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jay behrensTed, I don't have a problem a with you. I don't really take anything personal here. The only problem I have is blind homerism (no, that's not a Simpsons things :-p)
Cherry picking Mantle's performance in the WS doesn't prove his greatness. It shows his mortality. You cite 4 game from 12 series. This means he played a minimum of 48 games. He had a major impact on 4 games and and little or none in 44. This means he disaapeared 11 times out of 12. I know this isn't accurate, but you get my drift. It's the just the cynic in me. I do the same thing with ads. If they making some wild claim, I ask myself, what are they really hiding with this wild claim.
Mantle was obviously a great talent, but if you swapped cities and circumstances, there would a legion of rabid MAntle fans instead of Mantle fans. Much of a players popularity and legend has to do with who they play for and how well that ream does. A single player, no matter how great, cannot carry a team.
Jay
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