tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308814967611371361.post6559986397504688064..comments2009-08-18T13:35:17.902-05:00Comments on wezen-ball.com: The Triple Crown, the .400 Club, and the Greatest Year since 1941larhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17314820003835656973noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308814967611371361.post-56184246095467528962009-08-18T13:35:17.902-05:002009-08-18T13:35:17.902-05:00Bill: hey man, you were the one that brought it up...Bill: hey man, you were the one that brought it up...<br /><br />Cy: Thanks for that. <br /><br />Paul: I guess I meant it from a different point of view. You're right in that, if Mauer and Pujols were on, say, the Sox and Mets right now, ESPN and everyone else would've been talking about this for weeks now and their every AB would lead Sportscenter. <br /><br />What I meant was that it'd be a great shift from the past, focusing on the historical greatness of two Midwest players. If the next DiMaggio/Williams "rivalry" was truly in Missouri and Minnesota, it could help move the MLB magnifying glass a little more westward, and that would be good for everyone, I think. So maybe "a whole other level" was the wrong choice of words.<br /><br />The '98 home run chase did this, I guess. But I think the Triple Crown and the .400 season would even trump that (and would definitely trump that when you consider that they're doing it in the wake of the steroids mess, and not in the thick of it). Maybe it's my Midwest bias, but I can't help but like this possibility many times more just because we're talking about the Twins and Cards and not the Yanks or Phils or Sox or whoever.larhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314820003835656973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308814967611371361.post-80220352082476684602009-08-18T13:14:28.222-05:002009-08-18T13:14:28.222-05:00I'm interested in what you meant when you wrot...I'm interested in what you meant when you wrote, "And then, when you consider that it'd be two Midwest teams making that kind of history, it'd be taken to a whole other level."<br /><br />It seems to me that, if anything, the fact that Mauer and Pujols play for small and mid-market teams could actually diminish the perceptions of their feats, not enhance them. I'll bet most the country has no idea that Mauer and Pujols are chasing these historic acheivements precisely because they're in the mid-west. I follow baseball closely and though I knew both players were having great years I didn't realize either were having potentially historic years. Bet ESPN would already have a rundown on every at bat scrolling across the ticker if either player was from one of the major market clubs.Paul Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192176088488705736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308814967611371361.post-50272745194433032272009-08-18T12:58:25.334-05:002009-08-18T12:58:25.334-05:00I blogged about this on July 4
http://cybermetric...I blogged about this on July 4<br /><br />http://cybermetric.blogspot.com/2009/07/albert-pujols-has-good-chance-to-win.htmlCyril Moronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308814967611371361.post-25798618413859626352009-08-18T12:49:48.322-05:002009-08-18T12:49:48.322-05:00You've got me all excited now.
Yeah, there&#...You've got me all excited now. <br /><br />Yeah, there's no real chance. But then, I'm pretty well convinced that either of these guys could hit 1.000 with 500 homers if they wanted to; they just have to take it a little easy because they don't want to be revealed as cyborgs, thrown out of the league and exhiled back to their home spacelab.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840958382433052735noreply@blogger.com