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[calsnowskier]

Not Ohtani
Not McGwire
Not Cobb (per the hint)
Not Judge
Not Wilson
Not Mays
Not Williams
Not Bonds
Not Pujols

 

[Cedrique]

Not Ohtani
Not McGwire
Not Cobb (per the hint)
Not Judge
Not Wilson
Not Mays
Not Williams
Not Bonds
Not Pujols

Nope, none of those guys. That's not where I was going with the hint, but definitely not Cobb. The hint might be a kind of local thing. But I remember at some point when cable tv was becoming popular you could get games from other markets so it is possible you could have seen it even if you lived in another market.

 

[calsnowskier]

Ok, I am at this point…

Brady Anderson

 

[Cedrique]

And no it wasn't Hawk Homer harrelson

 

[DrewScott]

Thome ?

 

[calsnowskier]

So likely a Brave or Cub from the mid-80s to mid-90s

i got nothing…

 

[calsnowskier]

Leading the league in HRs for 7 consecutive seasons is not going to happen by a middling player. Aaron, Bonds, Thome, Mays, Griffey, Rodriguez all never did it…

 

[Cedrique]

Thome ?

Not Thome

 

[DrewScott]

Hank Greenburg?
Ralph Kiner?

 

[calsnowskier]

I know you don’t tend to lean on Phillies players, but I ruled out Schmidt, Howard and Foxx…

 

[calsnowskier]

Hank Greenburg?
Ralph Kiner?

There you go.

”Kiner” = “Corner”

there is a kernel of truth in that corny joke.

 

[Cedrique]

Hank Greenburg?
Ralph Kiner?

Correct! Ralph Kiner, host of Kiner's Korner

 

[Cedrique]

There you go.

”Kiner” = “Corner”

there is a kernel of truth in that corny joke.

Yeah Kiner's Korner was the name for the Met's postgame show. I forget if the Mets games ever made it to the cable packages like WGN and TBS

 

[calsnowskier]

Good one. Not a generally considered “inner-circle” HOFer, but that feat is worthy of remembering.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yeah Kiner's Korner was the name for the Met's postgame show. I forget if the Mets games ever made it to the cable packages like WGN and TBS

I think it did. WWOR wasnt as big as WGN or TBS, but I remember watching it on occation.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Who is the only guy to have hit 600 home runs and never won an MVP award?

 

[calsnowskier]

Who is the only guy to have hit 600 home runs and never won an MVP award?

Thome

 

[calsnowskier]

Thome

You are only talking about a group of 7 guys. Easy to figure that one out…

 

[fightinfunbags]

You are only talking about a group of 7 guys. Easy to figure that one out…

Tis true tis true

 

[Cedrique]

Good one. Not a generally considered “inner-circle” HOFer, but that feat is worthy of remembering.

Kind of a short career. But it is a lesson to all those future mlbers out there. If you can bang out 7 straight home run crowns out of the gate, the voters might cut you some slack on fizzling out and retiring early.