Showing posts with label Larry Walker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Larry Walker. Show all posts

Monday, February 21, 2011

A few of les Expos and some 'Cool Heat'.


 Ross Grimsley celebrated his 20 win season for the Expos by having a bath. Unfortunately 'Scuzz' washed off the magic, and never regained his form.

 Andre Nolan Dawson. Andre only hit .244 off of Nolan Ryan, with 25 K's in 89 PA.

 2 players the Expos should have hung onto. Ken Singleton and Cliff Floyd.


 A little (almost) recycled photo action from Larry Walker. Definitely the same play.


Floyd Youmans and Bill Lee. Floyd iffa coulda shoulda woulda been a mega-star. Unfortunately it didn't pan out. I remember in his big break out season, the Expos broadcasters in Canada, TSN, ran a nickname contest for Floyd. Ken Singleton was the colour man (and an extremely good one), and he got to do the interview with Floyd where Floyd chose his new nickname. He chose 'Cool Heat'. Which is a good name for something you rub on a sore muscle, but not really a great nickname for a pitcher. It never caught on. My entry was 'K-Yo'. I was very disappointed it didn't get picked.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Great Canadians. Larry Walker.


Nice card with his career Expo stats.

 Hard to believe a gold glove winner in RF was first thought of as a 1B.

 Larry was a hockey goalie before deciding on baseball.


Definitely one of Canada's Finest. I think Larry probably had another 2-3 decent productive years left in him, which would definitely help his HOF chances. As it is, I think he'll get in. Despite the park factor from playing in Colorado, his numbers are just too good. 

.313 BA .400 OBP .565 SLG 140 OPS+



                                          2160 Hits 471 2B 383 HR


Friday, February 11, 2011

Swing Sequences. Larry Walker.

 Doing these from the head on angle is pretty easy.

The behind the player angle is much harder to find decent shots. This one was just barely worth posting.