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re: Best "power" hitter you've ever seen...
Posted on 6/29/10 at 7:56 am to SteveLSU35
Posted on 6/29/10 at 7:56 am to SteveLSU35
belle.... a man amongst boys
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Posted on 6/29/10 at 8:23 am to Geauxld Finger
quote:
Non LSU:
Pat Burrell
Ryan Braun
Lance Berkman
JD Drew
Posted on 6/29/10 at 9:01 am to JJ27
quote:While I think of Walker as more of a well rounded hitter who could do anything, Walker did hit a ball so far once that I think it broke the sound barrier. When he connected.... wow.
The lack of respect for Todd Walker in this thread is astonishing.
But still, Cresse was the first name that popped in my mind.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 9:14 am to Dan In Real Life
Best Power hitter I've ever "heard" was Brandon Larson
Posted on 6/29/10 at 9:43 am to CWS91
quote:
belle.... a man amongst boys
a really, really angry man against boys
Posted on 6/29/10 at 9:57 am to Doc Fenton
For all these guys chirping about Joey Belle you have to remember the topic of this thread. Best power hitter you've ever seen. By the time I was old enough to remember Joey Belle, he was Albert Belle and was mashing homeruns for Cleveland.
Todd Walker was without a doubt the best all around hitter we have ever had. I'd also toss Eddy Furniss, Jason Williams, and DJ Lemahieu in there.
Todd Walker was without a doubt the best all around hitter we have ever had. I'd also toss Eddy Furniss, Jason Williams, and DJ Lemahieu in there.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 10:04 am to Dan In Real Life
At LSU?
Eddy Furniss. Perfect swing for CBB. The dude was a monster.
Larson was juicing.
Eddy Furniss. Perfect swing for CBB. The dude was a monster.
Larson was juicing.
This post was edited on 6/29/10 at 10:05 am
Posted on 6/29/10 at 10:08 am to LSUAlum2001
quote:
Larson was juicing
Naaaah, you're way off base with that assumption.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 10:55 am to Dan In Real Life
I'll take Lyle Mouton. Dude hit possibly the longest home run in CWS history in 1991. back when it was 420 to center with a 20 ft high cf fence. he cleared it by 40 yards on the fly and hit a TV Tower way behind CF.
The locals were saying it was the longest one there since Dave winnfield in the 70s.
Mouton was natural. Larson was Roids
The locals were saying it was the longest one there since Dave winnfield in the 70s.
Mouton was natural. Larson was Roids
Posted on 6/29/10 at 10:58 am to dukke v
Larson. He knocked the stuffing out of the ball.
Of course he was playing with fungos and taking steroids like everyone else in the 90's. It must've sucked to be a pitcher in that era.
ETA:
non-LSU I saw last year that scared me was Josh Hamilton. That dude hits the frick out of the ball.
Of course he was playing with fungos and taking steroids like everyone else in the 90's. It must've sucked to be a pitcher in that era.
ETA:
non-LSU I saw last year that scared me was Josh Hamilton. That dude hits the frick out of the ball.
This post was edited on 6/29/10 at 11:03 am
Posted on 6/29/10 at 11:05 am to TheCaterpillar
Gary Hymel needs more love
Posted on 6/29/10 at 11:46 am to Dan In Real Life
Louis Cascio
Posted on 6/29/10 at 12:04 pm to TheCaterpillar
Heroin will help you do that.
Also per the Mouton hitting the longest hr. It has to be longer than that. In this CWS alone Steven Cardulo for FSU hit a ball over the batter's eye and out of the park. Easily 450+ shot. Also Holliday for TCU's grand slam vs FSU was over the cat walk. Longest HR i ever saw at the Blatt was easily Larson off Matt Anderson. He hit it over that old scoreboard. 99mph fastball met the pre shrunk bats in the hands of a massive juice monkey. Not sure that thing has come down anywhere yet.
Also per the Mouton hitting the longest hr. It has to be longer than that. In this CWS alone Steven Cardulo for FSU hit a ball over the batter's eye and out of the park. Easily 450+ shot. Also Holliday for TCU's grand slam vs FSU was over the cat walk. Longest HR i ever saw at the Blatt was easily Larson off Matt Anderson. He hit it over that old scoreboard. 99mph fastball met the pre shrunk bats in the hands of a massive juice monkey. Not sure that thing has come down anywhere yet.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 12:11 pm to LSUAlum2001
quote:
Larson was juicing.
If you believe Larson was the only one on this thread juicing, you are way off.
1. Larson/Belle
3. Mouton
4. Furniss/Hymel
Posted on 6/29/10 at 12:34 pm to Hot Carl
quote:Absolutely. I don't know if I could think of a better illustration of the difference between the terms "hitter" and "power hitter" than the names Todd Walker and Brandon Larson.
I think he was clearly the best hitter in LSU history, though certainly not the best power hitter.
If my life depended on a hit, Walker in a heartbeat. If my life depended on a home run, I'm calling for Larson.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 12:38 pm to SteveLSU35
quote:
Joey Belle
Got pitched around constantly but when he got half a chance he commonly nailed 450' shots. The bats of the mid to late 90's were part of the reason guys like Larson, Berkman and Cresse had ridiculous stats. Matt Clark would be second to Belle in my book because, like Belle, he hit prodigious blasts with the "toned-down" bats of today. My Dad says Joe Adcock was a sight to behold in the late 40's in the wooden-bat days.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 12:57 pm to Geauxld Finger
quote:
Heroin will help you do that.
He never did Heroin.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 1:29 pm to Dan In Real Life
Best overall hitters: Walker, Furniss
Best pure power hitter: Cresse, hands down.
Best pure power hitter: Cresse, hands down.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 2:06 pm to RANDY44
People in this thread vastly underestimate Matt Clark's power imho.
Posted on 6/29/10 at 2:24 pm to Godfather1
If Belle wouldn't have been such a problem child he would be better remembered.
The 2000 team offensive achievements had faded a bit for me, but 7-guys hit .338 or better, entire 9-linuep hit over .300, and Cresse finished at .388 with 30 HR and 21-2B's (bats or not that is crazy), Hawpe ended up with 36-2B's (I mistakenly thought it was 28) paired with 12 HR, and shawty M. Fontenot pegged 17 HR.
I will stand by the comment that Hawpe was a hitting machine and if a little more physically developed those lasers he was hitting off the fence would have been going over.
Neither Schimpf nor Fontenot receive enough acknowledgement for their contributions at the plate. Small of stature but both had a lot of pop at the plate. Schimpf generated a team leading 22 HR and 19 2B's in 2009. No one came close to replacing him in 2010.
The 2000 team offensive achievements had faded a bit for me, but 7-guys hit .338 or better, entire 9-linuep hit over .300, and Cresse finished at .388 with 30 HR and 21-2B's (bats or not that is crazy), Hawpe ended up with 36-2B's (I mistakenly thought it was 28) paired with 12 HR, and shawty M. Fontenot pegged 17 HR.
I will stand by the comment that Hawpe was a hitting machine and if a little more physically developed those lasers he was hitting off the fence would have been going over.
Neither Schimpf nor Fontenot receive enough acknowledgement for their contributions at the plate. Small of stature but both had a lot of pop at the plate. Schimpf generated a team leading 22 HR and 19 2B's in 2009. No one came close to replacing him in 2010.
This post was edited on 6/29/10 at 2:27 pm
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