Re: Bonds Responds
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I dont think it is "normal." It might happen occassionaly but that doesnt make it normal.
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Barry Bonds is not a normal baseball player.
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I think if you could quantify the specific effects of the rule changes on the offensive environment you would see that the upward trend would be expected for that period
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Except when we look at trend of the entire league before and after those changes, it doesn't increase...it decreases.....exactly the opposite of what it did in Hank's case, and exactly opposite of what you say you would "expect".
1962-1968 NL AB/HR: 45.1
1969-1975 NL AB/HR: 46.1
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Can I get a link for these numbers? I am struggling to find anything not in graph form. Then I will respond to your previous couple posts.
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