I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!
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.
(Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years.
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?
