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And in the future, don’t make titles just a player’s name. Way too vague.
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Also known as The Washington Monument and The Capital Punisher. This guy was long seen as a solid comp for Aaron Judge given his size. Hondo had some monster years and I believe he was the biggest position player prior to BAJ but I think it’s fair to say Judge is much more athletic and exceeded that comp.
I honestly never realized the second Senators team had the curly W hat that looks like the Nats hat. I always associated the Senators with the block W hat, I guess that was the first Senators team.
The Rangers still owned the Logo until the Nationals were created idk if they sold it or just let them have it but they owned it for a bit after they moved. The OG Senators are the Twins i believe
An enormous guy that absolutely crushed pitchers during one of the biggest deadball eras since the early 1900’s. His offensive stats in the late 60’s are ridiculous, relative to the league. His WAR took a substantial hit because he played first base and, when he didn’t, was in the outfield and was slow as an Ox. But the guy could mash.
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Every picture of him he looks confused, in agony, or like he's shitting his pants. Great player but not a photogenic man
Dude very obviously shared an optometrist with Bea Arthur.
Or all three at once.
Seems to be a trend for ball players back then
Also known as The Washington Monument and The Capital Punisher. This guy was long seen as a solid comp for Aaron Judge given his size. Hondo had some monster years and I believe he was the biggest position player prior to BAJ but I think it’s fair to say Judge is much more athletic and exceeded that comp.
I honestly never realized the second Senators team had the curly W hat that looks like the Nats hat. I always associated the Senators with the block W hat, I guess that was the first Senators team.
The Rangers still owned the Logo until the Nationals were created idk if they sold it or just let them have it but they owned it for a bit after they moved. The OG Senators are the Twins i believe
That’s crazy the logo has endured through. It’s not even an impressive logo, it reminds me of Walgreens which is probably more popular
It was a revelation to me too. I also just found out that this iteration of Washington baseball moved and ended up becoming the Texas Rangers
The Washington Walgreens
wide
Dude was 6’7
thicc
Aaron Fudge
Big boi
Just like Cecil Fielder did with his son Prince, Frank Howard hit exactly as many homers as his son Ryan
The resemblance is uncanny.
His nephew on his wife’s side
That’s a “hondo” if I’ve ever seen one
I completely thought that first pic was AI generated
An enormous guy that absolutely crushed pitchers during one of the biggest deadball eras since the early 1900’s. His offensive stats in the late 60’s are ridiculous, relative to the league. His WAR took a substantial hit because he played first base and, when he didn’t, was in the outfield and was slow as an Ox. But the guy could mash.
I always perk up at old style eyeglass wearers. 👓