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Why even try to "prove" someone is the best? I don't care how many statistics/opinions you have you can never prove a statement like that. You could possibly crown someone the most "successful" according to some specific definition but best is such a subjective term.
It doesn't matter if Bill James and every other baseball "expert" in the world agrees Cox is the "best", it still does not make it fact. The only fact, if this were true then, would be that "every baseball expert alive today agrees that Cox is the best". That is NOT the same though as saying he IS the best though.
This would be the same as saying oranges are the best fruit. Do you see how absurd such a statement is?
I am not saying it is not fun to debate the abilities of a manager (though this thread does not seem like one of those) but anyone here who supports the notion that Cox is the "best" is fooling themselves if they think they have "proof". That would be simply impossible. So you see those who disagree don't need statistics or anything of that nature because no matter how much you throw at them you can never prove it, therefore they are still correct in saying he is not the best. This is something along the lines of being innocent until proven guilty. Unless you can prove your case their is no need for the otherside to counter it.
I don't want to sound like I am taking sides but Cooleyvol really doesn't need to offer any facts/arguements.
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