Sons of Steve Garvey: Poll

Friday, July 23, 2010

Poll

Go ahead, be honest...I can take it.

12 comments:

Fred's Brim said...: I voted for the hair; 7/23/2010 7:28 AM
Nostradamus said...: I did, as well.

I think EK will have better numbers when all is said and done (though maybe not when compared to the hitters of his day); 7/23/2010 8:23 AM
Wesley Vento said...: I'll always group Karros in with the run of 5 straight ROY, which makes him stand out in my mind.; 7/23/2010 8:44 AM
rbnlaw said...: Playing at the same time as Mark Grace didn't help EK. Being a former Bruin did.

Loney won't have the power numbers, but might beat him in steals.; 7/23/2010 8:46 AM
Loney Fan said...: I'm not taking the bait.; 7/23/2010 8:51 AM
MR.F said...: James Loney. PLEASE develop 20-HR power James!!; 7/23/2010 10:29 AM
MR.F said...: EK blazed the trail for slow-footed Dodger 1B's stealing an unusual amount of bases. He stole 15 bases in 1997. Then again, Loney (24 SB) is well past 1/3 the way of Karros' career mark of 59 SB.

Karros hovered at around league average in OPS+ through his age 26 season before having a career year at age 27 with an OPS+ of 145. Loney has always been above average in OPS+ (if only slightly above average in 2008 and 2009).

If Loney can consistently develop 20-HR power, I'd say he'll have a better career than Karros. Otherwise I think they're not far away (when compared to their eras).; 7/23/2010 10:39 AM
Kyle Baker said...: Karros will always have better, if not freakier, hair.; 7/23/2010 10:49 AM
rbnlaw said...: Loney seems to be running away with the voting.

I take the ROY stuff with a grain of salt remembering that Todd Hollandsworth also won the award during that stretch.; 7/23/2010 1:10 PM
MR.F said...: On a mostly subjective note, I feel like Loney is reasonably clutch, while from what I remember, Karros never really was.; 7/23/2010 2:49 PM
Eric Karros said...: I'd be happy with 40% of the vote. So close. Perhaps it's time to start buying votes from the SoSG interns...; 7/23/2010 7:11 PM
NicJ said...: career as in just baseball? or are we talking broadcast career too?; 7/24/2010 12:56 AM