Pleasantly surprised
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@RonnieGant1992 said in Pleasantly surprised:
Grew up in East Tennessee and...Was a Braves fan before they were good wore my Dale Murphy jersey to Elementary school with pride even with the 90-100 losses a year..was 13 or so when they went worst to first in 91.
But my dad grew up in Southern Ohio so I went to Cincy games and Atlanta.
Eric Davis were my favorite Red...Had Rijo and Sabo stayed healthy Ibthinknthe Reds woulda stayed on top for a bit longer.
Same with Gant was lined up for a huge contract with Braves after 93 then he had his motorcycle accident and ATL voided contract he missed a year and had a decent come back in 95 with Reds but never regained his elite speed.
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@PeuswahBoy said in Pleasantly surprised:
@RonnieGant1992 said in Pleasantly surprised:
Grew up in East Tennessee and...Was a Braves fan before they were good wore my Dale Murphy jersey to Elementary school with pride even with the 90-100 losses a year..was 13 or so when they went worst to first in 91.
But my dad grew up in Southern Ohio so I went to Cincy games and Atlanta.
Eric Davis were my favorite Red...Had Rijo and Sabo stayed healthy Ibthinknthe Reds woulda stayed on top for a bit longer.
Dude I remember those Braves teams as the ultimate mashing softball team. Murphy and Bob Horner just mashed. Plus you had little Glenn Hubbard playing second base with the world's smallest glove.
Horner could hit bombs. Still remember his 4 HR game. sad what Mlb Owners did to him blackballing him for contract stuff for a couple years.
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@PeuswahBoy And again I say Eric Davis my favorite player game one in Cincinnati, first pitch he saw he planted 410 ft dead center. I remember it like yesterday. [censored] I’m old.
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@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy And again I say Eric Davis my favorite player game one in Cincinnati, first pitch he saw he planted 410 ft dead center. I remember it like yesterday. [censored] I’m old.
Hahahaha I feel you on that one man. Seems like yesterday I was in my twenties, then woke up old today.
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@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy And again I say Eric Davis my favorite player game one in Cincinnati, first pitch he saw he planted 410 ft dead center. I remember it like yesterday. [censored] I’m old.
My first game was in 88 at Riverfront Braves/Reds. I remember Claudell hitting a bomb and Gant stealing second he was a rookie 2B at time.
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@RonnieGant1992 my best friend all through school was a die hard Braves fan....made it all even worse watching and having to listen to it.
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@PeuswahBoy said in Pleasantly surprised:
@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy im still living off the Reds series in 90. It’s quite sad
You don't have to tell me. Living off the fumes of 1986 here...lol. Dude there were a few reasons I remember that series:
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That A's team was supposed to destroy you guys, and who doesn't love a good underdog story?
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Margie Schott was taking a TON of heat during the series for being so cheap
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I think it was Glenn Bragg that swung so hard he broke a bat on his back. Pretty sure it was in one of the games at Oakland.
Can't forget the Nasty Boys. Myers, Charlton and Dibble didn't they all 3 share the MVP in a series? NLCS?
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@RonnieGant1992 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy said in Pleasantly surprised:
@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy im still living off the Reds series in 90. It’s quite sad
You don't have to tell me. Living off the fumes of 1986 here...lol. Dude there were a few reasons I remember that series:
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That A's team was supposed to destroy you guys, and who doesn't love a good underdog story?
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Margie Schott was taking a TON of heat during the series for being so cheap
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I think it was Glenn Bragg that swung so hard he broke a bat on his back. Pretty sure it was in one of the games at Oakland.
Can't forget the Nasty Boys. Myers, Charlton and Dibble didn't they all 3 share the MVP in a series? NLCS?
Really wish they'd add Myers and Charlton to go with Dibble. I'd spend hella stubs to have the Nasty Boys closing out games for me.
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@PeuswahBoy they we’re great. One of the best bullpens. However I remember Glavine, Smoltz, and Maddux making my life miserable for years.
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@T-mac4pro at my age I’m a no money spent guy which is why I don’t have Dibble yet. You add all of them and I would break out the card for sure!!
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I agree Darrell strawberry should be in the game. Especially since cobb is in the game. And we all know what kind of person he was
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@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy they we’re great. One of the best bullpens. However I remember Glavine, Smoltz, and Maddux making my life miserable for years.
And Avery had the best pure stuff and was considered the Ace b4 he got injured and Maddux. Mazonne talks about it in one of his books how filthy Avery was...wish it coulda been the big 4 instead of three for a decade
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@Mis_Ter_Bulldops and don’t forget Ruth. I know it’s a license issue but so many players from my days are missing that myself and lots of other would love too see. My #1 wish......give me a Roger Clemens and take my money.
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@RonnieGant1992 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy they we’re great. One of the best bullpens. However I remember Glavine, Smoltz, and Maddux making my life miserable for years.
And Avery had the best pure stuff and was considered the Ace b4 he got injured and Maddux. Mazonne talks about it in one of his books how filthy Avery was...wish it coulda been the big 4 instead of three for a decade
Can't forget Wohlers and his inexplicable implosion. Only thing I had seen close to it at that point was Steve Sax not being able to throw the ball to first suddenly.
After that you had Ankiel and Knoblauch. It's crazy to me that suddenly a top caliber pro athlete just suddenly forgets how to do something they've been doing at a high level for the majority of their lives.
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@RonnieGant1992 now you’re just rubbing salt into old wounds. Lol. I honestly forgot about Avery.
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@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@Mis_Ter_Bulldops and don’t forget Ruth. I know it’s a license issue but so many players from my days are missing that myself and lots of other would love too see. My #1 wish......give me a Roger Clemens and take my money.
Clemens and Gooden both. I still remember how fired up I was to see that '86 all star game matchup in Houston.
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@PeuswahBoy Im stretching here but since you said all star game...how about a Bo Jackson with that cannon he had? Wow.
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@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@RonnieGant1992 now you’re just rubbing salt into old wounds. Lol. I honestly forgot about Avery.
Braves fans in the 90's were like Patriots fans in the last 20 years. Super spoiled. Hahaha.
All this talk has me thinking we need to get an over 40 league going.
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@PeuswahBoy that would be awesome. Old men with bad eye sight and drink beer. Well I drink beer.
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@PeuswahBoy said in Pleasantly surprised:
@RonnieGant1992 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@IRISH4AMENDMENT2 said in Pleasantly surprised:
@PeuswahBoy they we’re great. One of the best bullpens. However I remember Glavine, Smoltz, and Maddux making my life miserable for years.
And Avery had the best pure stuff and was considered the Ace b4 he got injured and Maddux. Mazonne talks about it in one of his books how filthy Avery was...wish it coulda been the big 4 instead of three for a decade
Can't forget Wohlers and his inexplicable implosion. Only thing I had seen close to it at that point was Steve Sax not being able to throw the ball to first suddenly.
After that you had Ankiel and Knoblauch. It's crazy to me that suddenly a top caliber pro athlete just suddenly forgets how to do something they've been doing at a high level for the majority of their lives.
Up 2-0 in 96 WS winning game 3 and then that hung slider 2 Scott Brosius blow/lose game 3...Yanks won the next 3 took it in 6. 1 pitch from being up 3-0 looking for a sweep and back to back WS Champs.
Don't forget th3 Phillies Mitch Williams b4 Wohlers though. After Joe Carter WS walkoff in 93 he lost it.
