Will Ichiro get the * from Maris?

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Posted By: jay behrens

Adam, lots of contradictions in your rationale. True, I would never choose one of the Cardinals players because the subtraction of one would not adversely affect the team that much. On the other hand, Beltre is a very important cog in the Dodger machine, but if you take him away, his loss has much less impact than if you take Bonds away from the Giants. You take Bonds away from the Giants and you have the Diamondbacks, or worse. This is not the case if the Dodgers lost Beltre. How anyone can rationalize that Bonds is not the MVP with the unworldly season he is having is beyond me.

I hate seeing the same team and players win over and over again. It gets boring. But Bonds is putting on a display the likes of which we may never see again in our lifetime, except by Bonds.

I got some help from some SABR people and here is short list of players that had better BAs than their team's W%

The 1962 Mets did well in this stat:
.344 Marshall
.306 Ashburn
.289 Landrith
,275 Mantilla
,274 Woodling
.266 Thomas
.260 Neal
.252 Hodges
.250 Team W-L%

as did the 1928 Phillies:
.360 Klein
.304 Leach
.301 Whitney
.300 Wilson
.287 Thompson
.285 Sothern
.285 Hurst
.283 Team W-L%

and the 1930 Phillies:
.386 Klein
.383 O'Doul
.342 Whitney
.341 Friberg
.338 Team W-L%

Jay

I saw wierd stuff in that place last night. Wierd, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff. And I want in.