The Mitchell Report: The question I haven't heard answered.

so you're saying all those guys almost account for 34 extra home runs?

 

shit buck. you would have started to sell me with wilson's numbers. that's insane.

 

191 RBIs, actually.

 

The entire National League hit .303, Tom. How much more insane do you want to get?

 

i like to think i know quite a bit about the history of baseball, but the 30s is an era i never really looked at. why 1930 guys? what was so special about 1930?

 

juiced ball

 

Players have had wild swings in stats that have nothing to do with anything sinister. Some players get injured and don't heal properly. Sometimes the opponent figures out how to pitch to him and he never really adjusts. Sometimes ballpark conditions and dimensions. And sometimes a player is just destined to have one really good season. Let's not make everything in baseball a Roswell.

 

Yep. Rabbit ball basically explains it. Baker Bowl explains the Phillies numbers.

1930 for hitters was like 1968 for pitchers. Perfect storm for all hell to break loose. Then, the cycle swings back the other way. Right now, we're in a hitter's cycle -- and not all of it has to do with steroids.

 

Speaking of Roswell ...

Joe Bauman, .400, 72 HRs, 228 RBI for Roswell in 1954. ;D

 

solid.

 

Otherworldly.

 

Oh, go kill kittens while calculating Coco Laboy's win shares.