Pete Rose belongs in the hall of fame, but Barry Bonds belongs there first.
Piniella mentioned often that the 1990 team coasted after their blazing 33-12 start, and ramped intensity back up for the playoffs. They played excellent defense, could really run the bases, and rode outstanding pitching to the title. Sweet Lou was ahead of his time with his bullpen usage and the Nasty Boys. Today itâs commonplace to have 3 relievers who throw 96-101, but in 1990 it was unheard of.
Yeah their offense wasnât great (they could hit fastballs tho), but it was a very well rounded team.
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Eric Davis, Barry Larkin, Paul OâNeill, Billy Hatcher. Mariano Duncan. They could definitely hit. Heck, Hatch went 7/7 in the playoffs.
I think even like 4 dudes had a .300 batting average. Also, Miamiâs own Billy Doran played well that year for us
Sure, they had some good hitters, guys with good batting average and a few who could hit the ball out of the park. Yes, Hatcher went off during the World Series, batting like .750! But overall their team OPS+ was 95, which was below MLB average of 97. It wasnât a poor offense by any means, it just wasnât great, it was close to average.