Incomparable.
One is a right handed soft tossing never was without control issues.
The other is a hard throwing lefty with good stuff who has problems with command at times.
Yes. Those Mariners. The same franchise with 35+ years of irrelevance, average payroll, and roster full of busts and never weres (sans Cano and Felix).
The peak of my trolling career was 2007-2010ish, well after the Grandstand boards. I'm not sure if the Grandstand boards are the same AOL boards I'm talking about. If so, yes I agree, those were some miserable SOB's.
I can't remember any names. I do remember one guy who said he took his 10 year old son out of little league because the coaches were telling him to go up there and hack away. Same guy said his little league coaches told him the same thing and that's the reason he never made it professionally. Looking back it might have been a troll but there are some weird SOB's out there.
Late 90s/early 2000s was when they were around. They were pretty comical.
The negative Nancys on that board made this place seem like Prozac Nation. GA sucked, Stoneman sucked, etc.
I was in middle school at the time and lied about my age just so they wouldn't block me. LOL
I can't remember my old moniker to save my life though...
The farm system isn't as depleted as it's made out to be. Every level has multiple guys that will become impact players in the majors. The only question is how long until Dipoto trades them for a rental?