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202020.10 in reply to 202020.9
Date: 11/16/2011 6:46:54 AM
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Now this is the type of list I'm talking about.

Mo was better than all these suckers and I hate the yankees. It seems that you chose the first 5 on your list based upon the fact that they all rocked an epic 'stache. Is this true?

Yes, the whiskers got Fingers the #1 spot, and the only reason Gossage is ahead of Quisenberry (which is the coolest freaking name in the history of sports) is because Goose is a great name and Q-berry pitched sidearm, and I couldn't just stack him and Eckersley together.

@Saul, the Earl of Nuts:
I put Browning on there because he was the only Reds pitcher I could remember from back when I actually paid any attention to baseball.

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202020.11 in reply to 202020.10
Date: 11/16/2011 7:56:26 AM
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lol, i was waiting for someone to make a list of baseball closers and/or mention Kyra Sedgwick.

I put Browning on there because he was the only Reds pitcher I could remember from back when I actually paid any attention to baseball.

Rob Dibble should be memorable? he pitched around the same time. after a save, he once threw a ball 400 feet into the center field stands & hit a pregnant elementary school teacher on the elbow! (the ball then bounced into her husband's Coke.) he also got in a few brawls & even tried to throw a ball into a player's back from close range. you've got to remember some of that...


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202020.12 in reply to 202020.11
Date: 11/16/2011 8:01:21 AM
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lol, i was waiting for someone to make a list of baseball closers and/or mention Kyra Sedgwick.

I put Browning on there because he was the only Reds pitcher I could remember from back when I actually paid any attention to baseball.

Rob Dibble should be memorable? he pitched around the same time. after a save, he once threw a ball 400 feet into the center field stands & hit a pregnant elementary school teacher on the elbow! (the ball then bounced into her husband's Coke.) he also got in a few brawls & even tried to throw a ball into a player's back from close range. you've got to remember some of that...


Ah, yes, Dibble. I remember that he used to rip the sleeve of his uniform so it wouldn't hinder his pitching motion.

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202020.13 in reply to 202020.12
Date: 11/16/2011 9:51:36 AM
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Ah, the Bad Boys. Good times.

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202020.14 in reply to 202020.13
Date: 11/18/2011 7:28:46 PM
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If we're still talking pitchers, he may not be a closer: Dock Ellis. http://www.sirbacon.org/4membersonly/docellis.htm

Another story: Ellis is pitching on May 1, 1974 against the Reds, before the game, tells his teammates he's going to hit every batter. First batter: Pete Rose, HBP. Next two: Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen. Plunked. Aims at Tony Perez, Perez ducks away from all of them and draws a walk. Throws two pitches at Johnny Bench's head and gets pulled. Baseball in the 70s must've been amazing.

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202020.15 in reply to 202020.1
Date: 11/23/2011 3:52:15 PM
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Theres only one problem with your list, Chamberlain was not a closer.