Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic (Post 15849550)

I came across PTI today and they were talking about Salvys home run record. Of course they were dismissive of it because some of them came as a DH. If he played in a big city on one of the coasts they wouldn’t be spewing that bullshit.

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic (Post 15849550)

I came across PTI today and they were talking about Salvys home run record. Of course they were dismissive of it because some of them came as a DH. If he played in a big city on one of the coasts they wouldn’t be spewing that bullshit.

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic (Post 15849550)

I came across PTI today and they were talking about Salvys home run record. Of course they were dismissive of it because some of them came as a DH. If he played in a big city on one of the coasts they wouldn’t be spewing that bullshit.

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin (Post 15849618)

Bench played several different positions besides catcher that year, if I remember right. Bench also didn’t regularly catch guys throwing 97-100 mph, guys crowding the box to where they are practically on top of the catcher (if you tried that in Bench’s day, you’d get a warning shot from the pitcher. If that didn’t work, you might get one in the earhole), etc. The game is different in a lot of ways. It’s really hard to compare eras.

All I know is what Salvy has done this year is pretty damn impressive, regardless of what you think about him taking 25% of his AB’s as a DH.

Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 15849589)

They were slightly dismissive... they made solid points about the amount of at bats taken at DH and the homeruns Bench hit as a catcher, especially the toll it takes on them all.

Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 15849289)

Sidenote:

On Denny. Looking back, I think he had some pretty incredible calls during our postseason run. The end of the ALDS, and the "Kansas City, you have a World Series" call he made at the end of the ALCS were iconic. Listened to him call both the Wild Card game and Game 7 and it was wild to me that after growing up having Denny as a staple of my childhood that he was now calling the Royals in the playoffs with the same consistency and insight he always had.

A while back, when Youtube deleted both Blue October Part 2 and the Royals 2015 Postseason Supercut, I reached out to the creators of both videos and they were kind enough to send me the original videos. I then put together an ultimate cut of the 2014-2015 runs from the Blue October and Supercut videos and added Denny and Ryan's calls whenever I could. I watched that video again today and was reminded of how iconic some of those calls truly were. Denny's calls at the end of our title were pretty fantastic, too.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 15849668)

I’d love to see Mondesi in CF, as you all know. But it also sounds like they’re considering Bobby Witt there, too.

He’s a stud athlete. I’m sure he would handle the position well.

Merrifield - 2B
Lopez - SS
Witt - CF
Perez - C/DH
Benintendi - LF
Mondesi - 3B
Santana - DH/1B
Dozier - RF/DH
Olivares- DH/LF

Is how I’d love to see them open the season. Pratto and Melendez would be waiting in the wings.

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 15850318)

I’d love to hear that. Can you link or post the video?

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic (Post 15849550)

I came across PTI today and they were talking about Salvys home run record. Of course they were dismissive of it because some of them came as a DH. If he played in a big city on one of the coasts they wouldn’t be spewing that bullshit.