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Old 04-02-2005, 09:35 PM   #651
IatricSB
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Originally Posted by DamnYankees
Carlton, why do you discount Babe's pitching record? I mean, it did happen. It's part of his greatness. The tone of your post implies that anyone who considers it must be an idiot.

He was a damn good pitcher. That shouldn't count into our thinking?
That's his style. Discount the stats that don't help your argument. I would speculate/suggest that if Babe had been hitting full time all his years instead of pitching, we wouldn't have this argument because of the possible increase in stats. But that's just conjecture. What were left with is that he did pitch and those stats can't be ignored.
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