Markakis being inducted into Os HOF

[Sports Guy]

2024 class also includes Terry Crowley and long time scout Dick Bowie.

 

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/orioles-hall-of-fame?partnerId=zh-20240503-1256644-BAL-1-A&qid=13&utm_id=zh-20240503-1256644-BAL-1-A&bt_ee=4pvKTflIfvA%2B6uKb9bArBPoCX%2FzggRkiQtbREwHwMXIF9EFEpcMDOqHxPzugvaSx&bt_ts=1714756232719

Edited May 3 by Sports Guy

[Moose Milligan]

You put Markakis in the title but not Terry Crowley?  Do you not understand how revered Terry Crowley is around here?

[Moose Milligan]

Anyway, IMO, Markakis is an inner circle Orioles HoFer.  Loved watching him play while he was here.

[interloper]

Nice, much deserved. Jones next year? When is he eligible?

[Sports Guy]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Anyway, IMO, Markakis is an inner circle Orioles HoFer.  Loved watching him play while he was here.

One of my all time favorite players. 
 

Feel like his career could have been more if he wanted it more too.

 

[Sports Guy]

Will Nick’s speech be more than “yeah”?

[DrungoHazewood]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

You put Markakis in the title but not Terry Crowley?  Do you not understand how revered Terry Crowley is around here?

Ohh, ohh, can we use this opportunity to dredge up some very old threads about how it's all Terry Crowley's fault that Felix Pie and Freddy Bynum have no plate discipline and never developed right? And how he should be fired just on general principles?

[Sports Guy]

Been nice if Nick and Adam could have been inducted together.

[interloper]

What do we think - is Davis getting in? 

[Moose Milligan]

11 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

 Feel like his career could have been more if he wanted it more too.

 

I am not sure what this means.

[Moose Milligan]

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Been nice if Nick and Adam could have been inducted together.

For a team that's doing a real good job at marketing lately, this is an obvious layup.

[DrungoHazewood]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

One of my all time favorite players. 
 

Feel like his career could have been more if he wanted it more too.

 

You can always speculate that if he'd done more hard-core workouts and training in the offseason and less hunting and fishing that he'd have done better. My own take is that injuries sapped him of the power that might have taken him from above-average guy to possible HOFer.

But I have a hard time calling one of the 500-ish best non-pitchers of all time an underachiever who could have done more.

15 years in the majors. 33 rWAR. $116M. Zero drama. He's a good guy, I really liked watching him.

Even if he's not Gold Glove caliber like Curt Blefary.

[Orange]

Congrats Ninck!

All time leader in fielding percentage among MLB right fielders. 

[RZNJ]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

I am not sure what this means.

Oh, you know.

[interloper]

1 minute ago, Orange said:

Congrats Ninck!

All time leader in fielding percentage among MLB right fielders. 

Whoa. Cool stat, I didn't know that.