maveric
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Tue Oct-04-05 07:55 PM
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Mickey Mantle only had 100 RBI's or more four times in an 18 year career. |
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Tue Oct-04-05 10:45 PM
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1. It was the pitching... |
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...Lots of knucklballers, Louis Tiant, Sam McDowell, etc.
There was simply better pitching then, IMHO.
Ball wasn't as "lively" then, either.
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he walked a lot, and scored a lot of runs. Probably pitchers pitched around him a lot, but whoever hit behind him often got him around to home plate.
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