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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
Wow. That is certainly impressive and probably a combination of various rare circumstances. I suppose he was created with great ratings to begin with, but then got a few more talent boost (which are increasingly rare the better you already are) which turned him into that monster. Holy crap.
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Yeah, I'll have to double check but I think he came into the league as an international amateur free agent with high potential. But everything must have aligned in his development and, like you said, with talent boosts to turn him into that monster. I'll probably never see anything like this again. 1055 home runs, 12 years with an OPS over 1.000, 16 years with a batting average over .300, 4125 hits, and 2855 RBI's. That 1961 season has to be among the greatest single season performances in the history of sports. And one thing that can't be overlooked is that he barely missed any time during his entire 22 year career. Just a crazy good career!
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Originally Posted by RchW
The only edit that would have been fun was to rename him Sluggia.  |
How did I not think of this before?
