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Steve Carlton and Today's Game
The game has changed dramatically since Steve Carlton pitched 346 1/3 innings and completed 30 games in 1972.
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The Mets' and Dodgers' Infield
A rookie, two aging veterans, and a shortstop coming off an ankle injury don't compare favorably to the Mets' stars.
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Whatever You Say
It has been claimed that one cannot compare baseball players from different eras, which is a claim that is absolutely correct, but it goes much further. Not only can’t we accurately compare players from different eras, we can’t even compare players from the same era or from the same season. All we can do is draw imprecise conclusions that are full of variables that cannot be controlled.
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Evers: Hall of Fame Error
Evers was a good player but not even close to being a Hall of Famer. Neither he nor shortstop Joe Tinker should be Hall of Famers.
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Route 66
Sorry, Gretzky, but Mario Lemieux is the best hockey player of all-time.
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Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame
If Whitey Ford's career had begun in 1987, when Tom Glavine's did, would Ford have made the Hall of Fame as easily as he did?
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Comparing Posada, Berra, & Dickey
Jorge Posada is having the best season of his career. Is he the best catcher that the Yankees have ever had?
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Fifth Became Sixtieth
For baseball’s first half century, five hitters hit 369 or more career home runs. In baseball’s second half century, fifty five batters have hit more than 369 career home runs. Quite an interesting and revealing statistic.
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Jeff Kent on Road to Baseball HOF
Jeff Kent, now playing in his 16th season in Major League Baseball, already has put up enough numbers in his career to earn induction into the Hall of Fame.
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Things That Make You Go Hmmmm...
Is Shaq the best centre to ever play the game?
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Why Offense Has Increased: Part 1--The Lowered Pitching Mound
Baseball today is quite different from the game that existed fifty years ago but because baseball’s basic structure, with the exception of the designated hitter rule, has seemingly remained the same and the changes have occurred over many decades, most of us don't realize what has happened.
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