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Assos · 06-01-2009, 04:45 PM

The thing I think about is was the player dominate in his time. I think of Kinar and his monster shots or Koufax and his nice numbers. Both did not play long but you can say they were at the top or if not, the best players in the league for thier given times over a period of say 5 to 7 years. It is purely a judgement call. Ozzie Smith and Nolan Ryan, both good baseball players, but Nolan never won a Cy Young and Ozzie was a good glove. These are two things that may or may not factor in. Dave Kingman hit a lot of home runs, also cooled a lot of box seats with his bat. Was he great? Sure, the best of the 1970s... not really.

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Assos All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 742 Thanks: 23 Thanked 8x in 8 posts	The thing I think about is was the player dominate in his time. I think of Kinar and his monster shots or Koufax and his nice numbers. Both did not play long but you can say they were at the top or if not, the best players in the league for thier given times over a period of say 5 to 7 years. It is purely a judgement call. Ozzie Smith and Nolan Ryan, both good baseball players, but Nolan never won a Cy Young and Ozzie was a good glove. These are two things that may or may not factor in. Dave Kingman hit a lot of home runs, also cooled a lot of box seats with his bat. Was he great? Sure, the best of the 1970s... not really.