(Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years.
Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.
Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's.
I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball.
I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!
You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?
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