ATG VIII Card previews

thats funny!

Did anyone notice the subtle difference between this and the aggregate NeL card for DIHIGO???


I guess he was somehow a switch hitter over his career but for his single season they decided to make him STRICTLY a righty!!! Very Strange Indeed!

Everything I've looked at indicates he batter Right-handed. I guess the Switch-hitting one we have now is incorrect.

The only thing I saw in researching was an apocryphal quote supposedly by Johnny Mize, "Dihigo was the only guy I ever saw who could play all nine positions, manage, run and switch-hit." This sounds more like an ode to the greatness and versatility of Dihigo than actual data that he was a switch-hitter, though he may have tried it form time to time.

andy did you notice any new power lhb cards?

1970 Yaz
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/pl ... 1970/3/281

1940 Trosky
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/pl ... 1940/3/281

POOR....POOR ANDRUW JONES

I applaud the reduction for Cedeno, Lynn and Edmonds (IMO could have all dropped another 25 cents or so)

but the one guy I'm VERY disappointed not getting a SERIOUS reduction is my favorite defensive cfer of the 90's....aka...Andruw Jones.....the dude NEVER gets played with at ANY cap! in 250 ATG leagues at differing caps I believe he has played an entire 162 games season less than 15 of the 250 leagues I've been in!!!

He performs similarly to pudge and impacts a game similarly, yet Pudge is rightly priced at $6.59 (not a bargain, but playable on a winning team)...lowering Andruw to somewhere in the $6.6 to $6.7 range would make him a viable pick to be fought over as some owners fight to get Pudge....however with his current $8.05M salary he isn't playable at any cap, on any team with the hope of winning more than 81 games.

A new release would not be complete unless another Mark McGwire card is added.

so far i'm underwhelmed at best.

so far i'm underwhelmed at best.

Im trying hard to withhold judgement until we see all the new stuff- but so far yes, underwhelming.

Also- am wondering if they did choose the new cards from all of those lists Bill compiled for us- and that many of us spent a great deal of time voting on. One would certainly hope so, but I take little for granted here.

Did anyone notice the subtle difference between this and the aggregate NeL card for DIHIGO???


I guess he was somehow a switch hitter over his career but for his single season they decided to make him STRICTLY a righty!!! Very Strange Indeed!

Everything I've looked at indicates he batter Right-handed. I guess the Switch-hitting one we have now is incorrect.

The only thing I saw in researching was an apocryphal quote supposedly by Johnny Mize, "Dihigo was the only guy I ever saw who could play all nine positions, manage, run and switch-hit." This sounds more like an ode to the greatness and versatility of Dihigo than actual data that he was a switch-hitter, though he may have tried it form time to time.

According to Baseball Reference he was a switch hitter!!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullp ... ADn_Dihigo

That's the only place I've seen him listed Both.

Hall of Fame Page

Martin Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos
Born: May 24, 1905, Matanzas, Cuba
Died: May 20, 1971, Cienfuegos, Cuba,
Bats: Right
Throws: Right