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re: Greatest Astro of all time?
Posted on 4/30/11 at 11:53 am to Hot Carl
Posted on 4/30/11 at 11:53 am to Hot Carl
Name another 1B who brought as much to the table as Jeff Bagwell. He stole 30 bases twice and had over 200 career stole bases. He's the only 1B who's a member of the 30-30 club and he did it twice. He played good defense. In his prime, he hit over 40 HRs a year, was a .300 hitter and walked over 100 times a year. Oh and he put up all that in the fricking Astrodome which was a death knell to hitters. Give me another 1B who could do all that. Elite patience at the plate, outstanding baserunning, very good hitter for power and average, top-notch defense. The guy did everything well.
This post was edited on 4/30/11 at 12:01 pm
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Posted on 4/30/11 at 11:57 am to Bench McElroy
Yeah, but steroids made him steal those bases, hit .300, take those walks and play good defense. And OMG, he moved to MMP as a spry youngster (10 yr vet) in his early 30s.
This post was edited on 4/30/11 at 11:59 am
Posted on 4/30/11 at 12:20 pm to Bench McElroy
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Name another 1B who brought as much to the table as Jeff Bagwell. He stole 30 bases twice and had over 200 career stole bases. He's the only 1B who's a member of the 30-30 club and he did it twice. He played good defense. In his prime, he hit over 40 HRs a year, was a .300 hitter and walked over 100 times a year. Oh and he put up all that in the fricking Astrodome which was a death knell to hitters. Give me another 1B who could do all that. Elite patience at the plate, outstanding baserunning, very good hitter for power and average, top-notch defense. The guy did everything well.
I like Jeff Bagwell. Dude was awesome in his prime. But he's not Lou Gherig, Albert Pujols, Stan Musial(is he considered a 1B or OF) good. And despite juicing his entire career and playing a lot games in that ban box known as Minute Maide Field, he still didn't ammass that career totals that a lot of 1B did. Not getting to 500 homeruns hurts his legacy, I think. Hell, Eddie Murray was probably never as dominant, but he had a better career than Bags. Frank Thomas was a better hitter as well(though he did DH a lot).
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