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Well, I hate to say it, but today my favorite internet writer (and favorite sports writer, period) has fallen into full Joe Morgan / old man "it was better in my day"-ism:
Analysis on Hardball Times from Monday (which included RCAA) basically placed Palmeiro in the Killebrew / McCovey range. I don't think anyone would stick those guys in the same sentence as guys like Dave Parker and Chili Davis, as Simmons does with Palmeiro today.
Sports Guy - please stick to drawing from your amazing memory, pop culture references and humorous observations, and avoid the stat talk. It isn't funny, and it is definitely not your strong suit. Leave that stuff to Neyer, and then make fun of him for it, and everyone wins.
And if we must include Palmeiro's name in the 3,000/500 club, at least let's stick an asterisk by it that reads, "Achieved in an era that has rendered every career statistic moot."The dumbest part of the whole thing was this statement:
Elias needs to create a formula that waters down every power number from 1993 to 2004. There has to be a way to determine the performance fluctuation of someone's power numbers compared with the average power hitter of that season.Um, they basically already have that. Take your pick: RCAA (runs created ABOVE AVERAGE), OPS+ (OPS compared to the league).
Analysis on Hardball Times from Monday (which included RCAA) basically placed Palmeiro in the Killebrew / McCovey range. I don't think anyone would stick those guys in the same sentence as guys like Dave Parker and Chili Davis, as Simmons does with Palmeiro today.
Sports Guy - please stick to drawing from your amazing memory, pop culture references and humorous observations, and avoid the stat talk. It isn't funny, and it is definitely not your strong suit. Leave that stuff to Neyer, and then make fun of him for it, and everyone wins.
posted by Darlucky at 7/20/2005 02:15:00 PM
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It is unbelievable the number of people who can't wrap their little heads around this little fact: If it was so easy for players of the "steroids" era to do what Palmiero did (or easier than Mays, Aaron, and Eddie Murray), then how come Palmiero is the first and most likely only player from this era to do it. If anybody who doesn't support Raffy for the Hall can answer that question without resorting to comparing him to some mediocre player who hypothetically would have been the best player ever with roids (i.e. Chili Davis), I'll eat my hat. My stinky old Mets hat at that.
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