Addison Russell's Barry Larkin-esque 2040 HOF Primer Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

Bump.

• First SS to hit a World Series grand slam.
• Holds the record for most RBI in a game where his team faces elimination.

[SKO]

Bump.

• First SS to hit a World Series grand slam.
• Holds the record for most RBI in a game where his team faces elimination.

He's tied for the record for most RBI in a WS game, period

[Quality Start Machine]

Bump.

• First SS to hit a World Series grand slam.
• Holds the record for most RBI in a game where his team faces elimination.

He's tied for the record for most RBI in a WS game, period

Also first grand slam ever in the month of November.

[Saul Goodman]

Bump.

• First SS to hit a World Series grand slam.
• Holds the record for most RBI in a game where his team faces elimination.

He's tied for the record for most RBI in a WS game, period

Also first grand slam ever in the month of November.

Derek Jeter sucks. All hail the real Mr. November.

[Brownie]

It's very interesting to me how successful at bats develop. Before he hit his homerun, Russell looked bad on a swing, and he looked pretty frustrated in the process. It speaks to his character baseball ability and solid mental approach that he didn't change his approach after a bad swing.

I'm probably being a semantic dick but it ain't got nothing to do with his character.

I'll concede your point. I just feel that not succumbing to the pressure/adrenaline, and maintaining your approach (i.e., playing with poise), is an example of your character.

Oh Kurt, don't you know that you're not allowed to bring about "character" around these parts?

The only thing that matters is statz, bro.

This isn't a computers versus grit argument, dingus. Obviously there is a HUGE mental aspect to the game - as evidenced by how much focus this regime puts on mental makeup. But when I think of "character" I think of how a guy treats his family and friends and acts as a citizen in general (e.g. Rizzo good, Chapman bad). Which is different than his mental makeup as an athlete. I'm probably splitting hairs here.

No, I think discipline speaks to character. Rizzo seems like a good guy, and I'm sure he's done bad things. Chapman on the other hand, I'm sure he's done a good deed or two somewhere. I would hope that Chapman who has lived a very volatile 28 years -- and was a tool of a totalitarian state for his first 21 years before winding up as a MILLIONAIRE BASEBALL STAR with everything handed to him -- will work on his character before he hurts more people or himself.

As for Russell, by all accounts he's a good guy at 22 whopping years old. Of course, he's had a lot of stability in his life, but displaying that kind of discipline as a 22-year-old who has overmatched his peers his whole life until the past 3 or 4 years speaks something to his character.

[Yeti]

It's very interesting to me how successful at bats develop. Before he hit his homerun, Russell looked bad on a swing, and he looked pretty frustrated in the process. It speaks to his character baseball ability and solid mental approach that he didn't change his approach after a bad swing.

I'm probably being a semantic dick but it ain't got nothing to do with his character.

I'll concede your point. I just feel that not succumbing to the pressure/adrenaline, and maintaining your approach (i.e., playing with poise), is an example of your character.

Oh Kurt, don't you know that you're not allowed to bring about "character" around these parts?

The only thing that matters is statz, bro.

This isn't a computers versus grit argument, dingus. Obviously there is a HUGE mental aspect to the game - as evidenced by how much focus this regime puts on mental makeup. But when I think of "character" I think of how a guy treats his family and friends and acts as a citizen in general (e.g. Rizzo good, Chapman bad). Which is different than his mental makeup as an athlete. I'm probably splitting hairs here.

No, I think discipline speaks to character. Rizzo seems like a good guy, and I'm sure he's done bad things. Chapman on the other hand, I'm sure he's done a good deed or two somewhere. I would hope that Chapman who has lived a very volatile 28 years -- and was a tool of a totalitarian state for his first 21 years before winding up as a MILLIONAIRE BASEBALL STAR with everything handed to him -- will work on his character before he hurts more people or himself.

As for Russell, by all accounts he's a good guy at 22 whopping years old. Of course, he's had a lot of stability in his life, but displaying that kind of discipline as a 22-year-old who has overmatched his peers his whole life until the past 3 or 4 years speaks something to his character.

Aside from the 2 babies inside of 9 months of each other from 2 different women, yea

[SKO]

It's very interesting to me how successful at bats develop. Before he hit his homerun, Russell looked bad on a swing, and he looked pretty frustrated in the process. It speaks to his character baseball ability and solid mental approach that he didn't change his approach after a bad swing.

I'm probably being a semantic dick but it ain't got nothing to do with his character.

I'll concede your point. I just feel that not succumbing to the pressure/adrenaline, and maintaining your approach (i.e., playing with poise), is an example of your character.

Oh Kurt, don't you know that you're not allowed to bring about "character" around these parts?

The only thing that matters is statz, bro.

This isn't a computers versus grit argument, dingus. Obviously there is a HUGE mental aspect to the game - as evidenced by how much focus this regime puts on mental makeup. But when I think of "character" I think of how a guy treats his family and friends and acts as a citizen in general (e.g. Rizzo good, Chapman bad). Which is different than his mental makeup as an athlete. I'm probably splitting hairs here.

No, I think discipline speaks to character. Rizzo seems like a good guy, and I'm sure he's done bad things. Chapman on the other hand, I'm sure he's done a good deed or two somewhere. I would hope that Chapman who has lived a very volatile 28 years -- and was a tool of a totalitarian state for his first 21 years before winding up as a MILLIONAIRE BASEBALL STAR with everything handed to him -- will work on his character before he hurts more people or himself.

As for Russell, by all accounts he's a good guy at 22 whopping years old. Of course, he's had a lot of stability in his life, but displaying that kind of discipline as a 22-year-old who has overmatched his peers his whole life until the past 3 or 4 years speaks something to his character.

Aside from the 2 babies inside of 9 months of each other from 2 different women, yea

I don't know that a 20 year old athlete having sex with two different women in a relatively short timespan is "instability" or anything to judge him for at all. He seems to have a happy marriage to one of them now and he's actively involved in the life of the other kid.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

It's very interesting to me how successful at bats develop. Before he hit his homerun, Russell looked bad on a swing, and he looked pretty frustrated in the process. It speaks to his character baseball ability and solid mental approach that he didn't change his approach after a bad swing.

I'm probably being a semantic dick but it ain't got nothing to do with his character.

I'll concede your point. I just feel that not succumbing to the pressure/adrenaline, and maintaining your approach (i.e., playing with poise), is an example of your character.

Oh Kurt, don't you know that you're not allowed to bring about "character" around these parts?

The only thing that matters is statz, bro.

This isn't a computers versus grit argument, dingus. Obviously there is a HUGE mental aspect to the game - as evidenced by how much focus this regime puts on mental makeup. But when I think of "character" I think of how a guy treats his family and friends and acts as a citizen in general (e.g. Rizzo good, Chapman bad). Which is different than his mental makeup as an athlete. I'm probably splitting hairs here.

No, I think discipline speaks to character. Rizzo seems like a good guy, and I'm sure he's done bad things. Chapman on the other hand, I'm sure he's done a good deed or two somewhere. I would hope that Chapman who has lived a very volatile 28 years -- and was a tool of a totalitarian state for his first 21 years before winding up as a MILLIONAIRE BASEBALL STAR with everything handed to him -- will work on his character before he hurts more people or himself.

As for Russell, by all accounts he's a good guy at 22 whopping years old. Of course, he's had a lot of stability in his life, but displaying that kind of discipline as a 22-year-old who has overmatched his peers his whole life until the past 3 or 4 years speaks something to his character.

Aside from the 2 babies inside of 9 months of each other from 2 different women, yea

I don't know that a 20 year old athlete having sex with two different women in a relatively short timespan is "instability" or anything to judge him for at all. He seems to have a happy marriage to one of them now and he's actively involved in the life of the other kid.

No, having sex as a 20 year old is not a mark of instability, but shooting 2 silver bullets each time and creating unexpected pregnancies certainly probably created at least a little bit of upheaval in Addy's life.

[Yeti]

It's very interesting to me how successful at bats develop. Before he hit his homerun, Russell looked bad on a swing, and he looked pretty frustrated in the process. It speaks to his character baseball ability and solid mental approach that he didn't change his approach after a bad swing.

I'm probably being a semantic dick but it ain't got nothing to do with his character.

I'll concede your point. I just feel that not succumbing to the pressure/adrenaline, and maintaining your approach (i.e., playing with poise), is an example of your character.

Oh Kurt, don't you know that you're not allowed to bring about "character" around these parts?

The only thing that matters is statz, bro.

This isn't a computers versus grit argument, dingus. Obviously there is a HUGE mental aspect to the game - as evidenced by how much focus this regime puts on mental makeup. But when I think of "character" I think of how a guy treats his family and friends and acts as a citizen in general (e.g. Rizzo good, Chapman bad). Which is different than his mental makeup as an athlete. I'm probably splitting hairs here.

No, I think discipline speaks to character. Rizzo seems like a good guy, and I'm sure he's done bad things. Chapman on the other hand, I'm sure he's done a good deed or two somewhere. I would hope that Chapman who has lived a very volatile 28 years -- and was a tool of a totalitarian state for his first 21 years before winding up as a MILLIONAIRE BASEBALL STAR with everything handed to him -- will work on his character before he hurts more people or himself.

As for Russell, by all accounts he's a good guy at 22 whopping years old. Of course, he's had a lot of stability in his life, but displaying that kind of discipline as a 22-year-old who has overmatched his peers his whole life until the past 3 or 4 years speaks something to his character.

Aside from the 2 babies inside of 9 months of each other from 2 different women, yea

I don't know that a 20 year old athlete having sex with two different women in a relatively short timespan is "instability" or anything to judge him for at all. He seems to have a happy marriage to one of them now and he's actively involved in the life of the other kid.

No, having sex as a 20 year old is not a mark of instability, but shooting 2 silver bullets each time and creating unexpected pregnancies certainly probably created at least a little bit of upheaval in Addy's life.

DAT

[SKO]

It's very interesting to me how successful at bats develop. Before he hit his homerun, Russell looked bad on a swing, and he looked pretty frustrated in the process. It speaks to his character baseball ability and solid mental approach that he didn't change his approach after a bad swing.

I'm probably being a semantic dick but it ain't got nothing to do with his character.

I'll concede your point. I just feel that not succumbing to the pressure/adrenaline, and maintaining your approach (i.e., playing with poise), is an example of your character.

Oh Kurt, don't you know that you're not allowed to bring about "character" around these parts?

The only thing that matters is statz, bro.

This isn't a computers versus grit argument, dingus. Obviously there is a HUGE mental aspect to the game - as evidenced by how much focus this regime puts on mental makeup. But when I think of "character" I think of how a guy treats his family and friends and acts as a citizen in general (e.g. Rizzo good, Chapman bad). Which is different than his mental makeup as an athlete. I'm probably splitting hairs here.

No, I think discipline speaks to character. Rizzo seems like a good guy, and I'm sure he's done bad things. Chapman on the other hand, I'm sure he's done a good deed or two somewhere. I would hope that Chapman who has lived a very volatile 28 years -- and was a tool of a totalitarian state for his first 21 years before winding up as a MILLIONAIRE BASEBALL STAR with everything handed to him -- will work on his character before he hurts more people or himself.

As for Russell, by all accounts he's a good guy at 22 whopping years old. Of course, he's had a lot of stability in his life, but displaying that kind of discipline as a 22-year-old who has overmatched his peers his whole life until the past 3 or 4 years speaks something to his character.

Aside from the 2 babies inside of 9 months of each other from 2 different women, yea

I don't know that a 20 year old athlete having sex with two different women in a relatively short timespan is "instability" or anything to judge him for at all. He seems to have a happy marriage to one of them now and he's actively involved in the life of the other kid.

No, having sex as a 20 year old is not a mark of instability, but shooting 2 silver bullets each time and creating unexpected pregnancies certainly probably created at least a little bit of upheaval in Addy's life.

Yeah, that's fair. I probably read more stank into Yeti's response than he intended. I just didn't think it was fair to imply a guy may not be mature or stable if he happened to have two kids with two different women in a relatively short time span. Shit happens. He seems to be doing right by both kids so that's all that counts as far as I am concerned. But re-reading it I don't think that's what Yeti was doing. my bad.

[Yeti]

It's very interesting to me how successful at bats develop. Before he hit his homerun, Russell looked bad on a swing, and he looked pretty frustrated in the process. It speaks to his character baseball ability and solid mental approach that he didn't change his approach after a bad swing.

I'm probably being a semantic dick but it ain't got nothing to do with his character.

I'll concede your point. I just feel that not succumbing to the pressure/adrenaline, and maintaining your approach (i.e., playing with poise), is an example of your character.

Oh Kurt, don't you know that you're not allowed to bring about "character" around these parts?

The only thing that matters is statz, bro.

This isn't a computers versus grit argument, dingus. Obviously there is a HUGE mental aspect to the game - as evidenced by how much focus this regime puts on mental makeup. But when I think of "character" I think of how a guy treats his family and friends and acts as a citizen in general (e.g. Rizzo good, Chapman bad). Which is different than his mental makeup as an athlete. I'm probably splitting hairs here.

No, I think discipline speaks to character. Rizzo seems like a good guy, and I'm sure he's done bad things. Chapman on the other hand, I'm sure he's done a good deed or two somewhere. I would hope that Chapman who has lived a very volatile 28 years -- and was a tool of a totalitarian state for his first 21 years before winding up as a MILLIONAIRE BASEBALL STAR with everything handed to him -- will work on his character before he hurts more people or himself.

As for Russell, by all accounts he's a good guy at 22 whopping years old. Of course, he's had a lot of stability in his life, but displaying that kind of discipline as a 22-year-old who has overmatched his peers his whole life until the past 3 or 4 years speaks something to his character.

Aside from the 2 babies inside of 9 months of each other from 2 different women, yea

I don't know that a 20 year old athlete having sex with two different women in a relatively short timespan is "instability" or anything to judge him for at all. He seems to have a happy marriage to one of them now and he's actively involved in the life of the other kid.

No, having sex as a 20 year old is not a mark of instability, but shooting 2 silver bullets each time and creating unexpected pregnancies certainly probably created at least a little bit of upheaval in Addy's life.

Yeah, that's fair. I probably read more stank into Yeti's response than he intended. I just didn't think it was fair to imply a guy may not be mature or stable if he happened to have two kids with two different women in a relatively short time span. Shit happens. He seems to be doing right by both kids so that's all that counts as far as I am concerned. But re-reading it I don't think that's what Yeti was doing. my bad.

Yea, I'm not judging. (I'd probably be dead if I had all the privilege and money) I just chuckled at Addy's life stability when he had something happen that was kind of a dramatic moment

[CBStew]

Bump.

• First SS to hit a World Series grand slam.
• Holds the record for most RBI in a game where his team faces elimination.

He's tied for the record for most RBI in a WS game, period

Also first grand slam ever in the month of November.

It is also the first World Series grand slam to be hit by a Cub shortstop while I was in the next room checking my email.

[Canadouche]

Bump.

• First SS to hit a World Series grand slam.
• Holds the record for most RBI in a game where his team faces elimination.

He's tied for the record for most RBI in a WS game, period

Also first grand slam ever in the month of November.

It is also the first World Series grand slam to be hit by a Cub shortstop while I was in the next room checking my email.

Now we know where you'll be, and what you'll be doing, for the duration of Cub at bats in game seven.

[Saul Goodman]

"When I gave birth, I was kind of out of it with the drugs,'' Milany Russell told USA Today. "So when I came out of it, there was already the name on the birth certificate: 'Geoffreye O'Neal Addison Robert Watts Jr III.'"

Apparently, the name stuck. At age 13, Russell's mother gave him a one-time option to change his name when he was adopted by Wayne, his stepfather and the man he considers his father, USA Today reported. He chose Addison Wayne Russell.

[Shooter]

"When I gave birth, I was kind of out of it with the drugs,'' Milany Russell told USA Today. "So when I came out of it, there was already the name on the birth certificate: 'Geoffreye O'Neal Addison Robert Watts Jr III.'"

Apparently, the name stuck. At age 13, Russell's mother gave him a one-time option to change his name when he was adopted by Wayne, his stepfather and the man he considers his father, USA Today reported. He chose Addison Wayne Russell.

King Geoffreye Geoffer Russell