Vin Scully's Lords of the Ravine Update
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 13, 2010 8:53 PM PST
in Vin Scully's Lords of the Ravine
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PrintFor those who just tuned in, this is what the Vin Scully Lords of the Ravine is all about.
Just want to thank everyone who has volunteered to write so far. I had high hopes for this project but the brilliant pieces by our guest writers are inspiring as they approach this from many different angles.
So Far
bhsportsguy started us off with the case for the Penguin and followed that up with best hitter of the 1980's, Pedro Guerrero
bhsportsguy and Phil took on the curly haired big eared shutout artist Don Sutton
prosellis dipped into the bullpen ranks for Ron Perranoski
Eric Enders threw his sombrero into the ring for Fernando
Bob Hendley gave us the dope on Gomer (Claude Osteen)
Humma Kavula went into the wayback machine to litigate the case for Maury Wills
Mammoth Dodger bled some blue while writing about Tommy Lasorda
Phil sped things along with Davey Lopes
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Still to Come
Shawn Green – MWhite
Junior Gilliam – Gen3Blue
Mondesi – deliasman
Walter Alston - Bob Timmermann
Orel Hershiser - Eric Stephen
Mike Scioscia – S Jay Bruin
Mike Piazza - Phil
Al Campanis - David Young
Sandy Koufax - djwbaseball
Don Drysdale - prosellis
Steve Garvey - StolenMonkey86
If you see your name here and you cannot write up your subject by Feb 1st, please let me know so we can find another sponsor.
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The all time win share and hits leader Willie Davis is feeling no love
Also just a reminder, if you want to be part of the vote for the O'Malley Suite, email me and put Lords of the Ravine in the subject matter.
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So glad you’re writing up Piazza, I know you’ll do him Justice. The only argument I can make is that He was my favorite Dodger After Fernando was gone. I loved to watch him play, when he would come up to bat my I would sit on the edge of my seat no matter where I was, and i was afraid to breathe because I thought it would mess him up. I remember the day he was traded clearly too, I was in basic training in Texas, I had base liberty and was in the bowling alley and when we were done bowling I called my dad, and he told me they traded him, I couldn’t believe, I hung up the phone and started crying, the two girls I was with thought my dad had told me someone Died. When I told them that my favorite player had been traded from the Dodgers they laughed at me and told me to get over it. I don’t think I ever have. I honestly believe that Piazza was a great player and I know that your argument will get him where he belongs in the Lords of the Ravine.
Craig - I got an email
right after I posted this from someone who snagged Sandy..
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I'll do Drysdale
After seeing some of the pieces done on other Dodger greats, I feel the need to atone for my rather boring, lackluster piece on Perranoski.
I like the Perranoski piece. Suggestion on Big D, don’t forget his years as an announcer.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 14, 2010 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Stunning stat from Olney's blog today.
This is a list of the least guaranteed money committed to free-agent signings (approximately) since the 1990-91 offseason.
Pirates: $110.3 million
Nationals: $118.25 million
Twins: $156.33 million
Padres: $156.66 million
Rays: $190.25 million
Can you imagine the Pirates only spent 110m in FA the last 20 years! And the Twins 156m with a lot of success. Goes to show what a well run team can do.
Can I write up on Steve Garvey
I will gladly relinquish it to one of the Sons, and he did retire before I was born, but I’d love to write about Garvey’s case.
He's yours
none of the Sons put in a claim.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Those bastards! (Your great joke in our left sidebar is worth repeating.)
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 14, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
How many people have volunteered to vote?
by Michael White on Jan 14, 2010 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Davis
has a good stats-based argument for him. He’s kind of the opposite of Wills — he’s better than everybody thought he was. In the NBJHBA, James (pages 740-743) translates Davis’s entire career to a 750-run environment, and he looks very impressive. If he plays in the 1990s, one would think, he has 3,000 hits and maybe the Hall of Fame.
The Ultimate Ned's Kind of Guy
Yeah but,
those lousy throwing catchers still nailed him 7 times out of 39 attempts (Wills 13 out of 117)
by Bob Hendley on Jan 14, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Kinda ironic that what is called the single greatest moment in L.A. Dodgers history, and nobody wants to write up Kirk Gibson. :)
He will get written, just not for the top level (didn’t have the required 3,000 PA (only 1,283, barely two full seasons worth)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 14, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
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