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True Dough

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10. Some interesting thoughts, Professor

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 5, 2017, 04:33 PM

Apr 2017

And you're bringing a longer-term perspective to the issue.

It would be helpful if we had equivalent polling dating back to the '50s through the '90s. I wonder if players like, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken and Ken Griffey Jr. would have cracked the top 50 in their day?

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Some interesting thoughts, Professor True Dough Apr 2017 #10

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