JustATroutFan

Bonds got caught cheating in high school when he used a corked bat. There's also a baseball card of himself that he signed where he wrote "Say No To Drugs". The irony.

Sweet, more serial killer talk. Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy, etc. They're disgusting just like the Dodgers fans. But they're smart, unlike Dodgers fans.

Not every player during the steroid era was taking steroids. Sure, you have guys like Bonds (wanted fame), Clemens, A-Rod, Canseco, Manny, McGwire, Ortiz, Sosa, and Gagne juicing it up. But there were guys with no proof of steroid use like Maddux, The Big Unit, Glavine, Lofton, Jeter, Griffey Jr., and Ripken Jr. Obviously, there are different reasons for players taking steroids. Already stated the reason for Bonds. Manny? Could be because he was hanging out with the wrong people/organization. He didn't look like he was on the roids with the Indians. Dude was skinny back during his Tribe years. A-Rod admitted that he used steroids because of the pressure of living up to the big contract that the Rangers handed out to him before the 2001 regular season. Before steroids, A-Rod was an excellent all-around player like Bonds.

Guys are just trying to swing for the fences these days. It's just gotten to the point where it's going to be the norm for hitters to strike out at least 200 tines, Reggie's career strikeout record of 2,597 won't last that much longer. I could see Trout breaking it due to longevity or Stanton due to just being a strikeout machine (averages over 190 strikeouts per-162 games played).

Nah, Angels are probably going to win this series even though they were not supposed to and give Angels fans a lot of hope. I'll stop right there. But I would love to see Kershaw go into postseason form tonight. I just love seeing Kershaw come up small in the postseason every single season.

Scherzer vs. Kluber in the Bronx today. Great starting pitching matchup, especially if you love good pitching.

Of course Pujols took advantage from playing with the juiced baseballs during the steroid era. A few of those home runs that Pujols hit from 2001-2009 would have been deep flyball outs without the juiced baseballs. You would be an idiot to think that Pujols didn't benefited from the juiced baseballs. Trout also benefitted from playing with the juiced baseballs in the 2019 regular season, as well as in 2017.

We're not on the same page. But the point is: Pujols benefited a lot from playing in the steroid era where offensive numbers were inflated to make many hitters look like Trout at the plate.

Gaylord Perry cheated and he is still in the Hall of Fame. Actually, he was ejected for cheating during a game before making the Hall of Fame. George Brett cheated as well with pine tar and he still made the Hall of Fame. Bonds was great before he started using steroids in 1999. Guy started using steroids because he wanted attention like the Zodiac Killer. It's stupid to allow cheaters like Perry and Brett into the Hall of Fame but not let guys like Bonds and Clemens, who was also great before steroids, in.

So? Players could get traded from one league to another even during the 1940s. Every great hitters had at least an advantage or two that other great hitters didn't have.

You're just using OPS for the NL only. But here are the slash lines for all of MLB from 1951-1965: 1951: .261/.336/.386 1952: .253/.327/.370 1953: .264/.336/.397 1954: .261/.333/.390 1955: .259/.332/.394 1956: .258/.331/.397 1957: .258/.327/.391 1958: .258/.325/.394 1959: .257/.324/.392 1960: .255/.324/.388 1961: .258/.328/.399 1962: .258/.326/.393 1963: .246/.309/.372 1964: .250/.313/.378 1965: .246/.311/.372 Looking at the slash lines, I can for sure tell you that from 1954-1965, it were all seasons that are considered "pitcher-friendly seasons". Baseball Reference's neutral slash line for offense as a whole is .335/.400/.735. All OBPs, Slugging Percentages, and OPSs from every single one of those seasons (1954-1965) were below .335/.400/.735. And I have seen it multiple times where people just use raw numbers to compare 2001-2010 Pujols to 2011-2020 Trout. From 2001-2010, only 2010 was considered a "pitching-friendly season". As for 2011-2020, there are six times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018) were there are pitching-friendly seasons. Trout's been great in five of those seasons. 2011 was his debut season and it wasn't good. Pujols benefited from playing in the steroids era. Not saying that he wasn't great as a hitter, however. I've already stated that raw numbers can be overrated when comparing hitters. Perfect example with 2001-2010 Pujols vs. 2011-2020 Trout. Trout's OPS+ from 2012-2019: 168, 179, 168. 176, 173. 186. 198. and 180. he only season where his OPS+ was below 160 was 2011, where he had an OPS+ of 89. For Pujols, his OPS+ from 2001-2010 was under 160 just three times. And not to mention, Trout's won three MVPs while finishing second four times from 2011-2019. I don't think we'll ever see another player like Trout, in regards to accomplishments, for a long time. I think there won't be another player like him for another century.

Halfway there to what I wanted for the Angels in this series.

2 for 4 with a triple and a stolen base for Trout on the day this thread was made. The mission for this thread worked. Mission accomplished.

Garbage time home run for the wannabe Trout.

I want a series win for the Angels!

You still don't want to burn out the bullpen arms when it's not necessarily. .

This is 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, and 2018 Trout showing up tonight on offense. Need more games like this from him!

Maddon being Maddon. Here comes the (gulp) blowpen.

Can't give teams extra outs. Now it's can't give teams extra strikes. SMH

Umpire hates the Angels.

If that pitch was outside of the strike zone, it still would have been a strike to Trout.

Angels still can't do the little things right. Better fix this or they will lose so many extra games.

Ortiz = Steroids

Trout finally stole a base! Love that!

Let me enjoy myself. I have a lot of things going inside my head right now that has been making me not feel like myself.