This may be the last class of the pre-analytic era

This may be the last clbad of the Hall of Fame inductee at Cooperstown who played the vast majority of his career before the badytics requisitioned the sport. "I mean, we do not play for the turnover rate," Morris said. "We do not play for launch angle, and we do not play for exit speed or, you know, ground efficiency."

"We play to win. It's W and L. I've been telling people for over a decade now, you know, all of these numbers do not matter. These are the letters that matter: W and L. "

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"When I talked to guys of my time," Morris told us, "we're all grateful to have played when we There are obvious reasons why it would be beneficial to play in today 's game, and most revolve around money.

"But that' s all. is funny, I think that if I had grown up at that time, I would be like the guys today. You know, the director gets me and 5 2/3 [innings] well I'm done. That's all. Go ahead, give them relief pitchers.

Yet when asked he would have kept his cool when he started a blank game and said he was going out because he was about to face a team for the third time, Morris laughed.

"You know my reaction," said Morris. "You do not even have to ask that question, but here's the thought: it's the people who taught me to do that." [Detroit Tigers manager] Sparky [Anderson] taught me to do that He was probably going to: "Oh, my God, I created a monster."

Yes, as the weather Morris feared when Anderson came looking for him, with Anderson l & # 39; 39 calling in his office after the match and leaving him I know that it will never happen again.

"Sparky had his little Sparkyisms which, when he went out to fetch the ball from the thrower, struck twice in his hands and pulled out his hand, "said Trammell, formerly of Morris's teammate." Well Jack being the competitor he was, he was so hot that he did not want to get out of game that he slammed the ball in Sparky's hand and that he broke blood vessels. "

" Often, you know, Jack was very remorseful after the fact.

Hoffman, who grew up watching his older brother, Glenn Hoffman, play for the Boston Red Sox, went on to the old night the night he saved his 600th career game. He made a quick speech to his teammates from Milwaukee Brewers, retired to the coach room and stayed for nearly six hours with staff members, club staff and teammates, telling stories and drinking a few beers .

who realizes that these days have followed the path of trains and flannel uniforms.

"It's a little dispelled," says Hoffman, "because everything is under the sun in the clubs. I do not know if it's a video game, or if it's just a type of social media that you may know [exposed] in the clubhouse.

"One of my biggest thrills was being able to go out in a big league clubhouse. I enjoyed being able to pick the brains of people around me, whether it was coaches or teammates to find out what just happened during the last three hours of the game and try to improve my work, and you do that by communicating some of your thoughts and thoughts through your goal and maybe bounce those ideas and get a different perspective. "And so I really think it's beneficial. I would like it to come back more often.

These days are over and will not come back, just like the time when Morris scored a 10-game shutout in the seventh game of the 1991 World Series, ending the year with 283 innings. Or the years when Guerrero was so close to having more runs than walks. The 1918 games played by second baseman Trammell and Tigers, Lou Whitaker, were the most marked by a double-play duo in the history of baseball

can never be achieved. There is no active thrower with more than 38 full games, with Bartolo Colon, 45, and CC Sabathia, 37, approaching retirement, and no one more than two. complete matches this year. Considering that the pitchers maintained an average of 5.5 rounds per league last season, can we still reach 100 full matches, let alone 175? "Probably not until baseball takes a good look at how the game is played," said Morris. "I'd like to see the commissioner install a rule that you can only have A maximum of 12 launchers on the list.This would force managers to let starters go further, and this could help to cultivate more complete games.

"But that will only happen if something on the other hand, and as it is played today, it looks like it could be even more "

Today's game is filled with players who may have more talented than their predecessors, with no less than 10 who would likely be members of the Hall of Fame if they stopped playing tomorrow, but it's a different game This Hall of Fame clbad has grown into playing

This does not hurt, or necessarily worse depending on your generation, but differs rent.

"I'm really happy," says Thome, "I played in the time that I've made.I feel blessed to have been in this era of the old school at this time of the game. "

Said Trammell:" I have loved these days, I will not lie to you.I will cherish them for the rest of my life. "

C & # 39 is a time that will be proudly celebrated on Sunday and, hopefully, will never be forgotten.