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Future 3000 hit club

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Gehrig, Oct 12, 2011.

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  1. NickMordo

    NickMordo Active Member

    Quietest 3,000 in MLB history, perhaps.
     
    NickMordo, Oct 14, 2011
    #25
  2. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Barry Bonds says "Seeeee, people just get large naturally."
     
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    qtlaw, Oct 14, 2011
    #26
  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Well, Vaughn and Cecil Fielder, to use a couple of physiological comps, both dropped off the end of the earth at age 33-34.

    I expect Cabrera and Prince Fielder to follow similar paths.
     
    Starman, Oct 14, 2011
    #27
  4. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    I don't think Cabrera's girth is steroids. It's beer.
     
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    Bob Cook, Oct 14, 2011
    #28
  5. Cubbiebum

    Cubbiebum Member

    I said he is NO Vaughn or Fielder. He's big and has a belly now but its not even close to the size of Prince's for example. He's over weight but not any more than say Howard is.
     
    Cubbiebum, Oct 15, 2011
    #29
  6. Shaggy

    Shaggy Guest

    You can't compare Miggy to the Fielders or Mo Vaughn. Those fat guys swing out of their shoes every single time they strided. All or nothing with them.

    Cabrera has an easy, effortless swing and hits it on the screws every at-bat, it seems. Manny Ramirez is an excellent comparison
     
    Shaggy, Oct 15, 2011
    #30
  7. HeinekenMan

    HeinekenMan Active Member

    If Albert Pujols retires tomorrow morning, he's in the Hall. I can tell you that. I can't tell you whether he'll be hit by a bus next week.
     
    HeinekenMan, Oct 16, 2011
    #31
  8. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Melky?
     
    Guy_Incognito, Oct 17, 2011
    #32
  9. Cubbiebum

    Cubbiebum Member

    Good catch. No chance in hell.
     
    Cubbiebum, Oct 18, 2011
    #33
  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Melky has 800 career hits before the age of 27 and had 200 hits last season. As crazy as it may seem, he is on the radar. Granted, 5% is a low, low chance.

    Getting 3,000 is about what you do in your 20s, not what you do in your 30s.
     
    93Devil, Oct 18, 2011
    #34
  11. Cubbiebum

    Cubbiebum Member

    He's a .275 hitter and is already 200-400 hits behind the pace.

    Some guys who are the same age with more hits: Hanley Ramirez, Jeff Francouer, Nick Markakis. All of them are over 1,000. How about Prince Fielder? Same age, 160 more hits and higher career batting average?

    Let me put it this way. If a career .275 hitter who has one season with more than 150 hits is given 180 hits for 10 seasons (till age 37) he would still need two 180+ hit seasons to get to 3000. A career .275 hitter at age 27 isn't going to suddenly hit .300 for 12 seasons.
     
    Cubbiebum, Oct 18, 2011
    #35
  12. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    You argue like I am telling you Melky is going to get 3,000 hits. I really don't think he is, but of all the guys you just mentioned, only one had 200 hits last season.

    And BR lists Melky at 26 for last season. The other guys are listed at 27.
     
    93Devil, Oct 18, 2011
    #36
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