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I've accepted the fact that Topper isn't gonna change his ways.Yes. Topper is still an idiot for not getting someone up in the pen in the 9th
Oh, yes indeed. Somebody needs to slap him upside the head.True. He's still needs to get fucked up for it though.
After you're done, then it would be my turn to do it as well.And that somebody had gotta be me!!!!
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I agree with Mike. Romaro not gonna cut it on that back end. He will get fucked up in this city bullshittin.
yeah, they need to make a trade at deadline to strengthen the bullpen a little more depending on how well the phillies do going forward.I agree with Mike. Romaro not gonna cut it on that back end. He will get fucked up in this city bullshittin.
Said in spring training we need another arm at the deadline. Painter better be ready in June too.
THE BLACK ACES
One of the least known, yet closest-knit and exclusive fraternities in all of baseball has been The Black Aces. Originally organized by group member Jim "Mudcat" Grant, the Black Aces are the fifteen Black-American Major League pitchers who have accomplished the 20-win milestone in a season. In giving his reasons for starting the group, Mr. Grant stated, "What I wanted to do was make sure the Black Aces are noticed from a historical standpoint, and to make sure people know that there's an absence of African-American players and pitchers in the game. We're slowly disappearing. Hopefully, we can motivate young Black kids to play the game."
THE BLACK ACES
DON NEWCOMBE
(1926-2019)
DON NEWCOMBE
(1926-2019)
A member of the first wave of Black players who integrated the Major Leagues during the 1940s, Don Newcombe made his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949, and from the start, he was one of the National League's best pitchers. At 6' 4" 220lbs, Newcombe brought overpowering stuff to the mound. He went 17-8 in his first year, good enough to earn him the 1949 National League Rookie of the Year Award. His first 20-win season came in 1951 when he went 20-9. His best year, however, came in 1956 when he was the dominant pitcher in all the Major Leagues. He finished the year with a 27-7 record, was named the National League MVP, and was the first winner of the Cy Young Award.
SAM JONES
(1925-1971)
(1925-1971)
After starting his professional career in 1947 with the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League, Sam Jones made his Major League debut in 1951 with the Cleveland Indians. Nicknamed "Toothpick Sam" because of his thin, 6-4 190lb frame, he would hit his stride in the big leagues by the mid-1950s, and had the best year of his career in 1959 as a member of the San Francisco Giants when he went 21-15 and finished second in the voting for the Cy Young Award to the White Sox' Early Wynn during the years when the Major Leagues had only one Cy Young Award winner per year. In 1955, he became the first Black-American pitcher in Major League history to throw a no-hitter when he no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates as a member of the Chicago Cubs.
JIM "MUDCAT"GRANT
(1935-2021)
One of the best pitchers in the American League for much of the 1960s, Mudcat Grant spent most of his career with the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins. He enjoyed the best year of his career in 1965 when he went 21-7 while leading the Twins to their first American League pennant and their first appearance in the World Series where they lost to Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
EARL WILSON
(1934-2005)
(1934-2005)
Blessed with overpowering stuff, Earl Wilson was a power pitcher who got hitters out with a blazing, rising, four-seam fastball that he summoned up with regularity. In 1967, he had the best year of his career when he went 22-11 for a Detroit Tigers team that bowed out of contention for the American League pennant on the final day of the season as part of the most closely contested pennant race in Major League history. The following year, he was part of the staff that helped lead the Tigers to the 1968 World Series championship. Also, in 1962, Wilson became the first Black American pitcher to throw a no-hitter in American League history when he no-hit the Los Angeles Angels.
BOB GIBSON
(1935-2020)
One of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Bob Gibson was arguably the greatest postseason pitcher of all time. During the 1960s, he led the St. Louis Cardinals to three National League pennants and two world championships. In 1968, Gibson put on possibly the greatest single-season pitching performance in Major League history. He went 22-9, led the National League in strikeouts with 268, and finished the year with a mind-boggling 1.12 ERA, easily the lowest single season ERA in the history of the game. He also struck out 17 Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series, setting a record that still stands today. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1981 in his first year of eligibility, and was selected as one of the pitchers for Major League Baseball's All-20th Century Team.
AL DOWNING
A 17-year Major League veteran, Al Downing spent most of his career with the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He broke into the big leagues in 1961, and was part of a World Series winning staff as a rookie. Downing enjoyed his best season in 1971 when he had a 20-9 record for the Dodgers. Though he had an excellent career, Al Downing will most likely be remembered for giving up Henry Aaron's historic 715th home run which broke Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1974.
FERGUSON JENKINS
Though he was born and raised in Canada, Ferguson Jenkins has always been considered one of the original Black Aces. A four-sport star athlete in high school whose best sport was ice hockey, Jenkins chose baseball, and was immediately dominant as a pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. As they would do again years later in the early 80s with Ryne Sandberg, the Phillies traded Jenkins, their top minor league prospect and an eventual Hall of Famer, to the Chicago Cubs for little in return. During the peak of his career in the 1960s, Fergie Jenkins completed an unthinkable feat by putting up six consecutive 20-win seasons with the Cubs, while pitching in one of the most hitter-friendly ballparks in all of baseball, and for a team that was rarely in contention for postseason play. In 1974, the Cubs, thinking that he'd seen his best days, traded him to the Texas Rangers. Yet, Fergie wound up taking his dominance to the American League and finished the year with a league-leading 25-12 record. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.
VIDA BLUE
(1949-2023)
(1949-2023)
From the time he broke in to the big leagues, Vida Blue was overpowering and dominant. A late-season call up in September of 1970, he beat the Kansas City Royals with a one-hit shutout in only the second start of his career, giving up only a bloop single in the eighth inning. Just two starts later, he threw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins, just missing a perfect game due to an eighth-inning walk. In 1971, his first full season in the big leagues, he became the talk of baseball and the biggest attendance draw of the year, going 24-8, being the starting pitcher in the All-Star Game, and finishing the year with 301 strikeouts and an astounding 1.82 ERA. He won both the 1971 Cy Young Award and the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Vida Blue also was the first of only five pitchers all time to be the winning pitcher in the All-Star Game for each league.
J. R. RICHARD
(1950-2021)
Much like his longtime Houston Astros teammate Nolan Ryan, J. R. Richard was the personification of pure, intimidating, overwhelming power on the mound. With a wicked, sharp, 94 mph slider as his "off-speed" pitch, a fastball that routinely reached triple digits in velocity, all delivered from a man with a 6'8" 230lb frame, J. R. Richard, when he was right, was a frightening presence for National League hitters. Like many pure power pitchers, however, he struggled with location and overall consistency early in his career, but his winningest season came in 1976 when he had a record of 20-15. Over the next three years, he averaged an 18-12 record, while twice leading the National League in strikeouts in 1978 and 1979. In 1980, he was off to the best year of his career, racking up 10 wins by May and being selected as the National League's starting pitcher in the All-Star Game. However, his career came to an abrupt end on July 30 of that year, when he suffered a severe stroke while warming up before a game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
MIKE NORRIS
Born and raised in San Francisco, Mike Norris spent the entirety of his 10-year career just across the bay with the Oakland A's. After struggling to find his way for several years, Norris had a breakout season in 1980 winning 22 games, including 24 complete games. The following season looked to be a continuation of 1980 with Norris getting 12 wins in the first half, and gaining a selection to the American League All-Star team. His potentially strong season was cut short, however, by the strike of 1981 which interrupted the middle of the season. Though he pitched well in the playoffs of the strike-shortened season, Norris was never able to regain his effectiveness. Norris and a couple more starters from those early 80s A's teams may have been permanently ruined by severe overuse over the course of two years by their manager, Billy Martin.
DAVE STEWART
With his hard-nosed competitiveness, the intimidating demeanor he displayed on the mound, and his overall dominance during postseason play, Dave Stewart appeared to be the heir apparent to Bob Gibson. After starting his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1978, he struggled unsuccessfully as both a starter and a reliever with the Dodgers, Phillies, and Rangers, until he was traded to the Oakland A's in 1986. Once back in his hometown of Oakland, two important occurrences pushed his career forward: coming under the tutelage of master pitching coach Dave Duncan, and his development of an effective forkball. With Duncan's influence and the mastery he developed over his new pitch, Stewart had the first breakout season of his career in 1987 when he went 20-13. For the next three seasons, Dave Stewart's rise to being the ace of the A's staff paralleled the rise of the "Bash Brothers" A's into the dominant team of the American League. From 1988-90, the A's would win three consecutive American League championships, and the World Series championship in 1989. During that time, Dave Stewart would put up records of 21-12, 21-9, and 22-11; he would be named ALCS MVP in both 1989 and 1990, and he was named MVP of the 1989 World Series. The A's franchise retired his jersey number 34 in 2022, and in 2018 he was selected to the inaugural class of the Oakland A's Hall of Fame.
DWIGHT GOODEN
Since it's inception in 1962, the New York Mets franchise has successfully developed some of the most talented players to ever step on a Major League pitcher's mound, including Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan. Yet, no other pitcher in Mets franchise history burst onto baseball's big stage with more electric stuff and more overwhelming talent than did a 19-year old phenom from Tampa, FL named Dwight Gooden. With a fastball routinely clocked in the high 90s and the most wicked 12-6 o'clock curveball that had been seen since Sandy Koufax, Gooden was dominant in the National League from the very start, finishing his first year with a 17-9 record and the 1984 Rookie of the Year Award. Nicknamed Dr. K or "Doc" for short, Gooden followed up his rookie year with one of the greatest single-season pitching performances of all time. In 1985, Gooden completed the pitching triple crown by leading the National League in wins (24), ERA (1.53), and strikeouts (269) while finishing the year with a 24-4 record, 16 complete games and 8 shutouts. He was selected the 1985 National League Cy Young Award winner with a unanimous vote. In 2010, Gooden was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, and in 2024, the team retired his #16 jersey number.
C. C. SABATHIA
One of Major League Baseball's most dominant pitchers of the 21st Century, C. C. Sabathia has led three different teams to postseason play as the ace of their staffs. During his outstanding 19-year career, Sabathia has been selected to six All-Star teams, won an ALCS MVP Award (2009), a Cy Young Award (2007), and led the pitching staff of a World Series winning team (2009 NY Yankees). In 2024, he was inducted into the Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame, and in 2025, was selected for enshrinement into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
DONTRELLE WILLIS
After finishing the 2005 season with a 22-10 record, Dontrelle Willis became the third of four Bay Area natives (along with Norris, Stewart and Sabathia) to qualify for membership into the Black Aces fraternity. Willis, an Oakland native, made his Major League debut for the Florida Marlins in 2003, where he finished the year with a 14-6 record while helping the Marlins upset the New York Yankees in the World Series and winning that year's National League Rookie of the Year Award. Willis was a two-time All-star during his 9-year career.
DAVID PRICE
After developing into one of the most dominant high school pitchers in the country during his senior year at Murfreesboro, TN's Blackman High School, the Tampa Bay Rays made David Price the #1 overall pick in the 2007 Major League draft. By 2009, he was in the Rays starting rotation. By 2010, he was already among the most dominant pitchers in the game, being selected the starting pitcher for that year's All-Star Game, and finishing the year with a 19-6 record. His best year came in 2012, when he went 20-5 and won the American League Cy Young Award. Price was a five-time All-Star, the Major League strikeout leader in 2014, and a World Series winner with the 2018 Boston Red Sox.
Which is why I have no problem with him replacing Bohm.Dude has been raking to start the season. He's red hot at the plate.
Thanks for posting this
THE BLACK ACES
One of the least known, yet closest-knit and exclusive fraternities in all of baseball has been The Black Aces. Originally organized by group member Jim "Mudcat" Grant, the Black Aces are the fifteen Black-American Major League pitchers who have accomplished the 20-win milestone in a season. In giving his reasons for starting the group, Mr. Grant stated, "What I wanted to do was make sure the Black Aces are noticed from a historical standpoint, and to make sure people know that there's an absence of African-American players and pitchers in the game. We're slowly disappearing. Hopefully, we can motivate young Black kids to play the game."
THE BLACK ACES
DON NEWCOMBE
(1926-2019)
A member of the first wave of Black players who integrated the Major Leagues during the 1940s, Don Newcombe made his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949, and from the start, he was one of the National League's best pitchers. At 6' 4" 220lbs, Newcombe brought overpowering stuff to the mound. He went 17-8 in his first year, good enough to earn him the 1949 National League Rookie of the Year Award. His first 20-win season came in 1951 when he went 20-9. His best year, however, came in 1956 when he was the dominant pitcher in all the Major Leagues. He finished the year with a 27-7 record, was named the National League MVP, and was the first winner of the Cy Young Award.
SAM JONES
(1925-1971)
After starting his professional career in 1947 with the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League, Sam Jones made his Major League debut in 1951 with the Cleveland Indians. Nicknamed "Toothpick Sam" because of his thin, 6-4 190lb frame, he would hit his stride in the big leagues by the mid-1950s, and had the best year of his career in 1959 as a member of the San Francisco Giants when he went 21-15 and finished second in the voting for the Cy Young Award to the White Sox' Early Wynn during the years when the Major Leagues had only one Cy Young Award winner per year. In 1955, he became the first Black-American pitcher in Major League history to throw a no-hitter when he no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates as a member of the Chicago Cubs.
JIM "MUDCAT"GRANT
(1935-2021)
One of the best pitchers in the American League for much of the 1960s, Mudcat Grant spent most of his career with the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins. He enjoyed the best year of his career in 1965 when he went 21-7 while leading the Twins to their first American League pennant and their first appearance in the World Series where they lost to Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
EARL WILSON
(1934-2005)
Blessed with overpowering stuff, Earl Wilson was a power pitcher who got hitters out with a blazing, rising, four-seam fastball that he summoned up with regularity. In 1967, he had the best year of his career when he went 22-11 for a Detroit Tigers team that bowed out of contention for the American League pennant on the final day of the season as part of the most closely contested pennant race in Major League history. The following year, he was part of the staff that helped lead the Tigers to the 1968 World Series championship. Also, in 1962, Wilson became the first Black American pitcher to throw a no-hitter in American League history when he no-hit the Los Angeles Angels.
BOB GIBSON
(1935-2020)
One of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Bob Gibson was arguably the greatest postseason pitcher of all time. During the 1960s, he led the St. Louis Cardinals to three National League pennants and two world championships. In 1968, Gibson put on possibly the greatest single-season pitching performance in Major League history. He went 22-9, led the National League in strikeouts with 268, and finished the year with a mind-boggling 1.12 ERA, easily the lowest single season ERA in the history of the game. He also struck out 17 Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series, setting a record that still stands today. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1981 in his first year of eligibility, and was selected as one of the pitchers for Major League Baseball's All-20th Century Team.
AL DOWNING
A 17-year Major League veteran, Al Downing spent most of his career with the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He broke into the big leagues in 1961, and was part of a World Series winning staff as a rookie. Downing enjoyed his best season in 1971 when he had a 20-9 record for the Dodgers. Though he had an excellent career, Al Downing will most likely be remembered for giving up Henry Aaron's historic 715th home run which broke Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1974.
FERGUSON JENKINS
Though he was born and raised in Canada, Ferguson Jenkins has always been considered one of the original Black Aces. A four-sport star athlete in high school whose best sport was ice hockey, Jenkins chose baseball, and was immediately dominant as a pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. As they would do again years later in the early 80s with Ryne Sandberg, the Phillies traded Jenkins, their top minor league prospect and an eventual Hall of Famer, to the Chicago Cubs for little in return. During the peak of his career in the 1960s, Fergie Jenkins completed an unthinkable feat by putting up six consecutive 20-win seasons with the Cubs, while pitching in one of the most hitter-friendly ballparks in all of baseball, and for a team that was rarely in contention for postseason play. In 1974, the Cubs, thinking that he'd seen his best days, traded him to the Texas Rangers. Yet, Fergie wound up taking his dominance to the American League and finished the year with a league-leading 25-12 record. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.
VIDA BLUE
(1949-2023)
From the time he broke in to the big leagues, Vida Blue was overpowering and dominant. A late-season call up in September of 1970, he beat the Kansas City Royals with a one-hit shutout in only the second start of his career, giving up only a bloop single in the eighth inning. Just two starts later, he threw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins, just missing a perfect game due to an eighth-inning walk. In 1971, his first full season in the big leagues, he became the talk of baseball and the biggest attendance draw of the year, going 24-8, being the starting pitcher in the All-Star Game, and finishing the year with 301 strikeouts and an astounding 1.82 ERA. He won both the 1971 Cy Young Award and the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Vida Blue also was the first of only five pitchers all time to be the winning pitcher in the All-Star Game for each league.
J. R. RICHARD
(1950-2021)
Much like his longtime Houston Astros teammate Nolan Ryan, J. R. Richard was the personification of pure, intimidating, overwhelming power on the mound. With a wicked, sharp, 94 mph slider as his "off-speed" pitch, a fastball that routinely reached triple digits in velocity, all delivered from a man with a 6'8" 230lb frame, J. R. Richard, when he was right, was a frightening presence for National League hitters. Like many pure power pitchers, however, he struggled with location and overall consistency early in his career, but his winningest season came in 1976 when he had a record of 20-15. Over the next three years, he averaged an 18-12 record, while twice leading the National League in strikeouts in 1978 and 1979. In 1980, he was off to the best year of his career, racking up 10 wins by May and being selected as the National League's starting pitcher in the All-Star Game. However, his career came to an abrupt end on July 30 of that year, when he suffered a severe stroke while warming up before a game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
MIKE NORRIS
Born and raised in San Francisco, Mike Norris spent the entirety of his 10-year career just across the bay with the Oakland A's. After struggling to find his way for several years, Norris had a breakout season in 1980 winning 22 games, including 24 complete games. The following season looked to be a continuation of 1980 with Norris getting 12 wins in the first half, and gaining a selection to the American League All-Star team. His potentially strong season was cut short, however, by the strike of 1981 which interrupted the middle of the season. Though he pitched well in the playoffs of the strike-shortened season, Norris was never able to regain his effectiveness. Norris and a couple more starters from those early 80s A's teams may have been permanently ruined by severe overuse over the course of two years by their manager, Billy Martin.
DAVE STEWART
With his hard-nosed competitiveness, the intimidating demeanor he displayed on the mound, and his overall dominance during postseason play, Dave Stewart appeared to be the heir apparent to Bob Gibson. After starting his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1978, he struggled unsuccessfully as both a starter and a reliever with the Dodgers, Phillies, and Rangers, until he was traded to the Oakland A's in 1986. Once back in his hometown of Oakland, two important occurrences pushed his career forward: coming under the tutelage of master pitching coach Dave Duncan, and his development of an effective forkball. With Duncan's influence and the mastery he developed over his new pitch, Stewart had the first breakout season of his career in 1987 when he went 20-13. For the next three seasons, Dave Stewart's rise to being the ace of the A's staff paralleled the rise of the "Bash Brothers" A's into the dominant team of the American League. From 1988-90, the A's would win three consecutive American League championships, and the World Series championship in 1989. During that time, Dave Stewart would put up records of 21-12, 21-9, and 22-11; he would be named ALCS MVP in both 1989 and 1990, and he was named MVP of the 1989 World Series. The A's franchise retired his jersey number 34 in 2022, and in 2018 he was selected to the inaugural class of the Oakland A's Hall of Fame.
DWIGHT GOODEN
Since it's inception in 1962, the New York Mets franchise has successfully developed some of the most talented players to ever step on a Major League pitcher's mound, including Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan. Yet, no other pitcher in Mets franchise history burst onto baseball's big stage with more electric stuff and more overwhelming talent than did a 19-year old phenom from Tampa, FL named Dwight Gooden. With a fastball routinely clocked in the high 90s and the most wicked 12-6 o'clock curveball that had been seen since Sandy Koufax, Gooden was dominant in the National League from the very start, finishing his first year with a 17-9 record and the 1984 Rookie of the Year Award. Nicknamed Dr. K or "Doc" for short, Gooden followed up his rookie year with one of the greatest single-season pitching performances of all time. In 1985, Gooden completed the pitching triple crown by leading the National League in wins (24), ERA (1.53), and strikeouts (269) while finishing the year with a 24-4 record, 16 complete games and 8 shutouts. He was selected the 1985 National League Cy Young Award winner with a unanimous vote. In 2010, Gooden was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, and in 2024, the team retired his #16 jersey number.
C. C. SABATHIA
One of Major League Baseball's most dominant pitchers of the 21st Century, C. C. Sabathia has led three different teams to postseason play as the ace of their staffs. During his outstanding 19-year career, Sabathia has been selected to six All-Star teams, won an ALCS MVP Award (2009), a Cy Young Award (2007), and led the pitching staff of a World Series winning team (2009 NY Yankees). In 2024, he was inducted into the Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame, and in 2025, was selected for enshrinement into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
DONTRELLE WILLIS
After finishing the 2005 season with a 22-10 record, Dontrelle Willis became the third of four Bay Area natives (along with Norris, Stewart and Sabathia) to qualify for membership into the Black Aces fraternity. Willis, an Oakland native, made his Major League debut for the Florida Marlins in 2003, where he finished the year with a 14-6 record while helping the Marlins upset the New York Yankees in the World Series and winning that year's National League Rookie of the Year Award. Willis was a two-time All-star during his 9-year career.
DAVID PRICE
After developing into one of the most dominant high school pitchers in the country during his senior year at Murfreesboro, TN's Blackman High School, the Tampa Bay Rays made David Price the #1 overall pick in the 2007 Major League draft. By 2009, he was in the Rays starting rotation. By 2010, he was already among the most dominant pitchers in the game, being selected the starting pitcher for that year's All-Star Game, and finishing the year with a 19-6 record. His best year came in 2012, when he went 20-5 and won the American League Cy Young Award. Price was a five-time All-Star, the Major League strikeout leader in 2014, and a World Series winner with the 2018 Boston Red Sox.
I agree..smh.
It's what it is, baseball is played in the rain..
Phillies gonna need to strengthen the bullpen during the trade deadline, if they want to go to the world series.Muthafucka out there just straight bullshittin
I hope Middleton is watching to realize that the bullpen needs to be stronger..Hell yeah
Man, what a great series. Great series win too. 11, 11 walks by Dodgers pitching. Fuck their payroll. They don't fix the walk issue, they won't win it all. Otahni 1 for 11 with 5 K's against the Phillies. Phills starting pitching is tough. There's some good talent in this league besides the all mighty Dodgers.
