OsFanSinceThe80s Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Doug Drabek and Joe Carter from the 1998 Orioles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony-OH Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, SteveA said: We sorta had a shortstop at the time! Yeah, what was that guy's name again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsFanSinceThe80s Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Tony-OH said: Yeah, what was that guy's name again? It was everyone's favorite announcer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobby Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 35 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said: Also at first base, '96 Eddie Murray. Felt good to have him hit his 500th homer here (a year to the day Ripken broke the Streak) but it wasn't great. Whaaaaat????? Yeah, Eddie wasn’t great for us, but he did manage a .766 OPS with 10 homers and 34 RBI in 64 games. The team was 50-46 when Eddie arrived but went 38-26 in those 64 games and made the wild card. To me he was a good contributor down the stretch. He also had a .967 OPS in the ALDS and .820 in the ALCS. I was really happy with Eddie’s return engagement. Fortunately the team didn’t renew him for 1997, when he was truly spent and retired when that season ended. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can_of_corn Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, Frobby said: Whaaaaat????? Yeah, Eddie wasn’t great for us, but he did manage a .766 OPS with 10 homers and 34 RBI in 64 games. The team was 50-46 when Eddie arrived but went 38-26 in those 64 games and made the wild card. To me he was a good contributor down the stretch. He also had a .967 OPS in the ALDS and .820 in the ALCS. I was really happy with Eddie’s return engagement. Fortunately the team didn’t renew him for 1997, when he was truly spent and retired when that season ended. Frobby, why you gotta wet blanket everything all the time? Why you gotta be so extra? He's merely playing by the loosely defined rules that were defined in the OP and here you come in acting all serious about something that's a fun topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobby Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, Can_of_corn said: Frobby, why you gotta wet blanket everything all the time? Why you gotta be so extra? He's merely playing by the loosely defined rules that were defined in the OP and here you come in acting all serious about something that's a fun topic. Nobody disses Eddie when I’m around! Not even Moose, who deserves a lot of slack. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony-OH Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Frobby said: Nobody disses Eddie when I’m around! Not even Moose, who deserves a lot of slack. I'm with ya. Eddie was my favorite player growing up, bar none. Well, if you don't count Brooks Robinson who retired when I was 7 and was the reason I wore number 5 my whole life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said: It was everyone's favorite announcer. Nah... Burleson played for us in '87. We had another shorstop then. I think he might have missed an inning late in the season, but otherwise he had SS covered all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Milligan Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, Frobby said: Whaaaaat????? Yeah, Eddie wasn’t great for us, but he did manage a .766 OPS with 10 homers and 34 RBI in 64 games. The team was 50-46 when Eddie arrived but went 38-26 in those 64 games and made the wild card. To me he was a good contributor down the stretch. He also had a .967 OPS in the ALDS and .820 in the ALCS. I was really happy with Eddie’s return engagement. Fortunately the team didn’t renew him for 1997, when he was truly spent and retired when that season ended. So we agree he wasn't great for us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsFanSinceThe80s Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, SteveA said: Nah... Burleson played for us in '87. We had another shorstop then. I think he might have missed an inning late in the season, but otherwise he had SS covered all year. I thought we were talking about Ozzie Guillen in 1998 when he was a backup utility infielder at best for Bordick and Alomar. I also completely forgot Guillen was an Oriole for all of 18 plate appearances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobby Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 27 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said: So we agree he wasn't great for us... Yeah, I’m not going to overstate things. The 1996 model Eddie wasn’t nearly the 1977-88 model. I just have trouble lumping him in with Derrek Lee, who added nothing to a 69-win team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interloper Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 What, no Garrett Atkins? I guess he didn't know it was his last gasp. Oh but it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Milligan Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Frobby said: Yeah, I’m not going to overstate things. The 1996 model Eddie wasn’t nearly the 1977-88 model. I just have trouble lumping him in with Derrek Lee, who added nothing to a 69-win team. Fair enough. For some reason I thought Eddie was better than he was in the 2nd time here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can_of_corn Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, interloper said: What, no Garrett Atkins? I guess he didn't know it was his last gasp. Oh but it was. Colby Rasmus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Milligan Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said: Colby Rasmus. The. Worst. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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