@@Patrick61804 Yep, 87 Vikings made the NFC Championship Game after a pair of upsets of New Orleans and in particular San Fran. That team would prove to be capable of putting together a very solid statistical year in 1988 before the Herschel Walker trade, and would proceed to lose to San Fran in both 88 and 89.
@@fortynights1513 90-91 North Stars also made it to the Stanley Cup Finals with a losing record and a negative goal differential. Taking Pittsburgh to 6 games was a monumental effort
@@bushidiru On top of that, the North Stars went through the NHL’s top two teams that season in the Blackhawks and Blues in the first two rounds prior to facing Lemieux and the Penguins
As a baseball obsessed 9-year-old in Arizona this team will always be my first notable baseball memory. I could still name most of the players, and was reminded that Eric Byrnes was my first ever favorite player
Eric byrnes was awesome. This team is definitely the team that made me fall in love with baseball. I had to hold back tears as an 11 year old when they lost to the Rockies. Same with the 2011 team. Not the success I would've picked but that era was definitely the best era of baseball for myself
It's just tough to be a sports fan in AZ. Dbacks are the only one of the major 4 sports with a championship in town. 2007 dbacks just put them with the other 3, "close but maybe next year", then it turns into a full rebuild.
0:27 the DBacks and Rockies didn’t have the same regular season win total. Arizona ended at 90-72 and Colorado ended at 89-73, same as the Padres. The Rockies only won 90 games because the game 163 they won was added on. Arizona won the division alone by one game. It had nothing to do with head to head.
Why didn't the Dbacks really follow this 2007 appearance up with good teams? 2009. Right when the young players shown in this vid were starting to come into their own it fell apart. It was incredible how much went wrong for the Dbacks in 2009: -Brandon Webb gets pulled on Opening Day with "shoulder tightness" and never pitches in the majors again. -In an attempt to replace Webb, the Dbacks traded away Max Scherzer in a vain attempt to get another Ace (Ian Kennedy) -Conor Jackson, the 27 year-old 1B who hit .300 in '08, contracted Valley Fever and never fully recovered. The postseason 2011 Dbacks's 1B combine to hit .235 (Thank God for Grand-Slam Goldschmidt) -Eric Byrnes breaks his hand and (besides a hilarious comeback attempt with the Mariners) his career is over. -Jarrod Parker, AZs #1 prospect goes through Tommy John surgery and never pitches for the Dbacks. -Diamondbacks had FIVE FIRST ROUND PICKS in the '09 draft, and only got AJ Pollock out of those five, missing out on players like Trout, Arenado, Kipnis, Corbin, Seager, LeMahieu, Matz, and Marisnick. (Thank God for 8th Rounder Goldschmidt) -Dbacks fire Bob Melvin, one of the best managers of the past decade to go with unproven AJ Hinch - who himself gets fired halfway through 2010.
Thanks for giving some love to my snakes. I was a freshman in high school this year. I went to that nlcs game 2, our section was the one where the previous night they had thrown garbage on the field so they had extra security up there. Watching Valverde meltdown in extras, I knew our season was over. Still love this team, and Chris Young will forever be my favorite Diamondback.
The 2007 NL was the most underwhelming season for an entire league in MLB history. The Mets meltdown was the most exciting thing that happened, including the Rockies run.
The funniest thing ever was that the Rockies visited Fenway during 2007 and sweep my Red Sox and then we faced then on the World Series and sweep then . Go Sox !!!!
Love the videos man, the amount of effort and time you put into everything is amazing. Please don’t stop💯 if I have one request though, please make the ref guess videos for JM a little harder! I’m tired of guessing all the guys in the first 30 seconds😂
Would love for you to do a deep dive on some of those Baltimore teams, so much talent on them teams! Machado, Trumbo, Davis, Schoop, Jones, Hardy, Weiters, Reynolds, Young, Markakis, Gausman, Jimenez, Britton!
As a life long Dbacks fan this is one of my all time favorite teams. Micah Owings was one of my all time favorites. Seeing a pitcher that could smoke bombs was super rare at the time
Lol I was looking for this comment. The theme song was playing in the background at the beginning of this video. What an amazing game, so much nostalgia
God imagine how weak the NL in a year has to be for a 90 win team with a negative run differential be the #1 seed. The 2021 Mariners were also a 90 win team with a negative run differential that punched above their weight and yet were two games out of a playoff spot EVEN WITH an expanded playoff roster (5 vs 4 teams per league)
Mid 2000s baseball was really weird but definitely entertaining. A lot of the steroid era stars were retiring or at the end of their rope, and a lot of steroid benefactors that were able to keep their act together dominated on piecemeal teams that were very streaky but often entertained in the playoff and wild card race. Rising stars and consistent pitchers and hitters would continue to make their mark going into the similarly but less tumultuous 2010s. The top dogs in the nl east and nl central battled so many injuries and prolapses and departures that they weren't able to stay comfortably afloat above 90 wins more often than not.
@@antonioreconquistador Yep, and the 2007 season might be the most "down" part of that period, and 06 isn't exactly far behind either. Come to think of it, we got eight different teams in the World Series from 2005-2008: Chicago and Houston, Detroit and St. Louis, Boston and Colorado, and Tampa Bay and Philadelphia. A further six teams also made an LCS in that four year window: Anaheim, Oakland, the Mets, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Arizona. So 14 teams making an LCS in a four year span (out of 16 possible spots given four teams go that far per year). I don't know of any other period in MLB history where we see that kind of parity.
I'd love to see a video about the 85 Cardinals. My favorite team ever. Coleman was a kleptomaniac on the bases, McGee was a beast (if he didn't get hurt in 86...), Ozzie Smith was the Wiz (nuff said), Herr,, Clark, Pendleton, Van Slyke were great that year too. Tudor, Andujar, Worrell etc gave them good pitching backed up by one of the best fielding teams I've ever seen. That was a fun team that would make a fun video to make and watch imo.
Micah Owings tried making an MLB comeback as a first baseman and has a career OPS in the 800s. Man's wasn't just a good hitting pitcher, he was legitimately a good hitter.
@breadandcircuses8127 because they were genuinely great that year? it was a perfect storm of events that is unlikely to be repeated, but they weren't squeaking by everyone they played and in that sense, the team was not lucky to be as good as they were. elite pitching, hitting, and defense will win you a lot of games.
I remember at the very beginning of the 08 season when they started really well, it looked like the DBacks were set up for years of championship contention, given they were coming off the NLCS berth & had what appeared at the time to be a talented young core. Then it actually turned out that they weren't that talented after all. One of the more puzzling teams in recent memory for sure.
It really shows the importance of situational hitting and being clutch on the diamond whether it's getting a big hit with RISP late in the game or making a great game saving catch or a big pitch when you're in a jam. Numbers alone don't tell us everything about the game. Perhaps that team gelled well together and had chemistry and a clubhouse leader. They certainly had a good mix of veterans and rookies. Whatever the case, I'm glad the game is played on the field, not on paper or computers!
This is astounding. Were there any metrics not mentioned that they excelled in? Base Running? BABIB? I feel like there has to be something explain their success even a little bit.
Great video would love to see a video on the 2002 angels they literally had no hall of famers on there roster and still managed to win the world series
Who’s the best player on that team in your opinion? Also, though not a Hall of Famer in reality, there is one player on that team who is listed on the Hall of Stats website as a statistically deserving player who wasn’t inducted (though admittedly out of prime in 2002 I believe): Kevin Appier
At 19, I’m in med school not doing well in chemistry. Justin Upton at 19 made his debut. Well, if school is considered the minor I’m in high-A ball. That’s some ways off.
The explanation for the pythagorean record is that basically, whenever the 07 D-Backs won, it was a close game. Whenever they lost, they got absolutely shilacked.
This video is why Jolly should be one of the top baseball channels on UA-cam. I’m a Tigers fan in Detroit and shouldn’t care less about the D’backs, but I couldn’t turn this video off. Just absolutely excellent research and savvy understanding of what makes baseball unique. Bravo
The real reason nobody remembers them though is that nobody really remembers the Rockies too. Them getting absolutely crushed in the World Series really ruined any talk. The narrative going into the postseason was that the AL was significantly better than the NL and the fact that that bore out to be true really ruins the cinderella stories from the NLWest.
Even if they were to get pass the rockies in the NL championship series that yr., not sure if they would’ve topped off with the Red Sox or who knows it could’ve been anyone’s guess on how that series between the sox and dbacks would’ve shaped up to be
It's surprising and frankly disappointing that you don't mention the team defence of the '07 D-backs even once in this video. They ranked 3rd in the NL in Total Zone Runs Above Avg., 2nd in Defensive Runs Saved Above Avg., and 8th in Defensive Efficiency. According to the Plus/Minus System, the D-backs had the 3rd best defence in the NL. Without such stellar team defence, there's no way the '07 team would have won all those 1-run games, and in my mind it was their gloves that pushed this team from average to competitive. It's quite a shame that none of this was never mentioned.
The 1987 Minnesota Twins were outscored in the regular season, and won the World Series. That is the greatest overachievement
If the Vikings were able to get to the Super Bowl and win it, they would have been one of two Minnesota teams to do that lol
@@Patrick61804 Yep, 87 Vikings made the NFC Championship Game after a pair of upsets of New Orleans and in particular San Fran.
That team would prove to be capable of putting together a very solid statistical year in 1988 before the Herschel Walker trade, and would proceed to lose to San Fran in both 88 and 89.
@@fortynights1513 90-91 North Stars also made it to the Stanley Cup Finals with a losing record and a negative goal differential. Taking Pittsburgh to 6 games was a monumental effort
@@bushidiru On top of that, the North Stars went through the NHL’s top two teams that season in the Blackhawks and Blues in the first two rounds prior to facing Lemieux and the Penguins
This comment thread makes me really think whether minnesota is lucky and cursed or just cursed
As a baseball obsessed 9-year-old in Arizona this team will always be my first notable baseball memory. I could still name most of the players, and was reminded that Eric Byrnes was my first ever favorite player
^^^^ I loved this team. This and the 2011 team were my favorites.
Eric byrnes was awesome. This team is definitely the team that made me fall in love with baseball. I had to hold back tears as an 11 year old when they lost to the Rockies. Same with the 2011 team. Not the success I would've picked but that era was definitely the best era of baseball for myself
Same here, but I was a Rockies fan. I actually went to Games 1 and 2 of the NLCS. Was an epic season indeed!
Same born in 98 in az
@@MontagnaMagica yeah that’s nice, too bad about that 4 game sweep in the WS. Thank you Red Sox!!
Dude I haven’t heard Orlando Hudson’s name in awhile. He was one of my favorite infielders at that time growing up. This is an interesting team
Man shout out to the O Dog
I’m all for the Power Pros soundtrack being used as the background music in Jolly’s videos, always adds to them imo
It's just tough to be a sports fan in AZ. Dbacks are the only one of the major 4 sports with a championship in town. 2007 dbacks just put them with the other 3, "close but maybe next year", then it turns into a full rebuild.
An endless terrible cycle indeed
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That was such a fun team. I thought they were going places. They had so many good core pieces.
0:27 the DBacks and Rockies didn’t have the same regular season win total. Arizona ended at 90-72 and Colorado ended at 89-73, same as the Padres. The Rockies only won 90 games because the game 163 they won was added on. Arizona won the division alone by one game. It had nothing to do with head to head.
Hard to believe that the '07 Diamondbacks were the best team in the NL that year.
Would it be fair to call that year’s NL the worst half of the league in recent years?
And could Cleveland have beaten Colorado like Boston did?
@@fortynights1513 At least in 2007, yeah. It's no wonder Boston swept the Rockies in the World Series.
@@carlpacquing2575 What about my second question: Could Cleveland have also beaten Colorado?
@@fortynights1513 Yes.
My Mets in 2007 would have been the best team in the NL if it wasnt for them choking in the final two weeks
As a Dbacks fan i can’t even begin to explain how shocking this season was
I cry more over the 2011 season honestly. God I loved Ian Kennedy and Wade Miley
I smile hearing the MLB Power Pros music in the back. Vintage.
Why didn't the Dbacks really follow this 2007 appearance up with good teams? 2009. Right when the young players shown in this vid were starting to come into their own it fell apart. It was incredible how much went wrong for the Dbacks in 2009:
-Brandon Webb gets pulled on Opening Day with "shoulder tightness" and never pitches in the majors again.
-In an attempt to replace Webb, the Dbacks traded away Max Scherzer in a vain attempt to get another Ace (Ian Kennedy)
-Conor Jackson, the 27 year-old 1B who hit .300 in '08, contracted Valley Fever and never fully recovered. The postseason 2011 Dbacks's 1B combine to hit .235 (Thank God for Grand-Slam Goldschmidt)
-Eric Byrnes breaks his hand and (besides a hilarious comeback attempt with the Mariners) his career is over.
-Jarrod Parker, AZs #1 prospect goes through Tommy John surgery and never pitches for the Dbacks.
-Diamondbacks had FIVE FIRST ROUND PICKS in the '09 draft, and only got AJ Pollock out of those five, missing out on players like Trout, Arenado, Kipnis, Corbin, Seager, LeMahieu, Matz, and Marisnick. (Thank God for 8th Rounder Goldschmidt)
-Dbacks fire Bob Melvin, one of the best managers of the past decade to go with unproven AJ Hinch - who himself gets fired halfway through 2010.
I miss those D-backs uniforms. They were perfect
you can hear the confidence in your voice grow compared to your older videos. Keep up the amazing content jolly!!! your channel is awesome
Thanks for giving some love to my snakes. I was a freshman in high school this year. I went to that nlcs game 2, our section was the one where the previous night they had thrown garbage on the field so they had extra security up there. Watching Valverde meltdown in extras, I knew our season was over. Still love this team, and Chris Young will forever be my favorite Diamondback.
Still cannot stress enough how the MLB Power Pros music puts a smile on my face before I even hear your voice.
Love the MLB Power Pros music for a 2007 themed video
Great video. This was my childhood team I grew up with. Went to my first Dbacks game in 2007, been a fan ever since
The 2007 NL was the most underwhelming season for an entire league in MLB history. The Mets meltdown was the most exciting thing that happened, including the Rockies run.
Very fond memory of this team and season. Thanks for the reminiscence!
The funniest thing ever was that the Rockies visited Fenway during 2007 and sweep my Red Sox and then we faced then on the World Series and sweep then . Go Sox !!!!
Another great vid. 2 thumbs up fer the MLB Power Pros music.
Love the videos man, the amount of effort and time you put into everything is amazing. Please don’t stop💯 if I have one request though, please make the ref guess videos for JM a little harder! I’m tired of guessing all the guys in the first 30 seconds😂
Youll enjoy next weeks episode.
@@JollyOlive can’t wait now! But seriously man, love the videos!
10:49 And….now 2023!
I love that you use power pros music in your videos
Love the Power Pros sounds
Thought nobody would notice!
@@dardarthedinosaur I have been playing the hell out of Power Pros recently
These videos get more and more entertaining with each passing upload. Jolly is here to stay 💪
“Ha ha, suck it, Math” -The 2007 Diamondbacks
Jolly just sorta drops vids that age really well lol!
Would love for you to do a deep dive on some of those Baltimore teams, so much talent on them teams! Machado, Trumbo, Davis, Schoop, Jones, Hardy, Weiters, Reynolds, Young, Markakis, Gausman, Jimenez, Britton!
Great video!
Now we need a video of the 2008 Rays 👀
Like the 2022 version of the Vikings!
Love love love love love the MLB power pros music
Who's here after they won 84 games and made the NLCS
Great vid man thx
As a life long Dbacks fan this is one of my all time favorite teams. Micah Owings was one of my all time favorites. Seeing a pitcher that could smoke bombs was super rare at the time
Gotta say that D-backs hat logo is the best in their history
When I think about the 2007 MLB season, I think about the first MLB Power Pros game
Lol I was looking for this comment. The theme song was playing in the background at the beginning of this video. What an amazing game, so much nostalgia
For me, it's the 2008 version. And maaaan was I pissed with the announcement of the watered down Power Pros during the most recent Nintendo Direct.
One of my fav Diamondbacks teams to watch. They also had 3 straight walk offs in 2007
God imagine how weak the NL in a year has to be for a 90 win team with a negative run differential be the #1 seed. The 2021 Mariners were also a 90 win team with a negative run differential that punched above their weight and yet were two games out of a playoff spot EVEN WITH an expanded playoff roster (5 vs 4 teams per league)
Mid 2000s baseball was really weird but definitely entertaining. A lot of the steroid era stars were retiring or at the end of their rope, and a lot of steroid benefactors that were able to keep their act together dominated on piecemeal teams that were very streaky but often entertained in the playoff and wild card race. Rising stars and consistent pitchers and hitters would continue to make their mark going into the similarly but less tumultuous 2010s. The top dogs in the nl east and nl central battled so many injuries and prolapses and departures that they weren't able to stay comfortably afloat above 90 wins more often than not.
@@antonioreconquistador Yep, and the 2007 season might be the most "down" part of that period, and 06 isn't exactly far behind either.
Come to think of it, we got eight different teams in the World Series from 2005-2008: Chicago and Houston, Detroit and St. Louis, Boston and Colorado, and Tampa Bay and Philadelphia. A further six teams also made an LCS in that four year window: Anaheim, Oakland, the Mets, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Arizona.
So 14 teams making an LCS in a four year span (out of 16 possible spots given four teams go that far per year). I don't know of any other period in MLB history where we see that kind of parity.
The Power Pros music is giving me nostalgia overload. I would always play as the Dbacks in Power Pros 2007 franchise mode
You just blew my mind into 10000 pieces with that Yorvit Torrealba name drop. That would be the ultimate “hard” round answer for RefGuess
I'd love to see a video about the 85 Cardinals. My favorite team ever. Coleman was a kleptomaniac on the bases, McGee was a beast (if he didn't get hurt in 86...), Ozzie Smith was the Wiz (nuff said), Herr,, Clark, Pendleton, Van Slyke were great that year too. Tudor, Andujar, Worrell etc gave them good pitching backed up by one of the best fielding teams I've ever seen. That was a fun team that would make a fun video to make and watch imo.
I remember watching the 2001 world series and became obsessed with the 2007 team and was convinced they would go back to the world series that year.
The GOAT strikes again with another banger
I’m honestly curious could we get a video about the players who were drafted by the Diamondbacks and later became stars on different teams
The highest seed in the 2007 National League won 90 games? Nuts how wide open the league was that year.
The Mets were on pace to win 95 games, but then they had that historic collapse in the final two weeks
Great video!
Micah Owings tried making an MLB comeback as a first baseman and has a career OPS in the 800s. Man's wasn't just a good hitting pitcher, he was legitimately a good hitter.
In today's era might've been another ohtani. Obviously he was as talanted of a hitter or pitcher but the dude was a legit threat
Clicked for the thumbnail... nice work
Jolly when I think 2007 I think of the Phillies miraculously winning the division over your Mets down 7 games with 17 to go
What about the 2012 Orioles? All those extra-inning W's? I KNOW they overachieved! Thanks Jolly!
That division series against the Yankees in 2012 still haunts me (like 1997 ALCS still haunts me)
@@hmhm856 I loved Raul Ibanez as a kid but why did he have to choose THEN to produce?!
As an Angels fan, I find this video to be pretty relatable.
Man the 2016 Rangers season was soooo fun 36-11 in one run games
I remember, that crazy season delayed the Astros dynasty by a year.
Love the MLB PowerPros music in the background
Kinda reminds me of the 2021 SF Giants too
but unlike the diamondbacks, the 2021 giants had a pythagorean win percentage of a 103 win team
@breadandcircuses8127 because they were genuinely great that year? it was a perfect storm of events that is unlikely to be repeated, but they weren't squeaking by everyone they played and in that sense, the team was not lucky to be as good as they were. elite pitching, hitting, and defense will win you a lot of games.
I remember at the very beginning of the 08 season when they started really well, it looked like the DBacks were set up for years of championship contention, given they were coming off the NLCS berth & had what appeared at the time to be a talented young core.
Then it actually turned out that they weren't that talented after all. One of the more puzzling teams in recent memory for sure.
I have to assume that poor run differential finally caught up with them, especially without Valverde there to bail them out.
It really shows the importance of situational hitting and being clutch on the diamond whether it's getting a big hit with RISP late in the game or making a great game saving catch or a big pitch when you're in a jam.
Numbers alone don't tell us everything about the game. Perhaps that team gelled well together and had chemistry and a clubhouse leader. They certainly had a good mix of veterans and rookies. Whatever the case, I'm glad the game is played on the field, not on paper or computers!
This team was so fun to watch. Miss those baby backs days. Gets me excited to see this years team.
I love the power pros music. Greatest video game of all time
The 2021 Giants kind of remind me of this team. Overachievers, best record in the National League, get beat out by division rivals in the postseason.
This is astounding. Were there any metrics not mentioned that they excelled in? Base Running? BABIB? I feel like there has to be something explain their success even a little bit.
They did not sign Adam Dunn, they traded for him in mid August of 2008, he barely played for them.
I heard they're coming out with a new power pros game this year with a focus on the WBC
Great video would love to see a video on the 2002 angels they literally had no hall of famers on there roster and still managed to win the world series
Who’s the best player on that team in your opinion?
Also, though not a Hall of Famer in reality, there is one player on that team who is listed on the Hall of Stats website as a statistically deserving player who wasn’t inducted (though admittedly out of prime in 2002 I believe):
Kevin Appier
@Bread And Circuses Certainly unexpected, it was a wild card after all. Albeit 99 wins in a tough division.
You should do a video on the best hitting pitchers in modern mlb history
Bumgardner! Maybe Cain?? 😃
Ballpark helped him, but Mike Hampton was pretty good at hitting for a pitcher.
Madbum, Owings, and Grienke are all notable ones that were on the Snakes. Also Mike Hampton and Carlos Zombrano
At 19, I’m in med school not doing well in chemistry. Justin Upton at 19 made his debut. Well, if school is considered the minor I’m in high-A ball. That’s some ways off.
The explanation for the pythagorean record is that basically, whenever the 07 D-Backs won, it was a close game. Whenever they lost, they got absolutely shilacked.
It's crazy this Dbacks team was the first seed in the NL. They've had other teams with better talent that disappointed badly.
Reminds me of last years mariners without the bad conference to help 😂
A VIDEO ON MY DBACKS LETS GO ! WORLD SERIES CHAMPS 2026 !
This video is why Jolly should be one of the top baseball channels on UA-cam. I’m a Tigers fan in Detroit and shouldn’t care less about the D’backs, but I couldn’t turn this video off. Just absolutely excellent research and savvy understanding of what makes baseball unique. Bravo
Kind of a typical first year Bob Melvin team. They play out of their minds and the fanbase falls in love, and then it’s a hard act to follow up.
That fireball comment hit hard lol
You sold me this team on Justin Upton and Miguel Montero.
I now wonder if this team would have done better than Colorado did VS Boston.
We love to see DBacks content
Another Masterpiece by the Amicable Pickle
When Mich oh wings pitched it was like having a DH back then for them lol
The 2021 Mariners had the same record with an even worse run differential (-51), but aren’t remembered because they missed out on the playoffs
Thanks mate great video GO DBACKS
You should make a video about Ted Lilly; he was a decent pitcher.
0:01 yeah but Matt Halliday never touched home plate
The real reason nobody remembers them though is that nobody really remembers the Rockies too. Them getting absolutely crushed in the World Series really ruined any talk. The narrative going into the postseason was that the AL was significantly better than the NL and the fact that that bore out to be true really ruins the cinderella stories from the NLWest.
Go Diamondbacks
2007 has to be the worst year in modern baseball.
Why in your opinion?
@@fortynights1513 It was a transitional moment where the talent from the Steroid era was basically on it way out and the league was re-adjusting.
@@SanFranFan30 Was the AL that Boston won bad?
Obviously the NL kind of speaks for itself in this video.
@@SanFranFan30 And one other thing: You said worst year in modern baseball, when does the “modern” era start for you?
@@fortynights1513 generally Modern Era is a post-integration.
I hope you can make a video about how the Detroit Tigers became a world series team in 2006 it would be nice.
Do a video on the 2023 Dbacks
They remind me of the 88 win 2021 Braves. They got hot at thè right time.
Even if they were to get pass the rockies in the NL championship series that yr., not sure if they would’ve topped off with the Red Sox or who knows it could’ve been anyone’s guess on how that series between the sox and dbacks would’ve shaped up to be
Eric Byrnes was a fascinating character.
I, currently 19 years old, am watching this video while writing a paper, and decidedly not manning right field for the diamondbacks
Dunn was a trade addition later on in 2008.
Wait, wait, wait Max Scherzer played for the d-backs
Not for long enough imo
I had no clue that he ever played for them. That means they had a rotation with Webb, Johnson and Scherzer. That's wild
@@JSH1935 1 HOFer, 1 future HOFer, and one guy who I think probably would have been one had he not gotten injured 🥲
It was before he was the player he would become. Like even his early years on detroit he had a couple of years before he was truly great.
these guys just took 2/3 in a series from me in power pros :(
You know what team people are going to comment about from that thumbnail
Owings could've been a 2 way ish player today, Wild!
It's surprising and frankly disappointing that you don't mention the team defence of the '07 D-backs even once in this video. They ranked 3rd in the NL in Total Zone Runs Above Avg., 2nd in Defensive Runs Saved Above Avg., and 8th in Defensive Efficiency. According to the Plus/Minus System, the D-backs had the 3rd best defence in the NL. Without such stellar team defence, there's no way the '07 team would have won all those 1-run games, and in my mind it was their gloves that pushed this team from average to competitive. It's quite a shame that none of this was never mentioned.
Jolly sorry if this question is random, but who do you believe is the greatest position player? The last 5 people I asked all had different answers
Good video. Dodgers underachieved that year and the Cubs choked in the first round as usual.
Webby is my all time favorite “underrated” player
If my Mets didnt collapse like a bunch of choking dogs in 2007, there would be no cinderella with the Rockies or DBACKS in 2007