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3/23/2011 6:07 pm
"When the ASG was in St. Louis in 2009, people were telling him he needed to go to The Hill"
I would have offered to drop him off in ESL.
3/23/2011 2:38 pm
I guess we're still ranting about Keith Law? I have one that's actually about him as a stupid human being.
When the ASG was in St. Louis in 2009, people were telling him he needed to go to The Hill (the exclusive Italian neighborhood in St. Louis) to try the Italian food. Rather than take up the offer, he turned his nose at it and said something idiotic like "I've eaten Italian food in New York and Italy, why would I eat it in St. Louis?" It was a very ignorant comment.
3/23/2011 2:20 pm
tkihshbt wrote:
So were the sportswriters of the 40s using MLB.tv or Extra Innings?
No, I think some of them actually attended games. It's probably easier to write about a sport you've seen.
3/23/2011 1:22 pm
So were the sportswriters of the 40s using MLB.tv or Extra Innings?
3/23/2011 11:08 am
Or awarding the MVP to a guy for "leadership" even though it's highly doubtful the sportswriters saw Marion play more than 18 times.
If a baseball writer can't get a read on a team/guy by seeing it/him play 18 games, he probably ought not to be a baseball writer.
Which is still probably 18 more times than Law saw Hernandez pitch in person last season.
3/23/2011 10:37 am
Or awarding the MVP to a guy for "leadership" even though it's highly doubtful the sportswriters saw Marion play more than 18 times.
3/23/2011 9:36 am
"Teammate Stan Musial ... hit .347 average with 12 homers and 94 RBIs in 1944, but Marion got the (MVP) on the basis of his defense and team leadership after batting only .267 with six homers and 63 RBIs."
I hope Keith Law's head explodes when he reads this.My head exploded the first time I read this.
There are things that can't be quantified, like the absurdity of awarding the Cy Young to a guy who won 13 games on a last place team.
3/22/2011 9:45 pm
"Teammate Stan Musial ... hit .347 average with 12 homers and 94 RBIs in 1944, but Marion got the (MVP) on the basis of his defense and team leadership after batting only .267 with six homers and 63 RBIs."
I hope Keith Law's head explodes when he reads this.
My head exploded the first time I read this.
3/17/2011 12:32 pm
12 hr and 94 RBIs. You wont see that to often.
3/16/2011 6:04 pm
"Teammate Stan Musial ... hit .347 average with 12 homers and 94 RBIs in 1944, but Marion got the (MVP) on the basis of his defense and team leadership after batting only .267 with six homers and 63 RBIs."
I hope Keith Law's head explodes when he reads this.
3/16/2011 12:28 pm
Marty Marion, known as "Mr. Shortstop" to a generation of St. Louis Cardinals fans, died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday night, according to his nephew, Scott Marion.
Mr. Marion was 93 and lived in Ladue.
Also known as "Slats" during his St. Louis career from 1940-50, Mr. Marion was the Cardinals' shortstop on four National League pennant-winners and three World Series championship teams (1942, '44 and '46).