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  • Brooks Robinson Catches a Hot One on the Corner of 10-3-39

    From mlmcmahone@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 26 19:38:16 2023
    My all time favorite ball player (and childhood hero). And one of the game's great ambassadors.

    Marty

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to unhyphenated American on Wed Sep 27 12:07:16 2023
    On 2023-09-27, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American <constance@duxmail.com> wrote:
    On 2023-09-27, mlmcm...@gmail.com <mlmcmahone@gmail.com> wrote:
    My all time favorite ball player (and childhood hero). And one of the game's great ambassadors.

    Not that Brooks is the one of course, because he was a decent
    offensive player, but who holds the crown for worst hitter among
    position players that are not shortstops?


    Duh, I meant of those in the hall of fame.

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    Fast, reliable, cheap. Pick two and we'll talk.
    -- unknown

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to mlmcm...@gmail.com on Wed Sep 27 12:03:11 2023
    On 2023-09-27, mlmcm...@gmail.com <mlmcmahone@gmail.com> wrote:
    My all time favorite ball player (and childhood hero). And one of the game's great ambassadors.

    Not that Brooks is the one of course, because he was a decent
    offensive player, but who holds the crown for worst hitter among
    position players that are not shortstops?

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    Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake the second time you
    make it. -- unknown

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to mlmcm...@gmail.com on Wed Sep 27 11:56:57 2023
    On 2023-09-27, mlmcm...@gmail.com <mlmcmahone@gmail.com> wrote:
    My all time favorite ball player (and childhood hero). And one of the game's great ambassadors.

    OMG. Another one of the people I thought was gone long ago....

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    Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake the second time you
    make it. -- unknown

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  • From Marty McMahone@21:1/5 to unhyphenated American on Wed Sep 27 06:50:23 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 7:07:21 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
    On 2023-09-27, Con Reeder, unhyp
    My all time favorite ball player (and childhood hero). And one of the game's great ambassadors.

    Not that Brooks is the one of course, because he was a decent
    offensive player, but who holds the crown for worst hitter among
    position players that are not shortstops?

    Duh, I meant of those in the hall of fame.

    --
    Fast, reliable, cheap. Pick two and we'll talk.
    -- unknown

    The change of eras makes that difficult. Johnny Evers has a really low OPS rating. He played in the age of scratching for singles, though. I'd think Mazeroski would be one of the stronger candidates for that. Almost certainly it would be a 2B or a CF.

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 27 11:20:10 2023
    Not that Brooks is the one of course, because he was a decent
    offensive player, but who holds the crown for worst hitter among
    position players that are not shortstops?

    Apparently, if you want to be pedantic, Walter Alston was a first baseman who did not get a hit in his only at bat, although I think he got in more as the manager of the Dodgers than as a player...

    Among actual position players, it might be Harmon Killebrew at .256.

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  • From Eric Ramon@21:1/5 to The NOTBCS Guy on Wed Sep 27 18:22:52 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 11:20:13 AM UTC-7, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:
    Not that Brooks is the one of course, because he was a decent
    offensive player, but who holds the crown for worst hitter among
    position players that are not shortstops?
    Apparently, if you want to be pedantic, Walter Alston was a first baseman who did not get a hit in his only at bat, although I think he got in more as the manager of the Dodgers than as a player...

    Among actual position players, it might be Harmon Killebrew at .256.

    yea, I'll disagree with you there. Killebrew put up a career 143 OPS+. 7th all-time in HRs.

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  • From unclejr@21:1/5 to mlmcm...@gmail.com on Wed Sep 27 21:38:24 2023
    On Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 9:38:19 PM UTC-5, mlmcm...@gmail.com wrote:
    My all time favorite ball player (and childhood hero). And one of the game's great ambassadors.

    Marty

    To the sky, my sweet sweet prince.

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 28 17:07:30 2023
    Not that Brooks is the one of course, because he was a decent
    offensive player, but who holds the crown for worst hitter among
    position players that are not shortstops?
    Apparently, if you want to be pedantic, Walter Alston was a first baseman who did not get a hit in his only at bat, although I think he got in more as the manager of the Dodgers than as a player...

    Among actual position players, it might be Harmon Killebrew at .256.
    yea, I'll disagree with you there. Killebrew put up a career 143 OPS+. 7th all-time in HRs.

    Okay, technically you got me on that one; I interpreted "worst hitter" as having the lowest batting average.

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