! I always thought McCovey was a lifelong Giant until I perused baseball reference a year back and saw he had a few years with the Padres in the middle of his career before coming back home.
And Gaylord Perry and Rod BeckBenito is a great shout! Saw some memorabilia of him the other day...rookie of the year w the Padres and such a fun player. And yep, Willie was at the end of his career. Like Joe Carter was a Padre at some point, ha!
That's some top nippon ham fighting.
Shooter...And Gaylord Perry and Rod Beck
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The way it leisurely hits him in the headReminiscent of another AL East rival…