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The Giants have Lou Seal as a mascot, but I guess he wasn't cool enough to be included. Go for a real throwback, and give us a Crazy Crab nameplate.

A top level Nolan card should be more usable this year with pinpoint, but he isn't going to dethrone deGrom as the top righty.

I really enjoy Kevin's content, and I still watch Koogs on occasion when I just want some gameplay in the background.

The one that I completely soured on was Shelfy. When I started The Show two years ago, there was a lot of good content in his videos for a newb learning how content drops and mechanics worked. I don't know if I was blind to everything else, or if he's gotten much worse in the last two years, but I had to finally unsubscribe last month. The yelling thumbnails and the gameplay, which basically is just screaming the at bat players name every time the ball is put in play, just became too much for me to stomach anymore.

... and yeah, Kyle is a showboating tool. He's incredibly skilled at the game, but his personality and attitude are pure buns.

@msacks11_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

@sirkess_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

@msacks11_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

@sirkess_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

Phillies

Mike Schmidt
Steve Carlton
Richie Ashburn
Tug McGraw

I was just typing one up for the Phillies and looking at what my list would be and what yours is I'd assume I'm younger than you because I have never seen any of those guys play but I still had Schmidt and Carlton on mine but my I had Rollins (my favorite player of all time) and the last spot was my tough one. The question does say success so it makes my think of Hamels because he was a WS MVP but Howard and Utley are tough to leave off for me. It's a fun question for sure.

I had a hard time leaving the 08 players off the list. McGraw closing the game for the 1980 championship is a huge moment. I didn't get to see Ashburn play, but he was one of the few bright spots on many bad teams and stuck around as a team broadcaster afterwards. That's where my memories of him come from.

I was thinking about putting Harry K on mine because he was the voice of the Phillies for my childhood.

Agree 100%!

@msacks11_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

@sirkess_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

Phillies

Mike Schmidt
Steve Carlton
Richie Ashburn
Tug McGraw

I was just typing one up for the Phillies and looking at what my list would be and what yours is I'd assume I'm younger than you because I have never seen any of those guys play but I still had Schmidt and Carlton on mine but my I had Rollins (my favorite player of all time) and the last spot was my tough one. The question does say success so it makes my think of Hamels because he was a WS MVP but Howard and Utley are tough to leave off for me. It's a fun question for sure.

I had a hard time leaving the 08 players off the list. McGraw closing the game for the 1980 championship is a huge moment. I didn't get to see Ashburn play, but he was one of the few bright spots on many bad teams and stuck around as a team broadcaster afterwards. That's where my memories of him come from.

@nanthrax_1_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

@sirkess_psn said in Favorite Team Mt. Rushmore:

Phillies

Mike Schmidt
Steve Carlton
Richie Ashburn
Tug McGraw

No Chase Utley? He's actually 2nd all-time in WAR from the positional player side.

I love Chase - he's one of my favorites from the 08 squad, but he just doesn't have that lasting impact that the others do. An amazing player for sure, though.

Phillies

Mike Schmidt
Steve Carlton
Richie Ashburn
Tug McGraw

I'd suggest being more patient at the plate, especially against a closer. 60 pitches over 20 outs isn't great - work counts and try and get some free base runners via walks.

Kevin and TheAntOrtiz

@hoboadam said in For all of you who use Orel:

You can close out with Fingers no matter how you start...

That's what she said.

• AntOrtiz

@BIGHOOV2713 said in NEW LEGENDS in 2020:

@xFearTheForkASUx said in NEW LEGENDS in 2020:

@DriveByTrucker17 said in NEW LEGENDS in 2020:

@xFearTheForkASUx said in NEW LEGENDS in 2020:

Stephen and Luis did mention during yesterday's second live stream that there would be "dozens" of new legends this year, with an emphasis on players from the 1990s and 2000s, so that's really encouraging. I don't know if that means 24...36...48 new legends, but we should expect a healthy influx of new players this year.

Hopefully that doesn’t mean at the expense of losing other legends though.

Inevitably, SDS does lose the rights to some guys. It happens every year. I can remember players like Gaylord Perry, Jack McDowell and Yogi Berra being in multiple versions of The Show, but they weren't in this year's edition. Even last year, guys like Darin Erstad, Doc Ellis and Albert Belle were in the game, but they aren't this year. I think SDS will probably lose a few ancillary legends from this year's cycle, but they tend to replace them with big names. This year, we had Willie Mays, Ivan Rodriguez, Rogers Hornsby, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, and a ton of other big-name stars enter the cycle. By teasing Rivera, Ortiz, Maddux, Smoltz and Glavine for 20, SDS could be setting up the community to not realize that some lesser-known guys might not be coming back.

If we lose Ashburn and Slaughter...I'm fine with that.

Too bad we lose GrandyMan...

The Phillies only get 3 SS cards all year, and now you want to take one away. How dare you, sir.

SS Feller
SS Kershaw
SS Seaver
POTM Paxton
SS Greinke