The Saturday Survey offers another way for readers to weigh in on a relevant topic. So here is a poll to gauge the pulse of our baseball-lovin’ peeps.
As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons ( 4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don’t forget to come back later and view the results!
With MLB on hold, we are mixing it up a little bit. Three new interactive blogs that allow you, dear readers, to have more input. Which means, we need your ideas and questions for several of them.
1. Send us your questions that you’d like to see addressed about baseball and we’ll pick at least 2 each week to answer.
2. What questions do you have specifically for Kurt and Holly? They can be on anything (nothing political or religious though) so you can get a more complete picture about baseball’s infamous (mostly) odd couple.
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Went with CGrand over Chet by an eyelash. His personality outweighed the 84 WS title. I know there was an option for “other”, but I think Milt Cuyler should have been listed before Jones and especially Pettis.
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It was between Curtis and Chet Lemon for me. Austin Jackson made the flashiest plays because he played deeper and could get near the walls in the spacious depths of the Copa. Curtis G caught many more short liners because he’d play shallower. Lemon had an even larger CF to play at Tiger Stadium than the Copa, not as many highlight reel plays but was consistently outstanding in the position as the other famous CF from the 60’s – Mickey Stanley.
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Grandy may be a homegrown star, but I’ve always loved me some Chet Lemon.
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I always had the nagging feeling that Lemon should have been better than he actually was; considering what he accomplished I realize that this is hardly fair. In any case, the criterion here is “favorite”, not “best”, and Granderson is among the most appealing and impressive human beings I have ever seen in a Tiger uniform.
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Holly and Kurt too bad you had to limit it to 1984 on I would have loved to put Billy Bruton in there LOL
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Chet over Grandy by a nose. Chet played 9 years for the Tigers and the team had winnings seasons in most of those years. Grandy played 6 years with the team and during that time the team, for the most part, was not doing all that well. I think both guys were great people with big smiles and both tried to give it their all, at all times. Curtis stole 95 more base during his shorter stay with the team and had more home runs so I guess there is a good argument for him also.
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Another point for Curtis: He led the league in triples twice as a Tiger, hitting 23 (!) one year. The second most exciting play in baseball, after a close play at the plate. BTW, Sprocket, what was the nature of your musical career?
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Lead guitar player in a rock band. Mostly Beatles and Stones etc. in the early years. We opened for “Gary Puckett and the Union Gap” and also “The McCoys” (Hang on Sloopy) with Rick Derringer when I was a Junior in High School. Got into Merle Haggard and country rock later on. Made great money for a kid. Then I became a CPA!!
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Many years ago, I believe it was around 1980, the Wall Street Journal polled all of the Major League managers at that time and asked them what they considered to be the most exciting play in baseball. The answer came back….”bases loaded triple”. They explained that on that play, everyone on the field is in motion doing something. Lots to look at.
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Very cool to hear about your life in music, Sprocket. I remember the first time I got paid to play music. It seemed too good to be true; it still does. Not that I don’t work hard at my profession!
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Lemon and Granderson are almost a toss-up. I always thought Chet was an underrated player. I enjoy analytics but am not dogmatic about them. I was surprised to see that Lemon had a higher career WAR than CG – 55 to 47. Chet never won a gold glove despite some elite defensive seasons. He was one of the many 80’s era Tigers that were just really good all around players that quietly went about their business.
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Went for CG he was a class act and a good (sometimes great player) If this would have included the 70”s hands down it was Mark Fidrych, when he pitched that one great year to see him pitch it was like going to a rock concert he had an Incredible energy about him, great personality and he loved the game!
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CG for me. Although never great defensively, especially since he had a noodle arm, he made the plays he was supposed to make. Those types of players are the most valuable to a team’s defensive abilities. Highlight plays, while looking good on SC, are not a consistent part of a team or player’s defensive value. Add in that CG was normally fairly dependable on offense, other than his lack of contact far too often throughout his career, and you had a very good team player.
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