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Posted By: identify7

cmoking: do you think that ARod would be as fearsome at the plate if he was swinging at bean bags rather than baseballs? Are you sure that players "back then" didn't know what they were doing? For example: please advise me of the player since John McGraw who has a better OBP.

Does recent research really indicate that strikeouts didn't matter that much "back then"? Remember cmoking that baseball gloves were not always as effective as they are today. In the earlier part of last century and before, there was a greater than 10% chance of getting on base if you simply put the ball in play.