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Old 02-17-2025, 09:49 AM
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Mantle walked too much.
Same with Ted Williams, who never had 200 or more hits in a season.
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Same with Ted Williams, who never had 200 or more hits in a season.
He took endless grief from the Boston writers and fans for walking too much. Of course, that was before WAR and such.
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He took endless grief from the Boston writers and fans for walking too much. Of course, that was before WAR and such.
As a kid playing the game we always thought, "a walk is a hit"...

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As a kid playing the game we always thought, "a walk is a hit"...

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Boston fans are not rational, and the writers hated Williams for the most part so used anything they could to criticize him.
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Despite his blazing speed, Vince Coleman was a kicker/punter at Division 1-AA Florida A&M, and kicked a game-winning field goal in an upset of the Miami Hurricanes in 1979. That year, he walked on to the baseball team.
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Despite his blazing speed, Vince Coleman was a kicker/punter...
That may be the most surprising thing I've read in this entire thread.
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That may be the most surprising thing I've read in this entire thread.
Yeah, it's crazy. His brother Gregg was an NFL punter for 10+ years, but I don't think he could run a 4.3 40.
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Boston fans are not rational, and the writers hated Williams for the most part so used anything they could to criticize him.
If you combined Philadelphia sports fans with the Boston press, the resulting explosion could end life on Earth as we know it.
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Circling back to the great Warren Spahn:

Forgive me if I've shared this more than once before...just find it amazing>


Spahn's uniform number was '21'

He was born in 1921 and made his Big League debut as a 21-year-old.

He won exactly 21 games EIGHT different years!

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