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08-10-2007, 04:00 AM
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mebbe a baseball stat geek could explain this, but why ISNT bert blyven a HoFer? [/ QUOTE ] Because the voters aren't baseball stat geeks. 
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08-10-2007, 01:37 PM
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[ QUOTE ] mebbe a baseball stat geek could explain this, but why ISNT bert blyven a HoFer? [/ QUOTE ] Because the voters aren't baseball stat geeks. [/ QUOTE ] Specifically, he played on a bunch of [censored] teams so his W-L record isn't very good.
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08-10-2007, 02:04 PM
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Blyleven never DOMINATED.
Wow, that Nolan Ryan fact is amazing, by the way!
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08-10-2007, 04:14 PM
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Wow, that Nolan Ryan fact is amazing, by the way! [/ QUOTE ] Myabe even more amazing is Frank Thomas's career stats vs. Nolan Ryan: 0 for 12, with 11 strikeouts. (That's going from memory and I can't find confirmation, but I'm pretty sure it's correct.)
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08-10-2007, 04:19 PM
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I had to look it up, and you are correct; 0-12, 11 K, 2 BB. So at least he got to clog up the bases a couple of times against him.
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#7
08-10-2007, 04:27 PM
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I don't know where to verify this and even if I did, I'm too lazy to do so, but I remember hearing that no American League baseball team won more games during the 1980's than the KC Royals.
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#8
08-10-2007, 04:34 PM
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I don't know where to verify this and even if I did, I'm too lazy to do so, but I remember hearing that no American League baseball team won more games during the 1980's than the KC Royals. [/ QUOTE ] I think it was actually the Yankees, because Steinbrenner used to cite it constantly when asked about the team's drought of championships during that decade.
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#9
08-10-2007, 04:45 PM
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Re: random sports stats/facts that surprise you when you first hear th
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[ QUOTE ] Wow, that Nolan Ryan fact is amazing, by the way! [/ QUOTE ] Myabe even more amazing is Frank Thomas's career stats vs. Nolan Ryan: 0 for 12, with 11 strikeouts. (That's going from memory and I can't find confirmation, but I'm pretty sure it's correct.) [/ QUOTE ] This reminded me of: Jhonny Peralta is 3-28 w/ 22k vs. Johan Santana.
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08-10-2007, 04:51 PM
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Re: random sports stats/facts that surprise you when you first hear th
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Wow, that Nolan Ryan fact is amazing, by the way! [/ QUOTE ] Myabe even more amazing is Frank Thomas's career stats vs. Nolan Ryan: 0 for 12, with 11 strikeouts. (That's going from memory and I can't find confirmation, but I'm pretty sure it's correct.) [/ QUOTE ] This reminded me of: Everyone with at least 28 AB's is 3-28 w/ 22k vs. Johan Santana. [/ QUOTE ]
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