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So you admit you just want to focus on the best years, and you're dropping your "learning curve" excuse now for Koufax. That's fine, I understand the theory although I don't agree with it, just don't justify it with a bogus justification. By the way I bet you have not put any analysis into your "most don't" assertion. Just like you asserted Maddux's BABIP against was precisely in line with the average before you even looked it up to see it wasn't. It seems almost every great pitcher I look up was very good very young.
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He has over 600 posts. I must reread all of them to see if I have missed anything.
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Great point, I forgot about the OP getting banned. Makes you wonder what's next. LOL
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I’m sure Kevin would be pleased to know that his thread has dragged on indefinitely with no end or resolution in sight. Out of all the threads he started, I think this one sets the record for combined inanity and duration. It has the vitriol of the thread that got him banned, and has carried on longer than most of his BST posts. Why, with both peak and longevity, this thread is surely one of the contenders for greatest Net54 thread of all time. All it’s missing is an off-center card with a PSA 9 asking price. Almost a pity he isn’t here to see it (almost).
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I'm sure there's a statistical formula or algorithm somewhere to prove he may have a better chance of winning if he calls what he's doing one thing as opposed to the other. But on second thought, maybe not! LOL Last edited by BobC; 11-27-2021 at 09:55 AM. |
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Koufax threw 41 innings as a teen. It is not his teen years limiting his good years, it’s his arm going at 30 and that he only got productive at 25, a couple years after most all time greats but not really late.
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Care to place a wager on this one Peter? Or Mr. Data Analyst perhaps? Mr Snow PaTroll perhaps? Anyone? ... No? Didn't think so. |
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Straw man. Other than Doc, I pointed to examples of pitchers achieving greatness in their early 20s, when Koufax was mediocre. And I am sure I could cite many more. You have zero support for your assertion that "most" pitchers take 5 years to figure it out. Randy Johnson, to be sure, was a slow starter, and there may be others, but "most" you just made up.
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Felix Hernandez Dwight Gooden Bert Blyleven Mike Morgan David Clyde Vida Blue Denny McLain Dave McNally Early Wynn Bob Feller (Who may be the youngest ever, in the modern era at least, at only 17) Babe Ruth People really should learn to do a little research before shooting off their mouths when demanding proof of something they think off the top of their head doesn't exist. Gee, I hope if this was something being asked for by a researcher or statistician that it isn't indicative of the usual quality of their work. Would certainly make me a tad bit concerned about believing anything such a person would ever say or suggest, right? Just another one of those - Things that make you go hmmmmm....... Last edited by BobC; 11-27-2021 at 09:44 AM. |
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Hold on a sec. WRT Early Wynn: he may have pitched as a teenager, but he was a very ordinary pitcher through his age-28 season. It was only after Washington traded him to Cleveland that he started to pitch above league average -- he made the HoF in his 30's.
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Don't disagree, but I believe the question asked of others was to name pitchers who pitched in the majors as teenagers, not how they fared when they pitched. And thank you for bringing that up by the way, and I sincerely mean that. It cuts off whoever may have asked the original question from trying to throw it back in someone's face, because now if they still try to do that, they'll really look kind of dumb. Thanks! |
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Gary Nolan, Wally Bunker, Chief Bender, Rube Bressler and Smoky Joe Wood also all had excellent seasons as teens in the 20th century.
Most pitchers are not major league ready or good in their teens. Most aren’t at 20 or 21. Most excellent pitchers ‘put it together’ at 23-25. Koufax bloomed a little late, but not very late like Randy Johnson or Early Wynn. The much bigger issue for his value to his team is that he was completely done by 30. His early years can’t be ignored, nor should they for any pitcher, but his real problem is the age he was useless by. Johnson I have as #2 and he was a true late bloomer. |
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The list of names you and I have of those who pitched in their teens is pretty impressive in terms of the ability of others to spot their raw, MLB level talent at such an early age. Of the 15 listed teen pitchers, 5 are in the HOF (including Ruth), and 5 are Cy Young winners (with Wynn being the only CYA winner and HOFer in the group). So 9 of these 15 MLB pitchers turned out to be at least somewhat great. That is an outstanding 60% success rate in predicting who would go on to do well. And that doesn't even include Wood or McNally, who both had excellent careers also. Last edited by BobC; 11-27-2021 at 11:52 AM. |
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And a great pitcher in 1954. He played a key role in getting the Giants their last title for decades, but was quickly forgotten by Giants fans. He’s one of those common cards I always target to get, coming from Giants country.
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So what's the over/under on the number of posts that Snowman makes in a given thread before pissing off (multiple) people?
I now have an ignore list of one.
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Just tell the trolls know they can't count as there were other posts with more names than on the one list anyway. And if they want any more names than that, they should get off their lazy butts and go look them up themselves. |
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I think it's more than fair to give him a pass while he tried to figure things out. Your words. Yes. I ignore Koufax's early years. He was a teenager when he entered the league. Your words. You would have the same exact assessment if his career had gone in reverse. Again, that's fine, but your excuses for him are pretextual. Bad faith indeed.
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