Ashley Judd – just wanted to remind everyone how beautiful she is

KFC’s Grilled Chicken rocks

If you haven’t tried this, do so. It rocks!

Earle Combs – one of MLB’s most underrated players

Derby is over – what a joke

Yes, tons of drunks. Girls flashing random people. I’m so thankful this is what Kentucky is known for.

Easy debate to win – Sandy Koufax is not one of the top five pitchers of all time

Some dude named Allan Rosteing left a comment claiming I know nothing about baseball. He was upset that Sandy Koufax was left out of my all-time top pitchers. People who rate him in the top five are the ones who truly know nothing about baseball.

To prove Koufax is not in the top five off all time is well, easy. He was done by age 30. He only won 165 games. He is nowhere near the top in wins, career strikeouts or even ERA. How can we call him “one of the greatest”? The fact is, we can’t.

His first year was 1955. He was 2 and 2 with an ERA of 3.02. Okay, not note worthy at all. In 1956 he was 2 and 4 with an ERA of 4.91; a very bad year to say the least. In 1957 he was 5 and 4 and had an ERA of 3.88, also a joke. In 1958 he was 11 and 11 (at least he won ten games lol) and had another bad ERA of 4.48. In 1959 he was 8 and 6 with an ERA of 4.05, also bad. In 1960 he was 8 and 13 with an ERA of 3.91, another bad year. In 1961 he was 18 and 13 with an  ERA of 3.52; okay, not too bad of a year there. In 1962 he finally pitched good going 14 and 7 and led the NL with an ERA of 2.54. From 1963 through 1966, Koufax was the best pitcher in the Majors.

But again, how can we call him one of the best ever? He pitched 12 seasons and had a losing record twice. He had an ERA over 4.00 three times. He won less than 10 games in a season five times, almost half of his career. He had 6 good seasons in 12 years, meaning he was okay or terrible the other half. How can we truly call that greatness?

Compare him to Greg Maddux. Maddux won nearly 200 games more than Koufax. He also won 18 Gold Gloves for his defense. Maddux also won at least 15 games in a season 17 straight seasons. He only won less than 10 games three times in his 23 year career; two being his first two seasons in the majors and his last. Koufax did that 5 times in only 12 seasons.

I could sit here all day and show pitchers who had longer and much better careers than Koufax. Should Koufax be in the Hall? Of course. But he is still not near the top five of all time.

Even Hall of Fame voters agree. Koufax only got 86% of the vote when elected. The all time greats like Seaver, had over 98%. I will bet money that Maddux hall of fame votes will be at least 5% higher than Koufax’s.

Randy Johnson graded rookie card – 10.0 Gem Mint

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Here is a Randy Johnson card I own in GEM mint (10.0 graded). Just like the day they cut if from the sheet.

Barry Sanders and Walter Payton Starting Line-up combo

I paid $50 for this piece. It’s in Gem Mint shape. The item has a book value of $90.

Dawn of the Dead – I hate zombies

Dawn of the Dead

 

I loved the original. But I must say, the remake in 2004 was even better. Most of the old school fans disagree. But the Zombies back in 1979 were too slow. The Zombies in the remake are fast, mean and well, they win. If Zombies to exist, I sure hope they are like the ones in 1979.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Dead_(2004_film)

Favorite players to collect in baseball

Since I blog a lot about my baseball card collection, I should let the world know on my favorites to collect.

From age 5 to this present day, Cal Ripken Jr. has been my favorite player. He is also my favortie player to collect. I have between 250 and 400 different cards of his.

In 2nd place would be Nolan Ryan, who was pitching some 15 years before I was even born. He pitched for 27 years, 1966-1993. I have around 200 cards of his.

Third would be just about any former great from the Altanta Braves. I own dozens upon dozens of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Chipper Jones cards, many being rookies.

Lately I have been working on two sets I want. I am calling them sadly, “I love the 80’s” which is my hope to collect as many 1980 hall of fame players along with their rookies such as Tony Gywnn, Kirby Puckett, Wade Boggs and Ryan Sandberg.

I am also working on “I love the 70’s”. I have been working on getting some Eddie Murray rookies, Carlton Fisk and Jim Rice cards, among others.

Twitter

I am sick of hearing about twitter. My life isn’t that boring lol that I need to update and let people know about my life every hour on the hour.

I do this blog when I am bored and have nothing else to do. For instance, I am going out later with some friends. Since my friend John is at work, I am here typing away. The weather is also ugly outside. So I am passing time doing this. Twitter however, is going a little to far with “blogging”.