Lisa's husband, Andy here. Dave Parker was a very good player. On the Juan Soto thing, this reminds me of when Manchester City started outbidding Manchester United i English football. Wages are now exponential, the players win but the game loses now.

the SP ichiro and pujols is a joke. they should atleast add a 2nd card like they did for musial.

great video. My three picks were Allen, Parker and Tiant. I understand your concepts on parker and garvey, You make a solid points to those two players.

No Larry Doby ( to include on / off field contributions....would been proper

Again.....forget it...many non facts...great video besides the lack of research

I think it was Billy Martin who lead his team, bats in hand, to defend Jeff Burroughs...then the #GoTribe hit the field to defend the Rangers

Thank you so much Brutus for all you done this year. I think people need to really rethink about signing a guy that is still like you say it's in his prime. To me if you're going to really do that then you got to evaluate them when they're like 18 or 19 years old or even 21 for that matter. You're right about Dick Allen, we had too many Hall of famers go in posthumously and that really needs to stop. These guys need to be around to enjoy the fruits of their labor. And I'm very grateful that Dave Parker is in the Hall of fame. Yes he does not have the sabermetric statistics light the computer guys but he still have the traditional statistics. Hitting 290 batting average, 339 home runs, phone just 7 r bi is shy of 1500 I'm nearly 200 plus hits away from 3000 career. Of course he didn't put it together for such a long time due to his drug involvement back in the 80s but like I said on several other channels if we're going to excuse Dave Parker for drug habits then we need to bring up Tim raines because he too was involved in the drug scandal and Keith Hernandez should also be in this conversation.

I think you nailed it. While Parker definitely had some issues with the fans, due mostly to underperformance when he got into the drugs, I do think his peers generally liked him, and now that his health is failing, there is a sentimental feeling to get him in while he's alive. (The recent passing of fellow Cincinnati native Pete Rose also probably plays into that.) I wouldn't have a major problem with a salary cap, on two conditions. 1) There also has to be a salary floor, and 2) the cap should have a "Larry Bird" rule allowing teams to go over to retain players they already have.

Thanks for posting. I agree 100% about Dave Parker and especially about Dick Allen. Great, great player who didn’t put up with a lot of BS but who was absolutely one of the best of his era and, according to teammates, a good guy in the clubhouse.

Results are in: Dick Allen, as we all seem to agree on, has made it. The other selection was Dave Parker. Parker isn't an awful pick, but for fun let's compare him with another outfielder who we'll call "?" Years Played: Parker: 1973-1991; "?": 1976-1993 MVP Awards: Parker: 1; "?"; 2 All-Star Games: Parker: 7; "?" 7 Gold Gloves: Parker: 3 (in RF); ??": 5 (in CF) Home Runs: Parker: 339; "?" 398 Stolen Bases: Parker: 154 (in 267 attempts); "?" 161 (in 229 attempts) OPS+: Parker: 121; "?" 121 WAR: Parker: 40.1; "?" 46.5 # of seasons with WAR above 4: Parker: 5; "?" 6 # of seasons with WAR above 5: Parker 4: "?" 6 # of seasons with WAR above 6: Parker 4: "?" 4 # of seasons with WAR above 7: Parker 2: "?" 2 Career high WAR: Parker 7.4: "?" 7.7 "?" had five seasons with more home runs than Parker's career high of 34. He also hit more home runs on the road if you want to argue park effect. Parker did outhit "?" 290-265, but "?" made up for it with a 346-339 edge in OPB. Parker had a 1493-1143 edge in RBI, but he also generally played in much better lineups. Parker had some off-field issues: "?" was a Clemente Award winner and generally regarded as the nicest, most wholesome player in the game. Dale Murphy's Hall of Fame case has just skyrocketed. Of course, there's a certain logic that if we're going to take credit away from guys who put substances into their body which helped their game, we should give extra credit to guys who used substances that hurt it.

My Son bought a shoebox of 80s-90s junk wax at a garage sale and the no name Frank Thomas was in it.........The thing wrong though is some kid back in the day took it upon himself to very badly scribble the name in the blank box!

What If?... Spider-Man kept his cosmic powers

What If Gwen Stacey lived

What IF... Spider-Man joined the Fantastic Four

This era sucks The end

The latest format sucks. Too many second place teams in contention.

Longevity does matter, this isn't the NFL. You are overvaluing WAR due to great peaks and undervaluing the two most deserving players in Dave Parker and Steve Garvey.

If Jasmin keeps up her baseball acumen, she would be a baseball announcer!

Seems like Jasmine has grown quite a bit in the last several months. Since she's the go-to in the family for predictions, where does she think the A's and the Rays will ultimately end up?

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Great presentation Brutus.

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That's pretty good Brutus but you forgot the relief pitcher of the dodgers even though they will not include him

My favorite Dodger team was 1977. Ron Cey Steve Garvey, Reggie Smith, and Dusty Baker all hit 30 or more home runs. Their outfield of Dusty Baker (LF), Rick Monday (CF), and Reggie Smith (RF) was really neat, although Rick Monday had a injury-laden down year, after having hit 32 homeruns the year before with The Cubs.

No mention of Vin Scully? The Dodgers are probably known as being the preeminent team for ethnic appeal. Jackie Robinson is obvious, but they also had the biggest Jewish superstar of his era (Sandy Koufax), the first star that the Mexican community latched onto (Fernando Valenzuela) and the pitcher who started a wave of Japanese players to the majors which continues to this day (Hideo Nomo). Fun fact: It was the Dodgers-Giants rivalry which produced Leo Durocher's famous "Nice guys finish last" quote. He was referring to Giants manager Mel Ott. Is it just me or do the Dodgers seem to have whiter uniforms than everyone else's? Three popes have visited Yankee Stadium, just saying. 😁

Great video. New Subscriber

Good afternoon Brutus, I've been keeping track on of your predictions from Major League baseball. Here are the results: CY young predicted nominee: Zack Wheeler MVP predicted nominees: Aaron judge Juan Soto Shohei ohtani Team predictions in the playoffs: Houston Astros Cleveland guardians New York Yankees Baltimore Orioles Philadelphia Phillies San Diego Padres Los Angeles dodgers The winner of the 2024 world series: The Los Angeles dodgers

How messed up is PSA that didn't recognize the error That's why I always buy from Beckett

I have a 1998 Topps Mets pitcher john Franco upside down front and the name David justice on there mint condition and seems like there’s no other cards of its kind around even on sets- I send it to get graded recent would this card be worth something big ?

All I can say is that I wish Bill James would have nerded out on something other than baseball. His influence on the game has been as negative as PED's or the juiced ball. As the old saying goes "think long think wrong".

Great video! If Tiant gets in, do you see a case for Vida Blue down the line?

Love your analysis. I think the committee will be playing catch-up with Negro League candidates, so I see one of those going in. I think there are committee members that will be small Hall guys and some that will use all three votes. Let’s say an average voting rate of 2. Therefore, I think one NL and one other candidate will get in. I agree that it will likely be Richie Allen. Good stuff. Thx for sharing.

Tell me in the comments who you would vote for on this Classic Era ballot! And do me a favor...you don't have to unsubscribe just because you're a Steve Garvey fan.

You gotta have the Cobra and El Tiante.

Agree on Allen and Tiant. Won't argue against Donaldson, but here's something to consider. There are a lot of players from the 1800s in the HOF who are in, not because they were great players, but because they were pioneers, they did something that was never done before which fundamentally changed the game's history. I think we do a disservice to future generations by limiting that role to that era, which is why I would vote for Tommy John (who also has a reasonable case otherwise.)

Wow, Garey didn't have much value with the glove at 1b? As a Dodger fan growing up in the 60's and 70's, I can tell you he saved a heck of a lot of errors on bad throws from the other infielders, which also saved runs. It's the difference between looking at modern metrics and actually seeing a player play. With that said, I would take Keith Hernandez before Garvey because Keith was the best 1b of all time in my book, but Garvey deserves to be in.

I think Parker had a better career after age 30 than Dale Murphy and Andruw Jones but from 1980-1983 he barely showed up. I wish the voters added more weight to the prime years of players like Murphy and Jones because injuries and old age happen and it doesn't make them less worthy of the hall.

All were great players, but I only see Dick Allen as being that special "elite" that makes a Hall Of Famer.

I am sure I have some of these cards. Yet HOW can I find the BEST way to sell them- and not get ripped off?

Who won the WS MVP for both of the Blue Jays titles?

I agree with your #1 pick!

Hard to find anything to argue with. Once upon a time, I would have picked the 1991 Twins, but knowing what we know now about Kirby Puckett, I like Luis Gonzalez better.

Thanks for checking out this video! Tell me in the comments below what was your favorite World Series of all time???

'91 was the Twins' 2nd title in Minnesota as they won in '87 as well.

I have a 98 upper deck hard court , David Robinson then on the back side it has grant hill . Any good ?

You mention grading, i dont trust grading in the least. I did a test. I sent the same 3 cards to 4 different companies for grading. Wrote down and took pitctures of the grade results i got. Then i cracked them open and send the same cards to different companies etc. The lack of consistency was ridiculous. Then i cracked em open AGAIN and send them to the SAME original company for grading. And guess what ? I got different results with the same card from the same grading place. Im not gonna mention names as thats not how i roll. But as a vintage collector, ill stick to getting raw cards and trusting my own eyes. I think its gotten out of control the whole system and the price of grading etc. But hey, some people are REALLY into graded cards and its obviously become the norm in a sort of way. But its not normal to me. Getting different results from the same companies and getting different results.... wtf. Also the grades were like my 1961 Yogi Berra MVP got a 7 from one place, a 5.5 from another and a 5 from another and the last gave it a 3.5 !. HOW IN THE HELL does this work ? So the card is between a 3.5 and a 7 ! C'mon this is a money making joke on all of us collectors. Know when your getting taken advantage of. Raw cards all the way for me. Sorry just my 2 cents, and im sure im going to piss someone off with this post. But hey, its an honest comment im making. Grading has to a degree taken away from my interest in collecting. So its done the opposite of what they wanted it to do. But as i said, there are SOOOOO many people as you all know that collect graded cards only etc. I just dont get it. Trusting someone to fairly grade my card is like pulling teeth.