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Re: Around Baseball
By: guest61 Date: August 4, 2015, 12:38 am
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You cant really hate on that.
Dude has been able to go damn near 40 years without having to
work, at least made it to the show, and if he's lucky enough to
get a post playing days coaching job may be able to go his whole
life without having to get a real job.
I doubt he's a rich man by any means but how much money do you
really need?
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Re: Around Baseball
By: guest61 Date: August 4, 2015, 12:39 am
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Im sure a few have me on ignore Reb. Lol
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Re: Around Baseball
By: Reb Date: August 4, 2015, 12:51 am
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Buzz Arlett--432 home runs. Played most of career with historic
Oakland Oaks and Minneapolis Millers clubs.
Check out his excellent offensive one-and-out season with
Phillies in 1931. Arlett must have been one heck of a bad
defensive player.
HTML http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=arlett001rus
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Re: Around Baseball
By: brjones Date: August 4, 2015, 7:18 am
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Here's a long write-up on Arlett's career:
HTML http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/4419031b
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Re: Around Baseball
By: JR Date: August 4, 2015, 9:44 am
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I think back in the 20's and 30's, a lot of top players in the
PCL were just content to stay there instead of move on to MLB,
and that might have been the case for Arlett.
That still doesn't quite explain why he didn't get another major
league opportunity after his one season with the Phillies,
though. It sounds like the bad temper and bad defense might
have played a part in it.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: Reb Date: August 4, 2015, 1:54 pm
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Catcher framing.
HTML http://m.mlb.com/video/v328367083/sfatl-pierzynski-frames-aardsmas-pitch-in-dirt/?c_id=mlb
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Re: Around Baseball
By: CurtOne Date: August 4, 2015, 2:08 pm
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Only surprise is that it wasn't called a strike
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Re: Around Baseball
By: brjones Date: August 4, 2015, 3:10 pm
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Dave Dombrowski is out as Tigers GM.
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Re: Around Baseball
By: Ron Date: August 4, 2015, 3:18 pm
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Wow!
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Re: Around Baseball
By: Ron Date: August 4, 2015, 3:30 pm
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Kind of a surprise given Dombrowski's record in Detroit:
By virtue of his dual role as president and GM, Dombrowski, who
turns 59 later this month, is credited with a large share of the
Tigers' business and baseball success over the past decade.
The Tigers have drawn at least 30,000 fans per home game in each
of the past 10 seasons, which happened only twice in franchise
history prior to 2006.
On the field, the Tigers' 410 victories since the start of the
2011 season are the most in the American League and second only
to the St. Louis Cardinals in the majors. The Tigers are the
only MLB team to win its division in each of the past four
years.
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