I’ve always loved baseball! I used to listen on my little green and gold 2 transistor radio (back when they put the number of transistors on the case).
No, he wasn’t. Not necessarily. I’m perfectly fine with anecdotal evidence being used to vote players into the Hall, and Josh Gibson certainly belongs there. But I am totally against a carte blanche acceptance of statistics from those leagues. They were spotty, as was the scheduling and the competition. For example, for years it was accepted at face value that GIbson hit more than 800 home runs. That turns out not to be true, and the current number is either 166 or 174. No one really knows. But it is a meager number.
They want to give him the highest batting average, again based on spotty stats and even spottier competition. But here’s a litmus test: what happened when Black players were FINALLY allowed to compete? Did it flip the game on its head? No. A few players came to the MLB and had significant careers, and more Black players had great careers that were able to begin in the MLB. No doubt. But it was more evolution than revolution.
In short, the best Black players were certainly as good as the best White players, and Gibson was as good as they come. But the best hitter ever? Please.
MS72 2 days ago
MLB attracting more fans?
grocks 2 days ago
Simple truth
kv450 2 days ago
Now his status is more widely recognized
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 2 days ago
Monte Irvin played in both N*gro and National League.Broke an ankle in 1952 and was never the same.But he became a well respected exec
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 2 days ago
The NY Giants have kept their current management.Please send cyanide pills immediately
Ellis97 2 days ago
He must’ve been there when Gibson started.
baskate_2000 2 days ago
No mergers needed to recognize the GHOAT.
CccComics4me Premium Member 2 days ago
I’ve always loved baseball! I used to listen on my little green and gold 2 transistor radio (back when they put the number of transistors on the case).
joecoolfiftyfive 2 days ago
so true
Igor51 2 days ago
Good one Bill
Rich Douglas 1 day ago
No, he wasn’t. Not necessarily. I’m perfectly fine with anecdotal evidence being used to vote players into the Hall, and Josh Gibson certainly belongs there. But I am totally against a carte blanche acceptance of statistics from those leagues. They were spotty, as was the scheduling and the competition. For example, for years it was accepted at face value that GIbson hit more than 800 home runs. That turns out not to be true, and the current number is either 166 or 174. No one really knows. But it is a meager number.
They want to give him the highest batting average, again based on spotty stats and even spottier competition. But here’s a litmus test: what happened when Black players were FINALLY allowed to compete? Did it flip the game on its head? No. A few players came to the MLB and had significant careers, and more Black players had great careers that were able to begin in the MLB. No doubt. But it was more evolution than revolution.
In short, the best Black players were certainly as good as the best White players, and Gibson was as good as they come. But the best hitter ever? Please.