Re: Best leadoff hitter in the game today
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He'd look like Rickey Henderson or Tim Raines.
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Pete Rose gets sore whenever people call Rickey the greatest lead-off hitter. "I've got 1000 more hits than him, 200 more RBI."
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Pete Rose gets sore about a lot of things these days, I'm sure. He was a great player, but Rickey Henderson is the greatest leadoff hitter in the history of baseball.
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amazing that most people would assume rose was the better player. ricky was just amazing. got on base a ton, hit for power, stole bases at a +EV clip. just unreal. im not sure what his defensive prowless was, but i would assume he was fast enough to be above average on accident.
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I remember that old Bill James anecdote where he was asked if he thought Rickey was a hall-of-famer. His reply? "If you could split him in two, you'd have two Hall-Of-Famers."
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