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Posted on 5/6/23 at 7:33 pm to CatfishJohn
quote:I agree. But Ben was pretty dominant. I would put him ahead of Nola, Ainsworth, and all the other pitching greats.
Skenes is better.
Posted on 5/6/23 at 7:33 pm to MOT
75+ is what he said and again he said “them” meaning plural talking about the era.
This post was edited on 5/6/23 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 6/2/23 at 9:18 am to TepperDaGuru
Ben said this morning that there’s no doubt that Skenes is better than he ever was. TTFWIW.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 9:44 am to ell_13
I graduated HS in 1986. Easton bats were everywhere then.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 9:46 am to OldCat55
They weren’t the Easton bats that helped it lead the metal bat market of the late 90s and early 00s.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 9:47 am to ell_13
The were the silver green models and the Black Magic.
Black Magic may have been a year or 2 after I graduated. Hard to remember exactly with it being so long ago.
Black Magic may have been a year or 2 after I graduated. Hard to remember exactly with it being so long ago.
This post was edited on 6/2/23 at 9:49 am
Posted on 6/2/23 at 9:50 am to 00 Tech Grad
I loved Nola because he just pounded the strike zone with insane movement and always seemed to go extremely deep into games but I’d have to say that Skenes is the more talented arm for sure. He doesn’t go as deep but that’s mainly because his insane strikeout rate
Posted on 6/2/23 at 11:44 am to ell_13
What was Incaviglia using when he hit all those HRs? Was he that much of an outlier?
Posted on 6/2/23 at 11:46 am to 00 Tech Grad
He is certainly the most talented, and has the most upside. But Nola had a season that was just as good, assuming Skenes does not fall off at the end. Hopefully, Skenes wins four more. It would be hard to argue with that.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 11:46 am to AlwysATgr
Nola would like a word. Let's see what Skenes does at money time, which is now. 
Posted on 6/2/23 at 11:53 am to 00 Tech Grad
SEC competition is better now than when McDonald played
But bats were more forgiving for batters when he played as well.
But bats were more forgiving for batters when he played as well.
Posted on 6/3/23 at 12:04 am to ell_13
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My point is people put Ben up on a pedestal and most of it was all done in a single year. It wasn’t sustained success like we see with Walker and Furniss and Crews and Nola.
LMAO!! This is plain dumb. Big Ben was a two time first team all American in 88 & 89. He had a lower era in 88 by almost a run and one less win. His freshman stats weren’t great because he didn’t show up till late March because he was playing basketball in the elite 8. You need to shut up before you make a bigger fool of yourself.
Posted on 6/3/23 at 10:36 am to ItTakesAThief
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SEC competition is better now than when McDonald played
In the aggregate this is probably true. But there were a lot of future MLB greats out of the SEC in that era.
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