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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Supporting the eye-test?
Brian Kenny:
And the idea too, this is always puzzling to me, is that the baseball writers are on the beat, watching every game, so even if they’re not doing the statistical analysis that one of us would do, at least they’re watching the player every game.
Well, if you’re watching Keith Hernandez or Dwight Evans, shouldn’t you be appreciating that defense that was so obvious? It was so obvious that no one ran on their arms, that they changed games with their defensive play, that they were simply among the greatest players ever to play their position.
And yet it’s those writers who wouldn’t give them enough support to keep them on the ballot
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