I could give you an example of this phenomenon occurring today, where Roberto Alomar, arguably one of the top 25 most "complete" position players to ever play the game is somehow being underrated in order to allow the inferior Craig Biggio to be wrongly hailed as the best secondbaseman of our generation. This claim is patently absurd, and I believe the impetus to make such claims is driven to a large degree by the bigotry and prejudice that not only infects the minds of ordinary American citizens, but most notably seems to invade the views of baseball fans as well.
2007-05-29 14:16:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Hey KEVIN: select one word that is spelled incorrectly. And I didn't even use spell check or the edit function. Don't criticize when there is nothing to criticize about. Spell check my azz, pinhead!
2007-05-29 14:33:04 · update #1
Yes. Here is why I believe it. Statistics show that Latin American ball players have better statistics than American players. If a Latin player was super, they wanted him. If he was only average, the job would go to a gringo. This is becoming less true over time.
2007-06-02 13:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prejudice has decline significantly in baseball. Proof of that is the fact that 11 of the top 25 best salaries are earned by latin ballplayers. I am a Puertorrican fan of Roberto Alomar, but I believe that Roberto, unlike Biggio, was too inconsistent during the latter part of his career. Him missing the 3,000 hits plateau is another important consideration. Craig is very close to this mark. Still, in his prime, there was no second baseman like Roberto, and he deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, first ballot.
2007-05-29 14:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by luiyo76 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, last I checked, Craig Biggio never spit in the face of an umpire. Biggio has more hits, too. No one I ever heard said that Biggio was better, or that Alomar was better. Two guys with great numbers, except that Alomar is a punk.
This race card crap is getting old fast, too. . . .
2007-05-29 14:28:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Please for the love of God use spell check. As far as Alomar you are correct he was a very well rounded player. I think the fact that he played for so many teams is a hindrance to him. Biggio is one of the greats of this generation but he has played to many positions to be called the best 2B.
2007-05-29 14:24:10 · answer #4 · answered by KEVIN 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just as an interesting aside, i ran this question through Microsoft Word, and the only words that were "spelled wrong" were "Alomar", "Biggio" and "secondbaseman"...the only one that is honestly possibly incorrect would be "secondbaseman", even though i'm sure you could spell it that way...
2007-05-30 04:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by nightelf_fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋