http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-mike-cuellar/ Helping you win your fantasy football, baseball, and basketball leagues. Thu, 24 May 2012 16:54:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-mike-cuellar/comment-page-1/#comment-16883 Joe Vargas Thu, 20 May 2010 02:50:24 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=751#comment-16883 Elmer Smith was the first player to homer in post-season play, in 1920. Elmer Smith was the first player to homer in post-season play, in 1920.

]]> http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-mike-cuellar/comment-page-1/#comment-16014 LestersLegends Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:55:21 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=751#comment-16014 He was close, but 185 wins just doesn't get him in. He's a Oriole HOFer for sure. He was close, but 185 wins just doesn’t get him in. He’s a Oriole HOFer for sure.

]]> http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-mike-cuellar/comment-page-1/#comment-16013 Joe Magee Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:51:05 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=751#comment-16013 Mike Cuellar was one of my favorite pitchers of all time. He was to the Orioles pitching staff what Frank Robinson was to the Orioles offense... the final piece of the puzzle. Frank put us over the top in 66 for the first time. When Cuellar arrived we became the dominating team of the league for three years in a row! When I talk of the Orioles greatest offensive teams it always starts with Frank, Brooks, and Boog, in that order. Cuellar, Palmer, and McNally are the guys I always start the conversation with when talking about the Orioles greatest pitching staffs...in that order! Cuellar was awesome. His screwball was the best ever, leaving great batters, even like Rod Carew, looking silly chasing balls in the dirt time after time. I loved his little quirks and oddities, which made him very human and likeable, like the way he always wore his hat cocked to one side, and how he would sometimes have the habit of getting down early in the first inning and then shutting off the lights from there on out. What the Orioles wouldn't have to give for a pitcher of his caliber now! If Cuellar doesn't belong in the Hall, nobody does. Mike Cuellar was one of my favorite pitchers of all time. He was to the Orioles pitching staff what Frank Robinson was to the Orioles offense… the final piece of the puzzle. Frank put us over the top in 66 for the first time. When Cuellar arrived we became the dominating team of the league for three years in a row! When I talk of the Orioles greatest offensive teams it always starts with Frank, Brooks, and Boog, in that order. Cuellar, Palmer, and McNally are the guys I always start the conversation with when talking about the Orioles greatest pitching staffs…in that order! Cuellar was awesome. His screwball was the best ever, leaving great batters, even like Rod Carew, looking silly chasing balls in the dirt time after time. I loved his little quirks and oddities, which made him very human and likeable, like the way he always wore his hat cocked to one side, and how he would sometimes have the habit of getting down early in the first inning and then shutting off the lights from there on out. What the Orioles wouldn’t have to give for a pitcher of his caliber now! If Cuellar doesn’t belong in the Hall, nobody does.

]]> http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-mike-cuellar/comment-page-1/#comment-15567 LestersLegends Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:40 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=751#comment-15567 The ball, yes. The man, no. The ball, yes. The man, no.

]]> http://lesterslegends.com/cooperstown-chronicles-mike-cuellar/comment-page-1/#comment-15566 Jose Vargas Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:32:20 +0000 http://lesterslegends.com/?p=751#comment-15566 How about the fact that he hit the first Grand Slam in post season history should be enough to put him in the hall. How about the fact that he hit the first Grand Slam in post season history should be enough to put him in the hall.

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