MLB Talk - 2010 Season - Page 35

Mr. Laser Beam · June 9 2010, 03:13 AM

Way to go Ike Davis!!! Walk-off HR!!!

TheBrew · June 9 2010, 05:06 AM

Squiggy wrote:

Strasburg debuts with 14 strikeouts.

7 innings.
4 hits
2 runs

Wait, the Nats actually... won?

the 4th hanson bro · June 9 2010, 03:24 PM

TheBrew · June 9 2010, 04:52 PM

Neroon · June 9 2010, 04:58 PM

TheBrew wrote:

Squiggy wrote:

Strasburg debuts with 14 strikeouts.

7 innings.
4 hits
2 runs

Wait, the Nats actually... won?

Not only that, but he had 0 walks and struck out the last 7 batters he face. Who cares if it was the Pirates, that was some darned fine pitching!

Pegaritaville · June 9 2010, 05:04 PM

I wasn't sure if Strasburg could live up to all the hype, but he did. Great pitching debut.

As an aside: In an article about Strasburg, it was mentioned that no number one pick has ever made it into the Hall of Fame. I thought that was kind of odd.

Aragorn · June 9 2010, 07:29 PM

The general numbers thrown around are that 90% of all draft picks don't make it, and 50% of first round picks don't make it. Of course, if you break it down even more, simply making it to the bigs isn't the same as being a bench guy, which isn't the same as being an average starter, which isn't the same as being a super stud, so the numbers get even thinner. The baseball draft is the biggest crapshoot of all professional sports drafts.

Some of the first overall picks since the draft began in 1965 -- Floyd Bannister, Harold Baines, Bob Horner, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Moore, Shawon Dunston, Tim Belcher, B.J. Surhoff, Andy Benes, Ben McDonald, Phil Nevin, Ron Blomberg, Danny Goodwin, Bill Almon, Al Chambers, Shawn Abner, Paul Wilson, Kris Benson.

Griffey will be the first to mall the Hall. A-Rod too. Is Chipper Jones HOF-worthy? Joe Mauer is there if he maintains his production.

Scout101 · June 9 2010, 08:07 PM

Glad I drafted Strasburg for my fantasy team

Timby · June 9 2010, 10:36 PM

Aragorn wrote:

Griffey will be the first to mall the Hall. A-Rod too. Is Chipper Jones HOF-worthy?

I've always said that the main criterion for the Hall of Fame is to be the best player at your position for a prolonged amount of time. If Chipper (who has a pretty decent argument for HoF status) makes it before Ron Santo, I will burn Cooperstown to the ground.

Chaos Descending · June 9 2010, 10:57 PM

Timby wrote:

Aragorn wrote:

Griffey will be the first to mall the Hall. A-Rod too. Is Chipper Jones HOF-worthy?

I've always said that the main criterion for the Hall of Fame is to be the best player at your position for a prolonged amount of time. If Chipper (who has a pretty decent argument for HoF status) makes it before Ron Santo, I will burn Cooperstown to the ground.

I would think that the main criterion of the Hall of Fame is that you are, well, famous.

Whtstr314 · June 10 2010, 04:54 AM

Two things get you in the Hall, incredible numbers without a ring, or great numbers with a ring.

Pegaritaville · June 10 2010, 05:34 AM

Scout101 wrote:

Glad I drafted Strasburg for my fantasy team

And now you have Pujols due in part to drafting him. Wish I would have had that foresight.

SmoothieX · June 10 2010, 04:08 PM

Strasburg did look awesome, but the hype is too much.

He could just as easily flame out or blow out his shoulder. Let's not get his HOF bust ready yet.

Starbreaker · June 11 2010, 12:37 AM

Braves are 13/17 after a 9 game win streak and a 4/8 road trip. I'll take it. We would have had a third win in Arizona if McClouth and Heyward hadn't collided in the outfield to let the winning run score. I would really like to go see the Rays or Royals next week. I haven't seen either of those teams in person.

Mr. Laser Beam · June 11 2010, 02:29 AM

Jon Niese throws a one-hit shutout against Padres!!

June 9 2010, 03:13 AM	#511
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season Way to go Ike Davis!!! Walk-off HR!!! __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

June 9 2010, 03:24 PM	#513
the 4th hanson bro I shot my eye out! Location: the 4th hanson bro	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season __________________ -"bro is right (take note of that, because I'll probably never say it again )" - Orac Zen -"Treasure my ass!" - star -"I want medical science to advance sufficiently so that I can bear your offspring." - Holdfast to me.

June 9 2010, 04:52 PM	#514
TheBrew Vice Admiral Location: Fox Lady	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season __________________ Sing glorious, victorious, One keg of beer for the four of us. Sing glory be to God that there are no more of us, For one of us could drink it all alone. Damn near.

June 9 2010, 05:04 PM	#516
Pegaritaville Vice Admiral Location: On the 'Croix	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season I wasn't sure if Strasburg could live up to all the hype, but he did. Great pitching debut. As an aside: In an article about Strasburg, it was mentioned that no number one pick has ever made it into the Hall of Fame. I thought that was kind of odd.

June 9 2010, 07:29 PM	#517
Aragorn Admiral	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season The general numbers thrown around are that 90% of all draft picks don't make it, and 50% of first round picks don't make it. Of course, if you break it down even more, simply making it to the bigs isn't the same as being a bench guy, which isn't the same as being an average starter, which isn't the same as being a super stud, so the numbers get even thinner. The baseball draft is the biggest crapshoot of all professional sports drafts. Some of the first overall picks since the draft began in 1965 -- Floyd Bannister, Harold Baines, Bob Horner, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Moore, Shawon Dunston, Tim Belcher, B.J. Surhoff, Andy Benes, Ben McDonald, Phil Nevin, Ron Blomberg, Danny Goodwin, Bill Almon, Al Chambers, Shawn Abner, Paul Wilson, Kris Benson. Griffey will be the first to mall the Hall. A-Rod too. Is Chipper Jones HOF-worthy? Joe Mauer is there if he maintains his production.

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June 9 2010, 08:07 PM	#518
Scout101 Admiral Location: Rhode Island, USA	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season Glad I drafted Strasburg for my fantasy team __________________ Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by man. ~Jack Handey STO: @JScout33

June 10 2010, 04:54 AM	#521
Whtstr314 Lieutenant Location: People's Republic of Camden, NJ	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season Two things get you in the Hall, incredible numbers without a ring, or great numbers with a ring. __________________ "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." - Judge Aaron Satie Check out Star Trek: Fighter Command in the Fan Fiction section.

June 10 2010, 04:08 PM	#523
SmoothieX Vice Admiral Location: Massachusetts	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season Strasburg did look awesome, but the hype is too much. He could just as easily flame out or blow out his shoulder. Let's not get his HOF bust ready yet.

June 11 2010, 12:37 AM	#524
Starbreaker Fleet Admiral	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season Braves are 13/17 after a 9 game win streak and a 4/8 road trip. I'll take it. We would have had a third win in Arizona if McClouth and Heyward hadn't collided in the outfield to let the winning run score. I would really like to go see the Rays or Royals next week. I haven't seen either of those teams in person.

June 11 2010, 02:29 AM	#525
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: MLB Talk - 2010 Season Jon Niese throws a one-hit shutout against Padres!! __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.