I had the years for scott off. He played early 80’s. He was fast. Wish you had seen him. Everyone knows Yelding was a burner. His SB timing wasn’t the greatest but they don’t give slow guys the green light.
It's a shame they didn't track sprint speed before the golden era. My eyes tell me Lofton was the fastest, but Bourn, Gerald Young, Eric Yelding, Brian Hunter were fast too. I was really young when Omar Moreno, Tony Scott, and Cesar Cedeno were Astros.
The OF's thought they has an extra second to get the ball in after looking at him... this has to be the #1 reason he had as many triples.
But seriously…. Finley(Steve) doesn’t get enough credit for his wheels. Very fast athletic guy. Early (first 5-6 years) in his career he was a gazelle in the OF and around the bases.
I’d love to see a Gerald Young/Willy Tavares foot race in each of their primes. Always thought Gerald had all world potential that he never fully lived up to. But I was young and probably inflated expectations because that’s what kids do.
he also doesn’t get the stigma of being a ped user but explain to me how his hit tool went from all Adam Everett to all world
Agreed but he gained strength and began yanking that ball over the right field wall. He was a good hitter before the power came.
Poll 10 different .netters, I'd reckon you get 10 different words for which "that" one is. I'd be remiss if I neglected to point out to the class that MindFog's Dictionary of Dickwadian Gobbledy-Gook Bingo would a most excellent and efficient Spring Training drinking game make. Don't think for a second the rest of us don't notice the some of y'all be showing up to ST sober. I don't think I need to remind a salty rimmed lot of Chompions such as yourselves that we're only as strong as our weakest drink. Or do I? There's no "I" in whrskey. Don't believe me? There's a dictionary floating around here somewheres...
Hmm… Fisher was the fastest player to 1st base out of the box in baseball the year he got playing time and second to Hamilton from home to second. Gerald Young was really fast…maybe Eric Yelding? I don’t know… not a lot of Hugh Nicol types in Astros history. If I asked my old man he would tell me Cedeno and go on for 10 minutes about if Cedeno cared more he would have stolen 800 bases and hit 500 homers with 100 career WAR… and also not shot a girl in the face…
What do you think he and Luis Gonzalez were doing? Outside of Cammy and McGwire - those guys were roid machines… but, like Brady Anderson, they were extremely nice people so no one says anything. At worst they get the Andy Pettite treatment.
Very good person. still involved in baseball as a coach and mentor for young players. Really good golfer too.
