Freelance writer, podcaster, and tacophile. Cheap beer & Classic Rock forever! Baseball lover. Author: Hollywood, Texas and Jack Parker Saves the World
Austin, TX
Joined November 2010
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Thanks to @kxrwvancouver and @vanzkantdanz for letting me curate a playlist based on some of my writing for @CultureSonar Let’s do it again soon!
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Not enough people talk about Dave Concepcion
• .267/.322/.357 (.679 OPS), 88 OPS+
• 40.1 WAR, 2326 H, 101 HR, 321 SB
• One-franchise man w Cincinnati
• 2x Big Red Machine WS Champ
• 9x All-Star, 1982 All-Star MVP
• 2x Silver Slugger winner (SS)
• 107 out of 100 on HOF monitor
• .297/.333/.455 in the postseason
• 112 postseason PA during the 1970s
• Top BR Similarity Score: Elvis Andrus
• Pitched 1.1 scoreless innings at age 40
• One of the great Venezuelan ballplayers
• Appeared on 17 HOF ballots, never got in
• Among the 14 shortstops (min. 75% of games at SS) with at least 2000 hits and 100 homers, Dave Concepcion is 4th all-time in dWAR with 21.4
Subscriber nomination by @billyflan
Compare 4 best seasons from deGrom and Lincecum. Add Timmy’s WS rings and then let’s get serious. Team Tim here!!. @notgaetti
Let’s look at the Texas Rangers.
Last 102 games of
2023: 50-52
2024: 78-84
2025: 81-81
2026: 60-63
That’s 269-280. It’s just not good and there is little expectation that anything will change.Thx for the WS for sure. Dreams of a dynasty ruined by CY. @RightOnRangers
Congrats to Freddie Freeman on his 2500th hit. (Checks all time hits list…) Had no idea Johnny Damon has 2769 hits.
Crazy. @notgaetti
Great episode! Shameless plug when I’m mentioned at the end. (Last three minutes.)
Eric Nadel and Tim Kurkjian are so fun and wonderful storytellers! Two HOFers in their professions.
@Rangers @GreatGameOrWhat @notgaetti
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I was there with @WillFlanigin and it was fast and furious. I believe he connected Donaldson as well!
Billy Flanigin retweeted
So this is crazy:
Everyone remembers that Mariano Rivera was the last player to wear #42 because he was grandfathered in when it was retired and went on to have a long and famous career, but did you know who was the last player to be issued #42 for the first time?
This Man 👇👇
I feel seen!! What a player and very much a NEPTA!!🤠
Not enough people talk about Mike Napoli
• .246/.346/.475 (.821 OPS), 117 OPS+
• 2012 All-Star, 2013 WS Champion
• Had 3 separate stints with TEX
• Drafted by Anaheim in 2000
• 26.4 WAR, 267 HR, 744 RBI
• Reached 30 HR 2x, 20 HR 8x
• Averaged 31 HR, 87 RBI per 162
• Homered in his MLB debut in 2006
• (Against 23-year-old Justin Verlander)
• Incredible stadium chant of "NAP-O-LI"
• Hit 8th in 1st and last games (circle of life)
• Received 1 HOF vote (389 ballots) in 2023
• Outstanding 2011 (regular season & playoffs)
• #1 Similarity Score: Ranger great Dean Palmer
• Mike Napoli has the fourth-most home runs across a player's final two seasons in MLB history; he is 1 of 7 to hit at least 60 and 1 of 10 to hit at least 50 across his final two big league campaigns, and it's an interesting list
Subscriber nomination by @billyflan
Searching @notgaetti posts to get the required amount of Dan Uggla content today.
Possible Veteran’s committee ballot at least???
Not enough people talk about Michael Young:
• .300/.346/.441 (.787 OPS)
• 7x ASG, AL Shortstop GG (2008)
• 2375 H, 686 XBH, 1137 R, 1030 RBI
• 6 seasons with 200+ hits (5 in a row!)
• 2x hit leader, 2005 AL batting title (.331)
• Moved from 2B (2000-03) to SS (2004-08) to 3B (2009-10) to DH (2011-12) to accommodate other players and put the Texas Rangers in the best position to win. Posted 200-hit seasons at multiple positions, made All-Star teams at multiple positions.
Per Baseball-Reference, Young's most similar batters are the criminally underrated Ray Durham and first-ballot Hall of Famer Joe Mauer.* While Mauer sailed into Cooperstown, Young received just 2.1% of the vote on his only HOF ballot appearance in 2019.
*In fact, among Young's top 10 most-similar batters, 5 are Hall of Famers; the remaining 5 range from somewhat underrated to criminally underrated.
Pulled the base auto so decided to do this. Modestly priced for sure. Topps Stadium club @CardPurchaser
Hey @notgaetti
Can we talk about Kurt Bevacqua’s career 27 HRs and .632 ops (1971-1985), then talk about his absurd 1985 WS?
17 AB
2 HRs
1.327 OPS
When DJ passed, he was coach of the Austin Toros, now the Austin Spurs. Back in 2006 or so, he signed several cards for me and my kids. Later, he was posthumously inducted into the HOF. I decided to send some cards to Beckett. I splurged for the auto grade.
@CardPurchaser
1965-69 Denny McLain. Is there a better 5 year stretch in MLB history?? @notgaetti
108-51
1006 K
88 CG
2.95 era
For some reason, the dude in the hoodie cracked me up this morning. @BryanM_KVUE
Can’t remember the exact year, around 1984, I sat in the very last row in left field with a buddy. Larry Parrish proceeded to hit the longest HR I’d ever seen hit in Arlington Stadium. Hit just a few rows in front of my feet. How long would that be? Any experts out there?
If you open packs for content, or break live, please take the word “okay” out of your vocabulary. I watched a guy (you all know him well) say that word probably 50 times in one video.
