***Bo Knows HOF Inductions Royals v Guardians - June 29 GDT***
 

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I loved Bo Jackson so much. I’ve hated everything Raider my whole life, but still had Bo’s Nikes with the 34 on the heels. Probably still the greatest athlete of all time.

Oh HELL YEAH!!

Terrence Gore was almost as athletic as Bo Jackson. But Gore just couldn’t play baseball.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This afternoon, <a href="https://twitter.com/ColeRagans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ColeRagans</a> takes the hill on the eve of the 1-year anniversary of the trade that brought him to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Royals</a>.<br><br>In 29 starts with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a>, he&#39;s earned 10 wins with a 2.86 ERA &amp; 209 strikeouts, the most in club history through 29 games.<br><br>Ace.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBAPSB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TBAPSB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Av0aQz7wDQ">pic.twitter.com/Av0aQz7wDQ</a></p>&mdash; Ian Kraft (@Krafty_3) <a href="https://twitter.com/Krafty_3/status/1807069261745029298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

HERE WE GO ROYALS HERE WE GO!

Can't embed but here's our lineup

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The royals ticket office did me a solid on this game. I went to buy two late Thursday and accidentally bought Sunday. Emailed an account rep and they called me first thing Friday morning, recalled those and the parking pass and switched it to this game for me.

That might explain why he’s not going into the Royals hof.

Your stupidity never ceases to amaze

He should have more than 10 wins

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s Cole Ragans bump day. <a href="https://t.co/VFeWClVoHM">pic.twitter.com/VFeWClVoHM</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1807088910817730989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Most of these Bo Jackson stories are hyperbole. Gore had 43 SBs and CS 9. Jackson 82 SBs and 32 CS. Thats a bunch to be caught stealing and a much worse ratio than Gore. Thar is just one example. Picked a random athletic guy nobody cares about out of the air. You could do that with a bunch of players.

Bo Jackson was a great athlete. But people love to embellish and make him out as if he was the best athlete ever. There have been plenty of guys as good or better athletes than him.

Jackson one of the more overrated players there has been because people back then just went into a frenzy about the two way sport thing. They did the same thing with Deion Sanders. Kyler Murray could have been a 1st round pick in baseball and football as well and literally nobody gives a shit. Nowadays you just pick a sport.

When I was growing up and collecting cards I had 5 or 6 of the football/baseball card. Don't have them anymore and I'm afraid to look at how much they are now :doh!:

Hopefully Ragans brings the good stuff today. On the other side, Bibee has been pitching well, so runs might be at a premium this afternoon. A win would glorious. LFG!

Let's Go Royals!!

They go for a little under $6 each on ebay.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last turn through the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> rotation:<br><br>Cole Ragans - 6.0 IP, 1 ER<br>Seth Lugo - 6.0 IP, 0 ER<br>Brady Singer - 7.1 IP, 1 ER<br>Michael Wacha - 5.1 IP, 1 ER<br>Alec Marsh - 6.0 IP, 1 ER<br><br>4 QS, 1.17 ERA, 30.2 IP, 10 BB, 35 K</p>&mdash; Jake Eisenberg (@JakeEisenberg_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeEisenberg_/status/1807069129880318416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gosh damn dude, go back to bed and get some sleep! Wake up later and tell us how you feel!

Why, because he was fast?

Lol, just stop.

29% caught stealing rate Bo Jackson.

18% caught stealing rate Gore. And Gore was put in the game literally to only steal bases so there was no surprise factor to help him be more successful.

And Gore is just some random athletic guy I picked out of the air.

But Bo Jackson ran up a wall! I one time saw him out run a Ferrari. He jumped over a two story building! My dads buddies grandpa said he saw him throw out a guy standing in Utah and home plate in California!

These stories just keep getting more embellished every year. Its like how every year the fish you caught gets bigger.

You don't shit talk Bo Jackson in any way on his day dude. Give it a rest

He's a ****in Raider.

**** him.

Bo Jackson was amazing. He split time between two sports and he still managed to put up a wOBA of .380 and a 140 OPS+ playing the difficult sport of baseball at age 27 before his hip injury.

Bo Jackson as a Raider is still 20x better than you as a poster.

He got better as a baseball player every year of his career and his skill set was still raw. If he only played baseball, he'd be an all-time great. One of the best athletes this country has ever produced.

Hahahahah. He had NEGATIVE career defensive WAR. It was negative every year. This idea that he was an elite fielder is simply made up. He was FLASHY not great. He was a good offensive player at .784 OPS in his career but All-Time great? Cmon this is what Im talking about. The legend grows every year.

Lorenzo Cain is better than Bo Jackson. Is he an alltime great?

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Buck O'Neil, a Hall of Famer and a great evaluator of talent, said he was at Royals Stadium and heard a sound of the ball coming off the bat during batting practice that he hadn't heard in decades. It was Bo Jackson. The only two others that had the same sound was Babe Ruth and Josh Gibson.

Looks like the Royals are back in the final WC spot by 11/2 games at the moment over Baahston.

While I don't discount this, defensive metrics back then were formulated off box scores and play-by-play data. Ten-time Gold Glove winner Roberto Alomar is dinged as a mediocre fielder by these metrics.

Denny have leprosy?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bo Jackson says he hasn’t met Shohei Ohtani, “but when I do, I’m going to challenge him to a race.”</p>&mdash; Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier610/status/1807137440752189895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

You can't make the hall if you're too injured to play ball.

2:1 odds Ohtani puts money on the race

Bo being awesome in his speech. But it is hilarious that all of his best friends are old white dudes from Leawood. Lol.

Ultimately, one of the reasons why Bo is being recognized today is he transcended baseball. He was a national star. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bo and Ken Griffey Jr. were national childhood heroes. Every kid in grade school wanted their baseball cards. I felt like they were almost like the last two baseball players that transcended the sport and by the mid-1990s, NBA and NFL players had surpassed MLB players in popularity.

I don't think MLB has had that type of star since Bo and Griffey.

I missed Bo Jackson's first major league home run, because I was in the commissary getting another load of Cokes to sell in the stands, but I'll never forgot the sound in Royals Stadium when he got his first outfield assist, versus the Twins on September 9, 1986, five days before the homer. Mickey Hatcher was at first base when Hrbek hit a single to right field, where Bo was playing. Hatcher tried to make it to third and as it became apparent that there might be a play, the Royals Stadium crowd roar was the usual sort, until fans started processing the throw that Jackson made. It was incredible. It seemed to me that when Hatcher was called out, there was a moment of silence in the stands as folks were still trying to register what they just saw, and then loud cheers. Ive been to hundreds of major league games and I don't remember any other moment where the crowd roar noticeably modulated like that due to dis-****in'-belief, and the thing is, that play doesn't even get talked about when folks talk about Bo's legend, because he did so many other incredible things in his career.

That guy did things that other players simply couldn't. There's a reason why his fellow players considered him a legend and so too do those of us lucky to have seen him play.

Does Denny have cancer?

Cleveland Indians ROFL



Bo knows speeches well done HOFer

Isn't part of the deal when getting hit by a pitch, in order to take your base you have to make some sort of effort to get out of the way and not just stand there like a ****ing dope ready to get a free bag for doing nothing?

Cmon Cole get the **** outta this

Ragans changing the vibe real quick.

Good job to mitigate

That could have been a lot worse. Come on offense get to work early please.

Maikel just kinda always has a stank face doesn't he? Dude looks pissed off all the time, hahaha.

Making him throw some pitches at least

Vinnie Dong!! 1-1

Vindong

Great response. Okay, Cole. You got new life.

Way to answer Vinnie!!! Hanging dong early!!!

Only 1 run, but that was a lot of pitches

Man it’s early but doesn’t look like Cole has his best stuff today.

That'll help his pitch count, inning ending DP

BOOM

Massey Dong1! 2-1 Rs

Masseydong

Massey bomb!!!! Yessssssss!!!!! Hang that dong!!!

Such a pretty swing

He has a Massey-ve dong

HEY-O!!! You are correct sir!

This might be the worst take you've ever had here. And that's saying something because you've had A LOT of bad takes.

I really like Massey. Nice to have him back.

Alright, C'mon Ragans, find that command and settle in... LFG!

If Massey is really this good this team is making the playoffs.

Better inning. Need a few quickies from Cole

Where did Cain play football?

hahahaha, nice one Isbel...

What was the exit velo on that?

That's awesome

Woof

Isbel you idiot

Well shit, just have to tip your cap to that. Nice pickoff.

Ugh. Great awareness there Isbel.

good lord Isabel, that's rediculous.

What does playing football have to do with who was better at baseball?

The point is that he is a legend for both and deserved to be in a Hall of Fame somewhere

Goddammit