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By Chavez Ravine · Posted
I think it’s white people problems to worry about the inconsistent quality of the Negro Leagues. The black ball players lived with a far more consistent worse. Seems a minor reconciliation to combine the stats. -
By Moose Milligan · Posted
Yes, he'll be in the Hall. He will be looked at one of the better hitters of his era. I also think the whole WAR argument about certain players is silly, it's certainly silly against Soto. Like, no one wants to watch Juan Soto because he's a great defender. No one advertises that as part of his game, no one pretends he is a great defender...so why's that held against him, exactly? Because WAR? "Oh, WAR says he's not a great defender, he doesn't bring enough value with the glove so he's not as valuable as this guy and wah wah wah, whine, whine whine..." It's such a lazy argument that doesn't tell the whole story, that Juan Soto hit for a 1.178 OPS in the World Series at 20 years old. It doesn't tell the whole story that he's one of the brightest, youngest stars in a game that desperately needs bright young stars and still can't figure out how to market them. WAR doesn't tell the whole story for a guy like Soto just like it didn't for a guy like Ichiro, just like it didn't for Tony Gwynn. Does anyone want to tell me that Tony Gwynn's greatness and brilliance can simply be boiled down to 69.2 with a straight face? That brings me to Jeter which...I mean, cry about it a little harder, guys. Near unanimous selection to the Hall of Fame, really? Yes, Yankees fans still think he was a great defender because jump throws are impressive...everyone else knows he wasn't. That's our privilege and their delusion. But everyone here also knows that a Hall of Fame vote is an emotional one and that, like it or not, Derek Jeter was one of the prime faces of the MLB during his career in the way that someone like Barry Larkin never was. It's not Jeter's fault that the Reds aren't the Yankees and that the Reds only won 1 World Series during Larkin's career compared to what Jeter was a part of. But that's how the cookie crumbles sometimes. -
By OriolesMagic83 · Posted
If the Yankees move him to SS, he'll be heralded as one of the all time great SS as long as he can make some theatrical dives for the ball. -
BB-ref did it briefly, then switched back. I have mixed feelings about it TBH, because I think the overall quality of the Negro Leagues varied a lot from one time period to another, more so than in the majors. But I’m not a keen student of the Negro Leagues so I’ll leave it to baseball history scholars to debate. -
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Retirement is the best call he’s made in years. He finally got one right. Way to go, Angel! -
I was really unhappy with the first two innings but I was pleased to see how he responded to the adversity. In past games he might have let that snowball. Instead, he dominated those last four innings. In fact, I was a little disappointed that Hyde didn’t send him out for the 7th inning, sitting on 90 pitches.
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