Scholarship table
I'm neither a Yankee fan nor the NE-centric media/ESPN. And I neither wanted to see every at bat nor yawned after the record was broken.It was an outstanding, historic feat by an All-Star ballplayer. I thought it was cool that he did it, and I enjoyed watching the replays of it. He seems to be a good guy.Is a person allowed to have that opinion, or do we only have extremes on Judge's accomplishment?
It was an outstanding, historic feat by an All-Star ballplayer.
I don't think that's any different than what I expressed. The yawn was a dramatic counter to ESPN breathlessly showing every at bat or having some sort of Judge watch going.There are people who really enjoy baseball who thought it was cool, and thats that. Which I think is in stark contrast to the other camp I mentioned that seem to be treating it in the same way the original 61 breaking was. To Hank Aaron breaking Ruth's record. To Bonds getting 73 and breaking Aaron's record. I think its none of that.I'm truly intrigued to see how it would have been handled if it was Salvador Perez going for 62 in KC, or even Trout going for 62 in LA.
Hitting the seventh most home runs in a season is "historic?"
Not able to watch or listen, but I just noticed that Corbin Burnes was perfect through 3 today on 40 pitches when he was pulled. I totally get not running him out there very long - hell, woulda made sense to scratch him. But I'm kind of surprised that at that point, he didn't just pitch until the perfect game got spoiled.
I know you are kidding, but the Brewers do alright. Top half of the league in average attendance.
That’s how the sports world and sports media works. It isn’t Judge’s fault that his AL home run chase was so extensively covered by not only national sports media, but national morning, afternoon, evening news outlets etc….New York has a lot of people and a lot of fans there and elsewhere. Two days ago Pujols hit his 703rd home run, and in the process surpasses Babe Ruth for 2nd all time in RBI’s. Obviously national coverage would have been much more extensive if he played in New York. https://twitter.com/cardinals/status/1577089125223919616?s=21&t=ThT3ygJ2iYqcQLl528vfcAOr even his last regular season game:
I wonder if he had a contract incentive he was looking to hit and both sides agreed to pull him once that was met. Especially with the odds of a perfect game being a long shot only through 3 innings.
And he wasn’t a roider and played for an organization known for cheating
I know it hurts. But I think next year could be the year for the Brewers. #ThisIsMyCrewhttps://twitter.com/cardinals/status/1574977635490230279?s=21&t=ThT3ygJ2iYqcQLl528vfcA
Kind of an amazing stat that a Yankees player has owned the AL HR record for the last 102 years. The last non-Yankee to hold the AL home record was Babe Ruth with the Red Sox in 1919.
Sports losses only hurt for weak-minded fools who aren’t actively participating. It’s a fact they’re not in the playoffs like it’s a fact the Cardinals have a history of cheating
I don't think there is a need to label yourself a weak minded fool. There's always next year.https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1575003680012587008?t=NqDKri9y8BmeL1IMBYC3Kg&s=19
If the Steven Vogt story doesn't give you a head cold, than you are a cold hearted bastard.
Does Christian Yelich have the worst contract in baseball right now? I’d say maybe Strasburg’s or Rendon’s are worse, but the Nats and Angels can afford to have a player on a long, bad contract while still pursuing other high-priced free agents. The Brewers, not so much. Yelich will be an albatross for years.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
He's not even top 10 worst. Strasburg, Miggy, Cano, Jackie Bradley Jr, Bumgarner, David Price. That's just off the top of my head. Hell, arent the cubs still paying Heyward? Yeli lost his power but he's still an above average starter.