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Just watched the Nolan Ryan documentary for the third time, and it still amazes me how good he really was. There are not many sports records that you can confidently say will never ever be broken. Nolan has the top 3 in baseball. 7 no-nos, 5714 strikeouts, and 222 complete games. And, I was at the game he got a bloody lip, so that was cool. Just an incredible career. Arguably the best in all of sports.
 
Cotton said:
Just watched the Nolan Ryan documentary for the third time, and it still amazes me how good he really was. There are not many sports records that you can confidently say will never ever be broken. Nolan has the top 3 in baseball. 7 no-nos, 5714 strikeouts, and 222 complete games. And, I was at the game he got a bloody lip, so that was cool. Just an incredible career. Arguably the best in all of sports.
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No one will ever come close to complete games since the human arm has evidently devolved into a pussy.
 
Bipo said:
No one will ever come close to complete games since the human arm has evidently devolved into a pussy.
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The active MLB player (specifically a pitcher, as complete games are a pitching stat) with the most career complete games is Justin Verlander, with 26.
 
Mets should go sign Framber Valdez in addition to the Peralta trade.

Peralta - Valdez - McLean is a nice 1-2-3.

I mean, I don't want to say "they can compete with the Dodgers with that rotation," because can anyone?

But with that rotation if the Dodgers stumble or you can just get hot at the right time, the Mets might be the next team to beat.
 
Smitty said:
The Dodgers are single handedly ushering in a salary cap.
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I heard an alternative that I think I might agree with more because let's face it the players association is going to block a cap (i would keep).

Instead of a cap make the penalties for going over the luxury tax much more stringent. Get rid of deferred payments. Raise the floor that owners have to spend. If the owners want to spend that should be up to them but let's make sure we are paying Ohtani more than 2 million a year. Let's force those cheapass owners like the Brewers who had the best record in baseball and now their fans watch their Ace get traded.
 
As a (very mild) Mets fan with the league's richest owner, I'd like to live in an era where I can see my team buy a few championships for once.

So I'm all good with just expanding luxury tax.
 
Sooo... Winter meetings all wrapped up. Teams are finalizing their rosters and getting ready to start spring training in a couple weeks.


And the Minnesota Twins announce today they have “mutually agreed to part ways” with Derek Falvey, the team’s president of baseball and business operations.

Checks out.
 
Cotton said:
Just watched the Nolan Ryan documentary for the third time, and it still amazes me how good he really was. There are not many sports records that you can confidently say will never ever be broken. Nolan has the top 3 in baseball. 7 no-nos, 5714 strikeouts, and 222 complete games. And, I was at the game he got a bloody lip, so that was cool. Just an incredible career. Arguably the best in all of sports.
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For longevity, absolutely Ryan. For sheer dominance, gotta go with Bob Gibson.
 
• 1968 season dominance: Gibson posted a 1.12 ERA over 304⅔ innings—the lowest single-season ERA in the live-ball era (since 1920) for any qualified starter. He went 22–9, completed 28 of his 34 starts, threw 13 shutouts, and struck out 268 batters. This performance earned him a unanimous Cy Young Award and the NL MVP (a rarity for pitchers), and it helped spark rule changes like lowering the mound in 1969 due to the “Year of the Pitcher.”

• World Series strikeout record: In Game 1 of the 1968 World Series, Gibson struck out 17 Detroit Tigers batters in a complete-game shutout—a single-game World Series record that still stands today.

• Postseason mastery: Across three World Series (1964, 1967, 1968), Gibson went 7–2 with a 1.89 ERA in 81 innings pitched, striking out 92 batters (10.2 K/9). He completed 8 of his 9 starts and won World Series MVP in both 1964 and 1967.

• Career durability feat: Gibson recorded 255 complete games—more than his 251 career wins—an astonishing indicator of his endurance in an era when pitchers routinely finished what they started.

• Other standout career marks: 251–174 record, 2.91 ERA, 3,117 strikeouts, 9-time All-Star, 2-time Cy Young winner, and 9-time Gold Glove winner (highlighting his elite fielding).

Gibson’s intensity and results made him a legend, with his 1968 season often called one of the greatest ever by a pitcher.

And the only professional athlete who’s jersey I own.
 
Evidently there has already been a rash of significant injuries and we just started spring training.

Rangers just had theirs and no its not deGrom.

Their top prospect out for the year with an ucl tear in the elbow.
 
Not even a week after pitchers and catchers reported, and Pablo Lopez is reported to have a 'significant tear' in his UCL. Tommy John surgery coming up.

:budd
 
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