Mark Bowman’s top five Braves centerfielders.
1 Andruw Jones 1996-2007 his 60.9 bWAR with the Braves ranked third in the majors behind ARod and Bonds (Chipper ranked fourth). During this span Andruw led all of baseball with a 26.7 defensice bWAR. HOF catcher Ivan Rodriquez ranked second at 16.5. Mike Cameron was third at 9.6. Andruw stands with Clemente, Mays, and Ichiro as the only outfielders to win ten straight Gold Glove Awards. Andruw sit the Braves single season HR record in 2005 with 51, and ranks fourth in career homers with 368.
2. Dale Murphy 1976-1990 only Brave to win two MVPs. Won five straight Gold Gloves. While the Braves centerfielder Murphy led all outfielders in HR and bWAR. Only Mike Schmidt hit more homers during this stretch.
3. Wally Berger 1930-1937 was the starting centerfielder in the first all star game. Set rookie record with 38 HR in 1930, which stood for 57 years until Mark McGuire hit 49 in 1987. Berger’s NL record stood until Cody Bellinger hit 39 in 2017. Still ranks third among Braves centerfielders with a 36.9 bWAR.
4. Ender Inciarte 2016-2019 has won three straight Gold Gloves from 2016-2018. Had a 200 hit season in 2017, the club’s first since 1996.
5. Bill Bruton 1953-1960 hit a 10th inning walk-off HR in Milwaukee’s first home game. Led majors in stolen bases during each of his first three seasons. His 18.0 bWAR ranks third among comparable Braves centerfielders.
HM: Billy Hamilton 1896-1901 is in the MLB HOF.
HM: Marquis Grissom
HM: Kenny Lofton hit .333 with a .409 OBP in 1997.
Not sure kids today appreciate the fact that we were able to see the people we did. One time I made a list. In college I saw Michael Jordan. Joe Montana. Artis Gilmore. Len Bias. Herschel Walker. William the Refrigerator Perry. Chris Collinsworth, Dwight Clark, David Robinson.
In the pros I’ve seen Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Jordan, Dominique, Moses Malone, Bill Walton, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Julius Erving, Charles Barkley, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Cal Ripken, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Phil Niekro, Fran Tarkenton, Johnny Unitas, Len Dawson, Joe Namath, Joe Kapp, Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Carl Eller, Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, Archie Manning, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Tommy Nobis.
While researching Whack Hyder, I stumbled across the following article, with an interesting story about Rupp. When I was at GT I used to play in that old gym, located behind the north stands of Grant Field. Used to hold our 24 hour marathon basketball games against the UGA BSU. Have I told you about those?
"If I have all powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge . . . but have not love, I am nothing" (1 Corinthians 13:2).
Anna spent the weekend in Savannah and Tybee Island.
Last year UGA only had one real healthy QB. This year they'll have four of five to choose from. Next year they'll add at least two more, including former USC QB JT Daniels, who experts say is Jake Fromm with a stronger arm.
More from yesterday: (A) those murders were wrong (B) racism is rampant in America (C) little wonder why blacks riot (4) more reports of rioters bussed / flown in from out of town - in Minneapolis, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, etc. We're only hearing the tip of the iceberg of this story.
If we shouldn't be silent on what's going on, what should we be doing? Is posting on social media enough? I don't think so.
Will was finally able to lay sod a couple days ago.
Cool to watch Space X blast off.
Rare photo of Tech's 1976 uniforms.
If we shouldn't be silent on what's going on, what should we be doing? Is posting on social media enough? I don't think so.
Say hello to my grass cutting shoes: my navy New Balance 993's.
So old they're starting to tear up.
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