here's what's in store for ichiro...

The difference between "pedestrian" and "awesome" is 15-25 walks per season.

 

request granted. i'm done. especially since i've lost track of exactly what we're disagreeing about....

 

You were arguing over whether Bert Blyleven loves to fart.

 

Let's not forget that Boggs eventually played for the Yankees, which was set up almost the opposite as Fenway. Boggs ended up hitting well over .300 for them, too.

And Boggs wasn't just a singles hitter. He routinely hit 40+ doubles a season and always had good OPS stats. Yes, he took advantage of the Green Monster for some of his hits/doubles, but the man would have been a .330 hitter anywhere.

 

Boggs would slap doubles off the Monster all day if the pitchers pitched him outside. They never learned.

 

Let's not bring fetishes into this.

 

my apologies for posting after promising to leave this thread alone, but i had intended to look this up BEFORE bowing out. simply on the .400 obp or 'not worth a hill of beans' issue, these two hof right fielders weren't worth those beans, i suppose: al kaline's obp: .379 (ichiro: .373).

and this bum clemente? .359! slacker! walked 50 times in only three seasons, with a best of 56. .3-5-9!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero01.shtml

just sayin'. now i'm REALLY out. sorry for adding this upon remembering....

 

Dude. Get your sarcasm detector checked. Fast.

 

i hear ya, but i still don't get where the sarcasm was in piotr's post. if it was intended and i grotesquely whiffed, my apologies to all. i'm red-faced, if that's the case... these numbers are somewhat interestingly, nonetheless, in that the author of the times story likely would've assailed clemente, too, back in the day... well, interesting to this dolt, anyway....

again, if i whiffed on the sarcastic intent, i'm sincerely embarrassed -- moreso considering i'm usually the most sarcastic dick in the room....

 

Jeter in his prime vs. Ichiro in his prime.

I take Ichiro without even thinking about it.

 

What if you needed a shortstop?

 

we know how you feel about jeter, but ANYONE with a respectable baseball acumen takes the shortstop -- 'without even thinking.'