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Old 01-21-2024, 08:24 PM
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I wouldn't put Mariano in either.

His team played 1,450 plus innings each year, he played 67 1/2.

If he was so good why did he play so little?

He seldom entered a game where his team had less than a 90% chance of winning. What other player is ever in a situation that he always has a 90% chance of success?

https://retrosheet.org/Research/Smit...fTheCloser.pdf


The only thing I'll give him credit for is having a beautiful autograph in an era of scribbles.
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