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Discussion in 'GatorGrowl's Diamond Gators' started by candymanfromgc, Jul 11, 2025.

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  1. Jul 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM #21
    GatorLurker

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    Add Vida Blue to that roster.

    I get the Fidrych story arc. He was pitching weekend "fun" ball and looking good. He didn't go through the grind of several minor league seasons where live arms go to die. He had his arm die at the Major League level.
     
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  2. Jul 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM #22
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    Darryl Strawberry might be the president of the club.
     
  3. Jul 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM #23
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    What if... Mickey Mantle had not stepped on a sprinkler head in Yankee Stadium CF as a rookie and ruined his knee? He never had healthy legs for the rest of his career. A healthy, sober Mantle would have been pretty good. What if he had access to modern ortho in the '50s? Even injured, he was better than most.
     
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  4. Jul 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM #24
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    I'll play. What if Satchel Paige had pitched his whole career in the Big Leagues?
     
  5. Jul 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM #25
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    This thread took a wrong turn and just kept going.
     
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  6. Jul 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM #26
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    What if frogs had wings?
     
  7. Jul 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM #27
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    Something wouldn’t bump! ;)
     
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  8. Jul 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM #28
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    Im off the hook then?? ;)
     
  9. Jul 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM #29
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    And Josh Gibson?
     
  10. Jul 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM #30
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    Buffalos have wings.

    And chickens have fingers.
     
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  11. Jul 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM #31
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    Can't wait for Sproaty to get called up. He has been on fire.
     
  12. Jul 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM #32
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    Here’s an oldie. What if Herb Score hadn’t been hit in the face by a line drive off the bat of Gil McDougle?
     
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