Atlanta Braves MVPs (as of 2017)

@DaleMurphy3 @Braves ‏@baseball_80s

I took this photo (in SunTrust Park, now known as Truist Park) just six years ago, but the Braves have won two more MVPs since then (Ronald Acuña Jr. this year and Freddie Freeman in 2020).

Dale Murphy was a league MVP twice. Given that he isn’t in the Hall of Fame, you’d think that the rest of his career was mediocre or something. In fact, he finished in the top 12 in MVP voting four other seasons. According to this site, not only does he have better stats than the worst of the members already in the Hall of Fame, he has better stats than the average Hall of Fame member.

This year’s inductees were Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff. Combined they won zero MVPs and finished in the top 12 in MVP voting five times–one less than Murph by himself.

Posted on December 28th, 2023 under Other. Tags: atlanta, baseball, georgia, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Put Dale Murphy in the Hall of Fame already!

Harmon Killebrew statue outside Target Field (Minneapolis, Minnesota – August 2022)

Born on this day 87 years ago. He died about 12 years ago, and this statue was erected outside Target Field less than a year before.

Posted on June 29th, 2023 under Other. Tags: baseball, minnesota, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, sports photography. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Harmon Killebrew!

Mitchell Tolman of the Oregon Ducks (March 2014)

@MitchellTolman @OregonBaseball

Mitchell has been playing minor league baseball since finishing at the U of O in 2015.

Posted on May 17th, 2023 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, eugene, mitchell tolman, Nikon D600, sports photography. Comments Off on 9 years ago…

Sean Murphy of the Oakland A’s (May 2022)

@Athletics #Oakland #OaklandAthletics #LasVegasAthletics #OaklandAs

Looks like the last professional team that I had any interest in no longer wants me to be interested…

Posted on April 20th, 2023 under Other. Tags: baseball, NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, oakland, sports photography. Comments Off on A’s are moving to Vegas

Silicon Graphics Computer Systems and Rickey Henderson

Saw this clip a while ago and figured I should do a screenshot of it and not just because Rickey Henderson was my favorite baseball player ever. I worked at Silicon Graphics (when they were better known as SGI) in the late 1990s. The video was probably from the early ’90s, as the SGI logo changed in the meantime.

Posted on December 25th, 2022 under Other. Tags: baseball, oakland. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Rickey Henderson!