Welcome to Act III of Tom Brady's Career

Palm Beach Pats Fan said:

19 years - 19 years
0.344 BA > 0.283
521 HRs > 486
1839 RBIs > 1589
1.116 OPS > 0.920
0.634 Slugging% > 0.543
709 strikeouts > 1628

Papi was/is great
Ted was legendary, missed 3 years of his prime to be a Marine, was in a lesser offense era, was stuck with abysmal ownership, and played when just 2 teams made the postseason (the Sox would have missed the playoffs in 2004 under those rules)

It is a crying shame what happened 4 days before his only shot at a world series: https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...-for-series/Zhd41on74QuUSCB2KoO7iI/story.html

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The 37-year-old designated hitter was the obvious choice to win the award after finishing the series with an astounding .688 batting average, seven runs, 11 hits, two home runs, six RBIs, seven walks and .760 OBP.

Read more at: http://nesn.com/2013/10/red-sox-dav...ward-after-historic-performance-vs-cardinals/

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Hitter Hits
Frank Robinson 26
Tony Perez 22
Dusty Baker 21
Andre Dawson 20
Robrto Clemente 20
Brooks Robinson 19
Lou Whitaker 19
Manny Mota 19
Rusty Staub 19

Just missing the list with 18 game-enders is the leader among active players, David Ortiz. He’s tied with Fisk, Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Graig Nettles, Don Baylor, and Jack Clark.

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robertweathers said:

It's funny....

We are talking about a man who from a self-motivation standpoint is in the same discussion as Larry Bird. Even in his prime, Larry trash talked, used a loss, a key match-up to take his game to another level. In his time, Larry's legacy or honor was never questioned (Rodman/Isiah doesn't count). If it had, we would have seen Larry hit career highs in every single statistical category and his play would have been beyond what had been done prior.

I expect Tom to have one of his greatest seasons- possibly 2007, 2010 levels.

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GaryfromTO said:

Brady, Bird, Orr, I'll let you guys choose a Red Sox. (I'd vote Yaz) .. would be a hell of a mountain.

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Fencer said:

Isiah is a jerk, but that story is an unfair knock on him. I recall seeing the press conference in question live, and it seemed immediately obvious that his agreement with Rodman was sarcastic/facetious, much more than it was genuine.

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PatsFanInVa said:

Predictions drive me nuts.

I too think that whether Brady takes the field in week 1 or week 5, he'll be on the warpath. As for an "enforced vacation," if he doesn't get the injunction... I don't see him curling up in a sad little ball and eating doritos. Crap is that an unintentional reference? Um... cheetos... No, let's say Lays. (Sorry to the supermodel wife). Utz. I don't think he's going to be sitting around eating Utz.

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robertweathers said:

I don't think so. Rodman is an idiot but Isiah knows better. He chose to crap on Larry.

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