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Picture Jacob deGrom, except with a devastating hook, finishing his own games.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:01 pm Picture Jacob deGrom, except with a devastating hook, finishing his own games.

Gooden not only finished his games, just as importantly, he could be counted on to make his scheduled starts (year after year).

The Hot Corner wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:46 pm

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:01 pm Picture Jacob deGrom, except with a devastating hook, finishing his own games.

Gooden not only finished his games, just as importantly, he could be counted on to make his scheduled starts (year after year).

Until he no longer could.

deGrom, at his peak, had better stuff than Gooden. Granted, deGrom was as delicate as a hothouse flower and broke down often, but on stuff alone, deGrom was the best. You could even make a reasonable argument that at his peak, deGrom had the best stuff in all of baseball history. Better than everyone else. Koufax, Walter Johnson, Pedro. Everybody.

Yes I think so too



I’m still hoping he gets it back. Even for someone else.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:01 pm Picture Jacob deGrom, except with a devastating hook, finishing his own games.

And a personality?

Uncanny

They look like the kids from Christmas Story

Hey hey, My my

In between acts at the Beatles Shea Stadium appearance, promoter Sid Bernstein tries to plug one of the other bands he's been pitching around time by having the Shea scoreboard post "THE RASCALS ARE COMING!!"



Brian Epstein, aptly, refuses to let his band take the stage until the message is removed.

Is that Steve Garvey in the far left corner of the table?

That's one.

L to R: Keith, ?, Garvey, Kaat, ?, Brooks, Ozzie


Lotsa Gold Gloves at that table.

Seventy Gold Gloves, to be precise. SEVENTY!

Good job. Two figures remain.

I know the guy to the left of Kaat , not a baseball player if I remember correctly

Yeah, I'm going with former NYC Police Detective Bo Deitl between Keith and Garvey, and the Maitre'd between Kaat and Robby

Not Bo Dietl.

The two as-yet-unnamed figures have both famously appeared on variety shows.

It came to me , Joe Piscopo , my head kept saying Joe Pepitone

Piscopo is correct! No Gold Gloves but he is a member of The New Jersey Hall of Fame, so there's that.

Johnny Bench next to Keith?

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:05 amPiscopo is correct!

[Vermin]My father hung me on a hook once. Once![/Vermin]

DocTee wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:46 am Johnny Bench next to Keith?

Oooh, maybe. My first thought (quickly dismissed) was that it was an unusually puffy Ron Darling.