End of an Era - Zimmerman retires

[sixthree175]

He’s a lightning rod for the playoff failures even though he generally performed well. The where’s my ring comment did not work out. And they would not have won four division titles without him. No Soto back then. Letting him go allowed them to sign Corbin which helped win a title. So there is that.

Circling back to Zim -- Zim has the satisfaction of playing his entire career with the same team and helping his team win a World Series.  Even though Harper is a future HOFer he may never win a World Series and will never get the satisfaction of being associated with a single team.  Furthermore, after he retires he'll leave town and head West faster than you can say "Three Hundred and Thirty Million". 

[imref]

Very very few players get to do what Zimmerman did.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Very very few players get to do what Zimmerman did.

Strasburg

[Natsinpwc]

Strasburg

Touché.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Carter Kieboom

[blue911]

Kory Casto

[MarquisDeSade]

Kory Casto

Somewhere in storage my Ronnie Belliard fathead is crying tears at this name. 

Zimmerman a class act all the way, hats off to that boss. 

Harper still selling Gatorade and got the kids pumped.  Saw a LL group at Chick-Fil-A in Cary the other day and of the 12 kids wearing signature cleats six had Harper.  Entirely possible said LLers were Mormons but I was kind of shocked Harper still has that level of appeal to the kids.

[imref]

Since this is a Zimmerman thread, JAWS has Zimmerman 40th among 3B. That's just behind Deacon White, who made the Hall, and well ahead of Pie Traynor, who also made the hall.

Hey, we can dream, right?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_3B.shtml

Seriously, if not for the injuries, Zimmerman was at least making a case for a HoF career.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Broke out most of the Harper discussion, but left a few that were on point - his reception and remarks at the Zimmerman retirement.  This is an RZ thread.

[imref]

if you bought a ticket for Saturday's game, check your email, the NFTs have arrived.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

if you bought a ticket for Saturday's game, check your email, the NFTs have arrived.

I probably deleted it as junk

[dracnal]

I probably deleted it as junk

That's a not inaccurate assessment of NFTs.

[PowerBoater69]

if you bought a ticket for Saturday's game, check your email, the NFTs have arrived.

I thought they were going to have pictures of us in our seats or something cool. It was a gif with our seat number.

[dracnal]

I thought they were going to have pictures of us in our seats or something cool. It was a gif with our seat number.

Yes, but it's a GIF with your seat number that also has a unique identifier proving you own that GIF with a seat number, and if someone right clicks that GIF and saves it, why, they'll have a copy and you can't stop them, but they won't have the awesome cool proof that someone made a digital entry in a log book that you were the one with that seat.

NFTs are the dumbest freaking grift since people started selling acres of land on the moon.

[CowherPower]

NFTs are the dumbest freaking grift since people started selling acres of land on the moon.

Couldn't agree more.  And somehow people are actually buying these.  Some moron paid $50 for this made-up GIF.

[imref]

Went to the reopening of Dick’s in Arlington to see Zim. Got there at 12:30 to find about 200 people on line. Never made it to the front before he had to leave. He looked to be in fantastic shape. Consolidation prize was a stop at DC sandwich for a Banh Mi.

[imref]

Bobby Blanco:

* Ryan Zimmerman was included in the Washington, D.C. Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024 earlier today.

Zimmerman, who spent his entire 17-year career with the Nationals and won a World Series in 2019, is among the nine individuals and one Team of Distinction that make up this year’s class.

The formal induction ceremony will be held at Nationals Park on Sunday, July 21, prior to the game against the Reds.

More from the WP:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/07/11/dc-sports-hall-fame-2024-ryan-zimmerman/

Charley Casserly and former Washington Mystics teammates Vicky Bullett and Chamique Holdsclaw are among the nine individuals who will be honored as the newest members of the D.C. Sports Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony at Nationals Park on July 21. The 1983-84 Georgetown men’s basketball team, which won the school’s first national title under Coach John Thompson, will be recognized as a “Team of Distinction.”

The other honorees in this year’s class include former H.D. Woodson swimming coach Bruce Bradford, D.C. basketball pioneer E.B. Henderson, longtime D.C. United and Washington Wizards play-by-play man Dave Johnson, former Washington Senators pitcher Emil “Dutch” Leonard and former D.C. United defender Eddie Pope.