Why do they keep parading this dweeb into the booth during broadcasts? He adds nothing. Oh boy, he notes that Betts is small and hits the ball very hard. How informative.
And I just said that it doesn't matter who bats where in this lineup. I wouldn't lead off with one of our catchers. Any order we put out there will produce plenty of runs.
Do you remember an approximate year? I remember Doug Griffin getting a terrible beaning from Nolan Ryan and he was never the same. He definitely wasn't Italian, so you are probably thinking of someone else.
I don't know much about Basketball, but Stephen Curry seems to be the consensus best player. From the little that I have seen from him, he is on another planet. He makes great players like Westbrook look like second tier.
He held the bat like Yaz and one time he hit 3 Homers in a game.
He told a funny story about eating dinner with Yaz. He used to love eating with Yaz when he took the collar. Yaz would order chicken, steak and pork chops and then he would just pick at one of them because he would be so upset about his hitting. LaHoud didn't make much money and like to pocket his meal money. He would just order a salad and then feast on everything that Yaz didn't eat.
That was 2003 Pedro who was already a shadow of himself. 1998-99 Pedro has the Babe screwing himself into the ground and making a big breeze fanning. 2003 Pedro drills him in the ass. He doesn't let him beat him. Pedro got beat because a roided up Giambi got him twice in 2003. Post PED Giambi who lost 25 lbs of muscle in the 2003 off season has no chance against Pedro.
When Dewey first came up at the end of '72 I think, we still had Reggie Smith, Tommy Harper, Ben Olgivie and Yaz had to play first base. It was hard to make an impression with those guys out there.