First off, I think it would be a good thing for most of you to go back to the beginning and reread all the blog posts. I think reading the WIN METHOD blog from the beginning is a must for any and all new comers here. It will give you a great perspective on the WIN METHOD and just how great it is.
Now here is a post I made ten years ago on a YANKEE thread in a baseball talk forum. Of course I got bounced from that forum, one of so many. Bounced by people who cannot accept challenge to their foul, corrupt, misleading, and false stats. Trying to get the WIN METHOD philosophy out was a challenge when having to deal with so many very ignorant people. However I found many people at all the forums who wanted something more about baseball than just bad statistics. Why didn't the players with great individual stats help lead their team to wins. What was wrong. I got several suggestions to create a blog about the WIN METHOD. Create the blog and we will come I was told.
I created the WIN METHOD blog two years after the post I will now insert here, and the WIN METHOD blog was started eight years ago. Nothing is edited and the following appears here now just as it was posted ten years ago.
""September 2006.
To discuss the WIN METHOD you must put aside your previous beliefs about what determines the qualities of a ‘best player’. The WIN METHOD is used by only one team in baseball. The WIN METHOD is designed to select players who meet the qualifications of the WIN METHOD and the needs at any given time of the team. The purpose of the WIN METHOD is to find players who MUST want to play for the team. They MUST want to win the World Series. And they MUST put individual achievements as secondary goals. The one on one interview process asks many questions, the answers given may then bring forth other questions. The WIN METHOD more than anything, is interested in getting into the psyche of the player. I have interviewed players and they don’t even know why they are being interviewed. These interviews have consistently gotten the best results. It is similar to you being interviewed for a job, only you do not know it. We interview soon to be free agents, sometimes as far as a year or more ahead of their free agency. College prospects are interviewed, prospective minor leaguers, and players in different countries. The inroads made in Japan in the past two years will reap benefits for a long time.
Getting to the nitty gritty. The WIN METHOD nor I make any deals or trades or any signings. The WIN METHOD is an evaluation tool as to whether or not a player will help the team succeed. NOT INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS BUT TEAM SUCCESS. Not every player signed has been a WIN METHOD selection. As you gentleman feel, there are people with the YANKEES who feel the same. Stats, stats, stats. I have gotten many reasons why a player does not want to be a YANKEE. My question right after that gets some fantastic responses. The question I ask is “Tell me why you don’t want to win and be the best.”
Think of the WIN METHOD as a scout giving a report on the players he is scouting.
The entire idea of believing in the WIN METHOD is a matter of personal psychology. Do you want to believe a player is best because of what he achieves for himself or best for what he achieves for the team. But a team is 25 players. Yes, and when they win they are the best 25 players, be it for a game, a series, a month, a season. Being a baseball fan for over 50+ years, preceding free agency, when players where signed by scouting or acquired by trades, I often wondered why did a player achieve more when he was traded to one team or another as compared to who he was playing for. As time passed I realized players achieved more because they where in situations they preferred and thrived on. Others did worse because they where not in situations they where satisfied with. I started talking to players relatively consistently in the seventies after I met with Mr.S. He helped fund my work.
In the nineties I and the WIN METHOD where ready. Mr.S. and I made a ten year deal, which was just recently renewed for ten more years. Getting back to basics. The WIN METHOD became most feasible with the onset of players being allowed to sign with whomever they wished. The magic words “whomever they wished”. Some poster in a recent thread stated Pedro Martinez would never play for the YANKEES and would rather play on the dirt fields in the Dominican Republic. Fine, then ask yourselves, why on earth would the YANKEES want to sign him? Why would any team want to sign him if he would not be in a situation he was happy with? Getting to our psychological difference in looking at players. The statisticians and the stat fans feel the best players are the ones who attain the gaudiest of individual stats, whatever they may be. And it makes no difference if the player or his team wins. Now the difference, the WIN METHOD people believe that winning is why baseball is played and winning makes for who is best. Right, the TEAM wins. That is the point and the goal of the game. NOT INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS. The team consists of 25 players and the 25 best players win the World Series every year. The WIN METHOD is based on stats also. Just a different way of judging them. ‘A’ hits 50 HRs in 600 ABs. ‘B’ hits 40 HRs in 400 ABs. As stat people, you can see the stats in two perspectives. Who is best. Depends on how you wish to see it. The WIN METHOD sees everything in the terms of WINS. The team wins because of what its players do to help the team win. And the team doesn’t need to have any player in the top of any individual achievement category. It may have a statistical leader, but it doesn’t make a difference either way. The only category the team wants to lead in is WINS. Making the playoffs and moving on through the playoffs. The best players achieve this for the team and therefor themselves. In essence you guys measure a player on his individual stats, the WIN METHOD people measure a player on his ability to allow ateam to WIN. A difference in psychology. Another WIN METHOD issue, is the selection of players who can perform WHEN it counts, in clutch situations, under pressure, under the spotlight. Not everyone can do this, and some fail dismally. It is never how much, but far more important, WHEN you achieve as a player.
I do realize you will belittle, demean, and be unable to accept or comprehend. Have fun. Many do comprehend, accept, live it in their lives filled with success.""
The blog started slowly, and I realized I needed to try to kick start it a little. How. I announced some two major YANKEE signings before anyone in the press and or talking heads knew of them. On November 15, 2008 I announced that CC Sabathia would soon be a YANKEE. On December 11, 2008 it was announced officially that CC would become a YANKEE. Here is a link == http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3759182.
To make a point that I had the information no one else knew about and did not just make a luck guess, I posted on December 19, 2008 that Mark Teixeira would sign a YANKEE contract. That one no one expected. Four days later the YANKEES announce to the world that they had signed Mark Teixeira to an eight year deal. Here is a link == http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3790141.
Many fans started coming to the blog, those who loved winning and wins and the WIN METHOD built the blog to what it is now, the best baseball blog in the world. Those who did not agree with winning and wins determining the best teams and players (the stat frauds) went their own way to live and play in the fantasy world. In the past year the WIN METHOD has grown so exponentially I won't bore you with the stats, but just say we are well on our way to one billion views world wide.
In early July the YANKEE management made the decision to trade/deal some chips for young talent that the YANKEES could use. The YANKEES traded Andrew Miller to the Cleveland Indians for four players. The piece the WIN METHOD wanted was pitcher Justus Sheffield. He is now a YANKEE. Hate to say this, but Clint Frazier is not WIN METHOD, but by no means to the degree of the great baseball fraud Alex Rodriguez aka afraud, Lets hope the move to the YANKEE will help Frazier mentally and lets hope he will help the team. I will monitor his progress.
In dealing Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs the YANKEES got a fine haul of four players and I am particularly happy with the YANKEES reacquiring my special WIN METHOD pick from several years back, Adam Warren. The other three acquisitions will all make an impact on the YANKEES down the road.
Now here is some of the best news I can give you from this Junes draft. The YANKEES were lucky enough to draft as their number one pick a nineteen year old in Blake Rutherford. Blake is going to be a very special major league WIN METHOD player in the mold of Derek Jeter, and yes I will say it, maybe better. Here is information about Blake which is what separates many players. === Before the Yankees came calling, he had a commitment to UCLA since he was a high school freshman out of Simi Valley, California.
"UCLA was a real big thing for me," he said. "It weighed on my mind, but the Yankees were my dream team. To hear them call my name was a dream come true."
Rutherford said he sees himself as a center fielder, though he already has been moved around in the outfield. He also said he expects physical and mental challenges as the grind of a season kicks.
"I'm hanging in there," he said. "The training staff has been great.… The biggest transition is the mental aspect. You have to be mentally strong. I think that's something that kind of separates you." === The YANKEES got a gem.
More good news. Another pick from a year ago is quickly moving up the minor league levels for the YANKEES and in my opinion will turn into another WIN METHOD gem. Pitcher Chance Adams is going to be very special. Chance will be a big part of the rotation.
The YANKEES have tons of talent, both in the field and on the mound. Injuries have slowed too many players to name here, but their time will come and the YANKEES will be a major force to reckon with for many years to come. The future is oh so bright. Do not be surprised if things develop well for the minor talent the YANKEES will not have to go crazy in the free agent market with many stars coming out in the next few years. Maybe there will be a need for one piece if needed.
Yankees down the road with 2016 injuries, Bird, Mitchell, Clarkin, Kapreilian,DeCarr, German, Lindgren, Rumblelow, and others.
Look for Aaron Judge on the YANKEE roster in 2017 with Sanchez, Bird, Refsynder. Louie Louie, and more.
This season isn't over yet, but we learned a lot about many youngsters and they got the time to play everyday in the minors and that can only help to make them better. I f we do not make the playoffs, sure is is a disappointment, but you have to take the bad and turn it into a positive.
Mark Teixeira has announce he will retire at the end of this season and lets all thank Mark for his time and his contributions during his eight years as a YANKEE which does include a World Series championship. Mark put up with and played through countless injuries and gave his best all the time. So long Mark, thank you, and good luck in your future endeavors.
I hope I did not forget anything and I must thank all of the WIN METHOD fans from all over the world who come here everyday and help make this blog the best it can be. Wins and winning will always determine the best teams and the best players and don't ever let a stat fraud tell you differently. All the stat frauds have are excuses and they love to blame the other guys. They say they want to win, but only if it is their fantasy team in the world of make believe.
LETS GO YANKEES
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«Oldest ‹Older 1601 – 1800 of 2182 Newer› Newest»It's bloom and grow for me.
Bloom and grow.
My choice, "Bloom and grow".
I like the afraud ones, but that is a reminder of the past. Therefore I'll go with bloom and grow.
Bloom and grow.
I agree with the majority, 'bloom and grow'.
bloom and grow.
Nationals over Dodgers 8-3.
Indians sweep sux out of the playoffs with 4-3 win.
Giants beat Cubs 6-5 in 13 innings to stay alive in series.
Bloom and grow.
I'll stick with afraudless.
Washington is at LA and Chicago is at SF today.
Dodgers take down Nats 6-5, series even.
I know this blog isn't big on actual news, but Bird is back playing and hit a double in his first game back.
Cubs with 3 9th inning runs bet the Giants 6-5.
In all these playoff games you see the lesser names produce and be the keys to winning for their teams. The great individual stat players don't carry teams, they are just players on the roster help their team succeed like every other player on the roster. 25 men on the roster with the sole goal of helping their team win determine the best team and players each and every year.
I'm for bloom and grow.
Bird will have to earn his spot this coming spring. The Yankees did not rush him back, are expecting a full recovery, and I would think are looking for him to be the starting first baseman.
Yes, bloom and grow.
Steve, no question. Like always, it is when, not how much.
So, we have the Cubs, Indians, and Blue Jays in the league championship series. Waiting on tomorrows winner between the Dodgers and Nats.
Cleveland is playing some real nice baseball. May be the most under rated team of the playoffs.
I'll be pulling for the Dodgers.
Cal Fuerst....I think the Yankees are not only looking at Bird to be starting at first, but also Judge in right and Sanchez behind the plate. Plus a new face in the rotation. Every spot must be earned.
Unless some winter deal is consummated and the Yankees lose Ellsbury or Gardner, Hicks will have to fight for a spot on the roster. He does have an edge by being in the majors for so long, but if he has a poor spring and a youngster has a big one, who knows what will happen.
Then there is Refsynder. He plays multiple positions, but I was very disappointed in his hitting down the stretch failing far too many times at scoring a runner from third with less than two outs. Everyone fails sometimes, but he had several chances in a a week at crucial times and struck out time and again. I soured on him during that stretch.
If the team is looking to make any deals, it should be from the strength they have in the minors. We don't need to give anyone away or pay anyones salary. We have good bodies and we may have better bodies in the wings. Someone wants any of our pieces, they need to pay the price of a minimum of fair value, not any fools idea of what they feel a deal should encompass.
You are right Yanks23245. We have the pieces.
The Yankees will surely be younger and faster next season.
I like bloom and grow.
Just a four months to pitchers and catchers report date.
The million dollar question. Who will be part of the five man starting rotation in 2017?
Bloom and grow.
Dodgers win 4-3. Nationals go home.
For everyone's information. WIN METHOD fans know this, this defines stat frauds and why stats are pretty much meaningless and tell little to nothing.
LA Dodgers - Washington Nationals just concluded playoff series.
The Dodgers scored a total of 19 runs got 37 hits and made 2 errors.
The Nationals scored a total of 24 runs got 42 hits and made 0 errors.
The Nationals hit better, pitched better, played better defense according to the stats.
The stats are meaningless in evaluation because they show the opposite of what happened in the reality of the games. The stats can only be used in the fantasy world and fantasy games used by only the least knowledgeable baseball fans.
Why? Because the Dodgers won the series and are moving on to play for the National League pennant while the Nationals with the all the positive stats LOST and are going home.
Steve, but, but, but, the team who scores the most, hits the best, pitches the best, and plays the best defense has to be the winner. The Nationals are really better. We know the truth, only winning determines the best teams and the best players.
Stat frauds stat frauds, liars liars, pants on fire!
The Dodgers only got lucky, Washington is better than them, the stats prove it. It makes no difference that the Dodgers won. Wins and winning don't prove anything.
Toronto at Cleveland for game one of the superior league pennant.
You the stat frauds are corrupt when you go to their forums/blogs/sites/etc and get kicked out when you talk about wins and winning determining the best. And on the other side of the coin no stat fraud or anyone for that matter has been booted from here for expressing their opinion. No one, EVER.
bigbadwolf, we speak truths here and have nothing to hide. We acknowledge winners for being the best and do not claim the losers are better than the winners. We do not blame managers, coaches, front office personnel, or owners for the performance of the players.
I'll be pulling for Cleveland and LA.
All hail the WIN METHOD. The truth backed with winning.
I read where the stat frauds are ripping the Dodger third base coach and manager for blowing last nights game. Funny, I didn't see there names in the boxscore.
Indians take 2-0 lead in 6th.
Baseball is still Americas game and the number one sport.
Indians win first game of their series with Jays 2-0.
LA at Chicago and Toronto at Cleveland scheduled for today.
We need for guys to have a peaceful winter and when they are ready start preparing for a strong spring training, injury free, willing to learn and develop.
Can anyone imagine what this Yankee team may be capable of doing if we can have a season without one crippling injury after another.
Hear hear Linda.
One crippling injury that we will not have next season is afraud.
Victor Bruno.............funny.
It will be a fun spring training.
Victor Bruno, good job. I have never been so happy to see a player gone.
Lori Kelly, you are not the only one. What a lift for the team.
Pitching will be the key to next season.
Cleveland over Toronto 2-1 and take a 2 game to 0 lead over Jays.
How about this for big time WIN METHOD pitching WHEN it counts in the ALCS. In 2-0 & 2-1 wins.
Andrew Miller -- 3 2/3 innings 11 outs, 1 hit, 0 walks, 10 K's, 0 runs, earns 2 holds.
Cody Allen ----- 2 innings 6 outs, 0 hit, 0 walks, 3 K's, 0 runs, earns 2 saves.
Total for both - 5 2/3 innings 17 outs, 1 hit, 0 walks, 13 K's, 0 runs, 2 holds, 2 saves.
Performance WHEN it matters most. Something the stat frauds are too stupid to comprehend.
We traded Miller to the Indians and Chapman to the Cubs. Could see them play each other for the World Series.
Chapman just came in for the Cubs in the 8th with the bags full and no one out. Strikes out Seagar. One out, bags full. Strikes out Pig. Two out, bags full. Gonzalez lines 2 RBI single to center. Score tied at 3. Grandal grounds out to short.
After Dodgers fight back to tie game at 3 in 8th, Cubs come right back with 5 runs for an 8-3 lead after 7. Then hold on for an 8-4 win to take game one of their series.
It's pretty amusing how concerned you guys are with people at other forums and how little they care about you.
Dodgers at Cubs only game today.
Steven Fischer...I think it is not as much amusing as it is amazing. Amazing that anyone can post here, state the views and opinions, argue strongly their point, even call people respectful names as fools, ignorant, jerks, etc, (no foul language). That is not true at controlled sign up forums. If you do not buy into the 'individual stats' mind set, call stats meaningless, and there to suggest that wins and winning are what baseball is about and defines the best players and teams, you will get run out and banned. There have been countless fans here who have been through this. However, no poster has ever been banned from this site. Occasionally a foul post has not been allowed to see the light of day. Anyone can come here and defend their position. The difference is when you go beyond the traditional basic stats and start to make up formulas and try to give opinionated values to things, the stats that evolve and convoluted and positively false. We find the stat frauds have a very difficult time seeing the difference between players producing when it matters and producing when it does not matter. The assume that a .340 hitter is better for the team than a .280 hitter. They assume a pitcher with a 3.00 ERA is better than a pitcher with a 3.90 ERA.
Steven Fischer & bigbadwolf, Also, when you go to the controlled forums as a WIN METHOD supporter, you debate 100 people because other previous WIN METHOD supporters have been banned. Hundreds of stat frauds can come here and debate hundreds of WIN METHOD supporters. Stat frauds cannot defend their positions and numbers with logic and common sense so they eliminate the opposition by silencing their voices in their forums. I know, that is why I am here.
Guys, countless people post here so their comments can be read by millions of people. If you post you do not believe that stats are the sole determination of talent you are erased at the talk forums.
Steven Fischer, it is not how little they care for us. It is their gutless banning of our views on their forums. Yet here we welcome their their opinions. We then refute them with common sense, logic, and fact. In that open type arena and discussion the frauds cannot compete, so they flock to controlled forums where the discussion is controlled.
Steven Fischer, what you find amusing, I find sad, that my opinion will be stifled if it is not acceptable by certain people.
From what I read, but I already knew, this is the number one baseball blog in the world.
It is a pretty easy choice for real baseball fans. Post there and unless you are part of the fantasy world baseball crowd, and get banned. Or post here and freely express your thoughts and never get banned.
Anytime anyone is prevented from expressing their opinion, the people/site/forum/blog/etc doing the preventing must be looked at skeptically and or with disdain.
Well said YankeeMike.
Either way you guys spend quite a bit of time talking about them
Steven Fischer, not true. Somewhere around .03 of 1% of the posts on this blog.
Steven Fischer, I find it sad that you show concern about posters here discussing baseball forums and yet offer no concern/opinion regarding their methods of controlling the diatribe and banning people who do not adhere to their views.
Sid
You guys ridicule anyone who comes here if they have even a slightly different view. Get off your high horse.
Steven Fischer, I have no problem ridiculing anyone who thinks wins and winning does not determine the best teams and players. Again, you ignore the gist of the issue. You are allowed to post any of your views and beliefs here. I can't go to baseball forums and express my views without getting banned. I don't know how high my horse is, but it is the winning horse.
I know you don't sid. That's what makes you a jerk. People like you get banned at other forums not because your posting different views, but rather for acting like jerks. I saw Steve get banned for similar behavior.
Oh and btw, that sort of behavior doesn't make you a winner in life, winners can respectfully disagree with others because they are confident in themselves and their belief and know that people can have different opinions. They don't have to resort to ridicule.
sid greenberg,nyc, Great retort. More importantly, you are right.
Steven Fischer, One more time, you don't get banned here for your opinion, be it done respectfully or not. You may want to go read your forums and see the vitriol among posters, so no need to chastise me or anyone here. Name calling has always been permitted here. You also, don't get banned for what anyone may perceive as being a jerk.
Steven Fischer, sorry but you have totally ignored the greatness of this blog that allows everyone to speak their piece. Be they a jerk, ignorant, a fool, stupid, or whatever. This can't be said for other places.
sid and will-i-am......That is why the WIN METHOD is the greatest in the world.
Sounds like pretty low standards for greatness.
Actual insight and player news would be cool too.
But hey, to each his own.
Steven Fischer, at least you are consistent. You do not address the fact that posters get banned for their opinions or the perception that they are a jerk in other forums. We have more player insight than you can shake a stick at WHEN it matters. And we are positive thinking with a glass full attitude.
Dodgers take down Cubs 1-0 on a great game from Kershaw and Jansen. Series even.
Sid
The reason I've seen people get banned is because they were absolutely disrupting any intelligent discussion. They would make comments not in line with discussions and it would disrupt the topic on hand. When you have. A disruptive poster like that who's not being respectful I don't feel bad when they get banned and don't think it's a bad thing.
This forum is 80% score updates. 10% bashing other people. 10% actual intelligent discussion. That a far shot from being great imho.
Steven Fischer, Everything in your most recent post is an out and out lie. Paragraph one in relation to my posting at nyy forum is a lie from start to finish except the part where you state "I don't feel bad when they get banned and don't think it's a bad thing."
Your second paragraph is also a lie, and something stat frauds live to do. Pose false numbers as if they are real. Your 'imho' is meaningless Barbara Striesand.
Now the difference, you do not get banned from here. The truth kills stat frauds, that is why they must ban, because they cannot refute the truth.
Steve, hear hear. Been down the route of bannings for daring to mention that wins and winning determine the best. The stat frauds consider that disruptive as they try to tell their pied piper followers that the losers are better.
Steve
Nope not a lie at all. Sorry you feel differently.
Granted my percentages are imperfect, but the main point is that most of the posts here are score updates and a lot of repeating principals (when it matters over and over, we get it)
No one mentioned that james kaprielian made a dominant return to pitching recently after a long layoff. Too busy bashing what other people think.
Steven Fischer, so you believe that all the posters here who have been run out of countless forums over the past 10 plus years for adhering to and mention the WIN METHOD got run out not because of their beliefs but because they were perceived as disrupting the flow of conversations and they were jerks? How utterly convenient, but more so, stupid.
Steven Fischer, Your percentages are not even in the ballpark, but we expect that from stat frauds. And as far as Kaprrielian, WIN METHOD mentioned him in his blogpost. It really doesn't matter what guys do in any one game, it is the whole ball of wax that matters. As each selectee moves up the ladder and gets closer to the major league level, what he does becomes more important. If he wish, you can post things like that here. You could even add more information on the specific event. No one to stop you and no one to ban you.
Steven Fischer, one of the best things about this blog is the flow. There are no threads, just the flow of whatever anyone posts and then the responses the post invokes. That way the blog is always living in the present of what is interesting at the moment.
What does anyone expect from a stat fraud. Complain, whine, and cry. And yes as always, it is the WIN METHOD fans who are at fault. But we know baseball.
How come it is only the stat frauds that whine and cry!
We crow about out kids when they start producing at the higher levels.
Haha Deb F. you seem like one of the worst people. I'm not complaining, whining or crying about anything...aren't you guys the one's who are complaining/whining/crying about getting banned from forums?
Gary Shrieber......the stat frauds whine and cry because they live in a fantasy world and play fantasy games. They have little to no knowledge regarding real life winning baseball.
Steven Fischer, There you go again. FACT: We get banned for expressing our WIN METHOD opinions. Stat frauds come here and don't get banned for expressing their opinion. Ironic. Then you come here and whine and cry because we talk about stat frauds. Ironic. Or maybe idiotic.
Drum roll for Deb.
Cleveland at Toronto tonight in game three of their series.
WIN METHOD is free speech. Stat fraud forums ban free speech.
Deb
What happened to you to make you such a miserable person? I feel bad for you now. I hope you find peace.
Indians/Jays 2-2 after 5.
Steven Fischer, I see that the truth hurts you. eI think the hoof is on your foot.
Tribe up 4-2 after 6.
No not at all, I think it's cool that you guys don't block posts. It's very admirable.
However I dont think this alone makes you the best. So yeah, sorry, truth doesn't hurt.
Pitching has pretty much dominated the post season games so far.
Steven Fischer, more important, we don't ban anyone for their views, opinions, name calling, perceived disruption, or any stupid reason the stat frauds try to use to control content.
Johnsondc
More important than what? I just acknowledged this was admirable. Congrats.
Indians win 4-2 and take 3-0 lead in series. Every game is now a must win for the Blue Jays.
Miller has been completely shutdown. Maybe the best reliever in baseball.
Miller in 3 games against Toronto has pitched 5 innings striking out 13 of the 15 outs. Has given up no runs and has been an integral piece in each victory. This done in post season baseball for the American League pennant against one of the most powerful lineups.
If Girardi used Miller in 3 consecutive games for 5 innings some fans would say Girardi is over using him.
Here is a very interesting fact from MLB history. In the history of baseball only four players have hit over 500 home runs and won 3 or more World Series Championships over their career. David Oritz, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth.
To expand on this fact, only 2 of these players and the only 2 players in the history of baseball won more than 3 World Series Championships and hit 500 home runs. Both of these players helped lead their team to 7, yes 7 World Series Championships, are are to be considered the two best players in the history of baseball.
Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth.
Warren, nice post.
I saw Mickey play and there is no question he laid over everyone in his era. Surely one of the best of the best of all time. And the Babe is a story in itself.
I saw 'the Mick' and agree. The best of the best.
I never saw either, but to hit 500 home runs in itself is amazing. I think there are 27 guys who have. More important is the winning of WS. Add in winning seven of them is fantastic. Only two guys have done this and they could play on my team any time.
Very few players win multiple World Series. To win seven and also hit 500 HRs is fantastic and has to define the best of the best. Here they are, George Herman "Babe" Ruth, and Mickey Mantle the "Commerce Comet".
Astounding fact. Wins and winning determine the best. Ruth and Mantle. Two different eras. Two of the all-time best.
I saw Mickey play. He was the best of his time. Offensively and defensively.
Cleveland at Toronto and then Chicago at Los Angeles today.
Can you imagine Mantle and Ruth on the same team at the same time in the 3 and 4 spot in the lineup. Would be devastating to opposing pitchers.
Sharon/NC, Mantle/Ruth would have been the best combo in baseball history.
Blue Jays up 1-0 after 3.
The great Yankee tradition of championships earned by two of the greatest players in the game.
Jays up 2-1 after 5.
Toronto stays alive beating the Indians 5-1.
Every game is do or die for the jays.
Dodgers lead Cubs 3-0 after 5.
Warren Hammond, I bet very few people anywhere know the fact you posted, kudos.
Dodgers whitewash Cubs 6-0. Lead series 2 games to 1.
I'm on board with bloom and grow. Lets go.
Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle. No one else is even close and no one else will ever equal what the Babe and the Mick have accomplished.
Would love to see the Dodgers take down the Cubs.
Hear hear, Steve.
Another must win game for the Blue Jays today.
Also, Regarding Mickey Mantle. Mantle hold a record that will never be broken and likely never threatened. Mantle over his career hit 18 World Series home runs. No one will ever come close to that record.
I agree Phil. 18 WS HRs is untouchable.
The Yankees have had a heck of a lot of great players for the past 100 years.
Indians up 3-0 after 5.
Sue Gordon, and the Yankees have won the most pennants and most World Series.
Indians scalp the Jays and advance to the World Series as the American League representative.
Great job by the Indians from top to bottom, 25 men all contributing. The best team and players in the American League.
Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians and their great fans.
Miller and Allen were amazing. When it matters and when it counts.
Cubbies up on Dodgers 5-0 in 5th.
Cubs over Dodgers 10-2. Series even at 2 games each,
Cubs at Dodgers in game 5 today.
The Cubs wasted a lot of runs in yesterdays 10-2 win.
Bloom and grow.
Yes Zhaire, If they lose a close one today it will go to show yet again how runs scored can be a meaningless stats.
Bloom and grow it is.
I agree WIN METHOD, and bloom and grow we will do. Love ya,
Go Dodgers.
Pretty decent playoff season so far. Sure beats football.
What's a football?
Cubs with early 1-0 lead after 2.
Cubs lead 3-1 after 6.
Cubs over Dodgers 8-4 and take 3 game to 2 lead in their series.
For sure the nl pennant winning team will be decided in Chicago.
The nl teams travel today, so their series will not be decided until the weekend.
This is a peaceful time of the year for the Yankees with not being in the playoffs.
I wonder how Betances will make out this spring. Learning to hold runners. Learning to throw to bases. Putting his great pitching talent together with the other objectives.
Steve, I agree. He needs to improve his game in the areas you mentioned.
Jack Gordon, A football is similar to a stat fraud. Both are useless.
Lets bloom and grow this spring.
I'd mainly like to see the Yankees keep up with the youth movement and address the rotation and re-sign Chapman and slide Betances back into the Hold role.
I don't know if I would want to pay Chapman the dollars he may want.
LA at Chicago today for game six and a must win for LA.
I wouldn't go after Chapman. We have several possibilities in house that may be more than adequate for far far less money.
Developing from within is what bloom and grow is about. Paying high dollars for old potted plants, no matter how nice they look, is not worth it.
Lovely stated Erica Johnston.
Still would like to see the Dodgers take down the Cubs.
If Betances learns how to hold runners, he could be better than Chapman.
And no long term deals. The team almost never gets fair value.
Lets go Dodgers.
Cubs get two first inning runs for 2-0 lead.
Cubs up 5-0 thru 6. Looks like it will be Chicago Cubs - Cleveland Indians World Series.
Kershaw has been a pathetic playoff pitcher for several seasons now.
Cubs going to the WS. Beat LA 5-0.
Down to the final two teams, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox. The World Series will be decided in the next week and the best of the best teams and players are going to decide the 2016 World Champion.
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Welcome Pierre. Glad you visited, you are welcome to post your thoughts and views anytime.
A great lakes World Series.
Both Yankee relievers have helped their team to the WS.
Hopefully the bodies we got for our two relievers will help the Yanks get to a WS or two or more.
I have heard that a group of top stat frauds have gotten to together and using all their stat acumen, figures, numbers, formulas, and convolutions they are calling the winner of the World Series and guaranteeing their selection. The name of the winning teams city will begin with the letter 'C'.
Got to hand it to the stat frauds. They know their stuff.
The stat frauds should take out a loan and bet all they have on their sure thing and when their team wins the Series they can retire for life. You know how smart the stat frauds are, they can cash in big time on their sure thing pick.
Kudos to the stat frauds for coming out and guaranteeing their pick to win the World Series.
The stats are infallible, that is why the stat frauds are always right.
Don't forget the stat frauds dominance of fantasy games. They are the undisputed champions of make believe.
KevMac, look what you started. But your post is a gem and worth it.
Websters Dictionary::
stat fraud, stat frauds...singular or plural...a person or group of people who know so little.
Funny stuff. This is great.
World Series starts tomorrow and I see the stat frauds have guaranteed the winner.
No game today. Series starts tomorrow with all seven, if needed games, scheduled for 8PM EST starts. Games one and two in Cleveland starting tomorrow. Thursday off. Games three, four, and five in Chicago. Monday off. Games six and seven in Cleveland.
The last time the Cubs won a WS was 1908 and the last time the Indians won a WS was 1948.
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