17 Burst results for "Al Simmons"
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"Willie Mays's number was just recently retired by the mets, right? And I think the most amusing one is Steve Garvey's number is retired by the Padres. So Steve Garvey's number, not retired by the Dodgers, but retired by the Padres, obviously did not nearly as associated with the Padres. He did hit a big playoff home run for the Padres, but you don't think of the Padres when you think of Steve Garvey, so that is amusing that his number is retired for one and not for the other. And then, yeah, you know, sometimes there's like a tragedy associated with this Jim, I'm bricked. His number is retired by the Astros and Jim bricks. He was a player who actually died pretty young while he was playing for Houston. He had melanoma and he was playing through it for a while and then it got worse and he passed away, but he played for the pirates and then for Houston they were called the colt 45s at the time and he died in his early 30s after having played for Houston and so they retired his number. So you have that sort of genre too. One of the original Astros, Jim ombre. Yeah, well, that's another reason to do it, I guess, and then Bruce Sutter number retired for the Cardinals. That kind of players who didn't have a long time with a certain organization, but made an impact while they were there. I mean, you know, rally fingers, number retired by Milwaukee, rod Carew, by the angels, fingers as well with Oakland, Roy Halladay, with the Phillies, et cetera. So you can go down that list. But I'll just give everyone just a go quickly team by team and give you your most deserving player whose number should be retired to his, who's no longer active, but should have their number retired. Again, just going by the stats here, and of course there is much more to this than stats. So for Arizona, it would be Brandon Webb, slightly edges out, Kurt Schilling, who might be a problematic number of retiree. Yeah. Then for Atlanta already mentioned, it's Andrew Jones kid Nichols also, if you want to count kid Nicholson, Brian McCann and Freddie Freeman, who is no longer active with the braves at least. After Atlanta, we have Baltimore, Mike Messina's number, not retired by the Orioles. Did you know that? That is surprising. That's weird. It is wild. He went into the hall with no team insignia on his cap because he just didn't want to choose between Yankees and Orioles. So I don't know if this is like miffed that he departed for an AL east rival or what, but Mike massina, come on. Gotta get your number retired by the Orioles here. The only problem is that athlete richman is now wearing mic machine as old number, so they may have missed their chance. Red Sox already mentioned it's Roger Clemens and then trick speaker and Cy Young and Dwight Evans would be a good one, Dustin pedroia, high on the list two, cubs, Sammy Sosa, as noted, and then Stan hack Rick rusell White Sox. Well, Eddie Collins, as mentioned, Ed Walsh, red Faber, Eddie cicotte, one of the black Sox, probably not going to get his number retired. Robin Ventura would be a more modern choice. Cincinnati bid mcphee and more recently George foster. Cleveland, again, I mentioned nap Lajoie tris speaker Cy Young, sudden Sam McDowell would be the more modern choice and then stand up and Kenny Lofton, a Hall of Fame snub as well. The rocky is so for the rockies, Troy tulowitzki would be at the top of the list. Carlos Gonzalez, Trevor story, Matt Holliday. The tigers, you have some older ones here, so we have Harry Hyman, Mickey woolwich, Sam Crawford, norm cash, Tommy bridges, dizzy trout, Astros, Lance berkman, and Roy owes Walt Cesar cedeno up there too. Interesting to see Lance there because there was a whole bit when he signed with the Cardinals that the Cardinals put out this ad to promote it, where he's trying to pick a new number because he came in wearing number 17 from the Astros and the Yankees. And he runs through like 6 or 7 numbers that he thinks up and I think it's Chris Carpenter just keeps shooting down his ideas and no that's retired. That's retired. Royals, Kevin, Brett saberhagen, Amos Otis, Mark Cooper, who is an angel's broadcaster these days. And speaking of the angels, they're next, Bobby gritch. Not in the Hall of Fame either. Tim salmon number not retired, they must be one of the Hall of Famer bust teams because otherwise I don't see how you could not have those guys retired. Dodgers, we mentioned already, marwan's, so the morrowind's Giancarlo Stanton is the all time franchise leader. I guess you can't retire chuck host it and it's number with the Marlins while he is still plagued for the Yankees, probably. But after him, it would be handling Ramirez, Luis Castillo, Dan ugla, we have a Dan algo day retire his number. Clayton Kershaw and Albert Pujols and also Giancarlo Stanton. Oh, and Mike Trout, Mike Trout would be the active leader. I think it's like Pujols and trout it's like Walter Johnson and then trout, I think, would be like the most deserving, just going by the stats so that shows you just how accomplished trout already is. The twins, so we mentioned Walter Johnson and then you have camilo pascual would be next, followed by couscous and same race Joe cronin. After the twins, we have the mets, Dwight Gooden, is at the top of the mets list and really, come on. How can you not have your I guess I get two at the top three Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. So, okay, they've had their off the field issues. One can say, and maybe that's why their numbers are not retired, but in terms of significance to that franchise, come on. David Wright is second on that list. I would imagine that that will be happening sometime even if he doesn't get a ton of hall support after that. It's Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran. Yankees. So who's the most deserving Yankee? Who's not had his number retired even though so many have been a rod. Oh, sure. So there's that. After a rod, it's red ruffing, Tony lizer, Willie Randolph, Willie Randolph really should have his number retired. I mean, come on. You could argue he's a Hall of Fame snub. So Willie Randolph, if Paul O'Neill's number is retired, Willie Randolph's number should be retired really too. Then you have Charlie Keller, Craig nettles, Joe Gordon, Earl coombs, Roy white, another unsung player. Oakland leader, we mentioned Jimmy Fox city Collins lefty grove, Al Simmons, Eddie plank, some old timers, but the late Sal bando, who recently retired his close to the top of the list too. He'd be a good deserving candidate. The Phillies, we have Ed delahanty, Chase Utley, I mentioned sherry McGee, Bobby Abreu, and Jimmy Rollins. Some good choices there. Pirates, Archie van, we mentioned Barry Bonds, number not retired by the pirates. Bob friend max Carey Andrew McCutchen Andrew McCutchen is using his number still, but after he's done using it, maybe that could be retired. Padres, Jake PV. So I was making fun of the Padres for having a low average and for retiring Steve Garvey's number, but not that many great choices, I guess, Jake PV, Andy Benes Brian Giles chase headley, Adrian Gonzalez, are the leading Padres candidates. The Mariners? Felix? That's happening this summer. That's happening. And then after Felix ichiro, who that'll happen. Don't worry. He'll be in the hall soon enough. And why I feel defensive on behalf of the Mariners is going to be fine. Randy Johnson, a rod again, and then Kyle Seeger. Which they should speaking of guys who mean a lot to a franchise in who they should put in the Mariners Hall of Fame, even if he's not a Hall of Famer. You know, Kyle Seager. I should do that. Jamie Moyer after that. I thought Jamie moyers and maybe his number. But not number one. I think that's right. Okay. Okay. Giants, Buster Posey. We mentioned roger Connor, George Davis. The Cardinals, Jim Edmonds, would be the leader. Ducky medwick, Joe medwick, Johnny mize, rate Langford, Frankie frisch, and the rays Evan Longoria. That'll happen. He's the franchise leader for the race. I imagine that will happen when he's done by Carl Crawford, benzo brist, Melvin Upton junior.
Trivia With Budds
"al simmons" Discussed on Trivia With Budds
"What it be and welcome to another episode of the trivia with buds, podcast, I'm your host Ryan buds. Kicking off live shows week today with a bunch of episodes recorded in northeastern Tennessee in the United States and you can hear some fun crowd interactions and some background noise, just kind of switch up what you normally hear on this show, which is just me talking into a microphone. At my house, like you're listening to right now. We're gonna jump into clowns and movies trivia in just a second. But I wanted to give you a geek out challenge card to warm you up for the game. Name two films in which Robert De Niro appears. Name four TV shows with numbers in the title. Name four book titles in which vampires appear. Name two Falk singers. And for miscellaneous name two comedy albums. There you have it, the geek out challenge warm up card. Also wanted to plug a new special fundraising thing I'm doing all this fall and winter season. My daughter's school is in need of a book vending machine. This is a cool way to reward kids for good deeds and engage reading, so they have a vending machine somewhere central in the school and the kids get little tokens for doing good things or maybe having an awesome grade on a test or something. And they get to spend those tokens on brand new books that are in the vending machine. So it's a very cool thing. I think it's unique and fun and I want to try and raise the funds to buy one of these machines for my daughter's school. So I'm doing this fundraiser for $10. I'll send you a completely custom trivia night with 5 PowerPoint rounds on any topics of your choosing a scoreboard excel sheet to keep score and structures on how to play and answer sheets to print out at home so you can have your own trivia night at home as many times as you want for ten bucks. So hit me up and email Ryan buds Gmail dot com if you want to help contribute to this little campaign $10, get you a custom trivia night and all that money goes towards my daughter's schools, book vending machine. Hopefully unveiling in spring 2023. Thanks for your support. And please let anybody know who needs a trivia night to hit me up as well. We're going to jump into this live show with clowns and movies right now here. We go. This is round number three clowns in movies. I'll describe the scene or overall movie with a clown in it. You tell me what movie we were talking about number one guy in dark red suit dances on steps and goes on a talk show. Number one guy in dark red suit dances on steps and goes on a talk show. Number two, aliens attack humans and wrap their bodies in cotton candy cocoons. Clowns and movies number two, aliens attack humans. And wrap their bodies in cotton candy cocoons. Clowns in movies, number three, storm drains, paper boats and ripped off arms. Storm drains paper boats and ripped off arms, found movies number three. Name of the movie. And number four, captain spaulding, baby, and Otis hide out at a rural motel and battle a sheriff, hell bent on taking them down. Number four captain spaulding Beatty and Otis hide out in a rural motel in battle a sheriff hellbent on taking them down. Number four. Number 5, a clown on stilts falls down at a birthday party and gets a hemorrhage in his head. Number 5, a clown on stilts falls down and a birthday party and gets a hemorrhage in his head. Number 6 grim dressed as a clown robs a bank in midtown Manhattan. Number 6 Grimm dressed as a clown robs a bank in midtown Manhattan. What is that clown movie? Number 6. Number 7, Nicholas van Horton finds a dummy of a wooden clown in his driveway and realizes there's a hidden camera in its head. Number 7 Nicholas van Horton finds a dummy of a wooden clown in his driveway and realizes there's a hidden camera. Number 7. Number 8 a clown doll with very long arms pulls Robbie under his bed. Number 8, a clown dowel with very long arms, pulls Robbie under his bed. Number 8. Number 9. John Leguizamo portrays this beast with vengeance against an antihero with the name of Al Simmons. Number 9, John Leguizamo portrays this beast with vengeance against an anti hero with the name of Al Simmons number 9. What is this one? You just will be number 9. Number ten, this clown says, where does he get those wonderful toys? This clown says, where does he get those wonderful toys? And what movie is that? Number ten, this clown says, where does he get those wonderful toys? Santa? And the bonus question for clowns and movies for two points in The Simpsons movie, where is crusty when he has shown for the first time on screen in The Simpsons theatrical movie? Whereas crusty, the clown, when he is shown on screen for the first time. Number 11, to close out clowns and movies. Thanks for playing round three. We'll be back with the answers. In a little bit. That is all right here from the answers to clowns and movies. Let's see what you got right and wrong number one guy in dark red soup. Dance is on steps and goes on a talk show. That was Joker. With walking in Phoenix, number one was Joker. Number two, aliens attack humans and wrap their bodies in cotton candy cocoons. It's happened to me. It's killer clowns from outer space. Killer clowns from outer space. Number three, storm drains, paper boats are ripped off arms, it number four captain spaulding baby and Otis hide out at a rural motel in battle of sheriff hellbent and taking them down. It is the sequel to house of a thousand corpses. So now house of a thousand corpses, but the devil's rejects the devil's regions. Number 5, we got a clown on silk swallow down at a birthday party and gets a hemorrhage in his head. Killing Madison, Billy Madison. I see that. And I should mention not actually a birthday party graduation party. So again, I did say that, but if somebody missed that, I'll give you the points if you were confused somehow, but that was graduation party, Billy Madison. Number 6, grim dressed as a clown robs a bank in midtown, Manhattan, quick change, quick change with Bill Murray. Bill Murray, quick change three 90s movie. Maybe late 80s number 7, Nicholas van Horton finds a dummy but wooden clown and his driveway and realizes that the hidden camera in the head, it's the game with Michael Douglas, the game number 7. Number 8 a clown doll very long arms pulls rowdy under his bed in poltergeist. A lot of people hate clowns specifically because of that scene. Number 9, John Leguizamo plays a clown and also his name violator in spawn spawn is Al Simmons civilian named Louis spawn. Number ten the clown and this movie says, where does he get those wonderful toys? That's The Batman movie. Jack Nicholson just called Batman. And the bonus for two points in The Simpsons movie crusty is shown on screen for the first time doing a commercial for crusty burgers, so he's inside a crusty burger. And there you go, guys. That was clowns in movies.
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"You know? Term that should exist and should be known. It's not the most meaningless thing that I've ever heard discussed or attracted. That's the bar upsetting here. So I think that's fine. So Ryan researched the combined cycle if that's what we're going to call it. Calling it the relay cycle. I just established this. Sorry. So it's actually quite rare. I don't know whether that makes it more interesting or not. Yeah, does that make it cooler? I don't know. It makes sense that it would be rare because sure. Typically, why would you substitute someone who is in the midst of cycling? If they've gotten some components of the cycle, they've gotten hits. Why would you remove them in many cases? So it's only happened 21 times or I guess now perhaps 22 times. So it's quite rare and it has happened a few times with three players involved. The three player relay cycle slash combined cycle. So 21 times, but only a few, I think, only a couple, maybe we're three player ones. Most of them were two. And there's no way to know exactly without going case by case, which you're all welcome to do. I will put the spreadsheet linked to it on the show page, but probably mostly injury replacements as this one was. I would think so. But different types of replacements. So 8 defensive replacements, 5 pinch runners, 9 pinch hitters, and two double switches. And any of those could have been injury related, but they weren't necessarily somewhere also blowouts. So maybe you were just resting someone like most of the players on here, not necessarily name brands, but it looks like maybe the last game of the 2003 season Barry Bonds was replaced. He started the relay cycle and then Pedro feliz came in a double switch and bonds was in left and feliz came in in the double switch and was playing third base in the same lineup spot and he finished off the cycle that bans had started. I assume without looking that that was probably just resting buns on the west day of the season because some of these lopsided scores, et cetera. So all kinds of reasons why the relay cycle could happen, but it hasn't happened all that often. So I think this was I believe this was the first relay cycle since May 17th, 2016, the Tampa Bay raised in it. So Brad Miller started at shortstop and he got the single and the double and the triple, actually. And then Taylor mutter came in as a pinch hitter at the shortstop in the same lamp spot and he hit the Homer to finish it off Taylor modder, his father was a matter of his mother was a modder. That's a Seinfeld joke. Anyway, it hadn't happened since 2016 and now it has happened again. So now we know this is the thing we're making it a thing. The combined slash relay cycle. Even more meaningless than the cycle or the combined no hitter, but we're plumbing new depths of obscure accomplishments. Maybe the way to think about it is that we were able to come up with a name we liked. And so it's cool for that reason. Right. Okay. I mean, I want to be clear. I don't find this to be actually meaningful. I just find it to be kind of a nice thing, you know? Again, it still wouldn't be actually meaningful, but within the range of non meaningful things, I think that if you come in and you contribute a non single to the relay cycle, it is a more meaningful not meaningful thing than if the cherry on top of the relay because that's relays work is a single, because anybody can hit a single, you know, and anybody can hit a double. Aaron judge has been doing that for the last week. He just spent hitting doubles. Like anybody can do that. But no, they can't. That's harder. So hit one of the harder things. And then it's cool. If what you do is you come in and you hit a little single, it's like, well, we're glad you're here, and you did it, but I don't know if that means. Yeah. If this mattered at all, which obviously does not, then yes, you would have to apportion the credit to the cyclers. What if the second leg of the relay cycle is the guy who hits the triple? Because famously, that's the hardest. Exactly. Yeah, so what if the other guy gets three hits, but the one guy gets the one hit that's the hardest to get. It's the hardest to get, right? Then is it meaningful? No. But like it's more meaningful. It's closer to meaningful, I think. Maybe. Okay. All right, couple more, this will be probably a quick one. This is from Mike Patreon supporter who said he saw a tweet and it's a tweet from the account cards magazine, which was sent on September 11th, and it said, before today, there were only 6 states between April 1st and September 30th that Albert Pujols had not homered. One of those was September 11th, now there are only 5. He hit a Homer that day. So Mike our Patreon supporter said, is that a record that Albert Pujols had homered on all but 5 dates between April 1st and September 30th has any player homered on all the dates in that range. And one would imagine there's a short list of suspects and how many days is that? It's a lot of days and not a lot of people have homered more often than Albert Pujols famously. So Ryan reports, Barry Bonds homered on every day of that span, except August 5th and September 30th. So 181 out of 183 and a record, go figure the guy who hit the most homers. Also hit the most. Dates during this band. Yeah. So Pujols is at one 78 over one 83, which is second of all time. Mark McGuire and David Ortiz are at one 77. Ken griffey junior Willie Mays Rafael palmeiro, a rod, Gary Sheffield and Jim tomi or all at one 76 Sammy Sosa is alone at one 75. No one has one 74 Adrian Beltre, Carlos Delgado, many Ramirez and Mike Schmidt are at one 73. Henry Aaron and Miguel Cabrera are at one 72, none of Miguel Cabrera is four homers this year. We're on new dates or four as of a week ago, at least interesting. Jeff Bagwell, Vlad senior and Harmon killebrew are at one 71 and Frank Thomas is at one 70. All those guys hit a lot of homers unsurprisingly. Ryan also says Lou Gehrig homered on June 8th, 18 times. That is a record. Rogers hornsby, June 24th, chuck Klein, may 30th and Babe Ruth twice June 23rd in July 9th are tied for second with 16 that says the most homers on a given date, then it is a three way tie with 15 between Babe Ruth June 12th Babe Ruth, July 2nd and Babe Ruth. August 17th. 14 is a many way tie between 5 Jimmy foxes, a Lou Gehrig three melodies, 5 babe Bruce, and an Al Simmons. Okay, that's kind of a trivia quirky one. Yeah, I like that I keep going, huh, like it means something. It just means they hit a lot of home runs. It mostly means that. Well, yes. The support. I appreciate the yes ending. The emphatic punctuations there. You're helping you're helping me sell it here. It's going over well. All right. And last one, this one comes from Chris and the email subject line is the game just got away from him. So this was sent on Monday, September 19th, Chris writes during yesterday's aster's a's radio broadcast. I noticed a few references to the game getting away from a starting pitcher, Ken Walter chuck.
Covert Nerd Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on Covert Nerd Podcast
"Thin panels who need some split panels that seem like one picture, but they split them into the 5 panels. Yeah. That's an interesting way to do it. But you see that a lot in mcfarlane stuff. So all right, well, let's just keep going. Let's call this the Todd mcfarlane episode. Because I've got spawn, obviously a big Todd mcfarlane. Image speaking of when he left marvel in started image with the rest of the guys, life field and Jim Lee and all sorts of other people. So we had spawn that came out in 1992. And May of 92, it was the second title that came out for image young blend number one was the first, but it came out in May of 92 for a dollar 95. I remember that was a big deal. Like, what? That's so expensive. Marvel Comics for a buck and a quarter and 95. But this was hyped like no other. I couldn't believe how many times I saw it in catalogs and posters and at stores and things like that where it was just being promoted like crazy. It was totally different. Again, this is the image behemoth that was coming. The image juggernaut, whatever you want to say. This is totally independent. There's no comics code of authority, anything like that. This is the real deal. So Ben, I bought this one for a dollar 95. And my current value on this one is $30. So not bad. That's yeah. I was going to say like $3, so 30 bucks. I think that's better than all of my investments in 90s comics so far, so. Yeah. So it's done okay. But they sold 1.7 million copies of spawn number one, making it the best independent comic sale to date. Now that was back in 2019. So I don't know if something has beat it since then, but 1.7 million copies. So it took off like gangbusters. But the story is about, oh, here, we got Al Simmons. It must be another owl. But he was in the special forces Al. I don't know that you were in the special forces, were you? I was not. No. So he was in the special forces, he gets killed, murdered by one of his teammates, chapel, and so he comes back from the dead to avenge his murder and to see his wife, who is obviously in love with and but he had to make a deal with the devil. So the devil sends him back as a hell spawn and gives him superpowers and but the key is when his powers run out, then he has to go back to hell. And so he has to minimize using his powers when he can and can't and has to figure that out. So that's how the story gets started. The retcon a lot of this because they were doing a lot of crossovers with other artists like rob liefeld and Eric Larson and others and obviously there was a split between liefeld and macfarlane. And so they retconned some of this so that the tie in with mcfarlane spawn and rob liefeld's properties didn't happen. So they kind of retconned that out later. So let me show you some first concepts. So Todd mcfarlane came up with spawn when he was a kid back in 77, I believe is when this drawing that he did when he was a teenager. Yeah, 1977. So that's teenage macfarlane drawing spawn. As a kid. So I thought that was pretty interesting. Yeah, yeah. Lender is deadly..
GSMC Baseball Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on GSMC Baseball Podcast
"The equivalent of a full season he was named to his third consecutive all star team and played at fenway park in boston. He started in right field and hit second. He was one of the strike out victims of former expos teammate. Pedro martinez who became the first to strike out three batters in an all-star game. Or i'm sorry. The first three matters to try out the at the pedro martinez nineteen ninety nine season. He's amazing he does things that nobody else had ever done. we'll we'll just leave it at that but he was named choose good third consecutive all star game larry walker was an in the july nineteenth contest versus the oakland athletics walker became the second player to homerun into the plaza reserving reserve seating of the upper decks in the oakland coliseum. Following mark maguire. Who had done so three seasons earlier on july twenty seventh walker recorded his one hundred and one hundred. First career outfield assists. He hit a game winning home. Run on august eighteenth versus john rocker of atlanta for his one thousand. Four hundred career hit walker closed. His season by hitting safely in twelve consecutive starts including multiple hits in his final six limited to fifteen games and forty nine plate. Appearances in september walker batted five thirteen with twenty hits thirty nine at-bats in ten runs scored five doubles four. Home runs thirteen. Rbi i nine walks in just two strikeouts for the season larry walker batted three three ninety seven setting a rockies record in the fourth highest since ted williams hit Hit for six nine hundred forty one while leading the majors in batting average for the second time walker also lead the major leagues offensive. Win percentage within eight thirty eight on base percentage with a four fifty eight slugging percentage with a seven ten an opium s of a one. Sixty one aired sorry. A one thousand one hundred and sixty one sometimes referred to as the slash stats triple crown slash stat triple crap. That's actually really hard to say. I paused right there. Because i was like. That's that's a tongue twister at there. But regardless he became the seventh player within the previous sixty years to lead the league in each average on base percentage and slugging in the same season in the forced to do it since george brett in nineteen eighty last l. Player to lead the majors in all three slash cat slash stat. Categories was stan. Musial in one thousand nine forty three larry walker also hit three seven home. Runs one hundred fifteen. Rbi in just four hundred thirty eight at bats. He stole eleven. Bases in fifteen attempts and registered twelve outfield assists per the allies sports bureau the esp walkers four sixty one average at coors is the highest home batting average since espn began tracking home road splits in nineteen seventy four and forty three higher points higher than any other player in that span in sixty six games course walker hit five sorry walker. Hit a five thirty one. On base percentage had a eight seventy nine. Slugging percentage twenty. Six home runs seventy. Rbi one hundred and seven hits seventy two runs nine stolen bases. He had thirty set. Thirty one walks in seventeen strikeouts in two hundred and seventy three plate appearances. I miss players. Larry walker i. I'm just gonna say it. I'm just going to say i'm his players larry walker. He's amazing he deserves more credit than he's gotten. It shouldn't take this long to get into the hall of fame. I i'm i'm upset. Now that i just learned like i'm reading the stats. 'cause i didn't know much about larry walker. Like i knew the name. I knew that he was one canadian or one of canada's best athletes and brought in arguably their best baseball player. Since or i mean aside for maybe joey votto But oh my goodness is like i'm reading the stats. And i'm like i miss. I miss players like this. I miss players that put up stat lines like that. Seventeen irt seventeenth strikeouts. In thirty one walks. I like players like that. I hate watching baseball right now. Just because it's it's like the pitchers are so good that strikeouts are in the extra-base hits are just so valuable now. It's not that they're more valuable now. It's more that they the the analytics people in these in these games. Think think this is the best way to try and win. I mean we'll get into that in another episode on the road. He two eighty six had an eight ninety four on base percentage. He had eleven home. Runs and thirty five strikeouts. He also won his fifth gold glove and was selected as rockies player of the year for the second time he plays tenth in nl mvp voting and following that season. He did go under. He did under ghost knee surgery. Walker produced ten point. Eight were combined in nineteen ninety eight. Nine hundred. Ninety nine will missing at least thirty games. In both seasons for nineteen ninety seven through one thousand nine hundred nine three fourteen with four ten on base percentage and a five ninety two slugging percentage away from chorus field. That's what he did away from coors field. That's amazing but his aggregated batting average at three sixty nine still stayed the same in that time he became the first player. Since al simmons in one thousand nine hundred nineteen twenty nine through nineteen thirty one to it at least three sixty in three consecutive seasons walker signed a sixty or seventy five million dollars extension or one hundred sixty five or one hundred sixteen million dollars extension after the one thousand nine hundred nine season. He was named as the ninth top male athlete. In canadian athletes of the twentieth century lists compiled in one thousand nine hundred nine trailing only fergus jenkins number seven among baseball players. Sports illustrated listed walkers the thirteenth grade sports figure in canadian history. In one thousand nine as well the two thousand two thousand one seasons while missing a major portion of the two thousand season with a stress fracture in his right elbow walker spent two stints on the deal he recorded in l. futures fielder's choice. That is an outfield fielders. Choice on april sixteenth versus st louis leading to a force out at second base on april nineteenth versus the diamondbacks. He collected his one thousand. Four hundred forty eight career hit to pass jeff heath as the major leagues all-time hit leader for canadian-born players walker completed his longest hitting streak of the season eight games that season in that. I'm he hit three four. Seventy one with three home runs nine. Rbi's on may thirteenth The team receive diagnostic results revealing a stress fracture your Irritation in his right elbow and placed him on.
My Marvelous Year
"al simmons" Discussed on My Marvelous Year
"There's no explanation at all ever it. There's no point and mcfarland quickly quickly drops. That doesn't talk about it anymore. But decades later decades later after a spawn has had this armageddon arc in the entire finally the whole narrative spine has come to a climax with this battle between heaven and hell on earth God and lucifer actually the higher being. Who's this all mother that created them. Had this giant cataclysmic war. Oliver has destroyed spun. Become this ultimate embodiment of what he was supposed to be. He grows angel wings. He's filled with all this power. Kasese the chosen one. He rebirths the entire world but he gives the memory of the rapture that happened and all of humanity is reset. All the stuff happens and then a few years later because comic was getting stale but macron still want to keep going even though it reached the climax of the story spun blows his head off he kills himself and there's a new spot in the new spawn. Is this blonde white guy. Apparently this this guy has been a coma the entire time that simmons was around. Apparently that's who he briefly transformed into. That's the guy from the second issue that he took on his likeness for whatever reason and obviously wasn't a plant in the plans originally and that guy becomes the on. What a complicated mess. I am here for someone one hundred and fifty issues into a run. Saying let's call back this you to me. Actually that actually rolls. Yeah but i don't know about the specifics. And then this guy becomes spawn for a long time then. Alzheimer's comes back and this guy goes back news. Coma and al simmons is now spun again and back and forth and all that sort of stuff because the spun comma keeps coming to its natural conclusion and mcfarland keeps going. Because he's like he's got. He's got the joe. Joe dimaggio streak. Cal ripken st. Maybe he's a better example feed of endurance except he definitely missed a lot of issues and okay so the negative plaza counter is on. It starts at nine colon nine colon nine nine nine appears like some sort of doomsday clock. Right is it seems to be counting down or something is counting down the amount of necker plaza. Him he has within him. He has a finite amount of energy that he can use his power with and when he reaches zero he will die and he'll be sucked back into bulges realm where he will be enslaved as part of his army and so every hell bond gets sent to earth were they are tormented by living a new life and remembering their old life using their netra him getting turned into a soldier in his army. And that i don't why doesn't he just make them a soldier when they're already in hell i don't know there's no point but when the neck replacement counter runs out your health bond becomes enslaved.
My Marvelous Year
"al simmons" Discussed on My Marvelous Year
"Oh then it says forever at the very the foul giant panel in the and the issue is forever spun is owned by todd mcfarlane services owned by dave sims and it's them being like we are more powerful because we own our creation and this is why you know mcfarland created image and it's like it's crazy comic but it just tells you everything that was going on with them at that exact moment and when you combine that with just looking into image. It's a really fascinating read and spot itself just an interesting glimpse into how comics were changing in the nineties. Because it's really the flashpoint point there. And then i it's so interesting to to see the legacy of mcfarland still going both in his own spawn universe and just image and creator owned comics becoming a really important thing and you know just like the other month we got sub stack coming in Giving craters you know their own new avenue for a crater on comics and image you know forging that path is really really vital to the history of the comic book industry. I think that we would be anywhere where we are now without image comics and spawn being as popular as it was helped solidify image comics. 'cause it's all it's all the way more than than all those other foundational comics. Oh yeah it did. It didn't one of my favorite comics. What if what if all raised these days is what if image the image founders hadn't been able to get like brick everything through and get all seven of them onboard because if you watch the documentary listening views it's like knows kinda touching go like some some guys might have waffled. You know what they were. They got cold feet right and it didn't happen because entity we'd have this weird universe of like jim leon x. Men from ninety three to ninety five and you know like just a totally different landscape comics But obviously i think in the grand scheme of things for career rights and and for what image has been able to produce especially in the the modern era tens right amazing amazing comics. I have a question for you. Spun related the counter that the cow town mortgage. What is that happening there. It's it's very clear it's made very clear that okay. Maybe not the counter is sponsored. Necropolis encounter now. Spawn is made out of his his his now under body. Which isn't his original body. Because al simmons original body is still buried is made out of metro plaza. Which is this also helps. Oh black man. And then he's this bodies white as like. Oh my idea of a prank mom and maybe maybe a step in at this point. Oh that okay. Let's go back to the commended. We talk about whites. White simmons second. He uses power to try and turn himself back into a normal human form. Early things like issue to or something or three and he turns into a white guy even though he's black l. simmons which is cool. There's this leading. Black character spawned movie one of the first black lead superhero films after like blank man and meteor. Man i think which aren't original which are original creations but and that came up before blade two but he tries to turn back into al simmons using his power and you can only turned himself into this blonde white guy and there's no explanation..
My Marvelous Year
"al simmons" Discussed on My Marvelous Year
"Yeah i one thing more which is interesting because this is one of the only issues. That doesn't star al simmons's spawn all focused on billy kincaid. Whose child murderer in the early issues. Who by the way comes back as a ghost and is a factor up through the first hundred issues. I assume that was the last. We've seen of him dies in. The universe is eight. Rest the only way anyone ever leaves the spawn universe is if there's some sort of legal issue with them and then they're gone. Yeah we'll get to that. In a second and then Gaiman does medieval spawn and kogyo stroh and angela who is the spawn hunter and totally is doing that. Like ooh like mythology in superhero. Tom and all that sort of stuff. And we've lettering in cursive on scrolls this is. This is very fancy stuff right now. Are you saying the game like shakespeare. That's never thought about that before. You know it's something that i i've been meaning ryden essay about it into really put that on paper and get that out in the world but i have to change congress curtis and and then miller is just doing this like hard boiled brain. Dead gang war in the alleys. Which is i think the least of the those issues sims is doing this really meta story. That really is all about why todd mcfarlane made image and then Morrison is doing this trilogy about the anti spawn and he creates this antithesis in heaven to spawn and show And they're they're work on. That is that's like what sixteen seventeen eighteen uh-huh because it's the first issues I think with gregg bulow coming in Or duties as well yeah and it The morrison stuff is is really fascinating because they come in for three issues whereas everyone else just kind of comes in for a one and done thing ended also feels the most like i thought morrison stuff felt the most like they were emulating and and almost fitting in to the spawn universe. In a way that the other creators you know they. They made an effort but they still felt fairly distinctly like themselves Whereas morrison i wouldn't be like. Oh that's that's such a morrison idea like the anti spawn in kind of coming from this angel. Satellite station is definitely something that Unique in actually delivers like okay. Here's a new idea at least But otherwise it's not especially unique and same with group art where it's like he steps in. And it's just like if. I didn't know there was a creative change. I don't know that would caught that. It was like not topic which is probably the compliment that everybody could have paid them at that time and i've seen from a lot of spawn fans of which there are a gazillion that polo seen by many as like the definitive spot artist. Because he does it for the longest period of time from that point four. Oh yeah. I think he. He definitely draws more spun. Then mcfarland for does 'cause mcfarland is like mostly through issue. Twenty five who it comes in earlier in that and then after twenty five. Pretty spotty in issue fifty. He doesn't draw another full issue..
My Marvelous Year
"al simmons" Discussed on My Marvelous Year
"He's got wolverines memory loss and he's punisher because he kills people right like that's that's exactly what spawn is It's funny reading there. They have in these origin collections. They have quotes from mcfarland and interviews. He's done i think. With like mark miller some miller world and some of the quotes are like you know. So i just i took things so far like i just. I took things like batman killed people. And it's like dude that's literally punisher like that's been that's been happening like seventies but it so it's not revolutionaries he thinks but in those first six issues mcfarland again. Has this incredible visual aesthetic. It's a world it's a comic book. You undeniable undeniably. Want to flip through and sort of see the beats and see the designs in and see the layouts But he keeps asking. You know because al simmons has lost his memory and has resurrected. Is this house bonn. He keeps asking questions about what is going on. What am i missing an and in doing so. He also sort of suggests that the author doesn't know himself like there's never a sense that mcfarlane has a grasp on where this is going in the big world beyond the question. Simmons is asking. It's more just like mystery without direction. And it's not until we get to alan more coming in in the eighth issue where he's like. Hey like what have i. What have i just casually out all of the circles of hell for you. How about that And then you'll gaming comes in something similar in terms of just like. Hey here's a here's a few cool ideas It's not until that the spawned mythos made any sense to me. Because i was reading it as being like what i don't aside from the coolest static like if you just read those first six issues and you can come away from that and tell me enough about spa on in the mail bolgia and and circles a hell where the heck violators like. If i don't think any of that there And like credit. I suppose words do is mcfarland was such a force to be reckon with that. He had essentially an infinite canvas at least the first twenty twenty five injuries because these things sold unbelievably well right so the audience was there to be like. Yeah we'll wait with you Which is which is kind of fascinating. But let's so the first arc. I think we both agree is like nothing happens. And there's There's this clown guy who shows up the violator Revealed to be a demon. They're sort of a sense of like ok. Spawn sold his soul to save his wife. And now he's got to fight some demons or something but it's it's really kinda hollow and then we get to the second arc and the second arc is so fascinating to me both in terms of the content but probably more in terms of like the strategy and just where it lands in comics history. Where you have todd mcfarlane at the peak of his powers at the peak of image comics before the downfall of all of this before stepping in and saying i. I'm just gonna get all the writers that i clearly love envy right..
Double Toasted
"al simmons" Discussed on Double Toasted
"We doing all right doing voices. Yeah just in case you don't know the story of of sponsor was once a once a man a mere mortal is but a bad as memorial by the name of al simmons l. simmons was Coal heart cold blooded but also the best mercenaries out there and all you do call them up to do a job because he said you know what. I'm professional no matter who is no matter what happens no matter. What the stakes. Somebody called me for a job. I get it done. Except that kind of attitude cost him his soul he was sent straight to hell. It took him hale to realize bullshit. Well i just fucked my life but the devil said man. You will so good at your job. That i want you to lima army for when we take over the world. And how are we going to do that. Well the devil say man. You know what. I went over to the white house and i just made just made an agreement with the one of the us agents over there and say you know what take viruses spread all around. When you kill everybody. i'll show up. How does pose solve anything. I don't know i. I don't understand i don't get it i don hades. Nobody loves spa for the story. I gotta say. I felt confused reading book. I feel confused watches movie and you just explain it as simply as possible and i still like but now okay never mind double the double went over to the us government and made a contract with a weapons. Deal over this say. Hey i want you to want you to take this viruses spreading around the world because when you kill everybody can come in and do some shit. I don't know what that was supposed to accomplish. I spent all day. Try to davinci code shift to figure out what's going on. I still don't know what's happening. But as i say not me. Let me read this. And i couldn't get my playing going until this one guy died. Yes out of all the bad mother bugs in the world. Why did this one. Due to be the guy i don't know why as a clown sound like john leguizamo here. I don't know. I don't wiser homeless man following this dude around. You're saying the kids. Maybe kids move. No no well. there's two versions and that's one of the problems with that but we're getting that in a little bit. Now i'm gonna tell you something. I i do have some very good things to say about this. Go one is that now. This is nineteen ninety seven and if my history is correct this predates blade by year here and so spun was considered to be if not the first one of the first big superhero movies with that kind of budget behind it with a blackmail lead because as we know in hollywood. Don't get that kind of money into negroes up already. No no no. I was reading some about it i it was meteor man and then blank man then spahn and then there was something bright between spawn and blade. I forgot what it was but you know to. My budget wise was yeah. Like it's like for this kind of this. This kind of grandeur right here. The other thing is that. I'm a huge fan of the soundtrack because it was cooled that this was a superhero. That was black. He was the main leading the movie. And the soundtrack right here. It doesn't it doesn't. It's not a hip hop soundtrack. It's not an rb soundtrack. The concept behind it was pretty cool. It's like it's really. It really is a concept album for a soundtrack. What they did was is that they took like all these new metal bands. In electronic bands and rockers out there alternative rockers. And they team them up with deejays and had them collaborate on songs that went with the movie is s as fuck but back in the day. These were all the big hitters and it is. It is a cool soundtrack man. I pulled it out today and listen to it back. So i love the soundtrack soundtrack is very popular. I think the soundtrack is actually more praise in the movie. It is much much more. And i stand behind it. You can go to my garage and have a box of cds. A lot of them have like a lot of nostalgia for me. A lot of good memories on one. Let go and the spot. Soundtrack is one of those. I'm like keeping that for awhile. Man i don't want to give that up even though listen to streaming today but that's where we kind of cut short on that.
GSMC Baseball Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on GSMC Baseball Podcast
"And right here. We're gonna be talking today a or not today. But we're gonna be finishing up real quick about miguel cabrera and then we will be moving on to the two thousand and three florida marlins season and then if we have time. We'll talk about either. Al que line or the oakland athletics. We'll see where where the time takes us. But with the departure prince fielder in two thousand fourteen via trade. The tigers announced that cabrera would be returning to first base for that twenty fourteen season on march twenty eighth two thousand fourteen tigers announced they had signed an eight year contract extension worth two hundred and forty eight million dollars combined with the forty four million dollars the tigers already owed the remaining two years of miguel cabrera's then caught then current contract the total ten year commitment was worth two hundred and ninety two million dollars and deal broke the previous record record. Commitment of two hundred and seventy five million dollars of the new york yankees tend to. Alex rodriguez in two thousand seven. Cabrera's contract has since been surpassed by giancarlo stanton. Who received a thirteen year. Three hundred twenty five million dollar contracts in twenty fourteen which was the largest contract in baseball until bryce harper would pass it and then ultimately Sees as well as Actually i'm not sure if that's east. Pass it off the top my head but obviously obviously my trout as well and i mean he's he's amazing but many analysts criticized the contract as excessive in shortsighted with the washington. Post calling the worst on april fourth in a game against the baltimore. Orioles cabrera hit a two run home. Run did not just two thousand career hit becoming the ninth player to reach two thousand hits before his thirty first birthday the seventh youngest player to reach the mark actually on july twenty or excuse me on july sixth it was announced that cabrera had won the fan voting to the all star at first base at the twenty fourteen all star game and this martinez ninth overall all star selection and his second straight as a starter in the first inning of the all. Start off all star game in twenty fourteen. Cabrera hit a two run home. Run off of national league starting pitcher adam wainwright that was his first career. All-star game home run cabrera won the espy award for best. Mlb player for the second year in a row in twenty fourteen and on september seventh cabrera earned his one hundred rbi of the season reaching the milestone for his eleventh consecutive season. Cabrera was the fifth player in the major league in major league history. You accomplish that in joining. Lou garrick you did it for thirteen. Straight seasons jimmy foxx who did for thirteen straight seasons. Alex rodriguez who also did it for thirteen. And al simmons who did it for a lebanon. Cabrera was named the american league player of the week for the week of september. First through the seventh cabrera. Hit five hundred with two doubles. Five home runs and nine. Rbi's and eight runs scored in seven games to win his eleventh career player of the week award. He led the major leagues. Hits home runs. Total bases with thirty two and slugging percentage tied for first overall in runs scored and tied for second and rbi's that week cabrera was named the american league player of the month. For september after hitting three seventy nine with ten doubles eight home runs eighteen. Rbi's thirty nine total hits nineteen runs scored twenty six games that you played in september you earn his fifth career player of the month award and helped the tigers secure their fourth straight. Al central division title by one game over the kansas city. Royals cabrera led the league in with a seven thirty seven. Slugging percentage and a one thousand one hundred eighteen. Obi oak 'scuse me in september cabrera finished the regular season with a three thirteen batting average. Twenty five home runs in one. Hundred and nine rb is and league-leading fifty two doubles. He led the league lead. Both leagues with eleven sacrifice. Flies and along with matt holliday. In twenty fourteen cabrera attained at least twenty home runs. Thirty doubles seventy five. Rb is an eighty runs scored each for his ninth consecutive season becoming the fourth player in. It'll be history to do so. The others were stan. Musial manny ramirez and our pools all with ten consecutive seasons of at least to those numbers on october. Twenty third cabrera was announced that he was a finalist for the american league gold glove award at first base and this marked the first time that he was nominated for the accolade. The other nominees were albert boo holes and defending gold glove first baseman eric. Hosmer oz moore would eventually win the ward in twenty the award in two thousand fourteen as well on october fourteenth. Twenty fourteen cabrera underwent surgery to remove bone spurs in his right ankle. That had been bothering him for several months. He also had a procedure to repair a stress fat fracture in the navigable bone near the top right of his foot. Doctors knew about the bone spurs but said the discovery of the broken bone was a surprise cabrera. Himself said he wasn't surprised stating i was feeling a lot of pain. I knew something wrong. He said he had to alter his swing mechanics. The last half of the twenty fourteen season after unbeaten after being unable to put weight on his back foot without pain at twenty fifteen he wins his fourth american league batting title. He was named the american league player of the week from april fifth through the twelfth. Five twenty with two doubles two home runs in eight. Rb is and four runs over the tiger. Six over six tiger victories to win his thirteenth career player of the week award. He also led the league in total bases with twenty one thirteen hits and an on base percentage of a five eighty six and was tied for first with rb is an second batting average and slugging percentage he had eight forty slugging percentage. After that week he finished the week by registering back to back. Four hit games for the first time in his in his career on may sixteenth. Twenty fifteen cabrera. Hit his four hundred home. Run against tyler. Lines of the saint louis cardinals making him. The all time leader in home runs among venezuelan-born players surpassing the previous colder andres galarraga at the age of thirty two and twenty eight days..
GSMC Baseball Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on GSMC Baseball Podcast
"After his two thousand nine season in just after the f- world baseball classic opportunity for him and then we had stopped right before two thousand and ten so we have the rest of his career to go through starting in two thousand ten right now but before we do that. Don't forget to rate follow in review us. It is completely free. Don't forget to lebron view if you can follow us on social media all that fun stuff and with that being said let's get into it. It's euros thirty. Two career leadoff. Home runs ranks ninth all time nevertheless in nine. Ichiro told the new york times. Chicks dig home runs. Aren't the ones who appealed to me. I think there's a sexiness in enfield heads because they require technique would rather impress chicks with my technique than with my brute strength then every now and then just show off that i can do that too. I might flirt with. Might flirt a little by hitting one out after playing in the season opener against the oakland athletics. Ichiro became eligible for the hall of fame consideration by playing on in his tenth. Mlb season on the fifth of june twenty ten each euro scored his one thousand career. Mlb run against the angels on. Franklin gutierrez is rbi groundout. He is the third mariner in history to reach the milestone and on september. First twenty ten each row we also collected his two thousand two hundred. Hit a leadoff. Infield single against cleveland indians pitcher. Josh tomlin during the august tenth series against the yankees each euro traveled to the cavalry cemetery. And he did that to pay To the hall of famer willie excuse me hall of famer. We willie keeler on september twenty third. Each wrote hit a single to center field against toronto. Blue jays pitcher sean hill to become the first major league baseball player in history to reach the two hundred hit mark for his ten consecutive season. This fee also tied him with pete rose for the most career seasons of two hundred plus hits he and he surpassed ty cobb for the most career seasons of two hundred hits in the american league. He finished the season with one hundred and fourteen hits topping. The will be in that category again. Ichiro also finished the season. Ironman style playing an all one hundred sixty two games. Only each euro in kemp did so for the two thousand ten season. This year was third season playing all one hundred sixty two games also. Ichiro was nominated for this year in baseball award. Ichiro finished first or second in hit in all of his first ten. Mlb seasons each zero one. His tenth consecutive rawlings gold glove in twenty. Ten tying griffey junior andrew jones and alkaline and only trailing roberto clemente and willie mays twelve each for major league outfielders. Each euro also won his second consecutive and third overall fuelling. Bible for his statistically based defensive. Excellence in right field. As the only rightfielder two so far received multiple bible awards jason heyward subsequently equalled each row with his third bible in two thousand fifteen thereafter. Mookie betts promptly became the third rightfielder to achieve this distinction in twenty eighteen on three consecutive awards. In twenty eleven is the next year and on april seconds. Twenty eleven each euro broke the seattle mariners. All time career hits record with his two hundred two thousand two hundred and forty eight. Hit in the ninth inning versus the oakland athletics overtaking. The team's previous leader edgar martinez twenty eleven marked. The first time in giro's eleven seasons they failed to make the all star team. He batted under three hundred seventy seven mark before the all star break for the first time ever in his career and on june july tenth manager. Eric wedge did not start each row ending his then major league best active streak of two hundred fifty five consecutive starts each euro followed in eleven game followed that up with eleven game hitting streak but wedge noted. It's not that easy to give a guy a day to give that guy a day off do ichiro iconic stature so basically ichiro was really struggling. Got a day off and then immediately was back to who who he was. and then Is manager kids now. Like i can just give that guy days off so on august twenty second. Each euro hit his thirty fifth career. Leadoff homer tying him for six place all time with bobby bonds. It's you're finished the season batting a career. Low two seventy two with only one hundred eighty four hits the first time in his eleven year. Mlb career he did not receive two hundred hits. It was also the first time not playing in the all star game as well as his first season not to win a gold glove into one hundred twelve on july on june one thousand nine hundred twenty twelve. Ichiro led off a game against the arizona diamondbacks with a single to center field. The two thousand and five hundred hit of his mlb career. Each euro reached the milestone in the fourth fewest games in major league. History after al simmons. Ty cobb enjoyed size ller in a thirteen inning road loss to the oakland a.'s. On july eighth issue was placed second in the batting order and responded by going to for six to bring his season batting average. Two to sixty two heading into the all star break in the previous night's game ichiro recorded two hits to break a career. Worst over twenty. Three hitless streak. Ichiro had been tra had been tried at the three spot in the batting order during the season for which he earned eighteen million dollars and former teammate. Br j brunner stated he felt. Ichiro was the recipient of too much blame for the mariners difficulties but at the same time the needed help desperately burner stated that if each euro were awarded a three or contract extension somewhere between thirty five and forty million dollars. I'd i'd vomit. I mean really. No offense no offense. We've really got to get this organization turned around. You can't be spending all the money. on one. guy and quote. Ichiro approach the mariners to ask for a trade at the mid season of two thousand twelve as he felt guilty for taking a roster spot from younger players will. His team was in a rebuilding process his first choice to play for the new york. Yankees and the mariners traded him to the yankees for minor league pitchers. Dj mitchell and danny farquhar on july twenty third seattle also received cash cash in the trade each left.
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"So i think the strangest inclusion because he has the lowest career war other than moberg is bill williams gams so Bill watkins no relation to tom skins from succession. It is spelled slightly differently but he played in the majors from nineteen fourteen to nineteen twenty six and he asked for war in his career. And you wonder. Why is bill ones games on this list so as looking at his baseball reference bullpen page. And it says bill williams games known as wannabe because his name was too long to fit into box scores of picture. He did not like the abbreviated form of his name. It's too bad bill. He is known primarily for turning an unassisted. Triple play in the fifth inning of game. Five of the nineteen twenty world series. All right and i guess that's some claim to fame is better known in nineteen seventy-two than it is now played thirteen years in the majors. Eight years in the minors yeltsin managed a couple years in the minors twice. Led the american league in sacrifice hits and once in games played wamba as of two thousand. Six is the only player in major league history with a last name that starts with wom. There's there's a reason anticipating the frame decision. Yeah so anyway. Nothing there gives yet clear idea for why you would pick the ones gins necessarily over many of the other players that you might have picked. And here's what i suspect. He was featured in the glory of their times. Yeah the classic oral history by lawrence ritter who traveled over the country. And got some of these Deadbolt figures to commit their memories. To tape and transcribe them. It's a great book. Wonderful book one of the best books but that book came out in nineteen sixty six. And i'm gonna guess that justice. Blackmun devoured gordon their times. That is right up his alley and i think that explains some of the other common names that are on this list that you might wonder why they are on this list. So rube bressler up. He's in gory their times. You know i'm slow burt. Gloria their times burtt davy jones of the tigers not of the locker or of the monkeys. He is in glory of their times. Babo farrell glory of their times albert. Well also is Gory their times. Jimmy austin glory of their times so we could go on and pretty sure that he was flipping through that book and remembering some guys in. That is a big part of why he included those names on this list. Now the biggest snubs by war which again he did not and could not avail himself of but now that we can. I looked for the biggest snubs by words through nineteen forty five because that's kind of the ending date from when he was pulling most of these names so on the pitching side the top ten who should beyond but are not on kid nichols tim. Keefe eddie plank. John clarkson pud galvin. Jim mccormick carl hubbell. Red faber vic willis and on hitter side mel ott. I don't know how to make this list. George davis roger connor arche von perpetually underrated bill dahlen frankie frisch bobby wallace al simmons joe cronin the original billy hamilton sliding billy hamilton homerun bakers not on this list. So there's some pretty obvious glaring omissions there. And i guess. They made the mistake of not talking to lawrence ritter and being featured in corey of their times. So mike complete statistical analysis of justice blackman's opinion in the original remember. Some guys will be linked from the show page but there is my way to deep dive into not a random collection of names but certainly a strange one strange that had existed at all and also sort of strange that it took the form that it did when i was in grad school band i Starting political theory and i thought about sports is way to like understand representation and political engagement. And that was those interesting to me. And i wrote a number of papers to to that effect thinking that that would sort of be my area of academic focus and i remember getting a paperback from a professor who i liked quite a bit who read it and had good notes but also made note to me that perhaps what was more interesting to me was the sports rather than the political theory and i didn't think that i would have a lot in common with premium court justice. Perhaps i have underestimated the similarities that we share a long list of mariners for no reason in the middle east. I think that in a paper. On the importance of the north western football players attempt to unionize and what that shows us about our understanding of representation that i had like a half page. Long footnote on qbr as dubious metric. So i was perhaps well on my way. Even if i didn't realize it you know Yeah well yes and what that means. I guess you pivoted to the job that that was right for you. Yeah justice blackmun just stuck it out on the supreme court. They're just muddling away. Who knows what he might have done. If you've leaned his passion could've mapped into something could have been the greatest wister of names of baseball players ever and he just had this one shot. He could've original david roth instead david coined that term. I now all right. Well thanks to bend for prompting that question thanks to the late justice blackmun for giving me a reason to do even worse useless research on this episodes and for other things too. You know you did some other stuff appreciate but there's stuff to this is the one that's relevant to our podcast where we talk about water. Yes well having told.
GSMC Baseball Podcast
"al simmons" Discussed on GSMC Baseball Podcast
"Suv as well as a personal trainer and interpreter on the twenty ninth of july. In two thousand and seven each collected. One is fifteen hundred. Hey us hit actually the third fastest to reach the milestone behind. Al simmons and george size ler. Ichiro had two hundred and thirteen hits in two thousand eight. His eighth straight season of two hundred hits this tied. The one hundred and seven year old record set by we willie Killer typically ichiro was among baseball's leader in reaching base on air fourteen times in two thousand eight which was more than any other batter in the american league and an infield hits is fifty six where the most in the majors be. Zero has amassed four hundred more than four hundred fifty hits in his. us career detroit third baseman brandon. Angel told the new york times quote. I wish you could put a camera on third base to see how he hits the ball in. see it. The way deceives you you can call it a. You can call some guys. Infield hits cheap but not hit. He has an amazing technique in two thousand eight in may of two thousand they. Actually each euro stole two bases giving him a career total of two hundred ninety two surpassing the previous seattle mariners record of two hundred ninety career stolen bases surpassing second baseman. Julio cruz who had the record of two hundred ninety crews who now does spanish-language broadcasts for the mariners. Game watching the broadcast in in the booth as each a broke his record in two thousand and eight on july two twenty nine. Th of two thousand and eight zero became the second youngest player to amass three thousand top level professional hits one thousand two hundred seventy eight in japan in one thousand seven hundred twenty two in the united states after ty cobb and i i realized that i kinda read that wrong but basically basically. He became the second after tied cobb to have done To have reached three thousand hits the fastest two to do. So and is actually i mean. He became the second japanese professional as well to get three thousand. Hits in two thousand eight but by two thousand eighteen had emerged in the media that each year was known within baseball for his tradition of exhorting. Exhorting the american league team with a profanity laced game speech in the clubhouse prior to the all star game asked if the speech had any effect on the american league's decade-long winning streak each road deadpanned. I've gotta say. Over ninety percent minnesota first baseman justin monroe described the effect. Grope if you've never seen it it's definitely something pretty funny. It's hard to explain the effect it has on everyone. It's such a tense moment. Everyone's a little nervous for the game and then he comes out. He doesn't say a lot the whole time. He's the air in there and all of the sudden the manager gets done with the speech. And he bob's off boston slugger. David ortiz would simply say it's why we win then that brings us to the two thousand nine world baseball classic despite struggling for most of the tournament. Ichiro provided the game winning hit in the championship series against south korea with two outs in the top of the tenth inning. He broke a three two three. I with a with a two run single off the ball in the dirt. This would prove to be the margin of victory. Japan's five two three defeat of south korea. Each row ended the night. Four for six bringing his total of six for ten an wbz championship games and two thousand and two thousand nine regular season. Though each euro began by going on the dl for the first time in his career he had a bleeding ulcer which the team. Dr mich stone ray said may have been the cause for part of may have been caused in part by the stress of playing in the wbz after missing eight games. Each road debuted on april fifteenth. And go and went to for five. I should say against the angels including a grand slam for his three thousand. Th and eighty fifth hit which gives him the record for the most career hits. Excuse me at actually tied. The japanese record for most career hits and in fact harman harman moto. Who has the record. Isao horror moto had the record had actually been flown out to seattle to witness the event each year surpassed the record on the following night. Ichiro was named a number thirty on the sporting news. Is two thousand. Nine list of fifty greatest current players in baseball voted upon by one hundred panel of experts and former stars in may and june each euro surpassed his own franchise record of twenty seven game hitting streak. Ichiro would go on to record. Forty four hits in june of two thousand nine his twentieth career month with more with forty or more hits the previous player that had accomplished this. We're staying useful in the nl and lou garrick in the al on september. Sixth against the oakland a.'s. Ichiro collected his chief thousand. Hit on the second pitch of the game. And they'll be hit. I should say on that second. Pitch of the game a double along the first base foul line. He is the second fastest player to reach the milestone behind al simmons on september thirteenth against the texas rangers. He collected his two hundred eight of the season for his ninth year. Setting an all time major league record. Ichiro recorded two hundred and ten minutes with the orix in nineteen ninety-four thereby giving him a total of ten seasons with two hundred professional career. Hits with two outs. In the bottom of the night on september eighteenth. Ichiro hit a walk off two run home run against yankees. Closer money on rivera scoring michael saunders. In one of the most memorable victories of the season his owner made a his homer made a winner out of felix hernandez who was actually in the line for the laws despite having only allowed one run in nine innings pitched on september twenty six in two thousand nine. Each year was injected for from a game for the first time in his career. Arguing that a strike out. From toronto's david percy had been outside each euro used as bad to draw a line on the outer edge of the fleet and was immediately tossed by umpire. Brian runge it was the only mariner to have finished the game ejected. He in fact he was actually the only mariner to be jetted from game off season and that he action may ever get yours chances. In regarding an amazing record the longest playing streak without going hitless in consecutive games each euro was at one hundred eighty games the longest in the major since dot kramer went one hundred ninety one consecutive games without back-to-back offers in one thousand nine thirty four in one thousand nine hundred eighty five..
KHVH 830AM
"al simmons" Discussed on KHVH 830AM
"Morning, Hawaii. Aloha, Takaoka one and all It is Saturday Morning, Rick amount of weekend. Hope you're doing well. I hope the days getting off to a good start for you and thank you very much for giving us a chance to be with you at the beginning of the day because it's only 78 in the morning on a Saturday It's already turning out to be a gorgeous day. Beauteous, wondrous. Splendid. Differ is Yeah, that's the word. You're right. We clear the throat. Let's let's get a roll it Gearing up Gearing up for later today. I hope you've had a chance to get a reservation on I think we'll do the show in French today. We had a chance to get the reservation at today's USC to 64. And again using superlatives in describing Giovanni pastrami hugely, so Sports radio program. We're going to be live as opposed well to the alternative at GP today. We start our broadcast on Fox Sports 9 90 at one P.m.. We are on with you until three P.m. and then Main card kick said. I'm telling you, man that that Wonderboy fight That's previous to McGregor and warrior is going to be a great battle. There are two other, uh, contentions during the day on the card that are going to set the table. It's a quality top to bottom card. And what we'll do is, of course watching comment. During the events, but for the main events And Wonder Boy fight is a co main event. Then, then we'll kick in and just enjoy it along with you so anyway. I'm not sure. But if you have a chance to give a call 9 to 3, 21 100. You know what I'll do. I'll verify. During the program if there are availabilities If it's not for this event, there will be plenty more NBA finals. We have the advent. Of The NFL. Believe it or not, you know, college ball football is coming back. We're about, um About a month away. And when it gets when it kicks in. I mean, it's going to be awesome. As you know. HB H is Raider Nation football. The official Station. For the Vegas Raiders. And Fox Sports 9 90. Official station. Of the Seattle Seahawks. And both teams, you're going to get full coverage. So looking forward to all of that, But today It is all about UFC. Alright uh, 5 to 1 83 83. I'm going to keep the phones quite. I I'll be honest, I I fly solo. On Saturdays. And so and Wanted to make sure that Ah, uh good friend, Ashley. She works. Diligently and as a matter of fact, she's out of town. But I Talk to her. And I said, Listen, uh Love doing the program. But you I need to get some sleep. Take it from someone who doesn't and this is your only real pocket to do so working. Several jobs, so Flying solo is just dandy. I'm the agenda today. As always, I have a couple invites out. Let's see what happens at 7 30, then 8 10. Another than that we're going to have time together to wrap chat and just share various and thundery things. And it's 7 12 in the morning. Kick it off as we do in the morning show Monday through Friday, Snap trap. It's July 10th. And this is your Fox Daily snapshot. Today is national kitten Day when those little feline balls of fur show up their cuteness. Melt their way into our hearts. Videos of cats and kittens can be found by the millions on the Web and or a welcome distraction for so many of us During our day. However, the day is also meant to shine awareness on the responsibility of owning one of these little bundles of four like a joy. So remember if you're thinking of getting a kitten, Make sure you have what it takes. Also on this state in 1934 Picture Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants at a major league Baseball All Star game record for consecutive strikeouts, Punching out a murderer's row of would be Hall of Famers like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin. If it's your birthday today you share it with businesses, electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. Born in 18 56. I'm too sure Saxena and that's your fox daily snapshot. Alright, alright. Alright. Always always.
Fresh Anointing Show
"al simmons" Discussed on Fresh Anointing Show
"Let's listen and now with jay. Richardson regressive fresh gene. We're excited about the word of god. And what god has to say to us and through today we want to make sure that you know that we give praise and honor to god. There is no other gods beside the true in the living. God the god of abraham the god of is again. The god of jacob don't know about you but he is my god as well and i'm grateful that he has given me another day that i can praise him that i can magnify his name that i can thank him for bringing me through another week. In spite of all the opposition obstacles ups and downs. I still give god the praise because the bible tells me. If i don't praise him then he will get the rocks to cry out in my place. I don't want rocks crying out for me. I won't to give god praise. i wanna thank him. I wanna magnify his name. I won't to worship him in spirit. And truth i wanna let him know that i love him with all my heart soul mind and strength so wants you to sit back and listen to what the spirit of the law has the say to you today and then make sure you share it with your friends. Your family do a watch party. Aw jess allow those. That are with view to partake of this meal together. I wanna welcome my co host with me today. It is no other than the pastor. Al simmons welcome. Welcome thank you. Are i Pastor would you lead us in prayer not a problem. Thank you father. The name of jesus christ we thank you. We thank you for today. Follow allow us to just be a vessel that you can use us to do. Your will because the word is about you. You've done the work. And we just want to be a vessel that joe you'll do your word and as we come today following no everybody. Who's not wearing supposed to be there trying to get to that marks in father we ask you to give them this granth. When they're week that they can move forward that can see that distant future that you want for them and they can be. That vessel dead allows the lineup. And you'll be half it has continued doing. Your father says let us move by. You'll spirit that we can do your will and we just give you all the praise. Glory in jesus name a your word amen. Amen and amen. There is the wisdom of god. We need the wisdom of god. In order to live out the journey this path this purpose of this destiny that god has laid out for us than there is The knowledge of god not just knowing him knowing out him but knowing who he is god almighty there is Understanding the word of god. The word of god is what transform our lives and renew our minds and then the various discerning the voice of god we must understand and discern his voice from any other voice. Those are four pillars that we stand on. I hope that you will incorporate those in your life as well today. We're going to continue our journey in jeremiah. Chapter eighteen as we look at how i'll fien. There's a mar in my vessel. The tech says this is the word that came to jeremiah from the log. Go down to the potus house and there. I will give you my message. So i went down to the pot house and i saw him working at the wheel but the potter..
Newsradio 700 WLW
"al simmons" Discussed on Newsradio 700 WLW
"Finish with some calls here on our topic. Had some fun with this one. Let me do it on this date, though, always have fun. Have time for that. Chip. Take me back in time, please. Way, go back in sports history to find what happened on this date will begin on this date. 1938 jolting Joe DiMaggio rejects a one year offer of $25,000 DiMaggio counters by asking for $45,000. Holdout last until April, 20th two days after the start of the season, so I was always told all they played for love of the game. Back in the day, Even Joltin Joe was holding out for more money back in 1938 1953. Visiting an al Simmons elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. The baseball writers passed over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility. How? I don't know this state in 18 60. In an unusual request, Stam usual tells the Cardinals management He is overpaid and should have a salary reduced after a subpar 1959 season in which he had 2 55 with 14 home runs. He received a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000. A whole lot of players today saying, Man I sucked last year. You should you should dock my pay this state 1970 Paul Brown. Trades Defensive I'm and Bill Staley Andheri gunner to the Bears. The Bengals acquire Rufus Maze, the 1969 1st round pick out of Ohio State. Of the Bears he would spend the next eight seasons is the Bengals starting left tackle. That trade is considered by many in Chicago is one of the worst trades and bears history. Forgot. Rufus Mays died at the age of 42 from bacterial meningitis Man this state 1974 The Reds higher 31 year old Marty Brennaman to replace Al Michaels pairing him with Joe Nuxhall. And the rest, they say, is history. 46 years behind the mike This state 1981 4 time Gold Glove winner Cesar Geronimo, traded by the Reds to the Kansas City Royals for a minor league prospect. 1990 on the ST John McEnroe becomes the first ever first player ever expelled from the Australian Open for throwing a tantrum and swearing at an official. You can't be serious. This day 2000 and nine. Finally, the New Jersey Institute of Technology basketball team ends It's 51 game losing streak by defeating Bryant 61 to 51. It all happened on this date. In sports history. All right, let me check my Facebook page. Lance McAllister Sports talk The Facebook page where all this conversation began earlier today, and the way it took off, I said, All right, this is too good to pass up. This will be a topic tonight. If you follow life. You're if you're on the Facebook page during the day, just pull back the curtain. If you follow my Facebook page at Lance McAllister sports talk you'll see during the day I often float. The topics is kind of like a trial run for the night and depending on how they go, I kind of adjust accordingly. Once I saw the reaction of this when I said all right, that's gold, Jerry Gold. I'm wrong, whether tonight in the eight o'clock hour my guy Tim perks. Says high school varsity game 1980. I scored 54 without a three point shot, making 27 field goals, including scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter. I was taken out with a minute left in the game. What I remember most is missing a wide open dunk. I was so wide open. I got my own rebound and put it back that Z he is still to this day. 40 years later. All time leading scorer 4100 are 1401 points in 56 games. There was one more here. Ah, wait a minute. I didn't know this Jeff Waller. Jeff Waller. Local long time Cincinnati sports writer Listing a team accomplishment played for US A Today's preseason number one ranked high school football team in the country. And I could say I backed up a future Buckeye in Atlanta Falcon and Alex Higdon. How about that? I never knew that about Jeff. There was one more and then we'll go to the phones. Ian Greer. In Greece. As I played for Lou Cody East and I sacked the quarterback from Middletown. It turned out that I sacked my eventual brother in law. It's a great game tow, watch it. Family functions. Every gather around the TV watch what I do. I love that. That's that. You've got the hang of it Now. I love it. Pleasant Ridge. We go, Leo. Welcome to sports Talk. Hey, thanks. I love the segment. It's often hear all the stories. Thank you. Look, I I've hit a few home runs and all star games like that scored some touchdowns. My my coolest experience. I'm playing really good golf out there. This was for an Apple Country club and But whatever happened Columbus and I, I'm birdy 16. I'm playing great. I got the T and the guys were just walking off and I'm like I'm going, you know, and I stroke of seven would And it's my buddies like it's going in the hole, I think, is it It hits and I thought it rolled behind the pen. And the guys that just walked off the green. Just throw their arms up and they're like on and so I hit this awesome hole in one and It was on the seventh day of the seventh month with a seven wood on the 17th hole. No. Oh, I get chills, chills. Yeah, a lot of cool sports things with that was a really cool feeling. I had to buy everybody drinks and it was a really cool like I've had a lot of cool experience. But yeah. I love the segment, man. Keep it up. Thank you. Thank you. That's a That's a great story like that. Another one from Facebook. Ted Weary. Think it's wary, Wary W E H r Y. I threw out and picked off a total of seven runners in a district high school baseball game in 1987. I caught for Holy Cross and the boys from Dixie just kept running. The game was covered Cat field, We beat them by a run an extra readies. Seven runners thrown out or picked off. Let the record show Don't run on Ted wary. Back to the phones. How about Wait a minute here? Let's go, Mike. Welcome to sports Talk First time long time. Welcome. I used to go to pinball tournaments in the nineties. I still go to him now used to go to New York, Chicago and Los Vegas. 7 1997. They were playing. They brought out a machine called surfaced Altair and I ended up after three days of qualifying All day. This one on your fear, highest. One game of the start of the three days I end up qualifying eight. So that was right. Sort of cut off. The top of isn't a division so I had to play the guy to head the top scorer of all three days qualified and he was a Japanese guy and I ended up beating him to three games. I'd beat him two out of three games, so I went to the next round. And as soon as I beat that guy as I was walking away, somebody in the crowd tells me Do you know that you just beat last year's champion? Well, you got not repeating trash talk, eh? So I got to the championship match and it was gonna be for brand new pinball machine and a crown. And and a trophy and, uh, so I end up getting my butt with by a guy named Glen Wilson and the great Part of the story is..