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Originally Posted by Dr.Lecter
Historian (04-28-2014)
You forgot Enviro terrorist.
I actually saw two guys this past Saturday protesting outside the golf course I like to play at. I waved at them as we made the turn, drank our beer, and smoked our cigars. If that's what being a Liberal is like, where do I sign to condemn my soul to the life of Marx?
Dr. Lecter (04-28-2014)
Are there threads this long about the BillsZone over on The Range?
Patti
Note: Discotrish information is Conspiralicious and has NO BASIS IN FACT. Considering her opinions may be HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. Please do not get your medical advice from a subforum of a subforum of a sports message board.
Yes, which is why this thread is still kicking 63 pages later.
pmoon6 (04-29-2014)
Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
DraftBoy (04-28-2014)
Dr. Lecter (04-28-2014)
Absolutely does not affect the question at hand. If the question had been about pitchers perhaps having better numbers due to the exclusion of black players, then there might be some merit. But there is no evidence that it works the other way around, due to several mitigating circumstances.
I know this has the potential to send some of the whining maniacs here over the edge of their tenuous sanity, but it is an accepted scientific fact that natural selection is largely responsible for the fact that many people of southern African heritage are genetically equipped to excel at certain sports/positions due to longer limbs. Millions of years of hunting and survival in the wilds of Africa produced a gene pool of humans better equipped for running, as evidenced by Kenyan dominance at marathon running.
Natural selection is not racism, it is science. It explains why there are few, if any, white Cornerbacks in the NFL.
This advantage, however, apparently does not translate to pitching. If you aggregate lists of the top 50 all time MLB pitchers, be it before or after integration, you'll find that it is overwhelmingly populated by players of non-African descent.
Again, this has nothing to do with anything but the genetic body type and whether it contributes to a competitive advantage at a particular position. It's abundantly clear that it helps with some positions and not others, and that pitching falls into the category of "others."
My point is, that there is almost zero chance that the pitching in the Negro Leagues was superior to that in the American League of Ruth's time, and that these alleged dominant pitchers suddenly ceased to dominate after integration.
You prog pussies will wail "RACISM" because that's what you do. I'm supposed to be stopped dead in my tracks, argument over, once you throw that card. But it's bull****.
My point stands. The fact that Babe Ruth didn't face Satchell Page 50 times over the course of his career is statistical insignificant.
If you want to argue that the disparity between Mays' defensive skills and Ruth's make him an overall more valuable player--fine. You'd be wrong, but at least you're making a sane argument. But the race thing, thrown out reflexively by a non-thinker, is a complete fairy tale with no basis in fact.
Now run along and go watch your soccer boys falling around the "pitch" faking injuries like whiny little *****es.
pmoon6 (04-29-2014)