OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

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VolPack22 said:
I hate both teams. I just think it’s funny the Astros cheated and make it back, only to lose to teams that really shouldn’t have been there. Honestly if I were commissioner of MLB I would have suspended the entire organization from competing for an entire season and taken the trophy away from them. That’s how you send a message instead of giving immunity and allowing players to get off without penalty.
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If that had happened I wouldn’t have an issue at all. But, they were sissy slapped and can’t understand why most opposing fans have zero respect for them.
 
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Halph66 said:
If that had happened I wouldn’t have an issue at all. But, they were sissy slapped and can’t understand why most opposing fans have zero respect for them.
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The worst part was their players saying they earned that World Series. They just poured gasoline on the fire. And then Dusty Baker trying to say pitchers shouldn’t be throwing at the Astros was so hypocritical. If they had shown any sort of remorse they might be viewed a little differently.
 
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On November 3 in Baseball History...​
  • 1926 - Ty Cobb resigns as Tigers manager and announces his retirement from the game. Umpire and former Tigers infielder George Moriarty replaces him. Moriarty is the first man to hold baseball's four principal jobs: player, umpire, scout, and manager.

  • 1934 - Although Lou Gehrig wins the Triple Crown with 49 home runs, 165 RBI, and a .363 average, Mickey Cochrane, with two home runs, 76 RBI, and a.320 average, is named American League Most Valuable Player. Dizzy Dean, with a 30-7 record, is chosen as National League Most Valuable Player.

  • 1942 - Ted Williams is the Triple Crown winner in the major leagues, but the writers select second baseman Joe Gordon by 21 votes as American League Most Valuable Player. Gordonof the New York Yankees leads the American League with 95 strikeouts, the most ground balls hit into double plays (22), and the most errors at his position (28). Pitcher Mort Cooper gets the Most Valuable Player honor in the National League.

  • 1953 - The rules committee restores the 1939 sacrifice fly rule, which says a sacrifice fly is not charged as a time at bat.

  • 1960 - Vern Law, who was 20-9 with 18 complete games for the National League champion Pirates, is voted Cy Young Award winner. Warren Spahn finishes second.

  • 1965 - Sandy Koufax, with a 26-8 record, a 1.73 ERA, and a record-shattering 382 strikeouts, is named Cy Young Award winner by a unanimous vote.

  • 1967 - Boston's Jim Lonborg, who was 22-9 with 246 strikeouts for the American League champions, is named American League Cy Young Award winner.

  • 1970 - Bob Gibson wins the National League Cy Young Award by a 118-51 margin over Gaylord Perry of the Giants. Gibson posted a 23-7 record for the Cardinals.

  • 1981 - Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers (28 saves, 1.04 ERA) wins the American League Cy Young Award, collecting 22 of 28 possible first-place votes. The other six go to Oakland's Steve McCatty.

  • 1982 - Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's second consecutive American League Cy Young Award winner, edging Jim Palmer. Vuckovich (18-6 with a 3.34 ERA for the Brewers) has the highest winning percentage in the majors over the past two seasons.

  • 1987 - Oakland first baseman Mark McGwire, who hit forty-nine home runs, wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. McGwire is the second player to win that league's award unanimously (Carlton Fisk was the first in 1972).

  • 1989 - Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing the banned Pete Rose.

  • 1997 - Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is the sixth player to be the unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year. Garciaparra, twenty-four, led the American League in hits (209), triples (11), and multi-hit games (68), while also setting the American League rookie record with a 30-game hitting streak.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
What ever happened to Dan Uggla? Did he just fall off the earth? Never hear his name again.
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He had one good year for us and then the following year his power numbers started to dip. Third year he was atrocious. Fourth year he was atrocious again and I can’t recall if they designated him for assignment or they traded him, but he went to the Giants. And then played one more season for the Nationals before he was done.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Josh Heupel?
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YO, you baseball centric folks. Help a primary lurker out and tell me when this upcoming season's roster will be released. Tried to go to UT site to figure out our #1 ranking and it has not been updated. Know we had the pitching strength coming back, and some guys to plug in, like at 1st for our losses, but still would like to see the whole truth..... Any other place?

Thanks...
 
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I subscribe to The Athletic, but don’t read it regularly. For those of you who do the same, check out this really good article. It’s way too long to summarize. It contains diagrammed photos of how UT lines up on offense and how receivers decide their routes. For those of you who are big X and O people (I’m not one) you may get more out of the article.
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