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I don't know if Bob Feller ever threw a pitch faster than 100 mph. That's beside the point. What made the '50s (Feller was pitching down into the 1950s) and '60s the greatest era of baseball was not just the skill of the players, but their attitude and work ethic.
MLB is the hardest professional league to break into. They make absolute dirt in the minors and only a select few ever make it to the show. If you think the guys who are there now don't have a great work ethic or don't work their asses off, you're sorely mistaken.
The Willie Mays Deluxeper the OP, I'm kind of a Willie Mays dude... I mean after all my little league glove had his raw hide branded signature in it... ;)
Bob Feller was 17 years old and in high school when he opened his pro career. I believe he also is the only pitcher to ever throw a no-no on opening day. Stan the Man called him the greatest pitcher he ever faced.
The Willie Mays Deluxe
Baseball players just weren't very good in the old days.
Seriously? Maybe the Latinos. I used to watch good bit of minor league ball and a lot of major league ball. Not anymore. These kids just want to hit homerruns. Or strikeout. They don't GAF about getting hits and trying to score runs through small ball. Their agents tell them that homerruns are the way to the big contract. There are major league leadoff hitters that struggle to reach a .300 obp. Completely unwatchable.If you think the guys who are there now don't have a great work ethic or don't work their asses off, you're sorely mistaken.
You're confusing strategy and method with work ethic.Seriously? Maybe the Latinos. I used to watch good bit of minor league ball and a lot of major league ball. Not anymore. These kids just want to hit homerruns. Or strikeout. They don't GAF about getting hits and trying to score runs through small ball. Their agents tell them that homerruns are the way to the big contract. There are major league leadoff hitters that struggle to reach a .300 obp. Completely unwatchable.
Teddy Ballgame and Joe D. as well. DiMaggio is knocking on the door of the 500 HR club otherwise, and Williams is almost assuredly in the 600 HR club.Feller also lost part of his career serving on the battleship USS Alabama during WWII. He, like many others of that era, volunteered.
Alex.
I'm happy he's doing well, but excuse me if I'm not sizing him up for a bronze bust because he's on a two week hot streak against single A pitching.Sas is still pissed Tebow is making him look bad.
Why all the emphasis on mph? So many of the great ones -- guys like Maddux and Spahn and Martinez -- became that way for the complete repertoire of pitches as well as being able to control the count. Heat helps. Moxxy and control are just as important.
You aren't happy he's doing well, you openly root against him.I'm happy he's doing well, but excuse me if I'm not sizing him up for a bronze bust because he's on a two week hot streak against single A pitching.
You aren't happy he's doing well, you openly root against him.
He's going to make the major leagues. Not sure if he'll be there long, but at some point he's going to the show.