Jomboy: Albert Belle refuses to take 1B

[Redskins Rick]

9 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Well yeah, what do you expect from a franchise that ripped off Walgreens for their team logo. 

The Senators had the big W on their hat, long before Walgreens.

[DrungoHazewood]

2 hours ago, InsideCoroner said:

I can’t believe we’re comparing Eddie Murray and Albert Belle as personalities. Eddie was a role model to a lot of kids. Albert was a parole model.

Next up: “Nicest guy: Cal Ripken or Delmon Young?” 

Details tend to get lost over time.  People advocate for Dick Allen to go in the Hall because he was basically the Albert Belle of the 60s and while stat lines are forever on bb-ref, even the most egregious behavior gets washed away as "there's a lot of jerks in Cooperstown!"

[Tx Oriole]

2 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

The Senators had the big W on their hat, long before Walgreens.

Wasn’t the W on their cap when Walter Johnson played? 

[Redskins Rick]

2 minutes ago, Tx Oriole said:

Wasn’t the W on their cap when Walter Johnson played? 

1969 Cooperstone hat

[InsideCoroner]

11 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Details tend to get lost over time.  People advocate for Dick Allen to go in the Hall because he was basically the Albert Belle of the 60s and while stat lines are forever on bb-ref, even the most egregious behavior gets washed away as "there's a lot of jerks in Cooperstown!"

True, stats are dispassionate in that sense, so unless they create the JAR stat (Jerk Adjustment Ratio), even the likes of Mel Hall or John Rocker can have a decent looking year or two. 

[Redskins Rick]

16 hours ago, InsideCoroner said:

True, stats are dispassionate in that sense, so unless they create the JAR stat (Jerk Adjustment Ratio), even the likes of Mel Hall or John Rocker can have a decent looking year or two. 

youngsters these days, probably never heard of Robby Alomar spitting in the face of the umpire. Talk about a Jerk Moment. Fortunately, he manned up, and apologised to the point, that he became friends with the umpire.