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Reducing Baseball to Numbers Is an Insult to The Game Itself
Published by J.C. Hagan on April 23, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - MLB
The difference between .299 and .300 is much greater than the tenth of a percentage point it actually is, practically speaking. In his autobiography, Mickey Mantle actually lamented batting .298 for his career. Good lord, the man has the 19th best all-time on base percentage; he's by far the highest switch hitter in OBP and he's fourth amongst retired switch-hitters in batting average. Yet, the power we've given that stupid numeric plateau gave him regret over missing wha...
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