The Daily Nooner

- Andrew, I was in the process of a beautifully written essay on why guys like Mike Holmgren suck as a coach after he left Green Bay and no longer had Brett Favre, but my computer decided it wanted to crash last night. So, alas, there is no lengthy Wisdom to regal you with. I will try to make it short and simple. Guys like Holmgren get labeled a genius way to quickly while coaching football. It is football not Theoretical Physics; he did nothing revolutionary with the Packers. Then they begin to believe their own bullshit and think that they invented the cotton gin and that they can win with any Tom, Dick, or Hasselback. And obviously they can’t. Holmgren was the beneficiary of being the right man at the right time in Green Bay, that’s all; he was no genius and is not a “great” coach. One thing we need to understand about greatness; greatness is sustained. That is why there are few truly “great” coaches in the history of sports.

- Something we never got a chance to address is this Bob Huggins deal from last week. I have read at least 50 stories and watched hundreds of television reports and I still have no idea why he is no longer the coach at Cincinnati? What did he do again, choke a player or yell at a student who called him Huggs? Oh, no wait that was Bobby Knight when he got railroaded out of his job. So Huggins did not graduate players huh? Well he has been doing that for 16 years. Heck the undergraduate graduation rate at UC is only around 40%, so it is not like the rest of the college is really pulling their weight. I guess this president lady wanted to make a name for herself; much in the same way Miles Brand wanted to make one for himself by firing Knight. All she did was piss of a loyal fan base and she now has Andy Kennedy as her head coach, yeah that is going to get people excited. Isn’t that why college presidents hire athletics directors? Because the AD’s have a better understanding for what will be best athletically.

- Alrighty, this whole Roger Clemens thing has gotten a bit ridiculous. What the hell is wrong with the Astros when Clemens is on the hill? Do they not like the guy? Do they envy his preferential treatment from ownership? The ‘Stros have been shut out 16 times this season, eight times it has happened in games Clemens has started. In those 8 games Clemens has given up a total of 5 earned runs and has nothing to show for it. The Cy Young this year is going to go to Chris Carpenter who’s ERA will be a full run hire than Clemens, never before has that happened.

- New York Baseball, huh. How bout dem bums from Queens and Da Bronx Bombers. First the Metropolitans. Where have they come from? There starting pitching has been outstanding over the last couple of weeks and that David Wright guy is pretty damned good. Wright, Reyes and that new guy Mike Jacobs, three young future superstars, what a bright future. Just like the 90’s when they had Izzy, Pulse, and Paul Wilson. Sorry Mets fans, I could not resist.

- Randy Moss, I really do love that dude!!! Martin, “Straight Cash, Homey!”


- So the Denver Broncos are going to cut Maurice Clarett. During mini camp the Broncos were saying good things about him, but he failed to see the field in any of the pre season games which was no a good sign. Never has one athlete fallen flat on his face so many times after being so highly thought of. Clarett will no doubt get signed but some second rate organization like the Redskins and not make a name for himself there either. It is always going to end badly for Clarett there seems to be no shot at redemption in his story, and he was the one who created all of his own problems.

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- Now we all know how much I hate everything and everyone, except for Robert O’Keefe, that guy is still my hero. But how can you not love the Little League World Series. That thing is awesome every year. Yesterday the finals were as good as I have seen in a long time. These kids play baseball at a very high level, and the end it in walk off fashion was cool. That kid gets to walk around the rest of his life and say he ended it all in walk off fashion; I would have trotted my ass off ala Reggie Jackson.

Movie Time Again

It is that time again, time for me to give you some of my movie reviews from the past week or so. While we all know my feelings toward Hollywood’s disappointing year so far, the movies that are worth seeing have turned out to be pretty good. While the number of quality films is down, there are still ones worth seeing in the theatre. This week I saw a wide ranger of movies; a drama “The Great Raid”, an action “Four Brothers, and a comedy “Wedding Crashers.” All are good films, not great, but good.

WEDDING CRASHERS 6 out of 10
“Yeah? Well, the proper girl in the hat just eye-fucked the shit out of me.”

Vince Vaughn is a funny mother-fucker; Owen Wilson is still not very funny. There is something I do not like about Wilson; maybe it’s his crooked nose. Wedding Crashers is finally as comedy we can laugh at, recently the efforts of this era of comedic actors has been very disappointing. While weddings do indeed suck, Wilson and Vaughn’s characters showed how you can turn these sappy ceremonies into laughter. I loved the fact that there were rules to their scam. The planned out everything so that there was no messing up while they were trying to score. Vaughn and Wilson set up a very good straight man funny man team. Thankfully they returned Will Ferrell back to a small hint of comic relief rather than the star of the show. Christopher Walken was in normal brilliant self in this film and the almost seeing Jane Seymour’s breasts was pretty cool. I was not sure how this movie was going to work, if they were just going to continual go to different weddings or if it where to ultimately focus on one wedding. As the movie progressed it crept eerily toward being a “Romantic Comedy” which are normally just dreadful, but it stayed mostly clear of that genre. I was slightly disappointed in the way it ended but chicks would have hated this movie if these guys ended up on their couch’s sucking down nachos. This is the best comedy so far this year; take a chance if you have not already seen it.

THE GREAT RAID 7.5 out of 10
“You’re the best trained, least proven battalion in this whole army.”

For some reason Miramax has had this movie on the shelf for almost 2 years. With the crap that has been out over those 2 years I feel like I should go to Miramax and open fire on someone in their distribution department. While this movie has not made a lot of money, it is being shown on few screens and received minimal advertising. The most famous actor in it is Benjamin Bratt, and he is not a box office draw. This movie was all about detail. It did a great job in fully explaining everything that was going on throughout the film. There were three main story lines: the soldiers inside the POW Camp, the Soldiers planning to try and rescue them, and the black marketers who helped the prisoners in camp with medical supplies. The men who went on this rescue mission were the highlight of this film, especially James Franco. His character was charged with formulating a plan on how to invade the camp with as little detection as possible. Using knowledge of the POW camps from scouts and the reliance on local Philippine troops he put together a perfect plan for storming the camp. Throughout the film you are always shown how the stories are intertwined. Each step of the way the planning of how they are going to raid the camp is mapped out for you; so when you finally get to the climax of the movie it is not just guys storming around blowing stuff up in a disorganized fashion, and then everyone is alive and well. It is a terrific story told very well on film with little hyperbole. The script and acting are good and the movie moves along a good solid pace, never is it boring or pretentious. This is what I yearn to go to the movies to see, however all to often Hollywood disappoints me; or Miramax just lets stuff like this sit on the shelf while they release winners like; (2004 releases) My Baby’s Daddy, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, Shaolin Soccer, Ella Enchanted, I’m not Scared, Jersey Girl, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Valentin, Infernal Affairs, Shall We Dance, BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON, Paperclips, and the only 2 Miramax releases last year better than The Great Raid, Garden State and Finding Neverland.

Four Brothers 6.5 out of 10
“If you keep knocking on the Devil's door long enough, somebody's gonna answer you.”

Again, this is what an action movie is supposed to be like. Some action, some intrigue, an actual story line, some good acting and quality direction, and all of a sudden you have a film worth watching. Not just people running around shooting everyone and stuff blowing up like in a war zone but nobody ever dies. The story follows four adopted brothers who are trying to figure why their adopted mother was gunned down. There are some great twists and turns and eventually it looks like one of the brothers may be involved in the murder. I won’t give away how things end, but know this; Mark Wahlberg is a super bad ass in this movie. Also, Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000 from Outkast) makes his feature film debut and does a really good job. The movie is probably about 15 minutes too long, but as I said there is a solid story backing it up here. John Singleton’s trademarks are all over this movie, a bunch of slow motion drama shots and a forceful soundtrack backing the action up. It is a good solid movie and worth going to see if you are into these types of action films; good story lines and not overloaded with action.

Another Satisfied Customer

I figured regualr readers of "The Wisdom" would truly appreciate this. Mr. Robert O'Keefe, a man who needs no introduction, has decided to wright me an email telling me what he really thinks about "The Wisdom." Mr. O'Keefe obviously realizes what a valuable contributor I am to my community and America as a whole.

He seems fascinated with my pure unadulterated racism and my penchant for buggery. So we here at "The Wisdom" have decided to name Mr. O'Keefe our official mascot. He is being immediately elected into the Mascot Hall of Fame. In the coming days we will release his official costume and mascot name.

For now, ladies and gentleman enjoy the rant of the raving idiot known to us all as Robert O'Keefe: (the title of the email was "Your Limited Intellect

Fourth Grader,



Yes, that’s your official name, at least until you learn to spell like a fourth grader. Perhaps you need someone to fill you in on the the concept of a spellchecker...??? As for what you think about the music of Rush and Bob Marley, who really cares, unless your site is a music site? Ignorant opinions on several subjects are no better than your usual ignorance on sports.



With ignorant Americans like you who love to bitch about everyone else in the world, it’s no wonder that the U.S. is disliked so intensely these days. Oh, that’s right, in your deluded visions, every other country in the world is wrong and only the U.S. is right, despite the U.S having the lowest literacy rates and math/science skills and the highest crime rates in the developed world.



I stumbled upon your pathetic web site by mistake, only to realize that the mistake was actually you. Please advise your mother to swallow next time and not bring another ignorant clown into the world.



P.S. Just writing repeatedly that foreigners smell doesn’t make it so, dumbass! You’re right about one thing, at least, you’re a complete whiner. Now, get a life, figure out that recycling still exists, get your fat ass off the couch and take a remedial English class to help you stretch beyond your current semi-literacy...

ROK


This guy loves me.

Let it be known I am here for my fans at all times.

Important Announcement

I fucking hate Terrell Owens and hope that he dies in a fiery plane crash. Really there is nothing that will ever happen to this asshole that I will ever feel bad about.

BUT THAT IS NOT THE REAL ANNOUNCEMENT, HERE IS THE REAL ONE

I, Kris DeBlasio, being of sound mind and full belly have decided to take my talents to a new level. Yes that is right ladies and gentlemen I have officially registered for my first sanctioned professional eating event. It is a decision I have been measuring for some time now and decided it was time.

WHERE/WHEN/WHAT

The International Federation of Competitive Eating (www.ifoce.com) sponsors events all across America and this fall along with GoldenPalace.com is sponsoring a 15 circuit Grilled Cheese eating competition. Each contest consists of 10 minutes of eating standard Grilled Cheese sandwiches. This will take place in 2 months, October 14, here in Columbia at the South Carolina State Fair. Come one, come all and see your amazingly fat friend stuff his face with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.

WHY NOW?

Well again, like I said I have been thinking about it for awhile now. With the recent surge in popularity of competitive eating I thought it a good time to join in the fun. I have spoken with my physician and we are going to get a complete medical work up and make sure everything is ok with my body and ready to compete with some of the worlds best endurance athletes. I feel I am well prepared at this point in my life, and if I do not join now I may never have the opportunity again.

So, Godspeed to my stomach and its capacity for cheese!!!!

The Daily Nooner

- The death of Peter Jennings seems to be the important news of the day. But of course, the death of a news man would certainly be news. Jennings death is the beginning of the end of the dying breed of news anchor. With the now pseudo retirements of Ted Koeppel, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather the evening news anchor is something of the past. News has become instantaneous with the advent of the internet and 24 hour news stations. The old reliable news anchor is not really something people look for anymore. So Mr. Jennings, goodbye, you will be missed, but not by me, I always watched Dan Rather on CBS you crazy dead Canadian.

- I realize when it comes to the next 2 issues I may talking to myself, but most of this website is me talking to myself. In hokey news there were two major recent developments. The first is Wayne Gretzky coaching the Phoenix Coyotes. I for one am excited about it, I certainly was not planning on watching a Coyotes game this year, this move will make me slightly more interested. The second is the lifting of the suspension of Todd Bertuzzi. Who essentially missed 13 regular season games, for the most malicious act I have ever witnessed in sports. He broke from the normal course of the game and intended to seriously injure Steve Moore. Moore’s career is more than likely over. Now I am not saying Bertuzzi should never play again, but 13 games is all he got. Is Bud Selig running this league? I know he also missed he World Championships because of this suspension, but who care about that. The fact is Bertuzzi should have to miss half of the upcoming season, but the NHL dropped the ball, again, this league is still mired in serious trouble.

- What ever happened to recycling? Remember about 15 years ago this was all the rage. And people would make you feel so guilty if you did not recycle. We used to have those square boxes in every office and classroom for paper recycling and those cool garbage cans with just the soda bottle size hole cut in the top. I honestly can’t remember the last thing I recycled, well except for my underwear, or a girl here or there. This was all the rage in the 90’s. It was going to save our world; we were all going to be champions for the cause. What happened? I guess cell phones and the internet have distracted us too much. Certainly I do not have time to recycle. I have to keep all of you entertained by complaining about things.

- Now on to my continuing one man crusade to bring down the reign of terror that Bill “The Sports Guy” Simmons has launched upon the readers of ESPN.com over the last few years. He had a column that ran over the last 5 days or so that contained so little humor or insight it is wonder is brain hasn’t exploded from stupidity. He ran this column highlighting the NBA off-season through the eyes of Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell’s character from Anchorman). Are you serious? First of all Anchorman was perhaps the worst comedy of all time. The character of Ron Burgundy is less funny than Simmon’s himself. This guy is such a hack. Please make it stop. I will repeat, always, Bill you cannot give YOURSELF a nickname, it does not work that way.
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- Oooh, my favorite time of year has begun, pre-season football. Seriously, this stuff is dreadful. What’s worse is they insist on televising this bullshit. It is so painful to listen to the announcers search for things to make up about the guys playing. The only thing worse than listening to John Madden describe the credentials of a free agent strong safety is fantasy drones examining games to try and figure out who they are going to pick in their upcoming draft. Yes I have played fantasy sports in the past, but never really got into it, and have decided to cease fantasy operations for the last few years. I hate fantasy sports, even when I played them I thought they were goofy. Give me an 18 hole course and 13 clubs in a bag.


OLD SCHOOL RAP LYRIC OF THE WEEK

Got more stories that J.D. got Salinger
I hold the title and you are the challenger
I've got money like Charles Dickens
Got the girlies in the Coupe like the Colonel's got the chickens
Always go out dapper like Harry S. Truman
I'm madder than Mad's Alfred E. Newman

Overrate/Underrated

Yet again I have championed a new concept here at “The Wisdom.” Of course, like all good things, it will not last. Overrated/Underrated could pretty much cover anything that is going on; sports, entertainment, the news, whatever pops into my brain, in between me planning my next meal.

OVERRATED

- The Dukes of Hazzard. Not just the horrific movie that is debuting today, but the whole concept. Listen, I watched the show when I was a child, and that is precisely my point, when I was a CHILD!!! Really the show was dumb, made very little sense, and lacked any real entertainment value. So what now, make it into a hit motion picture? I know one ass clown that is going to by tickets this morning for an evening showing of this movie. Has this society sunken that low?

- The X-Games. Well one knows I have never liked the name of this, skateboarding is not extreme; it is a horrible method of travel. These things have run their course, although I will admit that I watch them, but I watch just the Bike and skateboarding on the half pipe. These things don’t need 700 different events, like wakeboarding and riding a bike down a snow covered mountain.

- This next one is really random, but it has to do with music. Rush and Bob Marley. I just happened to see both of them on VH1 Classic yesterday and thought about how much they both sucked. Now I may get some disagreement on this from my music lovers out there, but when have I ever cared about disturbing the peace? Rush to me has no real feel to them; to me they are just some run of the mill late 70’s early 80’s band. Nothing special, no song or one particular band member sticks out for anything. Yet they have this certain cult following that fawns over their music and tells you why Rush is the greatest Rock Band ever. I have four words for people like the: THE BEATLES THE STONES. Now on to Robert Nesta Marley. I can’t help but feel that my high school generation and more importantly my group of friends helped to resurrect this man’s music into the mainstream. On occasion in the right mood I am up for listening to some Marley, but too many people see this man for way more than he was, and that is a musician. He is not a prophet, not a poet, not a life changing entity in any way. Yet so many people seem so affected by his music, but usually those people are on drugs at the time, and that may have something to do with it. I would also argue, and Dan you would be the foremost expert on this, that Marley’s music was greatly influenced by his band mate Peter Tosh. And that once Tosh had left the Wailers Marley’s music began to slide considerably, while Tosh went on to make great records, but because of his politically radical views was never much given credit for the great music he created.


UNDERRATED

- Roger Clemens. This guy is unfreaking real, and I will say it; The Greatest Pitcher of all time. Before his career resurrection he was already a sure fire Hall of Fame pitcher. He should thank Dan Duquette for motivating him back in 1995 because his career since then would be Hall caliber. Since his 35th birthday his record is 125-50, what? His ERA has gone down each of the last 3 years, and has won 20 games 5 times in the 5 man rotation era. To think he has 338 wins (a .668 W %) in a time where only one other contemporary was able to get 300. Please just appreciate the fact that you have seen the greatest pitcher of all time

- Again more baseball, but Jose Canseco. This guy becomes more and more right every month. Everyone clowned him 2 years ago when on the Dan Patrick show he announced he was going to write a tell all book documenting the use of steroids and people who used them and that he would find a publisher and it would be a best seller. He did and it was, then he was clowned then for naming good guys like Rafael Palmeiro. Again, Canseco was affirmed when Palmeiro tested positive earlier this week for taking a potent steroid. Listen, I am not saying we have to make Jose the next commissioner of baseball but we do have to give this guy a little bit of credit.

- The ineptitude of the Atlanta Hawks. Thank god for this organization otherwise I might have to be making fun of the Knicks. This group of clowns that bought the team a year ago can reach an agreement on whether or not to sign and trade for Joe Johnson. This guy is a rising star in the league and wants to come to the Hawks. So the Suns offer a sign and trade deal, which will benefit the Hawks in the long run salary wise, except one of the 9 owners does not want to do it. When these scrubs bought the team instead of appointing someone in charge they just decided that the organization would be run by a 9 man committee. So the one guy who disagrees with the trade has received a court order injunction, and now the decision is left up to some random judge in the Atlanta Circuit Court system. How freaking random is that? Only the Hawks could bungle something up this

The Hall of Pretty Good

Yes it is that time of year again, Baseball Hall of Fame induction time. This weekend Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg were enshrined into Cooperstown amongst the baseball legends: Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente, Bob Gibson, Rick Ferrell, Jim Bunning, and Eppa Rixey. Go ahead look it up; those last three clowns I named are actually in the Hall of Fame. The Hall was once reserved for the giants of the game, men whose names were synonymous with greatness.

However, that all changed years ago, when the “Veteran’s Committee” began to have a say at who deserved to be in the Hall of Fame. It was just a good ole boys network elected their buddies so they had someone to talk to on Hall of Fame Weekend (Hootie Johnson must be proud). Rixey was elected 30 years after he finished playing, Bunning 25 years, Ferrell 37 years and the peace de resistance Phil Rizzuto who was elected 38 years after finishing is undistinguished career. In reality they should somehow separate these non-com’s from the rest of the Hall. Maybe they should erect a separate wing for immortals, or record holders. Or maybe just not polish the plaques of guys like Bid McPhee, George Davis, and Red Schoendienst.

The debate rages on over guys who have recently been put in, Sandberg, and guys who are on the outside looking in, Bert “Be Home” Blyleven and Tommy John (who should be in the Hall not only for his on the field achievements but for coming back and winning 170 games after the groundbreaking surgery which now bares his name as a special contributor to Baseball).

So we here at The Wisdom have decided to make our own game of things. We know that we have a baseball heavy audience, one that loves a great debate. So I have decided to list the accomplishments of players, with no discernable biased toward anyone, and let you decide who should be in, who should be out, and who is already in. Most of these guys come from the contemporary era from 1970 until now (no current players will be included, only guys who have retired). I will give you there important overall career numbers, All Star appearances, special awards (Gold Glove or Cy Young), and the number of times they were amongst the league leaders in seasonal statistical categories. The last thing means they had to have finished among the Top 5 in their league in Strikeouts (for a pitcher) or RBI (for a hitter). Lastly I will highlight there signature season. Let the fun begin!!!!

The Hitters

Player #1
17 seasons 1974-1990. 5 time All-Star, NL MVP, 11 Gold Gloves, and one time Batting Champ. Top 5: 3 times Batting Average, 4 times in Runs, 7 times in OBP, and 5 times in Doubles. Career totals: .296 BA, .384 OBP, .436 SLG, 2182 hits, 1124 runs, 426 Doubles, and 1071 RBI. Played in 3 LCS and won 2 World Series Titles. Signature Season: .344 BA, .417 OBP, 210 Hits, 116 Runs, 48 Doubles, and 105 RBI.

Player #2
23 seasons 1964-1986. 7 time All-Star. Top 5: 3 times in HR, 2 times in Doubles, and 5 times in RBI. Career Totals: .279 BA, .341 OBP, .461 SLG, 2732 hits, 1272 Runs, 505 Doubles, 379 HR’s, and 1652 RBI. Played in 6 LCS, 5 World Series and won 2 Titles. Signature Season: .317 BA, .401 OBP, .589 SLG, 40 HR 129 RBI 106 Runs

Player #3
19 seasons 1969-1987. 10 time All-Star, NL MVP, 4 Gold Gloves and 2 time LCS MVP. Top 5: 2 times Batting Average, 7 times Hits (6 200 hit seasons), 5 times RBI, and 4 times Doubles. Career Totals: .294 BA, .446 SLG, 2599 Hits, 1143 Runs, 440 Doubles, 272 HR’s, and 1308 RBI. 5 LCS, 5 World Series, and 1 title (.338 11 HR 31 RBI in 55 games). Signature Season: .315 BA .497 SLG 204 Hits 28 HR 110 RBI 92 Runs.

Player #4
19 seasons 1974-1992. 11 time All-Star and 3 Gold Gloves. Top 5: 3 times HR, 4 times RBI and 2 times Doubles. Career Totals: .262 BA, .439 SLG, 2092 Hits, 1025 Runs, 324 HR’s, and 1225 RBI. 3 LCS, 1 World Series title. Signature Season: .294 BA .487 SLG 27 HR 106 RBI.

Player #5
14 seasons 1982-1995. 6 time All-Star, AL MVP, 9 Gold Gloves, and 1 Batting Title. Top 5: 4 times Batting Average, 3 times SLG, 3 times Hits, 5 times RBI, and 5 times Doubles. Career Totals: .307 BA .358 OBP .471 SLG 2153 Hits, 1007 Runs, 442 Doubles, 222 HR, and 1099 RBI. Signature Season: .352 BA .573 SLG 31 HR 113 RBI 117 Runs, 53 Doubles, and 238 Hits.

Player #6
12 seasons 1984-1995. 10 time All-Star, 6 Gold Gloves, 1 Batting title, and LCS MVP. Top 5: 5 times Batting Average, 6 times hits (5 200 hit seasons), 3 times Runs, 2 times RBI, and 5 times Doubles. Career Totals: .318 BA .360 OBP .477 SLG, 2304 Hits, 1071 Runs, 414 Doubles, 207 HR, and 1085 RBI. 2 LCS and 2 World Series Titles. Signature Season: .356 BA .545 SLG, 24 HR, 121 RBI, 42 Doubles, 109 Runs, and 234 Hits.

Player #7
16 seasons 1974-1989. 8 time All-Star, AL MVP, and 3 HR titles. Top 5: 4 times Batting Average, 5 times SLG, 5 times Hits, 5 times HR, 7 times RBI and 2 times Triples. Career Totals: .298 BA .352 OBP .502 SLG, 2452 Hits, 1249 Runs, 382 HR, and 1451 RBI. 2 LCS and 1 World Series. Signature Season: .315 BA .600 SLG, 46 HR, 139 RBI, 213 Hits, 15 Triples, and 121 Runs.

Player #8
16 seasons 1981-1997. 10 time All-Star, 9 gold Gloves, NL MVP, and 1 HR title. Top 5: 3 times SLG, 8 times Runs, 5 times Hits, and 2 times HR. Career Totals: .285 BA .452 SLG, 2386 Hits, 1318 Runs, 282 HR, 403 Doubles, 344 SB, and 1061 RBI. Signature Season: .306 BA .559 SLG, 40 HR, 100 RBI, 116 Runs, 30 Doubles and 25 SB.

The Pitchers

Pitcher #1
23 seasons 1966-1988. 4 time All-Star and 1 ERA title. Top 5: 4 times ERA, 4 times Wins (One 20 win season), 8 times Shutouts, 2 time W-L%, and 3 times Strikeouts. Career Totals: .559 W-L% 324-256 3.26 ERA, 58 shutouts, and 3574 K’s. 5 LCS and 4 World Series. Signature Season: 19-9 2.08, 272.7 IP, 9 Shutouts and 207 K’s.

Pitcher #2
22 seasons 1970-1992. 2 time All-Star and 1 strikeout title. Top 5: 7 times ERA, 2 times Wins (One 20 win season), 9 times Shutouts, 3 times W-L%, and 13 times K’s. Career Totals: .534 W-L% 287-250 3.31 ERA, 60 Shutouts, and 3701 K’s. 3 LCS, 2 World Series, and 2 titles (4-1 2.47). Signature Season: 20-17 2.52, 325 IP, 25 CG, 9 Shutouts, and 258 K’s.

Pitcher #3
24 seasons 1965-1987. 5 time All-Star, 5 Gold Gloves, 1 ERA & Strikeout title. Top 5: 3 times ERA, 5 times Wins (Three 20 win seasons), 5 times Shutouts, 2 times W-L%, and 6 times K’s. Career Totals: .537 W-L% 318-274 3.35 ERA, 45 Shutouts, and 3342 K’s. 2 LCS. Signature Season: 20-13 2.38, 302.3 IP, and 6 Shutouts.

Pitcher #4
14 seasons 1975-1988. 4 time All-Star, 5 Gold Gloves, AL Cy Young, and 2 ERA titles. Top 5: 3 times ERA, 4 times Wins (Three 20 win seasons), 3 times Shutouts, 2 times W-L%, and 5 times K’s. Career Totals: .651 W-L% 170-91 3.29 ERA, and 26 Shutouts. 3 LCS, 3 World Series, and 2 titles (5-2 3.02 postseason). Signature Season: 25-3 1.74, 273.7 IP, 9 Shutouts, and 248 K’s.

So there you have it. Some guys are in and some aren’t. Four of the hitters listed are in and two of the pitchers. Let me know which guys you think should be in, and maybe even who is who, if you are good. Now obviously you could cheat and look it up, but give it a shot first. I will reveal the answers later on after I see what you the fans have to say.