Posted by winner77 on 8/28/2013 1:47:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 8/28/2013 1:43:00 PM (view original):
It's not loaded. It's a simple yes or no question. Did Henderson have a great year in 1985?
Did Henderson have a great year in 1985? Yes
Did Mattingly have a great year in 1985? Yes
Did Brett have a great year in 1985? Yes
Seems to me the discussion is about who DESERVED the MVP that year, not really if any of the 3 guys had great seasons. I am a Yankee fan so (being a homer) i'd vote for Mattingly or Henderson all day. If I had no idea who each guy played for and was only shown their stats, I'd lean towards Brett 1, Henderson 2, and Mattingly 3.
interesting. but still loaded. double m's is what i typed. let me re-spell that for the kindergarten baseball student. mattingly, mcgee. both 85 mvps. am not measuring a great season, since the word great in society can also be associated with tacos. so let me also take a laser-pointer and highlight the obvious argument here.
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4 batters at issue. yanks mattingly and henderson. cards mcgee and clark. whos the slugger and whos the speedster. yet one of each takes home the mvp. my next measure ends this argument. switch hitters rule. southpaws get the red ribbon and pay-out in the win-place-show bets. righties are in the caboose. this baseball train just rolls down 140 years of track. no matter what scenery u see on that journey, somwhere u missed the predominance of right-handed pitching.
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for the bright boy who might someday graduate to love baseball, u now have my answer, and it has nothing to do with great. am blind to great unless it refers to a toaster or a set of tires. mcgee and clark is 2 lefties against righties, all summer long. if rickey could hit curve balls from righties, a career weakness, it would still not be a great mattress for me to sleep on and dream great dreams upon.
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to further justify what someone like mike brito would see, is rickeys exaggerated stance. not just a wickedly pretzel like crouch, but his back was facing a pitcher, and his butt hung out of the front of the batters box. he looked over his shoulder and back to see the pitchers and the ball. creating such a minimal strike zone is how he drew those impressive walk totals. the other last observation is the sledge-hammer here. rickey batted leadoff. mcgee batted third. the double m's hit in the clean-up sweet spot of run production. rickey didn't face niedenfuer and that rightie would make rickey look as stupid as bad_luck. please graduate soon.
8/28/2013 2:30 PM (edited)