Gunnar Henderson 2024

[OriolesMagic83]

1 hour ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I don't think it's possible now with the way teams place value on players getting the occasional rest day. I don't see any future player even coming close to challenging Cal's consecutive games played record.

I think Cal's record was able to happen because of a time in O's history when there was no strong manager.  I doubt Cal's streak would have made it to one season if he had played his whole season under Weaver.  Weaver was way ahead of his time on matchups, platoons and resting players.  The  bigger thing about Cal's streak, imo was that it was allowed to happen, where it took on a life of it's own, dwarfing the team.  I'm not diminishing the feat, but there's rarely a player that plays 162 games in a year now.  It's just recognized that people wear down and need rest.  I want to say to that probably the 5 players behind Cal on the streak list did things to basically cheat and prolong their streak especially Gehrig, where he would hit once and then not play the rest of the game. 

[yark14]

9 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I don't think it's possible now with the way teams place value on players getting the occasional rest day. I don't see any future player even coming close to challenging Cal's consecutive games played record.

Gunnar is going to break Cal's streak....

 

 

 

 

Wearing a Yankees uniform.

Good morning! 

[Frobby]

9 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I don't think it's possible now with the way teams place value on players getting the occasional rest day. I don't see any future player even coming close to challenging Cal's consecutive games played record.

Since Cal’s streak, only one player has played more than 555 straight games.   That was Miguel Tejada, whose streak of 1,152 ended in 2007 while with the O’s when he broke his hand.  

[Moose Milligan]

Frank Robinson and Johnny Oates weren’t strong managers. 

[Moose Milligan]

Back to Gunnar, he’s got two off days ahead next week. I’m not sure if his little slump is cause he’s tired or whatever. But need to see how he handles this little slide he’s on. 

[Frobby]

7 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Frank Robinson and Johnny Oates weren’t strong managers. 

Nor was Earl in 1985-86, I guess. 

Edited May 4 by Frobby

[interloper]

5 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Back to Gunnar, he’s got two off days ahead next week. I’m not sure if his little slump is cause he’s tired or whatever. But need to see how he handles this little slide he’s on. 

He had two hits last night.

[Moose Milligan]

26 minutes ago, interloper said:

He had two hits last night.

That’s what I get for not being able to sit down and watching the whole game. 

[Malike]

55 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

That’s what I get for not being able to sit down and watching the whole game. 

You would have missed the first one because he was thrown out at second. The second hit was a chop over the 1B man's head. He did hit some balls hard which is a good sign.

[Just Regular]

Cal and his dad worked together on ending the innings streak aspect of it, and once the club fired his dad and the player saved baseball I think all engaged parties knew the score.

His anomalous playing time pattern was balance positive for the industry.

[OriolesMagic83]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Nor was Earl in 1985-86, I guess. 

Cal was in his prime then.  If Cal played from 1960-1980, do you think Weaver would have never rested him.  I don't think Weaver was one to ask a player if he needed a day off or if he needed to come out of a game, i.e. stories of Palmer arguing w/ Weaver about coming out of a game.  Anyway I have hella respect for Cal being able to play all those years as an elite athlete w/o missing a game.  I was proud of myself when I went 1 year of work w/o missing a day d/t injury or illness.  lol

[OriolesMagic83]

Gunnar and Gunna are pushing P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-705T4FioZE&list=RD-705T4FioZE&start_radio=1

[yark14]

12 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

I want to say to that probably the 5 players behind Cal on the streak list did things to basically cheat and prolong their streak especially Gehrig, where he would hit once and then not play the rest of the game. 

Gehrig also rode on trains during road trips and sports medicine didn't really exist.

[Can_of_corn]

Dork.

https://streamable.com/uru6ss

[TopGunnar]

6 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

That’s what I get for not being able to sit down and watching the whole game. 

You were to busy thinking about Elly Cruz. What was up with that by the way?