Jim Maruca

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@DTonPirates They need to let him throw his “Heater” instead of reportedly telling him to ease up on the velocity

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@BarrySchust Eddie Matthews

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@ThePoniExpress He should be on the short list of replacements if any All Star selections can’t go for any reason

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@KodyDuncanPGH Superstar in the making. He can impact the game so many ways with his 5 tools including already reaching 20 stolen bases in only 59 games

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@WorkElizab 1957?

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@BobSmizik Age may have finally caught up with him. I attribute some of it to how hard he played center field when he was younger. He would acrobatically smash into the fence and be helped off the field. Next day he’d demand that Clint put him in the lineup. He played hurt as well as anyone

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@VinnysCorner1 Sandy Koufax

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@garymo2007

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@garymo2007

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@VinnysCorner1 Sid Bream's game winning run (infamously known as "The Slide”) in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1992 National League (NLCS) on October 1992. I literally sat for 30 minutes in silence

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@S_U_Network Benny Distefano. Left handed catcher for the Pirates in 1989.

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@1YYXaK6eom6059 @ThePoniExpress Good point. Skenes hasn’t been lasting more than 6 innings so the flip to Soccer will be easy.

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@garymo2007 @YouTube Good one Gary. I just finished listening. I like the idea of trading a high comp pick or picks for bullpen help. Not only does Esmerlyn Valdez have plate discipline but he’s exhibited it late in games in pressure situations.

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@BBGreatMoments Junior Griffey

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@BogeyLife1 He leading off as DH

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@HawkEmDownChris Dave Cash

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@VinnysCorner1 Roberto Clemente

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@MarkMaddenX Dead Arm. Kind of ridiculous because he’s throwing 96 but for Skenes, that’s dead arm. It used to happen to Mark Melancon late April every year. I’d rest him. We’re not winning his starts anyway

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@GMBCSuperfan Maybe the extra pitching in the World Baseball Classic in March has tired his arm out and it just needs a rest. Dead arm is a real thing and 96 mph for him might be a sign of temporary dead arm.