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Nothing like seeing highlights of the Cubs game on captions, and all you see is how it says "close call showed the Cubs got a huge break".

 

I did happen to see the announcers say that if the Cubs won the World Series, it would be one of the three biggest moments in sports history.

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QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 4, 2007 -> 06:48 PM)
Nothing like seeing highlights of the Cubs game on captions, and all you see is how it says "close call showed the Cubs got a huge break".

 

I did happen to see the announcers say that if the Cubs won the World Series, it would be one of the three biggest moments in sports history.

 

Cubs win!

Red Sox win!

and what the f*** would be the other one? Probably something with Tiger Woods.

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When I go to the Twins and Mariners game @ Safeco Field on August 13, I'm going to see quite the pitchers' duel- Cy Santana and King Felix.

 

Just thought I'd throw that out that I bought the tickets back in early June, and it comes out they I will see 1 great pitcher, and 1 that could win multiple Cy Young's in 3-5 years.

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http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/08/06/...llectible-ever/

 

Padres left-hander David Wells is a baseball collector of sorts and one of his prize possessions just grew a lot more valuable.

 

Wells has an old, grainy, yellowing baseball that he purchased for $7,000 with a Babe Ruth signature scrawled across the sweet spot. Since the purchase, he had Hank Aaron sign the ball during a Padres trip to Atlanta, and on Sunday, he added the name of Barry Bonds in the left fielder's unmistakable script.

 

That may give Wells the only ball that has the signatures of the top three all-time Major League home run hitters on it.

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QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 6, 2007 -> 03:20 PM)
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If Wells gets into the Hall, they better change the name to "Hall of Pretty Good".

 

There are plenty of guys like him in the Hall. Jamie Moyer is a guy I'd put in there after a couple of decades, too. Don't know if you've ever gone through the Hall and its members, but it isn't just the Sandy Koufaxs and the Babe Ruths of the baseball world in there. There are guys in there who are "very good" but not "ALL TIME GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" players, and they should be in there.

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235 wins over 21 seasons with a career ERA over 4 and a mediocre ERA+ of 108? I have to disagree.

 

Has he been a great 3ish starter his entire career? Hell yeah. Hall of Fame worthy? Not in my book. And Moyer has even less of a case.

 

In fact, I do not believe a pitcher with an ERA north of 4 has even been inducted.

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QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 6, 2007 -> 07:29 PM)
235 wins over 21 seasons with a career ERA over 4 and a mediocre ERA+ of 108? I have to disagree.

 

Has he been a great 3ish starter his entire career? Hell yeah. Hall of Fame worthy? Not in my book. And Moyer has even less of a case.

 

In fact, I do not believe a pitcher with an ERA north of 4 has even been inducted.

Correct. Only 7 pitchers have been inducted with an era higher than 3 and a half, and zero with an era over 4. Wells was a good pitcher but Hall of Famer he is not.

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QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 12:22 AM)
Don't know if you've ever gone through the Hall and its members, but it isn't just the Sandy Koufaxs and the Babe Ruths of the baseball world in there.

 

You don't know if I've ever gone through the Hall and its members? David Wells has a career ERA+ of 108. That's doesn't even qualify as "very good". He doesn't have a very good peak. Put him side-by-side with another great pitcher of his time, Greg Maddux. Maddux has nine seasons better than Wells' best season (1995 -- 200+ innings of a 141 ERA+). On David Wells' Most Similar Players' list, not even half are (or will be) Hall of Famers. Wells doesn't get in on either of Bill James' HoF Monitor or HoF Standards.

 

Need I keep going? Wells isn't a Hall of Famer. I appreciate the huge laugh you just gave me, though, by saying that Jamie Moyer is a Hall of Famer. Thanks for that.

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