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They had to be plumbers and taxi drivers and insurance salesman because they were making $22,000 yr.
"baseball is so much better now"
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That’s not a plus for them
having more than one skill is a negative?
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Not for us normal people. For professional athletes, yes. If they were any good, they wouldn’t have needed side gigs
maybe they just needed better TV deals to bring in the big bucks... oh wait.
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Would have had better tv deals if it wasn’t just soft tosses and bunts
but that soft toss was covered in hair gel.
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It was hair pomade back then
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“make an out” sounds dumb, but still! Damn…
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But he’s dead. And he was facing the equivalent of coach pitch little league pitchers
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“little league pitchers” like this you mean?
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Yep. The fact that so many relievers won the Cy Young in the 80’s, and even an MVP tells you all you need to know about the quality of pitching back then
You heard it folks Greg Maddux was a little league pitcher according to Chewy.
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I totally agree! Glad you’ve come to your senses, ser!
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Location pitchers, even a Braves great, get zero credit. 100+ fastballs or bugger off.
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Maddux was an effective pitcher for many years beyond 1998, as was Clemens, Johnson and Martinez.
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That’s not true. I have a lot of respect for guys like Kyle Hendricks, even if he would have been considered a flame thrower in the 80’s
Don’t you find it odd that Cy Young never actually won a Cy Young? Seems like they missed an opportunity there.
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@HammerDown was in attendance when Cy Young made his MLB debut.