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The right column in this @immaculategrid is an easy one. But it's a new low, if it counts. 0.208 on May 15, 2025. Also, 7 former @Mets greats. Also, 2 Bob Millers.

I just discovered former @Royals great Frank White. @notgaetti should put him on the NEPTA list.

@podoffame @bball_ref And for 4 different teams.

Jamal Crawford dropped 50+ points in a game four different times. That is more 50+ point games than: David Robinson (3) Shaquille O'Neal (3) Dwayne Wade (3) Oscar Robertson (2) Hakeem Olajuwon (2) Dirk Nowitzki (2) Alex English (2) Tim Duncan (1) Reggie Miller (1)

@MaffieuMufasa @podoffame @bball_ref When you've already made $50,000,000 and are signed for another ~$270,000,000, foregoing $50,000,000 is just about meaningless.

@podoffame @bball_ref This is a simple take but how many times have players made all NBA under 65 games. It’s a large percentage. Cade will lose 50 million because of this and it’s stupid.

I am sorry, but if you can’t play in at least 80% of the games, you probably don’t deserve to win regular season awards. Only five NBA MVPs have gone to a player who played under 65 games. Malone won in a 50-game strike season. LeBron during a 66-game strike season. Giannis during 72-game COVID season. Cousy during a 72-game season. In NBA history, only Bill Walton would have been impacted by the 65-game rule.

@notgaetti Lol. I'm shorter and trying to get down to 230.

1. We could really use more characters like Bob Fothergill, who hit the piss out of the ball and chased it with a giant steak and of beer, realizing his fortune and doing it day after day for love of the game. 2. How nuts is it that 5'11" 230 was once considered comically fat???

@JacobPiccini @shegone03 Erase everyone who plagiarizes then whines when getting called out for it. Then pick your favorite journalist.

@shegone03 Yea. I mean he’s only the biggest baseball journalist and insider by a pretty good margin but yes definitely. He’s awful for wanting to embrace more cultures in a game that spans to many different cultures!

This guys an idiot! #shegone

@spurs_mcnulla @podoffame @bball_ref You're getting it backwards. There's more technology and knowledge related to nutrition, rest, fitness, etc. Way more TOs. Just about no defense, hard fouls, fights. This is the easiest it's ever been to play every minute of 82 games.

@podoffame @AschNBA @bball_ref You are not sorry. Most of those players didn’t put the miles and torq on their body parts that today’s players do. Not the same.

@notgaetti The $4 will also shield the annoying "experts" who couldn't make their middle school teams. -- Although I thought the $4 was a nod to Robin Ventura, who was #4 with the @Mets and played on twice as many NY teams as Gehrig.

The NotGaetti subscription feature has launched and I just wanted to drop a quick note about the sort of community I’m envisioning here: 1. The purpose, perks, and rhythm of this inner circle are driven by You People. Truly: this is about going deeper into baseball topics, non-baseball topics, letting you choose who gets featured on NEPTA, and generally giving you more agency and access to the things you're curious about. 2. Yes, the $4 is a nod to Lou Gehrig, one of my favorite players of all time. It's a nominal amount that thwarts the bots and burner accounts; just enough that we'll wind up with a self-selected inner circle of intellectually curious folks that really want to talk ball and build a community. I so enjoy bringing you baseball content on a regular basis and this is a great way to support the cause if you have been a fan of NEPTA or any of my other hardhat-wearing antics for a while.

@ThrowbackHoops "And the Wildcats take the floor."

@notgaetti Jack Aker. But I bet just about nobody gets the joke.

Actual first one that came to mind: Surhoff A reasonable, normal person’s answer: Yount

@TwinsAlmanac Desi Relaford did.

You think Kirby could have thrown 90 off the mound?

@theblockspot Qyntel Woods

Who is the greatest player in Knicks history?

@JamesSurowiecki @ArmchairQB_UM Lol. You think that dot they put on the screen was where the ball crossed? Pause the video when Smith catches the ball. That's where they put the dot.

@ArmchairQB_UM No - the pitch was well below his knee when it crossed the plate.

This is the wrong way to think about it. The pitch was a ball. If he'd swung at it, even if he made contact, his chance of getting a hit was vanishingly small, much smaller than the chance the umpire would correctly call the pitch a ball. Not swinging was the right play.

@podoffame @bball_ref When you take 4,000 more 3PAs, never get tired from playing defense because it's just about outlawed, and are never beaten from hard fouls that can't happen, it's quite realistic.

Kevin Durant is closing in on Michael Jordan for the 5th most points in NBA history. Remarkable when you consider the injuries Durant has endured throughout his career.

@RobertStock6 @danny_sexton3 Actually, 12-0=12. But don't feel bad you don't know that one. Not everyone paid attention in 1st Grade.

@danny_sexton3 The difference between never and 12 is infinite. And you can EASILY never strikeout looking if you actually prioritize that. He rightfully did not.

Is Jonathan wrong to say you never let a pitch that's too close go by? 100% yes. He rightfully didn't apply this logic to his own career and was very successful because of it. Here's the 127 times Jonathan struck out looking. He struck out looking because he was a GOOD hitter who understood that you can't cover every single pitch to every single location with 2K and have a chance for success. You would LIKE to be able to do that. But its not practical. Good hitter's strikeout looking because they understand the goal is to score runs, not "not strikeout". And to do DAMAGE at the plate, you have to let some pitches go so you can whack the other ones. A common theme I see in former players is as they become further distanced from playing, they "misremember" the things they actually did. Would 2014 Lucroy have said you NEVER take a pitch that's too close for strike 3? Well he did so 12 times that year (because he's a good MLB hitter). I can't know what he would have said then, but it would have been fresher in his mind that he DID take pitches too close to take sometimes. #results" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_searc…

@DWTheOriginal @podoffame The take of Granderson's stats that aren't subjective?

@podoffame Oh boy, you are on some kind of heater of horrific takes

Curtis Granderson at his peak was a BEAST. By no means would I ever put him in the same category as Mike Trout, but the two center fielders share very similar career highs in several offensive categories: Runs: Trout: 129 (2012) Granderson: 136 (2011) Doubles: Trout: 39 (2013, 2014) Granderson: 38 (2007) Home Runs: Trout: 45 (2019) Granderson: 43 (2012) RBI: Trout: 111 (2014) Granderson: 119 (2011) Total bases: Trout: 339 (2015) Granderson: 338 (2007)

@CodifyBaseball And those 2 inches are based on the dot they put on the screen? Which is where Smith caught it, not where the ball crossed the plate.

There have been 322 called third strikes in the last two WBCs and this was the lowest of them all by over 2 inches.

@sqew_jake @notgaetti And the pathetic part no one's mentioned yet is that it could have landed in play. Instead of a triple, it would've been a single. In my day, the coach benching him would've been the best outcome he could hope for.

@notgaetti Because there is no shame dufus. He hit a bomb and got got. Why yall making this more than it is haha

Oh dear, oh no, oh goodness 1. Watch this pimp job, this ferocious bat chuck, this abject display of “I own you” machismo 2. Watch the ball land in the LF’s glove

@TX_metalhead @notgaetti @bpscheidler @TheRealMr609 @obvious_shirts @kylesbrown @OleTimeHardball @BigLeagueDigest @theaceofspaeder @JessicaDBrand @TheWARmonger_ @PeteATurner @ColeWright Such an awful account that you follow it and reply to the posts, right?

@notgaetti @bpscheidler @TheRealMr609 @obvious_shirts @kylesbrown @OleTimeHardball @BigLeagueDigest @theaceofspaeder @JessicaDBrand @TheWARmonger_ @PeteATurner @ColeWright Imagine ignoring WAR, .OPS, SBs and defensive prowess which make Bonds a GOAT and Sosa not one. Also, calling people names on here just shows how low your account has descended to

Here's one you're unprepared for: From 1995-2007 (their last 13 years in the league), Sammy Sosa had more hits, homers, and RBI than Barry Bonds despite playing fewer games (This includes Barry's reign as the GOAT and the year Sosa spent out of baseball as a Dominican diplomat)

@shegone03 @USABaseball And the graphics aren't even accurate. That spot under the rectangle is where Smith caught it. Where it crossed the plate is a spot much higher.

Avoid what? Avoid @USABaseball winning? Is this the first time in history that a game ended on a borderline strike call? 🤷🏼‍♂️

@toppsguy85 @podoffame Lol. You can't say 100 RBI "barely" when you use 30 doubles to exclude the 29 double seasons.

If you think Baines is a hall of famer then you are saying being above average for a long time is hall worthy. He was NEVER elite. It’s the opposite of what you rail against with rate stats. Counting numbers don’t tell the whole story either. Harold Baines NEVER - scored 100 runs in a season - had 200 hits - had a 30 homer season - never walked 75 times - had a 5 war season - never finished in the top 8 of mvp voting in his own league He had 30 doubles in a season twice in 22 years. 100 rbi 3 times (barely). Had a 140ops+ 3 times. For a guy who only hit, he never did it at a HOF level

The only argument is Baines gets too much hate, which your statement here proves. When Baines retired in 2001, he was one of eleven players in MLB history to record 2800+ hits, 350+ home runs, and 1600+ RBI. Out of those eleven, only Babe Ruth had fewer plate appearances. Baines had a career few other players in MLB history had. Yes, he played a long time. If that were easy, everyone would do it. It is not though. Which is why he was able to put up career numbers that few other players have. Yes, he is the worst player on this list. No, that is nothing to be embarrassed by and definitely does not mean he should not be in Cooperstown.