I think this is a pointless, unnecessary consolidation.
As recognized in the article... "for all the meticulous record-keeping, the what-ifs of segregation can never be resolved." So accept the limitations, note them, and agree that Josh Gibson and Ty Cobb were both amazing ballplayers, who were the best at something for a single season in their respective leagues.
The AL and NL teams/player never played each other outside of the World Series, so decades worth of great players never competed against the other greats of their time, yet they're all in the hall of fame. Yet we still want their stats in an easy-to-compare format. Yet we still revere guys simply because of those statistics when there were others playing at the same time who clearly deserve the same respect.
There will always be asterisks in baseball stats. Home Run king is:
Hank Aaron
Sadaharu Oh
Barry Bonds
All Time Hits Leader
Ty Cobb
Josh Gibson
Ichiro Suzuki
I just want it to be clear when I'm looking at "records," that there are asterisks all over the place, and I don't want to have to go hunting for the full story. Bonus if an entire swath of Americans don't get shut out just because of some desire to keep things clean.
https://www.nytimes.com/athlet...
as of Wednesday, Josh Gibson will replace Cobb as the leading hitter in the official records of the game. At .372, Gibsonâs career batting average eclipses Cobbâs by six points.
I think this is a pointless, unnecessary consolidation.
As recognized in the article... "for all the meticulous record-keeping, the what-ifs of segregation can never be resolved." So accept the limitations, note them, and agree that Josh Gibson and Ty Cobb were both amazing ballplayers, who were the best at something for a single season in their respective leagues.
https://www.nytimes.com/athlet...
as of Wednesday, Josh Gibson will replace Cobb as the leading hitter in the official records of the game. At .372, Gibsonâs career batting average eclipses Cobbâs by six points.
Sources: Ex-Angels IF David Fletcher bet with Mizuhara bookie
David Fletcher, a former Los Angeles Angels infielder currently playing for the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate, and a friend of his, who also played in the minor leagues, both bet on sports with the Southern California bookmaker who took wagers from Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter, according to multiple sources detailing the activities.
Fletcher, who was Ohtani's teammate from 2018 to 2023 and has been described as one of his closest friends in baseball, placed bets with the bookmaking operation of Mathew Bowyer, sources said. Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, also bet with Bowyer and eventually stole nearly $17 million from the Japanese superstar to feed his addiction, according to prosecutors.
Ohtani and Fletcher while with the Angels...
MLB was very happy to see this go away so cleanly and quickly... but you have to wonder if there is more to this story.
ProdigalSOB is alive and well! Although he's in mourning over
the demise of baseball as we knew it
his internet-unfriendly computer
I was going to add his cell phone to that list, but he deliberately bought a "dumb phone" so that he can't be tricked into having his essence sucked away by it.
JFW and I were recently in Oklahoma City having dinner with RedDragon and Triskele and his name came up; I said that when I got back to civilization I'd call him up and check for a pulse.
ProdigalSOB is alive and well!Although he's in mourning over
the demise of baseball as we knew it
his internet-unfriendly computer
I was going to add his cell phone to that list, but he deliberately bought a "dumb phone" so that he can't be tricked into having his essence sucked away by it. JFW and I were recently in Oklahoma City having dinner with RedDragon and Triskele and his name came up; I said that when I got back to civilization I'd call him up and check for a pulse.
ProdigalSOB is alive and well! Although he's in mourning over
the demise of baseball as we knew it
his internet-unfriendly computer
I was going to add his cell phone to that list, but he deliberately bought a "dumb phone" so that he can't be tricked into having his essence sucked away by it.
JFW and I were recently in Oklahoma City having dinner with RedDragon and Triskele and his name came up; I said that when I got back to civilization I'd call him up and check for a pulse.
ProdigalSOB is alive and well! Although he's in mourning over
the demise of baseball as we knew it
his internet-unfriendly computer
I was going to add his cell phone to that list, but he deliberately bought a "dumb phone" so that he can't be tricked into having his essence sucked away by it.
JFW and I were recently in Oklahoma City having dinner with RedDragon and Triskele and his name came up; I said that when I got back to civilization I'd call him up and check for a pulse.
They all sound reasonable to me. Maybe we don't get a Shohei at all though. Or maybe we get a Shohei who enjoys a 20-year career without 2 Tommy Johns.
In game 1 of 3, Giants lost to the Dodgers 8â3 last night and the game wasn't as close as it looks ;-) I think that's a Euckerism.
My all-time favorite Giants-Dodgers results was the start of 2018 where the Giants got outscored by the Dodgers 14â2 over a 4-game series but won two games. Giant Joe Panik had 2 home runs in the series.
