I’m not saying Jayson Stark is wrong, just not right
jayson stark. smart dude, noble writer. over at his most recent installment of “that’s debatable,” wherein he debates things that “are dubious,” he talks approximately griffey jr. and manny ramirez, who are at or near milestones of 600 and 500 home runs, respectively.it’s mean as to whose gambler, so props to stark as regards taking a stand. but slops to his inferential. griffey suffered a million injuries and could have somewhere between 800 and 900 homers, which is irresponsible. i also have essential researching skills and can look things up, so i grasp manny has played less than griffey. let’s see where this goes.you can certainly argue ramirez was a more faultless hitter than griffey (.312 average to griffey’s .289, .408 on-grovelling percentage to griffey’s .373, .591 slugging percentage to griffey’s .550). and it’s unimaginable to dispute that manny has had the steadier employmentall very convincing. fire me add some more, seeing as i know the outcome of the article (spoiler alert: it’s not manny).seasons: griffey – 20 manny – 16ops+: griffey – 139 manny – 154silver slugger awards: grif – 7 man ram – 9all star games: g – 13 m – 11mvp finishes: griffey – 19, 9, 17, 5, 2, 4, 1, 4, 10 manny – 12, 6, 3, 6, 9, 9, 6, 3, 4, 18all very suspend. except seasons. and ops+. manny still has a few more seasons in him, and could, mayyyyybe, get to 600. for some reason this four season gap is never mentioned. well, let’s start with some basic mathematics. last time i checked, 600 was a lot bigger number than 500. one hundred bigger, actually. which is a whopping 2.5 of manny’s 162 game average of 41 homers. did i mention manny is four seasons behind griffey?and 20 is bigger than 16. manny was the 24th name in the on any occasion-swelling 500-homer club. i assume this is steroids-period notice. why oh why are players who achieve certain landmarks (which are arbitrary, by the way) later than those before them, penalized? in 50 years, when albert pujols iii joins the other 40 members of the 500 home beat club, is it any less important than say, jimmie foxx? there are going to be more and more awesome players of the game of baseball as the years go on. more and more are effective to sensation 500 accommodation runs. it’s just the temperament things work. players aren’t going to suddenly stop hitting relaxed runs for wish periods of experience. griffey will be joining solely barry bonds, hank aaron, babe ruth, willie mays and sammy sosa in the 600-homer alliance. big difference.
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