I can't do the snip/screen shot since I'm not at home but got damnNow do Aaron Judge 2021-2025
Let's talk about how far Mike Trout has surpassed Bryce Harper
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Trouts injury problems started 5 years before griffeys.People act like Trout is actively trying to get hurt. It just happens to some guys.
And every time I bring up the similarities to Griffey...it's crickets. Because for Griffey, people treat it as an unfortunate circumstance. For Trout, people treat it as some kind of personal flaw or shortcoming.
And we are just stating facts...injured players are detrimental to their teams in every sport ever. I have no fukking idea why people want to treat trout with kid gloves but not others
LOLUnless you want to fukking drive
The point is that both Trout and Griffey were on legendary trajectories before getting hurt.
It's the same situation.
So if you didn't great Griffey as damaged goods, making all the kinds of posts and jokes and threads about his durability...then it's hypocritical to do it to Trout.
Or as the kids say now: keep that same energy.
But we did treat Cincinnati red Griffey as "damaged goods"
I sensed more pity for Griffey and I sense a lot more frustration for Trout.But we did treat Cincinnati red Griffey as "damaged goods"
But maybe it’s just my perception.
VegetasHairline
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Different eras of sports discourse. The inclination to tear great players down has never been socialized to be so instinctual.
GRIFFEY IS 7TH ALL TIME IN HR
17TH ALL TIME IN RBI
3RD ALL TIME IN OUTFIELDER GOLDEN GLOVES
HOW IN THE fukk
ISNT THAT A LEGENDARY CAREER?
Ok but what are we talking about?
Actual ability or output?
Because if we are gonna sit here and say we would rather have Harper over Trout because Trout is always hurt, then shyt…we might as well say we would rather have fukkin Brendan Doyle over Trout, too.
Probably some truth here
I never said it wasn’t.
GRIFFEY IS 7TH ALL TIME IN HR
17TH ALL TIME IN RBI
3RD ALL TIME IN OUTFIELDER GOLDEN GLOVES
HOW IN THE fukk
ISNT THAT A LEGENDARY CAREER?
YOU SAID HE WAS ON
A LEGENDARY TRAJECTORY BEFORE
GETTING HURT
AS IF HIS LEGENDARY CAREER
DIDN'T COME INTO FRUITION
Anyone who followed Ken Griffey Jr's career would acknowledge that injuries prevented him from achieving considerably more.
YOU SAID HE WAS ON
A LEGENDARY TRAJECTORY BEFORE
GETTING HURT
AS IF HIS LEGENDARY CAREER
DIDN'T COME INTO FRUITION
The same is true for Mike Trout, and will remain true through the end of his career.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD
HAVE SAID INITIALLY....