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January 10, 2006
Judgement Day
Well, today's the day they announce who--if anyone--gets to pose for their Cooperstown plaques. There is no sure thing on the ballot, and I know Donny Baseball ain't gonna make it. I've got a feeling this year is going to be a matter of me throwing shit at the wall when whoever gets the nod is--or, more specifically, is not--announced, but these three should be in the Hall:
Jim Rice: It's obnoxious that his likeness isn't already hanging on the wall. He was the scariest SOB to walk to the plate in his day.
Goose Gossage: Mariano Rivera is widely acknowledged as the all-time king of closers, and a mortal lock to be inducted the first time his name appears on the ballot. Well, what if Mo had to regularly come in to put out a fire in the seventh inning, and then pitch the eighth and ninth? I'll answer that question: his arm would have fallen off his shoulder four or five years ago. Goose did it all the time when games were on the line. He didn't "close" games, in the current sense; he grabbed opponents by the neck and stopped them, and held them for as long as it took to put the game away.
"Oh my God, that fucking curveball was unreal," Gossage said. "People used to talked about (Dwight) Gooden's hook, I swear Blyleven's was better. I've never seen anything like it -- then or now. You know the expression, 'dropping off the table?' That's what his curveball was like. It just disappeared. And the thing is, he threw it hard, then he'd blow that fastball right by you up in the strike zone. Guys had no chance."
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And, naturally, the idiots picked none of those. Bruce Sutter? feh. He's so beneath Gossage, it's like electing Tom Jones to the Rock Hall of Fame instead of Elvis.
Posted by: Solonor at January 10, 2006 06:54 PM
Sutter was great, put what pitcher looked from the batter's box like he was willing to KILL you if that's what it took to get you out?
I'm still stunned that Rice didn't make the cut. What the hell did he do to these hack bastards, spit on their Moms?
Posted by: TC at January 10, 2006 07:06 PM
Rice had a ice cold relationship with the media, and those voters in said media are still holding it against him for it.
Posted by: ATXYanksFan at January 10, 2006 10:20 PM
My 'ballot' at work was (in order):
Rice
Gossage
Blyleven
Sutter
Clark
Dawson
Posted by: El Jefe at January 14, 2006 11:18 PM
You said Dawson....
"My name is Madderfarker(sp?) Montoyo; prepare to die."
Posted by: TC at January 15, 2006 12:48 AM
Thought that would wake ya' up! :D
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