A Realistic View at the 2026 Red Sox Part II

[notin]

On 8/14/2026 at 1:10 PM, drewski6 said:

I just want to retire the anti-DH slant.

If you hit .400 and 50 HR, I aint letting you play the field.

If you hit .400 with 50 HRs, you’re likely playing semi-pro ball somewhere because no one in MLB history has ever had a season like that, with the closest one coming in 1921 when Babe Ruth batted .378 with 59 HRs.

If your point is elite hitters should never field, you wouldn’t let Willie Mays play the field?

[jad]

On 8/14/2026 at 2:24 PM, drewski6 said:

I sat next to a smoking hot gal last time i was at fenway.  she moved her seat to come sit next to me cuz i was yelling funny stuff.  It was a fun night.  BUt she was showing me pictures of Cedanne at a camp and talking about how awesome he was as a person,

So not only is Cedanne a nice guy (which gets bonus points with me) but the fact that he is gave me fodder to keep a chat with an absolute smokeshow going.

So you get bonusSKI WAR for this.  SO I wouldnt hate Cedanne sneaking an MVP.

ANd Yordan? I got sick of hearing "just a DH" so to see a DH win it, would be cool to me.  So I wouldnt hate that either.

I think the moral of the story is that I am not a good choice to put in charge of this stuff.  If somebody had a basset hound and let me pet it, they are getting a lot of MVP points.

Dude, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but no chick is seriously attracted to or interested in a guy who yells stupid s*** at a sports venue.   (How many of such mythical creatures. for example, do we find, say, on this site?)

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, notin said:

If you hit .400 with 50 HRs, you’re likely playing semi-pro ball somewhere because no one in MLB history has ever had a season like that, with the closest one coming in 1921 when Babe Ruth batted .378 with 59 HRs.

Made me think what the best BA & HR seasons are...

20's

Hornsby '22 .401 42

Hornsby '25 .403 39

Ruth '27 .356 60

Ruth '23 .393 41

Ruth '24 .378 46

Gehrig '27 .373 47

Ruth '26 .373 47

Hornsby '29 .380 39

Suttles '26 .425 32

30's

Hack Wilson '30 .356 56

Terry '30 .401 23

Klein '30 .386 40

Ruth '31 .373 46

Gehrig '30 .379 41

Foxx '32 .364 58

Foxx '38 .356 48

Greenberg .315 58

40's

Williams '41 .406 37

Musial '48 .376 39

Williams '49 .343 43

Kiner '49 .310 54

Williams '42 .356 36

50's

Mantle '56 .353 52

Mays .319 51

Kluz .326 49

60's

Mantle '61 .317 54

Mays '65 .317 52

F Robinson '66 .316 49

Cash '61 .361 41

Maris .269 61

70's

Foster '77 .320 52

Aaron '71 .327 47

Rice '78 .315 46

Lynn '79 .333 39

Stargel .295 48

80's

Brett '80 .391 24

Boggs '87 .363 24

Mattingly .352 31

D Murphy .315 44

Canseco '88 .307 42

Oglive .304 41

Jackson .300 41

90's

Walker .379 37

McGwire .299 70

Sosa .308 66

Walker .366 49

McGwire .278 65

Sosa .288 63

Griffey .304 56

McGuire .312 52

Belle .317 50

Bagwell .368 39

Piazza .362 40

Thomas .349 40

00's

Bonds .328 73

Helton .373 42

Sosa .328 64

Bonds .370 46

Bonds .363 45

Pujols .359 43

Vladdy .345 44

Howard .313 58

L Gonzalez .325 57

ARod .300 57

10's

Josh Hamilton .359 32

Cabrera .348 44

Betts .346 32

JDM .330 43

Stanton .281 59

Davis .286 53

Judge .284 52

20's

Judge .311 62

Judge .322 58

Judge .331 53

Ohtani .310 54

Acuna .337 41

Raleigh .247 60

VladJr .311 48

 

 

 

[notin]

2 hours ago, jad said:

Dude, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but no chick is seriously attracted to or interested in a guy who yells stupid s*** at a sports venue.   (How many of such mythical creatures. for example, do we find, say, on this site?)

Hey, maybe she was an obnoxious fan herself.

what might surprise people is I’m deathly silent when I attend games.  I rarely even clap.  So if any of you ever sit next to me, it will not be me who destroys your viewing pleasure. Also bear in mind, I won’t enhance it either. Unless we start talking baseball…