Barry Bonds triggers every baseball boomer in America

[kobeunderbite]

[PhutureDynasty]

I think Barry is the greatest player ever.

[kobeunderbite]

I think Barry is the greatest player ever.

Shohei Ohtani or Jacob deGrom

[PhutureDynasty]

I think Barry is the greatest player ever.

Shohei Ohtani or Jacob deGrom

deGrom has an argument for greatest peak for a pitcher ever.

I don't think I'd put pitchers in the overall baseball GOAT argument though unless they also are elite batters.

Maybe that's unfair, but that's how I see it. You need to be able to create offense IMHO.

[zombiesonics]

Griffey was vibing. Fake news.

[kobeunderbite]

I think Barry is the greatest player ever.

Shohei Ohtani or Jacob deGrom

deGrom has an argument for greatest peak for a pitcher ever.

I don't think I'd put pitchers in the overall baseball GOAT argument though unless they also are elite batters.

Maybe that's unfair, but that's how I see it. You need to be able to create offense IMHO.

deGrom is so handsome that he's in the conversation

[lettherebehouse]

1 - Bonds
2 - Ohtani
3 - Trout
4 - Pujols
5 - Rickey
6 - Mays
7 - Mantle
8 - Williams
9 - Griffey
10 - Aaron

[PhutureDynasty]

Shohei Ohtani or Jacob deGrom

deGrom has an argument for greatest peak for a pitcher ever.

I don't think I'd put pitchers in the overall baseball GOAT argument though unless they also are elite batters.

Maybe that's unfair, but that's how I see it. You need to be able to create offense IMHO.

deGrom is so handsome that he's in the conversation

I thought he was absolutely hideous when he pitched against the Phillies.

[PhutureDynasty]

1 - Bonds
2 - Ohtani
3 - Trout
4 - Pujols
5 - Rickey
6 - Mays
7 - Mantle
8 - Williams
9 - Griffey
10 - Aaron

11. Rendon

[manchild98]

1 - Bonds
2 - Ohtani
3 - Trout
4 - Pujols
5 - Rickey
6 - Mays
7 - Mantle
8 - Williams
9 - Griffey
10 - Aaron

11. Rendon

Miggy

[lettherebehouse]

1 - Bonds
2 - Ohtani
3 - Trout
4 - Pujols
5 - Rickey
6 - Mays
7 - Mantle
8 - Williams
9 - Griffey
10 - Aaron

11. Rendon

Miggy

I’mma give you Detroit’s starting lineup as I remember it off top of the dome as I remember it in about 1987.

1 - Lou Whitaker
2 - Alan Trammell
3 - Kirk Gibson
4 - Darrell Evans
5 - Lance Parish
6 - Greg Foster
7 - Chet Lemon
8 - Gary Ward
9 - Berkman?

Also i feel like there should be a Larry Herndon in there to

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[_Vcsgrizzfan_]

Roided up Bonds is GOAT. Hard to say where unroided up Bonds is though. Behind Mays though. And obviously behind Ruth.

[Robceltsfan]

11. Rendon

Miggy

I’mma give you Detroit’s starting lineup as I remember it off top of the dome as I remember it in about 1987.

1 - Lou Whitaker
2 - Alan Trammell
3 - Kirk Gibson
4 - Darrell Evans
5 - Lance Parish
6 - Greg Foster
7 - Chet Lemon
8 - Gary Ward
9 - Berkman?

Also i feel like there should be a Larry Herndon in there to

How close am I?

You're accessing R.B.I. Baseball memory banks.

[manchild98]

11. Rendon

Miggy

I’mma give you Detroit’s starting lineup as I remember it off top of the dome as I remember it in about 1987.

1 - Lou Whitaker
2 - Alan Trammell
3 - Kirk Gibson
4 - Darrell Evans
5 - Lance Parish
6 - Greg Foster
7 - Chet Lemon
8 - Gary Ward
9 - Berkman?

Also i feel like there should be a Larry Herndon in there to

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Pretty good. I don't remember the exact order but the top half looks good. The guys below were the main starters. Darrel Evans was the only player making over a million dollars. Tram was making 450k.

Whitaker
Tram
Gibby
Evans
Parish
HoJo (Howard Johnson)
Dave Bergman
Chet Lemon
Larry Herndon

[lettherebehouse]

Miggy

I’mma give you Detroit’s starting lineup as I remember it off top of the dome as I remember it in about 1987.

1 - Lou Whitaker
2 - Alan Trammell
3 - Kirk Gibson
4 - Darrell Evans
5 - Lance Parish
6 - Greg Foster
7 - Chet Lemon
8 - Gary Ward
9 - Berkman?

Also i feel like there should be a Larry Herndon in there to

How close am I?

You're accessing R.B.I. Baseball memory banks.

Aye yooooo

While I’m at it I can probably run down that Cardinals lineup too lol

[ElJorge]

[Bush4Ever.]

For me, the peak of Pedro Martinez peaked higher than any pitcher I've seen (for a normal season worth of starter innings), but I haven't watched baseball in a very long time.

Bonds was the best player I ever saw, even before the PEDs.

But definitely not updated on newer guys (except Ohtani, who is fighting hard this year to match the 8th best OPS+ of Bonds' career...good stuff).

[Bush4Ever.]

You're accessing R.B.I. Baseball memory banks.

RBI Baseball 4 was the first sports game I got as a kid for video games.

For some reason, I used the 87 Twins as my historic team.

It took me a longggg time to figure out the first/last initial + position actually referred to the first and last initial of real players, especially since some of the players had their full name.

Like "TL Catcher" was Tim Laudner, the catcher.

I remember so much weird stuff about that game:

Pitching strategy against the computer was simple: make them hit it off the very end of the bat or jam them to make them hit it off the very start of the bat.

If the player was in a weird squatty stance, that meant he was a speedster. Every speedster could steal 2nd base on hard mode, but no one could steal 3rd. On easy mode everyone could steal 2nd but only speedsters could steal 3rd.

If the player was loaded and cocked in his stance, he was a power hitter. The max distance was 600 feet for home runs.

If the player had a normal stance, he was in-between fast and power styles.

You could get ejected for throwing spitballs.

If you beat every historic team, you faced the Tengen Superteam, which was outrageously OP. It took a long time, but I finally got to that point, and got absolutely nuked.

[_Vcsgrizzfan_]

You're accessing R.B.I. Baseball memory banks.

RBI Baseball 4 was the first sports game I got as a kid for video games.

For some reason, I used the 87 Twins as my historic team.

It took me a longggg time to figure out the first/last initial + position actually referred to the first and last initial of real players, especially since some of the players had their full name.

Like "TL Catcher" was Tim Laudner, the catcher.

I remember so much weird stuff about that game:

Pitching strategy against the computer was simple: make them hit it off the very end of the bat or jam them to make them hit it off the very start of the bat.

If the player was in a weird squatty stance, that meant he was a speedster. Every speedster could steal 2nd base on hard mode, but no one could steal 3rd. On easy mode everyone could steal 2nd but only speedsters could steal 3rd.

If the player was loaded and cocked in his stance, he was a power hitter. The max distance was 600 feet for home runs.

If the player had a normal stance, he was in-between fast and power styles.

You could get ejected for throwing spitballs.

If you beat every historic team, you faced the Tengen Superteam, which was outrageously OP. It took a long time, but I finally got to that point, and got absolutely nuked.

Amazing story Abe!!

[Havlicekstealsit]

Best living is probably Bonds now. If you don't like the PED thing, Koufax's still kicking. Maybe Mike Schmidt, Rickey Henderson, or Maddux?