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Crash Course
09-12-2006, 04:44 PM
He played in the major leagues from 1914 to 1935.
nyy26wc
09-12-2006, 05:31 PM
He was memorable enough at hot dog eating to get in.
captain_napalm
09-12-2006, 05:42 PM
He was memorable enough at hot dog eating to get in.
Can I get an 'amen' from the bobbleheads?
rc3000
09-12-2006, 08:55 PM
How could I not vote for one of the best pitchers the Red Sox ever had. To bad his career flamed out after 1918.
nyy26wc
09-12-2006, 10:31 PM
How could I not vote for one of the best pitchers the Red Sox ever had. To bad his career flamed out after 1918.

Of course, he was a no doubt about it hall of famer as a pitcher.

He had 60 RSAA through the age of 22 before he stopped being a regular pitcher. He was just as good a pitcher as the likes of Gary Nolan, Scott Stratton, Elmer Smith, Jumbo McGinnis, Frank Tanana, Dutch Loeonard, Jack Taylor, Ed Seward, Dave Rozema, Ralph Branca, Ed Reulbach, Mark Prior, Mark Fidrych, Sadie McMahon, Vida Blue. The entire list of pitchers who were +/- 10 of him make a pretty good same sample size and, as that entire list demonstrates, they are the inner circle of hall of famers.
RascalJones
09-13-2006, 09:14 AM
http://www.seykota.com/tribe/FAQ/2003_May/May_18-24/scarecrow.jpg

Even this guy votes "Yes".
rc3000
09-13-2006, 10:18 AM
Gary Nolan, Scott Stratton, Elmer Smith, Jumbo McGinnis, Frank Tanana, Dutch Loeonard, Jack Taylor, Ed Seward, Dave Rozema, Ralph Branca, Ed Reulbach, Mark Prior, Mark Fidrych, Sadie McMahon, Vida Blue.

Aaah the list of greats...
You can keep your Gibsons, Johnsons and Clemens give me Dave Rozema, Sadie Mcmahon anyday.
KCBOOMER
09-13-2006, 12:31 PM
I don't know about this guy. Something of free spirited "me-first" kind of guy who was always in some kind of contract squabble. Got suspended a few times. One team to get rid of him just sold him figuring they were better off without him. After his playing days couldn't get a job anywhere in the game. Always losing baseballs.:D
mainsr
09-13-2006, 03:01 PM
As that noted observer of the human condition Jeff Kent said, how do we know he wasn't on steroids?
crazydiamond
09-21-2006, 03:27 PM
Ruth probably would have taken roids if they'd been as readily available as they are now
nyy26wc
09-22-2006, 10:50 AM
Ruth probably would have taken roids if they'd been as readily available as they are now

And, in 1929, after his HR figures dropped from 60 to 54 to 46, Steve would have started a does this mean Ruth was on steroids thread.
Crash Course
09-22-2006, 02:19 PM
If it was a slow day, probably.