In a message of  to James Dunlop (1:3641/1.206), 
you wrote:
 EG> I give Palmeiro a BIG edge over Thomas on defense but give Thomas the 
edge
 EG> on offense. McGwire beats Palmeiro in both categories (I think his 
defense
 EG> is vastly underrated. That's NOT an observation by a fan of the A's but 

 EG> fan of baseball in general).
 JD> Palmeiro better than Brady Anderson or Roberto Alomar this season.
 EG> Palmeiro is having a pretty good season, however, I have to look at it
 EG> like the season that Donny Baseball had when Henderson arrived from
 EG> Oakland. I felt then that Henderson was the real Yankee MVP then and I
 EG> think that Alomar is the Orioles' MVP now.
This is scary, Ed.  I agree on McGwire's defense (and offense), and Rickey 
Henderson over Mattingly.  That's twice in the same message!  Must be a new 
record. 
Of course, then there was your response to my RPA/zone rating comments (I 
keep saying RPI, I'm heading to New York State this weekend, I must have 
Rensselaer on the brain. )  My only response right now is to pass on 
commenting until I can sit down with some figures myself, and look at them 
closer.
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