21 thoughts on “July 1, 2020: 2H”

1. It was 30 years ago Andy Hawkins threw a "no hitter" .Nice read about it here

2. Just curious -- who has the most WAR for only a single season MLB career?

   1. That's a great question.

      A guess off the top of my head:

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      Pete Alonzo (yes, this is sort of cheating)

      1. nice. I'll allow it, but not what I was looking for (obviously)

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      Irv Waldron.

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      Tommy de la Cruz. Henry Schmidt is close behind.

      1. Fun fact about the first guy. In his one year, no team played more than 137 games, but due to the timing of him being traded, he played in 141.

3. Did we discuss Cutch's awesome card?

   Congrats to @TheCUTCH22 for securing what may be the coolest baseball card ever #Phillies @Topps pic.twitter.com/KToJ1sthwT

   — Dick Allen (@DickAllen_15) June 26, 2020

   1. I thought so. I still don't know how to search effectively.

   2. It popped up last week but deserves more discussion. It's hard to search for because you need to search for the tweet itself.

      1. I love that Dick Allen tweeted it out, becuase I definitely get a real 70s vibe from it (of course the uniform helps)

4. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day. I'm happy it's evolved from lolmets into understanding why and realizing the contract conversion was a good idea. We can still laugh at them trading for him in the first place.

   1. Mets getting financial advice from Bernie Madoff can still fall under lolmets however.

   2. Bruce Sutter been living the dream too.

5. More on Rod Carew and the Calvin Griffith statue from Ira Berkow at the NYT.

   there's a powerful anecdote in that piece where Rod reflected on being pulled over on I-35 for driving while black.

6. Yesterday was in fact the day the Muzik died

   He was a Spamtown High legend. RIP.

7. There has been 15 pitcher to appear in 1000+ games in his career. 3 Have played for the Twins. Can you name them?

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   Jesse Orosco (1252), LaTroy Hawkins (1042), Mike Jackson (1005)

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      Orosco, Jackson, Hawkins

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      Pretty sure Jesse Orosco’s one, which I only know from drafting him. Then maybe, Eddie Guardado? And then a knuckleballer, but I can’t think of a name.

      1. Well, one out of three’s not bad

         1. Wish you managed slot machines

   3. Fernando Rodney looked like he might get there, but it’s seems doubtful now.

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