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Originally Posted by Bub13
Since I started reading this during the (latter half of) the Toner years, it has to be the great man himself. Each post was a love letter (or, during lean streaks, a "why you done me wrong" song) to him and to the evolving cast of ruffians and scalawags surrounding him.
Such times.
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Even more amazing than Jonny Toner was the fact that we got him for a failed Japanese free agent, Shunyo Yano. Yano would finish his career with a winning record, and his lone Coons season was the worst of his career.
But it was GOOD that the 2011-12 seasons didn't work out - those netted us not only Jonny, but also Cookie.
Jonny was so beyond brilliant, although I have to admit that I still liked Brownie more for quite some time.
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Originally Posted by Questdog
I think you know who my favorite player is (and probably my least favorite).
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Say, Maud doesn't believe me, but are you actually the guy in the trenchcoat and obviously fake moustache and huge sunglasses in always the same spot in section 87? I mean, you kinda stand out with that masquerade in the summer since at times it gets up to 80 degrees even here…
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Originally Posted by Questdog
I wonder if Tetsu still has those unders I tossed him.....
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I don't think they make underwear *that* sturdy…
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Originally Posted by Questdog
I still love that first great Raccoon run in the 90's (?). That was a long time ago.
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I remember it as if it had been yesterday! Still waiting for that overdue Player of the Year season from David Vinson! .912 OPS in '90 - kid is gonna be a star!
And Grant West! And Neil Reece! And Daniel Hall! And David Brewer! And Jason Turner! And Raimundo "Pooky" Beato!
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Originally Posted by Questdog
Vern Kinnear and Bobby Quinn are favorites
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Such great outfielders - and the heartbreak when Vern slugged the Coons past the Elks into fifth place on the final weekend in '97... and then left.
And three decades later, when I hear Vern Kinnear, I don't remember the brown shirt with the #9, but the blue shirt and the yellow #16 and the walkoff single in Game 7 in '01.
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Originally Posted by Questdog
and the 2-pitch wonder, who's name has just slipped out of this old man's head..... I remember the year he and the Japanese ace (Saito?), started out the year 25 and 1.
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Scott Wade.
That was in magical 1989, with Scotty leading the league in wins that year, despite finishing 6-6 after a 15-0 start.