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Monday, August 23, 2010
Revisionist history is more powerful than sabermetrics
There were a series of Q&A on Bill James site regarding Dewey and Rice. I sent him this:
“After the 1991 season, The Sporting News polled its baseball correspondents - whose votes help decide who is elected by the BBWAA - to determine who has a lock on Hall of Fame enshrinement and who needs to turn up the volume.”
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“I think it is interesting to note that Dwight Evans actually received more support in this than Rice. Neither Red Sox outfielder had overwhelming support, but Evans’ was slightly more. It makes you wonder how Evans fell off after three years while Rice was able to push on to his 15th year, where he is on the verge of getting inducted.”
http://www.wezen-ball.com/2009-articles/january/past-future-hall-of-famers.html
Revisionist history is more powerful than sabermetrics.