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MLB 2025 Season Official Thread
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on August 05, 2025, 03:18:15 AM ---I think the Dodgers are deep enough to offset Ohtani's struggles though
The Yankees aren't going anywhere in the playoffs if Judge doesn't show up this year
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Who are your favorite old school players from the 80’s….
Better yet who are your favorite old old school players from the 60’s??
I stumbled upon some good Barry Bonds piece on YouTube—I will post it here in a bit, but in the video Bonds breaks down all the biggest at bats in his career. The guy is supposedly an arrogant asshole but it’s kind of touching that whenever he mentions his father Bobby Bonds and Willy Mays he’s suddenly humbled and like a little kid again just trying to be like his two hero’s.
Made me go back and look at a lot of this great Willy Mays material, and Bobby Bonds also seems like a great guy. They talk about Willy Mays like he was a God in his day. If an ump made a bad call on a key play in a game Willy would shout at him in frustration, “I hope you will reconsider!!”
HighEyeCue:
--- Quote from: TraceOneInfinite on August 05, 2025, 11:04:38 AM ---Who are your favorite old school players from the 80’s….
Better yet who are your favorite old old school players from the 60’s??
I stumbled upon some good Barry Bonds piece on YouTube—I will post it here in a bit, but in the video Bonds breaks down all the biggest at bats in his career. The guy is supposedly an arrogant asshole but it’s kind of touching that whenever he mentions his father Bobby Bonds and Willy Mays he’s suddenly humbled and like a little kid again just trying to be like his two hero’s.
Made me go back and look at a lot of this great Willy Mays material, and Bobby Bonds also seems like a great guy. They talk about Willy Mays like he was a God in his day. If an ump made a bad call on a key play in a game Willy would shout at him in frustration, “I hope you will reconsider!!”
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My favorite player from the 80’s was Darryl Strawberry. I really only remember his season in ‘90 because he left for the Dodgers the following year but he hit 37 home runs that year and had a chance to break his own team record which was 39 but with the Mets falling out of the race in early September he sat out the last 3 weeks of the season. I was kinda pissed at the time as a little kid but I understood his thinking later on because he was going to be a free agent at seasons end. It’s kind of selfish but in a way with the team out of contention he passed up the opportunity to set the Met record so it’s kind of team first in a way as well
TraceOneInfinite:
Probably because I'm 43 (and have pretty much no life other than teaching my ESL students, posting on dubcc, and watching the Royals) but this stuff is really grabbing me these days I've been watching all these historical baseball documentaries.
It all started last week when I saw that video of Barry Bonds talking about his idol Willy Mays and now I can't stop binge watching these things in between Royals games. I even like the ol' fashioned background jingles from the good ol days (when a man was a man and a woman was a woman and baseball was America's game—the national past time).
HighEyeCue:
--- Quote from: TraceOneInfinite on August 06, 2025, 04:42:06 AM ---Probably because I'm 43 (and have pretty much no life other than teaching my ESL students, posting on dubcc, and watching the Royals) but this stuff is really grabbing me these days I've been watching all these historical baseball documentaries.
It all started last week when I saw that video of Barry Bonds talking about his idol Willy Mays and now I can't stop binge watching these things in between Royals games. I even like the ol' fashioned background jingles from the good ol days (when a man was a man and a woman was a woman and baseball was America's game—the national past time).
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Infinite, thanks for posting this 8)
I never got around to seeing it
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on August 06, 2025, 11:29:13 AM ---Infinite, thanks for posting this 8)
I never got around to seeing it
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You'll like this one too homie.
A lot of great Mets material with Doc Gooden and Strawberry, they had some memorable years in the 80's it appears. I didn't realize they were that good, I thought Gooden and straw flamed out fast because of cocaine but they had more good years with the Mets than I thought. A lot of famous players on those teams. Keith Hernandez was in Seinfeld, lol (Jerry is a die hard Mets fan and has a crush on him in the episode, lol).
I knew the Phillies were good, I like a lot of the Pete Rose stuff at the beginning of the decade he was still good in his 40's as an out of shape white boy! And then in the late 80's he gets busted and kicked off the Reds and they have the upset victory over the A's.
Sandwiched in the middle he glosses over the Royals, which was bad, because the Royals dominated the 80's just like the Mets did, but he spends a lot of time on your Mets.
Cheers to the 80's! The greatest decade in the history of humanity !!
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