Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?
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@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
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@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
You obviously know nothing about 60's pitchers, and that until 69 Aaron had to deal with a heigthened mound and an expanded strike zone. Take the juice away from Bonds, and you have Aaron #1 in hrs, 3rd in hits, and first in rbi's. You're right about there being no comparison, but it's Bonds who paled.
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@dcmo3_PSN
Dude, I agree Aaron is still HR king but to act like Bonds was anything less than an amazing player with or without steroids is just embarrassing. The cheating taints all his accomplishments and will always cause the what if questions but you just look foolish saying he wasn't great. Taking steroids doesn't give you the ability to put the bat on the ball. -
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
Your right....Bonds was a great hitter with and without steroids.....but calling the pitchers Aaron was facing garbage? Just Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Jim Bunning, Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton, Phil Niekro, Don Sutton, Fergie Jenkins, Tom Seaver, Warren Spahn, Rodin Roberts....and I am sure I am missing many more. C'mon, thats just silly talk.
It's difficult to compare players of different era's, Aaron played in much larger parks in the first 13 years of his career before moving to Atlanta, then through the deadball era of the late 60's. Once things normalized, he mashed HR's at a crazy pace this first few years of the 1970's.
Bonds played in difficult hitters parks as well, but in an era much more conducive for HR's (along with PED's). Most of the parks of the 90's and 2000's were more a bit more homer friendly as well.
They were both wonderful players for sure, but impossible to truly compare them.
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@kovz88_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@dcmo3_PSN
Dude, I agree Aaron is still HR king but to act like Bonds was anything less than an amazing player with or without steroids is just embarrassing. The cheating taints all his accomplishments and will always cause the what if questions but you just look foolish saying he wasn't great. Taking steroids doesn't give you the ability to put the bat on the ball.I didn't say he wouldn't have made it, but maybe he would or wouldn't. Really, there's no telling when he actually started. Rodriguez, at least to my eye, didn't look much different but he was still on them. I suspect Bonds started using when he left Pittsburgh, as his numbers went up. He was 28, which to me is kind of late for the switch to go off, and became something that was considerably better. It wasn't until later when he decided to massively bulk up.
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I think we should make a note of every name mentioned in this thread and cross it off the list of possibilities, because the community really sucks at guessing these things.
I predict that the reveal will spark a wave of whiny complaint posts, because whoever it is won't match the awesomeness of the unrealistic dream scenarios that people have swirling around in their heads.
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@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
You know without the greenies Aaron doesn't sniff The Babe.
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@savefarris_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
You know without the greenies Aaron doesn't sniff The Babe.
Bro, nobody wants to sniff The Babe. Dude hasn't played for almost 90 years and New York still reeks of his pit sweat.
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@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
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@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
Not really. You bring the pitchers that Aaron faced to todays game or even when Bonds was playing, and maybe half are star pitchers. The times have changed. Aaron wasnt facing the talent everyday like Bonds. And also wasnt being intentionally walked twice a game. There's really no comparison. All around Bonds was a better athlete and faced much stiffer competition day in and day out.
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@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
Not really. You bring the pitchers that Aaron faced to todays game or even when Bonds was playing, and maybe half are star pitchers. The times have changed. Aaron wasnt facing the talent everyday like Bonds. And also wasnt being intentionally walked twice a game. There's really no comparison. All around Bonds was a better athlete and faced much stiffer competition day in and day out.
The guy cheated. So Bill Russel sucked because Shaq or Kareem were better athletes 15-40 years later? You can't compare across generations without looking at the dominance of a person in their generation.
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@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
Not really. You bring the pitchers that Aaron faced to todays game or even when Bonds was playing, and maybe half are star pitchers. The times have changed. Aaron wasnt facing the talent everyday like Bonds. And also wasnt being intentionally walked twice a game. There's really no comparison. All around Bonds was a better athlete and faced much stiffer competition day in and day out.
The guy cheated. So Bill Russel sucked because Shaq or Kareem were better athletes 15-40 years later? You can't compare across generations without looking at the dominance of a person in their generation.
You also can't compare baseball to basketball
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@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
Not really. You bring the pitchers that Aaron faced to todays game or even when Bonds was playing, and maybe half are star pitchers. The times have changed. Aaron wasnt facing the talent everyday like Bonds. And also wasnt being intentionally walked twice a game. There's really no comparison. All around Bonds was a better athlete and faced much stiffer competition day in and day out.
The guy cheated. So Bill Russel sucked because Shaq or Kareem were better athletes 15-40 years later? You can't compare across generations without looking at the dominance of a person in their generation.
You also can't compare baseball to basketball
What? So you can say Aaron sucked due the the age in which he played and you base it on comparing Bonds era players to Aaron's.....but to use your process to disprove your methodology or show the absurdity of it is not legit, lol.
Why such a fan boy for barry? The guy cheated and as arrogant any one ever.
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@whitejw98_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I think we should make a note of every name mentioned in this thread and cross it off the list of possibilities, because the community really sucks at guessing these things.
I predict that the reveal will spark a wave of whiny complaint posts, because whoever it is won't match the awesomeness of the unrealistic dream scenarios that people have swirling around in their heads.
You been around here before? Think you are as dead on as can be
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Hoping for Griffey, Mays, or Mantle. I need a CFer to replace Dominguez/Turner.
No ty to Pujols. Too many 1B as it is.
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@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
Not really. You bring the pitchers that Aaron faced to todays game or even when Bonds was playing, and maybe half are star pitchers. The times have changed. Aaron wasnt facing the talent everyday like Bonds. And also wasnt being intentionally walked twice a game. There's really no comparison. All around Bonds was a better athlete and faced much stiffer competition day in and day out.
Bonds was an amazing player before the roids. Could he have been better than Aaron? I don’t know. He gave up that possibility when he decided to cheat and tarnished the rest of his career.
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@bob_loblaw1984 said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
Hoping for Griffey, Mays, or Mantle. I need a CFer to replace Dominguez/Turner.
No ty to Pujols. Too many 1B as it is.
I'm hoping for a 5-tool OF card as well.
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If it were to be Pujols, that would be very underwhelming. I wouldn’t be in a rush to buy cards to finish that collection.
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@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
Not really. You bring the pitchers that Aaron faced to todays game or even when Bonds was playing, and maybe half are star pitchers. The times have changed. Aaron wasnt facing the talent everyday like Bonds. And also wasnt being intentionally walked twice a game. There's really no comparison. All around Bonds was a better athlete and faced much stiffer competition day in and day out.
The guy cheated. So Bill Russel sucked because Shaq or Kareem were better athletes 15-40 years later? You can't compare across generations without looking at the dominance of a person in their generation.
You also can't compare baseball to basketball
What? So you can say Aaron sucked due the the age in which he played and you base it on comparing Bonds era players to Aaron's.....but to use your process to disprove your methodology or show the absurdity of it is not legit, lol.
Why such a fan boy for barry? The guy cheated and as arrogant any one ever.
Lol I'm not a fanboy and I never said Aaron sucked. All I'm saying is that Bonds faced much better pitching and is a better athlete. You can't use basketball bc the ball and rim jav3e stayed the same. Aaron wasnt facing 95+ every game and nasty moving breaking balls. Not all the time.
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@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@stingrayhd_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@kingakp_xbl said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@robbybobby88_mlbts said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone think the big collection is Pujols?:
I would say Pujols, Mantle or Hank. Pujols because he is retiring. Mantle is a 5 tool fan favorite. Hank is a new legend and the real HR king.
Only homerun king I know is named Barry foh w the bs
You know without the cream and the clear Barry doesn't sniff Hank Aaron.
Hank Aaron was facing garbage pitchers. You can't compare the 2. Bonds was twice the athlete Aaron was or could have dreamed of being..
That is a foolish statement.
Not really. You bring the pitchers that Aaron faced to todays game or even when Bonds was playing, and maybe half are star pitchers. The times have changed. Aaron wasnt facing the talent everyday like Bonds. And also wasnt being intentionally walked twice a game. There's really no comparison. All around Bonds was a better athlete and faced much stiffer competition day in and day out.
The guy cheated. So Bill Russel sucked because Shaq or Kareem were better athletes 15-40 years later? You can't compare across generations without looking at the dominance of a person in their generation.
You also can't compare baseball to basketball
What? So you can say Aaron sucked due the the age in which he played and you base it on comparing Bonds era players to Aaron's.....but to use your process to disprove your methodology or show the absurdity of it is not legit, lol.
Why such a fan boy for barry? The guy cheated and as arrogant any one ever.
Lol I'm not a fanboy and I never said Aaron sucked. All I'm saying is that Bonds faced much better pitching and is a better athlete. You can't use basketball bc the ball and rim jav3e stayed the same. Aaron wasnt facing 95+ every game and nasty moving breaking balls. Not all the time.
Are you kidding. They lowered the mound and shrunk the strike zone in 69, because pitching was so dominant. Aaron played and proved himself in an era where it was more difficult to hit. When I look at Bonds I throw out everything he did when he was 29 and older because it's all suspect, and what I'm left with is a pretty good player that has some pop, but by no means a hof lock.
