(10-29-2020, 08:20 PM)Phogge Wrote: More than any other sport Baseball’s past is part of its present. I guess you don’t relish comparing long dead players and teams. To each his own. You wouldn’t care for Lex/Bobbbbb/Phogge lunches. In a one game championship Christy Mathewson shuts out Mays and company 1-0. Jackson with a bunt single, sacrificed over by Lindstrom and driven home by Terry with a base hit just over Crawford’s glove.
Nope. Willie was playing shallow as always. Nails Jackson at the plate. Buster putting on a sweet tag. SF wins it in bottom of 9th when Bobby leads off with a single to left, steals second. Barry walks and Willie drives one up the right centerfield gap to win it. You can pick either Willie.....
To me Bobby is the most underrated SF Giant. He was brilliant. Such an incredibly fluid athlete. I loved to watch him. Five tool player. Much better arm than Barry. Unfortunately he obviously had his demons. There’s no other way to explain how a guy who was that great a baseball player was constantly getting traded. And I’ve always felt the enormous chip on Barry’s shoulder was as a result of Bobby’s treatment in baseball. Of course I have no way of actually knowing that. Just playing amateur psychologist. It’s too bad. Barry Bonds could have been the Michael Jordan of baseball. He had everything.