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re: What makes Rod Carew so nondescript compared with other baseball greats?
Posted on 3/28/20 at 11:24 am to Paul Allen
Posted on 3/28/20 at 11:24 am to Paul Allen
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Posted on 3/28/20 at 11:44 am to Paul Allen
Played a position, 1st Base, known for power hitting and a lower average, where he hit for a high average and no power. In the 70's and 80's a .240-35-95 line at first was considered just as good or better than a Carew line of say .339-6-55.
Side note, I used to love me some Rod Carew.
Side note, I used to love me some Rod Carew.
This post was edited on 3/28/20 at 11:48 am
Posted on 3/28/20 at 11:50 am to msudawg1200
Nolan Ryan once said Carew was the only guy who could consistently pull his fastball.
Posted on 3/28/20 at 11:54 am to FightinTigersDammit
For just pure hitters Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn are 1A and 1B that I've seen in my lifetime with Wade Boggs 3, Pete Rose 4, and George Brett 5.
Posted on 3/28/20 at 12:17 pm to auyushu
Got mad hits like I’m Rod Carew
Posted on 3/28/20 at 12:37 pm to Paul Allen
I remember as a kid you heard of Rod Carew but no one actually saw him play.
And I was living in CA.
Dodgers/Giants were on TV, not the Angels.
This was before ESPN. You had one baseball game, one Saturday afternoon CFB game of the week and two NFL games.
And no Hockey, this was America dammit.
And I was living in CA.
Dodgers/Giants were on TV, not the Angels.
This was before ESPN. You had one baseball game, one Saturday afternoon CFB game of the week and two NFL games.
And no Hockey, this was America dammit.
Posted on 3/28/20 at 1:48 pm to msudawg1200
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Played a position, 1st Base, known for power hitting and a lower average
Side note, I used to love me some Rod Carew.
I'm not sure why they moved him to 1st base since he was a perrenial All-Star at 2nd.
His most overlooked accomplishment was tying the ML record of 7 steals of home in one season.
His 7th steal came on July 16th, 1969 and he only had 19 total steals on the season. LINK
Posted on 3/28/20 at 2:07 pm to Hot Carl
That was a decently regarded team, in 1977, they had a winning record and some notable players in Carew, SP Dave Goltz, C Butch Wynegar, SS Roy Smally, 3B Mike Cubbage, OF Lyman Bostock (who was killed a couple years later), Larry Hisle, with a couple good relievers, too.
To be fair, I had almost all these guys baseball cards off the bottom of my Hostess Twinkies and King Dons' boxes.
To be fair, I had almost all these guys baseball cards off the bottom of my Hostess Twinkies and King Dons' boxes.
Posted on 3/28/20 at 2:57 pm to Paul Allen
Stuck in Minnehaha. No cable TV for most of his career so you got the NBC game of the week and ABC Monday night's. That was it.
Posted on 3/28/20 at 2:59 pm to Hot Carl
2nd basemen hit for power? Angels moved him after the trade due to Lansford.
This post was edited on 3/28/20 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 3/28/20 at 4:24 pm to Mizz-SEC
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I'm not sure why they moved him to 1st base since he was a perrenial All-Star at 2nd.
Knee injury that cut his range was one reason.
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