Fred McGriff, just acquired via trade from San Diego, is swinging such a hot bat that his arrival sets Fulton County Stadium on fire.

Infielders Mark Lemke & Jeff Blauser are so exited to have Crime Dog in the lineup that they happily pose for a photo while the press box burns.

NEPTA is working folks 🥹

My man

I’ll never understand why some of You People so stubbornly insist on evaluating every ballplayer in history by today’s standards instead of admitting that they might have been good at doing the things that were deemed valuable in their own time.

If an image-conscious player like

Cal Ripken recorded a whopping 3184 hits, 603 doubles, and 431 homers in his legendary 21-year career, but would still have to run more than a full *marathon* to make up the additional distance Hank Aaron covered in total bases.

Let that sink in folks.

HART Big Mac averaged 60 HR per 162 games from 1992-2001

HART Chili Davis posted a .391 OBP from the age of 35 onward

HART Henry Aaron is 11 miles of total bases ahead of second place on the all-time list

Am I doing it right?

I visited Cooperstown both before and after the induction of Harold Baines, one of the most hotly contested HOF’ers. I can tell you unequivocally that his presence does not in any way cheapen or otherwise detract from the experience or the esteem in which other HOF’ers are held.

Not Gaetti Not enough people talk about the 1999 Mets as a whole

Al Simmons had some of the most underrated monstrous seasons in MLB history. Big on hits, big on RBI. Tremendous hitter and not enough people talk about him!

Over the entire final DECADE of his career, Mark McGwire averaged 60 homers per 162 games.

This is how a Bad Man operates.

Hall of FAME certainly requires the presence of Tommy John (and yes, probably Mattingly)

Not Gaetti 700 starts. More than all but 7 pitchers all time—all of whom but Clemens are in the Hall.

700 times a manager needed a starter and said, “Get me Tommy John.”

This was a huge deal folks

What an incredible lineup they had

NEPTA is working 🥹

Tommy John *after* his then-experimental elbow ligament reconstruction surgery, which followed his 12th season in the big leagues: 382 starts

40-year-old Charlie Morton, a very good starting pitcher and a veteran of 17 big league seasons in his entire career: 360 starts

Happy 81st birthday to This Man, who deserves a plaque in Cooperstown.

If it’s about stats, he deserves it. If it’s about FAME, he deserves it even more.

Just another day that ends in Y for These Men

Not enough people talk about Marquis Grissom

• 2251 hits, 227 HR, 429 SB, 4x Gold Glover
• 2x All-Star, 1995 WS Champ, 1997 ALCS MVP
• Top-200 all-time in runs, hits, and total bases
• 60th all-time in SB, 11th in games played in CF
• Hit 20+ homers 5x, stole 75+ bases (!!)

“That’s going to have a chance”

Yeah a chance at reaching the damn moon. That ball hit the damn scoreboard & was a homer in all 30 parks

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