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2016-17 Hot Stove Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Nov 3, 2016.

  1. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member


     
  2. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    Not nearly enough pitchers named Kid these days, apparently.
     
  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Damn Jay Baller rabbit holes ... here are his 2-win seasons ... with some saves and holds and shit ...

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  5. cisforkoke

    cisforkoke Well-Known Member

    Is he the guy who got sick from eating shellfish? Don't remember if that was cited as a reason for non-performance.
     
  6. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Looks like Ravishing Rick Rude.
     
  7. cisforkoke

    cisforkoke Well-Known Member

  8. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Kyle Crick of the Giants would make it 19 if he could throw strikes.
     
  9. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    The Latins. The Poles. The Jews. The Blacks. The Italians. LOL you couldn't pull that off today.

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  10. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    "Harry Stein" is borderline as an acceptable name nowadays too.
     
  11. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Been reading the Richard Ben Cramer bio on DiMaggio (which is excellent, by the way). Some of the early national profiles marveled that DiMaggio spoke perfect English and "hardly smelled like olive oil."
     
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  12. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    OJ Simpson: not a Jew.
     
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