04-10-2002, 08:36 PM
Bonds had the majority of his great years prior to the late 90s. Even if he stopped playing in '97, he probably still would have been a hall of famer.
While Arod is simply amazing, his stats are essentially meaningless because of how inflated all offensive stats are in Baseball.
Richie Sexson had 45 homers last year. Ritchie Sexson!!! Luis Gonzalez hit 57. According to those stats, they are better than Mel Ott, Harmon Killebrew, Mike Scmidt, and all but a select few hall of famers. Until the late 90s, there had been one person who hit over 50 homers in like 20 years. Now there are a handful of people who do it ever year.
While Arod is definately a hall of famer, you can't really just compare stats anymore because they are all so inflated that they are meaningless when compared to what others have done. It's just ruined one of baseballs greatest draws which is being able to compared the present players with the past.
While Arod is simply amazing, his stats are essentially meaningless because of how inflated all offensive stats are in Baseball.
Richie Sexson had 45 homers last year. Ritchie Sexson!!! Luis Gonzalez hit 57. According to those stats, they are better than Mel Ott, Harmon Killebrew, Mike Scmidt, and all but a select few hall of famers. Until the late 90s, there had been one person who hit over 50 homers in like 20 years. Now there are a handful of people who do it ever year.
While Arod is definately a hall of famer, you can't really just compare stats anymore because they are all so inflated that they are meaningless when compared to what others have done. It's just ruined one of baseballs greatest draws which is being able to compared the present players with the past.