Harper and Trout will be #2 on the list in WAR, and even have a shot at being #1. Not to mention five MVP awards between them.
Seaver/Carew and Pujols/Ichiro are generation-defining players who transcended the game, I'm not sure you can say that about any other pairings.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 15 October 2023 12:45 (ten months ago) link
I drew up the WAR list assuming Pujols/Ichiro would be #1, not accounting for Pujols' decline and Ichiro's late start. So I'm voting Seaver/Carew, not because of WAR but for the very scientific reason that they're two of my favourite players from my favourite decade.
Harper/Trout probably will end up second--I'd say there's a slight chance of them falling short because of Trout's uncertainty--and the five MVPS is a strong argument in their favour.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 October 2023 13:28 (ten months ago) link
good thread title
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 October 2023 19:05 (ten months ago) link
Probably should have saved it for the worst duo...Does anyone besides us (and an ILB poster not here) recognize the quote? Pretty famous, I think.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 October 2023 19:40 (ten months ago) link
It's a (paraphrased) Yogi Berra quote, I think?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 15 October 2023 20:50 (ten months ago) link
I think it was a broadcaster everyone loved to dunk on?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 15 October 2023 20:53 (ten months ago) link
Casey Stengel talking about Greg Goosen (who's in Ball Four).
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 October 2023 21:06 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKZCtjoIy8Y
(Not the quote, but great anyway.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 October 2023 21:09 (ten months ago) link
Had to look into it, and the pitcher replacing Gentry--"He's a young man...the idea is, with three men on base, can you throw a strike?"--was, of course, Nolan Ryan.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 October 2023 21:22 (ten months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link