What does "dangerously close" really mean in this context? Do they suddenly die when they reach that point? That would explain why there are only eight players to reach that mark. Or did you think that using that phrase sounded like a piece of some mighty fine writing to you? I mean, what's the danger? Please explain. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Did you think this question sounded like some mighty fine commenting when you posted it? Hint: it's not. As a previous commentary stated, it's dangerously close to being stupid.
Hank Aaron had 240 stolen bases. In the middle of his career, he stole bases. But in the first six and the last eight, he had single digits stolen bases. He did not steal a base in his final two years. It is a mystery why he had so few stolen bases in his first six years.
The problem with players like speaker, hornsby and cobb is that their regular everyday batting average is only 10 points or so less than their clutch numbers. It would be nice to see who had the biggest swing upward of batting average in those situations from their everyday batting average
It's more likely to get injured stealing a base then batting so a lot of these guys even if they could still steal in their 30s aren't really allowed to buy managers
Steve Finley might have been on steroids. First five seasons never hit more than 8 home runs in a season. Only 47 homeruns at age 30 and 257 after age 30.
Sanders and Finley are virtually unknown because they moved around a lot, because of free agency and trade-happy GMs. Players who stay on one team become local legends and the sportswriters will be their champions.
Fun fact: had Barry Bonds not been blackballed out of the game, he would have entered the 2008 season as the active leader in both home runs and stolen bases. As it stands, no player has been the active leader in both categories since Honus Wagner retired in 1917.
Eric davis, Darryl strawberry, bo jackson. They should've all made it. Its a shame that they didn't. I would've thought George brett and mickey mantle too. So many what ifs! Thanks for a great video!
If Altuve averages 15 Hrs per season for the rest of his contract he will go 300/300 despite never going 30/30 in a season before 👀 (He's sitting on 14 this season right now)
@@RunForPeace-hk1cuRandy Johnson admitted in a Sports Illustrated interview late in his career that he took something in his early days that likely would have triggered a positive PED test.
In 1998, when Bonds hit his 400th HR to go with his 438 SB, become the first (and only) member of the 400/400 club, he had less then a dozen writers reporting on it. So he got jealous and bulked up and started hitting the HRs the "fans, writers and MLB" wanted. The only players hinted about steroid use then was McGuire.
Also 368 BB clear of 2nd all time Rickey Henderson. If it was illegal to walk a guy on 4 pitches (let's say it advances all runners a base), then he would have had 900 HR.
first player i thought of was reggie sanders. i thnk i was watching the game where he joined the club. if witt stays a royal and joins the 300/300 club ill be very happy.
He brought up the bathroom issue at a time when moderate people still were defending the confused. Big no-no at the time. Now people are coming around to embrace biology again. Lance Berkman was a stud and the Big Puma was amazing regardless of whether Cooperstown shows him off.
