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Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:02 pm
by Smackie Chan
Later, Henry
Fuck Barroid Bonds, Hammerin' Hank is still the Home Run King. Still remember watching him hit #715 off Gentleman Al Downing, 44 hitting it off of 44, and Tom House (now Dr. House, Tom Brady's throwing guru) catching it in the bullpen. Aaron was a great guy and a great player. RIP

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:50 pm
by Left Seater
RIP.

I never saw him play that I can remember. I was 3 when he retired but have seen plenty of videos. Class act and we need more of him today.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 pm
by Kierland
He was black so Left Nazi wouldn’t have liked him as anything more than entertainment.

Fuck off nazi.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 pm
by Kierland
Smackie Chan wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:02 pm Hammerin' Hank is still the Home Run King.
Alternative fact.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 pm
by dan's college room mate
RIP to one of my first sports heroes.

Interesting stat is Hank never hit 50 dingers in a season, but damn, did he hit 40+ an awful lot. My guess is had he played later against pitchers not named Gibson or Kofax, he would have put up many 50+ years and would have been well into the 800s.


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Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:04 pm
by Kierland
My guess is you are a racist POS with a troll nic.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:17 pm
by Diego in Seattle
dan's college room mate wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 pm RIP to one of my first sports heroes.

Interesting stat is Hank never hit 50 dingers in a season, but damn, did he hit 40+ an awful lot. My guess is had he played later against pitchers not named Gibson or Kofax, he would have put up many 50+ years and would have been well into the 800s.


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If he had played later he might have been tempted to take the route of Bonds & McGuire. That would mean being more injury-prone, resulting in less lifetime hr's.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:53 pm
by dan's college room mate
Kierland wrote:My guess is you are a racist POS with a troll nic.
And you’re a tedious one trick Shetland pony.

And that’s not a guess.


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Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:42 pm
by dan's college room mate
Diego in Seattle wrote:
dan's college room mate wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 pm RIP to one of my first sports heroes.

Interesting stat is Hank never hit 50 dingers in a season, but damn, did he hit 40+ an awful lot. My guess is had he played later against pitchers not named Gibson or Kofax, he would have put up many 50+ years and would have been well into the 800s.


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If he had played later he might have been tempted to take the route of Bonds & McGuire. That would mean being more injury-prone, resulting in less lifetime hr's.
Not, necessarily.

Roids in addition to making you bigger, make you heal quicker.


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Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:47 am
by dan's college room mate
As a kid I read all the paperback books being churned out about various baseball stars.

It had all the stats including who his hrs were hit against. I seem to recall that Don Drysdale was the victim of an awful lot.

I’d guess he was probably his favorite victim.


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Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:11 am
by Softball Bat
Drysdale was indeed Hank's greatest victim.

Henry went yard on him 17 times.

http://www.755homeruns.com/aaronvs_pitchers.shtml



Passing Babe Ruth...







Dumb rednecks on the field ruined the moment.




#MikeCurtis

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:06 pm
by Kierland
dan's college room mate wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:53 pm
Kierland wrote:My guess is you are a racist POS with a troll nic.
And you’re a tedious one trick Shetland pony.

And that’s not a guess.


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You are like the unrepentant pedo who complains that all people do is bring up that you are a pedo. Truth and reconciliation not just reconciliation you traitorous twat.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:07 pm
by Kierland
dan's college room mate wrote: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:47 am As a kid I read all the paperback books being churned out about various baseball stars.

It had all the stats including who his hrs were hit against. I seem to recall that Don Drysdale was the victim of an awful lot.

I’d guess he was probably his favorite victim.


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I’d guess you are a spineless orange traitor.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:56 am
by Softball Bat
Bob Costas (aging lesbian club) had a nice interview with Hammerin' Hank just a few weeks ago...







Almost 3,300 games and never once ejected.

Also interesting to me was when I pulled up his stats is that Hank hit over .300 for his career.
I always had the imagine of him in my mind that he was mainly a massive HR and RBI guy.
However, he was more than that.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ha01.shtml

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:34 pm
by smackaholic
Like I said, Hank never hit 50. Just a very good, consistent hitter with a little bit of pop in his bat. I'd compare him to Willie Mays or Ted Williams. He wasn't a Reggie Jackson/Mickey Mantle, hit it into the next county type of hitter.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:01 pm
by Mikey
Aaron and Mays were quite similar. They started just a few years apart. Mays played 22 seasons, Aaron 23. Hank had more HRs but Candlestone was a lot harder to hit a ball out of. They both had about the same career BA. Hank is actually third on the all time hits list, Willie #12.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:25 am
by smackaholic
Yeah, put Willie in Fenway and he has a bunch more.

Unless he's a line drive hitter.

I saw Carlton Fisk drill one into the top of the green monster once that I swear, would have been out of any other park in the league. I think the OFer fielded it cleanly and held him to a single.

Aaron/Mays definitely comparable other than Willie being faster and better fielder. But then Willie was the best center fielder in history, so that's not a knock on the Hammer.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:55 am
by Kierland
Repent sinner.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:54 am
by smackaholic
Suck my dick.

I got a step stool if you need it.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:53 pm
by Screw_Michigan
smackaholic wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:54 am Suck my dick.

I got a step stool if you need it.
Fascist has baseball opinions. Film at 11.

Re: Hammer Down

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:00 pm
by Kierland
smackaholic wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:54 am Suck my dick.

I got a step stool if you need it.
Ha. Back to the old 3rd grade smack eh traitor?