Re: More Bonds
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'86-'89 456 25.2
'90-'99 603 13.9
'00-'04 782 8.4
Smooth progression?
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You criticized the article for "arbitrarily" breaking Bonds career into three fairly even chunks 7-6-6 years.
And then you arbitrarily chopped it up into 4-10-5 years, and left off his last two seasons. All of which was mighty convenient because it seemed grouped to maximize the emphasization of your point.
Let's see if I can do the same with Hank Aaron, arbitrarily using 3-12-5 seasons, and leaving off the last ones.
'54-'56 - 1 HR every 25.4 AB
'57-'68 - 1 HR every 16.2 AB
'69-'73 - 1 HR every 11.8 AB (Age 35-39)
Uh-oh.
Looks like Hank started off slow, then matured and was consistent for 12 solid years, and then at age 35 he surged to heights he had never been.
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The Bonds apologists need to come up with a better argument than the link OP provided.
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Why do you think anyone should have to apologize for Bonds putting up good numbers?
Do you think someone should apologize for Hank's numbers too?
Either way....Ok, I guess I'll do it....um....hey guy...I'm sorry Barry hit all those homeruns.
Better now?
Oh, almost forgot....I apologize for Hank too.
And while we're at it, I apologize for Carlton Fisk too.
And Hank Sauer.
In fact, let me just go ahead and apologize for every person over the age of 35 who ever hit a homerun.
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