In a message of  to Mark Yoder (1:3634/22), you 
wrote:
 VB>> And here I am recalling all those Alomar vs. Baerga debates in this
 VB>> very conference..... ;)
 MY> Geez... and how many people here now remember all that?  Probably about
 MY> eight. 8-)
 EG> Yes and I've taken a lot of heat because I've contended that those 
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 EG> stats that rank Baerga (as well as several others) ahead of Alomar are
 EG> proof that those stats are based on factors that have no bearing on
 EG> ability.
Have the stats changed for Baerga this year?  There was a lot of grumbling 
about his weight in spring training, and what it did to his bat and fielding. 
 Couldn't the conclusion to be drawn here is that Baerga's changed, not that 
the stats are "invalid" because it showed Baerga was at one (sustained) point 
a better player than Roberto Alomar.  I don't consider this "proof" at all.
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