Comments on: When Donnie Baseball was the best http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/ A New York Yankees Blog Mon, 28 May 2012 05:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249888 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:13:15 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249888 <b>Really I was not on here to rehash all of this...</b> Me neither. That's why I didn't bring up old shit. You did. If you don't want to revisit it, stop bringing up your prior "persecutions". Really I was not on here to rehash all of this…

Me neither. That’s why I didn’t bring up old shit. You did.

If you don’t want to revisit it, stop bringing up your prior “persecutions”.

]]> By: Jesus Melendez http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249885 Jesus Melendez Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:07:01 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249885 Like most of the world, I was enamored with Mattingly when he hit the scene. I had his 1984 Donruss rookie card encased in Lucite and thought I was witnessing the second coming. That being said, I’m not so sure we weren’t. Read the rest at http://hallofverygood.blogspot.com Like most of the world, I was enamored with Mattingly when he hit the scene. I had his 1984 Donruss rookie card encased in Lucite and thought I was witnessing the second coming.

That being said, I’m not so sure we weren’t.

Read the rest at http://hallofverygood.blogspot.com

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249882 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:05:25 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249882 <b>i think the worst part is that he ios keeping track. in order. and is only on 22….of 1000</b> I could have set a goal of something easy, like 200, but where's the fun/futile humor in that? No, I want to set a goal so laughably impossible to reach that it makes me look utterly foolish and naive. i think the worst part is that he ios keeping track. in order. and is only on 22….of 1000

I could have set a goal of something easy, like 200, but where’s the fun/futile humor in that? No, I want to set a goal so laughably impossible to reach that it makes me look utterly foolish and naive.

]]> By: ceciguante http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249832 ceciguante Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:50:56 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249832 he should wear steve howe's old number and play in some colombian instructional league. there has to be a business opportunity in there somewhere. does FARC have a marketing budget? he should wear steve howe’s old number and play in some colombian instructional league. there has to be a business opportunity in there somewhere. does FARC have a marketing budget?

]]> By: ceciguante http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249829 ceciguante Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:45:28 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249829 the notion that bernie was a better player than donnie is absolutely ridiculous. whoever said that obviously didn't watch both players' careers. the notion that bernie was a better player than donnie is absolutely ridiculous. whoever said that obviously didn’t watch both players’ careers.

]]> By: ceciguante http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249825 ceciguante Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:42:31 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249825 i caught your back on that one, dbhof, like i always will when it comes to my favorite athlete. i remember many moments of donnie's awesome career with striking clarity, and saw many of them live. i was at both playoff games at the stadium that he played in, for instance. i will never forget his playoff homer that went back to back with ruben "calypso" sierra's -- that roar from the crowd was epic, i can't think of one that matched it other than maybe girardi's triple off maddux in 1996 WS game 6. but the moment that symbolizes donnie's lack of acclaim for me was the moment i saw that clemens, not donnie, won the MVP. i remember exactly where i stood and read it from the TV screen. for me, there is no greater injustice in baseball history (maybe mcgwire/bonds over maris). i have since written off all MVP, ROY and HOF voting as horribly inept exercises in subjectivity and bias (see volquez). donnie baseball is in my personal HOF, which is all that matters to me. -donnie baseball 4eva- p.s.: my friend is getting married to a girl who played collegiate softball in evansville, indiana, donnie's hometown. if i get invited to the wedding, i may get to meet donnie. after i finish crying, i will report back promptly. i caught your back on that one, dbhof, like i always will when it comes to my favorite athlete. i remember many moments of donnie’s awesome career with striking clarity, and saw many of them live. i was at both playoff games at the stadium that he played in, for instance. i will never forget his playoff homer that went back to back with ruben “calypso” sierra’s — that roar from the crowd was epic, i can’t think of one that matched it other than maybe girardi’s triple off maddux in 1996 WS game 6.

but the moment that symbolizes donnie’s lack of acclaim for me was the moment i saw that clemens, not donnie, won the MVP. i remember exactly where i stood and read it from the TV screen. for me, there is no greater injustice in baseball history (maybe mcgwire/bonds over maris). i have since written off all MVP, ROY and HOF voting as horribly inept exercises in subjectivity and bias (see volquez). donnie baseball is in my personal HOF, which is all that matters to me.

-donnie baseball 4eva-

p.s.: my friend is getting married to a girl who played collegiate softball in evansville, indiana, donnie’s hometown. if i get invited to the wedding, i may get to meet donnie. after i finish crying, i will report back promptly.

]]> By: Matt http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249803 Matt Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:21:36 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249803 I don't know about easy. I have a bad feeling he's gonna get overlooked but if he wins another SS and has some strong offensive years, he SHOULD get in. Jeff Kent is going to be rewarded for being a great hitting 2B so why shouldn't Posada be rewarded for being a great hitting catcher? Maybe this will be my next HOF campaign quest if Blyelven doesn't get in this year. I also still have my anti-Biggio arguments as well. I don’t know about easy. I have a bad feeling he’s gonna get overlooked but if he wins another SS and has some strong offensive years, he SHOULD get in. Jeff Kent is going to be rewarded for being a great hitting 2B so why shouldn’t Posada be rewarded for being a great hitting catcher? Maybe this will be my next HOF campaign quest if Blyelven doesn’t get in this year. I also still have my anti-Biggio arguments as well.

]]> By: D.B.H.O.F. p.k.a The Last Don http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249800 D.B.H.O.F. p.k.a The Last Don Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:16:46 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249800 Good. I also have to assume if Phil Coke makes a splash in the bigs that he has got to get an endorsement from coca cola. Good. I also have to assume if Phil Coke makes a splash in the bigs that he has got to get an endorsement from coca cola.

]]> By: D.B.H.O.F. p.k.a The Last Don http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249799 D.B.H.O.F. p.k.a The Last Don Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:13:24 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249799 I think the only thing that keeps Jorge out is if he hangs on for too long and does not play well. If he has another year or two of top offensive numbers for a catcher, I think he is in easy. I think the only thing that keeps Jorge out is if he hangs on for too long and does not play well. If he has another year or two of top offensive numbers for a catcher, I think he is in easy.

]]> By: Matt http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/when-donnie-baseball-was-the-best-6579/#comment-249797 Matt Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:06:58 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=6579#comment-249797 Jorge should get some real consideration when his time comes. He's been one of the best offensive catchers in baseball--if not the best--since he came up in 95. Jorge should get some real consideration when his time comes. He’s been one of the best offensive catchers in baseball–if not the best–since he came up in 95.

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