"baseball is so much better now"

HammerDown said:
"Gibson was a pussy in the World Series" - the same guy who says baseball has gotten better
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Kyle Schwarber was coming off a torn ACL in April and played in the WS in October. Kirk Gibson has a sore leg and has one AB the entire WS. Definition of soft
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Kyle Schwarber was coming off a torn ACL in April and played in the WS in October. Kirk Gibson has a sore leg and has one AB the entire WS. Definition of soft
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"Bobo thinks his laig is broke" is all I am gonna say. I will now go find a copy of the story.

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Doesn't have Bobo quoted the way I've read it but there it is. Also has another great story about not wanting to let the President down after taking one in the jaw. What a character ol' Bobo was.

Bobo Newsom – Society for American Baseball Research

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When Bobo started a game, he was determined to go the distance no matter what. On May 28, 1935, a third-inning line drive by Cleveland’s Earl Averill broke his left kneecap. When Washington manager Bucky Harris reached the mound, Newsom said, “I think it’s broke.” Harris asked Bobo if he should take him out of the game. “You kidding me? I said it was broke, I didn’t say I was dead.” Bobo continued to pitch and after every inning would say, “It’s broke” His teammates laughed at him, assuming it couldn’t be broken because he wouldn’t be able to stand up if it was. Following the Senators’ 5–4 loss, Newsom was hobbling around the lobby of the hotel, still insisting his kneecap was broken. Finally he went to get an X-ray, and it was indeed “broke.”
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DragonFromTo said:
"Bobo thinks his laig is broke" is all I am gonna say. I will now go find a copy of the story.

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Charlie Morton struck out Jose Altuve on a broken leg
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
His name was Bobo, so not really. Also Braves actually won Charlie’s broken leg game
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The Braves were a better team than those Senators were, you'll get no argument from me on that. That doesn't make Morton any tougher than Bobo though.

You would have loved Bobo. You know why he was called Bobo? He couldn't/wouldn't remember names so he called everyone Bobo, including himself (his real name was Louis).
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Kyle Schwarber was coming off a torn ACL in April and played in the WS in October. Kirk Gibson has a sore leg and has one AB the entire WS. Definition of soft
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And he was hopped up on meth, horse testosterone and ground up fetuses when he did it.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Not for his day, but by modern standards, probably
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Fuck outta here.

Bob Feller is regarded as one of the hardest throwers of all time. They didn't have the speed measuring devises back then, but it's estimated he was constant 100-103 with his fastball. And that dude threw 130 pitches.
 
PackJason said:
Fuck outta here.

Bob Feller is regarded as one of the hardest throwers of all time. They didn't have the speed measuring devises back then, but it's estimated he was constant 100-103 with his fastball. And that dude threw 130 pitches.
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Back then, they measured in kilometers.
 
PackJason said:
Fuck outta here.

Bob Feller is regarded as one of the hardest throwers of all time. They didn't have the speed measuring devises back then, but it's estimated he was constant 100-103 with his fastball. And that dude threw 130 pitches.
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He might have thrown as hard as Jamie Moyer towards the end
 
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