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re: Milam is the best shortstop since Bregman

Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:02 pm to
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
87177 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:02 pm to
Even outside of that error, he wasn’t our best ever. So many to choose from overall. Hill, Nola, Smith, LeMahieu, Williams, Larson, KRob, JT.


He’s in that tier. But that error and Broham sucking his dick every day made him difficult to like.
Posted by AscensionTiger
Prairieville, LA
Member since Jun 2004
4418 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:04 pm to
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Bregman wasn’t nearly as good as the rant thinks


Dude has a top 5 per year MLB salary right now, but idiots on this board know better than MLB executives lol
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 7:05 pm
Posted by High Life
Member since Dec 2014
3649 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:07 pm to
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Bregman wasn’t nearly as good as the rant thinks


You’re a fricking idiot
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
71114 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:08 pm to
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Even outside of that error, he wasn’t our best ever. So many to choose from overall. Hill, Nola, Smith, LeMahieu, Williams, Larson, KRob, JT.

Yeah we have a lot to choose from, and he was the most decorated SS we've ever had despite so much competition. Honestly, he's in the top 5 most decorated position players in LSU history regardless of position. And then you add in his MLB career compared to his competition, pretty ignorant to say definitively that he wasn't the best ever.

And lol at putting Kramer and JT in the same sentence with Bregman. I know you're better than that
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 7:09 pm
Posted by TigerKurt
Kenner, LA
Member since Apr 2005
1033 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:09 pm to
ell_13

Do you have a life outside of Tigerdroppings?…
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
87177 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:24 pm to
Sure. You want to hear about it?
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
51729 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:32 pm to
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better than Nola

Not defensively, but obviously overall. Both were great defensive college shortstops.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
51729 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 7:38 pm to
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you would not have the gumption or the wherewithal to say that to my face

Lester, Christ’s sake it’s an anonymous message board. The guy your slap-fighting with could be a 6’-4” Jujitsu world champion or he could be Pee Wee Herman.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
287958 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:20 pm to
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Not defensively


Nola was more surehanded.

Bregman had more range. Which usually leads to more errors due to more chances and more difficult plays
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
51729 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:31 pm to
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Bregman had more range.

I don’t know. Nola probably had slightly less range but he was a big gliding cat out there; he covered a lot of ground. And having more range doesn’t increase your chances of errors per opportunity. Both SSs will have to handle about the same number of balls at the limit of their range.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
287958 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:32 pm to
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And having more range doesn’t increase your chances of errors per opportunity



sure it does Penny. Baseball 101
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
51729 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:34 pm to
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sure it does

It certainly increases the number of errors, because superior range will yield more opportunities, so the same fielding percentage will produce more errors. But the guy with less range is still barely reaching balls, just like the guy with better range. Fielding percentage should not be affected.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
81774 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:38 pm to
Milam is probably slicker defensively than bregman. Softer hands and quicker, more efficient with his transitions. Im not afraid to say defensively, he is about as good as we’ve had. Up there with nola and bregman. Obviously his arm isnt plus for that position, but its still good. And he more than makes up for it with his quickness and soft hands and consistently accurate throws across the diamond
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175429 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:40 pm to
Even if Nola was better defensively, Bregman was very good and not a liability. And his bat was much better, not even comparable.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
287958 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:53 pm to
I’d just say they were both two of the best to ever do it.

Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
71114 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 9:57 pm to
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Bregman was very good and not a liability

he has a gold glove in major league baseball as an infielder. He also won a gold glove, at shortstop, in college. No shite he was very good and not a liability. Bregman was an elite defensive shortstop in college
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 9:58 pm
Posted by TigerAficionado10
Rayne, LA
Member since Oct 2016
25 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 6:00 am to
You must have forgot about a guy named Josh Smith.
Posted by BigNastyTiger417
Member since Nov 2021
5051 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 6:34 am to
Uh…yes. He was.
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