David Ortiz

[UNHWildCats]

Tied with Frank Thomas for most HRs all time by a DH!

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[Ivytalk]

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[UNHWildCats]

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well since we were talking about meaningless marks and all I thought I would put this one out there. :p

[Ivytalk]

well since we were talking about meaningless marks and all I thought I would put this one out there. :p

good point...what I want to know is the NUMBER of notches on Jeter's bedpost, as andy so delicately put it!:D

[NHwildEcat]

I also saw that since early June, Ortiz is tied for the league lead in HR's...started off very slow but has turned it on in the past few months.

[Ivytalk]

I also saw that since early June, Ortiz is tied for the league lead in HR's...started off very slow but has turned it on in the past few months.

Looks like Ortiz and Ibanez take turns swatting and slumping.

[OSBF]

DH...........meh

I like complete ball players, not one trick ponies.

[Ivytalk]

DH...........meh

I like complete ball players, not one trick ponies.

I've been protesting since 1973!:D

[UNHWildCats]

good point...what I want to know is the NUMBER of notches on Jeter's bedpost, as andy so delicately put it!:D
if we assume a different one each night since making it to the majors we can probably put a good estimate right around 5500

[Ivytalk]

if we assume a different one each night since making it to the majors we can probably put a good estimate right around 5500

Only 15,000 more to catch Wilt Chamberlain!:D

[UNHWildCats]

Only 15,000 more to catch Wilt Chamberlain!:D
ya but we're assuming 1 per nite for Jeter.... I dunno but Im betting..atleast in his younger days he had many a night with 4 or 5 or 6.... xlolxxlolxxlolx

Also are we counting the times with A Rod?

[OSBF]

Also are we counting the times with A Rod?


and Giambi

[UNCBears2010]

Tied with Frank Thomas for most HRs all time by a DH!

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And he wouldn't start for any team in the NL pennant race.

[NHwildEcat]

And he wouldn't start for any team in the NL pennant race.

Playing the the NL is a demotion anyways. So why would he want to?

[OSBF]

And he wouldn't start for any team in the NL pennant race.

Because to play in the NL you have to be a complete ball player, unless you play for the cubs, whom start 2 DH's in their outfield.

[UNCBears2010]

Because to play in the NL you have to be a complete ball player, unless you play for the cubs, whom start 2 DH's in their outfield.

My point exactly. I wouldn't take Ortiz over Pujols, Howard, Loney, Helton, Garko or Johnson.

[UNHWildCats]

My point exactly. I wouldn't take Ortiz over Pujols, Howard, Loney, Helton, Garko or Johnson.
maybe not now, but i would take the 2006/7 Ortiz over all them except Pujols and Howard

[UNCBears2010]

maybe not now, but i would take the 2006/7 Ortiz over all them except Pujols and Howard

But it's 2009.

[JoltinJoe]

ya but we're assuming 1 per nite for Jeter.... I dunno but Im betting..atleast in his younger days he had many a night with 4 or 5 or 6.... xlolxxlolxxlolx

According to a well-placed source I have, Jeter doesn't run around and pretty much dates one woman at a time, which is how he has managed to avoid scandal and becoming tabloid fodder.

The word is that he's done as a bachelor too, and will quietly marry Minka Kelly in the off-season. The New York Post even recently carried this story.

[bluehenbillk]

Playing the the NL is a demotion anyways. So why would he want to?

"World Champions...World @!$%& Champions", Chase Utley

[OSBF]

maybe not now, but i would take the 2006/7 Ortiz over all them except Pujols and Howard

how was his fielding% ?

[bulldog10jw]

Tied with Frank Thomas for most HRs all time by a DH!

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I remember Frank Thomas. '62 Mets, 34 homers and 25 or so were with the bases empty.

I didn't know he hung around long enough to be a DH. xlolx xsmiley_wix

[UNHWildCats]

But it's 2009.
yes I agree... now no way in hell... just saying... people write him off because he was a DH his whole time in Boston... but 3 years ago I would take him on a NL team over all the players named except Pujols and Howard.

[UNHWildCats]

how was his fielding% ?
He's not horrible... but he's no gold glover either.

[OSBF]

He's not horrible... but he's no gold glover either.


I ask because I've never seen him play the field, I don't follow the AL. Better or worse than Konerko?

[Grizzaholic]

maybe not now, but i would take the 2006/7 Ortiz over all them except Pujols and Howard

Because he was juicing then?

[UMass922]

maybe not now, but i would take the 2006/7 Ortiz over all them except Pujols and Howard

I would take the '06-'07 Ortiz over the '08-'09 Howard, if that's what we're comparing.

[UMass922]

how was his fielding% ?

Ortiz's career fielding percentage at first base is comparable to Howard's (.989 to 990), though Ortiz's range is much worse. He's not an ideal defensive option at first base, let's say that.

[blueballs]

good point...what I want to know is the NUMBER of notches on Jeter's bedpost, as andy so delicately put it!:D

With Jeter it is quantity AND quality, which is the sign of a superior coxsmith.