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Numbers 26-50. Jeter #28. The real overrated shortstop. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33145627/top-100-mlb-players-all-nos-50-26

In ranking the greatest players of all time, I look at value, both long-term and short-term. Ripken had both. According to WAR, he was the best player in the league three times. He wasn't the best hitter in the league those years, but shortstops almost never are unless you're Wagner or Rodriguez. He was a very good hitter those years and could also field. I am not seeing where he is over rated, at least not on the list that was posted. Ripken is not Wagner or Rodriguez. He is Jeter with a glove. He is Trammell with durability.

I think yes, but there may also be some voters in undecided states who won't vote in a popular vote election if candidates are not campaigning in their state.

They are inflated because the worst Negro League teams were worse than the worst white teams. If someone was a top five player in a Negro League, his statistics would be better than a top five player in a white league in the same time period. However, I think the top five player in the Negro League would be as good as the top five player in the white league.

Yes, making America great again is a negative viewpoint as it suggests that America is not already great.

Is that what your ancestors did? Spread disease and commit crimes?

Every president wants to make America great. At least that's what they say. America is already great for those who become presidents and that is their main concern.

As long as you continue to look the other way when capitalists employ them, it shouldn't be a problem.

I think Ripken was legitimately one of the all-time great shortstops. Durability and strong fielding counts a lot at shortstop. He is probably #3 behind Wagner and Rodriguez. You could maybe move Vaughn ahead of him. I might move Ripken a little higher on the top 100 list, but I don't think he is grossly over or under rated here. Gehringer is under rated because he was quiet and there are no interesting stories about him.

I don't understand what you mean. Charleston and Gibson were better than Gehringer based on the data. You can't really compare stats like that, but based on the measures, they were better. Ty Cobb is a different story.

Did ESPN do their top 50 yet? Jeter will probably be top 5.

The available data online are from actual league play, so it wouldn't be watered down by weaker barnstorming opponents. It is true that there was a smaller pool since there were fewer Blacks than Whites, but there is also a larger pool now compared to pre-integration. I think it's highly probable that the best Negro League players were as good as the best white players. If you look at the performance in the three decades after integration, half of the top 40 hitters by WAR were black players. I think it's safe to say that the superstars of the Negro Leagues would also have been superstars in the White leagues. You are right that you can't rank them precisely, but you can't really do that with different eras either. Another thing is that the Black teams fared very well in head to head games versus white teams. You can say those were just exhibition games, but White MLB teams dominated White minor league teams at the same time. I think they would have liked to dominate the black teams too, but they couldn't. Yeah, there is still a lot of guess work, but the more I look at it, the more I think it's possible to come up with a reasonable ranking.

I don't know if that's that much more difficult than ranking between eras.

I just learned that David Ortiz was better than Kaline, Greenberg and Gehringer.

Instead, half of our so called leaders are trying to convince the world that they are not effective.

Huge day for the market finally.

Arrogance is entertaining if (1) You can back it up. (2) You are genuinely confident and not just showing off I think Henderson was both. I don't care for some of the stuff they do today where each player tries to one up the previous bat flip or strikeout dance or plans it ahead of time. I don't really care. If they are enjoying themselves, then it's fine, but I don't find it entertaining.

The Clintons were seen at that site a month ago. That is not a coincidence.

MLB owners are most conservative of all sports. Even moreso than NASCAR. https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10101-022-00266-1?sharing_token=wVvYTstALZAE5xGV71Pegfe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY6GrNIhOmlV9vQfoqf50ey1Abm9PjPHrp-ypSZBXyQx_ey-vk7MTi7KJeosCg-YENHFsaTAwklWO2jjQ_A_VBJix6ToyhiAhFfKTW6G0b68M3OyCn4idy8x79yhBVeheec%3D

The 1980 game started at 8 and lasted 3:45. I think there was a rain delay which brought it up to 1:00. I liked when the leagues were separate and there was no interleague play. The all-star game and World Series were more fun because it was the only time the leagues would meet. There were always debates about which league was better - not only in talent but style of play. In the 70s, the NL was regarded as being more speedy, athletic and tough. There was no agreement on talent. Whichever league your favorite team was in was the superior league. The NL used to win the all-star game all the time..but not the World Series.

I remember staying up for that. I was not happy that it ended in a tie.

It seems like they should have done this a long time ago. They did start raising interest rates in 2018, but Trump intimidated them into dropping them again further kicking the can down the road. .

I see some so called experts telling us there is going to be a massive crash. Others say it's still a bull market. I say it's all bullshit. Nobody knows what is going to happen next.

Tucker Carlson is a worthless shill for MAGA. There is no reason to even watch the video.