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His influence and imprint were visible, but not obvious, including his mental approach to pitching. I thought I might have been seeing what I wanted to see. Great to hear these real stories.
Speaking of real stories, I almost started a thread about Hank being the Greatest of all time, particularly after reading Gabriel Burns article in AJC. Burns is one of the best young sportswriters I have come across the last few years. This article was mostly stats, but wow! If Hank had been in a major market there would be no debate.
#1 HR at retirement/. 2* Now
#1 RBIs still standing
#2 Hits behind Cobb at retirement/3 Now
#2 Runs at retirement/ #4 Now
More Walks than Strikeouts for Career
21 straight Allstar games
And much more.
Nice stats. I think he may have done all or most of that with the mound being steeper - not as flat as today.
Great point! Also, the NL pitching staffs were far superior to AL at that time. Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, Sandy Koufax were all multi-year Cy Young winners...These are the guys that he built those incredible stats against. I am a Braves fan and have been for a long time and they never contended for anything, always at or near the bottom. But he still put those types of numbers up and for decades.
I try not to get into the best of the best for all time, it is just too difficult to match one against another, but Hank was an ambassador to the league. Even when the strike happened, he was out front trying to get both sides to end it.
His funeral is today at Truist Park, I am watching it with my teenage kids on the MLB network, there is an upside to virtual learning!
About 15 years (or so) ago, my family was up on Dallas catching a couple of the Braves' games with the Rangers. Walking through the hotel lobby, we spotted Don Sutton and Skip Caray sitting reading newspapers. Not wanting to pass up the chance for my son - then 10 - to meet a Hall of Famer, I approached and introduced us. Don and Skip couldn't have been nicer. Both put away their newspapers and spent a few minutes talking with my son.
Anyone on here know how to watch baseball games from the 70's and 80's. Baseball was at its height in popularity with me. This era of the AVERAGE pitcher being applauded for going 5 1/3 innings is not for me AT ALL. What has happened to our "Former" favorite national passtime or however the phrasing goes. What happened to the Afros and Gold Chains and Lynny Dykstra smoking cigarettes in the dugout DURING the game. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Absolutely loved Baseball back then. Remember the Cardinals/Mets rivalry from the mid 80s?
Youtube has some full games from the 70s and 80s.
You would have loved the Yankees in the 50's and 60's. The Mick and **** Ford smoking like chimneys in the dugout. Others as well.