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AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - BostonCard - 11-01-2017

Congratulations to the Astros, and our very own.

BC

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series championi - BobK - 11-01-2017

What a World Series.  brobdingnagian congrats to AJ Hinch

For this week it's win 114.  We just passed UCLA 😀🍾

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - lex24 - 11-01-2017

LOVED how he managed his pitching staff.

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - Langdude - 11-01-2017

I was the Daily beat writer for the baseball team when he was behind the plate at Sunken Diamond. I remember my buddy JJ, who was the stadium announcer, would say when Hinch came to the plate to bat...

"The catcher ... AYEEE JAYEEEE HINCH!"

AJ is a really, really good guy. Proud to have him as a Stanford grad.

-m.

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - lex24 - 11-01-2017

Dodgers couldn’t win. The first WS Willie Mays MVP award could not go to a Dodger.

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - Mick - 11-02-2017

(11-01-2017, 09:27 PM)lex24 link Wrote:Dodgers couldn’t win. The first WS Willie Mays MVP award could not go to a Dodger.

Mays was my father's favorite player and one of my favorites.  I think he was probably the second best player all-time (have to give the nod to Babe Ruth who both pitched and hit at the highest level).  But Mays was terrible in the world series, with a .589 OPS.  He never hit an HR in 78 WS plate appearances.

Barry Bonds has the best career WS OPS of any player at 1.994.  I realize that there might be political problems naming the award after a PEDS user, so we might consider one of the next nine:

2. Willie Aikens 1.638 26 PA
3. Amos Otis 1.495 26 PA
4. George Springer 1.471 34 PA
5. David Ortiz 1.372 59 PA
6. Troy Glaus 1.313 30 PA
7. Phil Garner 1.238 28 PA
8. Lou Gehrig 1.214 150 PA
9. Babe Ruth 1.214 167 PA
10. Hideki Matsui 1.213 41 PA

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - troyc - 11-02-2017

(11-01-2017, 09:21 PM)Langdude link Wrote:I was the Daily beat writer for the baseball team when he was behind the plate at Sunken Diamond. I remember my buddy JJ, who was the stadium announcer, would say when Hinch came to the plate to bat...

"The catcher ... AYEEE JAYEEEE HINCH!"

AJ is a really, really good guy. Proud to have him as a Stanford grad.

-m.

Those were great days. As Sunken Diamond's PA announcer myself in '95 and '96, it was my pleasure to announce his name, too. Especially since A.J. & I are also proud graduates of Midwest City High School! I'm sure there are a lot of happy people back in Midwest City, Oklahoma right now.

Super awesome to watch his journey over the years, even when it got a bit rocky (his disastrous first managerial experience with Arizona). Always wonderful to see great things happen to genuinely good people.

Troy C

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - Spiny_Norman - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 08:48 AM)troyc link Wrote:[quote author=Langdude link=topic=17873.msg209726#msg209726 date=1509596471]
I was the Daily beat writer for the baseball team when he was behind the plate at Sunken Diamond. I remember my buddy JJ, who was the stadium announcer, would say when Hinch came to the plate to bat...

"The catcher ... AYEEE JAYEEEE HINCH!"

AJ is a really, really good guy. Proud to have him as a Stanford grad.

-m.

Those were great days. As Sunken Diamond's PA announcer myself in '95 and '96, it was my pleasure to announce his name, too. Especially since A.J. & I are also proud graduates of Midwest City High School! I'm sure there are a lot of happy people back in Midwest City, Oklahoma right now.

Super awesome to watch his journey over the years, even when it got a bit rocky (his disastrous first managerial experience with Arizona). Always wonderful to see great things happen to genuinely good people.

Troy C
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Troy, I asked Darryl Stephens one time (Stanford baseball team in my era, early 80s) who was the best player he ever saw.  He named another Midwest City Bomber (and World Series champ) - Joe Carter.

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - DC 86 - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 09:30 AM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:Troy, I asked Darryl Stephens one time (Stanford baseball team in my era, early 80s) who was the best player he ever saw.  He named another Midwest City Bomber (and World Series champ) - Joe Carter.

I believe Joe Carter graduated from Millwood High School.

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - Spiny_Norman - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 11:03 AM)DC 86 link Wrote:[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=17873.msg209767#msg209767 date=1509640201]

Troy, I asked Darryl Stephens one time (Stanford baseball team in my era, early 80s) who was the best player he ever saw.  He named another Midwest City Bomber (and World Series champ) - Joe Carter.

I believe Joe Carter graduated from Millwood High School.
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DC 86, thank you for the correction.  I remember him being from Midwest City (though that may be wrong too), but you are right that he went to Oklahoma City Millwood.

I am reminded of another star from Midwest City (whom I am pretty sure was a Bomber), Matt Kemp.

I am always intrigued at the baseball talent that comes out of Oklahoma.

Re: AJ Hinch is a World Series champion! - BostonCard - 11-02-2017

Here is a good write-up about Hinch...

https://apnews.com/fd738888a69949ada2157e192c5b6ee7/Astros'-Hinch:-Backstop-bust-to-Series-winning-skipper?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Sports&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Sports

Quote:“I will run through a wall for that guy any day,” Series MVP George Springer said.

and later

Quote:“For him to have my back, it means the world to me. And I’ll always have his back,” Springer said. “And that just shows who he is.”

Some good quotes from Hinch as well.

BC