8 HOFers MLB Draft : CHAT

[MilkSpiller22]

hey UK, I am interested in Tris speaker... Will want to make a trade with you...

 

[UK Cowboy]

hey UK, I am interested in Tris speaker... Will want to make a trade with you...

Sure. Speaker and Felix for Walter and your next pick

 

[Nosferatu]

Sure. Speaker and Felix for Walter and your next pick

LOLZZZ

 

[UK Cowboy]

LOLZZZ

I mean, yeah, but why in the world would I trade Speaker otherwise

 

[Nosferatu]

I wonder if there are others out there who agree with me when I say Tris Speaker is the most underrated player of all time. His name should be in the same conversation as Williams, Cobb and all the other greats...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Sure. Speaker and Felix for Walter and your next pick

I don't like felix in this draft at all... Was thinking more like Joe D and my 14th, for tris and your next pick...

 

[UK Cowboy]

We have a trade. UK trades Rickey Henderson to Mebert for Sandy Koufax

 

[UK Cowboy]

I don't like felix in this draft at all... Was thinking more like Joe D and my 14th, for tris and your next pick...

I may be in the minority. But I prefer Speaker. As to not liking Felix.... lmao. He pitches in the American League

 

[Nosferatu]

Another reason I dont go by what baseball reference says, they have Robin Yount listed ahead of Speaker... lolzzz.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I may be in the minority. But I prefer Speaker

I mean, different times, clearly joe D is more of a power hitter... The biggest problem with pre1920 players is that none had HR power... so it is very difficult in our judgements to tell if a player was more of a top of the order or middle of the order guy... We can only base it on stats...

 

[UK Cowboy]

I wonder if there are others out there who agree with me when I say Tris Speaker is the most underrated player of all time. His name should be in the same conversation as Williams, Cobb and all the other greats...

I would put him right by Cobb. All time record nearly 800 doubles, career .345 average, arguably the greatest defensive CF ever

 

[Nosferatu]

I may be in the minority. But I prefer Speaker. As to not liking Felix.... lmao. He pitches in the American League

If its just the 3 of us you are in the majority.

 

[UK Cowboy]

I mean, different times, clearly joe D is more of a power hitter... The biggest problem with pre1920 players is that none had HR power... so it is very difficult in our judgements to tell if a player was more of a top of the order or middle of the order guy... We can only base it on stats...

Most historians believe a large portion of those nearly 800 doubles are bombs today

 

[Nosferatu]

Most historians believe a large portion of those nearly 800 doubles are bombs today

Fences back in the early 1900's were much further from the plate. Forbes field in Pitt was like 360 and 370 down the lines and 440 to center

 

[MilkSpiller22]

If I am not getting Tris then off to plan B...

 

[Nosferatu]

Hopefully plan B involves picking at some point...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Most historians believe a large portion of those nearly 800 doubles are bombs today

then if he is such a good power hitter then doesn't that take away a little of his top of the order greatness?? I think it might... We all put him at the 2 spot, but do you want a 300+ HR guy hitting 2??

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Hopefully plan B involves picking at some point...

it does, but I changed my pick already... Now I have to type in the correct name I think...

 

[Mebert]

If anyone had told me that Smitty taking Vince Coleman would cause me to trade Koufax I would have said they are crazy!

 

[MilkSpiller22]

If anyone had told me that Smitty taking Vince Coleman would cause me to trade Koufax I would have said they are crazy!

well not trading, made me take Minnie minoso over some other outfielders I prefer...