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Baseball milestone's roundup

Baseball Crank disputes that with Glavine we've seen the last of the 300 game winner.
Plus he has related thoughts here and here. Still, Dayn Perry doesn't think we're seeing another 300 game winner any time soon.

In Drinking up the Dregs Baseball Musings seemingly asks the question if great sluggers beat up on the worst pitchers the most. He has more at The Story and Thank the Pirates. Hardball Times engages in some similar speculation in How to Fix the Pirates. Dayn Perry considers A-Rod's chances of dethroning Barry Bonds as Home Run king. Deadspin doubts the claim that Barry Bonds' arms haven't grown since 1992 and presents photographic evidence.

JoshuaPundit thinks the ambivalence shown Bonds is a good thing. Don Surber's thoughts are closer to my own.

Finally, Outside the Beltway has the ultimate Barry Bonds roundup.

Elie's Expositions writes about them all!

The New York Times runs an op-ed the Emperor of Swat about the Japanese slugger Sadaharu Oh. Unfortunately instead of just celebrating the Japanese great, the author mixes in some nonsense to boost Oh.

During Oh’s era, Major League Baseball players who ended their careers in Japan reported that two or three pitchers on each Japanese team could have played, and in some cases even starred, in North America.

I don't think this proves that the quality of pitching was as good in Japan as it is here. It says two or three not whole rotations. Then there's also the matter of the source. Major league players who ended their careers in Japan usually went because they couldn't make the cut in the U.S. anymore. Often they had very successful careers in Japan even though they were no longer good enough for American baseball. (Cecil Fielder who succeeded in America after catching on in Japan is an exception.)

Crossposted at Soccer Dad and OTB Sports.

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