Official Barry Bonds Countdown Thread

[vhawk01]

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It is just like you did above, but with less sarcasm and condescension. You seem to be making the argument that since we cannot do it PERFECTLY, and since we cannot figure out exactly what numbers to add and subtract in each case, that the entire discussion is stupid and illegitimate and a waste of time.

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Careful with the ax, Eugene. I'm not intending to be sarcastic or condescending. I'm being dead serious.

Can we apply the same reasoning to the 12 team NBL made up of mostly Asians? Dead serious question.

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This seems to be lazy, black/white/yellow thinking, IMO

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See what I did there? Do you see what I did right there?

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Why can't you use some subjective judgment to determine a reasonable impact black players would have had, a reasonable impact the hundred-fold increase in the available player pool would have had, and the impact of 14 more teams, and get some subjective impression of what this does to Ruth's numbers? The fun part is, you can't be wrong.


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I did all that. I think Ruth may have hit more than 714, about 764. Dead serious.

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Ok. Care to explain why you think that? 50 more home runs if he were in todays MLB is your belief?