Max Kellerman

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[Thomas Nestico @TJStats]

Yankees fans don’t realize is that if this was ruled a catch it would have prevented Red Sox pitchers from surrendering 16 runs today

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@BradBerkowitz @BillSimmons Same

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

.@BillSimmons

[Keith McPherson @Keith_McPherson]

That ball is out of his glove, on the grass

From the good folks at @YESNetwork

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

That’s because it wasn’t a catch. Also, THE FINAL SCORE WAS 16-1!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

After Review, this was NOT ruled a catch by Ceddane Rafaela

[AT @BaseballWRLD_]

Cam Schlittler in 5 career starts vs. Boston:

32.1 IP
2 ER
39 K | 9 BB
0.56 ERA
0.90 WHIP

Unbelievable dominance.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

So far so good!

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

Can’t wait for Red Sox/Yankees this weekend at the stadium!

[Not Gaetti @notgaetti]

Bernie Williams had the equivalent of nearly an entire extra season of baseball in postseason play… and he was great during it! He had another 22 HR, 80 RBI, and .850 OPS against the best opponents in the biggest moments. Easily belongs in Cooperstown.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@chug1219 Actually, he still screwed it up where he could: signed Sheffield (love Sheffield!) but instead of Vlad? Wouldn’t cough up the $ for Beltran. Steinbrenner was good in the 1970s because he supplemented an already good core with good free agents. He was awful after that.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

Traded all the pitching talent (Drabek, Deshaies et al) and colluded with other owners so didn’t sign guys they needed (Morris, Fisk etc). Fired all his managers, so zero stability in the organization. Yankees rebuilt when he was kicked out of baseball and couldn’t screw it up.

[Mark Corallo @MarkCorallo1]

@maxkellerman I wouldn’t go as far as “unmitigated disaster,” but his impatience led to a lot of underperforming teams thru the ‘80s. People forget how fans used to boo him back then. The ‘90s dynasty put the fans back in his corner and made him beloved as he aged.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@patrickberzai It’s actually Joe Niekro slander. Phil was a free agent signing. They traded Deshaies for a few weeks of the remains Joe!

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@patrickberzai Problem is they never held on to their good, young pitching long enough to have a good staff. And when they really needed a #2 behind Guidry by the mid 80s, they turned Righetti into a reliever.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@blamberty His WAR comfortably meets the HOF threshold

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

There is a real Hall of Fame case to be made for Nettles: he played the most underrepresented position in the Hall of Fame because it’s perceived as more of an offensive position than it really is. Nettles produced offense, all time elite 3B defense, and was great in the playoffs

[Baseball History Through Stats and Pics @RobBballHistory]

Happy Birthday to Graig Nettles. A 6X All Star, 2X Gold Glove, 1981’ ALCS MVP and 2X WS Champion (77-78’), he played 22 seasons (1967-88’). He hit .248/.329/.421, .750 OPS, 110 OPS+, 390 HR, 1314 RBI, 1193 Runs, 1088 Walks, 328 Doubles, 2225 Hits, 3779 TB, 68.0 WAR. He led the AL in HR 1X and WAR 2X. Considered by many to be one of the greatest defensive 3B of All Time, he often was overshadowed by Brooks Robinson. He hit 30+ HR 2X and recorded 90+ RBI 4X. He ranks 66th on the All Time HR list, T-105th in RBI, 92nd in Walks and 183rd in Hits.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@FantasyBaseBNow Not arguing against O’Neill or Posada. O’Neill played on teams with Eric Davis, Barry Larkin, Derek Jeter, and Bernie Williams and I never got the sense watching him that any of those guys was clearly better than him. He was truly great.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

How is it even possible that he isn’t in Monument Park? Absurd.

[Kevin Bednoski @kevinbednoski]

@maxkellerman Not to mention Momument Park recognition @Yankees

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@MarkCorallo1 George Steinbrenner was a very mixed bag as an owner, and extremely overrated. He was great when he first bought the team and could build on an excellent foundation. Otherwise he was an unmitigated disaster.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

This is the case for Nettles

[Not Gaetti @notgaetti]

Not enough people talk about Graig Nettles:

• 390 HR, 67.9 WAR, 6x AS, 2x WAR leader
• More HR than HOF 3Bs Santo, Brett, Rolen
• More WAR than Banks, Killebrew, Winfield
• Led NYY to championships in 1977 & 1978
• Was named 1981 ALCS MVP (1.488 OPS)
• Never struck out 100x in 22 seasons
• 2x GG, played 20,625 innings at 3B

Somehow, he never received more than 8.3% of the vote from the BBWAA, falling off the HOF ballot after receiving just 4.7% in 1997, his fourth year of eligibility. An injustice!

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@RandySRobbins *bears* this out

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@RandySRobbins I’ll take a prime George Brett — especially in the playoffs — over anyone ever at the position. But Brett is not the bar. I think of 3B as offensively much closer to 2B than to 1B, and believe baseball history beats this out.

[Max Kellerman @maxkellerman]

@RandySRobbins Game 3 1978 World Series. The defensive equivalent of Reggie Jackson Game 6 1977