Greg was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering:
 GC> Ah found it here.  In 1981, TSN found out that in
 GC> 1910, Cobb was reported to have a .385 average and
 GC> Lajoie .384, making Cobb the batting champ.
The problem is that MLB doesn't want the TRUTH. TSN carries the disputed data 
because they don't want to get on MLB's bad side. They'll correct typos for 
their books but they won't correct MLB's archaic records. I've found them to 
nice guys about the whole deal. I've seen two very bad mistakes and called 
them on both and they went to work to correct the first (Many of the ABA's 
W-L records were incorrect) and said that they'd look into the second (This 
one's been in there since 1993-1994. I was doing some research on the Atlanta 
Hawks when I noticed that their stats that year for several players were 
incorrect. I didn't feel like going through the whole 93-94 season to find 
any more mistakes so I decided to contact Elias first to let them know and 
the guy that answered was a real butthead. The arrogant SOB wouldn't 
acknowledge that the data was wrong and more importantly, he thought I was 
out to lunch even though I had data from two other sources that confirmed 
that the data was wrong. One of them got its stats from Elias and he insisted 
that they hadn't -- never mind the fact that it clearly states that they 
provided the stats for the book in the acknowledgments. I then contact TSN 
and they said they'd look into it and gave me the number for the guy at the 
NBA office that would be very interested in hearing about my problems with 
Elias).
 GC> The rules committee opted to let the record book
 GC> stand as it was, being consistent with the rules
 GC> of the time.
I think that they shouldn't have altered any of the statistics UNLESS they 
were incorrect. Imagine how much it would affect statistics today if you 
turned around and applied the OLD rules on today's stats. I say that they 
should let the stats stand as they applied to that time UNLESS they found a 
case like Cobb's batting title, which is an obvious error and not a change of 
rules. The ONLY thing that I'd love to see added to the old stats is to have 
them go back and figure out run support for pitchers.
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