Lackey with a shutout through 7 innings and only 80 or 81 pitches and Joe pulls him.

Lackey=Bulldog - still a top 30 starter in all of baseball. Easily.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

I dunno bout that, but you've beaten Farvefan n flapjax into submission. He's put together a nice second half.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Good five-game winning streak, shame it doesn't count as per good dolphin.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

I always liked Evans, and I can see on paper why someone would look at the numbers and think he was better than Jim Rice. But if you followed their teams at the time you know there wasn't a major league pitcher who was worrying about Dewey Evans more than Jim Rice as he was working through that lineup.

Chipper is a no brainer. I never thought Andruw Jones was a Hall of Famer. He was a great defensive centerfielder but I don't think that's enough to boost him above corner guys who were just much better offensively like Dave Parker or Harold Baines. People already complain about Rice and Dawson and A. Jones is less than they are.

Also, pitchers were so scared shitless of Rice in the postseason that he hit 2 dingers and has a slash of .255/.325/.336 or so over 18 games.

A real fucking intimidator.

Does Evans have to be better than Rice to be in the HoF? Can't he be just as good or in the same class? Their base counting numbers are the same 2400 hits and 380 bombs (4 more seasons for Evans though) and they have almost identical OPS+ numbers 128 Rice vs 127 Evans. Not for nothing but Evans wasn't a statue in the OF.

This Rice as a feared hitter is so overdone it's insane. A buddy and I were watching the 1986 ALCS game 5 the other night (yeah, don't ask, alcohol was involved). During the 9th inning with nobody out and a man on first with a 3 run lead a running out of fumes Mike Witt was so afraid of the insanely scary Jim Rice that he blew him away with three straight heaters for the strikeout. I'm fine with Rice being in the HoF, but every pitcher worried about Rice bullshit it just that.

Jorr, you going to the game today? Was thinking of grabbing tickets.

You standing on the concourse out there again?

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Does a bear shit in the woods?

Does a bear shit in the woods?

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby