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Originally Posted by pilight
I'm just saying that post-season heroics (or at least solid play) are the sort of thing that can push marginal players over the hump. Mauer doesn't have that.
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What Mauer did have was a stronger peak (he accumulated more WAR than Berra through their Age 30 seasons). Berra was great AND had longevity. Mauer was even better, but wasn't able to sustain the peak. If people want to hold Mauer's shortish peak against him I get that, what I am seeing too much of here is a glossing over of how great that peak was.