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Billy Wagner : The Best Lefthanded Reliever Ever.

metirish Jun 26 2007 09:43 AM

Mets have some of the best ever and this fella(who ever he is) rates wagner as the best... [url=http://baseballcrank.com/archives2/2007/06/baseball_the_be_2.php]Billy wagner[/url] Rob Neyer had this to say. ] • Baseball Crank rates the greatest left-handed relievers and comes up with Billy Wagner as No. 1 all-time. I'm not saying he's wrong (though I'd prefer somebody with more innings). But isn't rating left-handed relievers a little like rating left-footed punters? Or tone-deaf point guards?

Edgy DC Jun 26 2007 09:50 AM

That's a little willfully ignorant by Neyer. Obviously, the main point of setting these guys into different sub-groups is to create more lists to talk about. But unlike his examples, lefthanded relievers are different in ways that matter to the game. His methodology is a little wacky.

MFS62 Jun 26 2007 10:01 AM

Someone much have once told him he's clever. That was a futile attempt. Later