This week in Rick Sutcliffe
During last night's game, Rick Sutcliffe was making an impassioned (read: lacking in logic) case of why Chipper Jones should be elected to the Hall of Fame. Sara (making her blog debut!) was feeling equally passionate about something, so I couldn't hear the entire argument but I did see a couple graphics on screen that, between cries, I think comprised part of Chipper's case.
- Chipper Jones, you see, is among the top 4 home run hitters ... among switch hitters in baseball history since 1960 or something. (He's trailing Eric Davis, I believe.)
- Chipper Jones is also one of just four active players with more than 2,000 hits ... all of the same franchise.
Now, either of these attributes -- the part in front of the ellipses, that is -- seems somewhat impressive. But once the qualifications are added, I fail to understand why I should be impressed.
Does Rick Sutcliffe know that Ron Santo isn't in the Hall of Fame?
- Chipper Jones, you see, is among the top 4 home run hitters ... among switch hitters in baseball history since 1960 or something. (He's trailing Eric Davis, I believe.)
- Chipper Jones is also one of just four active players with more than 2,000 hits ... all of the same franchise.
Now, either of these attributes -- the part in front of the ellipses, that is -- seems somewhat impressive. But once the qualifications are added, I fail to understand why I should be impressed.
Does Rick Sutcliffe know that Ron Santo isn't in the Hall of Fame?
posted by Josh at
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
5 Comments:
Baseball Prospectus just covered the this topic, though I can't say their conclusion was terribly clear.
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Tom Clancy, at 3:41 PM
Damn, I thought they were going to write about Sara and her DORV (diapers over replacement value) index.
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Josh, at 3:46 PM
Eric davis batted exclusively right-handed.
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Anonymous, at 11:05 AM
I wasn't watching that closely -- could it have been another Davis? Or was ESPN wrong?
They definitely were saying something about homers as a switch hitter -- Eddie Murray was on the screen, too.
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Josh, at 11:12 AM
As it happens, I think Chipper Jones could very well wind up in the Hall of Fame, and maybe would deserve to. I should have mentioned that.
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Josh, at 11:13 AM
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