back to back ROYs?
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Only tangentially related... but when I think of back-to-back rookie of the year awards I automatically think of the A's winning it three years in a row with Cansucko (sorry, couldn't resist), Mark McGwire, and Walt Weiss. The A's have made a habit of winning ROY awards and then trading those players for awhile now. They also had back-to-backs more recently with Bobby Crosby and Huston Street but neither of them turned out all that well. But anyway, yeah, only tangentially related. Back to the Kings, I don't think they're going to be trading Evans so there's nothing to worry about there. Back to back wins would be pretty cool for sure. Especially if it leads to championships in the near future. 
But that's a lot of unhatched eggs to be counting now.
But that's a lot of unhatched eggs to be counting now.
Only tangentially related... but when I think of back-to-back rookie of the year awards I automatically think of the A's winning it three years in a row with Cansucko (sorry, couldn't resist), Mark McGwire, and Walt Weiss. The A's have made a habit of winning ROY awards and then trading those players for awhile now. They also had back-to-backs more recently with Bobby Crosby and Huston Street but neither of them turned out all that well. But anyway, yeah, only tangentially related. Back to the Kings, I don't think they're going to be trading Evans so there's nothing to worry about there. Back to back wins would be pretty cool for sure. Especially if it leads to championships in the near future. But that's a lot of unhatched eggs to be counting now.
But that's a lot of unhatched eggs to be counting now.
I was an A's fan at the time. I remember he was the first roid monster to murder one into the 5th deck at Skydome in the '89 ALCS -- not only into the 5th deck, but damn near over it. Think they estimated it was a 480 footer. Big ole Dave Parker was on that team in his last year and the expression on his face was priceless -- he came form the pre-roids era and I'm sure he was thinking I weigh 250lbs and I never hit anything like that.As an aside, as to the thread topic: we gotta get the first one first. That's all I care about at the moment. Let's wrap up this year's business, then we can move on.
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Canseco may have sucked, but his roids were pretty awesome those first few years after he came up. I was an A's fan at the time. I remember he was the first roid monster to murder one into the 5th deck at Skydome in the '89 ALCS -- not only into the 5th deck, but damn near over it. Think they estimated it was a 480 footer. Big ole Dave Parker was on that team in his last year and the expression on his face was priceless -- he came form the pre-roids era and I'm sure he was thinking I weigh 250lbs and I never hit anything like that.
I was an A's fan at the time. I remember he was the first roid monster to murder one into the 5th deck at Skydome in the '89 ALCS -- not only into the 5th deck, but damn near over it. Think they estimated it was a 480 footer. Big ole Dave Parker was on that team in his last year and the expression on his face was priceless -- he came form the pre-roids era and I'm sure he was thinking I weigh 250lbs and I never hit anything like that.
PS -- One down, one to go.
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I always liked McGwire. And I tend to believe his story about taking steriods because of his back. Not that it makes it any less legal, but at least, if true, he did it for health reasons. I mean the dude didn't need to take anything to hit homeruns. He almost hit 50 homeruns his rookie year. Canseco was a different story. You could tell from day one that he was seriously buff. You still have to have talent though. Just Ask Ozzie...
Yup, unless we have a shot at getting a starting 4 or 5 via trade or FA. I don't want John Wall within 50 miles of being in a uniform, he's not what we need. I really prefer Favors over Cousins too, due to Cousins being a bit of a headcase. If Petrie is confident he can pull of a great FA signing or trade for a starting big, then you take Turner with our pick.
While I'm undecided at this point, one thing I didn't particularily like about Wall was how he spoke out in local Lexington press about Calipari, saying he would not listen to him as things started to get a bit rocky for the freshman (less for his team that kept on winnng) during a poor shooting turnover galore stretch late in the season.
While Calipari probably deserves plenty of criticism for his rather mediocre big game coaching (great recruiter though) he down played it but I bet he was not liking the in your face scolding by the frosh teenager.
Evan Turner on the other hand, the model citizen, would never do something like that even if he had similar frustration about his coach. He'd let it go knowing it would pass or take it behind closed doors for a very private meeting.
While Calipari probably deserves plenty of criticism for his rather mediocre big game coaching (great recruiter though) he down played it but I bet he was not liking the in your face scolding by the frosh teenager.
Evan Turner on the other hand, the model citizen, would never do something like that even if he had similar frustration about his coach. He'd let it go knowing it would pass or take it behind closed doors for a very private meeting.
