Topps 70th Anniversary contest #2

[GemParty]

? #Topps Baseball Card Giveaway ?

The ? Sliders & Curveballs Podcast is honored to collaborate with Topps Artist, @paul_jennis and his new Game Within The Game, 2021 artist series cards, on our family sports podcast.

Simply, Pitch Us A Question. Anything sports related, for Father/8 yr old son to answer on our show. (Example: Who will the next WBB Coach at UConn be once Geno retires) If we select your question, you get a collectible Topps card in the mail.

Our next card is Babe Ruth! (card pic below)

Next show drops in about a week, so enter today! All social media platforms welcome. You can post questions right in this thread or DM me privately. *Previously submitted questions are welcome.

Here’s our 1st winner pod and a talk with Topps.



Good Luck!

Mike & Joseph

Card #2

 

[Chin Diesel]

Well, since you brought up the Babe.

Babe is universally regarding as a top 5 hitter in baseball history. Many would rank him #1 all time.
Question: What type of numbers would Babe Ruth put up in 2021? Feel free to dig in to advanced metrics now available that weren't known then, the prevalence of relief pitchers now, changes in ball park size, etc.

Second Question: If you could have Babe Ruth take 100 AB's against any pitcher, who would it be and Why? You can dig in to which pitchers have the most stuff, would be able to adapt the most, etc.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Meant to put this link in to my reply. Edit post button no longer available.

Babe Ruth Stats | Baseball-Reference.com (baseball-reference.com)

 

[GemParty]

Well, since you brought up the Babe.

Babe is universally regarding as a top 5 hitter in baseball history. Many would rank him #1 all time.
Question: What type of numbers would Babe Ruth put up in 2021? Feel free to dig in to advanced metrics now available that weren't known then, the prevalence of relief pitchers now, changes in ball park size, etc.

Second Question: If you could have Babe Ruth take 100 AB's against any pitcher, who would it be and Why? You can dig in to which pitchers have the most stuff, would be able to adapt the most, etc.

The Babe vs modern day pitchers would be a fun full episode pod. Great question. Good luck Chin!

 

[Old school]

If Babe Ruth was alive today and in his prime , who would hit more homers this year, the Babe or Aaron Judge? How many?

 

[Madmannsucks]

Will Pete Rose and or steroid players ever make the HOF?

 

[alphasigko]

The "BIG UNIT", Randy Johnson.... Power Pitching vs Power Hitting... Pure and simple...

 

[GemParty]

If Babe Ruth was alive today and in his prime , who would hit more homers this year, the Babe or Aaron Judge? How many?

Nice!

 

[Chin Diesel]

The "BIG UNIT", Randy Johnson.... Power Pitching vs Power Hitting... Pure and simple...

I'd like to see if someone would go back and look at film of Babe and those early 20th century sluggers and produce some of the metrics we see today- launch angle on his swing, bat speed, ball velocity off the bat, etc.

I was thinking it would be cool to see a Koufax, Gibson, Seaver, Carlton, Pedro, etc go at it for extended periods against the Babe.

The longer an at bat goes, the theory is, the advantage becomes greater for the hitter since he starts seeing all the pitches a pitcher can throw. Can a Big Unit with basically a fast ball and slider be able to keep the advantage over the Babe, or does Babe get his timing down and look for tells by the pitcher?

I almost go the opposite. Give me a Maddux or Pedro who can throw 3-4 pitches as strikes whenever they wanted.

 

[GemParty]

All sports questions are welcome. We lean towards the question that most fits our mystery guest or topic.

What do you think of The new 2021 Topps cards, GWTG series, and Project70 cards?

 

[Old school]

The project 20 and project 70 are a great idea. For set builders it is an expensive venture. It is probably best if you just choose a particular team or player to collect.
topps 21 is nice looking card. Topps always has a big following. Boxes are getting more and more expensive especially since the start of the pandemic

 

[GemParty]

This Babe Ruth, Pitch Us A Question contest ends March 7th at Noon, to be considered. Thanks.