smitty wrote:Mickbayne is the one guy I actually know here. He's a great guy who spent a lot of time in Seattle so I'm gonna go with: Edgar Martinez.
Awesome! I'm honored. You ever get the wifi issues figured out?
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by mickbayne » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:39:05
Awesome! I'm honored. You ever get the wifi issues figured out?
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by smitty » Tue Mar 08, 2011 15:01:14
mickbayne wrote:smitty wrote:Mickbayne is the one guy I actually know here. He's a great guy who spent a lot of time in Seattle so I'm gonna go with: Edgar Martinez.
Awesome! I'm honored. You ever get the wifi issues figured out?
Yeah. Followed your directions and voila! Mrs. smitty still hasn't done much with it yet. She needs to sit down and get the security stuff done.
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by smitty » Sat Mar 12, 2011 14:42:38
So I'm looking through this basketball threat and a guy named shrabster is commenting all over. He has like 100 posts and I guess they're all in the basketball thread. He has a cool avatar too.
Reminds me of Danny Ainge. He was a Toronto Blue Jay you know. I understand he was a pretty good basketball player and was more famous for that.
Reminds me of Danny Ainge. He was a Toronto Blue Jay you know. I understand he was a pretty good basketball player and was more famous for that.
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by Philly the Kid » Sat Mar 12, 2011 17:01:56
Despite my analog being extremely mis-matched, I've come to like this thread. Keep up the good work Smitty. Didn't know the part about Simmons going 4-0 on the Phils in '64
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by jamiethekiller » Sat Mar 12, 2011 17:31:38
smitty wrote:So I'm looking through this basketball threat and a guy named shrabster is commenting all over. He has like 100 posts and I guess they're all in the basketball thread. He has a cool avatar too.
Reminds me of Danny Ainge. He was a Toronto Blue Jay you know. I understand he was a pretty good basketball player and was more famous for that.
shrabsters the man. its TD11's bff
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by smitty » Sat Mar 12, 2011 17:43:10
Thanks PTK. You are starting to remind me of Dick Allen -- the big slugging pct. is what does it. 
Anyways, JFLNYC reinds me of Bill White. He's one of my favorite guys from the 60s as he was a star 1Bman for the Cards and finished up his career with one very good and two OK years with the Phils. (His stats were really hurt by the pitchers era 1967 and 1968).
White actually started his career with the New York Giants. The Giants didn't really know what they had in White which was typical for them in those days. They also were trying to figure out what to do with both Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey. They traded him to St. Louis for Sam Jones who would win 21 games for the Giants that year.
But the Cards ended up with the better end of the deal as White went on to a really fine career with the Cards. He even finished third in the MVP race playing an important role in the Cards title in 1964.
He was traded to the Phils in 1966 and had a very fine year, driving in 103 runs; winning his 6th Gold Glove and even receiving some MVP votes. He hurt his Achilles tendon the next year as I recall and was limited to 110 games. He played one more season with the Phils and then finished up as a part timer with the Cards in 1969.
White was a 5 time All-Star and his career would have been even better if he hadn't been stuck in the Giant organization until he was 25.
But White had an even cooler post season career. He was a broadcaster for the yanks for 16 years. Then he was named the president of the National League in 1989 (back when they had league presidents) and held that position for 5 years. where I'm sure he negotiated some TV deals.
Anyways, JFLNYC reinds me of Bill White. He's one of my favorite guys from the 60s as he was a star 1Bman for the Cards and finished up his career with one very good and two OK years with the Phils. (His stats were really hurt by the pitchers era 1967 and 1968).
White actually started his career with the New York Giants. The Giants didn't really know what they had in White which was typical for them in those days. They also were trying to figure out what to do with both Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey. They traded him to St. Louis for Sam Jones who would win 21 games for the Giants that year.
But the Cards ended up with the better end of the deal as White went on to a really fine career with the Cards. He even finished third in the MVP race playing an important role in the Cards title in 1964.
He was traded to the Phils in 1966 and had a very fine year, driving in 103 runs; winning his 6th Gold Glove and even receiving some MVP votes. He hurt his Achilles tendon the next year as I recall and was limited to 110 games. He played one more season with the Phils and then finished up as a part timer with the Cards in 1969.
White was a 5 time All-Star and his career would have been even better if he hadn't been stuck in the Giant organization until he was 25.
But White had an even cooler post season career. He was a broadcaster for the yanks for 16 years. Then he was named the president of the National League in 1989 (back when they had league presidents) and held that position for 5 years. where I'm sure he negotiated some TV deals.
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by smitty » Sat Mar 12, 2011 17:45:45
jamiethekiller wrote:smitty wrote:So I'm looking through this basketball threat and a guy named shrabster is commenting all over. He has like 100 posts and I guess they're all in the basketball thread. He has a cool avatar too.
Reminds me of Danny Ainge. He was a Toronto Blue Jay you know. I understand he was a pretty good basketball player and was more famous for that.
shrabsters the man. its TD11's bff
Cool. Danny Ainge and Vada Pinson -- who knew?
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by JFLNYC » Sat Mar 12, 2011 18:28:32
Cool, smitty. Bill White was a personal fave (I was a 1b) and a real class act.
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by smitty » Mon Mar 14, 2011 18:16:15
smitty wrote:Who's who (updated):
Calvin Ball - Joe Pepitone
Moz - Jim Palmer
PTK - Bill "Spaceman" Lee. (or Dick Allen)
Joe Table - Sandy Koufax
Jersey Hoya - Chuck Klein
Trent - Frank Robinson
TD11 - Vada Pinson
MattS - Christy Mathewson
BigED76 - Charlie Gehringer
Wiz - Roger Bresnahan
Monkeyboy - Duke Snider
Doc Smooth - Willie McCovey
Swish - Honus Wanger
Nightman Cometh - Jesus Alou
gr - Randy Wolf
Drugs Delaney - Jim Bouton
Tenured Vulture - Dom DiMaggio
phdave - Jim Brosnan
Uncle Milty - Johnny Callison
Rev Beezer - Vern (The Preacher) Law, aka The Deacon
Eem - Bob Friend
Barry Jive - "Boomer" Wells
Disco Stu - Shoeless Joe Jackson
Bucky - Bucky Harris
Phan in Phlorida - Wally Pipp
Phight On! - Ed Delahanty
Slowhand - Brian Downing
Housh - Carl Yastrzemski
Wheels Fell Off - Reggie Jackson
Wheels Tupay - Reggie Smith
DAJAFI - Al Kaline (or ALWIKA)
Dude - Dave Winfield
jamiethekiller - Ugueth Urbina
Mr. and Mrs. Vox - Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
1 - Big Train Johnson
CC/TRT - Robin Roberts
Meatball - Curt Simmons
Grote - Stan "The Man" Musial
Mickbayne - Edgar Martinez
Shrabster - Danny Ainge
JFNYC - Bill White
Lowcountry - Willie Jones
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by smitty » Mon Mar 14, 2011 18:42:05
South Carolinian Lowcountry is one of the heroes from the Whiz Kids, Willie Jones. From Dillon, South Carolina, Jones acquired the nickname "Puddin' Head" from some song from the 1930s. I remember when I was young, I also read somewhere he was known as Willie "My Feet Hurt" Jones as well. I guess he had some bad dogs.
Anyways, Jones was an outstanding glove man at 3B who also had some good years with the bat. He had some power and would draw a good amount of walks as well. Like most, low average medium power guys, he was pretty under rated.
He had a good year in 1950, hitting 25 homers; scoring 100 and driving in 88. He was even better in 1951, with a career high OPS plus of 122 as he got on base at a .358 clip and slugged .470. He was an All-Star both years.
He spent most of the rest of the 50s as the Phils' regular 3Bman, and displayed a great glove and some power but his team was a perennial disappointment as they never were able to recapture the magic of the Whiz Kid pennant season. He had another outstanding season in 1956, batting .277/.383/.429 for an OPS plus of 121.
The Phils traded him to the Indians in 1959, ending the popular player's stay in Philly. Jones ended up with a 15 year career and a place on the Phils' Wall of Fame.
Anyways, Jones was an outstanding glove man at 3B who also had some good years with the bat. He had some power and would draw a good amount of walks as well. Like most, low average medium power guys, he was pretty under rated.
He had a good year in 1950, hitting 25 homers; scoring 100 and driving in 88. He was even better in 1951, with a career high OPS plus of 122 as he got on base at a .358 clip and slugged .470. He was an All-Star both years.
He spent most of the rest of the 50s as the Phils' regular 3Bman, and displayed a great glove and some power but his team was a perennial disappointment as they never were able to recapture the magic of the Whiz Kid pennant season. He had another outstanding season in 1956, batting .277/.383/.429 for an OPS plus of 121.
The Phils traded him to the Indians in 1959, ending the popular player's stay in Philly. Jones ended up with a 15 year career and a place on the Phils' Wall of Fame.
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by smitty » Mon Mar 14, 2011 18:43:36
1 wrote:I must have missed me. But I know I've said how much I like that nickname.
Yeah, it is in a post the Hall of Fame thread I believe. I should jazz it up and put it in here as a separate post at some point.
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Re: Posters who remind me of ballplayers
by JFLNYC » Wed Apr 20, 2011 08:41:17
Jamie
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Re: Posters who remind me of ballplayers
by smitty » Wed Apr 20, 2011 16:18:26
That'sn pretty kewl JFLY.
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Re: Posters who remind me of ballplayers
by BigEd76 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 16:39:54
Charlie Gehringer....I like it. Consistent, loyal, usually there for ya, Hall of Famer....that works
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Re: Posters who remind me of ballplayers
by Soren » Thu Aug 04, 2011 16:10:24
bump. This is smitty's finest work IMO
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Re: Posters who remind me of ballplayers
by Soren » Thu Aug 04, 2011 16:27:21
smitty never did complete the set
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Re: Posters who remind me of ballplayers
by smitty » Thu Aug 04, 2011 18:25:53
This was off season fun. Maybe I'll get back to it in November or something.
Jeez, I didn't realize I did so many of these.
Jeez, I didn't realize I did so many of these.
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Re: Posters who remind me of ballplayers
by Wizlah » Thu Aug 04, 2011 18:37:59
karn wrote:who am i
a blackbird with his ass on fire.
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