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Chase Utley
Second Baseman
Career w/Phillies: .298 AVG / 130 HR / 492 RBI / 60 SB
In the annals of Phillies history, few infielders have possessed the skill of Chase Utley. And according to this list, he's already the greatest second baseman in franchise history. Utley was drafted by the Phillies in 2000, and made his major league debut in 2003. In his first start — at Veterans Stadium — he knocked a grand slam against the Rockies. The rest has been great history. The 2003 and '04 seasons saw Utley shuffling his role with infielder Placido Polanco, but he finally got the regular starting job in 2005. He hit .291, drove in 105 and scored a 13th-place MVP vote. 2006 was better: .309, 32 HR, 102 RBI. 2007 was going even better, but a hand injury took a month out of his campaign. Still, .332, 22 HR and 103 RBI ain't shabby. In 2008, Utley played much of the season on a broken hip, but still finished .292, 33 HR, 104 RBI. He helped the Phillies win the '08 World Series, mainly with his improved glove. The trademark moment of his career: His pump and throw home to record the final out of the seventh inning of game five. From there, the Phils took it and won it. So far, so amazing for No. 26.
Comment: When you watch Chase Utley, you're watching a special player. Everything he does is well above average, and he is unquestionably the top second baseman in baseball, and has been for four consecutive seasons. He creeps just above Ryan Howard because of the additional year and well-rounded game, but so far, Utley and Howard are in good shape together in this list. Utley should move up in this list very soon.
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Chase Utley, you are the man!
What Greg said
Btw, I was there when he hit a grand slam in his first start. Nobody really knew much about him so he wasn't exactly getting cheered. By the game's end, it was a different story.
On track for the Hall of Fame, IMO
Yeah, I was also at that game. I think I heard about him shortly before that as being a prospect. Since that day though, he's been my favorite Phillie.
Way too low. I realize his career still has some ways to go, but I really can't think of 10 Phillies who have had better careers than him.
A vital part of the best middle infield in Phillies history and the nucleus of what I think we will look back on as being the greatest Phillies team of all time.
I know it's subjective, and it's a ranking at this point in time, but I'm still somewhat surpised to see Utley and Howard ranked lower than Burrell and Abreu. My dad grew up with the Whiz Kids, and he thinks Utley is the best Phillie ever. Just one man's opinion.
Tim is being very conservative with Rhyno and The Man
I'd have put Utley somewhere around 15th (but leave Howard pretty much where he is).
Yeah, Utley should be higher than this. Much higher.
well, my top 10 is wrong
Dude, I think you should of wrote this list down, and kept it to yourself lol. I still have no idea where your getting this information from, and I have to be honest…I'm sure alot of people on here are questioning your knowledge here.
One day later, and people are forgetting the lessons of Stocker…
Besides, there are still plenty of Hall of Famers left to be accounted for (Nine in my estimate). I imagine they'll be using up a lot of the remaining spaces, especially in the top 10.
And as much as I like Utley, Howard, et al, they aren't Hall of Fame (yet).
I understand why Utley is listed here, but Man, my top ten is shot. I had Utlel at ten. We may very well be watching the greatest second basemen of all time. You here me Ryan Sanberg… ALL TIME!
geese, the phils must have a lot of hall of famers i dont know about
Now that you mention it, I missed one. So possibly 10 HOFers left to see.
According to Wiki, the HoFers inducted in Phillies caps were Whitey, Jim Bunning, Lefty, Billy Hamilton, Chuck Klein, Robin Roberts, Schmidt, Sam Thompson and Harry Wright. When you add Grover Cleveland Alexander (which, in MHO, you have to), you get to ten.
Harper, Harry Wright was a HOF manager, so not on the list.
There is one more who isn't wearing a cap (at all) in the HOF, but was clearly a Phillie.
I grew up idolizing Roberto Clemente and revere him to this day.
That being said, Utley stokes my baseball passion more than any other Phillie OR baseball player. When he was on that 35 game hitting streak a couple years back and it was stopped at Shea, I bristled with anger at how those Mets fans could cheer for him not to get a hit and continue the streak. It was then that I realized I have a man crush on Utley.
Eventually he will be 1 or 2 with Schmidt on ANYBODY'S list.
So Fuhs, Ed Delahanty makes it ten. But what's the order?
Utley is a bonafide National League superstar providing you overlook his recent late season batting swoons. His is also a millionaire, a fine measure of American success. He wears a Philadelphia Phillies uniform which of course renders him immortal. And, he will most assuredly make the top ten if he continues his production. However…, his quip "World Phuckin' Champions" was inappropriately and sophomorically said at the wrong place and under the wrong circumstances. Just goes to show you that even a celebrated seemingly straight laced player like Utley can still act like a first class schmuck (Yiddish definition).
On an historical note, check out the following piece that includes Sam Thompson, Billy Hamilton, and the 1894 Phillies. Amazing.
In 1894, Sam Thompson was part of the only all-.400-hitting outfield of all-time. All four Philadelphia Phillie outfielders ended the season with a batting average better than .400 (Tuck Turner at .416, Thompson and Ed Delahanty at .407, and Billy Hamilton at .404). Thompson hit .407 despite missing a month with a finger injury which necessitated the amputation of a fingertip. As a team, the 1894 Phillies batted .349.
I am curious to see if Brad Lidge will be on this list. I mean he was only here one season thus far, but what a season!
I think Tim said in a previous post that 1 year players aren't included (which includes Brad Lidge). That being said, Lidge wouldn't be in the top 25 anyway.
This feature has been great. My friends and I constantly talk about it. Keep it up. Also, will something like this happen again with updates from current players raising or lowering their position?
I don't know if I'll do it next year, at least this in depth. But I'm for updating the list each year to reflect the current guys. Honestly, another Utleyesque season puts him in consideration for the top 15.
Agreed, Tim… 5-6 consistent years makes his stock jump dramatically. There are a few guys in that 10-15 range with 6-8 years as a Phillie and Chase would be right there.
It's hard to rank current players with minimal service ahead of anyone that played here for their career… how can you rank a guy like Utley ahead of a hall of famer?? I mean, if he gets traded mid season and spends his career somewhere else, he might still go down as a great Phillie but he ends up right around here, historically. If he gets injured and never plays another game, he ends up here… you can't rank based on potential. Someone said it some time ago… if you think that any current players are going to be in the top 10, you're crazy.
sherry magee for number 11
My son and I were at the game in April of 2003 and witnessed Utley's grand slam. Neither one of us could believe what we had just seen. We still have our tickets and box score. Chase Utley is as pure a baseball player as you can get.
If you do it next year maybe you should leave active Phillies off the list. Its impossible to judge a player's place in history while he's still writing that history. With a few more good seasons (and good health) Utley probably WILL be top 10 one day, but he hasn't had a top 10 career yet. Plus, we are all going to biased coming off the high of a WS win.
Evan, I'll say the same thing that I said to Bruce: How is it impossible? I did this list at the end of a season. What if the guy retires out of the blue? Oh, suddenly his career is done!
At this moment, I have Utley at 24. But absolutely, Utley has potential to lead everyone on this list. Just not after 2008.
tell me that Howard hitting hrs at this same pace for another few years in a row wouldn't also crack your top 15? If he does not get injured, he will continue to chew up opposing pitchers with lots of hrs and lots of rbis.
yea, i think you have assigned too much weight to tenure. in my opinion, time is a lesser factor; if you have one championship team and one phillie who has a sick career year and leads them there, that is a huge deal. i would be very tempted to rank utley, in the top five at this point.
chase will most definitely be in the top 5 all time phillies list before all is said and done. i can't wait to watch him grow old in a phils uniform.
I saw Utley, Madson, and Marlon Byrd all play together for 1 year in triple A Scranton. Watching Utley play, i knew he was going to be special. it was so clear the first time watching him that he played the game the right way and really enjoyed the game. Hes been my favorite baseball player ever since that first time I saw him play. Great year from Chase coming. Phillies in 09….oh yea and Johan is missing opening day.
PHUCK the Mets
Filled out my top 10 yesterday and it's already dead, knew I should have waited! I thought that the 10 might include one member of the 2008 WFCs and Chase Utley seemed to be the likely candidate to me based on career performance as well as future potential. To me he's a far better player than Burrell, but I guess the list is weighted more on past performance, which I can understand.
Chase Utley is the man. Plays hurt and still goes 110 percent. He is the type of gritty athlete that is revered in Philadelphia. And James Kay, his comment was a way of touching the fans on a personal basis. He is not a schmuck. Go to a game and listen to philadelphia fans. HE IS COMMUNICATING WITH THE FANS ON OUR LEVEL. Do not insult the integrity of a man just because you may have virgin ears.
Erik, And what level is that? Utley's quip was cute and many entrepreneurs are currently making money off it. But, immature emotionally vulgar language like that has no place in the National spotlight that has the attention of all forms of baseball fans (young, old, and in between). He should have made it in the clubhouse, private party, or a sports talk show where it would have been more appreciated.
James Kay, "more appreciated"? If you would poll Phils fans, young and old, I'd bet close to 99% would say they appreciated Chase's WFC comment. My god, this town was jonesing for a champion, the Phillies brought it, and as far as I'm concerned, whatever the players did or said in celebration was justified, as long as they didn't harm anyone. Could he have chosen better words, sure, but that's how he felt at the time, and I'm not going to berate him for dropping the f bomb in that siuation.
# Chris.I Says:
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Dude, I think you should of wrote this list down, and kept it to yourself lol. I still have no idea where your getting this information from, and I have to be honest…I'm sure alot of people on here are questioning your knowledge here.
You're an idiot. You are obviously not nearly as knowledgeable as Tim. Learn your Phillies/baseball history before berating Tim. I bet he had to dumb this down a lot to appease people like you. I guarantee you Tim wanted to use OPS+ and ERA+ when rating these players. Unfortunately people like you don't know what those stats are/mean.
# Jason B. Says:
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
I understand why Utley is listed here, but Man, my top ten is shot. I had Utlel at ten. We may very well be watching the greatest second basemen of all time. You here me Ryan Sanberg… ALL TIME!
1st of all it is Ryne Sandberg. 2nd of all he's not the best 2B of all time. 3rd of all Chase Utley will not be the best 2B of all time. I believe that award goes to Rogers Hornsby, followed by Eddie Collins, Joe Morgan, and Nap Lajoie. Learn your baseball history before making stupid statements.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I know it's subjective, and it's a ranking at this point in time, but I'm still somewhat surpised to see Utley and Howard ranked lower than Burrell and Abreu. My dad grew up with the Whiz Kids, and he thinks Utley is the best Phillie ever. Just one man's opinion.
Abreu was the epitome of consistency. You knew every year you were getting a .300/.400/.500 with 20 hrs 100 rbis and 20 SBs. That is awesome to keep up for all of those years. Pat the Bat is the top 3 of all time for Phillies home runs. They both played here a lot longer too and deserve a higher place than Utley. Utley will be in the top 5 when his career is over, but as of right now 24 is a good spot.
I am just so sick of everyone berating Tim on his list. Make your own list if you don't like it. Utley is one of the best players in baseball right now, but his career is too short to rate him ahead of other people in Phillies history. I suggest you research your own Phillies history and some baseball history and learn stats other than batting average and wins because those are really bad stats to judge a player on. This is Tim's list so stop criticizing it. If you don't like his list then stop reading the board. Don't bash him for his stupidity. btw Pete Rose had his best years with the Reds. He's not a true Phillie. Does Brad Lidge deserve a spot on this list for his perfect season? Not at all, he's an Astro and known more for the Pujols home run then his perfect season. He'll make the list one day. btw…to all of you who think Pete Rose is the god of baseball…he's overrated. A career 118 OPS+ isn't that good. He may be the all time hits leader and played the game really hard, but he hit singles his whole career and did it for a long time. He's great, don't get me wrong, but I can name 50 players off the top of my head better than Pete Rose. Stop crying and let Tim make his list.
Utley is a bonafide National League superstar providing you overlook his recent late season batting swoons.
Utley had batting swoons last year on an Utley type of level, but he was still far and away the best 2B at his position and arguably in the top 10 best offensive players in baseball last year. A 135 OPS+ with a busted hip is ridiculous.
Way too low. I realize his career still has some ways to go, but I really can't think of 10 Phillies who have had better careers than him.
I can easily and just hitters alone. In no particular order:
The Bull
I left out pitchers and coulda went longer with hitters. Learn your Phillies history.
yea, i think you have assigned too much weight to tenure. in my opinion, time is a lesser factor; if you have one championship team and one phillie who has a sick career year and leads them there, that is a huge deal. i would be very tempted to rank utley, in the top five at this point.
You are a total idiot. How can tenure not matter? Lidge had a perfect season last year, but does that make him a Phillie? No. Utley will be top 5 one day, but you can't forget guys like Schmidt, Ashburn, Carlton, Grover Cleveland, and Robin Roberts who have all had WAY better careers than him and WAY better Phillies careers than him. Playing time matters a lot.
phuck you phil. i said too much weight, not 'not matter.' its opinion you emotionally laden screw ball.
"Lidge had a perfect season last year, but does that make him a Phillie? No."
that is a ridiculous statement.
Of course Lidge is a Phillie. Your idiosyncratic pledging system doesn't gel with all of us.
Utley is getting the benefit of the doubt based on his superior performance to date. He is 3 or 4 seasons away from having the longevity for top 10 status. Should he perform injury free at anywhere near his current stats, he is a lock!
Many modern fans are unaware of how good Del Ennis was. He hit with consistancy over his entire career with the Phils. He was pitched around constantly yet still drove in 100+ runs near every season. In the field, he had a fine arm, good speed and caught everything he got near. His clumsy gate belied the fact that at one point, before Ashburn, the Phillies seriously considered making him their center fielder. there are at least a dozen players in the HOF who weren't nearly as good as Del.
Actuallychilled…you are biased and an idiot. If you have a tenure problem then make your own list. You obviously don't know how to rate a player's team history and you obviously don't know much about the Phillies history.
phil – you seek drama. get a life.
phil – why are you so bent on insulting people? you seek drama. get a life.
Actually, I don't seek drama. I'm just sick of all of the people making asinine comments about Tim's list and saying unbelievably stupid things while they're doing it. It's okay for people to insult the guy who makes this blog for us and took a really long time to make this great list for us, but when I insult someone I seek drama? I have a life and the Phillies are a big part of it, obviously much bigger than they are for you.
Ну естественно, на самом-то деле так оно и есть. 🙂
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The blogger, who has been using OpenOffice for the past 9 months said, "Not once have I 'missed' any of the features available in MS Office." He continued to say, "all said and done, OpenOffice has served me just fine. I would go ahead and say that it is perfect because apart from being a direct replacement of the most popular office software, OpenOffice is free."
5. OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 for Mac: first impression – aryadn.posterous.com, 11/7
The blogger was pleased to see the "command + shift + right arrow or left arrow" was again available in Calc of the 3.1.1 release of OpenOffice. He said of the entire suite "it's much more stable," and said because of that "I'm putting the schedule to shift my staff from Microsoft Office users into OpenOffice users."
6. Lesser Known, But Very Helpful Features in OpenOffice.org Writer – linux.com, 11/5
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Events » Adult Education Classes » Drawing Class
Drawing Class
Tall Figure IV, 1960
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss, 1901-1966
Bronze, Edition of 6, Cast No. 1
106-1/2 x 12 x 22 in. (270.5 x 30.5 x 55.9 cm)
Norton Simon Art Foundation
Art © Alberto Giacometti Estate/Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York, NY
A Focus on the Figure: The Distorted Figure
Date: Friday, March 22, 2013
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Speaker: Michael Horowitz
Type: Drawing Class
Artist Michael Horowitz focuses on how to draw the figure in a series of Friday night classes (3/1, 3/15, 3/22 & 3/29). Using the Museum's collections as inspiration, participants explore the figure through gesture, basic construction, basic anatomy and self-expression by using a variety of styles to draw a live, clothed, figure model.
The Distorted Figure
Sculptures by the 20th-century artist Alberto Giacometti are instantly recognizable by their elongated figures. After exploring the nontraditional figure, participants use a variety of media to produce expressionistic interpretations of the human form.
Meets in Entrance Gallery | All levels of experience are welcome. Each class is $20 ($16 for members), and space is limited to 18 participants. All materials and admission to the galleries on the day of class are included. | Online registration is required. For further information, contact the Education Department at (626) 844-6980.


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Group seizes' home of Vermont Gas presidentThe Associated Press | August 31,2014HINESBURG An activist group claimed responsibility Saturday for a protest at the home of the Vermont Gas Systems president, saying it wanted to highlight the threat of forced property seizures for construction of a gas pipeline.
In an email to Vermont media, Green Mountain EarthFirst claimed it temporarily seized the property of Vermont Gas President Don Gilbert on Friday night and served a peoples eminent domain notice.
Eminent domain is the legal doctrine used by utilities and the government to seize private property for the good of the public.
Plans by Vermont Gas to extend a natural gas line from Burlington south to Middlebury and eventually to Rutland has sparked impassioned protests. A number of landowners along the line of the pipeline have refused to allow right-of-way easements.
The company is offering mediation and has said it hopes to avoid using eminent domain to take property by force.
Hinesburg Police Chief Frank Koss said about two dozen people entered Gilberts property after dark Friday, and some who went onto his porch. He said they left the property after police arrived.
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When Will Allan '09 learned last April that he had an opportunity to study in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theater School, he knew he'd hit the study abroad jackpot.
His fall semester abroad was a life-changing experience in every respect, as he experienced Russian culture and trained among 33 fellow actors from schools including New York University, the University of Michigan and Skidmore College. The Moscow school is viewed as the pinnacle of acting and theatre training, Allan says, and as an art form, theatre holds an exalted place in Russian culture. "It was one of those things you had to take advantage of, because you may never get the chance again," he says. "It's arguably the best theatre training in Europe and perhaps the world." The 25 Russians studying there attend for free, selected from 1,000 applicants.
School days were about 10 hours long, with three hours devoted daily to acting. Allan's other courses included costume design, voice, fencing, theatre history, ballet and cinematography. Some were taught in English, others in Russian with a translator present. There were no textbooks, homework or tests, so when the actors had free evenings, they headed for the local stages. Allan saw 22 theatrical productions.
"There is so much appreciation for the arts, with hundreds of theatres in Moscow alone," he says. "The majority are still funded by the government."
Life in Russia outside school was trying at times. The police were suspicious of foreigners and could stop the students at any time. "Sometimes we had to call the school administrators so they could verify our status," Allan says. "It got worse around the parliamentary elections when they were cracking down."
The food was bland and expensive, which was the students' primary complaint about their semester. One spent $75 for a meal at Moscow's T.G.I. Friday's restaurant on Thanksgiving. Allan recalls that after his father picked him up at O'Hare International Airport in December, their first stop was Chipotle.
Regardless of the lack of burritos and spicy barbecue foods, Allan says that more North Central College theatre students should take advantage of the Moscow opportunity in the future. He says his peers' talents rival those from more prestigious schools. "A good number of people here are talented enough to go," he says. "We can hold our own. "Allan did so well, in fact, that he was offered an opportunity to return for a two-year graduate program, which would require that he become fluent in Russian. Whether he returns is a decision he'll put off for now."The school was unbelievable," he says. "It's strict but fun. If there's one thing I learned, it's that you have to find the joy in theatre or you're in the wrong profession."
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The FBI sent two responses this month, one classified and one unclassified.
In the unclassified version, the FBI went on the record about the 10 cases of drone surveillance. The FBI also maintained that it would acquire a warrant before using a drone when the suspected individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Paul sent a new letter on Thursday, asking for more clarification on the FBI's understanding of a "reasonable expectation of privacy."
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The genetics of autism
Autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) actually represent a rather large continuum of conditions that range from very severe neurodevelopmental delay and abnormalities to the relatively mild. In severe cases, the child is nonverbal and displays a fairly well-characterized set of behaviors, including repetitive behaviors such as "stimming" (for example, hand flapping, making sounds, head rolling, and body rocking.), restricted behavior and focus, ritualistic behavior, and compulsive behaviors. In more mild cases, less severe compulsion, restriction of behavior and focus, and ritualistic behaviors do not necessarily preclude functioning independently in society, but such children and adults may have significant difficulties with social interactions and communication. Because ASDs represent a wide spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders whose symptoms typically first manifest themselves to parents between the ages of two and three, the idea that vaccines cause autism and ASDs has been startlingly difficult to dislodge and has fueled an anti-vaccine movement, both here in the U.S. and in other developed nations, particularly the U.K. and Australia. This movement has been stubbornly resistant to multiple scientific studies that have failed to find any link between vaccines in autism or the other favorite bogeyman of the anti-vaccine movement, the mercury-containing thimerosal preservative that used to be in many childhood vaccines in the U.S. until the end of 2001. Add to that the rising apparent prevalence of ASDs, and, confusing correlation with causation, the anti-vaccine movement concludes that vaccines must be the reason for the "autism epidemic."
In reality, autism and ASDs appear to be increasing in prevalence due to diagnostic substition, better screening, and the broadening of the diagnostic criteria that occurred in 1994. Autism prevalence does not appear to be rising, at least not dramatically, at all, as the prevalence of ASDs, when assessed carefully, appears to be similar in adults as it is in children. If the true prevalence rate of autism and ASDs has increased, it has not increased by very much. In reality autism appears to have a major and probably predominant genetic component, and several scientific studies over the last few years have linked autism with various genetic abnormalities. Not surprisingly, given the varied presentation and severity of ASDs, these studies have not managed to identify single genes that produce autism or ASDs with a high degree of penetrance (probability of causing the phenotype if the gene is present). Indeed, one can argue that the state of current evidence is that ASDs are due to multiple genes, perhaps dozens or hundreds. Again, this is not surprising given the heterogeneity of ASD severity, presentation, and symptoms.
One of the more surprising studies supporting a genetic basis for autism appeared to much fanfare in Nature last week. The study by Pinto et al, looks at the functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders. Its results are rather surprising in that the large team of investigators (studies of this type take a lot of people to carry out) found that it may be relatively uncommon copy number variations in various genes that lead to the phenotype of autism or ASDs.


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Not A Good Day, A GREAT Day!…
Who knew that all it would take to put me in a good mood is a little rain, a couple of homers and great pitching?…
The Yankees picked up two wins today against the Minnesota Twins. The first game was the continuation of Tuesday's game which had been suspended after five innings due to rain. At the time, the game was scoreless, and the game was stopped after the conclusion of the bottom half of the inning. So, for the game before the game today, it was essentially a short four inning game.
In an interesting stat, Derek Jeter's home run in the 6th inning (or first inning of the continued game today) made a winner of Tuesday's starter, A.J. Burnett. It's not often you can pitch on one day and receive the win on a different day. Jeter backed up the homer with a great defensive play in the bottom of the 6th to preserve the Yankees' 1-0 lead which was subsequently the final score. If this game had been in New York, Derek's play would have been worth a pie!
Mariano Rivera gave fantasy baseball owners a great thrill when he saved both games today. Andy Pettitte went 8 innings in the regularly scheduled game to pick up his sixth win of the season. The Twins had taken an early 1-0 lead, but the score was tied at 2 in the top of the 9th inning when Nick Swisher homered to give the Yankees a 3-2 advantage. Once again, Mo trotted out and retired three batters in order to earn the second save of the day. While Swisher's homer was huge, the hitting star was once again rookie Kevin Russo. He hit a game-tying double in the fourth, and his two-out single in the sixth led to another run. Despite limited opportunity, Russo's bat has been more effective than Alex Rodriguez in recent days.
The wins against the Twins are definitely a great start to putting last week behind us. The Tampa Bay Rays, who had appeared invincible, have lost three straight games (a sweep) to the Boston Red Sox. So, while the Yankees haven't lost ground to the Rays, the Red Sox have been climbing. Before the season, if you had said Josh Beckett would be on the DL, John Lackey struggling, and Jacoby Ellsbury ailing, I would not have given the Sox a chance. Instead, they've stolen the "invincible" title from the Rays…at least for now.
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He's back! With two ex-Yankee relievers on the street following their respective releases (Chad Gaudin by the Oakland A's and Brian Bruney by the Washington Nationals), the Yankees added one to their roster today (Gaudin). To make room for Gaudin, lefty reliever Boone Logan was optioned to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre and recent minor league free agent pickup Shane Lindsay was released from the 40-man roster. Hopefully, Gaudin didn't throw away his razor when he left the A's…
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What's so hard about beating the Rays?😉 The two wins over the Twins and the sweep of the Rays are just what the doctor ordered for the Red Sox. Ellsbury could be headed back to the DL though – not good news.
Interesting – the Yankees picked up Chad Gaudin again. They have some concerns about their bullpen?
Oh – and you better watch out – the Red Sox are coming!😉


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A laser-fine edge
Men looking for a professional advantage are having work done at area medical spas
By Jana J. Monji 01/28/2010
Need an edge in a tight job market? Or do you just want to feel a little bit better about yourself? Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but a little cash can help your best assets shine a little brighter following a date at a local medical spa.
Unlike day spas, medical spas, or medi-spas, offer procedures — laser hair removal, micro-dermabrasions, chemical peels, Botox injections, dermal fillings — that cannot be performed by an esthetician and require the supervision of a medical doctor or a registered nurse.
While most medi-spas operate independently, Spa 7 Cosmetic and Laser Center is located in the Burke Williams Day Spa in Old Pasadena. According to Spa 7 Media Director Farrell Gertmenian, this is the perfect marriage of esthetics and non-invasive procedures. Here you can have hair follicles zapped by a laser (both legs in about 30 minutes) and a pampering massage all in the same place.
While women are still their best customers, medi-spa treatments like these aren't just for women anymore, said Gertmenian. Men too, he said, "want to look younger. They want to get skin-tightening, especially their jowls and jawline," procedures accomplished with Botox and dermal fillers.
Roger Terman, director of Radiance in La Cañada Flintridge, said most of his male customers choose laser hair removal and Botox. For women, Botox is typically the No. 1 requested service, followed by skin-tissue-tightening procedures like Thermage or Juvaderm. Radiance's clientele is 20 percent male, a jump from the 5 percent in 2004 when they first opened. On average, Terman said, men will spend about $400 at these places; women twice that amount.
Steve Nostrat, executive vice president of OU Beauty in Glendale, said between 25 and 30 percent of their Botox treatments are for men. Men also go in for deep pore cleansing. OU beauty product specialist and President Matt Kramer keeps shelves stocked with male-oriented products: exclusive shaving and skin products such as Truefitt & Hill, Roger & Gallett (Paris), Kent (London) and Proraso (Italy).
Kramer, whose wife, Sun, is the co-founder of the company, explained that because they have a 2,000-square-foot retail store on busy Brand Boulevard, they can be much more aggressive in cutting prices on medical procedures. A micro-dermabrasion that might elsewhere cost a few hundred dollars goes for $59. Botox runs $8.75 per unit, slightly cheaper than sale prices at other area medi-spas. Kramer estimates a single Botox treatment requires 12 to 16 units. Terman explained there are three treatment areas (eyes, frown lines and forehead) and, generally, 20 units are used per area.
OU Beauty has found that, while their female clientele is holding steady, the recession has brought in more men, who often have different esthetic goals than women. "Men," Kramer explained, "want to look healthy; women want to go back to their youth."
According to Joe Phelan, spokesman for Advanced Laser Anti-Aging Medical Center, located on East Green Street in Pasadena, "Before it was probably 90 percent women or even more," visiting his office. "Now it's more like 80 percent women. Men are trying to tune themselves up for job interviews or flirtability."
Dr. Robert Seltzer of Advanced Laser estimated that 30 percent of his clients for non-surgical laser rejuvenation, such as resurfacing of the face and neck, are male. That's primarily because it's "hard to get work in a competitive youth-oriented job market," Seltzer said. In general, "men want something subtle with no big downtime," Seltzer explained. Women are more likely to invest in treatments requiring a week of downtime.
Yet Seltzer also emphasized caution: "Too many medi-spas are unsupervised. I see a bunch of complications that I need to take care of to correct." One example is a person whose face was burnt and scarred during the laser hair-removal procedure. Another had "a hundred blisters up and down the leg" from laser treatment and phototherapy. In that case, which ended in a lawsuit, "the doctor wasn't there until the complication occurred," said Seltzer, who has been called on both as a surgeon and an expert witness.
With both the recession and Valentine's Day, most medi-spas are offering specials in the month of February. But, as with anything else, buyer beware. Beauty is not only sometimes elusive, but also something easily ruined in the wrong hands.
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Chuck Klein
1928-1933, 1936-1939, 1940-1944
Career w/Phillies: .326 AVG / 243 HR / 983 RBI / 71 SB
Born in Indianapolis in 1904, Chuck Klein earned the nickname "The Hoosier Hammer." And boy, was he a ballplayer.
The Phillies luckily received Klein. Bashing the ball in 1928 for the Cardinals' Fort Wayne, Ind., farm team, Klein was about to reach Saint Louis. But Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ordered the Cards to relinquish the Fort Wayne team because they had two teams in the same minor league; Klein was out for bidding. Somehow, someway, the Phillies actually outbid the Yankees for Klein; instead of joining Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the Bronx, Klein would become a Phillie legend.
Klein finished 1928 by hitting 11 home runs for the Phillies, and in 1929 he broke out. He slammed 43 homers, drove in 145 and hit .356. In 1930 he hit .386 with 40 bombs and 170 RBI. Consistently among top performers hitting the ball, Klein came down to Earth a little in 1931, merely hitting 31 homers and driving in 121, but both totals led the National League. His .337 average wasn't good enough to win a Triple Crown. He came close again in a spectacular 1932 season, hitting .348 (3rd), homering 38 times (1st) and driving in 137 runs (2nd), but it would all come together in 1933. (Still, he led the league in steals that year with 20, earning himself a NL MVP award).
In 1933 Klein hit .368 with 28 home runs and 120 runs batted in, all leading the league and earning himself a Triple Crown (but not the MVP award). It would show that Klein benefited greatly from the Baker Bowl's short right field, as Klein's numbers decreased considerably upon arrival in Chicago in 1934.
Klein would return to the Phils twice. Between 1936 and '39 he had a few nice seasons (104 RBI in '36, .325 in '37) but nothing near his totals of his glory years. The Phils would release Klein in '39, but he'd return again in 1940 as a sporadic pinch hitter and platoon player. After a seven-home run campaign in '40, Klein dwindled to a shell of his former self. He remained in Philadelphia after retiring, running a bar but drinking heavily. He died in 1958 and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1980.
And for all the offense Klein exhibited, he was also a strong defensive player, regularly achieving more than 20 assists per season in left field. As far as all-around ballplayers are concerned, Klein was one of the best early ones.
Comment: I wrestled with the ordering of Klein and No. 7 on the list, so they could go either way. I took points off Klein for evaporating so quickly upon his first return to Philadelphia; he truly got help from his ballpark. Still, he was a prodigious player and deserves a top 10 ranking.
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Pat Burrell is better than Chuck Klein?
No matter the ballpark, that's just not right
Wasn't Pat Burrell already on the list a while ago?
Burrell wasn't on this list already? I think he was??? If he is higher then Klein shame on you. No, that can't be right, Burrell was definitely already mentioned.
Let's weigh this option Chuck Klein? HOFer!!!!! Pat Burrell? MEDIOCRE AT BEST!!!! His career average is nowhere near the same ballpark as Kleins. I don't know how Klein falls so far since he's one of only a few Phillies actually in the Hall he has to be higher than this.
Pat was #22. Chill out guys.
Yea I apologize I just looked it up after the fact, sorry Tim. Still don't know who's better on this list that isn't a hall of famer, cuz there aren't very many of them.
Ugh thank God. I got really scared for a second!
SORRY! I have been so devoted to this list, but made a mistake this time! Sorry Tim!
Guys, Kleins induction to the hall of fame has long been argued about. He He was elected in 1980, over 30 years after he retired, its not like he was a shoe-in or anything. If you look at his numbers and compare them to other hall of famers, youll see he cant really stack up. He hit well in the time in the league when hitting came easy to most batters.
Hes good, i DONT have a hard time believeing there are 7 players better than him.
Don't forget, he holds the modern record for assists with 44 in 1930.
Also, in a feat which I doubt will ever be surpassed by a Phillie, he wore six different numbers (1, 3, 8, 26, 29, 36) during his Phillies career.
Those were some days in Philadelphia. Imagine being able to choose whether to go see Chuck Klein or Jimmie Foxx?
Ed. R. – alas, seeing jimmie foxx or chuck klein might have been nice but the phils commonly lost 100 games a year and after 1931, the as didnt do much.
i think i had klein at 8 on my list. too bad i had schilling at 10 and jroll at 9
btw my prediction for the last 7 in this order:
7. Dick Allen
6. Robin Roberts
5. Ed Delahanty
4. Grover Cleveland Alexander
3. Richie Ashburn
2. Steve Carlton
1. Mike Schmidt
My prediction for the last 7 in this order:
7. Richie Allen(won't let me write D*ck)
6. Robin Roberts
5. Richie Ashburn
4. Ed Delahanty
3. Grover Cleveland Alexander
2. Steve Carlton
1. Michael Jack Schmidt
Hey guys, by my count the top 7 contains 6 Hall-of-Famers and another player that many think should be there, so placing Klein here isn't unreasonable. However, I had him higher, because I tend to place greater weight on short-term brilliance over long-term excellence. Is it kosher to speculate on who's left?
This lost also made me think of an all time Phillies team:
C: Darren Daulton
1B: Richie Allen
2B: Chase Utley
3B: Mike Schmidt
SS: Jimmy Rollins
LF: Ed Delahanty
CF: Richie Asburn
RF: Chuck Klein
Staring Rotation
1: Grover Cleveland Alexander
2: Steve Carlton
3: Robin Roberts
4: Curt Schilling
5: Curt Simmons
Closer: Tug McGraw
Statman read my post…it may not be that order I was trying to judge by what Tim might do. Those 7 I named are the last 7 remaining without a doubt. My personal order for them would be:
1. Mike Schmidt
2. Grover Cleveland Alexander
3. Ed Delahanty
4. Steve Carlton
5. Robin Roberts
6. Richie Asburn
7. Richie Allen
Tim or Amanda: Some of us are following the WBC and it would be cool to see some news clips or mini analysis for Team USA (after or before the two remaining games), J-Roll and Vic are playing key roles… and they are now in the semifinals.
I'll probably do a little on the US in the semis cause of J-Roll and Vic. I've alluded to them a little up to this point.
chuck klein, what an all american name, would have loved to have seen him play, does anyone know where his bar was ?
in the picture, which one is chuck ? and who is the other guy ?
Phil: your post at 4:58 came in while I was writing mine. I agree with your top 7, would think your predicted order will be closer than your personal order. For someone like me who likes stats, Ed Delahanty was the leader of the truly legendary 1894 Phils, who averaged nearly 9 runs a game behind a team batting avg. of .349 and still only finished 4th.
Am I the only long time Phillies' follower who thinks Schmidt was great, but is still overrated?
Look at it this way – Steve Rogers or Bruce Sutter is on the mound with the game on the line. Would you rather have Schmidt batting? Or, Bake McBride?
Chuck is on the right. I believe it's Cy Williams on the left.
Watching the pregame show of the Korea vs Japan game… they just showed a group of Korean fans, one of them shouted "PHILLIES" —he was wearing a brand new Phillies jersey, he turned around, it said PARK.
mike cardone…there is nothing overrated about mike schmidt at all. he has a career ops+ of 147 which is the best of his gene
generation* sorry bout that. cell phones suck
Mike, if its less than 2 outs, id take schmidt, cause he can atleast hit the ball far enough to sacrifice
548 home runs, 1500 rbis, 150 ops + (50 % better than anyone he ever played with). Not to mention 11 gold gloves and 12 all star selections
In face schmidt is the only position player ever to be considered the best all around player evver, he was solid offensivly and also had stellar defense. brooks robinson may have been a better defensive player but he had nary the offense to back it up.
anyways, well get to schmidt more later when he comes
i shoudl ahve said the best all around player AT HIS POSITION (3B)
That haunting photo of Steel Mill Chuck Klein in his classy Old English P Phillies uniform is timeless. His power and average numbers during his prime Philadelphia years are stellar. He helped define the depression era Phillies offense in much the same fashion as Dick Allen did for the mid-60's Phillies and Mike Schmidt for the early 80's teams. No ifs, ands, or buts, Klein is a top 10 Phillie. Even with his bad years factored in, he still finished with a lifetime OPS+ of 137. He was also the first NL player in the 20th century to hit four homers in one game at Pittsburgh's spacious Forbes Field (not the Bowl). I think he should have finished ahead of the singles hitter Ashburn.
I would love to obtain one of those Old English P Phillies shirts from Klein's era.
Mike Cardone & Phil, With the game on the line, Shake and Bake McBride or even Downtown Ollie Brown. Not everyone shares Schmidt's self opinion.
Jim, he is the best 3B of all time, but he isn't the only person to be looked at as the best at his position of all time. Honus Wagner is looked at as the best SS, Ted Williams best LF, Babe Ruth best RF, Lou Gehrig best 1B, and Rogers Hornsby best 2B. Only C and CF ever have multiple people considered best of all time. C you can't go wrong with Johnny Bench or Yogi Berra and CF you have Mays, Tris Speaker, Mickey Mantle, etc. to choose from.
That haunting photo of Steel Mill Chuck Klein in his classy Old English P Phillies uniform is timeless. His power and average numbers during his prime Philadelphia years are stellar. He helped define the depression era Phillies offense in much the same fashion as D. Allen did for the mid-60's Phillies and Mike Schmidt for the early 80's teams. No ifs, ands, or buts, Klein is a top 10 Phillie. Even with his bad years factored in, he still finished with a lifetime OPS+ of 137. He was also the first NL player in the 20th century to hit four homers in one game at Pittsburgh's spacious Forbes Field (not the Bowl). I think he should have finished ahead of the singles hitter Ashburn.
I would love to obtain one of those Old English P Phillies shirts from Klein's era.
Mike Cardone & Phil, With the game on the line, Shake and Bake McBride or even Downtown Ollie Brown. Not everyone shares Schmidt's self opinion.
hey, I dig this list, but its hard to keep up with who's been named and in what order (see Burrell better than Chuck Klien controversy above) is there anywhere you can easily access the list without a ton of backsearching?
Click the 100 Greatest Phillies tag on the bottom of this page.
Those uniforms are boss. Easily the best in franchise history. I'd advocate for the Phils to go back to the old-English "P," but I don't mind the new alternates at all.
OPS is a nice stat, indeed, especially for Schmidt – and Burrell. Anyone here know what either or both of them hit with men on base? Or, perhaps with men on base and 2 outs? Better still, with men in scoring position? I'll bet anyone here a cheesesteak that Schmidt is 20 points lower than – say Kurk or Dalton – with men in scoring position and 2 outs. I follow the Phils, but I also played a bit. And I always thought Schmidt was overrated. As I said – a great player. But, not all-time great. Not George Brett great, for instance.
hahahahahahahahahahahha Mike Cardone you're an idiot.
1st of all I didn't say OPS I said OPS+. Big difference. 2nd of all George Brett isn't even close to as good as Schmidt was. Mike Schmidt is the best 3B of all time. He was the best hitter of his generation(same generation as George Brett.) He was a way better defensive 3B than Brett was. Yeah, George Brett had a better batting average, so what?
Batting average is a terrible stat to rate a player considering OBP is so much better. Here you go though.
Might not have had the best batting average but he had a large sample size and a long career. He may not have gotten a single but he would draw a walk and keep the inning going or hit a big hit like a double or home run instead of slapping a single. His high slugging and OBP in clutch situations shows how clutch he really was. Mike Schmidt is the best Phillie and in the top 20 best players of all time. He's not overrated at all.
Phil, for those of us old enough to have watched Schmidt play, it did seem like he hit alot of HRs when the game was already won, not when tied or extra innings. I did check those stats you linked, and admittedly I didn't digest them all because I would be at it until the wee hours, but it looks to me like his stats in extreme clutch situations were not quite as good. I am not saying he doesn't deserve to be #1 or 2 on Tim's list, or that he wasn't a great player, it's just that on reflection he was not the MOST clutch guy in the world, and some may feel he is overrated for that reason.
There's no way to measure clutch though, Georgie. I agree players can get empty stats but bottom line at the end of the day stats are stats. The guy was an offensive beast. One of the best of all time.
Schmidt is number one on my and probably everyone else's lists. And deservedly so. But he had his flaws such as the .196 BA in 1973 confirms. And don't forget his pathetic display of self pity when he announced his retirement. He should of done jail time for that one. View this and cringe.
Not denying that Phil, and he was awesome playing 3rd base, especially in his younger years. He would throw himself all over the place to snag the ball, I am a big fan of defense and one of the few people, I think, who would rather see a good pitcher's duel than the football score games we see today. I liked it when a HR was rare and really appreciated, too many longballs these days, imo. That's what I love about Feliz, Rollins, Utley, those infield plays rock my world!
Phil, I may be an idiot – hell, let's just come out and say it – I AM an idiot. But, I'm not dumb enough about baseball to think that Mike Schmidt was a better hitter than George Brett. As for your usage of OPS +, all that does is demonstrate that you've never played or coached the game, let alone done the research. If OPS + is so important to your defense of Schmidt, then why is he only FOURTH all time on his OWN team by that stat? http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/OPSplus_career.shtml ?
Schmidt's only 10 points ahead of Brett in that obscure stat, while 38 points behind in career batting average (roughly a hit a week over the fullness of a season, big fella).
My point is that they were both great players. But, I have always thought that Schmidt's gift was his grace more than it was his pure performance. To many Phillies' fans, he's Mickey Mantle. To me, he's more David Wright.
James, that clip is definitely cringe-worthy, yikes! The guy hardly ever showed emotion, that's what makes it so creepy.
I played baseball my whole life until I shattered my wrist and couldn't anymore. OPS+ compares a player to the rest of the league at the time. It's not an obscure stat and as a matter of fact even the MLB network is recognizing it when they evaluate players now.
When you compare Mike Schmidt to guys like Ed Delahanty and Richie Allen(I'm not counting Thome or Lajoie because they played a couple of seasons with the Phillies each) you have to take into account that Delahanty died before he could decline and rack up bad seasons towards the end of his career to make his OPS+ plummet and Richie Allen retired before that could happen. You also have to remember that both Allen and Delahanty played weaker defensive positions. 1B and LF are the easiest positions and they are supposed to have the games best sluggers. Thome is in the same boat, and by the time his career is over he'll slip below Schmidt's anyway. Nap Lajoie is a freak of nature, and I agree that he is a better player than Schmidt. The other 3 aren't either.
George Brett might beat Schmidt in BA but Schmidt destroys him in every other offense statistic. Brett had a higher batting average but Schmidt still got on base 11 points more. Schmidt also outslugged him by 50 points. Schmidt was also a way better defender.
Comparing Schmidt to Write might be a fair comparison. I don't know how Wright's career might end up, but as of right now Schmidt's is slightly better offensively(for their years of 23-25). I can't believe you will say Brett is better because of 1 offensive statistic. That is complete lunacy.
Phil you mentioned all those players, like ruth, hornsby, and wagner and williams, who are indeed the best players at there position OFFENSIVELY, but defensivley, even for their time, they were considered poor.
Schmidt is the only guy who has arguable claim to being the best on offense, and defense and therefore the best overall
JAMES- the .196 in 1973… his first "full" year in the majors with 132 games, still managed to slug 18 homers and get 60 rbis. he also hit for an ops + of 92 that year, which is by no means a terrible stat for someone in their first full year, he hit just 8 points below the league average, not terrible at all
When you consider he never hit below 122 OPS + for the rest of his career until 1988 (the year before he retired) you start to see what a terror at the plate he really was
Oh, okay…I get that, but Wagner is one of the best defensive SS of all time so I won't back down from him. I don't know how good Hornsby was defensively though. The CF I named…Mays is probably the best all around player of all time. Best 5 tool player to ever exist. Lou Gehrig was an amazing defensive 1B and offensively was the best. Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra were also both great with the bat and glove.
See again you name guys who are average to even good but not great on both sides of the ball.
best example, piazza was way better offensivly than berra and a bit better than bench but he was no where near them on defense so none of them can be said to be the best all around catch until someone comes along that is
And who did I mention? Wagner? He's one of the best offensive and defensive SS of all time. Mays…best 5 tool player of all time. Lou Gehrig was great both offensively and defensively as were Bench and Berra.
Wait, I get it now…okay. So, because Wagner isn't as good as Ozzie Smith defensively then that doesn't make him best all around. Willie Mays is the best 5 tool player of all time, how is he not the best CF of all time? There wasn't a better offensive or defensive CF than him. There were a few that were faster but that's about it.
Oh, and btw…Mike Schmidt wasn't the best all around because Brooks Robinson was better defensively.
The Schmidt bashers are all on crack. He is widely considered by all analysts, experts, and people who have a freakin' clue to be the best third-baseman of all time.
Fun fact: when you eliminate the admitted/caught/obvious steroid users/cheaters (Bonds, Palmiero, Maguire, Sosa-the-corker, A-Rod), Schmidt is still the No. 8 home-run hitter of all-time. How can you argue with that?
People, you do realize when Schmidt retired he was easily in the top 10 in HRs of all time? He won 10 gold gloves! 10!
I think Schmidt's clearly better than Brett, but we sill are comparing 2 HOFers, it's not like anyone is knocking Brett.
**Also, I cannot decide what to do with ALexander. I think he was the best player ever for the Phills but doesn't have the longevity as Schmidt and Carlton do. I wish he just played 2 more yrs as a PHilly because then I think he would hands down be #1. Still I think ALexander has a shot at being #1. His 1915 season is unbelievable.
Schmidt openly said he did amphetamines during his career. Although they aren't roids it is still a performance enhancer. It is speculated that Aaron did them too and Mays did greenies. Babe Ruth used to eat animal testicles back in the day so that he could get extra testosterone and a lot of players were corking their bats back then too. People cheated throughout every generation, these guys just got caught doing an illegal substance.
"Those uniforms are boss. Easily the best in franchise history. I'd advocate for the Phils to go back to the old-English "P," but I don't mind the new alternates at all."
Except that same P was retired in honor of Chuck Klein in favor of retiring the half dozen numbers he wore. I'd like having the Old English P back too… except we don't need another curse on our hands 😉
Tim, the Phils brought back the old fashioned English P I believe in 94 and not too many people liked it, just because of how plain the uniform and logo were that's why it never lasted, just like for whatever reason the blue hat and red P didn't last long even though I think that a little more blue in the uniform would be awesome. Their blue BP jerseys look amazing with the rest of the uniform that i think they could turn that into an alternate jersey or an away jersey.
"Schmidt openly said he did amphetamines during his career. Although they aren't roids it is still a performance enhancer. It is speculated that Aaron did them too and Mays did greenies. Babe Ruth used to eat animal testicles back in the day so that he could get extra testosterone and a lot of players were corking their bats back then too. People cheated throughout every generation, these guys just got caught doing an illegal substance."
I've been saying that since this witch hunt began… it's not like PED's just broke out on the scene. MLB just decided to stop them from being used…
I took this from something that I wrote about steroids…
Synthetically-produced testosterone has been around since the 1930s. In the 1940's, testosterone was hailed as the next "wonder drug," partially due to a medical publication, The Male Hormone, by Paul de Kruif, and the drug was knowingly used by body builders and weight lifters.
We didn't hear a lot about steroids for the next 30 years, but it's becoming pretty clear that the game was not as pure as many believed it was.
Former Major League pitcher Tom House, a teammate of Hank Aaron in the late 1960s, has been one of the first to confirm that he and several teammates were taking steroids. In May 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that House said, "I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses. That was the '60s, when nobody knew. The good thing is, we know now. There's a lot more research and understanding."
More and more players from every sport are coming out: In the NFL, the San Diego Chargers teams of the 1960s have openly admitted that steroids were a regular facet of their training regiment, prescribed and overseen by the team trainers.
The anti-steroid movement only truly began in the 1970s, as steroids became banned substances by the Olympics and several collegiate and professional sports.
Baseball, however, was not one of the sports that banned steroids.
That didn't happen until 1991… kind of. That was when Fay Vincent sent out a memo telling owners that steroids were banned and that suspected players were to be confronted and tested.
Zero players were confronted and zero players were tested.
The "random" and "anonymous" sample of 2003 was the tipping point… Canseco's allegations undoubtedly stirred the pot and ultimately charged the movement for more rigorous testing. In the end, it's pretty clear that PED's have been around for much longer than we were led to believe and it's almost certain that there are people in the HOF that took PED's during their careers.
You can't blame the players… you can't keep them out of the hall. Bud Selig has proven himself a coward by turning his back on his players and outing them. If he had any scruples, he would step up, take the blame and protect his players… the worst commissioner in all of sports.
Oh good, the Schmidt arguments are starting already.
First off, I'm one of those guys who doesn't really believe in clutch hitting, but let's pretend it exists; let's further pretend that there's some Phillie out there who's better at it than Schmidt. That may be possible, but you're going to have to prove it.
I'm not sure where the Bake McBride comparison comes from, but using the "late and close" stats (career for Bake–I'm lazy today) you get:
BA .282 OBP .329 SLG .361 OPS .691 BAbip .311 tOPS+ 81
RISP w/2 outs
BA .271 OBP .342 SLG .391 OPS .733 BAbip .297 tOPS+ 92
BA .267 OBP .386 SLG .504 OPS .890 BAbip .289 tOPS+ 97
RISP w/2 outs
BA .251 OBP .410 SLG .495 OPS .905 BAbip .271 tOPS+ 102
By the way, BAbip is "batting avg for balls in play", and more importantly, tOPS+ is a metric that basically measures how close a player is to his overall performance. In other words, in late and close situations Bake is only 81% of his "normal" self, while Schmidt is 97%. Bake's performance in these situations clearly declines more than Schmidt's. Schmidt actually "improves" with 2 outs and runners in scoring position. Is it possible to get more than 100? Of course, if you're outperforming. George Brett, for instance, gets a tOPS+ of 103. Horribly, for a Yankee-hater like me, Mickey Mantle seems to lead with a mind-numbing 122 in late and close situations. One of my heroes, Willie Stargell leads the RISP w/2 outs charts with an eye-popping 125.
So fine, Schmidt in certain "clutch" situations declines a teeny bit compared to his overall performance. So that means that opposing teams can be comforted by the fact that they're facing a player at "only" 97% of his normal HOF standard. Of course, he actually gets better with RISP and two outs.
All in all, Schmidt in clutch situations is still Schmidt, no more and no less. He's remarkably consistent.
@ Mike Cardone
Warm up the cheesesteak! By the way I'm a Jim's man.
Daulton, 2 outs w/RISP
BA .227 OBP .394 SLG .390 OPS .784 BAbip .259 tOPS+ 102
Schmidt crushes Daulton, as should be expected. Daulton raises his game a little in this situation, but his game's not that good to begin with, so big deal.
Kruk is more interesting (career stats, 'cause I'm lazy):
BA .309 OBP .454 SLG .465 OPS .919 BAbip .359 tOPS+ 119
Really outstanding numbers for Kruk, and they would be even better if they were just his stats with the Phils. He's got game, and he raises it significantly in this situation. Kruk's average is better than Schmidt's, as you'd expect, but Schmidt outslugs him (by a lot), as I'd expect.
Still, I'd argue Schmidt is better. His at bat per home run ratio is 16.3, Kruk's is 34.7, so Schmidt is going yard more than twice as often. His at bat per RBI ratio is also better, 2.7 to Kruk's 2.5, so a bit more productive there, too. Schmidt's performance is also spread over a career that encompasses more than twice as many at bats as Kruk. I think it's pretty unlikely that Kruk could maintain his numbers over a career as long as Schmidt's, so they'd drop off as his skills eroded, which they would have given his lack of fitness. In the end, Kruk's more likely to get on base, Schmidt's more likely to drive a man in. Which do you want in this situation?
Remember, Jim's. No onions.
On Alex vs. Carlton and longevity:
Sandy Koufax (165-87, 131 ERA+) pitched 2324.3 innings for the Dodgers; Grover Cleveland Alexander (190-91, 140 ERA+ with Phils) pitched 2513.7 innings for the Phils. I don't think that Dodgers fans would seriously argue that, say, Don Sutton (233-181, 3816.3 IP), was a greater pitcher than Koufax simply because he won more games/pitched more innings (about 1500 more), etc., than Koufax. Likewise, while Carlton certainly had a great career with the Phils, his numbers simply pale in comparison to Alex's numbers. Example? In 1915-1917, Alex went 94-35, with an ERA+ around 182 and a win% around .729 – numbers pretty much identical to Carlton's 1972 season. Except that Alex did it for three consecutive seasons, and 1100+ IP, and Carlton did it once, for about 345 innings (and was basically a league-average pitcher in 1971 and 1973 overall, according to ERA+). Alex AVERAGED 28+ wins per season during his Phils career! Alex threw 36 CG shutouts between in 1915-1917, only 3 fewer than Lefty threw for his entire career with the Phils.
Couple corrections to my last post: Alex averaged 27+ wins per season, and the Sutton numbers are for his career with the Dodgers only.
@ Ed R.
Your posts are energetic. You have persuaded me to give more attention to the quantification of "Clutch".
@ Fans of the 1964 team
I posted a story about the base running of Roy Sievers in the Sherry Magee thread. He was thrown out trying for an inside the park home run against the Reds & Joe Nuxhall in Connie Mack in the bottom of the 6th on 5/10/1964. The legend is he collapsed from exhaustion between third and home. Baseball-Reference is wonderful.
Hey look, people into SABRmetrics. I'm just getting into this stuff and it is fascinating.
I rank Klein's 1930 season as the 4th best offensive season ever. 250 hits, 158 runs, 59 doubles, 40 homeruns, 170 rbis, .386 ave. and an unbelievable 445 toal bases. I had him no. 6 on my list. There is no way Dick Allen should be ahead of Chuck! I asked Bill Conlin about Klein and why his career when down so fast and he said Klein became an alcoholic while he was playing. Conlin also said the phillies got rid of him because of finances.
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